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By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: January 27, 2006
The radical Islamic party Hamas scored an overwhelming victory in Wednesday's Palestinian legislative elections, taking 76 out of 132 seats, deposing the former governing Fatah party, which won only 43 seats.
The results, announced Thursday night, which give Hamas the right to form the next government, were likened by Palestinians to an earthquake or a tsunami. They ended more than 40 years of domination by Fatah, the political faction built by Yasir Arafat, which along with the Palestinian Authority was widely viewed by Palestinians as corrupt and ineffective.
The shocking outcome put Hamas, considered a terrorist group by Israel, the United States and the European Union, in charge of the Palestinian political future, and put at least a temporary halt to efforts to restart peace talks. The balloting also made a mockery of the voter surveys released Wednesday night that indicated that Fatah would have the most seats and could retain control of the legislature and the cabinet.
In a televised speech on Thursday night, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said he remained committed to negotiations with Israel. Mr. Abbas, who heads Fatah, but whose official status was not affected by the vote, suggested that future talks would be conducted through the Palestine Liberation Organization, which could bypass a Hamas-led government.
''I am committed to implementing the program on which you elected me a year ago,'' he said. ''It is a program based on negotiations and peaceful settlement with Israel.''
But Ehud Olmert, the acting prime minister of Israel, issued a statement saying that talks were not possible now. ''The state of Israel will not negotiate with a Palestinian administration if even part of it is an armed terrorist organization calling for the destruction of the state of Israel,'' he said after an evening cabinet discussion of the election results.
Even before the results were announced, the Fatah prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, who had warned Mr. Abbas against holding these elections, resigned, and cheering Hamas supporters raised their green flag over the parliament building. They celebrated throughout Gaza and the West Bank, holding victory marches in major cities. In Nablus, they hung enormous green banners on public buildings, while members of the group's military arm, the Qassam brigades, marched in uniforms with weapons, but did not wear their customary masks.
In Ramallah, Ali Abu Shusha, 31, with a bright green Hamas banner on his taxi, exulted in the victory. ''Hamas was created by the people and belongs to the people,'' he said. ''I want Hamas to run the government -- it has clean hands, puts the poor before the rich and will resist the occupier.''
In Gaza City, however, Kamilia Barghouti, 26, a waitress, said she was in shock. ''I'm worried about the way this victory will affect how I can dress in public, and even if it will affect where I can work,'' she said.
The victory of Hamas represents an enormous test for the Palestinians, for the Western nations who pressed for this election and who provide millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians and for the Arab world, which is likely to be shaken by the victory of a militant Islamic party in the symbolic heart of the Muslim world.
But the results, seen more as a repudiation of Fatah than a declaration of war against Israel, will be a test for Hamas, which had seemed to want a more gradual entry into politics. The leader of Hamas, Mahmoud Zahar, said proudly in Gaza, ''We are going to change every aspect, as regards the economy, industry, agriculture, as regards social aid, health, administration, education.'' But it will not be an easy transformation, and it will provoke political resistance from a largely secular society.
While Hamas politicians said they would invite other parties, including Fatah, to join them in a government of national unity, key Fatah members like Jibril Rajoub and Mahmoud Dahlan made it clear that Fatah should not take part in a government dominated by Hamas. They argued that doing so would help Hamas by providing cover for the group as it struggles with the reality of governing. Fatah, they suggested, should go into opposition and let Hamas make its own mistakes and deal as best it can with the facts of Palestinian life and the Israeli occupation. The Fatah Central Committee voted Thursday night not to join a Hamas-led government.
But it is also possible that some Fatah members with good relations with Hamas, like the Gazan legislator Ziad Abu Amr, who ran as an independent with Hamas support, and a former minister of national economy, Mazen Sinokrot, will agree to join Hamas in a cabinet that probably will be led by a non-Hamas prime minister.
''My advice to Abu Mazen and to Hamas is to think of serious power-sharing,'' Mr. Amr said, referring to Mr. Abbas. ''A partnership between Fatah and Hamas is necessary,'' he said. ''Hamas is going to be put to the test of being a practitioner and not simply an opposition. Politics will have to be taken into account at the expense of ideology.''


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There's a new weapon to fight cancer, immunotherapy. It's where you train your body and your immune cells to fight off the cancer cells. Although they're making progress in the fight against prostate cancer, it doesn't come cheap.
More than 10 years ago, James Haddad received the same diagnosis. And after surgery, radiation and hormone therapy he hoped he was cured.
So now he's undergoing a new treatment, called provenge. It's a custom made vaccine made from the patient's blood. Here Haddad is going thru the first part where his white blood cells are being pulled out of his blood. Those cells are then sent to the makers of the vaccine. Prostate specific proteins are added to cells to train them to fight the cancer cells. Three days later that vaccine is slowly infused back into the patient.
The time consuming process is repeated every two weeks for a total of three treatments. Often people experience fever, fatigue, nausea, or joint pain while the vaccine is being infused.
When you hear the word vaccine, you think prevention, but for now provenge is only a treatment. But there are studies underway to see if it can one day be a method of prevention.
In the meantime provenge is approved for patients with advanced prostate cancer that's resistant to hormone therapy.
Dr Robert Alter is an oncologist specializing in prostate cancer at Hackensack University Medical Center. He is paid by the makers of provenge to teach other doctors about it.
"We have patients who received this close to a year now who have been free of progression of their disease, who have been off all therapies," Dr. Alter said.
He says it could mean avoiding chemotherapy. Initial studies found that provenge increased survival by about 4 months, although some people may not respond at all. Since it was FDA approved just over a year ago, Dr. Alter says provenge is now more widely available. And medicare and most insurance companies are covering the cost for patients. But critics still question that cost, $93,000 for the full course of treatment.
Meanwhile, the Haddad family is just hoping it works.

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Americans shouldn't have to wait for the election of a new President to get strong federal and state action to protect and strengthen voting rights, Common Cause said today.
"It's encouraging to see voting rights and voter participation emerging as issues early in the race for the White House," said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. "But Congress should be working now, as many of our state legislatures already are working, to make it easier for Americans to register to vote and to cast their ballots.
Rapoport praised proposals for expanded early voting, online registration and improved election administration outlined this week by candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. "These ideas ought to be a starting point for bipartisan action to ensure that every qualified American has the right to vote, is able to cast his or her ballot easily and can be confident that the ballot will be counted as cast," he said. A bipartisan commission created by President Obama after the 2012 election already has put forth a series of comprehensive, common-sense steps to shorten voting lines and increase efficiency.
"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. This month marks two years since the Supreme Court gutted key provisions of that law in Shelby County v. Holder. And yet Congress has done nothing to restore the act; the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee refuses even to convene a hearing," Rapoport said.
"There is no reason – none at all – why this should be a partisan issue," he added. "The original Voting Rights Act and the revisions that have been adopted over the years all enjoyed bipartisan support. Those laws have made it possible for millions of Americans who once were shut out of our democracy to become full partners in the American experiment."
Common Cause is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.
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Magazine article Workforce
Public Employers Can Push Comp Time Usage
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To force-or not to force-the use of comp time. That has long been a question for employers.
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a winning hand to public employers in May when it ruled that states, counties, and cities can force employees to take compensatory time off from work instead of paying them for the extra time worked. In its ruling (6-3), the high court emphasized that there's nothing in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or in the regulations adopted by the U.S. Labor Department that prohibits a public employer from requiring workers to use their comp time instead of paying them for it.
The ruling in Christensen et al. vs. Harris County came as the resuit of a 1994 lawsuit filed by 120 sheriff's deputies in Harris County, Texas, who alleged that the sheriff's department violated the labor law by forcing them to use accumulated time-off credits when they didn't want to. The FLSA generally requires public and private employers to pay workers time-anda-half for anything over 40 hours a week.
The county alleged that having unlimited comp-time credits on the books was an enormous financial liability. Public safety workers, since 1985, have been able to accumulate as many as 480 hours of time off-but had to be paid for additional overtime after that. The law also guarantees that employees can only accrue amounts of comp time that they can reasonably use. Initially, the Department of Labor had issued an opinion letter taking the position that an employer may only compel the use of comp if the employee has agreed in advance to such a practice.
Justice Clarence Thomas said in the majority opinion that the law was silent about requiring employees to use their comp time: "No relevant statutory provision expressly or implicitly prohibits Harris County from pursuing its policy of forcing employees to utilize their compensatory time. …


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Whatever an organization does, human beings are essential to its success. "Humans are an organization's greatest asset." Any organization and endeavor that operates in the realm of commerce requires human beings. Accordingly, human resources management becomes essential to all managers.
Human resources management is essential to an organization because of the many different roles it plays. On one hand, human resources management helps to oversee the process of hiring and finding the best people who can make an organization be successful and establish new horizons for success. At the same time, human resources management is essential to ensuring that the workplace in which these individuals work is conducive to allowing these individuals to work at their best. As the modern work setting is becoming increasingly diverse, human resources management is committed to ensuring that this diversity in all forms is understood in the modern workplace. At the same time, human resources management is critical in seeing that people who work in an organization can engage in professional development and reflection that will make them more effective contributors to the organization's strength. In these ways, human resources management is vital to any organization's hopes for success and viability in the modern marketplace.


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You all seem to be making this as complicated as possible, and the more complex the more fraud can flourish.
A simple recipe for efficient markets:
+ Margins for everything and everybody, 90% of the notional value for the 24 hour maximum high low range for a 3 month look back period, updated every minute. That way everyone knows what the margins are, and will be. NO exceptions.
+ All things traded, and all traders, trade on a exchange, with all parties meet margin. NO exceptions.
+ Every exchange is monetarily responsible for all failures. NO bailouts. NO exceptions. NO bailouts.
+ Published bids and asks (fee, free, or delayed). No dark pools. NO exceptions.
+ For deliverables, maximum position limit of 150% of trailing 12 months of "Issued" or "Stopped" warehouse activity on all futures contracts. With a maximum 5% of open interest. NO exceptions.
+ If you cause a miss trade you pay for it in full. NO exceptions.
+ No naked shorting in stocks. All shorts must borrow stocks first, then short. NO exceptions.
+ Shareholders can denote the interest they charge to have their shares shorted. NO exceptions.
+ If any entity owns more than 1% of anything, who, what, and when, must be disclosed in realtime. NO exceptions.
+/- And if all that doesn't solve all the issues: Limit trades to 1 second intervales; once an order is entered in a market, it has to either stay for 5 seconds, or be canceled at a cost of 0.01% of the notional value of the trade. NO exceptions.
A simple recipe for fraudulent markets:
- Have PLENTY of exceptions.
- Take 6 eons to "study" or "investigate, or "test" something nebulous.
- Have 16 trillion rules that only apply to some people, some of the time, sometimes.
- Try to figure out what prices "should" be, with exceptions.
- Make sure a lot of politics and blame are involved - but only blame those who have little political power.
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By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten featherweight and 2012 Mexican Olympian Oscar Valdez will now face Jose Morales in a scheduled four round bout on March 16th, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman told Boxingscene.com on Monday night.
The bout will take place on the undercard of the Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov world title bout at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.
Valdez was originally scheduled to fight Thomas Belt (0-1), but the bout fell through. Instead, Valdez will face Morales (6-4, 1 KO), who has more fought more rounds and bouts than Belt.
Hailing from Denver, CO, Morales has lost four of his last six bouts. In his last bout on August 4th, Morales was knocked out in the third round at the hands of Saul Rodriguez.
Valdez (2-0, 2 KOs), who is managed by Frank Espinoza, stopped Corben Page in the second round of his last fight on December 7th.
HBO will televise Bradley-Provodnikov and the Wale Omotoso-Jessie Vargas fight. The premium network will likely show highlights of Valdez's bout against Morales.


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LEEDS United saw their seven-match unbeaten run ended by a stunning Leroy Lita strike as they lost 1-0 to Birmingham City at Elland Road.
After recent poor performances, but a win and two draws in their last three matches in the Npower Championship, it was a different story as United played much better only to fail to find the net for the first time this season as nothing quite broke for them in the box.
They looked set for another draw until a 76th minute Birmingham counter attack saw space worked for striker Lita and he lashed a strike from all of 25 yards past home keeper Paddy Kenny
The visitors almost added another goal late on when Marlon King's powerful strike hit the crossbar, but they were penned in for much of the second half and only good defending allowed them to hold out.
England goalkeeper Jack Butland came to Birmingham's rescue when he parried an El Hadji Diouf header and grasped the ball at the second attempt after it bounced kindly for him. Other chances came and went as Rodolph Austin could only get a weak header from a Diouf corner, Jason Pearce headed another corner wide and Austin shot over.
Another Diouf effort looked to be heading for goal only for City defender Curtis Davies to get a great block in.
The first half had been mostly dull, although Birmingham started well with Steven Caldwell sending a volley over in the first minute and Davies heading a good chance wide from a Wade Elliott free-kick.
Leeds gradually came into the contest and after Luciano Becchio headed a Diouf free-kick over they came close through an Austin blockbuster that Butland kept out with his legs.
Match facts
Leeds United 0
Birmingham City 1
(Lita 76)
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Npower Championship
Att: 22,152
Leeds: Kenny, Lees (White 83), Peltier, Pearce, Pugh, Byram, Austin, Norris (Hall 83), Tonge, Diouf, Becchio.
Birmingham: Butland, Robinson, Caldwell, Davies, Murphy, Redmond (Burke 67), Mullins, Morrison, Elliott, Lita, King (Spector 90).
Referee: Graham Salisbury.


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Having problems with your Nikon Coolpix S3000 Digital Camera ?
Dropped camera now lens error appeared on screen
Answers :
Fixing a Lens Error on a Digital Camera
This has to be THE most common failure mode for a digital camera. Some common error messages that might show up on the LCD's of cameras with this problem include "E18 lens error", or "lens error, restart camera". Some cameras might show nothing at all, but merely make a beeping noise as the lens goes out, then in, then the camera shuts off. Sometimes the lens won't even move.
The problem is actually quite common throughout all camera brands. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended. Believe it or not, one BIG contributor to lens errors is using a camera case. Sand, gunk, case fibers, etc... accumulate at the bottom of the case. These materials love to cling to the camera by electrostatic build-up from the camera rubbing against the side of the case (especially those cases with soft fibrous intreriors). Once these materials work their way into the lens mechanism, that's all she wrote. I have many cameras, and NEVER use a case for this very reason.
A camera owner that suffers this problem may have no recourse for having the camera repaired. Many camera makers will not honor repairing this problem under warranty as they claim it is due to impact damage to the camera, or sand or debris getting into the lens gearing mechanism (neither of which is covered under warranty). The quoted repair cost is usually close to or more than what the camera is actually worth.
Fortunately, about half the cameras that suffer this failure can easily be fixed by one of the following methods. None of these methods involve opening the camera, although some have potential to cause other damage to the camera if excessively done. If the camera is still under warranty, before trying any of these, please please first contact your camera's maker to see if they'll cover the repair, or to determine how much they'll charge for the repair. Who knows, you might get lucky. But if they quote you a number that's higher than the value of your camera, you may want to consider the following methods.
The methods are listed in the order of risk of damaging your camera. Thus make sure you try them in the listed order. And remember, these fixes (especially #6 and 7) should only be considered for a camera that's out of warranty, who's cost of repair would be excessive, and would otherwise be considered for disposal if unrepaired:
Fix #1: Remove the batteries from the camera, wait a few minutes. Put a fresh set of batteries back in (preferably rechargeable NiMH 2500mah or better) and turn the camera on. If that didn't work, try pressing and holding the Function or OK button while turning the camera on.
Fix #2: Remove the batteries, then remove the memory card. Then install new batteries, and turn on the camera. If you get an Error E30, it means you don't have a memory card installed, so turn it off, slip in the memory card and turn it on one last time.
Fix #3: Insert the cameras Audio/Video (AV) cable, and turn the camera on. Inserting this cable ensures that the camera's LCD screen remains off during the start process. Thus extra battery power is available to the camera's lens motor during startup. This extra power can be useful in overcoming grit or sand particals that may be jamming the lens. If the AV cable doesn't fix the lens error by itself, consider keeping this cable installed while trying fixes 4, 5, and 7 as a means to provide extra help to these fixes. But note that I DON'T recommend keeping the cable installed during Fix 6 as you may damage the AV port while tapping the camera. Reinsert the cable only AFTER tapping the camera.
Fix #4: Place the camera flat on its back on a table, pointed at the ceiling. Press and hold the shutter button down, and at the same time press the power-on button. The idea is that the camera will try to autofocus while the lens is extending, hopefully seating the lens barrel guide pins in their slots.
Fix #5: Blow compressed air in the gaps around the lens barrels with the idea of blowing out any sand or grit that may be in there jamming the lens. Other variations include blowing with a hair dryer in "no heat" setting, or sucking the gaps with a vacuum (careful with this one).
Now we're entering into the realm of potentially damaging your camera in conducting the fix. There is definitely some risk here, so take care when conducting the following two fixes.
Fix #6: Repeatedly tap the padded/rubber usb cover on a hard surface with the intent of dislodging any particles that may be jamming the lens. Other variations include hitting a side of the camera against the palm of your hand. A lot of people have reported success with this method. HOWEVER, there is also some potential for damaging or dislodging internal components with this method, such as unseating ribbon cables, or cracking LCD screens.
Fix #7: Try forcing the lens. More people have reported success with this method than with any of the other methods. HOWEVER, there's obviously some potential for damaging your camera by using this method. Variations include gently pulling, rotating, and/or twisting the lens barrel while hitting the power button. Attempt to gently straighten or align the barrel if it's crooked or twisted. Another variation includes looking for uneven gaps around the lens barrel, and then pushing on the side of the lens barrel that has the largest gap (note pushing the lens barrel all the way in is NOT recommended as it may become stuck there). While doing any of the above, listen for a click that indicates that the lens barrel guide pins may have reseated in their guide slots. If you hear this click, immediately stop and try the camera.
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Dropped my camera on soft dirt which ,when it hit, bumped the corner of the lens casing. The Camera was on so the lens was out abit. Now, when turning the camera on, the lens won't retract or zoom out....I can hear the camera trying to retract the lens for maybe 6-8 seconds and then the on-screen msg "Lens error' appears.
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When I try to turn the camera on, "Lens error" appears on the display screen, the lens "makes a sound and makes an attempt to come out and be "on". Unfortunately, something is preventing the lens from opening, and I can not use the camera. The camera was never dropped, has always been in a case,etc.
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My canon camera Ixus 8515 has an error when turning on (after some 'stuck' noises) that reads 'lens error, restart camera'. The lens is not retracting. The camera has not been dropped. Was working fine one minute, then camera appeared out of focus the next. When I turned camera off then on again, error appeared. Lens won't go back in. Have not tried forcing it as yet.
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \012probability is that you wi ... Canon Digital SD900 / IXUS 900 Ti Digital Camera
Camera shutdown I've had my Canon Powershot A85 for around 2 years. Around a few dats ago, I was showing friends pictures from a holiday to America, when it appeared the batteries had run out, but the lens never retracted, which it usually would do. I attempted to turn the camera on again, and it turned on for a split second, but i never thought to look at the screen for an error mesage, but it just turned off again. Nothing was spilled on the camera, and it wasn't dropped, or any other
Sounds like the fuse went bad in the camera, If you have no power on camera most likely thats what happened, This has to be fixed by repair tec, they have to touble shoot power board. ... Canon PowerShot A85 Digital Camera
White Screen Upon startup lens emerges but when screen appears it is white whereas it normally displays whatever the lens sees. When the shutter button is pressed the camera will focus and take a white picture which can be deleted. The camera does not flash although flash is set to automatic and photo taken in a dark room. Camera flashes (weakly) with flash set to manual on. Lens is unobstructed and appears to be perfectly normal. Camera was not dropped. Batteries have been changed.
\015\012Upon startup lens emerges but when screen appears it is white whereas it normally displays whatever the lens sees. When the shutter button is pressed the camera will focus and take a white pictur ... Pentax Optio E10 Digital Camera
Dropped camera while it was turned on - now "lens error" appears on screen & can't turn off camera or view pictures
Lens errors are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. O ... Nikon COOLPIX L20 Digital Camera
Nikon Coolpix s220...Lens Error. Camera was dropped from like 5 inches. Immediately received the error message screen. The lens is stuck all the way out...I have tried to do some of the above and while twisting the lens slightly got it to take pictures again, I think it may have done more damage because its still makes a buzzing noise when I turn it on and there is black on a portion of the screen like the cover is partially stuck (inside the camera).
Fixing a Lens Error on a Digital Camera\012\012This has to be THE most common failure mode for a digital camer ... Nikon Coolpix 2200 Digital Camera
Lens error when trying to power on camera. no dirt in lens. lens extends buzzes retracts and turns and then repeats before fully retracting. Can see camera focusing while cycling and retracting. lens error appears on screen at end of cycle. tried tapping camera and lens body to dislodge dirt as well as compressed air on lens body without success. any ideas?
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel\012 after dropping it. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \012probability is that you will have to get it fixed by a professional.Use\012\012\01 ... Nikon Coolpix S210 Digital Camera
Lens Error When I turn camera on, green light flashes and a message comes on screen: Lens error, restart camera. The lens is permanently out. Have not dropped camera, don't know what's happened and am not very technical so don't even know how to restart camera! Can't find anything in the Basic User Guide to help me.
It is just telling you to try to turn the camera off and back on. This usually doesn't self correct and will need to be serviced. I would call Canon for support and see what the options are for service or upgrade.Hope this helps! ... Canon PowerShot A460 Digital Camera
My wife dropped her Canon Powershot SD750 and we thought everything was OK. Then moments later when we tried to use it, the lens came out and then locked up and the screen showed 'lens error restart camera'. Since then, after numerous attempts to get camera to work, the camera still shows 'lens error' and the lens is always out and locked. Could you help?
HelloThank you for using FIXYA!!!This\012 is a suggestion. If you do not feel comfortable trying it, you will need to ... Canon PowerShot SD750 / IXUS 75 Digital Camera
Lens Error! We have a Nikon Coolpix S6. When attempting to turn on, the camera buzzes. Afterward, the screen shows what the lens is pointing at, but then it goes white and the words, "Lens Error" appears. I can't find the manual to pinpoint the problem. Also, when the camera is turned off, the lens cover stays open, and only goes back when the bateries are taken out and put back in. Please help quickly, this is a school camera, and it is needed for a large scale progect. (yearbook). We h
I know this is really late, but I've been having the same problem with the S6 on and off for the whole year, and I suspected a loose part.\015\012\015\012For a whole week, I couldn't turn on my camera, and the lens cap doesn't close until five minute ... Nikon COOLPIX S6 Digital Camera
Dropped camera now lens error appeared on screen
Fixing a Lens Error on a Digital Camera\012\012This has to be THE most common failure mode for a digi ... Nikon Coolpix S3000 Digital Camera
A black screen appears saying lens error restart camera
Try these procedures. ... Canon PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH / IXUS 65 Digital Camera
Dropped my camera accidentally, and it landed on lens when it was extended. The outer lens appeared crooked and wouldn't move - straightened it but tt won't return to wide function, and now i am receiving a lens error, restart camera message - lens appears to be stuck - can it be fixed or do I need to buy a new one
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \012probability is that you will have to get it fixed by a professional.Use\012\012\012\01 ... Canon PowerShot A560 Digital Camera
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \012probability is that ... Nikon COOLPIX S51 Digital Camera
Lens Problem Hello, I'm Kento from the states. I purchased the CASIO EX-Z700 series. However, I accidentally dropped the camera when the camera was on and the lens was extended. It makes a grating sound, and the monitor screen said "Lens error". Now, the camera is turned off with its lens extended. When I see the lens from the top, the lens position is more concentrated to the right, and the gaps between each lens is bigger on the left hand side of the lens. I sincerely hope this would help y
Hi Kento,Thanks for accurate description, the problem is cristal clear.As often happens the lens had been damaged by the shock.All you can do is trying gently to push the lens inside with your finger while turning ... Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z700 Digital Camera
My Nikon coolpix S10 camera was dropped and now the screen only says "lens error". If it is not touched the function returns to normal (has done so twice), but now the screen only say that one message and you can't turn it off or do anything). When it was turned off again and then turned on after a series of clicking noise the screen only said "lens error" and does not allow any other options(even turning off). Any helpful ideas would be apprecited. Thank you!
Hi,try this out it worked for most of them who had a similar problem like urs:Gently tap it twice at the end of the camera to ur plam and it will work again.just tap it very lightly against the bottom of the camera holdi ... Digital Cameras
Nikon Coolpix S10 Problem: Lens Error The camera is less than a year old and "Lens Error" has suddenly appeared on the LCD screen. The camera makes a vibrating noise when it turns on then stops. I can do nothing with the camera including shutting it off. I need to take out the battery to shut it off. Help!!!
You can take pictures ( without VR function ) by starting your camera from play button then switch to photo !Lens error appear after a shock . VR mechanism have piezo actuators glued with epoxy resin together with an c ... Digital Cameras
Lens Error I tried turning on my camera and it sits for a second on the start up screen and then beeps at me and says "Lens error - restart camera." I haven't dropped the camera. I recently plugged it into a computer and correctly disconnected it from the computer. Any suggestions?
Manually rotating sensor rotor inside camera and cleaning gear fixed the Canon "lens error" for me. \015\012I placed instructions with photo's here: http://www.avh.dds.nl/Fix-Canon-SD600-Lens-Error/ ... Canon PowerShot SD600 Digital Camera
Lens error my camera keeps displaying 'lens error,restart camera' for unk reason. i didn't drop it, it just randomly appeared and lens wont open/shut all the way. PowerShot SD870 IS
Have it serviced and they perform like new again! Try this place: www.camerasandparts.com They just service the Canons exclusively and they not only very affordable but the ... Canon PowerShot SD870 IS Digital Camera
My Nikon Coolpix S203 has a "lens error". Every time I turn on the camera, then lens goes crazy, moving in and out and zooming in and out of focus, all the while making a beeping noise. It then retracts back into the camera and the message "Lens error." appears on the screen. Please, is there anything I can do to fix this? Thank you.
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \015\012probability is that yo ... Nikon Coolpix S203 Digital Camera
I dropped my camera on the floor while i was taking a picture , the camera shut off , but the lens stayed popped out . i tried to turn the camera on again , but i would only show me the home screen , which says "Kodak Easy Share System , Share" then the camera freexes up , and it say in the top left corner , "lens error : 22" i've tried smacking it against things , i've tried smacking it on my hands , i've tried pulling out the lens , NOTHING WORKS. Please Please Please Please Please Please Plea
HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \012probability is that ... Kodak EasyShare CD33 Digital Camera
Digimaster Happycam 5010 Problem: The shutter that protects the lens is stuck fully open. The camera is stuck with lens fully extended. ERROR 2 appears on the screen. The LED near the top left of the display flashes red. The camera will not take pictures. Before the camera got stuck the movement was getting more and more difficult to achieve. I needed to switch the camera off and on. This camera seems to be identical to the Premier Camera SL-8.
Camera lens mechanism is broken, need new lens assembly. Cost would be more then camera worth. Better to get new camera. ... Digital Cameras
I dropped my camera and the lens won't retract. The screen reads lens error restart camera. Even though I have removed the battery to restart the camera, it won't correct its self. The lens stays out.
When you reset the camera you should be able to hear the gears of the camera lens turning. The problem is that the lens is out of alignment so the lens can't slide back in. As the gears are turning, straighten out the lens (you might have to try forc ... Canon PowerShot SD750 / IXUS 75 Digital Camera
Upon turning on my camera the message 'lens error restart camera' appears against black screen. I've turned off the camera and have tried turning on again. Still same message. Prior to the above message, my camera displayed a message 'memory card error card locked' and I was not able to see view my photos. I took out the card to see if it was in a locked position to which it was not. Please help as I have vacation photos on this memory card!
Can't help with the camera- sounds like it has a fault.The photos, however, should be recoverable by putting the memory card into a card reader on a computer. ... Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital Camera


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Skip to comments.Pakistan Deports Bin Laden Family
Posted on 04/27/2012 9:20:57 PM PDT by Rabin
Intelligence "officials" say bin Laden's three widows,two Saudi nationals and a Yemeni and their children (pick a number between 1 & 100) were taken to the (private) "airport near Islamabad" shortly after midnight Thursday, where a plane was waiting to take them to the kingdom.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.chosun.com ...
Gentle Ben, 911 to 2012. Hid out in for lotsa years in Pak with extended family& perks and good connections with home.
Who's on first? Rab can but wonder.
Let me guess - Obama has offered them asylum in the USA.
Let me guess...Pakistan has no use for them now with Osama dead, so no need to support them with government checks.
Let r guess, gov's counting on no sheeple NOT asking >>>
How can it be that this slug and his kith and kin, can swarm a city crawling with our Intel for years; useful Ben for US, >>> ?
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text: Early on, the tobacco industry, the advertising industry, and manufacturers of tobacco-related products tumbled to the fact that they could market the cigarette as something more than just a smoke. These products, along with other forms of advertising, had the effect of changing cultural beliefs about women and smoking, encouraging women and society to view it as not only acceptable but as highly desirable. (A similar process is now occurring in developing countries, with the predicted consequence that smoking among women worldwide will increase from its current rate of 12% to 20% in 2025. This change is already occurring in Turkey: Smoking, which used to be unacceptable for women, now has a prevalence comparable to that of men.)


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I preached tonight at the Texas Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas. This great church was started by one of our TEXAS BAPTIST COLLEGE grads Pastor Keith Bell 9 years ago. We had a great day! He is averaging over 300 each Sunday and on a normal Sunday will baptize 10 to 15. God gave us 50 saved, 40 professions, and 29 baptized today. His church has certainly grown since I was with them last December. Tonight as I walked to the platform with the Pastor I noticed in the congregation Missionary Richard Weaver and his dear family. They are missionaries to the country of Scotland. I feel led of the God to visit them and their country's golf courses. Ha! Richard and his dear wife Brenda are graduates to TEXAS BATIST COLLEGE. Their children are Brianna, Brittany, and son Caleb. These are great soul winners and are veteran missionaries. I hope you will consider supporting their efforts to reach Scotland with the Gospel.
Dr. Bob Gray Sr. retired pastor of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas. 45 years of ministry with 33 years of pastoring. Author of 35 books and conference speaker.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Missionary Richard Weaver and Family
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Preacher Boys from Texas Baptist Church
I preached today for my good friend Pastor Keith Bell of the Texas Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas. We had a blessed day! 50 saved, 40 professions, and 29 baptized. I preached tonight on "Will A Man Rob God?" The spirit was great, the response great, and the altars were full! After the service the preacher boys from the church asked to have their picture taken with me. To the right is a picture of those young men! From right to left you will see Matthew Jimenez, Josh Villegas, Vincent Villegas, myself, Manuel Dixon, Frddie Dixon, and Johnny Gonzales. These young men are all going to attend TEXAS BAPTIST COLLEGE for their training for the ministry. Great decision!WOW! Gotta love soul winning churches who believe in the preserved inspiration of the KJB! You do not have to worry about the KJB being criticized at TBC! AMEN!
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Texas Baptist College Grad Pastor Keith Bell
I had the privilege of preaching for one of our TBC graduates this morning. Pastor Keith Bell started the Texas Baptist Church 9 years ago! It is amazing what God has done for this man of God. He started this church in a warehouse next top a bar, in fact I think he still drinks a little still! Ha! His church is averaging 300 in attendance on Sundays and is out of room. God gave them a church facility a few years ago and he has renovated it into a beautiful auditorium along with Sunday school space. I was not told the final total for Sunday school this morning but I would suspect it was far greater in number than the normal 300. I taught in Sunday school the lesson on "The Lines of Defense." I preached this morning "Ye Must Be Born Again." There were 55 saved, 40 professions, and 29 baptized. Pastor and Mrs. Bell are a great testimony not only of the grace of God but they are great representatives of TBC! Gotta love soul winning churches! By the way he believes the KJB is preserved inspiration for the English speaking people. You can trust that TBC will not be critical of the preserved inspiration of the KJB at TBC! AMEN!
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Pa, Son, and Grandson
My son, Bob II, and grandson, (R. G.) Bob III took me out to Starbucks for my birthday, which happens to be 12-18 in case you forgot! Anyway, we were joined by Bob's wife Kelly and Bob's sister Karen for a delightful time. Gotta love family. Kim was busy and that will cost her dearly. Scott and his family will be coming in Tuesday for Christmas. Batten down the hatches the Grays will all be in one town and it will never be the same after this! Ha!
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Monday, December 14, 2009
78 Year Old Pete Terhune
This morning I was up at 6 am! Had my quiet time and went downstairs to get a bite to eat before getting on the treadmill for my 4 miles. While I was eating I noticed a man who was what we called a little person, or a dwarf. He was eating a few tables away from me. When I finished eating I walked over and gave him a Gospel tract. I then went to the exercise room and walked my four miles, slower than usual because of recovering from my surgery. I then went back and saw Pete sitting alone in the lobby. I walked up to him and asked if he read the Gospel tract and he said, "Yes!" I talked to him for a while and found out that he has no family and resides in Florida and is here for a few months just visiting. I carefully went over the Gospel and in a few minutes he bowed his head, took me by the hand, and prayed for Christ to save him. WOW! Gotta love that incorruptible seed of the ole KJB! Don't attempt to tell me the KJB is not preserved inspiration!
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Evangelist Allen Domelee
Last night Evangelist Allen Domelee joined me in a Sunday night revival meeting at the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Rio Rancho, NM, pastored by Brent Lenetine. Pastor Lenetine started this church 21 years ago and is doing a great job of reaching his city with the Gospel. Brother Domelee preached a great message on "Getting Back Up!" It was very encouraging! I preached the sermon "How to Behave in the House of God." The altars were full even before the invitation was given. It was amazing! This is a great church and is doing a wonderful job in following their preacher. I am looking forward to preaching with Brother Domelee tonight also. Gotta love that incorruptible seed of the KJB!
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pastor Brent Lenetine
I have had the privilege of preaching for Pastor Brent Lenetine of the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Rio Rancho, NM, for the past decade. This dear man of God started this church 21 years ago and God has blessed his efforts to reach his city with the Gospel. I was very pleased with the music and the receptiveness of the people to the preaching. They love old fashioned preaching. Tonight I will be joined by Evangelist Allen Domelee for the Sunday night service and we will preach again together on Monday night. We had ten saved and 6 baptized this morning. They are running out of room and had to go to two services on Sunday morning and that is good problem to have for any church. I looked at the drawings for their new auditorium and it looks terrific and certainly needed.
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Pete Alvarado Being Baptized
This morning I preached two services for Pastor Brent Lenetine of the Gospel Light Baptist Church of Rio Rancho, NM. I preached a sermon entitled "Forgiveness" in the first service and "Who Shall Be Damned?" in the second service. There were ten saved and 6 baptized altogether. Seven saved in the first service with 3 baptized and 3 saved in the second service with 3 baptized. Pastor Lenetine started the Gospel Light Baptist Church 21 years ago and is doing an excellent job of reaching his city with the Gospel. I was especially blessed by the music. Thank God for men of God who stay true to the Word of God and do not attempt to bring God down to man but rather bring man up to God! This man of God has a great congregation and obviously they love him very much!
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
80 year old Bill McDermit
I have been recovering from neck surgery over the last 3 1/2 weeks! The doctor said I would have to be sedentary for a few weeks. When I told my wife that she said, "Honey, that is just another word for being lazy!" I told her I thought I could handle that. I had to cancel last week end and was unable to be with my good friend Pastor Kirby Campbell in the state of Washington. This morning I arose at 4 and had my quiet time but no treadmill. Flew to Albuquerque, NM, and was picked up by Pastor Brent Lenetine who pastors the Gospel Light Baptist Church of Rio Rancho, NM. I will be joined by Evangelist Allen Domelee Sunday night and Monday. This is a great soul winning church! After resting for a while I went next door to the Motel to get a bite to eat at the Subway Restaurant. I sat at a table next to a man named Bill McDermit. We joked a little bit together and after a while I went over to his table and continued our conversation. He lives alone in a house trailer and was a devout Catholic. After a few moments I presented the Gospel to him and he took me by the hand and prayed to receive Christ as his personal Saviour. WOW! That old KJB is still preserved inspiration and is THE incorruptible seed that brings life to a dead soul! Don't treat this issue of preserved inspiration lightly. He who sticks his head in the sand gets his behind kicked! Either the KJB is inspired or it is not! Which side of this issue are you on?
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On Thursday night, members of the DUMBO Improvement District packed Galapagos Art Space to recap 2013, celebrate the accomplishments of very talented DUMBOnians and hear what's in store for the neighborhood first hand from local and Citywide officials. Borough President Eric Adams heralded the sense of community felt on DUMBO's streets as an inspiration. NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said DUMBO's growing tech and creative companies should be fully supported by the City. Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Meyer shared details on new facilities planned for the park. And Chair of the DUMBO BID Board Tom Montvel Cohen and Executive Director Alexandria Sica both emphasized the importance opening up more creative office space and working with DUMBO's next round of development projects to create benefits for the entire community.
Magic Feather Awards were given to United Photo Industries of 111 Front Street (creators of the superHeroes Fence + Photoville), NYC DOT's Urban Art Program (great partners on DUMBO's public art projects) and Situ Studio of 20 Jay Street (creators of Heartwalk at the Pearl Street Triangle).
This year, special awards were given to a "DUMBO Dozen": DUMBO based individuals and organizations who created/ accomplished amazing art/ ideas/ goodness/ innovation in 2013 and shared them with the world. Check out who made this year's list:
- Alloy: architects and developers behind the beautiful DUMBO Townhouses going up on Water Street, sell out apartments at 185 Plymouth Street and the winners of the John Street development site for Brooklyn Bridge Park.
- Andrew Sloat: local artist who's work "First Amendment" was shared with the world as part of Time Square's Midnight Moment this year.
- Brooklyn Roasting Company: our local favorite coffee spot had a major growth spirt in 2013 – doubling their space, opening a 2nd shop on Flushing, hiring 30+ new employees, and adding pop up cafes on the East River Ferry and in the Brooklyn Museum.
- Carrot Creative: one of DUMBO's longest standing digital agencies, Carrot had a pretty epic 2013. They announced a merger with VICE Media – a deal that was covered by the New York Times – and were named both Shorty Award's Social Media Agency of the Year and one of Inc.'s 500 Fastest Growing Companies.
- Christopher K. Ho: this local artist celebrated three solo shows in 2013 – a the Fyord Gallery in Philadelphia, the Y Gallery and Forever and Today Gallery in NYC. Ko also launched a major digital art project with Storm King.
- Michal Pasternak – Huge: As the Chief Experience Officer for Huge, Michal led the redesign of NYC.gov which launched in 2013, giving New Yorkers and visitors alike an entirely improved experience. Michal was also named to Adage's 40 under 40 list this week.
- Pensa: not only did Pensa's Street Charge hit dozens of park locations throughout the City this year, their DIWire wire-bender had major Kickstarter success and was named winner of Engadget's "Insert Coin Competition".
- POV: To name a few of this year's accomplishments for the great documentarians of 20 Jay: POV's "Act of Killing" is up for an Oscar, "American Promise" won Sundance, and they were awarded a major grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
- Stoked: This non-profit has been teaching NYC kids how to design, market and enjoy skateboard and snowboards – engaging more than 200 mentors this year and increasing kids enrichment hours by 32%. For more on Stoked, see our interview here.
- Studio KCA: These designers won the Governor's Island design competition and installed "Cloud Pavilion" on the island for Summer 2013. The project, constructed out of milk containers, also won Interior Design's Project of the Year award.
- Tina Roth Eisenberg: not only did Tina, aka swissmiss, grow Tattly and Creative Mornings into global enterprises this year, Tina was tapped to deliver the keynote at SXSW Interactive 2013 – a terrific talk that can be viewed here.
- TinyBop: This new company launched their first app this year – The Human Body – which came out in August and had been downloaded more than 5 million times in 108 countries by the end of September. Expect more gorgeous and educational kids apps in the coming year.
- (Yes! we couldn't resist one more for 2013): Katie Hunt-Moor of Etsy: by day Katie is the Social Responsibility Manager for Etsy and in her spare time, she founded and runs Jiamini, a non profit that raises money to support education for children in Tanzania, supporting 70 students in 2013 with scholarships, books and computer programs.
For a copy of the DUMBO Improvement District FY 2013 Annual Report, click on one of the links below:
FY 2013 DUMBO BID Annual Report Large PDF (24mb)
FY 2013 DUMBO BID Annual Report Small PDF (1.8mb)
For a copy of the DUMBO Improvement District FY 2013 Audited Financial Statements, click here (117kb).


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Book Review
Feudal Formations
D.N. JHA (ED.) : Feudal Formations in Early India, Chanakya Publications, Delhi, 1987.
MODERN INDIAN historians have too long been obsessed with the view that the "timelessness" of the Indian mind has created a historiographical situation wherein the historical processes of ancient and medieval India can be understood only to a limited extent. Therefore, unconsciously is nurtured the assumption that to write about modern history, there is hardly any need to look into the historical structures of ancient and medieval times. The book under review, on the contrary, indicates how crucial areas of historical analysis, particularly those related to the elements and nature of social change can be scientifically understood within the br6ad theoretical framework of historical materialism.
Our understanding of the pre-modern society has both ideological and structural dimensions. In order to place the context in which the collection of articles are compiled together in this book, it is pertinent to underline briefly the parameters within which earlier writings on the subject were oriented. During the early part of the nineteenth century began the land revenue surveys of India by the British. They wrote about their conception of the past, collected data relevant to their policy analysis and came to conclusions about either the 'admirable' or 'stagnant' Indian village communities. However, many conceptions about land relations were embedded in earlier social formations, and with regard to these clarity was far from achieved. In the light of the nineteenth century (and this was also the time when writing of history in general gained ground) misconceptions about the character of village communities in early India, as well as as the theories of 'Oriental Despotism9 advocated at the same time, the historiographical limitations of these writings cannot be overemphasized.
That it became crucial to generate a new set of questions about the relationship of the State and the peasantry and other related issues for various stages of early Indian history, is reflected in the recent historiography of India wherein there is the general concern to write about social and economic history at the micro-level. The more conventional approach


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SMC GOLF: Belles best of 13 teams at Ohio tournament
Thomas Barr | Monday, April 4, 2005
The Belles rang in the new season with a tournament victory. The team took first place in the Capital University 2005 Purple and White Golf Invitational in Foxfire, Ohio, this Friday and Saturday.The Belles won the 13-team tournament, shooting a course record 357. They edged out the Ohio Northern squad by three strokes in the tournament."Its good anytime you win, to beat 13 teams, but we definitely didn't play up to our potential," Belles coach Mark Hamilton said. "It was tough weather on a tough course, but in the end we played better than the other teams, and that is what matters."The inclement weather that shortened the tournament to only 18 holes did not prevent several Belles from having impressive individual performances. Senior Steffanie Simmerman tied for overall lowest score with 83 strokes, which was also the club course record. Fellow senior Julia Adams finished second with an 84.While two other Belles, captain Chrissy Dunham and Megan Mattia, rounded out the top 20, the team was not satisfied. "We had two really great performances by Simmerman and Adams, but I know some of the other girls were disappointed with their performances," Hamilton said.The Belles are preparing to play in the Tri-State University Invitational Tournament this Saturday at 10 a.m. in Angola, Indiana. The team has been working hard to fix weaknesses and maintain strengths that were evident at Foxfire. "Our ball striking has been solid," Hamilton said. "Weather has hindered us from getting out on the course to practice. This affects mental preparedness and our short game. "


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Hannah's brother, John, is my 6g grandfather.
Unfortunately, the line of John1665 is not well documented.Moses, his brother, is more thorough, so there is a lot of process of elimination and circumstantial information; given names, dates, surrounding families, etc, that goes into coming up with "conclusions" (nice word for "good guess").
You've motivated me to look into this line, over the past few days.Write me direct @ email@example.com if you like.(Sorry, I didn't notice that I had my email address function turned off.)
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Many of us are in the process of spring cleaning and it seems appropriate to ask the question: how can I make my apartment more environmentally friendly? That query will be answered at the next SSSNA meeting, scheduled for Tuesday May 24 at 7pm.
We have invited a variety of guests to speak about how condo boards can enact meaningful green changes, as well as how individuals (renters and owners) can take small steps toward big effect– for both the planet and your pocketbook. It will be a very insightful meeting for environmentalists and apartment dwellers alike.
We'll also use the opportunity to briefly discuss the new community gardens in our neighborhood and the annual block party — which is undergoing one big change for its fifth year. You'll have to attend to get the scoop.
What: SSSNA's quarterly meeting
When: Tuesday May 24 at 7pm
Where: Aurora condominium, 7915 Eastern Avenue
It's not necessary, but you can let everyone know you're coming on the Facebook Event.
And if you have anything else you'd like to discuss, contact any of the board members.


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A major food retailer has denied rumours it is to take over the Co-Operative store on Larne's Circular Road.
As reported in the Times, the Co-Op supermarket is to close its doors for good due to poor sales.
Rumours had been circulating that Aldi was to set up shop at the site, but the company told the Times it had "no plans" to come to Larne.


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Crystal Glass 1976-1983 - Received her start by attending the Ebony showcase Theatre owned by the late actor Nick Stuart. It was there where her talents of singing, dancing, writing and directing was developed to a professional level. Simultaneously Crystal was a part of a popular R & B group called 'Legacy' who later release a single with Crystal as one of the lead vocals 'The Groove is Here' 1983-1996 - Crystal went solo and began working with several independent artists with vocals and technique. In addition she also rendered background vocals and studio work for several artist and radio stations doing jingles. Her work was exposed on KJLH and a music video called 'Rappin Granny'. Later, Crystal landed and opportunity to be the Co-Executive producer and host of a cable TV program called 'Raw Talent Showcase' for kids, teenagers and adults showcasing their talent. She had the opportunity to interview and/or has performed on her show many artists such as: * Howard Hewitt * Melba Moore * Immature (IMX) * Tyrese * Ja'son * 3rd Storee and more 1997- Present - Crystal is an Inspirational Soul singing Artist and also the Co-Executive Producer and host of the 'Gospel Talent Unlimited Showcase' cable TV show airing across Los Angeles and other areas. This show is one the hottest Gospel Showcases airing today. Crystal is also an 'IMG' (Image of God) background vocalist to the renowned gospel artist 'Calvin B. Rhone' who is also her pastor/teacher and producer of her newly released C/D 'Keepin it Real'. In 2002 she had the opportunity to tour with him out of the country to Japan, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui and Fukuoka performing at the Blue Note Club and one of the largest auditoriums 'Harmony Hall'. After which, the following year the principal of Soulbird Music School in Japan requested Crystal to come back to Japan as an instructor and teach Gospel music to the Japanese student in their three schools in Osaka, Tokyo and Fukuoka. There were so impressed with her talent and teaching skills that the sponsored company hired her collaborated company with her husband 'CrystalGlassHouse Productions' to send other instructors to teach in Japan. To date Crystal has sent her second instructor out to teach in Japan and he is doing well. Presently from May, 2004 to August, 2004 Crystal was in Japan for the second time teaching the Japanese students and then returned on December 15, 2004 to do a 10 day tour in the cities of Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Oita. This will mark the beginning of independent artist to perform in the future in Japan. Crystal continues to write, produce, direct and bless audiences with her smooth easy listening vocals and is now working on her next C/D project.


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Celebrate in Thanksgiving style with elegant and simple table settings.
Centerpiece Platter
- A variety of candles
- A few glass votive holders
- An assortment of pinecones, leaves, berries, nuts and grapes
- A tray or mirror as the base
1. Place tallest candle at center of base, surrounded by shorter candles, with nuts and berries around perimeter. Remember to rotate tray as you work.
2. To make cinnamon-stick candleholder, wrap a rubber band around a juice glass. Slide cinnamon sticks between rubber band and glass until they completely encircle cup. Secure with ribbon tied in a small bow.
3. Turn a pumpkin into a candleholder by carving out a hole just big enough for a votive.
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When Jamiann Stevens showed up to work in the Alaska Senate chambers with a black eye about a year ago, no one thought it that unusual.
First of all, Fairbanks Sen. Ralph Seekins had recently received 50 stitches after being hit in the head with a puck during a college hockey game, and second, Stevens is a title-holding boxer.
During the week, Stevens, 32, is the Senate sergeant-at-arms. But in her free time she trades her professional clothing for protective headgear - which doesn't always prevent facial injury.
The boxing seed was planted when Stevens, who grew up in Juneau, was 16.
She was hanging out at the Zach Gordon Youth Center and a couple of girls began pushing her around. At that time Juneau had a fight club, and two of its members saw the girls attacking Stevens.
"They said, 'Hey, come over here. We want to teach you how to defend yourself,'" she said.
They taught her how to stand and throw a few punches. She worked with them for a month or so and then dropped boxing for about 12 years. Her next chance to get back in the game came while working as a ring girl during a fight at Marlintini's in the late 1990s.
"At some point I looked at the people in the ring and thought, 'I can do that!'" she said.
Five years later, Stevens holds a female lightweight title belt from the Ketchikan Fight Club - known among its members as KFC. Her husband, Russ, is the four-time Southeast heavyweight champion. Son Tyler, 10, has also competed in amateur boxing, though his mother says he's more into team sports.
But for Jamiann, boxing holds an allure no other sport has.
"It's just the competition, and you get a little respect out of it. It's one-on-one. It's going out and proving to yourself what your limits are," she said.
As sergeant-at-arms, Stevens is responsible for keeping decorum on the floor, for making sure things run smoothly and for enforcing chamber rules. After a particularly stressful day, she might unwind the same way she does after a boxing match: some stretching, some deep breathing and a glass of white Zinfandel.
Some state senators, including Seekins, have taken an interest in her avocation and attended some of her fights.
Seekins said Stevens' competitive spirit shows through outside the ring as well.
"She's very dedicated and a hard worker. It's kind of neat to see someone that develops that passion, works toward it and has a great deal of fun with it."
At the same time, the senator acknowledges that he hadn't given much thought to women boxers before meeting Stevens.
"I'm a husband and a father and a grandfather. I can't imagine my two girls doing it as a sport, but I can certainly see how it's something that she really enjoys to do," he said.
Stevens herself acknowledges that there's a difference between the way men box and the way women box.
"You'll see guys get close in at each other. They hold on to each other. Women push the people off and punch. Women are just a little more vicious," Stevens said.
Juneau doesn't have an official fight club, though there are about 30 boxers in town that have formed a loose association. Stevens said their organization is limited because they don't have their own facility. But the group did put on a fight night at Centennial Hall this weekend.
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Cowboys' Romo returns despite fracturing rib
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Champion baseball loose for No. 1 test
Updated 11:32 pm, Thursday, May 24, 2012
One by one, Boerne Champion baseball players were called into the principal's office.
They were getting ready to begin the playoffs, but administration had seen enough. The Chargers were told that if they didn't comply, they might not be able to play.
The problem was that their mullets were getting out of control.
"We were told our hair was getting distracting," said senior Trevor Harlos of the business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back mullet look. "So we all shaved off our mullets at lunch on the day the playoffs started."
The hair is gone, but the Chargers are keeping the party going in the Class 4A playoffs. They've advanced to the regional semifinals and face Corpus Christi Calallen (33-1) in a one-game playoff at 7:30 p.m. today in Hallettsville.
Champion (25-10) is a heavy underdog against Calallen, the No. 1 team in the nation in an ESPN poll, but the Chargers have had no problem staying loose this week.
Coach Chuck Foster keeps a laid-back coaching approach with his team, citing how most of his players have about 100 baseball games a year between select teams and the high school season. With that much time spent on the field, Foster said he doesn't want baseball to feel like a job.
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"It's such a mental game and such a long season," Foster said. "Tension can be the enemy of baseball."
Along with typical team pranks, the team has its own language, "Sepulvenese," named after a former player. It mainly consists of the Chargers mispronouncing the end of words. These are baseball players, after all, not linguistics majors.
The language caught senior Bryce Dorn off-guard. Dorn moved to Boerne after attending Reagan for three years, and said he quickly realized the Chargers' dugout would be unlike any he'd been in.
"It sounds kind of stupid, and now I catch myself saying it all the time," Dorn said. "Most baseball teams are pretty strange, and this one has more of its own rituals than any team."
Then there were the mullets. Many of the players shaved the longhaired portion of their mullets but kept the shears away from the top of their heads, creating a look of a reverse Friar Tuck.
"Our graduation pictures could look pretty bad next week," infielder Zach Long said. "But we can't cut our hair now, not while we're in the playoffs. Our grandmas might not like it, but we don't care."
Champion's season has also been the case study for the way teams have adjusted to new bat regulations, as new BBCOR bats required for use this season caused a massive drop in hitting numbers.
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• Churchill vs. Laredo Alexander: @Alice, best-of-3 — Game 1: 8 p.m. today; Game 2: 4 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 (if necessary): 6 p.m. Saturday
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• Boerne vs. West Columbia: @Weimar, best-of-3 — Game 1: Boerne 2, West Columbia 0; Game 2: 4 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 (if necessary): 6 p.m. Saturday
• Blanco vs. Bushland: @Snyder, best-of-3 — Game 1: 7:30 p.m. today; Game 2: Noon Saturday; Game 3 (if necessary): 2 p.m. Saturday
• D'Hanis vs. Shiner: @Judson, best-of-3 — Game 1: 7:30 p.m. today; Game 2: 4:30 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 (if necessary): 6:30 p.m. Saturday
The Chargers were one of the top batting teams in the nation last season, with a .416 team average and 36 home runs. The lineup included last year's Express-News Area Player of the Year Blake Allemand, who is now a starter at Texas A&M.
Champion's team batting average has dropped to .290, 126 points lower than last season, and its home-run total has dipped to nine.
While Champion's batting numbers went down, its pitching numbers dramatically improved and the Chargers began relying on manufacturing runs.
There was definitely an adjustment phase, as Champion had a 2-5 record after the first week of the season. But the team hit its stride on the way to the 28-4A championship, with the addition of Dorn alongside Luke Strieber providing a strong 1-2 pitching tandem.
Strieber has a 7-2 record and 0.97 ERA this season, while Dorn is 6-4 with a 2.86 ERA.
"These guys are enjoying the game and enjoying being a team," Foster said. "When they need to focus, they do. But baseball's supposed to be fun, and they're having it."
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Black Walnut Tree - Shade Tree - Healthy Bare Root Plants - 3 packblackwalnut-3pk
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The black walnut tree is one of our most valuable and beautiful trees. This tree grows straight and tall with few lower branches. Black Walnut makes great shade trees and produce fernlike foliage. In autumn, the leaves turn bright yellow, making a nice contrast with the tree's rugged, dark bark.
These trees are known for producing sweet, round, two to three inch nuts. Walnuts make a great nutritious snack and great when added to oatmeal. The nuts from the tree began to fall in September and October. The hard shells provide perfect package for storing the nuts over winter. In the fall the leaves will turn a brilliant yellow color. A tree with so much value! Not only a food but the wood from the tree can be turned into the most beautiful cabinets, furniture and so many other uses.
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What would you do if a character from the opposite sex went up and started dancing with you?
I conducted a experiment to see if there would be a difference between a female and male character dancing. I made a human hunter for both male and female. They both consisted of level 5 experience. I then preceded to go up to random people of the opposite sex and danced with them. What do you guys think happened?
Let me tell you. The female character got a lot of people to dance with her yet the male who went up to females got harassed multiple times on different occasions. Do you think this is the norm in real life and in a virtual world? I want to get everyone's input about this to further help my experiment. What would you do? What factors effect your decision to dance with a character?


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The lingual tonsils are pads of skin located at the base of your tongue and consist of lymph nodes, a type of immune-system structure. When exposed to bacteria or viruses, the lingual tonsils may become inflamed.
The bacteria or viruses that cause inflamed lingual tonsils typically enter your body through your mouth, eyes or nasal passages. Doctors sometimes call this inflammation tonsillitis, which the Mayo Clinic explains is a common condition, especially in children.
Symptoms of inflamed lingual tonsils include white patches at the base of your tongue, a sore throat, difficulty swallowing, headaches, fever, chills or loss of voice, reports the Mayo Clinic. Children also may develop abdominal pain.
Doctors can see the signs of lingual tonsil inflammation through a physical examination. Often, doctors take a swab of the area, which is examined in a laboratory to detect whether the cause is viral or bacterial.
Inflamed lingual tonsils caused by bacteria are typically treated with oral antibiotics used for approximately 10 days, according to Medline Plus. Viral infections will not respond to antibiotics and must typically be allowed to run their course; however, individuals who develop frequent viral tonsillitis may need to have their lingual tonsils surgically removed.
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Symptoms of bacterial lingual tonsillitis usually improve within two to three days of antibiotic treatment, explains Medline Plus. Viral tonsillitis may require one to two weeks to clear, reports the Mayo Clinic.


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Ten will get you 50 if you live in a pineapple under the sea. The 50-episode marathon of "SpongeBob SquarePants" (7 p.m., Nickelodeon, ending Sunday night) celebrates the 10th anniversary of a seriously silly cartoon that has been delighting children and entertaining their parents since 1999.
Ten years is a long time for a hit. To put it in perspective, "SpongeBob" debuted less than a year after "The Powerpuff Girls," another wildly popular kids' cartoon, licensing bonanza and pop-culture phenomenon. But the "Girls" pretty much faded mid-decade, while "SpongeBob" has flourished rather swimmingly.
"SpongeBob" now shares Fridays with two popular features that have endangered the very existence of the old-fashioned cartoon — CGI animation and sassy live-action "tween" sitcoms. But we'll have to see whether "Penguins of Madagascar" (6 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., Nickelodeon) and "iCarly" (5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Nickelodeon) are still around in 2019.
• Speaking of pop trends you hope won't last a decade, the TV movie "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" (7 p.m., Disney) offers a crossover of three popular Disney series.
• I hate to break it to you ladies, but guys are genetically hard-wired to blow stuff up, break things or, better yet, throw them off a tall building and giggle as they smash to pieces a few seconds later. We like to see how far we can throw rocks and hold spitting contests. We don't have any of our old toys to sell on eBay or "Antiques Roadshow" because we blew them up or set them on fire when we had the chance. We're guys, and no matter how old, rich or educated we get, we're 12 years old at heart.
It's clear that the Science Channel has tapped into that Rosetta stone of guy-dom. That explains "Catch It Keep It" (9 p.m., Science). a new engineering/construction contest. The premise is simple. In the first episode, the host builds a ramp to run a motorcycle off a two-story building. If the challengers can rig up a system to save the bike, they get to keep it. If they don't, we get to see it fly, crash, shatter and explode.
Every week, "Catch It" offers a new opportunity to watch something expensive get broken while celebrating know-how over mere destructiveness. But it includes way too much bickering and other social drama for the inner 12-year-old to endure. It also has one fatal flaw: This could easily be condensed into a half-hour show. Stunted guys like us just don't have the attention span to sit through an hour-long challenge.
Tonight's other highlights
• Grand opening day looms on "Chopping Block" (7 p.m., NBC).
• Star Jones and Jack Hanna guest star on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? " (7 p.m., Fox).
• Scheduled on "NOW" (7:30 p.m., PBS, check local listings): the long-term impact of Israel's militarized society.
• A teen harbors dark thoughts on "Mental" (8 p.m., Fox).
• A physical exam challenges Carter's self image on "Eureka" (8 p.m., SyFy).
• Scheduled on "20/20" (9 p.m., ABC): survivors of extraordinary experiences.
• "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up" (10 p.m., Starz) returns for a second season.
Cult choice
A jazz musician (James Darren) becomes obsessed with a woman who might be dead in the murky 1969 mystery "Venus in Furs" (1 a.m., TCM), co-starring Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski and Manfred Mann.
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This is really important, I have to go somewhere in two days and I need a spell that will heal a pretty bad wound completely by Sunday!
It's pretty deep and had to get stitches, so it's gotta be a pretty heavy duty spell.
Does anybody have any suggestions?