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The last two weeks I have been working on the nautilus-search (and now nautilus-search2) branch of Nautilus. The initial code in this branch was written by andersca and was later maintained by joe. It had a pluggable search interface with a beagle implementation that let you easily search for files from Nautilus. Places->Search in the menu would give you a text entry in the toolbar, and when you typed text there the matches was shown in the normal directory view. Here is how it looked:
While pretty cool and useful, this really isn't state of the art compared to e.g. MacOS X or MS Vista. For one, it doesn't support what Apple calls "Smart Folders" and MS "Virtual Folders", nor does it allow you to specify the search other than with text. Furthermore, the search acts as a special type of folder, but I didn't like the fact that its not obvious that this is not a "normal" folder.
So, after spending some time on the code I now have this:
The blue area is a special part of the window I called "extra location widgets" in the code. It can be used to show that this is a special kind of folder, and I think we should use it for folders in burn:/// also. Furthermore, the "+" button lets you add limitations on the search:
You can also search by type:
When you are satisfied with your search you can use File -> Save Search As… which gives you this dialog:
Looking in home, we see the newly saved file "search for alex.savedSearch". Its really a simple xml file describing the query. However, we can tell by the expander that Nautilus treats it as a folder.
If you expand it, you get the results of the search as if it was a normal folder:
And if you click on it you show the file as a folder:
You can also edit it by clicking on the edit button, giving you back the original query edit widgets. When you've changed them to your liking, File -> Save Search updates the search file on disk:
All this code is on the nautilus-search2 branch in cvs. Its mostly working, I just need to fix some bugs and add a simple (non-indexing) search backend and I think its ready to be merged to HEAD.


text: Folks, Success. After a few more tweaks we've got the driver working and the patches are ready for merge into master by Mauro. You can find the latest patches here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb In a day or two they'll be merged into master and removed from my dev area, so check here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb IR support is mostly working, although some testers believe a new mapping table will be required. Keep your eyes on the v4l mailing list for more info. Thanks to everyone who stepped forward and offered to test the tree. Special thanks to James Middendorff for providing remote ssh access and thanks to Chaogui for the initial analog patches. Regards, Steve

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Samsung M400
Info Photos News Forum 5 Reviews
Bought this phone on 01/26/2013 on Sprint's New Prepaid plan they started on 01/25/2013. Paid $49.99 plus $50 for the month service. I use it mainly in the Austin-San Antonio, Tx. Service area.
I like this phone for the most part. See pro's and Con's:
1) Nice size keypad for my "fat" finger's.
2) One of the few "flip phones" on the market.
3) Decent battery life.
4) Will work with Sprint's expanded network.
5) Work's with my existing charger's and Bluetooth.
1) Charger connector is on right lower side of phone
making it awkward for using car charger while talking.
2) Fingerprint Magnet on the front.
Other than that, it's a decent basic phone.
Easy to use, but not a stellar performer
PROs: Flip phone with big keys. Its voice-activated dialing is great for those like me with poor reading vision.
CONs: Mediocre sound quality both with the speaker and through the ear piece. Makes me miss my old Nextel phone.


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Purging messages from a physical destination removes all pending messages associated with the destination, leaving the destination empty.
Select Destinations under the broker's name in the Administration Console window's navigation pane.
A list of the available physical destinations will appear in the result pane, showing the name, type, and current state of each destination.
Select a destination by clicking on its name in the result pane.
Choose Purge Messages from the Actions menu.
A confirmation dialog box will appear, asking you to confirm that you wish to proceed with the operation.
Click Yes to confirm the operation and dismiss the confirmation dialog.


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Construction on 1221 could begin Jan. 1.
Correction: The name of the development is 1221.
While interviewing developer Ed Cross last week about another matter, I asked him for an update on 1221 (aka 1221 Broadway) the huge building shells slated to become a mixed-use property at Broadway and U.S. 281 and which also rests a stone's throw from the River Walk extension.
Through the partnership Broadway Lofts LP, Cross is waiting to hear back from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department about whether their application for financing has been approved.
Cross said the announcement could come later this month or in early December, in which case construction could begin Jan. 1.
He wasn't sure whether 1221 was in competition with other stalled housing projects for the HUD financing.
"I suspect there's a finite pot of money that HUD has," Cross said. "Right now, they're the only girl at the dance, so there's a lot of interest in their financing."
He's confident the application is strong. Having completed the block-long Vistana apartment building, 100 N. Santa Rosa, earlier this year gives him a track record.
Last week, the Historic and Design Review Commission approved plans for 1221. The HDRC must approve the plans because the project is located in the RIO-2 zoning district.
According to an Express-News article last week, the buildings will include "office and retail space, about 260 apartments, a garage and elevated walkways."
Read a previous Express-News article concerning the legal battles over the property.
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by: Marie Nesmith The Daily Tribune News
Civil War Events
In the midst of Confederate History and Heritage Month, a bevy of Civil War-related events are taking shape across the county. Referred to as living history offerings, the programs will help attendees discover what life was like about 150 years ago, when more than 90,000 Union troops marched into Bartow.
"The Civil War touched Bartow County in a number of ways," said Trey Gaines, director of the Bartow History Museum, 4 E. Church St. in Cartersville. "One, obviously a lot of families were affected as far as family members going off and being soldiers in the war. We were also impacted when troops began moving through Bartow County later in the war. There was a battle at Allatoona Pass in October of 1864 and then prior to that thousands and thousands of troops had moved through Bartow County.
"The Great Locomotive Chase took place in northwest Georgia but much of it occurred right here in Bartow County. Kingston and Cassville both have connections to the war. There were hospitals and troop movements through both of those areas. Cassville was the county seat during the war and prior to the war of the then Cass County. Cassville was destroyed during the war and was not able to rebuild and Cartersville was voted to be the county seat shortly after the war."
The Civil War Comes to Kingston
On April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Kingston Woman's History Club Inc. will highlight the Civil War's impact on their town with The Civil War Comes to Kingston event. Along with Confederate and Union re-enactor demonstrations, the free offering also will feature concerts, cannon demonstrations and presentations from seven local historians: Bob Crowe, Clent Coker, D.J. Gould, Louise Young-Harris, Joe Head, Robert Jones and Gaines.
Known for coining the term "Heart of the Chase," Head's address will focus on Bartow's role in the Great Locomotive Chase.
During the Chase, civilian spy James Andrews and his Union accomplices tried to disrupt a key supply line of the Confederacy on April 12, 1862. After stealing the General locomotive in Cobb County, they planned to destroy the Western & Atlantic Railroad's tracks and telegraph lines en route to Chattanooga, Tenn. Their plan was spoiled, however, when a southbound freight train pulled by the Texas locomotive decided to help pursue the General, traveling in reverse from south of Adairsville to catch Andrews north of Ringgold.
"I will go ahead and talk about the story from A to Z — the hijacking of the General in Kennesaw or Big Shanty and then its eventual mission failure, which ended just north of Ringgold," said Head, who also is a member of the Etowah Valley Historical Society. "But I will do more of my discussion about the events in Bartow County because the event itself primarily unfolded mostly in Bartow County. The event had more activity, stops, if you will, encounters [and] distance [in this county, and] all of the Chase engines for instance that pursued the General were acquired in Bartow County. So I'm going to go into some depth about our role and why we should be as proud or if not prouder than even Cobb County.
"The embedded story I'm going to tell is going to be that of … Uriah Stephens [who] was working as a station agent in Kingston. … [He] knew the operation of the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad and when the Raiders arrived in Kingston, he was immediately suspicious of their story and the manner in which they arrived and what they were insisting upon. And he challenged them. So I'm going to tell his story. So I've got a story within a story, and the beauty of it is I'm going to be able to really showcase why Bartow is the 'Heart of the Chase.'"
For more information about The Civil War Comes to Kingston, call Nettie Holt at 770-386-0146.
Civil War Comes Alive!
Like the Kingston event, Civil War Comes Alive! will provide insight into this time period through re-enactors, demonstrations and musical performances. Presented by the Bartow History Museum and the Booth Western Art Museum, the event will be held April 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"This is our third year to hold the event and really it's just an opportunity for us to look back 150 years ago at the events of the Civil War and what led to it, what some of the causes of it [were] but also what it was like to live in the time period both on the home front and the battlefront," Gaines said. "So you get to experience both sides of the war.
"[I hope people will gain] an appreciation for the events of the time [and] the people who lived during the war and what they experienced. [For example] if you were a soldier, what that was like to be away from family while fighting in the war but then also back here at home, what it was like to make do or live without lots of your family members around and experience soldiers or armies marching through your town, your home. … [This] is definitely a family event. It's a great opportunity for kids to come out and really learn more about the war by witnessing [the demonstrations] and experiencing some of the things — you hear about it and read about it in school and this is an opportunity for you to experience some of it."
Along with touring the Cartersville museums, patrons will be able to listen to Civil War music, talk with re-enactors portraying Union and Confederate soldiers, and examine art and artifacts of the time period. Cannon firing demonstrations will occur at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on the Booth's festival grounds, 501 Museum Drive in Cartersville. The event also will feature a Bull Run/Manassas presentation by actor Kathy Kaemmerlen at 10:30 a.m., a delivery of the Gettysburg Address at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m, performances by the 8th Regiment Band at noon and 2:30 p.m., and the recitation of letters penned by members of the U.S. Colored Troops at 1:30 p.m.
Admission to the event will be $10 for adults, $8 for senior individuals, $7 for students, $3 for children 12 and younger, and free for Booth members, Bartow History Museum members and active military personnel with identification. Along with entrance into Civil War Comes Alive!, the admission fees will gain visitors access into both museums.
For more information about Civil War Comes Alive!, call 770-387-1300 or visit www.boothmuseum.org or www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.
Increased Tourism
Since April 2011, which marked the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, Regina Wheeler — deputy director of the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau — said she is continuing to see a renewed interest in Bartow's Civil War-related sites and offerings.
According to the Bartow History Museum's data, "By May 1864, more than 90,000 Federal troops had passed through Bartow County. While many local refugees fled, others remained to witness the occupation of Kingston by Gen. William T. Sherman and his men. It was from here in November 1864 that Sherman made preparations for his 'March to the Sea.' That same month, orders were given to destroy Cassville."
From the trenches at the Allatoona Pass Battlefield to Confederate gravesites and inscriptions left in residences from a once-occupying Union force, reminders of the Civil War are throughout Bartow County. Along with artifacts and structures that date back to the 1800s, the war's aftereffects still can be seen in the area's landscape and the birth of Cartersville's prominence after becoming the county's seat.
"Heritage tourism is something that while it may be a new buzz word for many communities, it's been something that has long brought people here to Bartow County to visit attractions not only related to the Civil War but also to our rich Native American history that we have here as well as many other facets of our history and shaping of Georgia and also the U.S.," Wheeler said. "Bartow County has a very unique standing within the Civil War.
"[We had] early on actions, such as the Great Locomotive Chase, which celebrated its sesquicentennial or 150th anniversary last year, that took place but also other skirmishes, battles. Then more activity began as we approached 1864 and then even our county was vital to reconstruction as well. The last surrender east of the Mississippi took place in Kingston. And then in reconstruction efforts — having the rail lines through our community was very important to getting goods in and out and kind of the rebuilding effort of the South."
To help promote Civil War-related events, the CVB's website, www.visitcartersvillega.org, will continually post local happenings, such as Red Top Mountain State Park's Spring at the Homestead on April 27 and 28; and three events honoring Confederate Memorial Day: Gen. P.M.B. Young Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter No. 2373's observance at the Stiles Auditorium in Cartersville April 20 at 11 a.m.; Stiles-Akin Camp No. 670 Sons of Confederate Veterans' service at Cassville Confederate Cemetery April 27 at 9 a.m.; and the 149th Annual Kingston Confederate Memorial Day Service at Kingston Baptist Church April 28 at 2:30 p.m.
"[Due to the Civil War's sesquicentennial] we expect to see increased visitation over the next several years," Wheeler said. "It just maybe brings people that haven't thought to visit their ancestors, where their ancestors' fought or where those battles took place. It kind of brings them out. In terms of what people see when they get [here], it could be as simple as tracking down all of the state historic sites, all of the state historic markers, if you will. …
"There are various events throughout the year [at Allatoona Pass] that people can go enjoy and actually have a guided tour, things like that. But then with other attractions, such as the Booth museum's War is Hell Gallery, that really brings it to life for a lot of people. Of course, they're hosting events here in the month of April. And then there will be tours and other things throughout the year that take place from Adairsville all the way to Emerson and beyond. There are plenty of attractions related specifically to the Civil War that will bring you a renewed interest and a renewed appreciation of the Civil War, which really changed the shape of America."


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I am running 52 road races, in 52 weeks across 52 states/territories in the United States. I am in part motivating myself to get my but back into running and secondly, to raise money for colleges in 3rd world countries. I am a doctoral student in education - and I work in Africa and the Middle East helping rebuild their communities by helping build their university educational infrastructure. So- for 2011, I am looking to run 52 road races, in 52 weeks across 52 statues/territories in the US. (50 states+Puerto Rico and Guam) Can one of you creative geniuses give me a colorful design that is professional but consumer friendly and fun. Something that ties in running, the intensity of 52 races across 52 weeks etc and something not too convoluted with too many design elements -
People looking to donate with the heart to bring stability to emerging markets with a more stable academic infrastructure.
For Higher Education, I only work in Africa and the Middle East;
My focus is building an academic and educational infrastructure
My goal is to raise money to help accomplish this while leveraging my former past time - running;
My sub goal is literally to get my but back in shape running and this acts as a motivating factor
I am going to put this on a website where I will raise money, post a race calendar - my times and post how badly I felt after every race
So, I am looking for primary colors- not off colors like Lime green or lime orange - primary colors- red, blue etc
I like the use of clouds
of course a runner but I just don't' want JUST a runner or maybe not at all if you have other ideas
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This property is a lovely homestay nestled in the peaceful environs of Banni Park in the 'Pink City' of Jaipur. It is barely 2 kms from the railway station and the bus stand and about 13 kms from the airport.
The host, Mr. Mahesh Tikku, is a former banker who had an impeccable career spanning over 25 years in customer service and foreign exchange in a well-known bank. Mr. Tikku is a very warm and friendly person who treats his guests like the personal guests of his family. When one comes over here, one will unmistakably feel as if one is visiting the home of an old friend. Since the time it opened its doors to the discerning traveler this homestay has been winning the hearts of people.
From across the globe each of the rooms (which are fully ventilated) in this homestay has a double bed, a console table, a coffee table, two chairs, a dressing table and an almirah made of real teak wood in English style.
The homestay serves home made vegetarian and non-vegetarian food laying a great emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene. Mr. Tikku, incidentally has a passion for cooking as well. This approved homestay by the tourism department of Rajasthan truly lives up to its name, whether it comes to the thoughtfully designed rooms replete with all the modern amenities or the warm hospitality of its host everything in here is absolutely 'cosy'. Those looking forward to a comfortable stay in Jaipur will find this place to be an ideal choice.
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Find Your Birthday Word at Oxford Dictionaries
Language is always changing and new words are always being formed. That means there are a bunch of words that were born the same year you were. Oxford Dictionaries has created the OED birthday word generator, where you can find a word that began around the same time you did.
Click on your birth year to see a word that was first documented that year, and then click through to see what that first citation was. Then explore a little and be surprised by words that are older than you expect ("frenemy," 1953), and watch cultural changes emerge as words are born ("radio star," 1924; "megastar," 1969; "air guitar," 1983).
Does your birthday word capture your era? Does it fit your personality? Perhaps birthday words could become the basis for a new kind of horoscope.


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This isn't your typical classroom.
Point Park University's crime scene investigation house is an innovative and exciting facility for students to investigate crime scenarios as part of their course work and learn from instructors who are CSI experts in the region.
The crime scene house is part of a one-of-a-kind National Security Training Center at Point Park with a forensics lab, where students learn to analyze evidence such as hair, blood spatters and gunshot residue, and a computer lab with the most recent intelligence software so students can train for jobs as intelligence analysts.
Point Park's National Security Training Center helps train students to be an emergency first responder, to process a crime scene, to recognize and analyze evidence and to process the evidence for a court trial.
The center was created with help from grant money, including a $95,000 Congressionally-directed award the University received with support from U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter.
Point Park also received a $25,000 grant from the Remmel Foundation through the PNC Charitable Trust Grant Review Committee for equipment and renovation, and another $10,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development with the support of state Rep. Paul Costa.
Who uses the crime scene house?
Although students majoring in the areas of criminal justice, forensic science and intelligence and national security are the primary users of the center, students in other programs may also use the facility. For example, photojournalism majors can gain experience photographing a crime scene, student journalists can report on the crime and theatre majors may act in a scene of the crime occurring.
The crime scene house is also available to support appropriate community groups. For more information or to schedule a visit to the crime scene house, contact Edward Strimlan, M.D., at 412-392-4756 or email email@example.com.
Courses offered
Some of the courses taught at the crime scene house include:
Development of the Death Investigation System
Accident/Suicide Death Investigation
Natural Death Investigation
Forensic Evidence I and II
Forensic Photography


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Alaska Airlines flight 473 was traveling from L.A. to Seattle when its pilot suddenly became unconscious. The first officer took over the controls and landed safely in Portland, Ore., where the pilot was taken to the hospital. NBC's Tom Costello reports.
A flight from Los Angeles to Seattle was diverted to Portland late Thursday after one of the pilots lost consciousness.
Alaska Airlines said Flight 473's first officer flew the Boeing 737-700 to Portland International Airport after the captain became ill over Oregon.
The plane landed safely at 9:05 p.m. local time (12:05 a.m. ET Friday) and paramedics took the pilot to the hospital, airline spokesman Paul McElroy said.
The Seattle Times reported that a doctor on board was able to tend to the captain at the front of the plane.
There were 116 passengers and five crew members on the flight, which had been due to arrive in Seattle at 9:30 p.m. local time (12.30 a.m. ET).
The captain has been flying with Alaska Airlines for 28 years, while the first officer has been with the airline 11 years, McElroy said.
NBC station KING5 said it was not known what caused the pilot to pass out.
About 20 passengers were re-accommodated on other flights to Seattle, while the rest took a flight scheduled to land in Seattle at 1:15 a.m. local time Friday (4:15 a.m. ET).


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4.9 magnitude earthquake jolts much of western Wyoming; no damage reported
FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo. – A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted much of western Wyoming on Saturday, but no damage was reported.
John Bellini, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., says the temblor occurred at 7:16 a.m. about 45 miles underground. The nearest city is Fort Washakie, about 9 miles east of the epicenter.
Bellini says "it was felt widely in western Wyoming, but this is too deep of an earthquake to cause any damage. ... A lot of people might have felt something but they wouldn't know what they felt because it woke them up."
The area west of Yellowstone National Park experiences a handful of earthquakes a year.


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Farmers are generally perceived as a conservative lot, unwilling to take chances on anything less than a "sure thing" in the tough economic times they face today.
Nevertheless, cotton producers are continuing to experiment with some rather unconventional practices such as double-cropping cotton behind wheat. And researchers are falling in right beside them.
Agronomists at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona planted cotton behind wheat in 2008 and found they were able to harvest a crop, although yields were lower compared to conventional cotton with nearly the same planting date.
One of the biggest differences between the double-cropped and mono-crop cotton plots planted on approximately the same day was that the wheat stubble in the no-till cotton planted behind wheat increased the first fruiting branch node location, says Normie Buehring, an agronomist with Mississippi State University.
"The first fruiting branch node for the mono-crop cotton May 20 and June 5 plantings was node 6 with node 7 for the cotton planted in wheat stubble with all nitrogen rates," he said.
"The wheat stubble had an impact on cotton maturity. The cotton in the wheat stubble percent open bolls at defoliation ranged from 29 percent to 37 percent and was lower than the 58 percent open for mono-crop cotton with the same planting date."
A speaker at the National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, Buehring said the single-crop cotton had similar yields with that planted in mid-May, averaging 1,223 pounds of lint per acre compared to 1,279 pounds for the early June planting.
"Those yields were approximately twice those of the zero nitrogen check treatment and about 36 percent higher than cotton planted in wheat stubble with the same N rate and planting date," according to Buehring.
The latter was planted into wheat that produced an average yield of 62 bushels per acre, which results in a higher amount of residue than is normally found with the recommended seeding rates for no-till wheat.
Rainfall was extremely variable during the 2008 season, Buehring noted. It was 10 percent and 62 percent of normal for June and July and 179 percent and 133 percent of normal for August and September.
"Observation notes indicated that the May planted mono-crop cotton first flower date was July 9 with a July 29 first flower date for the June planted mono-crop cotton and an Aug. 1 first flower date for the June cotton planted in wheat stubble," he said.
"The N rates (30, 60 and 90 pounds of nitrogen per acre) showed no difference in total harvestable bolls per plant and plant height, but all treatments had more harvestable bolls than the zero-nitrogen check and were taller at maturity."
The May-planted cotton was defoliated Sept. 25 and harvested Oct. 1. The double-crop and mono-crop cotton planted in early June was defoliated with Prep and Folex on Oct. 22 with a repeated application on Oct. 30 and harvested on Nov. 6.
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Everyone loves a Before and After, and Sean Scheidt's photography series "Burlesque" is a wonderful example of the power of makeup, costume, props, and attitude. Scheidt has captured the transformation of burlesque performers from street clothes to stage wear in his behind-the-scenes images.
"I use basic lighting and a black backdrop. Black is emptiness. You place a person there and they are who they are. The interview process is really as much about getting the person comfortable as it is about getting to know them. As the shoot progresses, they transform into the persona they portray on stage. I do ask them, 'What defines you on stage' but otherwise try to stay back and let the narrative develop." (Source)
Bawdy, provocative, confrontational — burlesque has been enjoying a revival, fronted by pop-culture celebrity Dita Von Teese who began performing in 1992. Though the acts include nudity, it can almost be beside the point. On stage, the larger-than-life personas use their time to make people think.
In his portraits, Scheidt captures the virtually nondescript everyday face of the performers. These are people who, aside from the occasional colored hair, look, well… normal. In Scheidt's description of the work, he says that they tended to be quite reserved at first, which made the transformation into their characters all the more transfixing.
"Capturing those moments, I believe, helps to humanize these performers. If you were just seeing the "after" shots alone, you might make certain pre-conceived judgments about the person behind the make-up. I hope this series gets people to think about their reactions to these men and women." (Source)
Not unlike drag, burlesque exaggerates, forcing us to examine society's standards of beauty, sensuality, gender, and power. Scheidt has unmasked the people behind the performance by presenting them in more clothes, but with less artifice.


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The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The site is located in the Shogawa river valley stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan. These villages are well known for their houses constructed in the architectural style known as gasshō-zukuri . The Gasshō-zukuri, "prayer-hands construction" style is characterized by a thatched and steeply slanting roof resembling two hands joined in prayer. The design is exceptionally strong and, in combination with the unique properties of the thatching, allow the houses to withstand and shed the weight of the region's heavy snowfalls in winter.
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.


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(this I thought would help further understanding that blame is not on the Muslim community, or the Christian community, but on the implicit perpetrator only... or at least one of them. Before Bin Laden the world took little notice of Islam... 'live and let live' was the way. After Bin Laden everyone was asking "Why?" Now everyone has suspicion and blame. He is the one who brought down so much suspicion on the Islamic world. What accounts for the Islamic worlds hatred? Yes, Bin Laden would be pleased with the chaos he has brought about.)
Not written by me, but worth sharing
"By any standard of righteousness, Osama bin Laden deserved to die. His life dishonored Islam. His death in Abbottabad dishonored no one but himself. He was condemned by his own actions, which violated the moral principles of every religion. He personally incarnated the exception to the rule against the killing of human beings that is recounted in the Holy Qur'an. It recalls (5:32) that God: 'decreed for the Children of Israel that to kill any person who has not committed murder or horrendous crimes is like murdering all of humankind.'
"Osama was that very murderer who directed the commission of horrendous crimes. He leaves behind him many monuments to the evil in his heart. ... these monuments are both numerous and large. It will take a long time to pull them down, but this must now be done.
"Osama expected to die by violence, as he did. Sadly, he probably died a satisfied man. In addition to alienating Muslims and the West from each other, as was his aim, he achieved so many other transformations of the order he sought to overthrow. Everyone who walks shoeless through a metal detector in an airport pays grudging tribute to him. His legacies include hatred and suspicion that have erected barriers to travel to and within the West and that impede the sort of dialogue you in this gathering are about to begin. He catalyzed two wars. He bears responsibility for the death of thousands in the West and hundreds of thousands in this region. The unfunded financial burden of the conflicts he ignited has come close to bankrupting the United States. Indirectly, it is upending the international monetary system. It has produced recession in the West. Osama will have been pleased.
"The mass murders Osama contrived inflamed passions that spurred American political leaders to set aside the constraints of the United States constitution and laws. There has been serious erosion in American civil liberties amidst popular disdain for the rule of law both at home and abroad. This is what paved the way for the horrors of Abu Ghraib, 'extraordinary rendition,' and 'enhanced interrogation techniques' — otherwise known as 'cruel and unusual punishment,' 'kidnapping,' and 'torture.'"
I would like to find our common ground so that we may all come into enlightenment and foil the devil's plans.
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To the admin. When I stumbled upon this thread, this post of mine came to mind. I thought perhaps you would deem it appropriate for this thread?
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Amazing how the time passed barely five years.
"And in like manner We awakened them that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, ------------- (18:19)
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the war or attack against Islam is because there is no common ground for us. We must follow the Quranic teachings and this will make us united.
Once united there is no cause for attack
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"We have a unique opportunity and special responsibility
to explore innovative ways to promote the amelioration
of mental health outcomes by empowering
individuals and communities."
– Grady Osten-Garner, Ph.D.
Grady L. Osten-Garner Jr., Ph.D.
Retired Army Reserve Captain
Core Faculty, Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology Program
Coordinator, Military Clinical Psychology Track
Pre-dating Christianity and western psychology, African scholars have defined what we call psychology as 'the study of the soul,' human consciousness, and what we now call existentialism. It was all about how one located one's self in and engaged the world, especially our meaningful and mutual connections to the human family.
It wasn't until 1879 when experimental physicist and psychologist, William Wundt, introduced psychology as a discipline that we began to focus specifically on measureable observations of the human mind. While this is important, there is tremendous power in appreciating ones' ancestry, lineage, familial, and sociocultural histories engendered by a sense of connectivity and social responsibility.
My orientation toward facilitating a heightened awareness and application of social responsibility and social justice through professional practice is deeply rooted in the stirrings of the soul, of one's conscious awareness of our social connections, mutual responsibilities, and promotion of social interest. Giving is good for the soul. This philosophy or way of being impacts every aspect of my professional work: from my approach to educating and mentoring, to clinical work, to the types of community based participatory research and scholarship choices I've made, and finally to my leadership style including the many roles I have held as a military officer/commander and now military retiree.
I believe that, as a faculty body and trainers of future psychologists, we have a unique opportunity and special responsibility to explore innovative ways to promote the amelioration of mental health outcomes by empowering individuals and communities through our clinical work and research as local scientists. My clinical and research interests center on the well-being of others, including all uniformed military service members and their families and underserved communities. My research clerkship teams of stellar students are focusing on meaning making and optimal military training and leadership rooted in favorable mental health outcomes.
Please email or call me 312.662.4345 if you have questions or would like more information about me.
- Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
- M.A., Community Counseling, Loyola University Chicago
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- Garner, G & Emano, D. (2013). Counseling LGBT Students, K-12. In E. S. Fisher and K. K. Hawkins (Eds.). Creating School Environments to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students and Families: A Handbook for School Professionals.
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ZBrush allows you to develop a creature for film and games in realistic, 3D format. With this book, you will learn how to create a unique creature from start to finish and search for and repair any foreseeable problems. Clear instructions guide you through using Photoshop in combination with ZBrush to finely render a creature so you can see how it will appear on screen. Experienced ZBrush author and designer Scott Spencer shows you how to start with your concept in ZBrush as a preliminary digital model and then further refine it in Photoshop in order to fabricate a hyperrealistic image.
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Chapter 5 Painting the Interdimensional Traveler 111
Chapter 6 A Biomechanical Character 147
Chapter 7 Sculpting a Mermaid Character with Dynamesh 175
Chapter 8 Sculpting the Forest Spirit 203
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Hide was a zine released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1980's.
Hide was a multimedia zine with each issue released in both zine form and accompanied by an audio cassette. The type of music featured in Hide, in both the zine and on the cassette, ranged from punk and hardcore bands to post punk and more experimental music, sometimes of an electronic nature, or avant garde or musique concrete. Six issues were released.
Hide releases are now collectors items, occasionally found for sale on-line, since they were issued in limited editions.
Hide was published by Caroline Azar, who went on to become one of the editors of Double Bill, and other editors who varied.
- Issue Four lists The Fall and Glen Branca on the cover.
The Urban Renewal Tape (cassette)
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I have decided to make the Pounded Yam and Pure Water awards (the Poundos to you posh lot) a quarterly affair instead. In its stead, in my acting capacity as the self-elected president of Woah-Nigeria, and by the powers invested in me by honorable readers of blogville, I present to you my first State of the Dis-Union address. The address would analyze 3 recent happenings or current affairs in our dear nation with the usual Esco innuendos and all manners of verbal peperempe.
So how do I start? Oh I know:
Fellow Woah-Nigerians,
It is with the utmost pride and sincerity that I present these memoranda as a living testament and recollection of history in the making during our generation (I have always wanted to say this sometime in my life):
Earlier today a combined team of the JTF acted on intelligence had killed two members of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram, who are believed to be top commanders, somewhere along Maiduguri- Kano road as they were escaping arrest from security forces.
Earlier this week, J-Force had intercepted the command center of the sect, and had made arrests and seized computers, communication devices and bomb-making apparatus.
Wow, most Nigerians do not know whether to laugh or cry at this point. While every one is taking any good news with a pinch of salt, we have to pause as we remember countless people whose lives were lost in various bombing around the country.
These terrorists are something else though. Remember the armpit who blew himself up by mistake (or maybe not) while trying to detonate a bomb somewhere. It is worrying that we have fundamentalists who won't mind mudding for their cause, in a country like Nigeria that is usually known for selfish self-preservationists who crave the high-life and long life.
I mean this Boko Haram mallam was so overzealous that he blew himself up, and was adamant even on his death bed. Well, good riddance – at least he gets to receive his reward of a 1000 virgins in bomb-blast utopia sooner than later.
Good luck to him. Me, I dey here on planet Earth with the runs girls and aristo babes.
The spate of crimes against children seems to have risen astronomically. In the space of one month, there have been news reports of ritual killings concerning children. There was the brute found with a head of a young boy; and then recently another chap was intercepted by a suspicious bus conductor when he refused to relinquish his luggage to be placed in the danfo boot. His baggage contained the corpse of a child – reportedly his own child. Wow, not even an insanity plea could explain this one.
I don't care what selfish and wicked adults do, but the Nigerian child must be protected. I remember growing up, there was a case of child cruelty in my house. My elder sister walked into the house-help's room and caught her drinking my baby sister's milk. The help would make the milk in the kitchen, then feed the child a few sips. Then when no-one was looking, she would unstrap the nipple of the feeding bottle and down the contents like a bottle of small Stout. She would then wet the baby's mouth area with some milk to make it look like wee one had fed already. Thank goodness she had only been employed for all of 3 weeks, or the long term effects on my 18 month old sister would have been worse. No wonder the poor baby girl always had that confused looked on her face, while the house-help had been tripled her weight in 21 days. I think my sister is still somewhat affected to this day by the brief period of malnutrition in her early life. She is bad at maths.
By the way, what is it with some people and baby food? It is messy, lumpy and fattening. It also causes a lot of flatulence. Back in boarding school, I always feared people who brought Cerelac and Milupa as school provisions. Baby food is as nasty as plane food and those who eat it.
After all the initial brouhaha and grandstanding that greeted this bribery case when it was first discovered, it seems to have gone unusually quiet. It is the proverbial case of chop and clean mouth – except that it was captured on camera. So where is the footage?
Farouk seems to be doing his thing, while the members of the House of Rep have swallowed the grenade to hush it all up. The last time I saw this kind of "the more you look, the less you see" was when my teacher in Primary 3 caught me snacking on Nasco Wafers during a class. She reprimanded me as she twisted my ears then seized it, all three-quarters of it, and continued with the lessons.
During our break period, I approached her for my wafer. She looked at me with surprise, as she marveled at the audacity. She was like: wafers? What wafers?
She had chopped the thing and discarded the wrapper. Chop and clean mouth, and the pupils in my class looked like they were ready to back up her story. I was confused – maybe I had imagined the wafers, or had eaten it all and made up a convenient imaginary story. After all I had been known to make up stories for food at parties – Aunty I have not yet eaten. Well, I got good grades for the rest of my term in that class.
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New Grand Rapids Brewing Company Opens. Will You Be Partaking? [POLL]
The new Grand Rapids Brewing Company has opened in Downtown, at the corner of Ionia and Fulton. It's housed in the old "My Bar" location and right across the street from the new Buffalo Wild Wings. And on Wednesday at 3pm, there was a line out the door. This IS Beer City USA, so it makes sense.
WZZM TV 13 had a story on the grand opening, as did MLive "Thirsty patrons pack the new Grand Rapids Brewing Co. public opening downtown"
As it was reported in the MLive story "The new Grand Rapids Brewing Co., the latest edition to the BarFly Ventures portfolio for HopCat, Stella's Lounge and McFadden's owners Mark and Michele Sellers, opened at 3 pm. Wednesday to a long line of thirsty patrons eager to get inside and sample some John Ball Brown ale, Rosalynn Bliss blonde ale and the storied Silver Foam lager."
GRBC joins an ever growing list of beer choices in town ranging from Schmohz's Brewery and Founders to Brewery Vivant and Harmony Brewering Company. Go Downtown! So knwing all that, I ask you....


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U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters wants armed police officers stationed within 300 feet of security checkpoints at the nation's airports, she said in a letter to the chief of the Transportation Security Administration.
"In the aftermath of the tragic shooting incident at Los Angeles International Airport, I am deeply concerned that these issues have yet to be addressed by TSA," the South Bay Democrat wrote last week in the letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole. "I believe that these recommendations will play a vital role in ensuring that all travelers and airport employees are safe in our nation's airports."
Waters' stance is supported by the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association, which represents officers at Los Angeles International Airport and L.A./Ontario International Airport, as well as airport police unions in Baltimore and New York and the American Alliance of Airport Police Officers. But the key recommendation — that airports should base officers within 300 feet of each checkpoint — is controversial.
Many airport security experts say basing an armed guard at each checkpoint is not necessary and possibly dangerous. When he took over Los Angeles World Airports police in late 2012, Chief Patrick Gannon removed officers from checkpoints, saying they could be more effective if they roamed the terminal and their movements were less predictable. Even after a gunman stormed into LAX's Terminal 3 on Nov. 1 and killed TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez, Gannon has said he stands by the decision.
"The problem with having an officer at every checkpoint — particularly if they are in uniform — is that they become what people in the industry call, 'the blue canary,' " said Jeff Price, former assistant security director at Denver International Airport and an associate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. "If a shooter knows where the cop is, that's the first person they take out."
After 9/11, stationing police at checkpoints became relatively standard procedure, Price said, but not necessarily because airports were concerned about active shooter scenarios.
"Primarily that person was just there to respond immediately to suspicious items to determine whether it was a threat and to allow the lines to keep moving," Price said. "Over time, the screeners appreciated it because it kept the passengers a little more civil. They would behave differently when a cop was there."
Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the TSA based in Los Angeles, declined comment but said the agency will respond directly to Waters.
Price said he doubts the TSA will change its guidelines for how and when airports should staff checkpoints with armed officers. Generally, he said, airports decide whether or not to station officers at the checkpoints. Some do station officers and checkpoints, but many do not.
Price said varying the security profile is probably the best move.
"The other challenge you get is that if you put a cop at the checkpoint, then the shooter will just open fire at the ticket counter because there's no cop there," Price said. "I think you can look at some reasonable ways to increase boots on the ground and increase patrol cycles but I don't know if we need to put a cop at every potential threat location that there is."


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White Cloud Mountain is an ideal place for people to relax. It has six areas that are popular with visitors, Bright Pearl Building Park, the San tailing Summit Park, the Bird Spring Valley Park (Mingchun Valley), the Santailing Park, the Luhu Park and the Fei'eling Park.
Guangdong Province, referred to as "Yue ", the provincial capital Guangzhou, the jurisdiction of cities in 21 provinces, including two deputy provincial cities (Guangzhou, Shenzhen), prefecture-level cities 19. Formerly Kwangtung, Canton, is Pinyin GuǎngDōng. Guangdong is the southern coast of mainland China, a province located south of Nanling, the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian border, and Hainan across the sea. It is a Han Chinese as the main provinces, the country's 56 ethnic groups are distributed in the province. Guangdong customs and in language, history and culture, have a unique aspect, the internal department has three people, and northern China are very different. Guangdong GDP value has surpassed Taiwan as China's most economically developed provinces in the most open culture.


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About halfway through a very interesting interview over breakfast at the Kingsbury Street Cafe, the actor Jimmy Smits asked a question of his own.
"How come you've not asked about my own relationship with addiction?" he said, as his warm face took on a sudden intensity.
It was a fair question. The edgy Stephen Adly Guirgis drama known as "The Motherf***er with the Hat," is opening at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Sunday, and the reason Smits' face can be seen (under a pair of sunglasses and ball cap) around Chicago is a play about addiction. And about love, but still.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Ferguson hopes United cope with emotion
Sir Alex Ferguson fears the emotion of Manchester United's visit to Liverpool on Sunday could have a negative effect on his players.
The game will be the first for Liverpool at Anfield since the damning findings on the Hillsborough tragedy were announced by an independent panel last week. Liverpool intend to mark the match with a number of significant gestures and Ferguson has already appealed for calm from United fans in what is certain to be a tense atmosphere.
And having gone through something very similar four years ago, on the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, the Red Devils boss accepts it may have a hidden impact. "It's a possibility, I don't deny that," said Ferguson.
"Human nature can be that way. When we played Manchester City for the 50th anniversary of Munich the place was so flat in the dressing room before the game. I even felt it myself.
"We just couldn't perform and were glad to get it out the way. It was such an emotional day for us and it could be that way on Sunday."
Having twice appealed for United's supporters to behave themselves, Ferguson opted not to deliver another plea, believing it would be pointless under the circumstances.
Instead, he wants the match to be played in the correct spirit, which will surely involve a pre-game handshake between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra should both play.
"I don't think we should get into that now," he said.
"We should let the players get on with it. There is enough pressure on them. Liverpool have done their bit. We've done our bit. We've given a lot of messages so let the game go on."


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Thank You Notes "Magical Moments - Talentime"
It has been 10 days since we had Magical Moments - Talentime. My sincerely apologies for the delay in posting this thank you note. Gomen ne.
Syukur alhamdulillah, it was indeed a day of joy, happiness and laughter. It was a day full of smiles.May 1 2011 was a day full of LOVE :)
Loving people from different walk of life, comes together for only one reason. For the children :)
Magical Moments - Talentime started as a self funded event. However, as the words spread, more people volunteering to help out in many ways i.e. sponsorship, ideas, facilities, energy, time, resources, talent... believe me, it was like a day with soooooooo many beautiful people with beautful heart. May God bless you friends..
My sincere and heartfelt gratitude goes to the beautiful people as follows....
Sheema : Even though you were not around that day, thank you for always being there in making the children happy.
You are STAR!
Anne : How Allah crossed our path was special, was through ERA radio. Somehow... Magical Moments - Talentime had ERA DJs as guest, by coincidence! Anne.. thanks for always being there, for the children. You are STAR!
K. Amy : thank you Kak Amy, for all your BEAUTIFUL gift to Wishing Well Programme. Please extend this humble appreciation to all your children, family and friends who have been helping. Special thank you to Kak Ari :) Love you Kak Ari, take care yea.
Mariam : You are simply AMAZING !! thank you for EVERYTHING!!
K. Ogie : Thank you for your support kak. You are AMAZING. take care k
Alia, Auntie Teh & Ayah Teh - What else can I say... your support & love are PRICELESS. Thank you very much !! Hugs !!
Pengetua & teachers of SMPK Setapak - Thank you for allowing me to use the school and assistance in making the event a memorable one :)
Hanif : Thank you for making the event a lively one. thank you for saving the day !! You are a SUPERB emcee !!
Natasha Hudson : Thank you for spending your weekend with us and being the judge:) You are GREAT!
Dina Nazir : Thank you for being the judge and sing for us :) Your voice is AMAZING!! Subhanallah
K. Roselinah : Your cup cakes are BEAUTIFUL !! Thank you kak !! :)
Muha : A friendship that developed to sisterhood/brotherhood. Thank you for EVERYTHING !! Oh yes, thank you for the petting zoo !! That was indeed a good idea :)
Nadirah : Sis, thank you for your support. Hugs :)
Jeush & Fahmi : Thank you Mr Photographer :) Thanks a mil !!!
Sensei Kashiwagi : Thank you for all your kindness. The kids LOVE learning about Japanese Culture. Sensei wa subarashii!
Linda & Fame : Thank you for the birthday cake. The kids love it :)
Yong :You are really TALENTED in design. Thank you for doing the official back drop.. all the way from South Korea :)
En Dzul : Thank you for your support & allowing me to volunteer at RACTAR.
Matt & Arnida : Thank you for being such great friends & baing part of WWP. You are a STAR!!
Last but not least, in case there are names that I have missed.... please forgive this forgetful fanny of mine. I sincerely appreciate your kind help, support and prayers to all programs that we do at WWP. All of you are the STAR!!!
"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles." - Washington Irving ( 1783 - 1859 )
May Allah SWT bless you all... ALWAYS...
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drkellogs needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Create a 4 color yellow page ad (9.4cm x 18.4cm) for a local sushi restaurant. I will provide with elements I'd like to see. I'll also give you a bunch of pictures you can use. But remember, it's 4 colors, so it might be a good idea not to use too many pictures.
4 Colors (Yellow, Black, Grey, White) 9,4 cm x 18.4 cm
I will provide menu items to place and other guidelines as posted here:
Restaurant Name: Sushi Sakuto
Address+Phone: 8705 Sherbrooke Est Suite 101, 514-807-6598
Web Address: http://www.SakutoSushi.com
Examples of Yelow Page Ads for Sushi restaurants (Except they're bigger size & in color):
ACTUAL scanned yellow page ad format this ad will be used in:
Pictures of Sushi you can use:
(copy & paste this complete address link)
Sushi Menu:
(copy & paste this complete address link)
Sushi Sakuto Logos (Illustrator):
- Free Local Delivery (Minimum $15)
- Open from Mon-Fri (11:00 to 21:00) Sat-Sun (15:00 to 21:00)
- Mention --> Comptoir a Sushi, Commande pour emporter, Service de traiteur, Service de livraison ($15+)
- Put Midi Express Lunch in ad
- Put 3-4 first items (more or less depending on space available) in Futo Maki in ad
- Put 3-4 first items (more or less depending on space available) in Hoso Maki in ad
- Things to COMMUNICATE (In Order Of Importance)
- 1. That it's a Sushi Restaurant (In a split-second glance)
2. (BIG fonts) Phone #, Address, What Sushi Restaurant Offers (details in prominent place)
3. enough food items to give a taste of what restaurant offers
- 4. The design should complement these things, and is NOT of primary importance. But it is important obviously.
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A second suspect from Manhattan has been charged in Pound Ridge in what is being described as a large identity theft ring operating out of New York City and targeting Westchester residents, Police Chief Dave Ryan said Tuesday, 10 days after the first arrest was announced.
Pound Ridge Police received a complaint in July 2017 of a resident who was a victim of identity theft and had a loss of $2,500.
Pound Ridge Police Detective Stephen Mulcahy and Police Officer Greg Walz began the investigation and, working with bank security and detectives from the New York City Police Department, were initially able to identify 58-year-old Mark Gibbons of West 143rd Street in Manhattan as the individual who entered the bank and presented a fraudulent personal check in the name of the Pound Ridge victim.
Based on the bank video and images, as well as information gathered working with the Loss Division of Wells Fargo Bank and the NYPD, Pound Ridge Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Gibbons.
Following that arrest, Pound Ridge Police were able to identify a second suspect.
Working with detectives from the New York City Police Department, police identified 57-year-old Terrence Jackson of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd in Manhattan.
Pound Ridge Police, along with NYPD detectives, picked up Jackson at his home on Monday afternoon in New York City, Ryan said. Jackson was returned to Pound Ridge and formally charged in the investigation. Jackson was processed and released on his own recognizance with a return date of Nov. 27 at 9 a.m.
Pound Ridge Police are continuing the investigation and are hoping to identify one or two other individuals who are involved in what appears to be a large identiity theft ring operating out of New York City and using information obtained from various sources to steal the identity of unsuspecting Westchester residents, Ryan said.
Ryan commended the work of Mulcahy and especially Walz in putting together the investigation and identifying the two suspects to date as well. In addition, Ryan applauded the cooperation of NYPD Police Detectives and the Westchester District Attorney's Office as well and the Westchester Intelligence Center in helping bring this investigation to a successful conclusion.
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Presidential Eligibility
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.Article II, Section 1, Clause 5
The Constitution imposes three eligibility requirements on the Presidency—based on the officeholder's age, residency, and citizenship—that must be satisfied at the time of taking office. By virtue of the Twelfth Amendment, the qualifications for Vice President are the same. The Framers established these qualifications in order to increase the chances of electing a person of patriotism, judgment, and civic virtue.
First, Presidents must be thirty-five years of age or older. In contrast, Senators must be at least thirty years old, and Representatives no less than twenty-five years old. As Justice Joseph Story has noted, the "character and talent" of a man in the middle age of life is "fully developed," and he has had the opportunity "for public service and for experience in the public councils."
Second, the President must have been a "Resident" of the United States for fourteen years. By contrast, to be a Member of Congress, one must be an "Inhabitant" of the State one is representing. During the Constitutional Convention, James Madison contended that "both [terms] were vague, but the latter ['Inhabitant'] least so in common acceptation, and would not exclude persons absent occasionally for a considerable time on public or private business." Then as now, inhabitant meant being a legal domiciliary, but resident could mean either a domiciliary or a physical presence. Perhaps the Framers desired a person as President who had actually been present in the United States for the required period and had developed an attachment to and understanding of the country, rather than one who was legally an inhabitant, but who may have lived abroad for most of his life. On the other hand, the distinction may have been one of style rather than substance. As Justice Story later noted, "by 'residence,' in the constitution, is to be understood, not an absolute inhabitancy within the United States during the whole period; but such an inhabitancy, as includes a permanent domicil in the United States."
There is some evidence that the Framers believed the fourteen-year residency requirement could be satisfied cumulatively, rather than consecutively. An earlier version of the clause excluded individuals who have "not been in the whole, at least fourteen years a resident within the U.S." (emphasis added), and historical evidence suggests that deletion of the phrase "in the whole" was not intended to alter the provision's meaning. This might explain the election of Herbert Hoover, whose successful 1928 campaign for President came less than fourteen years after his return to the United States in 1917. Others may argue that Hoover had simply maintained a United States domicile throughout his tenure abroad.
The third qualification to be President is that one must be a "natural born Citizen" (or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution). Although any citizen may become a Member of Congress so long as he has held citizenship for the requisite time period, to be President, one must be "a natural born Citizen." Undivided loyalty to the United States was a prime concern. During the Constitutional Convention, John Jay wrote to George Washington, urging "a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Commander in Chief of the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen." Justice Story later noted that the natural-born–citizenship requirement "cuts off all chances for ambitious foreigners, who might otherwise be intriguing for the office."
Under the longstanding English common-law principle of jus soli, persons born within the territory of the sovereign (other than children of enemy aliens or foreign diplomats) are citizens from birth. Thus, those persons born within the United States are "natural born citizens" and eligible to be President. Much less certain, however, is whether children born abroad of United States citizens are "natural born citizens" eligible to serve as President. As early as 1350, the British Parliament approved statutes recognizing the rule of jus sanguinis, under which citizens may pass their citizenship by descent to their children at birth, regardless of place. Similarly, in its first naturalization statute, Congress declared that "the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens." 1 Stat. 104 (1790). The "natural born" terminology was dropped shortly thereafter. See, e.g., 8 U.S.C. § 1401(c). But the question remains whether the term "natural born Citizen" used in Article II includes the parliamentary rule of jus sanguinis in addition to the common law principle of jus soli. In United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the Supreme Court relied on English common law regarding jus soli to inform the meaning of "citizen" in the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the natural-born–citizenship requirement of Article II, and noted that any right to citizenship though jus sanguinis was available only by statute, and not through the Constitution. Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's discussion in Wong Kim Ark, a majority of commentators today argue that the Presidential Eligibility Clause incorporates both the common-law and English statutory principles, and that therefore, Michigan Governor George Romney, who was born to American parents outside of the United States, was eligible to seek the Presidency in 1968.
The Presidential Eligibility Clause does not explicitly cover those who serve merely as Acting President, a constitutionally distinct office. Although Congress has imposed by statute, 3 U.S.C. § 19(e), the same eligibility requirements for service as Acting President, that provision may not be required as a constitutional matter.
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Old and vulnerable: The status of Tanzania's elders
Let's think together: Every Sunday the World Bank in Tanzania in collaboration with The Citizen wants to stimulate your thinking by sharing data from recent official surveys in Tanzania and ask you a few questions.
Growing old is almost a universal dream. Over the past two centuries, life expectancy in Western Europe increased from 32 (in 1800) to over 80 years in 2011. This unprecedented leap in human history came as the combination of technological advances in medicine, improved living conditions, and better nutrition, among other factors. However, old age is also often accompanied with a general deterioration in physical capacities, proneness to disease and sickness, and the inability to engage in economic activity. This heightens the risk of poverty and insecurity thereby requiring societies to find mechanisms to support their elderly population.


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Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it's soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
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Ralph Lemon/Cross Performance
Ralph Lemon (Creator, Choreographer and Director) is a director, choreographer, writer, visual artist and curator, and the Artistic Director of Cross Performance, a company dedicated to the creation of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary performance and presentation. His most recent works include the innovative dance/film project Four Walls (2012), and How Can You Stay in The House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? (2008-2010), a work with live performance, film and visual art that toured across the U.S. The immersive visual art installation, Meditation, which was part of How Can You Stay…, was purchased for the permanent collection of the Walker Art Center in 2012. In January 2011, a re-imagined section of How Can You Stay… was performed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in conjunction with On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century. Mr. Lemon curated the fall 2012 performance series Some sweet day at MoMA, and the acclaimed 2010 performance series I Get Lost at Danspace Project in NYC.
Mr. Lemon's visual art work was shown in a group exhibit When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South at the Studio Museum of Harlem (summer 2014). His solo visual art exhibitions include: 1856 Cessna Road at The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC (2012); How Can You Stay In The House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2010); (the efflorescence of) Walter, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans (2008), The Kitchen, NYC (2007) and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2006); The Geography Trilogy, Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2001); and Temples, Margaret Bodell Gallery, NYC (2000). His group exhibitions include: When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination & the American South, The Studio Museum in Harlem; Move: Choreographing You, Hayward Gallery, London, UK and The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, Nasher Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC. Mr. Lemon's book, Come home Charley Patton, the final in a series documenting The Geography Trilogy, was published in 2013 by Wesleyan University Press.
In 2012, Mr. Lemon was honored with one of the first Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards; he was also one of the first artists to receive the United States Artists Fellowship (2006). He is recipient of two "Bessie" Awards (1986, 2005); two Foundation for Contemporary Art Awards (1986, 2012); two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (2004, 2009); a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship; a 2004 Bellagio Study Center Fellowship; and the 1999 CalArts Alpert Award.
Mr. Lemon has been an IDA Fellow at Stanford University (2009); artist-in-residence at Temple University (2005-06); Miller Endowment Visiting Artist at the Krannert Center (2004); Fellow of the Humanities Council and Program in Theater & Dance at Princeton University (2002); and Associate Artist at Yale Repertory Theatre (1996-2000). For the fall 2011 semester he was a Visiting Critic with the Yale University, School of Art, Sculpture Department. Currently he is the 2013-14 Annenberg Fellow at the Museum of Modern Art, where he has curated a series of "performance essays," titled Value Talks.
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- Article: When the Stars Begin to Fall exhibit
- Star Tribune Review: Ralph Lemon's 'Scaffold Room' a brilliant mess
- A Conversation Between Saidiya Hartman and Okwui Okpokwasili around Scaffold Room at the Walker
- Blog on Scaffold Room - Residency @ MANCC
- Sacred Spaces: Ralph Lemon, Okwui Okpokwasili, and April Matthis Discuss Scaffold Room at the Walker


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New logo required for Australian coastal information website (http://www.ozcoasts.org.au).
OzCoasts provides comprehensive information about Australia's coast, including its estuaries and coastal waterways. This information helps to generate a better understanding of coastal environments, the complex processes that occur in them, the potential environmental health issues and how to recognise and deal with these issues.
The website has previously been called OzEstuaries and now OzCoast and OzEstuaries, but will soon undergo a name change to OzCoasts to reflect a wider coastal agenda. The website has grown a lot since it started in 2003 (as OzEstuaries) and will continue grow due to the current focus on climate change and other environmental issues. We request a logo for the new website. The OzCoasts website is hosted in Geoscience Australia which is the national custodian for coastal geoscientific data and information. The organisation has developed, in conjunction with the National Land and Water Resources Audit and former Coastal CRC, the OzCoasts web-based database and information system to draw together a diverse range of data and information on Australia's coasts and estuaries. This information and data help to generate a better understanding of Australia's coastal environments. The content of the site represents the collaborative efforts of more than 100 coastal scientists from a wide range of government agencies and universities.
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An arctic spring means the city's flowers were late to bloom, by "in some cases, a week," says Maureen Hackett, director of horticulture for the Bryant Park Corporation and the 34th Street Partnership, and a former employee at the Central Park Conservancy and the New York Botanical Garden.
But with temperatures set to rise, the Bronxville-based gardening expert with 30 years' experience promises "it will be worth the wait."
Here are her recommendations for a floral New York.
1. Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets
The 200-plus London plane trees, which are more than 70 years old, are probably the most important landscape element to Bryant Park. But we also aim for a glorious massing of color at ground level that changes with the seasons. There is a fabulous display of 100,000 daffodil bulbs as well as pansies throughout — blues, yellows, purples and pinks. The daffodils fade and [in their place will grow] 8,000 tulips which were planted in the fall. Depending on the weather, they'll last from late March through the first week of May. It will be a joy to behold.
2. Macy's Flower Show
This free, annual spring show inside the flagship store in Herald Square is really great for your classic amateur plants man. You get a huge variety of things — it consolidates so many seasons under one roof. This year's theme is Asian flowers and there are a lot of tropicals like orchids and lilies. But you will also see everything from tulips to azaleas to hydrangeas and tons of plants in the daisy variety.
3. Herald and Greeley Square parks on Sixth Avenue at 34th Street
[In 1999], we turned what were basically two traffic circles into oases of calm. There are a lot of studies about the effect of greenery and reduction in crime, and these parks have helped transform the neighborhood. I remember planting on 34th Street at night 15 years ago, and people would drive up right behind you and start putting the azaleas in the back of their cars. It was particularly bad in the run-up to Mother's Day! But they can't get away with that any more. This spring we have thousands of daffodils, Barcelona tulips, blue hyacinths and narcissus geraniums. The 34th Street area of Manhattan is one of its most fragrant nowadays.
4. The Cloisters, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Washington Heights
The grounds of this museum — an outpost of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains medieval artifacts — are breathtaking. One of my favorite spots is the Cuxa cloister, which has beautiful crab-apple and hawthorn blooms in May. It's modeled on a medieval European garden. They specialize in plants native to woodlands such as daffodils, irises and violets, so spring is the most wonderful time to visit. There are benches to sit on and pause awhile in the low-walled gardens.
5. The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, Fifth Avenue between 104th and 106th streets
One of the most beautiful features here is the spectacular double row of crab-apple trees which bloom in May. There are two bands of white and two bands of pink blossom [trees] arranged on the lawn, which is at least one acre in total. Meanwhile, the southern-most garden, closer to 104th Street, is English-style with a lot of naturalized daffodils on the hillsides. Inside you'll see a lot of different varieties of daffodils and tulips. If, like me, you're a fan of "Downton Abbey," you will love it because it perfectly evokes the English countryside. I can almost picture myself riding an Arabian horse across the grounds!
6. Wave Hill, Riverdale, The Bronx
Wave Hill is a great place in the spring as there are activities like plant workshops and bee-keeping. And, if you're a flower lover, you'll be in heaven because so many seasonal flowers are experimented with in pots. It's a fun place to get ideas for your own garden. There's [also] a pergola covered in wisteria which has expansive views over the Hudson River to the Palisades. You see no evidence of civilization and would never know you are in The Bronx.
7. New YorkBotanical Garden, Southern Boulevard, The Bronx
This huge garden provides something to enjoy every week of spring. Witch hazels, snowdrops and the Korean rhododendrons are already opening up and looking great in the Azalea Garden. The Japanese apricot in the Ladies' Border is beginning to flower. The earliest daffodils are opening in huge drifts and the precocious magnolias and earliest flowering cherries should begin opening by Easter. Then it's off to the races through mid-and late April [with] cherry blossom, followed by crab apple and dogwoods.
8. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
I grew up in Brooklyn, but never [came here] until I was 20 and applied for an internship. I'll never forget walking in and being amazed at that complete separation from what's going on outside because, back in the day, that wasn't such a great area. One of the highlights of the spring is the Cherry Walk, a meandering pathway behind the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. The cherry blossoms were originally purchased from a Long Island nursery in 1921 and two from the original planting still survive. [Nearby] is a tranquil pond filled with koi carp.


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Redskins linebacker London Fletcher is a Cleveland native, so when he played against the Browns on Sunday, he had a whole lot of friends and family in the stands. Unfortunately, things got ugly when multiple members of Fletcher's family were involved in an altercation with Browns fans.
Now Fletcher is lobbing an accusation at the Browns that makes this situation even uglier: Fletcher says it was the Browns' security staff, people who are paid to keep things safe in the stadium, who caused the incident on Sunday.
"What led to the whole ruckus was something that happened with stadium security," Fletcher told reporters today. "As opposed to defusing the situation, they were more instigators. They didn't defuse the situation. It wasn't even with the fans at that point in time. I think one of the stadium workers, he went overboard with what his job responsibilities were."
Fletcher's accusations are serious, and both the Browns and the NFL should investigate. It's bad enough that the stands at NFL games are filled with drunks getting into fistfights. If the very security personnel whose job it is to defuse such situations are the ones starting the incidents, that's a major problem. Every fan who enters every NFL stadium deserves better.


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