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The Calgary Flames acquired defenceman Jordan Leopold from Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Tuesday in exchange for forward Andrei Nazarov and a second-round choice in the 2001 NHL draft.
Leopold completed his sophomore year at the University of Minnesota during the 1999-00 season, recording six goals and 18 assists in 39 games.
The native of Golden Valley, Minn., played for the U.S. Team at the 2000 world junior championships scoring a goal and adding two in seven games.
Nazarov, a former first-round choice of San Jose, was traded to Tampa before being shipped to the Flames. He had 10 goals and 22 assists in 76 games last season. In 321 career games, the Russian has recorded 41 goals and 61 assists.


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Congratulations to Tomas Gomez (Webster Groves/Georgetown) who is one of five USL goalkeeper featured by the United Soccer League in a recent pre-season report.
The 2016 USL Golden Glove winner with a 0.69 goals-against average – taking the honor thanks to Rio Grande Valley FC's Callum Irving not playing quite enough minutes – Tomas Gomez will be hoping to prove he wasn't simply a beneficiary of the Rochester Rhinos' outstanding defensive scheme as he enters the new season as the squad's No. 1.
Gomez certainly has a strong pedigree. A former member of the U.S. U20 National Team program, his .780 save percentage also ranked third in the league. If he maintains that level, the Rhinos will again be among the contenders for the USL Cup, and Gomez could be in the running for the Goalkeeper of the Year award his predecessors John McCarthy (2014) and Brandon Miller (2015) both claimed during their time with the club.
Gomez played Academy soccer with AJ Cochran at SLSG Missouri. His brother Samuel won State titles with Webster Groves in 2014 and 2015, he's also a GK.

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Target: Ben Butler, Prosecuting Attorney for Cass County, Missouri
Goal: Prevent man accused of dragging a horse down the road behind a truck from owning horses in the future.
Roy Hammond is accused of dragging his horse more than mile down the road behind his pickup truck. Hammond claims he was trying to train the horse, but the Sheriff's Department responding to a neighbor's 911 call found that hard to believe. Major Jeff Weber reports that when he arrived on scene he found the horse still chained to the truck, bleeding badly, and lying on the ground. Major Weber immediately arrested Hammond for animal abuse.
The horse was transported to a veterinarian for treatment. Dr. Zachary Peterson reports the horse's hooves were ground down nearly to the bone and her skin was a mess of road burns and sores. Dr. Peterson and his team hoped to save the horse's life, but were unable to do so. Thankfully, they were able to reduce her pain in the last moments of her life.
Demand that Roy Hammond, if convicted, is prevented from owning or working with horses in the future.
Dear Mr. Butler,
Roy Hammond is accused of a horrendous act of animal cruelty. Major Jeff Weber responded to a 911 call and arrested Mr. Hammond in response to seeing a severely injured horse tied to the back of Hammond's truck. Hammond claims he was training the horse; however, the injuries were so severe the horse died while under veterinary care.
We demand that, if convicted, Roy Hammond is barred from owning or working with horses.
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Nazca Lines
Obelisks - Introduction
Obelisk as a "solar compass"
Modern Obelisks - Markers of True North
Raising Obelisks
Return to:
Alignments of
Ancient Structures - Main Page
Because of the rotation of the Earth, the sun appears to move across the sky,
rising in the east and setting in the west. It is not safe to look at the sun,
so a simple device that used a shadow was developed to safely observe the
movement of the sun. The first sun dial was probably just a stick that was put
into the ground.
Obelisks were markers of time and place, raised by late Egyptian pharaohs in
commemoration of anniversaries, victories, and the favor bestowed on them by the
Thirty-five hundred years ago, a glorious era dawned in
ancient Egypt called the New Kingdom. With wealth pouring in from her conquests
abroad, Egypt's builders and craftsmen achieved perfection in stone and gold. A
line of pharaohs with memorable names ruled the land: Tutankhamun, Thutmoses,
Amen- Hotep, and most illustrious of all, Ramses the Great. The pharaohs
believed themselves to be God-Kings, and their greatest fear was to lose their
place in the afterlife. In the quest for eternal life, the pharaoh had to insure
the preservation of both his body and his name. The fear of being forgotten was
so strong, that the pharaohs spent much of their lives creating memorials to
themselves in stone. The most spectacular of these monuments were at Thebes, the
heart of the New Kingdom. A thousand years earlier, the desire for immortality
had led to the construction of the pyramids. But these mountains of stone were
vulnerable to grave robbers. So the pharaohs of the New Kingdom hid their tombs
in the isolated Valley of the Kings, below a pyramid- shaped hill. The passion
for building on a gigantic scale was now directed to the creation of magnificent
temples. The pyramid shape was not abandoned, just reduced in size and carved on
top of a tall shaft of granite: the obelisk. These spires of stone represented
rays of light. The pharaohs placed pairs of obelisks at the temple gate in
praise of the sun god. Obelisks of a hundred feet were formed from a single
piece of granite, one of the hardest stones to work. The base of the obelisk
balances on top of a pedestal stone, supported by nothing more than its own
Two Obelisks in front of an Egyptian temple
Two (one currently missing) obelisks in front
of an Egyptian temple of Ramses
The following text shows surprising connection between ancient Egypt and
modern United States.
A line corresponding with the true meridian of the place may be made by
the solar method.
It turns out that highly precise alignment can be easily achieved with
very simple methods. With help of the Sun, few sticks and two ropes of equal
length would be all that was needed to find the cardinal points with high degree
of accuracy.
It is very likely that the ancient builders oriented
their monuments using the sun,
by means of wooden stakes and ropes. There are in
fact references in ancient texts referring to "the shadow", the
"stride of Ra" and "stretching the cord ceremony".
The local meridian can be located by observing the shortest shadow of a
vertical obelisk. However much more accurate result can be obtained by
bisection the angle created by lines pointing to the sunrise and sunset.
Another variation of this method (of finding the true meridian) would be based
on using the shadow of an obelisk (instead of direct sighting of the rising and
setting sun).
The sun rises and sets in equal but opposite angles to true north.
Using a plumb line, a pole would have been set as vertically as possible. Then,
few hours before noon, its shadow would be measured. This length then
becomes the radius of a circle. As the sun rises higher, the shadow shrinks back
from the line and then becomes longer in the afternoon. When it reaches the
circle again it forms an angle with the morning's line. The bisection of the
angle is true north.
Click on the image to enlarge
From Chapter (3) Standard Meridian Line; Land Descriptions,
"Title 51 of the New Jersey Statutes" comprises 13 chapters
of law regulating the sale, transportation and licensing of various
Here we present relevant fragments from Chapter 3. Standard Meridian Line
Likewise appropriate for repeal is most of
Chapter 3 entitled "Standard Meridian Line."N.J.S.A. 51:3-1 provides: The board
of chosen freeholders of each county shall erect, and properly in close and
protect at public spots, adjacent to the courthouse of the county,
substantial pillars on the same meridian line and not less than one hundred
feet apart. The board shall cause to be determined the accurate latitude and
longitude of the first of said pillars, reckoning the longitude from the meridian
at Washington, and shall have said latitude and longitude distinctly and
legibly marked on said pillar in degrees, minutes, seconds and parts of a second.
Upon the summit of the first pillar there shall be immovably placed a brass
plate, indented with a line indicating the true meridian. There shall also be
placed on said first pillar a hair sight, in such a manner that a straight line
passing through the center thereof, extended to a distinctly visible needle
point, which shall be maintained on the summit of the second pillar, will be in
the line of true meridian running north and south. The board shall cause the said
meridian line to be verified at any time, when required by order of any judge of
the Superior Court. The statute enacted in 1877 is intended to measure true
north. True north, the geographic position of the North Pole, differs from
magnetic north, the magnet created by the earth's iron core. [Geographic
north is where the earth's axis cuts the globe in two. This axis of rotation is
tilted to the plane of the elliptic path of the earth around the sun. There also
is a third north, the grid north, that is a line running parallel to the
meridian of true north, that is a line of longitude converging on the North
The legal significance of true north is
to make accurate descriptions of properties in deeds and other documents.
Magnetic north drifts. However, the statutory remedy does not reflect actual
practice. An informal survey indicates that many counties have not erected
pillars adjacent to the courthouse and surveyors do not rely upon pillars to
make their measurements. Rather, surveyors rely upon measurements of latitude
and longitude based on grid maps established by federal agencies.
Article 2 of
Chapter 3 has codified this practice for purposes of land descriptions and
official surveys. N.J.S.A. 51:3-7. Consequently, it is recommended that article
1 of Chapter 3 be recommended for repeal.
[51:3-1. Pillars showing true meridian;
verification of meridian line
The board of chosen freeholders of each county
shall erect, and properly in close and protect at public spots, adjacent to the
courthouse of the county, two substantial pillars on the same meridian line and
not less than one hundred feet apart. The board shall cause to be determined the
accurate latitude and longitude of the first of said pillars, reckoning the
longitude from the meridian at Washington, and shall have said latitude and
longitude distinctly and legibly marked on said pillar in degrees, minutes,
seconds and parts of a second. Upon the summit of the first pillar there shall
be immovably placed a brass plate, indented with a line indicating the true
meridian. There shall also be placed on said first pillar a hair sight, in such
a manner that a straight line passing through the center thereof, extended to a
distinctly visible needle point, which shall be maintained on the summit of the
second pillar, will be in the line of the true meridian running north and south.
The board shall cause the said meridian line to be verified at any time, when
required by order of any judge of the Superior Court.
Amended 1953,c.48,s.14; 1991,c.91,s.479.
51:3-2. Custody of pillars and inclosure; free access thereto
said pillars and inclosure shall be subject to the custody of the county clerk.
Any surveyor of lands, or civil engineer, residing in said county, or engaged in
surveying therein, shall have free access thereto for the purpose of testing the
variation of the compass.
51:3-3. Injuring pillars; misdemeanor
Any person who
shall willfully erase, alter, deface, displace, destroy, carry away or otherwise
injure any such pillar or inclosure, or any part thereof, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. Upon conviction thereof, he shall for each offense be punished by a
fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than three
years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
51:3-4. Variation of compass; testing; certificate;
filing; fees
Every surveyor engaged in surveying land within this state, shall
test and note the actual variation of his compass from the true meridian line at
least once in each year. He shall deposit a copy of his notes with the date and
time of such test and a certificate embodying the variation with an affidavit
verifying its correctness with the clerk of the county, in which he resides or
has his office, to be recorded in a book provided for that purpose. For recording
each certificate and affidavit, for copies or abstracts thereof, and for drawing
the certificate and seal therefor, said clerk shall be allowed the legal fees
allowed for similar services. The said fees shall be paid by the person who
desires the service performed.51:3-5. Penalty for violation; recoveryEvery
surveyor, who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of section
51:3-4 of this title, shall for each offense, be liable to a penalty of fifty
dollars to be recovered with costs, by the board of chosen freeholders or by any
person for its use and benefit in an action at law.
51:3-6. Salem and Cumberland
L.1869, c. 228, p. 566, entitled "Supplement to the act to establish a
meridian line standard in the several counties of this state," approved March
twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, saved from repeal.
[This act requires surveyors in Salem and Cumberland counties twice each year to
test compasses and note variations and to file verified certificates in a
prescribed form, and thereafter to make and return surveys according to the true
bearings instead of the magnetic bearings, and fixes the fees of the county
clerk as follows: 25 cents for recording each certificate and affidavitappended,
and 15 cents for taking the affidavit.]
Source: Chapter (3) Standard Meridian Line; Land Descriptions,
How the ancient Egyptians created these mighty obelisks weighing four
hundred tons is a question that has mystified archaeologists for years. Cecil B.
de Mille tackled the problem in his 1959 epic, "The Ten Commandments." Although
he puts on an impressive spectacle, it's not clear how his several- hundred-
ton- obelisk bounces so obediently into position without breaking.
To explore
the reality of obelisk raising, NOVA assembled a team with a variety of talents.
Egyptologist, Mark Lehner...Stonemason, Roger Hopkins...Ancient technology buff,
Martin Isler...and Aly el Gasab, Egypt's foremost specialist in the moving of
heavy statues. Their plan is to test out theories of how ancient obelisks were
made by raising one themselves.
Obelisks were markers of time and place, raised by late Egyptian pharaohs
in commemoration of anniversaries, victories, and the favor bestowed on them
by the gods. They seem outwardly as simple and apparent as their stark planes,
but the quarrying, transport and raising of a megalith that weighs as much as
450 tons proves to be as complex as the babble of hieroglyphs that adorn the
obelisks' faces.
For this experiment, Egyptologist Mark Lehner joined Massachusetts stonemason
Roger Hopkins in search of ancient clues in the original quarries far up the
Nile at Aswan. There they confronted one of history's great failures, the
Unfinished Obelisk of Aswan, doomed by rock flaws to remain only partially
sculpted out of the pink granite. From this failure the team tried to learn
how the massive shafts of granite were cut from the rock, dragged to the Nile,
loaded on barges and shipped down the river. With the help of ancient
technology buff Martin Isler and Egyptian monument expert Ali el Gasab, the
team ran straight into the engineering obstacles that stand in the way of
raising a massive yet delicate needle of stone to upright stability.
Our team failed the first time. But they're going back to give it one more
try. Does someone out there have the method that will help them succeed? On
May 19, 1998 Mark
Lehner responded to questions during a live event, and to additional
questions e-mailed to this Web site the following day.
Check out the archived
questions and answers.
"Secrets of Lost Empires: Obelisk" , TV Broadcast May 19,
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Looking for information on Thomas Bodkin, born in West Virginia about 1864(listed 16 years old on 1880 census). His parents were Peter and Bridget Bodkin,both born in Ireland. Thomas was born in Clarksburg,Harrison County, WV where the family resided. Per Peter's obituary in 1906 Thomas is living in Iowa, then Bridget's obituary in 1910 list him living in South Dakota. Any information would be appreciated.
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CHICAGO -- If there's one figure floating around Gar Forman's head these days, it must be $20 million.
That's the amount of money under the salary cap the Bulls will have to spend next summer when the contracts of Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich come off the books and the amnesty tag is likely used on Carlos Boozer.
That's the rough estimate that salary-cap guru Larry Coon has come up with given the Bulls already have a little over $42 million tied up in Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, Jimmy Butler and Marquis Teague and the figure for the cap is expected to be around $62 million. So as Forman prepares his plan for this summer, he has to do so with next summer in mind.
Much was made about the Bulls' decision not to go deep into the luxury tax last summer, but that proved to be the right decision given that Rose ended up not playing since injuring his knee on April 28, 2012. The Bulls' front office is well aware that it needs another star to pair with Rose in order to get past the Miami Heat and get over the hump toward an NBA title -- but how does it do that with just $20 million in actual cap space likely staring the staff in the face a year from now?
Let's go through a few of the scenarios Forman likely is considering:
Luol Deng: The Bulls have to make a decision on what to do with their two-time All-Star. If Deng wants to stay with the Bulls, he is going to have to take a pay cut from the over $13 million he is scheduled to make this season. Just how much of a cut will go a long way toward determining what the Bulls are going to be able to do in the future. If Deng won't re-sign for about $7 million or $8 million a year, the Bulls may be forced to deal him at some point in the next few months. They cannot afford to let him walk away for nothing. The problem for them is that there isn't going to be much of a trade market for a 28-year-old who has battled health problems over the past year and a half and could easily walk at the end of the year.
The flip side is that if the Bulls commit to Deng for the next three to four years, their odds of getting a max player go down dramatically because that would eat up almost half of their available cap space. Forman is in a tough spot either way, especially given that Tom Thibodeau has repeatedly called Deng "the glue" of the team.
Nikola Mirotic: The Bulls' prized draft pick from a couple of years ago continues to dominate overseas (named the Spanish League MVP earlier this week). He is almost as important a piece for the Bulls' future as Deng is given the ramifications regarding the salary cap. As Forman explained last month on the "Waddle and Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago, there are a lot of hoops to go through in order to get Mirotic over to the States and playing for the Bulls.
"You're slotted in the first round, and I think the slot for No. 24 is $1.3 or $1.4 million," Forman said. "Well, he makes a lot more money than that right now over at Real Madrid. So the way the CBA is written is after three years then you're no longer slotted. Then you can use whether it's exception room or cap room in order to pay a guy. So there's no possibility this summer [of getting him] because next year will be his third year. But after next year, the summer of 2014, then we'll be able to start some negotiations as far as a buyout possibly with Real Madrid or negotiate with him to come over here."
While the Bulls have always been privately confident that Mirotic would come to Chicago next summer, even they don't know for sure. First, they would have to negotiate a buyout with Real Madrid. If they get past that complicated step, the most interesting portion of the negotiations will begin. As Forman stated, Mirotic could be signed for an exception or any available cap space. What if the Bulls offer him the midlevel exception at $5 million a year and he says no? What if he wants more and says that he will stay in Europe if he doesn't get the deal he is seeking? The Bulls believe that Mirotic could develop into a star at the 4, but how much cap space are they willing to give toward his future? The 22-year-old would appear to have most of the leverage in this negotiation.
Trade: There don't appear to be many superstars readily available on the market at this time, but the one name that intrigues fans and executives is that of Kevin Love. The Minnesota Timberwolves star has worked out over the past few summers with Rose and has two years left on his contract worth over $30 million plus a player option worth almost $17 million in the third year. The Bulls would love to acquire him and would be wise to call new Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders and discuss a deal. But the Timberwolves have not given any indication that they would part with Love in any deal. He was the organization's representative at the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night in New York City.
If Forman were able to land Love, it would likely cost the Bulls every available asset they have, including improving swingman Jimmy Butler, the future first-round draft pick from the Charlotte Bobcats and Mirotic, as well as either Boozer or Deng to make the numbers work. Forman & Co. would have to ponder whether a core of Love, Rose and Noah would be enough to topple the Heat core of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh since there wouldn't be enough leftover cap space to add another game-changer to the roster.
Aside from Love, who isn't even on the market, there isn't another star player available at this time -- although the Bulls, like every other team in the league, are always keeping a close eye on who may pop open later.
Free agency: This was always part of Forman's original plan -- clear out enough cap space to make a run at a max or near-max player like the Bulls did in 2010. The big issue for the Bulls is that it's still unclear exactly who will be on the market. Depending on opt-out clauses, James, Wade and Bosh figure to be back at the forefront of the madness, but after being jilted by all three in 2010, it's hard to imagine any one of the three leaving Miami and coming to Chicago. Plus, James is really the only one in that group who could put the Bulls over the top. Wade is on the downside of his career, and Bosh isn't the type of dominant scorer the Bulls need on the wing.
After that, Dirk Nowitzki will be on the market, but it's hard to believe he will leave the Dallas Mavericks. Danny Granger is another possibility, but he has missed almost the entire season because of a knee injury and isn't getting younger. Carmelo Anthony could opt out of his contract in New York, but the only way he would wind up with the Bulls is if he took a pay cut since he is scheduled to make over $21 million next year and will likely be looking for even more. Kobe Bryant will be an unrestricted free agent, but he is coming off an Achilles injury and it's unclear how long he will continue to play.
Even if the Bulls were able to land one of these players, they wouldn't have much left to sign anyone else. Aside from James, everyone else has question marks and is getting up there in age -- not exactly the types of players to pair with Rose and Noah for the long haul. Given the new salary cap structure, it's unclear whether Miami will be able to keep its three-star model intact with James, Wade and Bosh all up for extensions, but with all these factors in play, it's clear that the Bulls are in a bind.
They could decide to roll the dice and hope that a core of Rose, Noah, Gibson, Butler, Deng and Mirotic, assuming the latter two would sign (or re-sign in Deng's case) with the Bulls, would be enough to overtake James -- wherever he may land. The Bulls would also have comfort in knowing that eventually a likely high pick from the Bobcats would arrive in the next couple of years and add to their young core, along with the 20th pick in the draft this summer.
But Forman knows that championship windows don't stay open forever. Rose is 24, but if the Bulls don't win a title in the next couple of years, will he be the next great superstar to look for greener pastures when he becomes an unrestricted free agent in a few years? Only time will tell, but the clock is ticking for Forman to start making some hard decisions. The choices he makes this summer will go a long way toward figuring out how good the Bulls can be in the future.


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Photographs that appear to identify one of the grown-up killers of James Bulger have been removed from the internet after the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, launched an investigation.
The pictures purported to show Jon Venables, now 30, who was given a new identity following his initial release from prison. Venables and his classmate Robert Thompson abducted and murdered two-year-old James in Liverpool 20 years ago this week.
A court order made by Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss of the high court family division is still in force, banning publication of any information that could lead to revelation of their new identities.
Thompson and Venables were jailed for life but released on licence in 2001. Venables had his parole revoked in 2010 and was jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.
The online pictures appeared on Twitter and claimed to show Venables as an adult posing with friends. The Twitter user has since removed the posts.
A spokesman for the attorney general's office said: "The AGO has been alerted to a possible contempt of court. We are liaising with the ministry of justice and others to establish the facts.
"We can neither confirm nor deny whether the pictures in question are of Jon Venables. It should be noted there is a worldwide injunction in place which prevents the publication of any images or information purporting to identify anyone as Jon Venables."
James Bulger's mother, Denise Fergus, has made no comment about the alleged breach. In the past she has opposed the injunction, fearing it could lead to innocent men being accused of being James's killers.
Niri Shan, head of media law at law firm Taylor Wessing, suggested the attorney general should use the case to send a message.
"As highlighted by [the director of public prosecutions] Kier Starmer's recent guidelines on social media, people are subject to the same laws of contempt as the mainstream media and publishing a photo of Venables, in breach of the court order, is clearly contempt of court," Shan said.
"Whether the attorney general decides to prosecute will most likely depend on number of followers the person who tweeted the photos has. This would be a good case for him to send a strong message to those that use Twitter that they breach court orders at their own peril."


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(22) Patrick Dempsey, July 1, 2015 7:13 PM
The Holocaust
Having Written 3 Books on the Subject, it was not purely the Intolerances that brought it about, but the Indifferences which allowed it to happen. From that I gauged a position by which that Jewish Tragedy might teach us all a lesson in Tolerance! Sadly, all too often others learnt the lesson of hatred, emulated it and still persist with it in alarming propensity for more Genocide's. The Jews have been handed a poisoned Chalice of Remembrance which will seek, Always to Remember, Never to Forget. We too must choose never to forget what was exacted in our name!
(21) Beverly Margolis, June 6, 2015 9:45 PM
What is wrong with me?
I love everyone. Color, ethnicity...I don't have the "hate" gene in my body.
Especially, I love all Jews, even those who are super duper Jews who keep all 613 laws minus the ones who don't apply to them. Laws concerning animal care don't apply to anyone who is not a farmer.
Then there are my black and Hispanic neighbors. We get together at each other's homes for dinner and barbeque's. I do not understand why some people don't like people they've never met. I like meeting new people because how can I know if they're decent people? There are very few people that raise the little hairs on the back of my head, but upon smiling at them and say hello, I usually discover that they're really nice folks because I'm always looking for the good in people.
Let's face it, our fear of the other comes from the days when we lived in caves when it made sense to be afraid of strangers. It is an ancient fear and it is more than time to dump it. We're all children of one Father. I even like Muslims in our community, the're really nice folks like anyone else.
(20) Anonymous, June 6, 2015 6:55 AM
on Africans
Lori is really comfortable with her videos (which is why I always watch them). But with my experience of Africans there is no comforting them or explaining especially in a charged context (where racism is mentioned) and it is impossible to say the correct thing, whatever you think it is, which is why when it comes to racism and Africans it is best to just be silent.
Anonymous, August 23, 2016 10:34 PM
Silence on Racism breeds Racism
(19) Scott, June 5, 2015 5:25 AM
Its Parr of a larger problem.
Last week I was walking down the street and found myself staring at a young orthodox couple and for a few seconds couldn't figure out why.
Then it hit me...the girl was black. Under the headscarf and the modest dress and that expression a woman wears when shes with "the guy" was an Ethiopian. And then I kind of giggled when I realized what happened. I recognized her as a Jew first and then saw that she was black.
I wish that happened all the time and with everyone.
Unfortunately one of the horrible effects of diaspora is that for milinea Jews were separated from.one another and we started associating the physical characteristics and diaspora cultures of Jews in our tiny little diaspora prisons with what "Jewish" looks like or dresses like or acts like.
Had we remained in israel or returned before spending two millinea in diaspora, Jews of different colors would not be unusual. Nor would the startlingly different customs of the diaspora developed streams of observance become so divisive now. There might be one siddur. One minhag for pesach. One standard for dress. One people united behind a common understanding of how to serve one G*d.
Its like trying to have a football team where none of the player want to share a locker room and everyone brings their own rule books and coach. I seriously doubt that team will ever win a game.
I feel bad for the Ethiopians who are ill served today in Israel. I think they have a point and I will try and help.
But its part of a greater problem-a problem that is more deadly to Israel that any Arab or BDSer. Jews separating themselves from other jews. Jews ostracizing other Jews. Jews treating other Jews with contempt.
Israel is to be a light to the nations...how can this happen if we can't even see each other? When will we truly return from diaspora to be a people?


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The Motorola Droid Maxx will definitely satisfy smartphone users who need extra juice from their battery. That is the Maxx's strong suit.
Its design is nice, and it's not unwieldy given its display size, so we really can't complain about Motorola's design and hardware choices here, either.
You'll also find that the Touchless Control feature, which is also found on the Droid Ultra and Moto X, is really nice to have - even if it's not always totally useful.
We liked the Droid Maxx's size compared to the Droid Ultra. Of course, this will always come down to preference, but the larger battery's added thickness gives the phone good substance.
This should go without saying, but battery life was excellent, too. If we didn't have the LG G2 to compare it to, we'd say it's our best battery experience on a smartphone given what you can do with the device.
As always, Verizon's network performed well in San Francisco and in our offices in South San Francisco. 4G LTE speeds were more than satisfactory, and we never experienced any network interruptions or connectivity.
For a display this size, we really wished the Droid Maxx had a higher screen resolution. It's not pixelated or dull by any means, by when compared to the HTC One or the LG G2, it really doesn't hold up. The other two have absolutely beautiful displays.
We were also surprised to find that the battery performance was very similar to the LG G2. The Maxx has a 3,500mAh battery compared to the G2's 3,000mAh, but the difference in real world use was negligible. That's surprising given the higher screen resolution and more powerful specs with the G2.
Another thing we can take or leave is Motorola's software design. We're glad that Motoblur and Blur are gone in favor of a look that is closer to a Nexus-style device. However, some of Motorola's design elements within its UI are just gaudy and look too machine-like.
Overall, the Motorola Droid Maxx is a solid smartphone. We really liked having Touchless Control options as well as battery life that we can count on. Nothing is more frustrating than reaching the end of your day and wondering whether you'll need to find a charger near by or just be out of luck.
As a successor to the Droid RAZR Maxx HD, however, we really aren't feeling that big a jump. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's easier to like the HTC One or LG G2 for their sheer power, cameras and sharp displays. In some intangible sense, the Droid Maxx feels a little more antiquated.
Still, as we've said in the beginning, the big reason you're buying this thing is for its battery life. If you like Motorola's software and you could use more than just an extra boost in battery performance, this is your phone. Or it could be the LG G2.


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Indiana Hillary Rodham Clinton was jolted Thursday by the defection of one of her longtime superdelegate supporters, a former national party chairman who urged fellow Democrats to "reject the old negative politics" and unify behind Barack Obama.
"A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue" a long, self-destructive Democratic campaign, Joe Andrew added in a letter designed to have an impact on the turbulent race nationally as well as in his home state of Indiana, site of a primary next week.
"A vote to continue this process is a vote that assists John McCain," Andrew wrote.
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Lauren - she's played it pretty cool but never hid the fact that she's strictly in it for the money. There doesn't seem to be much of that "instant attraction" Rob thinks takes time to develop (doh!).
Kelly - She's played the game and said all the right things when she's with Rob. However, Rob may not be as intrigued with her as he was last week. He is quite flighty.
Paige - Her innocent act (and by now we all know it's an act) and her manipulation of Rob (i.e. not showing up at the "fireside chat") might end up backfiring on her. If not, then she might get to stay another week.
Erin - The mistress of the "art of the tease" was the only one so far selected for a one on one date with Rob. But did things go as well as they could have? Once again that "instant attraction" eluded Rob.
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JOYCE MCMILLAN for The Scotsman 11.10.13
IT'S A LONG TIME ago now; but I can still remember the day when one of my primary school teachers first told my mother that she thought I might be bright enough to go to university. This was at a time, back in the early 1960's, when only 5% of people ever went into higher education, compared with around 50% today. So if you came, as I did, from a family of plumbers and weavers, with the occasional lay minister or non-graduate teacher, to be told that you might join this group was like being given a passport to a better, wealthier and more secure life than anyone in your family had ever known before. I remember running up to the stair landing of our roomy Parker Morris council house, where there was a window that obligingly steamed up every time my mother started cooking, and writing "Joyce McMillan M.A." in the vapour; I was about nine or ten years old, and I felt a huge excitement, along with a huge fear of failing to meet these high expectations.
This is not the story of everyone in my generation, of course; many others had their sights set on O Grades and Highers, and a range of skilled jobs in offices and factories. What it does demonstrate, though, is the profound relationship between the education system a society operates, and the wider pattern of opportunities it offers. In 1962, it was clear that if I could make it to degree level, I could have lifelong job security, a comfortable income, fulfilling work, and a guaranteed social position; and I thought about that period of my life again, this week, when I read the news reports of a notably dire performance by 16-24 yeard-olds in England and Northern Ireland, in the latest international comparison of education attainment across the developed world. Apparently the younger generation in the UK came close to the bottom of the league in both literacy and numeracy; nor is there much reason to believe that the same age-group in Scotland and Wales would have done much better, had their respective governments not opted out of the survey for reasons of cost.
So what's gone wrong, in a nation whose over-50's are still among the better educated in the world? The Coalition government in London, and its ubiquitous education minister Michael Gove, are not short of an answer; they think the fault lies with failing post-1960's state schools, full of left-wing teachers who, for ideological reasons, simply fail to teach. And it is true that since I left school, around 1970, there has been a crisis of confidence – long overdue, some might argue – in the old agenda of secondary education, with its obligatory history lessons and reading lists dominated by "dead white males"; a crisis that has sometimes been met with a flight away from rich content, and into an emphasis on skills and methodology that makes education much less interesting to the vast majority of children.
If the poor performance of Britain's 16-24 year-olds were entirely the fault of a failing education system, though, it would be difficult to account for the tremendous results achieved within that system by children from supportive homes, with high aspirations for themselves. The difficulty rather seems to lie with children from less privileged homes, who lose interest in education early, and apparently lack motivation to improve on or maintain the basic skills they acquired in primary school. And as last week's survey points out, there is no disentangling these problems from the kind of labour market Britain now operates, with secure high-status jobs increasingly hard to find even for young graduates, and a huge underbelly of ill-paid, insecure junk-jobs which barely provide workers with a living wage for themselves, never mind the means to buy a home, raise a family, or aspire to a better future. A stunning video released recently by http://www.inequalitybriefing.com shows the huge disparity between the actual wealth distribution in the UK today, and what people believe it should be; in truth, the wealthiest 20% of the British population is now 100 times better off than the poorest 20%, and the top 1% actually have more than all of the bottom 60% put together.
And the truth about a society as ill-divided as this is that within it, the incentives to hard work – at school as elsewhere – simply begin to collapse; the majority of workers remain cash-strapped and ill-respected no matter how hard they labour, and the majority of the rich have clearly attained their wealth through no particular effort of their own. In fact, anyone studying the results of last week's survey can see what is staring them in the face: that British education achieved its best results, by international standards, in the decades when UK society was becoming visibly more equal and more meritocratic; and began to slide down the rankings as it reverted once again to the kind of unequal wealth distribution and low social mobility that we were supposed to have left behind in the 1930's.
Under these circumstances, in other words, what is surprising is not that many young people opt out of education, but that so many stick with the process nonetheless, working away at their exams even when the job market promises so little. And the idea that schools alone can remedy this crisis is as irresponsible as it is unrealistic. For in the end, social justice, and a reasonable distribution of wealth, are not just more morally attractive than a profoundly unequal society. They are also essential on a practical level, to ensure a consumer economy that works, a people that is broadly content with its lot, and a creative economy that draws on all talents rather than just those of a privileged elite. And they are essential, above all, in raising a younger generation that is inspired to opt in, and make the best of its time at school; rather than one that sprawls at the back of the class, staring sceptically at the education on offer, and asking teachers what exactly is the point – a question to which, in our time, they are increasingly unlikely to receive any very credible answer.


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Arthur Bright Wagner and Mary Wagner
Hello.I am looking for more information about Arthur Bright Wagner who was married to Mary (possibly Hardt).He had at least a few girls (I think he had at least 3 or 4 children), and lived in Southern California in the early 1900's.My grandmother, Angela Ruby Wagner, was born in 1908, and was his youngest daughter I believe.Mary died around 1926 when Angela was a senior in high school. I believe she was hit by a car.He went on to move away after his wife died, and became a postmaster in another state (possibly New Mexico or Arizona).
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Today starts the annual campaign 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. It is a start, but honestly, not enough. It is amazing how intertwined ideas of violence against women are in our society and how often they are seemingly invisible and accepted. Let's start with some information from Rutgers:
What is Gender-based Violence?
Violence against women is a pervasive human rights violation, a public health crisis, and an obstacle to equality, development, security, and peace. The terms "violence against women" and "gender-based violence" are used to refer to the range of abuses committed against women that stem from gender inequality and women's subordinate status in society relative to men. Violence against women, including during war, is used to drive fear, and terrorize and humiliate women, their families and communities.
In 1993, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defined violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." This definition includes violence occurring in the family, within the general community, and violence perpetrated or condoned by the State.
Forms of gender-based violence include, but are not limited to: domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape, sexual harassment, trafficking in women, forced prostitution, and harmful practices. These forms of violence can result in physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health and other health problems. In addition, women's multiple and intersecting identities based on factors such as class, race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexuality and citizenship status can serve to increase their vulnerability to violence.
This year's theme is: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women! It is a great theme and something we need to talk about. Still, I was even more heartened to see Albania taking a slightly different take: Boys and men, part of the solution – Show you are against violence! Too often discussions about gender-based violence take place in a woman filled vacuum. Men and boys are left out of the equation and demonized. The truth is that the patriarchy is damaging to both sexes and true change only comes when both women and men are involved in the process.
And, finally, some resources:
- Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights.
- Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Violence against women: 01/29/1992. CEDAW General Recommendation 19, A/47/38. (General Comments).
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). 1979.
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. 1993. A/RES/48/104
- Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.1998. A/RES/53/144
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences,
- Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition


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TPBM will buy groceries today.
No. Dropped a lot of $$ in the market yesterday.
TPBM wonders why I'm still sitting here when I have things to do.
TPBM finds the Fun and Games forum here so addicting.
TPBM has won a trophy in the FORT arcade.
TPBM uses this forum to relax.
TPBM has a lot of items to list on Freecycle.
TPBM will be glad to know I've done my two cooking projects and part of the laundry, after procrastinating half the morning.
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TPBM's children had their friends come over to play today.
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Tied sales and the good that competition regulation can do
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Much of modern telecom regulation is about preventing the extension of market power for oligopolistic markets to relatively competitive markets. One method used to do this is bundling two products, one from the former and the other from the latter. Conventional antitrust envisaged both the products being sold for a price, or of one being […]
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Miguel Helft October 11, 2007, New York Times For more than two years, a large group of engineers at Google have been working in secret on a mobile-phone project. As word of their efforts has trickled out, expectations in the tech world for what has been called the Google phone, or GPhone, have risen, the […]
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ANCHORAGE (AP) -- An Anchorage man has been freed after DNA evidence showed he wasn't the person who raped a 19-year-old student.
Joseph Coolidge Jr., 36, was jailed in late September on charges that he raped and choked a student on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage. He spent 10 days behind bars.
University police now say DNA evidence shows they had the wrong man.
''We had two witnesses who positively identified him. We're very grateful for the DNA technology and that an innocent person didn't have to spend any more time in jail than he did,'' said UAA Police Chief Dale Pittman.
Semen was collected from the victim, and police were able to get a DNA profile from it. When the DNA was put into a database, it came back with a match for Michael Arthur Stephan, 34, who has five indecent exposure convictions on his record, police say.
Stephan was charged with first-degree sexual assault Oct. 11. His trial is set for Jan. 20.
The woman was found unconscious after the rape and assault around 7 a.m. on Sept. 27. As a result of the assault, she has lost the use of her left arm.
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Smoke Signals 7/17: Trade talk edition
Smoke Signals is back on the cyberwaves today at a special time 10:00am – 11:00am EST. The one hour show is hosted by Tony Lastoria and Jim Pete and airs every Tuesday.
Today we will discuss some of the events from the Indians current 7-game road trip through Toronto and Tampa Bay, but most of our attention will be spent discussing the upcoming July non-waiver trade deadline which is now two weeks away. We will discuss if the Indians will be buyers or sellers, what kind of trade chips the Indians have, if they should consider dealing Francisco Lindor, what needs have the highest priority, and more. We will also mix in some discussion late in the show about the minor leagues and discuss Giovanni Soto's no-hitter, the first impressions of Dorsyss Paulino, and more.
For those that are subscribed to the Smoke Signals feed through iTunes, you will also now be getting a new show included in that feed. Every Sunday "The Inside Pitch" runs for a half hour from 7:00-7:30PM EST and is hosted by IPI site contributors Jeff Ellis and Andrew Zajac. The show will have a strong focus on fantasy baseball, but will also cover other topics surrounding MLB and the Indians from time to time.
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia has allocated 11 billion rubles of subsidies to the universities in the country
Leading universities of Russia according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers will allocate about 11 billion roubles from the Federal budget. The order about distribution of subsidies was recently signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
"Signed by order approves the allotment in 2016 subsidies from the Federal budget of $ 10,927 billion rubles 21 to the University in the framework of the subprogram "Development of professional education" state program "education Development" for 2013 – 2020 years", – stated in the certificate order.Related posts:


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TeeDee or I would, but what rope we have is pretty much committed to Bridges and buying enough for 1 or 2 or 3 or ... whoopie sling setups makes the S&H costs on getting it here and then to you as much as the rope almost. Not economic.
Also, as Frawg pointed out, attaching the sling to the hammock is going to be pretty much your task and would be as difficult as making the slings in the first place, i.e., not very difficult at all.
If ZA206 is doing the splicing as a business, then he would be set-up to do it already and Frawg's suggestion is probably the best way to go if you really just want to buy.


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Musicians, crafts and a "Token Straight Guy's Barbeque" highlight Juneau's Second Annual Pride Festival.
Southeast Alaska Gay and Lesbian Alliance organizers are getting ready for the street fair, which will take place from noon to 11 p.m. next Saturday, June 2, on Second Street between Seward and Main. Local artists will sell jewelry, ceramics and prints, the Pride Chorus will perform, and Jeff Brown and Brett Dillingham will make balloon animals and tell stories.
"All these elements were present last year, but we're expecting a larger event this year because we're having more crafts people and more word of mouth," said Chris Beanes, a SEAGLA board member who's helping to coordinate the event.
The fair is highlighted by performances from a number of musical artists, including Chicago singer/songwriter Ripley Caine. The Glacial Erratics will perform with Kim Barlow of Whitehorse, who will also do a solo set. The Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band, a portion of the Bob Family Band and Rory Merritt Stitt will also be showcased.
"Hopefully we'll have a variety of speakers and poets that come up in between the music," said Jeremy Neldon, SEAGLA president and event organizer. "We will have a raffle that's a fundraiser for SEAGLA that goes on all day with over 26 chances of winning."
Then there's the "Token Straight Guy's Barbeque," which will be prepared by Silverbow owners Ken Alper and his wife, Jill Ramiel.
"Ken and Jill have been wonderful in supporting the gay community and this event," Neldon said.
To the surprise of event organizers, attendance at last year's festival was an estimated 500 to 600, with several hundred people in attendance at any given time. This year, Beanes said, attendance is tentatively estimated at about 1,000 people, with a peak at midday.
As a new touch, gay and lesbian families will be brought on stage and recognized for their contributions to the community.
"There are a lot of communities out there in the gay and lesbian community itself," Beanes said. "It doesn't just include single people. It includes families. It includes minorities. It includes transgendered people."
This sense of inclusion was an important component of last year's celebration, Neldon added.
"The event last year in Juneau was probably one of the best days in Juneau I've ever experienced because of the wonderful energy and acceptance and joy," he said. "I hope that someone can have a similar experience at this one."
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(Corrects paragraph 6 to "through fiscal 2014" instead of "in fiscal 2014" due to correction from mayor's office)
By Hilary Russ
Jan 29 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday proposed a $70.1 billion budget for fiscal 2014 — his last as mayor — that closes a $1.1 billion deficit without tax hikes or layoffs.
The mayor's proposed budget calls for the city to spend $50.7 billion in fiscal 2014 on fire, police, health, education, pension and healthcare costs.
Of that, expenditures over which the city has control would drop 1.1 percent, or $254 million, next year from the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30.
The budget is the last one Bloomberg, a political independent, will present to city lawmakers before his third and final term expires at the end of this year.
The gap would be closed in part by rolling over a $500 million cushion the city had set aside this year for legal claims, and a $200 million rollover from the city's reserve fund.
Bloomberg's plan also would reduce the number of New York City teachers by 1,800 through fiscal 2014 through attrition, the fallout from the potential loss of $474 million of state aid next year because the city and teachers' union have so far failed to agree on a system to evaluate teacher performance.
A 2010 state law tied education funding to teacher evaluations. About 99 percent of school districts in New York state have complied with the new law. (Reporting by Hilary Russ; Editing by David Gregorio)


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Home sales stable in September
Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Parry Sound & Area Association of REALTORS® held steady on a seasonally adjusted basis from August to September 2012, but came in slightly below levels reported last September.
Home sales numbered 42 units in September 2012. This was a nine per cent (four sales) decline from September 2011. On a month-over-month basis, seasonally adjusted sales edged up one per cent compared to August.
A total of 354 homes have traded hands so far this year. This remains four per cent above activity recorded over the first nine months of 2011, and stands above the same period in all other years back to 2007.
"While resale housing demand in the region was little changed in September following a bit of a slowdown in August, there was a considerable drop in the number of new listings," said Kelly Purcell, President of the Parry Sound & Area Association of REALTORS®. "As a result, the sales-to-new listing ratio to rose to the highest level since late 2010, and we saw a considerable jump in the average selling price."
The average price of homes sold in September 2012 was $325,002. This was a 17 per cent increase from the same month last year.
New residential listings numbered 76 units in September 2012, a 31 per cent drop from the same month in 2011.
There were 597 active residential listings on the Association's MLS® System at the end of September 2012, down three per cent from the same time a year earlier.
There were 14.2 months of inventory at the end of September 2012. This was up from 13.3 months recorded at the end of September 2011. The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.


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Maintaining a good personality and having a good weight without unwanted fat depositions is said to be good for health but if the waist to hip ratio of a person is high it can indicate weight gain which is dangerous. Doing regular exercises such as 30 minutes of cardio five times a week, walking and cycling can helps in burning calories. The obesity level is determined by the body mass index but there are exceptions where the person having a good personality may have a high bone weight and muscle weight that increase weight, and the person may not have unwanted fat depositions in the body to raise health risks. Experts recommend, mainly, two ways to prevent fat depositions in the body - regulating diet and exercise to burn body fat. Controlling hunger and taking the right kind of diet is not easy because one may find it difficult to restrict their favorite foods. There are many who feel weak and anxious when they are not having the kind of diet they regularly take. In such conditions, ayurvedic pills to burn body fat provide the easiest ways to burn body fat naturally.
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Phil Jackson on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
June 20, 2009 | 12:00 pm
First it was Kobe, now Phil Jackson. Next week, Lamar Odom, Sasha Vujacic, and Sun Yue will stop by the studio. (Or maybe not.)
For anyone looking for a little more insight on Kobe's frog-on-a-lily-pad story, Phil has your back.
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Taapsee Pannu, who recently wooed audience with her extraordinary performance in Akshay Kumar starrer film Naam Shabana has now started shooting for Judwaa 2.
She commenced shooting for the film, in which she is paired with actor Varun Dhawan, on Tuesday.
This film is even more special for the actress as it reunites her with her first director from Bollywood -- David Dhawan -- with whom she made her debut in 2013 with Chashme Baddoor.
Taapsee said in a statement: "Working with David sir again is an absolute delight. Doing the sequel to one of the most memorable films from the 1990s is something extremely exciting for me. Looking forward to working with Varun on this one."
Varun has stepped into superstar Salman Khan's shoes to play a double role in the remake of the 1997 film Judwaa. He has begun shooting with Taapsee, and Jacqueline Fernandez will be joining the set soon, read a statement.
Directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios, Judwaa 2 is set to release on September 29.
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – An elderly man who was rescued from a house fire last week in Chesapeake has passed away.
Captain Scott Saunders with the Chesapeake Fire Department said 94-year-old John Jones was rescued July 23 after a fire sparked at his home on Oak Grove Road. Another fire at the home was called in by a nearby business on Friday.
Saunders said Jones passed away Monday at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He had been listed in critical condition last week.
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I do have my own job, but currently living with my grandfather/parents
yeh my grandfather loves me so much he wants me to live with him :>
Ofc I do help with chores and shit, sometimes I go get food or they/he cooks cause I suck at cooking :L
I do have my own job, but currently living with my grandfather/parents
yeh my grandfather loves me so much he wants me to live with him :>
Ofc I do help with chores and shit, sometimes I go get food or they/he cooks cause I suck at cooking :L
I'm 21 years old, I study at 150% rate and I live with my parents. I am actively looking to find an apartment of my own, which statistically should take me another year and a half because the housing market in Gothenburg is hell. When I find an apartment, I will pay for it through student loans because I don't have much time for a job. Everyone in my family thinks that it's reasonable for me to live at home right now, given the circumstances. I can not afford to contribute to the household economy, but at this point in their lives, my parents are not short on cash and whilst they probably won't ever require me to, I do plan on compensating them when I'm done studying and start earning money. My dream is to, some day, buy them a house somewhere around the mediterranean, but that of course depends on my future salary.
I consider it leeching to live at home when in your 20's if you aren't working, aren't looking for work, aren't studying and aren't contributing at home. In any other situation, I will not call you a leecher unless I have specific knowledge about your situation.
I live at home as well, but I'm going to finish my CS degree part time and right now I'm in the process of starting my own business and just secured a client this past Friday to build 4 workstations with a budget of 2k each plus a server for a small network in their office so I'm very excited to have a big client But for right now it's a side business and I just did a 10 hour trial at a PC Tech place and I passed all the tests there so I should hopefully be starting soon. Once I have more money coming in, I'm going to be paying bills for my parents as my mother just lost her job and I've been helping where I can with doing side jobs in computers and electrical. It's been a tough past few months but it's looking up.
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I live at home with my parents have been out of work for a while and have been actively looking for work every single day but have no qualifications so it's hard. I don't leech off the government either but my friends parents are moving pretty soon and giving him and his 2 brothers their house so i'll be moving in there, gaming house ftw
As someone that was kicked out of the house when I was 17, not living at home at that young of an age sucked donkey balls.
I already had a job and I already had my own car but good lord things were still very difficult. You slide into debt REAL fast. I had to live in an apartment with 3 other people. After car insurance and rent I only had maybe 200 bucks to get by a month. That 200 bucks went to gas and food. I couldn't afford to go to college, I couldn't afford to do anything with my spare time. It was a quick and easy path down the road to depression.
Then I got sick and didn't have health insurance because I was removed from the family plan as well as not being able to afford it because then I wouldn't have had enough money to get by.
Yeah, living on your own at a young age when it's not financially smart to do so is a major fail.
I understand people getting annoyed reading about people that are leeching off their parents but a lot of kids don't, they pull their weight or they've thrown themselves into college full-time and in those cases I support it 100% but in the end, it doesn't matter what you or I think of the situation, it's up to the parents/grandparents and the kids, period.
Why would you be proud of leeching off your poor ol' mum? :S
I can completely understand living at home, the job market being what it is in many places there are plenty of people that simply can't afford their own place. But good grief, at least contribute something to the household, and if you literally have no money to contribute financially, you can at least help out around the house to take the pressure off your mum.
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I lived with my mum waaay longer than I should have but that was because her house was old and in dire need of repair. I stuck around years longer than most people would just because I dumped my money into repairs to make sure the place wouldn't fall apart after I left. So I had to stay at home just because the cost of living in Massachusetts is insane, I couldn't afford to live elsewhere while fixing up the house.
I'm not 20 yet but i so wish be to, sittin home at my moms house.
I'm 20, have a job and am saving to move out in maybe another 2-3 years with my mate. Currently I make food for myself if I'm on my own and pay for my own petrol and social activities, but I'd be lying if I said I'm independent. My mum makes me food if she's in and does all my washing, makes me sandwiches for work, even makes my bed because I never do. My mum is very good to me. I'm sad and pathetic, I know.
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are ya kidding me, am 25 now and i hate living at home, even with all the benefits,
Try having your mom live with you till your 40 because she has to drive to work and wont take public transportation. wont drive on highway so the city's out.
She will only work in retail $8-10/hr because she thinks that's her only skill. wont try reception or consider school. refused to sell me her house when it was foreclosed on due to bad advice from brother in law.... always pay your taxes. Thus, lost house to ex husband, my farther. forces me to find new place shes willing to live in.
both sisters move out and i am the only income paying rent:3 full paychecks worth. living yearly from tax return to tax return, not week to week like normal people. Then shes mad cause shes exhausted from working 20+ hours a week and from having to drive me to the train station at 6 am so i can have 1.5 hour commute into then out of work. then pick me up at 8-9pm bitching about how tiered she is. had to stop the drives and that added 60- 90 minutes on my commute.
Now shes mad at me cause she qualified for senior housing and i wanted her to take it... to f-ing bad. shes finally living on her own paying for everything herself and she hate it.... so glad i'm done with that.
Too many limitations if u live with a parent still
Dont think i'll be moving out until I finish university at around 22/23, im 19 at the moment.
In this economy, I don't think its exactly fair to call people who live with their parents "losers" or "parasites." Some people just have trouble finding employment that'll support them outside of their parents home. I've been living with my parents since graduating college for the last year. I got a job at a ski resort but it was so close and it being seasonal, there was no point in getting an apartment. I just got hired by an airport 90 miles away, so I'll be moving out soon, but getting livable employment can be a pain in the ass in some places.
Economy is recovering but we're not out of it yet.
They ask me why I'm bringin' - A baby into battle - That's really irresponsible - And getting them rattled
I say "give me a break - Get off of my back damn, it" - I didn't learn parenting - My daddy was a planet
Fuck living on your own. And fuck living with parents. Squat!


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Send this plan for Easter Week Family Devotions to the families in your church.
Read aloud Mark 11:1-11.
Make palm-leaf cookies by following these steps:
1. Cut frozen cookie dough into 2 X 1/2-inch strips.
2. Place aluminum foil on a cookie sheet and spray it with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Roll the cookie strips and shape them into an outline of a palm leaf on the foil. Close all edges in the outline.
4. Crush green candies in a bag with a hammer, and sprinkle to fill in the cookie center.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for about eight minutes.
With your family, contrast the sweetness of the cookies with the harshness of breaking the candies with a hammer. Tell your children that this was a sweet day for Jesus, but he knew that soon he would be broken–or would die — for our sins.


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"A thoroughly enjoyable novel, brimming with delightful details. Grey writes eloquently and with charming humor, bringing 'Toinette' vividly to life as she is schooled and groomed—molded, quite literally—for a future as Queen of France, an innocent pawn in a deadly political game."
—SANDRA GULLAND, bestselling author of Mistress of the Sun and the Josephine Bonaparte trilogy
"In her richly imagined novel, Juliet Grey meticulously recreates the sumptuous court of France's most tragic queen. Beautifully written, with attention paid to even the smallest detail, Becoming Marie Antoinette will leave readers wanting more!"
—MICHELLE MORAN, bestselling author of Madame Tussaud
"A lively and sensitive portrait of a young princess in a hostile court, and one of the most sympathetic portrayals of the doomed queen."
—LAUREN WILLIG, bestselling author of the Pink Carnation series
"Wonderfully delectable and lusciously rich, an elegant novel to truly savor. Juliet Grey's Marie Antoinette is completely absorbing."
—DIANE HAEGER, author of The Queen's Rival
"[A] sympathetic take on the fascinating and doomed Marie Antoinette."--Publishers Weekly
"An extremely compelling read. The author blends very intricately detailed research with a narrative that is stunning in its poignancy."--The Elliott Review
"Readers will see Marie Antoinette in a whole new light...A sympathetic and engaging read that presents the French queen in a manner seldom found in other novels...Anyone interested in French history will savor every page of this novel."--BookLoons
"Juliet Grey's writing is exquisitely detailed and I enjoyed her lush descriptions of the clothing and decor of the time period. Grey possesses the rare ability to transform readers to a past only accessible by imagination. Becoming Marie Antoinette is sure to appeal to lovers of quality historical fiction as well as those who are simply fascinated by Marie Antoinette."--The Well Read Wife
"Fans of historical fiction will eat this one up. It's engaging, smart and authentic. Grey has done her homework." --January Magazine
"A lusciously detailed novel of Marie Antoinette's rise to power and the decadent, extravagant lifestyles of 18th-century Versailles." --Shelf Awareness
"This is historical fiction at its finest." --A Library of My Own
"A fascinating ride and I'm looking forward to the next book." --Endless Reading
"Well-researched and lovingly written with sparkling details--this new trilogy is not one to be missed by any lover of historical fiction or Marie Antoinette centered works. This book leaves you wanting more." --Stiletto Storyline
"Becoming Marie Antoinette is a well researched and interesting novel. For me, it's a fine example of what good historical fiction should be--it sticks to the facts and just uses the fiction genre to fill in emotions and conversations." --Tiny Library
"The descriptions of the gowns, jewels, food - everything is so vividly described that you feel as though you are right there experiencing it all. This novel is very well written and it captivates you from the very beginning." --Peeking Between the Pages
"It is a captivating and well thought out book, and one that raises this woman of history to the point of a living person, which the reader finds easy to identify with, and relate to." --The Book Worm's Library
"C'est magnifique! A very entertaining read, one that I was hard pressed to put down and am waiting (ever so impatiently) for book two in the trilogy." --Passages to the Past
"There's a staggering amount of research in this novel -- and it shows. . .I was mesmerised. --Unabridged Chick
"A great read that is sure to be requested lovers of historical fiction, especially those who enjoyed Michelle Moran's Madame Tussaud and other novels about the French Revolution." --Library Journal
"Grey is a passionately descriptive writer. Passages easily paint the picture of the times and evoke a sense of history and the flourishing period intrigue, along with startling refreshing moments that display the internal conflict a young girl would have on becoming this future Queen." --Coffee and a Book Chick
"Full of some interesting characters you don't want to let go of even at the end." --BookReporter
"I am anxiously awaiting the rest of this series to come out. With the ease of Juliet Grey's writing and aptitude for characterization, it surely will be a standout in the historical fiction genre." --The Broke and the Bookish
"The description of the two courts, the complicated social etiquette, the people and the dresses (I'm never complaining about spanx again) are completely enthralling. Although this is written as a work of fiction, every person and event was researched and so the two blend seamlessly." --Ex Libris
"I would highly recommend Becoming Marie Antoinette to fans of historical fiction or to someone who would enjoy learning about the life of Marie Antoinette. I myself cannot wait to continue her life story with the next book in the series!" --Stephanie's Written Word
"Narrated in first person through Marie Antoinette's voice, this is a captivating story and one I can easily recommend." --Two Kids and Tired Books
"Grey seems to have really done her homework with Becoming Marie Antoinette, and presents to her readers an engaging and historically faithful novel." --Devourer of Books
"Becoming Marie Antoinette offers readers an enthralling window into the gilded splendor and treacherous intrigue of one of the most fascinating times in history and a unique portrait of a woman who has captivated millions." --The Manchester Journal
"Becoming Marie Antoinette is an accurate and vivid portrayal of the training and preparation it took to become one of Europe's most famous queens. In the novel, Grey seamlessly incorporates the convoluted politics and rules of the period with romantic touches such as court attire and liaisons." --Romance Junkies
"I loved the way the story flowed, there was not one moment of boredom or scenes I thought I could have done without. It was very enjoyable." --Rikki's Teleidoscope
"This was a fabulous historical fiction novel and I can't wait to read the next two. In fact I would say this novel was by far the best I have read that tackles such an interesting and misunderstood queen. Grey weaves fun scandals into the history we all know." --Mostly Books' Blog
"I enjoyed Grey's writing, the vivid and colourful descriptions of clothing, cuisine, decor, french etiquette, the Versailles glide, the coiffures, the myriad of differences between the Hapsburg and the French court; I loved it all." --The Eclectic Reader
"I thoroughly enjoyed this lively, well-written promenade through pre-Revolution France, and I am looking forward to the next two books to complete the trilogy. It's history with a spoonful of sugar - and that's never a bad thing." --The Decatur Daily
"Juliet Grey did a fascinating job on the creation of this story. Maria Antonia, Austrian princess. What an amazing person. I absolutely loved each detail the Grey put into her. I could feel her emotions, and her struggles as she grew from Maria Antonia to Marie Antoinette, Queen of France." --Reviews by Molly
"I thought this was a truly engaging novel with fantastic historical details, well-fleshed-out characters, depth and emotion. I can't wait for the second and third books, and even though I know how it will end....I keep hoping it won't." --The Loud Librarian
"Very well written, with fantastic descriptions of life in Vienna and Versailles. Grey has done quite a bit of research, as she explains in her author's note, and almost everything she uses is true to history. She does an excellent job of matching the personalities of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI." --Medieval Bookworm
"I enjoyed the author's writing style and how she blended fact and fiction. She also did an incredible job of describing details and bringing the time period to life. I found myself caught up in the beauty and colors of the fabrics and fashion of the day, as well as the descriptions of the court and its pomp and circumstance." --Booking Mama
"The strength of this novel is the strong personal voice of the main character, Marie Antoinette and seeing her life through her eyes. For the reader, you feel that you are actually on a journey with this queen-to-be." --Bestsellersworld.com
"Full of sumptuous and well-researched details." --Philadelphia Examiner, five starred review
"I enjoyed getting to know more of this historical figure and the goings-on at Versailles." --Between the Pages
"Meticulously researched, Marie Antoinette comes to life in this first in a trilogy about her life. The reader will never look at the French Revolution in the same way again." --That's What She Read
"Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey is one of the best historical novels I've read, bringing a new look at one of history's most known and maligned women. This is the first of a trilogy, promising to become a must read series." --Joplin Loves 2 Read
"A very entertaining and rich read, filled to the brim with historical detail. Recommended to readers of historical fiction of all stripes." --Raging Bibliomania
"Grey's novel has a little bit of everything: the glitz and glamour of the French court, young love, and international politics. The most enjoyable aspect of the book is seeing Marie find her own way and becoming her own person." --Historical Novels Review
"Juliet Grey has written a great historical novel, and managed to bring Marie Antoinette to life. Through extensive research and details she shows us how Marie Antoinette transforms from a young and innocent girl, and to the woman that married the dauphine of France. We learn a lot about the history of Austria and that of France."
--The Norwegian Book Girl
"Becoming Marie Antoinette will please fans of historical fiction as it is smart, yet extremely engaging." --Confessions of a Book Addict
"A very well-written, thoroughly researched, fantastically told story of the early years of Marie Antoinette." --Quirky Girls Read
"I really liked the pace of the novel and the depth. You are able to learn a lot about Marie and Louis. While it is a work of fiction, Grey has done a lot of research on her subject and it shines through." --Kristen's Book Nook
"Grey's mix of relatable characters, vivid scenes, and a rich evocation of two courts make this a wonderful first book in a planned trilogy." --Library Journal
"Congratulations, Ms. Grey, on your fine fictional account of this very real, audacious world and the transformation of a naive, unsure girl into a formidable worldly leader! Superbly done!" --Crystal Book Reviews
"Writing a refreshing and completely engaging novel on Marie Antoinette is a challenge in itself. Juliet Grey has risen to the occasion. Outstanding!" --Enchanted by Josephine
"A richly detailed story." --Portland Book Review