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Breast Cancer Charity Bullying Other Charities Over Trademark
from the for-the-cure dept
But, even assuming that the trademark itself is valid, there are all sorts of ways it could deal with other charities using that phrase without acting like a legal bully. It could simply agree to license the mark at no cost to other legitimate charities. SGK's claim, of course, is that it doesn't want the phrase to get sullied by unscrupulous organizations, but that doesn't mean it needs to pull out the legal guns when a legitimate charity comes along. Just let them use the damn phrase, and let everyone help raise money for charity, rather than legal bills.


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Growing up, Stuart Scheinholtz never had a pet. Not unless you counted the turtles that he shared with his sister, or the goldfish that met their untimely demise down the drain as Stuart was cleaning their bowl. The Scheinholtz family just wasn't into dogs. That's why, decades later, the Tiburon resident was unprepared for his response to a gift he received on his 50th birthday.
It was with excitement, and a bit of anticipation, that on my milestone birthday in 2006 I welcomed an amazing present from my wife, Joanne, and son, Jack: a 4-month-old yellow Lab I called Kramer. I had watched "Seinfeld" for years, and naming my new dog after Jerry's zany neighbor felt right. The thing about getting Kramer is that I didn't know how wide he would open my eyes and heart to the wonder of living with a dog.
Several years ago there was a buzz in San Francisco when some well-meaning citizens declared they weren't pet "owners" but "guardians." Many people thought this absurd. However, having now had the pleasure of being Kramer's guardian since that eventful birthday seven years ago, I totally get it. I never consider myself to be his owner. My role is to nurture him, protect him and give him a home. What I receive in return is his love, exuberance and affection, all of which provide me with immeasurable happiness.
Of course I'm partial, but Kramer's burnt-sugar coloring truly renders him a striking creature. His soulful brown eyes can hold a gaze for minutes, and his strong tail thumps his approval, whether it's going for a walk or greeting a new friend. Not a day goes by when someone doesn't comment: "That's a good-looking dog."
I consider it an honor to be Kramer's "person." We communicate constantly; I pet him and he nudges me back. Sometimes he just lies at my side with his head resting on my lap. Although Kramer rarely barks, he will emit a gentle, mewling noise when he wants to go outside, almost as though he's apologizing for the imposition.
While unfailingly polite, he's no shrinking violet. Kramer has an alpha side he exhibits with gusto to younger dogs and the "ladies." Even though he's now 7 years old, he remains puppy-like in many ways, playing keep-away with his toys and bouncing with curious joy when approaching other hounds.
Joanne and Jack are wild about Kramer, too. When we watch TV, they jockey to sit next to him on the couch, taking turns inhaling his wonderful doggie scent. And whether we've been gone five minutes or five hours, Kramer always greets us with an enthusiastic dance when we return home, reminding us that we are loved.
My intense connection with this dog is the beauty of caring for a pet like Kramer. He's simultaneously vulnerable, joyous and engaged with me in ways that I never experienced with my childhood turtles and fish. It only took me 50 years to discover how a dog could become an integral and valued part of my life.
How great is that? I had no idea.
~ Courtesy of San Francisco Gate
Tags: dog human bond, intense connection

subset: commoncrawl


text: Midlife crises are a normal event for many forty-plus American males, and Alex (Bill Macy) seems no different from the average. He is going through a very difficult time. He has a marriage that's been through the normal ups and downs but is now struggling, a young son who he's devoted to but worried about, and a particularly stressful job: he works for his father in the family business...and kills people for a living. More than the specific tensions that this particular occupation brings with it, Alex is tired of hiding what he does from his wife and child and wants to leave the profession. Feeling tormented, he seeks the services of a good therapist to unload his burdens but finds unexpected solace in the waiting room, where he meets Sarah (Neve Campbell). She's manic, confused, and at loose ends; he's repressed and trapped in domestic and career turmoil, but somehow this odd couple manages to connect, and each one makes the other feel like life's worth living. With the potential for an affair looming on the horizon but an increasingly problematic professional life, Alex is caught in a difficult family bind whose resolution will not be easy.


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EL TRIANGULO Simboliza la estrategia de colonización, el secretismo. La cabeza de la serpiente venenosa es triangular. Desde el vértice, la cúpula gobierna la bipolaridad, entendida como el "divide y vencerás". Un Estado dentro del Estado que opera subterráneamente, con una economía que conspira abriendo brechas y desaguaderos al presupuesto oficial.
La cúpula manipula secretamente los hilos del poder: gobierno y oposición, comunismo y capitalismo, oriente y occidente, este y oeste, judíos y árabes, pro y anti de la industria de la droga, guerrilla y democracia, sociedades secretas, masonería, opus dei, medios de financiamiento y comunicación, industrias alimenticias, farmacéutica y medicina privada (Lc 4: 5-6). Es la astucia de la serpiente.
Se le concedió un imperio inmenso (Ap13). Hasta se le permitió, por tres tiempos y medio, la victoria sobre los cristianos (Ap13:7).
La bestia segunda que surge de la "tierra santa", y que tiene todo el poder de la bestia egipcia, es Israel. Esta hace caer fuego del cielo (bombas atómicas, misiles). El rabinato disemina la cábala por todo el mundo, con apariencia de cordero pero boca de dragón. Esta segunda bestia compra la tierra para el Faraón (Gn 47: 20-22), empobrece y privatiza, es la "GlobalizaSIÓN" o "Nuevo Orden Mundial", como lo anuncia el símbolo piramidal colocado en la unidad del dólar, el "Annuit Coeptis", Bendice nuestras empresas (un rezo al ojo de Horus) y el "Novus Ordo Seclorum", "Nuevo Orden de los Siglos". El que no se haya pegado el vértice de la pirámide, en la unidad del dólar, significa que aún no se ha consolidado el octavo imperio, la serpiente (Dragón) se morderá la cola y el planeta quedará atrapado.
El debilitamiento de las naciones, la destrucción de sus ejércitos, se está produciendo a través de la destrucción de la sangre juvenil, la exaltación de los egos, drogas, delincuencia y hambre.
La Biblia enseña que el pueblo perece por falta de conocimiento de Dios. Un pueblo supersticioso, pasto de falsos profetas, está sometido a espada y hambre (Ez14:1-10). Lo que hacen los editores y productores de los medios de comunicación no tiene parangón, es verdaderamente aberrante (Jd5-16). Es muy lamentable ver como idiotizan a los jóvenes, que se prestan para hacer el ridículo por satisfacción del ego. Estos productores han caído en un estado tal de depravación que su pobreza espiritual se podría describir con una frase que alguien dijo alguna vez: "son tan pobres que lo único que tienen es dinero". Están tan ciegos que olvidan que tendrán que dar cuentas al que juzgará a vivos y a muertos.
LA MARCA DE LA BESTIA No es un misterio para nadie que un triángulo equilátero consta de tres angulos de 60º. Un misterio, es que esta figura se repita tantas veces en los logos de las más poderosas empresas y organizaciones a nivel nacional e internacional entre otros significados todavía mayores:
Eye of Horus in Leo with Saturn as the eye 9/11/2007.
The LOOP area between the two standstill spots is the Star of Bethlehem location also.
THE 666 (Chi-Xi-Stigma(Gamma))
THE EYE (Júpiter or Saturn your Ignition)
Astrological Significance of the
Cassini-Saturn Event
(also known as the Lucifer Project)
J.C. Goliathan
Bullets of what I am proposing:
-Jupiter was plunged into by Galileo in Sept of 2003 at the Star of Bethlehem location (2 and 3 BC - Jupiter and Venus were at the same spot together in conjunction).
-Saturn will be in this SAME area starting Sept of 2007 and will loop around in this area until late Sept. of 2008 at which point it crosses Chi LEO on its way to the Virgo constellation. (Saturn officially enters Virgo on Sept. 2 of THIS year, 2007, even though it is still in the LEO constellation).
-On Sept. 11 of this year and again April 16, 2008 (it is looping around here at this time so it lingers here 2 months before and after this April day also), Saturn is in the center of the Eye of Horus Triangle of Leo and also on the Regulus-Chort line in Leo. The Eye of Horus triangle is amazing and I'm not sure anyone has discovered before now. It is surrounded by the Greek assigned star symbol values of 600 + 60 + 6. Chi-Xi-Stigma (Stigma has been replaced by Leo Gamma x 2 at the Algieba location). Chi-Xi-Stigma means 666.
-NASA may be trying the create a new Star of Bethlehem with an Cassini-induced event on Saturn in the center of the LEO Eye of Horus on Sept. 11, 2007, or in Spring/Summer of 2008.
-Following this location, Saturn would move into the LEO ChiRho location. ChiRho is the ancient Horus symbol and is currently used by the Catholic church as its main symbol. It's the P with the X through it. This symbol means: Male/Female, Intercourse or Regeneration, Horus or Christ, and Skull/Bones. The P is the skull and the X is the bones. 9-11 also represents 9=skull, 11=bones.
-I don't believe in astrology, but many do and it seems that what is happening with Galileo and Cassini at Jupiter and Saturn is and has been timed to coincide with significant astrological events.
Supporting evidence follows:
"At this month's meeting of the society I will present again the 2,000 year old search for the Star of Bethlehem. After studying and dismissing, for a variety of reasons, other phenomena, the quest centers on two rare sets of conjunctions of planets. The first, the favorite of the last 400 years, involves a rare triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn over 6 month's in 7 BC. It's 2,000th anniversary was in 1994.
The second solution involves the planets Jupiter and Venus, which had two nearly stellar conjunctions 10 month's apart in 3 and 2 BC, 2,000 years ago in 1998 and 1999.
If you're a bit confused about the mathematics of the 2,000 year subtraction, remember there was no year zero, 1 BC was the year prior to AD 1. Therefore the 3rd millennium will start in 2001, not the year 2000. However most millennial celebrations will take place on New Year's eve 1999, not December 31st, 2000. Once again, sadly, ignorance wins out.
Adding to the information on the second solution I talked about 2 years ago are more ideas that were graciously sent me by George Petritz. It was an issue of Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. In the December 1996 issue was an article The Star of Bethlehem by Dr. Craig Chester.
It looks like the Star of Bethlehem was not the spectacular apparition we celebrate today in images and song. The importance of the apparition was definitely in the eye of the beholder. And the beholders were the Magi, astrologer priests of the Zoroasterian religion based in Persia. They has worked out the meaning of every planet, position and constellation in the visible heavens, and they were aware of the writings and religions of the nations that surrounded them.
So let's try to see what the Magi might have read into two planetary conjunctions occurring 10 months apart in 3 and 2 BC.
On August 11th of 3 BC. just before dawn. The two brightest planets Jupiter and Venus merge into a single dazzling star in the dawn twilight. This even occurred below the chin of the constellation of Leo the lion. In the twilight, on the lion's bright star Regulus was visible.
So here's the cast of characters. Jupiter then as now was the king of the gods. In Hebrew, it was Sedeq, which meant Righteousness. The Jews worshipped one God, the only God, who created everything, so they didn't need to see Jupiter as a god.. Venus was the fertility goddess to all except the Jews. To the Babylonians it was Ishtar. However the in Second Kings and Jeremiah the prophets were distresses to find many Jews were indeed worshipping Ishtar. The lion was the king of beasts, and in Genesis 49:9 Jacob associated his son Judah with a lion. King David was of the tribe of Judah, and so was to be the Messiah. The reference is again repeated in Revelation 5:5, which reveals the power of the association in the early Christian era. Regulus' name means little king star, an allusion to its location in heart of the king of beasts. The ancients thought that this star ruled the affairs of the heavens.
Beside the conjunctions of Jupiter and Venus, each planet has their own conjunctions of Regulus. Chester also suggests a solution to the problem of the verse in Matthew 2:9, where the star came to a standstill over place where the child was. This seems to be impossible for an astronomical object. Chester's explanation was that this is when Jupiter reached its stationary points at the beginning and end of its retrograde or westward motion. Well, let's see the chronology of all these events, as modeled with my Looking Up program:
August 11, 3 BC. - Venus and Jupiter are in their first conjunction, visible low in the eastern twilight before sunrise. Both are moving eastward against the stars.
August 16, 3 BC. - Venus and Regulus are in conjunction.
September 13, 3 BC. - Jupiter and Regulus are in conjunction.
November 27, 3 BC. - Jupiter is stationary, and will begin to move in retrograde or to the west.
February 17, 2 BC. - Jupiter and Regulus are in conjunction for the second time, as Jupiter continues the retrograde motion.
March 28, 2 BC. - Jupiter is stationary, ending retrograde motion.
May 8, 2 BC. - Jupiter and Regulus are in conjunction for the third time.
June 10, 2 BC. - Venus and Regulus are in conjunction.
June 16, 2 BC. - Venus and Jupiter are in conjunction. They appear to merge into a single star low in the west at sunset.
The first conjunction, on August 11th, 3 BC., apparently set the Magi on their journey. This is the first appearance of the star as recorded in Matthew 2:2. I expect that the knowledge of planetary motions allowed the Magi to predict the second conjunction 10 months later. They may have timed their journey to arrive around that second conjunction.
The Magi expecting a king, went to the capitol city of Judea, Jerusalem. It is a reading from the scriptures that sends them to King David's birthplace, Bethlehem. As they left Jerusalem the Magi saw the star again. Was this the second conjunction? on June 17th, 2 BC…."
"In conclusion, it was the first Jupiter/Venus conjunction of August 12, 3 BC in the constellation Cancer that alerted the Magi to look for further signs. They found them - in the triple conjunction of Jupiter in Regulus in the constellation Leo. But it was the second conjunction, on June 17, 2 BC, in the evening, of Jupiter and Venus, in the constellation Leo, that started the Magi on their way west. Although the Magi probably had predicted these celestial events in advance, they wanted confirmation that their predictions would come to pass. The star they followed was the planet Jupiter, the King Planet, which, having gone through its retrograde motion, appeared to stand still on precisely December 25, 2 BC in the southern sky - and from Jerusalem it would appear that Jupiter had come to rest directly over Bethlehem. It remained stationary for 6 days, and to add to the symbolic significance, it was stationary in the center, or perhaps womb, of the constellation Virgo."
"What astronomical events, possibly in the years 3 or 2 BC, might have been related to the Star of Bethlehem? A nova -- the unexpected, sudden brightening of a star from invisibility into a bright object for a period of days or weeks -- has been suggested. But there is no historical record of such a nova, nor is it clear what a nova's astrological significance would be. Origen himself suggested a comet, but the recorded comets around this time, even Halley's Comet in 12 BC, were not very impressive; astrologically, they were considered ominous. Meteors and fireballs are even less likely candidates.
Conjunctions of planets have also long been considered good possibilities. A conjunction is a close apparent approach between two celestial objects. In 3 BC and 2 BC, there was a series of close conjunctions involving Jupiter, the planet that represented kingship, coronations, and the birth of kings. In Hebrew, Jupiter was known as Sedeq or "Righteousness," a term also used for the Messiah.
In September of 3 BC, Jupiter came into conjunction with Regulus, the star of kingship, the brightest star in the constellation of Leo. Leo was the constellation of kings, and it was associated with the Lion of Judah. The royal planet approached the royal star in the royal constellation representing Israel. Just a month earlier, Jupiter and Venus, the Mother planet, had seemed almost to touch each other in another close conjunction, also in Leo. Then the conjunction between Jupiter and Regulus was repeated, not once but twice, in February and May of 2 BC. Finally, in June of 2 BC, Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest objects in the sky save the sun and the moon, experienced an even closer encounter when their disks appeared to touch; to the naked eye they became a single object above the setting sun. This exceptionally rare spectacle could not have been missed by the Magi.
In fact, we have seen here only the highlights of an impressive series of planetary motions and conjunctions fraught with a variety of astrological meanings, involving all the other known planets of the period: Mercury, Mars, and Saturn. The astrological significance of these impressive events must surely have been seen by the Magi as the announcement of the impending birth of a great king of Israel.
September 11, 3 BC, is perhaps the most interesting date of all. Not only was Jupiter very close to Regulus in the first of their conjunctions, but the sun was in the constellation of Virgo (of obvious symbolism), together with the new moon, in a configuration that fits a plausible interpretation of a passage in the Book of Revelation describing the birth of a male child who is to be the ruler of the universe. Significantly, September 11, 3 BC, also marked the beginning of the Jewish New Year ( 9/11…World Trade Center; Altar, sacrifice, holocaust…? ), traditionally regarded as the anniversary of Noah's landing after the Great Flood.
But if the planet Jupiter was the Star of Bethlehem, or was a component of the events that triggered the visit by the Magi, how do we view the final appearance of the Star on their journey to Bethlehem? It would have been in the southern sky, though fairly high above the horizon. Could the Star have stopped over Bethlehem? The answer is yes. The word "stop" was used for what we now call a planet's "stationary point." A planet normally moves eastward through the stars from night to night and month to month, but regularly exhibits a "retrograde loop." After it passes the opposite point in the sky from the sun, it appears to slow, come to a full stop, and move backward (westward) through the sky for some weeks. Again it slows, stops, and resumes its eastward course.
It seems plausible that the Magi were "overjoyed" at again seeing before them, as they traveled southward, "his star," Jupiter, which at its stationary point was standing still over Bethlehem. We do know for certain that Jupiter performed a retrograde loop in 2 BC and that it was stationary on December 25, interestingly enough, during Hanukkah, the season for giving presents."
My contention is that there is some ancient astrology afoot here with the timing of NASA's Galileo and Cassini.
Jupiter and Venus came together on June 17, 2 BC to make the Star of Bethlehem. This location was 10h + 32m and 10 dec +25'. This location in the sky is almost nearly the same location that Galileo was plunged into Jupiter in Sept. 21, 2003. (10h +30m, and 10 dec +20') Saturn is in this location on Oct. 17, 2007 (10h +31m, 10 dec +56')
Even though still in the Leo constellation (known as the Lion of Judah), Saturn officially enters Virgo (the Mother) on Sept. 2, 2007. Nine days later, on September 11, 2007, Saturn is at (10h, + 14m, 12 dec +20'). This is very near Regulus, the King and Heart star of Leo and also directly on the LEO line from Regulus to Chort.
"September 11, 3 BC, is perhaps the most interesting date of all. Not only was Jupiter very close to Regulus in the first of their conjunctions, but the sun was in the constellation of Virgo (of obvious symbolism), together with the new moon, in a configuration that fits a plausible interpretation of a passage in the Book of Revelation describing the birth of a male child who is to be the ruler of the universe. Significantly, September 11, 3 BC, also marked the beginning of the Jewish New Year, traditionally regarded as the anniversary of Noah's landing after the Great Flood."
If Sept. 11, 3 BC is the true 0 point, then we are behind our calendar by 2 years and 3 months. This year is then not 2007, but actually 2009 going into 2010 right about now (June of 2007). Check my math please.
Sometime in September/October 2007, Saturn also is at the star of Bethlehem location. Saturn actually makes a loop into this area because of retrograde, so it ends up circling the star of Bethlehem location. This loop here is VERY significant for astrologers because it is the sign of the heavens that this planet is trying to get across to us. So even by the summer of 2008 it's still in this location on its way to the LEO ChiRho crossing and then into the Virgo constellation.
On Sept. 11 of this year and again April 16, 2008 (it is looping around here at this time so it lingers here 2 months before and after this April day also), Saturn is in the center of the Eye of Horus Triangle of Leo and also on the Regulus-Chort line in Leo. The Eye of Horus triangle is amazing and I'm not sure anyone has discovered before now. It is surrounded by the Greek assigned star symbol values of 600 + 60 + 6. Chi-Xi-Stigma (Stigma has been replaced by Leo Gamma x 2 at the Algieba location). Chi-Xi-Stigma means 666.
Following this location, Saturn would move into the LEO ChiRho location. ChiRho is the ancient Horus symbol and is currently used by the Catholic church (they also sometimes include Alpha/Omega on the symbol) as its main symbol. It's the P with the X through it. This symbol means: Male/Female, Intercourse or Regeneration, Horus or Christ, and Skull/Bones. The P is the skull and the X is the bones.
Selected Greek symbol values:
C c Chi = 600
X x Xi = 60
G g Gamma = 3
Stigma = 6
A a Alpha = 1
W w Omega = 800
R r Rho = 100
The inner triangle that surrounds Saturn in this area of LEO has a double Gamma at the top. Since the ancient 6 symbol in Greek (Stigma) was removed one must used double gamma or digamma to say 6. In this case it is a major star location of Algieba. The other two corners are Chi (600) and Xi (60). These are minor LEO stars, but on Sept. 11, standing in for these stars as designated hitters are the Sun/New Moon combination for Chi, and Venus for Xi. This creates a slightly larger triangle that surrounds the small one. In the center of this double triangle is Saturn. The two triangles resemble the shape of the great pyramids. This is certainly the all-seeing Eye of Horus inside the triangle from ancient Egypt that is being simulated here. If NASA can get Saturn to ignite here, can you see the significance?
Chi Xi Stigma (khee xee stig'-ma)
The 22nd, 14th and an obsolete letter (stigma as a cross) of the Greek alphabet (intermediate between the 5th and 6th), used as numbers; denoting respectively 600, 60, and 6; 666 as a numeral six hundred threescore and six.
Stigma (Stigma has been replaced by Gamma x 2 3x2=6) or one might use digamma for 6.
Eye of Horus in Leo with Saturn as the eye 9/11/2007
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The LOOP area between the two standstill spots is the Star of Bethlehem location also.
The Legend of the Skull Of Sidon
The Skull and Cross bones have long been known to have Masonic connections. It was commonly used as a symbol on Masonic Grave sites in the past. The Skull and Crossbones, Masonic or not point out to us all, our own mortality and eventual death. This image of mortality was believed to figure in Templar ritual. Now while this claim in and of itself seems quite believable, one of the legends of how it came to be is not.
It is well known that the order of the Templars were monastic in nature and therefore forbidden to have involvement with women.
The legend of the Skull of Sidon states that a great lady of Maraclea was loved by a Templar who was a Lord of Sidon. She died suddenly. On the night of her burial, he supposedly crept to her grave, dug up her body and violated it.
Then a voice from the void bade him return in nine months time for he would find a son.
He returned at the appointed time, opened the grave again and found a head on the leg bones of the skeleton (skull and crossbones).
The same voice bade him 'guard it well, for it would be the giver of all good things', and so he carried it away with him.
It became his protecting genius, and he was able to defeat his enemies by merely showing them the magic head. In due course, it passed to the possession of the order.
This tale can be traced back to a twelfth century author named Walter Mapp, although the story at this time is not connected with the Templar Knights. However, at the time of their trials 1307-1314 it was well woven into the Templar legend. In fact it was called upon during the actual trials of the Templars.
Edward Burman in his book Supremely Abominable Crimes tells of an Antonio Sicci, an apostolic notary from Vercelli, Northern Italy. Sicci recounts to the inquisitors the tale of the Lord of Sidon which he claimed he learned while working for the order in the Holy Land. His accusation and recounting of the tale is similar to that quoted in Baigent and Leigh's book.
As ridiculous as this tale seems in modern times, it was easily bought during the period. The inquisitors and theologians would have picked up on the fact that the woman of the piece was Armenian by background. This they would have connected with the Armenian Church and its Paulician sects. The Paulicians and the Bogomils were practitioners of Catharism which the church had all but wiped out during the Albigensian Crusade. Since the church believed the Cathari to be practitioners of the Black Mass and necromancy, the woman's Armenian background would make the story guilty by association.
- The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail
The Skull and Crossbones
By Philip Gardiner
Whenever we see a pirate ship on television, cinema or in comic books we also see an extremely ancient symbol – the skull and crossbones. This however, was not a symbol of death or indeed poison but instead it profoundly symbolized life in so many aspects.
It was in fact used by the infamous Templars.
But, I wondered, what explanation did the Knights Templar give for using the symbol? Where did they get it from? I found a strange tale that is told by most Templar researchers to link the symbol to them and this tale surprisingly involves the number 9, a mother earth image and a skull.
In The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, Baigent, et al tell the tale:
'A great lady of Maraclea was loved by a Templar, A Lord of Sidon; but she died in her youth, and on the night of her burial, this wicked lover crept to the grave, dug up her body and violated it. Then a voice from the void bade him return in nine months time for he would find a son. He obeyed the injunction and at the appointed time he opened the grave again and found a head on the leg bones of the skeleton (skull and crossbones). The same voice bade him 'guard it Well, for it would be the giver of all good things', and so he carried it away with him. It became his protecting genius, and he was able to defeat his enemies by merely showing them the magic head. In due course, it passed to the possession of the order.'
In another version this Lord of Sidon actually ritualistically marries the corpse.
Now such stories are naturally seen as macabre and the 'hidden message' therefore still evades us – which is the idea. But as I was to discover, what is really being conveyed in these stories, is the importance of the union or balance, which creates a state of enlightenment akin to that spoken of by the Gnosics, alchemists and mystics. [1]
I turned firstly to the main character in the tale, the infamous Lord of Sidon.
As a Titular metropolis of Pamphylia Prima, Sidon, dates as far back as Neolithic times. In the tenth century B.C. Sidon had its own coinage that bore the head of Athena (also Minerva a serpentine, feminine deity linked with healing.) I found that Athena was indeed the patroness of the city even though its people were sometimes termed 'a piratical horde' and Constantine Porphyrogenitus called Sidon a 'nest of pirates.' However the place did go on to play host to one of Alexander the Great's garrisons for a while, which was used to subdue this piratical element for Alexander's own purposes. Under his successors Sidon became known as the 'holy city of Phoenicia' and enjoyed relative freedom, with games and competitions attracting people from far and wide.
In 1111 AD the crusader Baldwin, who was later to become King Baldwin of Jerusalem, besieged the city and it was later to become one of the four baronies of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
From early on, Sidon was a rendezvous for pirates, and even the slave trade continued after the fall of slavery elsewhere.
The fact that it was well known as a 'nest of pirates' was startling. I considered also the link of the skull and crossbones to piracy, especially as it was linked to the Templars, and the fact that the Lord from the skull and crossbones story was Lord of Sidon.
So was this Lord of Sidon mentioned in the Templar story really a pirate?
The links between Sidon are strong: Templars were highly commercial and indeed linked to slavery, so was Sidon. It collapsed in the 14th century, and so did the Templars. It had a huge fleet, and so did the Templars. In fact they were one and the same in many respects – both feeding from one another. The leaders of Sidon were linked with the Templars and would have seen the Templar's banking system as highly important.
As the Holy Land finally fell to the Muslims in 1291 I found mention of a Templar knight by the name of Tibald Gaudin who is thought to have carried off the famous Templar treasure. When Gaudin finally arrived at the Templar port of Sidon he was elected the next Grand Master – or Lord. It seems that there were ample financial reserves held at the Sidon Preceptory and so the treasure of the Templars cannot have been gold or otherwise it would not have been mentioned.
If Sidon had a hidden message in the text then it was simply that the Lord of Sidon was to get the Grail from the Lady of Maraclea – as intimated in the story quoted above – which reveals, and rather symbolically, the means through which he could claim it.
Having now established a link between Sidon and the Templars story I wanted to move on to the other name given that caught my eye – Maraclea.
This peculiar name I found was taken from a site that the Templars had previously held in the 13th century. I wondered whether the name had a symbolic meaning – a name with a hidden message in the language – why else would she be from Maraclea and not Antioch or Acre?
Initially I found the site was called Maraclea because it simply means 'Clear Waters' or 'Sea.' But I wanted to know why the Templars had used the term and began with the standard etymological practice of breaking the word up into two parts – Mara and Clea. I delved into the world of etymology once more and found some remarkable 'coincidences.'
Mara in Hebrew means, 'bitter' and was a common alternative for Mary – whether the Mother of Jesus or the Magdalene. In Latin it equates to mare, which is 'water,' 'lake,' 'sea' and indeed linked to 'horse' (female horse.) In Anglo Saxon I found that the term mara meant 'greater' or 'more.' In Buddhism Mara is 'death' or 'evil one.' Mara is said to tempt us like Eve and indeed it was Mara who tempted Buddha on the night before his enlightenment experience. I found this rather intriguing as in the Garden of Eden it was the serpent whom supplied the fruit of the tree of knowledge to Eve and therefore he was supplying enlightenment just like Buddha.
This Mara of the Buddhists I discovered was also closely related to Rama, where ma equates to black or dark, a term associated with beauty and a term also meaning 'Great Mother.'
I quickly moved on to the second part of the word – clea.
It was perfectly 'clear' what it meant. Clea means simply 'to clean,' 'to clear,' 'to be clear,' 'to be pure,' 'to be bright' or 'to shine!'
I ran through the variants that were now possible:
Mary Pure – well no, that didn't work. Water Bright – this didn't really relate.
In fact there were numerous configurations that I could have made. In the end I landed on two that just seemed to make perfect sense and related etymologically in the Anglo Saxon for both words - without mixing up the languages. The result sent a shiver up my spine as I realised the two meanings of Maraclea. The first one was, Black-Clear or Dark-Clear.
Well this was significant in the Gnostic sense, as the contradictory nature of the words revealed the duality spoken of by the Gnostics and Manicheans – light and dark, male and female.
The other meaning of the name Maraclea was equally astounding and related even more to the concept of illumination. It was 'Greater Shining'.
Here I have a Lord of Sidon, possibly a Templar knight, if indeed not a Grand Master, coming into union with the 'Greater Shining.' What could it possibly mean other than this Templar was a 'Shining One' and therefore experienced the Holy Grail of enlightenment for himself? The result of his union would be the head or skull 9 months later (although another version says 9 years,) and as I was to discover in my researches into the Temple of Jerusalem, the number 9 was of paramount importance to the Templars. The head was also definitely being used as a metaphor for this internal process, which actually involved the head or something within it.
I decided in this instance to just take a look at language rather than numbers and so consulted the Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson.
'Nine days' Wonder – Minor marvels, things that cause great sensations for a short time and then pass into limbo… Kittens, puppies, and other young animals have their eyes closed for a number of days [9] and then open them and see the light….'
Amazingly this is mirrored in folktales, myth and legend and therefore in the significance of the number we have here a period of 9 months where the female is pregnant; 9 months or years for the Lord of Sidon to receive his prize; and 9 days before the new born animals see the light – it all made complete sense.
So, the skull and crossbones is linked to the number 9 and again, enlightenment and the Holy Grail – which are both seen as good, pure and holy. Indeed, was not the Holy Grail said to be the giver of all good things, just like the head in the Templar tale, 'guard it Well, for it would be the giver of all good things.'
'It became his protecting genius.' Others have found this part of the text very strange, however I understood what it meant immediately, and for confirmation I looked up the meaning in a standard dictionary and found perfect corresponding evidence for the Greater Shining.
Genius, inborn faculty. (L.) L. genius, the tutelary spirit of any one; also wit, lit. 'inborn nature.'
So, this 'Greater Shining,' this 'head,' became his inborn faculty or inborn nature. The two were the same.
The Lord of Sidon (a Templar) mates with the Lady of Maraclea (a Cathar) and we have an inborn nature called genius. Suddenly the Skull and Crossbones symbol, as explained in the Templar text is revealed before our eyes.
At this point it crossed my mind that I had only gone back to the Templars. I wondered just how far back in time I could possibly go with this skull and crossbones image?
The earliest reference to the actual skull and crossbones I could discover was the Templar reference. However, taking the image as symbolic, which is what it indeed was, then we are looking for the shape – a skull or head with a diagonal cross or saltaire below.
Amazingly, I found this in Ancient Egypt and on the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Carrying a staff or sceptre was, in ancient Egypt, a symbol of universal power. The Flail was used to beat animals (or indeed people) into submission and shows authority like the sceptre – hence their interchangeable nature. The crook was a shepherd's tool, used to pull stray animals by the neck without hurting them. Here we have an image of push and pull. This shepherd aspect of the king is as old as Mesopotamia and possibly beyond.
These two symbols reveal the two opposites of the duality spoken of by the Gnostics, the push (positive/male) and pull (negative/feminine). Anyone therefore that mastered these symbols had mastery over the self and the enlightened connection or 'shining'.
Tutankhamun was seen with these devices held upon the chest in the diagonal cross form, making a replica of the skull and crossbones in form, whereas many other Pharaohs held them outwardly away from each other.
When dead, the king becomes Osiris, and I find that this same image is seen upon Osiris and is therefore his symbol – a symbol of the ultimate universal power and borrowed by his earthly representative the Pharaoh.
Osiris is the archetypal resurrecting god – a symbol of regeneration, akin to the power of the Templar in the text. So the Templar is symbolically the same as Osiris on Earth. No wonder that Christ is called the 'good shepherd' – as was Osiris who was called the 'good god.'
I turned my gaze even more laterally and found another symbol related entirely to both the skull and crossbones and the Egyptian influence.
This separate and more obscure image also closely resembled the skull and crossbones and over it a 'holy war' has raged for decades.
The symbol is now commonly known as the Chi-Rho – so-called because it is composed of the Greek letters chi (X) and rho (P).
The war over these two letters is fought between Christians and historians; between fundamentalists on both sides and yet both sides are missing the point.
The Christians claim that the Chi-Rho form the first two letters of Christ (Cristos) and the historians claim that the symbol can be found hundreds if not thousands of years before Christianity and was therefore usurped by them. I needed to look into this to discover the origins, meaning and why it so resembled the style of the skull and crossbones.
An identical symbol to the Chi-Rho has been found inscribed on rocks dating from 2,500 BC Sumeria, and was interpreted as 'a combination of the two Sun-symbols' – symbols of the ancient shining ones. It was also used on the coins of Ptolemeus III from 247-222 BC, as well as being an emblem of the Chaldean sky/sun god and has the definition 'Everlasting Father Sun' (From An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols.)
According to Sir Flinders Petrie - the Egyptologist - the monogram Chi-Rho was the emblem of the Egyptian god, Horus, thousands of years before Christ and is therefore a link between Horus the saviour, and Christ the saviour. I had already noted on several occasions the links between these ancient characters and so this was highly believable and conclusive. [2]
To others it is in this second century B.C. where the secret of the monogram lies with the Greek Ptolemy's who are said to have 'borrowed' it from the Africans. In this scenario the Greeks called their version of Horus, Herecles or Hercules and applying the Greek Xpnc (Chres) to him. This suddenly gave the ancient Horus the title of Lord, Chrestos, and inevitably 'Christ.' This, if true, shows again the direct link between Horus, the Chi-Rho monogram and Christ.
Indeed many European scholars have actually identified Heracles or Hercules as none other than an emblem of Jesus Christ. I had to bear in mind that the name Heracles, is related to Hero and Hu, which means, 'shining,' but are also related etymologically to Christ, showing that these titles of the Messiah are directly derived from the word Heru which is of African origin and can be found the world over as a word for the sun.
But there were even more links, as I discovered. The Greek title Christ is, like Heru, also derived from an Egypto-African word Karast, and Kristos or Christos is the KRST (Karast). Karast is a person who is anointed (enlightened or shining) as a Heru (Hero) during his or her own lifetime. It is only when deceased that one receives the great term 'a KRST' or Ausur. This Ausur is none other than Osiris, the same Egyptian god I found with the skull and crossbones symbol with the flail and sceptre.
The anointing, in the physical sense, (as the anointing also applies in the spiritual sense,) derived from the body or cadaver being anointed with spices, oils, and resins to preserve it. The body is then wrapped in bandages, placed in a coffer, which is then placed upright to symbolise resurrection. It was believed that in the plural, the Herus (Heroes) or Krst's (Christs) would rise again to save the world as fully divine beings and thus become the 'once and future king.' It seems then that this tradition came out of Africa, through Egypt and into Greek and Christian legend and brought with it the original symbols of Osiris.
So, I wondered, what do the Christians believe this Chi-Rho to derive from? Well, I found that it goes back to Constantine and was an amazing propaganda device to establish the new Roman, and therefore to become, Catholic Empire.
The story goes that Constantine had a vision before a great battle and was told that with the symbol of the Chi-Rho, which they called the Labarum, he would gain victory – 'By this sign, you will conquer.' Using the new Labarum as his battle standard, which would relate to everybody, Constantine took the field and the Empire was 'born again.' In fact, the Christians had been using this symbol secretly as a sign of their faith and Constantine (or somebody who advised him) simply picked up on the fact that this symbol and the whole saviour process was as ancient and widespread as I am outlining here – and according to some – it was used to plunder the treasuries of the pagan temples. Amazingly, on the coinage during and after Constantine's death, we see the Laburnum or Chi-Rho, underlined with the serpent – a symbol used throughout time and especially by the Gnostics for wisdom and the enlightenment process.
Strangely, just as the biblical term, Elohim, is a plural word used for God, and in reality means the 'Shining Ones,' the X part of the monogram is also plural (X=10) and is the number of Yahweh. Chi also has another meaning – 'Great Fire' or 'Light' or even 'Shining.' The P (Rho) part is more difficult but has been related to 'Pen' (pen means, 'head') in etymology thus implying that the loop on the top of the P is a head, in the very place that a skull would be on the skull and crossbones. [3]
I found that the symbol of the skull and crossbones then, stretches back over thousands of years and relates entirely to the ancient 'Shining Ones' – and directly to Osiris, the Egyptian version of the original 'Shining Father' incarnated on earth. Not only that, but geographically it goes right into the heart of original Shining territory.
I was tempted to look into the infamous Skull and Bones secret society of Yale University so famously joined by Bush Senior and Junior, as well as many other extremely powerful individuals, but decided I was straying too far into the world of conspiracy theories that had little or no substance and so I left well alone. However, as I was to discover with the Jesuits, who swear an oath upon the symbol of the skull and crossbones, I found that the Freemasons also have this symbol and utilize it without too much knowledge of its origin – or so we are led to believe.
However, what was intriguing was the 'degree' that utilized the symbol – the Knights Templar.
In the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Virginia, USA, there is an anteroom with a large portrait of the Colonial period Grand Master Lafayette wearing the Templar Apron bearing the 'skull and crossbones.' The same apron images have also been found elsewhere, such as Michigan, Detroit and Jackson and I am sure that these are not the only ones, as several members have also pointed out to me that they too have seen the aprons.
According to Masonic history the apron can only be dated back to the late 18th century and to the revisions carried out by Thomas Smith Webb where he pointed out that 'The flap black, and a skull and cross bones embroidered in silver thereon.'
On another apron is described by Cornelius Moore in 1859, 'An Apron of black velvet of a triangular form, trimmed in silver lace. On the top or flap is a triangle, with twelve holes perforated through it; in the centre of the triangle is a cross and serpent; on the centre of the apron is a scull and cross bones, and at equal distance from them, in a triangular form, a star with seven points; in the centre of each star a red cross.' (From The Craftsman and Freemasons Guide, 1859.)
The reasoning behind having this skull and crossbones on the Masonic apron, is revealed in a story with which I began – the story about a Lord of Sidon . . ."
Chi Rho = Skull and Bones
9 -11 = Skull and Bones (9 is the skull, 11 are the bones).
Saturn enters Virgo Sept. 2nd and 9 days later is at the Eye of Horus Location on 9/11/2007.
Saturn will cross Rho Leo and Chi Leo on its way to Virgo after the Eye of Horus loop.
The sky symbols are all too apparent for those who can see. This is a set-up for a new world King to arrive this year or next. Could the nine day time span after entrance into the Virgin symbolize the Lord of Sidon's wait for the Skull and Bones child to be born?
All-seeing eye image in ancient German church:
"The entire quotation is as follows: 'Novus Ordo Seclorum altered from Magnus Soeclorum Ordo, a mighty order of the ages born anew. Both the prophetic Virgin and Saturnian kingdoms now return. Now a new progeny is let down from the heavens. Favor, chaste Lucina, the boy soon to be born in whom the iron age shall come to an end, and the golden one shall arise again in the whole earth.'"
Chapter 14: Great Cycle, Global Grid And Multidimensional Physics: The Historical Perspective
J. C. Goliathan
July, 2007
Dr. Clever Sánchez
PRESIDENTE y CEO del MOVIMIENTO MUNDIAL FÉNIX de la FEDERACIÓN del MUNDO.


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By Sgt. Rodney Foliente, Special to American Forces Press ServiceOctober 21, 2008
CAMP ECHO, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2008 - Iraqi soldiers and police and U.S. Soldiers who live and work together at the Joint Security Station in Diwaniya, Iraq, are dedicated to one goal: a self-sustaining and independently secure Iraq.
In the short time since the arrival of the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the unit's Soldiers said, they have conducted training and daily missions that keep the Iraqi security forces in the forefront and the U.S. Soldiers providing assistance when needed.
Army Staff Sgt. Adam Martinez, Company C section sergeant, is serving his third deployment to Iraq. The quality and capability of the Iraqi security forces, he said, have shown vast improvement and now have a strong and consistent presence in Diwaniya.
"Iraq has changed a lot since the last two times I've been here. It went from having hardly any checkpoints to having them every one or two blocks here," Martinez, who comes from Harlingen, Texas, said. "It gives [the Iraqi security forces] a face to the public so they can see how they're working hard to make their country better."
People approach the Iraqi police and soldiers with their problems, he said, adding that the citizens' requests for help illustrate that the people trust them to keep the peace.
The U.S. presence in the area provides more of a support role and assistance in professionalizing the Iraqi security forces, Army 1st Lt. Cory Guenther, Company C fire support officer, said. "Our working with them shows them a baseline of what standards we're using and gives them [an example for] some of the tasks they should be accomplishing," the Tomah, Wis., native explained.
With each patrol including Iraqi soldiers and police, fewer U.S. Soldiers are required for the missions, Guenther said, noting that as the Iraqi forces continue to progress, more American Soldiers will find their slots replaced by Iraqis.
Hori, a soldier with the 8th Iraqi Army Division's 4th Battalion, said working with the Americans helps the Iraqi security forces become more proficient. He added that they all are eager for the time when the Iraqi security forces will be able to do their jobs without foreign assistance and Iraq will be strong and self-reliant.
(Sgt. Rodney Foliente serves with the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.)


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- 4 medium ripe tomatoes
- 1/4 cup full grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup full finely shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup Italian seasoned or Panko bread crumbs
- 2 Tblsp. olive oil
- In a small bowl, mix cheeses and bread crumbs.
- Drizzle in oil, tossing and adding just enough oil to moisten mixture.
- If using the Panko crumbs, you might add a dash of salt and a sprinkle of garlic, oregano or basil.
- Core tomatoes and slice a thin slice off of the top and bottom of each one.
- Cut tomatoes in half, you'll have 2 thick slices from each tomato.
- Spread a bit of olive oil in a shallow baking dish.
- Arrange slices close together in prepared baking dish.
- Top each slice with the crumb mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, or until cheese is lightly browned and tomatoes are tender.
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Faceoff: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Staples Center
TV/Radio: FSW / 1150-AM
Update: The Kings haven't sewn up third place in the Pacific Division despite winning eight of their last 10 games. A victory Monday night over the fourth-place Coyotes (32-25-11, 75 points) would be a positive step for the Kings (38-24-6, 82 points), however. The Kings have 14 games remaining, including seven at Staples Center. Goaltender Jonathan Quick and left wing Dustin Brown sat out the Kings' loss Saturday to the Ducks because of illnesses. Martin Jones started Saturday's game and Quick served as his backup. Tyler Toffoli scored the lone Kings goal, a power-play strike that lifted them to a brief tie en route to a 2-1 loss. A potential tying goal for Anze Kopitar was washed out because teammate Marian Gaborik made incidental contact with Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen. The Kings are averaging 38.6 shots over their last five games, but only 2.6 goals per game in that stretch.


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MIDDLETON — Police arrested a Middleton man for allegedly assaulting a female victim known to him.
Jonathan May, 53, of 154 Route 153, was arrested on Jan. 18 and has been charged with simple assault for allegedly grabbing a 20-year-old female by the throat and pushing her into a closet.
At approximately 10:26 p.m. last Friday, members of the Middleton and Milton police departments responded to 154 Route 153 based on a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance. During the 911 call, the dispatcher heard a disturbance in the background which sounded like an altercation, police said. A department press release says based on this information, units were requested from Milton.
May refused the services of a bail commissioner and was transported to the Strafford County House of Corrections.
The circumstances surrounding the call remain under investigation by the Middleton Police Department and police say additional charges may be filed though no further arrests of other parties are anticipated.
Middleton man faces assault charge
MIDDLETON — Police arrested a Middleton man for allegedly assaulting a female victim known to him.


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Personal: Branford College … Extracurriculars included National Honors Society, Surfrider Club and Heifer International.
Why I chose Yale: "I chose Yale for its community environment that's collaborative rather than competitive."


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Additionally we have now adopted a continuous delivery schedule of both the Visual Studio IDE and Team Foundation Server to continuous delivery with a 3 monthly cadence. Yes, that means that you should now be upgrading your Team Foundation Server every Quarter and that your developers should be updating their client. Before you all shout yes we know this is issue for managed desktop estates so… You know what… they don't have to upgrade huge services packs in addition to windows updates, VS updates are now a "patch" that just updates your install.
With the move to continuous improvement and service delivery comes many problems that need solving. Like any continuous service improvement programme these may create new problem but rather than fix them, and like real world examples these raise a number of important learning issues which are vital for the modern IT professional and developer to understand and work out benefits vs risks.
For example students should be continually asking the following questions in relations to their exercises and assignments.
- How to deploy with minimal production impact?
- How to update the database without hours of down time?
- How to update different components of our application on different cadences?
- What if I update one and not the other?
If you solve these problems not only will you be able to deliver more frequently, but what you will deliver will be in smaller chucks and therefore at a significantly lower risk. Not only that, in solving your deployment problems and essentially continuously practicing them you minimise the risk of delivering to production any significant issues or problems. The result is happy consumers…
So what has Microsoft doing about this
Just 3 months after RTM and barely 6 weeks after the Visual Studio 2012 launch the first quarterly update, Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, became available and planning for Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 started.With the launch of Visual Studio Team Foundation Service the Team Foundation Server team, arguably responsible for the most complex component of Visual Studio are delivering even more frequently.
The summary is:
- Team Foundation Service updates every 3 weeks
- Visual Studio Client updates quarterly
They are effectively on a 3 week Sprint cycle and are delivering new features to production every three weeks as well as hotfixes every Monday if needed. So for more keep an eye on Brian Harry Blog site see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry


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MARCH MADNESS: Picking perfect bracket a tough numbers game
Want to be sure of filling out the perfect March Madness bracket this year? Not possible.
If you were to stack the amount of paper it would take to fill in every bracket with every possibility among the 68 teams who will play 67 games over the next three weeks, it would not fit inside the universe.
So says Michael Weimerskirch, a math professor at Augsburg College, who gets paid to think about numbers and the way they affect the Kentuckys, Butlers and VCUs of the world.
But there's this glimmer of hope. Weimerskirch says you could start flipping coins. The odds of finding perfection that way -- by flipping a coin to pick the winner of every game: 1-in-100,000,000,000,000,000,000. For those keeping score at home, that's 1-in-100 million trillion.


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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) Fans have lined the grassy hills beyond the playing field at the Little World Series to see Mo'ne Davis. The concession stands have sold out of the powder-blue T-shirts of her Mid-Atlantic team.
With her long braids dangling over her shoulders on every pitch, the Philadelphia star is a captivating presence and has been in a league of her own on the baseball diamond - the first female to win a game, let alone a two-hit shutout, in series history.
Former Negro League star, 78-year-old Mamie ''Peanut'' Johnson, called the 13-year-old Davis ''the best thing since food.''
And yet, in spite of her 70 mph fastball, baseball isn't Davis' best game.
Her basketball coach said she is even better on the hardwood.
''Coaching boys and girls in this age group for two decades, Mo'ne is just a special talent,'' said Debra Brady, Davis's basketball coach at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia. ''She's a phenomenal pitcher, but I think her best sport is basketball. In a year or so, she will be doing the same unbelievable things in basketball. The first couple of games I coached her, she was head and shoulders above any kid I've ever coached at that age level.''
Steve Bandura, who works for the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, will never forget the first time he saw Davis. It was six years ago and she was tossing a football - spiral after spiral after spiral - after a fall-league baseball game.
''She was throwing the ball, tackling the boys,'' Bandura said.
He introduced Davis to the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, which has an after-school program for young kids that includes both homework assistance and sports. They've been virtually inseparable since.
Bandura has coached nearly every one of Davis's games with the Anderson Monarchs basketball club, and No. 11 rarely disappoints.
''She's Steve Nash,'' said Bandura, whose son is the catcher for the Philadelphia Little League team Davis plays on. ''She sees the floor and analyzes better than all the high school kids. She's amazing. She manipulates the defense to open passing lanes. She plays chess when everybody else is playing checkers.''
No surprise, then, that two years ago she was being recruited to play point guard on a boys' team of 14-year-olds, her 90 percent free-throw accuracy an added bonus to go with a deadly crossover dribble that has sent defenders sprawling backward onto the floor trying to guard her.
Her school's basketball team finished 11-3 last season, the three losses coincidentally coming in the three games she missed.
Despite her skills, Bandura said Davis is very humble.
''She came in after one game and I asked, `How'd you do?' '' Bandura said. ''She said, `We won 41-37.'
`How many points did you score?'
`I don't know.'
''I get a text later. She had 35,'' Bandura said. ''In another game she scored 10 points in the first two minutes and finished the game with 10 points. All she did was get her teammates the ball. She didn't need to score more. But if it takes 35 points to win, she'll do that. She embraces the team concept.''
Bandura said Davis is not the greatest athlete, she's a good athlete but, ''Her analytical skills are off the chart. She's always the same on the outside, but inside she burns to compete.''
Bandura said he'll hold Davis out of AAU basketball as long as he can because she still wants to play baseball, basketball, and another sport she excels in - soccer. That is, when she's not making the nearly hour and half bus ride to school.
Davis, who is expected to pitch Wednesday night against Las Vegas, has not shied from using her riveting success in a positive way. She sacrificed time with teammates to do a national television interview late Sunday night, and this week she's on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
While Davis and her teammates have been inundated by the media, their next opponent has toiled in virtual anonymity. Las Vegas, the first Nevada team to make the Little League World Series, kind of likes it that way.
''It allows us to play our game,'' said manager Ashton Cave, whose team has scored 25 runs in winning its first two games against Rapid City, South Dakota, and the all-black Jackie Robinson West team from Chicago. ''We like to be the underdog.''
And facing a girl won't be something new because there's an all-star female pitcher in their league back home.


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There was recently a Nieman Journalism Lab article comparing news coverage between Wikipedia and its smaller sister project Wikinews. It's an interesting topic, and certainly relevant to Wikimedia strategy in the long run: is Wikinews tenable? Would it be better to discontinue it, fold it into Wikipedia, keep it as is, or some other path?
Andrew Lih, who was interviewed for the article, attributed the differerence (and, apparently, a preference for Wikipedia) to a few factors. First, a formulaic structure in Wikipedia articles: an "inverted pyramid" going from general description to finer details. Second, a redundance in Wikinews articles: new events in a series require an entirely new story, with a new narrative and a new summary of contextual information—one that increases the workload and lessens the motivation of a Wikinewsie. Finally, he argues that the wiki process does not lend itself well to narrative processes like Wikinews, giving as an example the (essentially failed) A Million Penguins project by Penguin Publishing.
While Andrew Lih's commentary is good, I think there's an interesting generalization that can be made that I'm not sure is evident in what he says. My generalization is as follows:
Aggregative content production is easier than collaborative content production, but lacks the same quality.
This generalization is intended to highlight one of the biggest failings, in my opinion, of the "Web 2.0" shift: a lack of real collaboration. Take any of a number of Web 2.0 sites, and they can be roughly categorized as either primarily aggregative or primarily collaborative. For example, Flickr and Wikimedia Commons are primarily aggregative: add a decent image and you've improved the collection. There might be some collaborative elements, particularly in managing the metadata on Commons, but the broad thrust of these sites is aggregative. Content could in theory be added automatically.
I feel that most sites will tend towards aggregation over collaboration: aggregation is far simpler and easier. You don't worry about whether your funny cat videos really add to YouTube: you simply trust that enough people will upload enough videos of sufficient quality to keep you amused. People don't go around deleting bad YouTube videos, or solely improving other peoples' work. Aggregation doesn't require high-quality reviews, or any sort of endorsement of content, but instead generally takes more general statistics and perhaps-ignorant numerical approximations that can be made automatically. Search engines like Google are good examples of aggregative content: people create websites on the Internet, then Google aggregates most of those websites and applies an automatic process to rank their relevance to any given keyword.
I think that in the Wikinews vs. Wikipedia debate, we're missing a key component of the difference: which project is more collaborative, and which is more aggregative? I see that even if only one author writes a set of Wikinews articles, dozens of articles may be required to get the same information that will be present in a single paragraph of a decent Wikipedia entry, each written by a person or team. A Wikipedia article can be updated by simply adding a sentence with the update and perhaps a citation confirming it. Wikipedia is, in this sense, more aggregative than Wikinews. As ironic as that may seem (since Wikipedia is generally more collaborative than many "Web 2.0" sites) Wikipedia can more easily compile small contributions that might be worthless on their own into a high-quality aggregate article. Wikipedia is more formulaic, more automatic than Wikinews in some senses, especially given the lack of narrative. (That being said, we should not ignore the fact that Wikipedia's model is, in fact, essentially collaborative, but my argument is that Wikipedia has more of the low-input aggregative mode in this respect than Wikinews does.)
Now, automation and aggregation are not necessarily good or bad things: Google is leader in the search market precisely because it does an aggregative task well. But aggregation has severe limitations. There is a certain lack of human oversight in many aggregative processes, and they can easily be gamed: for example, Google bombing or search engine optimization or even simple sock puppets on sites without close moderation.
Collaboration is highly desirable. Good collaboration produces much better-quality content than aggregation, in general, since there are few forces to cause aggregated content to be improved. Standards can be built; corrections can be made. Google Knol is a good example of this problem. Individual "knols" are essentially controlled by their original author(s) and those designated by them, and there can be any number of knols on the same subject. Edits are often only allowed when manually approved by the original author. It is thus usually much, much easier to create a new, mediocre knol than to attempt to improve on someone else's knol. On average, I would bet on the Wikipedia process more than the Knol process.
The primary problem with collaboration is apathy. It's very, very hard to get good collaboration going, and when it does manage to make those few steps you'll still see only a tiny fraction of users contribute meaningfully to the end result. Apathy is a powerful enemy of collaboration, and without any interest in collaboration, a collaborative project will die a ghost town or be filled with irrelevant material or perhaps simply be taken over as a soapbox for a vocal minority. Aggregation solves the apathy problem by taking a route around it: make the apathy irrelevant by bringing in as much content as possible. Some users will still contribute high-quality material, and if they are numerous enough, the service will ultimately be useful. One does not have to care very much in an aggregative environment, and that helps overcome apathy to collect the end goal: the product; the content.
There can—and probably should—be a balance between collaborative and aggregative processes. Wikipedia, for example, harnesses aggregative forces in small edits and new articles, which fuels a platform for collaborative production. The difference in ease-of-growth between aggregation and collaboration, I think, is best illustrated by Wikipedia's own content statistics. A tiny fraction of the English Wikipedia's articles get significant collaborative influence and see recognition and promotion to grades like "Good" or "Featured", while a sad majority of articles remain short (but still hopefully useful) "stubs" and "Start-class" articles that have not seen significant editing by people other than their creator (or bots, which tend to break statistics looking at human patterns). Now, I think that the balance that ought to be sought is one that continues to accept the powerful aggregative influence, but that greatly promotes collaboration where possible, since collaboration most reliably produces good results.
The long-term goal needs to be to foster collaboration. Whether this will, or should, occur, at the expense of, or fueled by, an aggregative process, remains an interesting question.
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By Ashley Nary, Franklin Pierce University; Volodymyr Chumachenko, Kansas State University
Title: Marlin Fitzwater papers, 1942-
Primary Creator: Fitzwater, Marlin (1942-)
Extent: 74.0 Boxes
The collection is organized into following series and sub-series:
I. Personal papers:
1) Ray and Iva Fitzwater
2) Max and Phyllis Fitzwater
3) Marlin Fitzwater (including Linda Fitzwater and Melinda Andrews Fitzwater)
4) Fitzwater family history
5) Post-White House personal and business documents
II. Professional papers/records, 1976 - 2002
2) Treasury Department
3) Office of President Reagan
4) Office of Vice President George H. Bush
5) Office of President Reagan (1987-1989)
6) Office of President George H. Bush
III. Clippings, 1960-2002
IV. Memorabilia
V. Serials, books, special publications
VI. Photographs and posters
VII. Audio and video (VHS, Beta, audio cassettes, DVDs, floppy discs)
Date Acquired: 01/12/2014
Languages: English
Max Marlin Fitzwater was born on a farm in Salina, Kansas on November 24, 1942 to Max Malcolm and Phyllis Ethel [Seaton] Fitzwater. [He has used his middle name since childhood to distinguish himself from his father]. A graduate from Kansas State University (B.A. in Journalism, 1965), Fitzwater was an advertising executive with the Manhattan Mercury (Kansas) and correspondent for the Topeka Capitol-Journal in 1962-1965. He was editor of the Linsburg News-Record (Kansas) in 1962, and worked for the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (Kansas). After his graduation from K-State, Fitzwater left for D.C. area, where his fiance landed a job. He soon found his first government job in the Applachian Regional Commission. From 1965 to 1992, Marlin Fitzwater worked at different federal governmental agencies and the White House:
1965-1967 - Assistant in the Public Affairs Department of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
1967-1970 - Served in the United States Air Force
1970-1972 - Speechwriter in the Department of Transportation.
1972-1980 - Director of Press Relations, Environmental Protection Agency
1981-1983 - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Treasury Department
1983-1987 - Deputy Press Secretary to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House
1985-1987 - Press Secretary to the Vice President, The White House
1987-1989 - Assistant to the President for Press Relations, The White House
1989 - Councelor to the President and Press Secretary, The White House
1989-1992 - Press Secretary to the President, The White House
Mr. Fitzwater received the Presidential Citizen Medal in 1992. He has worked on the television show The West Wing as a consultant. In 2002, Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire completed the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication in his honor.
He is the author of the following books:
Fitzwater, Marlin. Call The Briefing. Crown Publishing Group, 1995.
Fitzwater, Marlin. Esther's Pillow. PublicAffairs, 2001.
Fitzwater, Marlin. Death in the Polka Dot Shoes. CCB Publishing, 2011
Fitzwater, Marlin. Sunflowers: A Collection of Short Stories. CCB Publishing, 2011.
Fitzwater, Marlin. Oyster Music. Cedar Winds Publishing, 2012.
Repository: Morse Department of Special Collections
Use Restrictions: The researcher assumes full responsiblity for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Acquisition Source: Marlin Fitzwater
Acquisition Method: Donation
Preferred Citation: [Item title], [item date], Marlin Fitzwater papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.


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Semi-empirical Molecular Orbital calculations.
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Published on 29 Feb 2008, unpublished on 15 Jun 2008 All versions
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This program is a general purpose combination of the CNDO/S, CNDO/2, INDO, and INDO/S programs. It does RHF (open and closed shell) calculations only, no geomety optimizations, and does Multi-Reference CI. Transition metals are included.
The program is based on QCPE 174, but it has completely rewritten, updated and imploved by Dr. Jeffrey R. Reimers at the School of Chemistry University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.
The graphical user interface has been written by Dr. Baudilio Tejerina using Rappture toolkit at the Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - USA
The basic references for CNDO/S are
(1) J. Delbene and H. H. Jaffe, J. Chem. Phys., 48, 1807, 4050 (1968); 49, 1221 (1968); 50, 1126 (1969).
(2) R. L. Ellis, G. Kuehnlenz and H. H. Jaffe, Theoret. Chim. Acta, 26,131 (1972).
The basic references for CNDO/2 are
(3) J. A. Pople and G. A. Segal, J. Chem. Phys. 43 (1965) 136. See also Pople and Beveridge in "Approx molecular orbital theory".
The basic references for INDO are
(4) J. A. Pople, D. L. Beveridge, and P. A. Dobosh, J. Chem. Phys. 47 (1967) 2026
The basic references for the rotationally invariant INDO/S are:
(5) A. D. Bacon and M.C. Zerner Theoret. Chim. Acta 53 (1979) 21.
(6) M. C. Zerner, G.H. Loew, R.F. Kirchner, U.T. Mueller-Westerhoff J. Am. Chem. Soc. 102 (1980) 589.
The basic references for the open shell RHF INDO/S are:
(7) W. D. Edwards and M. C. Zerner, Theoret. Chim. Acta 72 (1987) 72.
The basic references for Tomono's PPP hamiltonian are
(8) K. Tomono and K. Nishimoto Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 49 (1976) 1179.
The basic references for Velocity transition moments are
(9) D. P. Chong Mol. Phys. 14 (1986) 275.
(10) N. S. Hush and M.L. Williams Chem. Phys. Lett. 8 (1971) 179.
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For me, nothing says Christmas time quite like Peppermint Candy Canes. Candy Canes remind me of when I was a child and my grandmother would completely cover her faux-snow artificial Christmas tree with hundreds of candy canes, and then tell me I could eat just one (until my mom left the room). Now you can decorate your entire home with candy cane decorations that you can find already made or you can always make your own.
Outdoor Candy Cane Decorations
A fun and crafty candy cane decoration you can make is to take a round piece of Styrofoam® (as big as you want) and cover it with some red and white striped fabric, tying and bunching the fabric on top. Attach a string the top of the Styrofoam® candy cane decoration and hang it from a tree or from the eaves of your home. Make several of these hanging peppermints and your yard will look like a candy cane fun house just in time for the holidays.
Line your walkway or long driveway with some pathway Peppermint Lights that will show your guests right where the sweet candy cane Christmas party is. These giant 6 1/2″ diameter candies will dazzle your arriving guests with a light show created by energy saving, bright LEDs.
If you choose to use your pathway Candy Cane Lights in the fence and you're looking for a more understated walkway, use some clear or white Electric Luminaries to light your walkway. If you want to add some excitement to the front of your house, hang a couple of candy cane decorations on the windows.
Add some giant Peppermint Christmas Decorations to your yard to turn your home into the candy land of the neighborhood. These peppermint decorations come in 2 styles – a peppermint ornament and a peppermint wrapped candy – each sparkle with red, white and green glitter and will be the focal point of your candy cane Christmas decorations when they are up-lit by a spotlight. You can enclose these candy cane decorations in a "fenced-off" area using Peppermint Lights as your festive barrier.
Flank your trees, the front door or even the garage with a couple of 58″ high Stacked Peppermint Christmas Yard Art pieces that are designed of sparkling tinsel fabric and feature 60 clear mini lights. The back of these narrow, 16″-wide peppermint decorations are flat so they are easy to position against a wall or in front of a landscape bed.
Don't forget to decorate the front door! Hang a beautiful red and white Lighted Candy Cane Wreath on your front door to greet guests as they arrive. If you can't find a candy cane wreath that is premade, you can make your own by using a Lighted Christmas Wreath and tying red and white ribbons, candy cane ornaments or peppermint candies to it.
Trim the eaves of your home, above the garage or line your picture windows with a bright Lighted Swag and Bow Set. The lighted swag measures 49″ across and has two white swag frames pre-lit with white mini-lights and a lighted 30″ red tinsel bow.
Wrap up the trees in your front yard with some red and clear LED Tree Trunk Candy Cane Lights that are pre-strung with 150 mini-lights evenly spaced in a tangle-free, 15″-wide net. Alternate wrapping red and white strands of tree lights to give your tree trunk a unique candy cane effect.
Hang some red or white Christmas lights from your eave and throw some white net lights over your bushes and shrubs to complete your outdoor candy cane decoration theme.
Indoor Candy Cane Christmas Decorations
After you've set up your outdoor candy cane decorations, you can move your peppermint theme indoors and begin in the kitchen. Set your table with red chargers and white dishes, white napkins, and red napkin rings. Since a candy cane is easy to copy, you can always go to your local arts and crafts store and get a candy cane cut-out to trace. Then use arts and crafts paint to paint the decorations on your chargers, napkin rings, table name tags, etc.
You can usually find inexpensive candy cane garland that you can wrap around light fixtures, in your swag or in the wreaths that you place around the house. You can also find candy cane (or at least red and white striped) wrapping paper, ribbons and a velvet red and white tree skirt. Decorate your tree with an overwhelming number of red, white and silver bulbs and sprinkle in a few candy canes. You can also add several Peppermint Candy Ornaments to your tree to complete your theme. As long as you continue with red and white, you can throw anything that has a candy cane on it into your candy cane decorations.
You can also decorate your Christmas tree with some porcelain candy cane ornaments that snap open so you can hide a little treasure inside. If you're throwing a Christmas party with a candy cane decoration theme, you can set these candy cane ornaments on your table and put your small party favors in them at each place setting.
Place white candles tied with candy cane ribbon, which can be found at most craft stores, around your home or, if you're too busy making all of your other candy cane decorations, just buy some red or white glitter LED candles.
A relatively inexpensive way to take your candy cane decoration theme all throughout your house is to add some ornament display trees covered in candy cane ornaments or actual candy canes in rooms like the bathroom, kitchen and even on the dining room table. The ornament display trees come in multiple sizes, but I would suggest the smaller trees that won't take up too much space.
Remember, if you go with a candy cane theme, you have to go all out. You can never have too many candy cane decorations, red and white lights, peppermint candies or red and white decorations.


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If you want a nicotine fix but you don't like the taste of tobacco, you've got options -- thousands of them.
According to a new survey of the e-cigarette landscape, there are more than 450 e-cigarette brands online, offering nicotine products in 7,700 flavors, including graham cracker, Swedish fish and absinthe.
That comes out to an average of 10 new brands and 242 new flavors of "e-juice" per month since a similar survey was done 17 months ago.
"The numbers were pretty startling," said Sharon Cummins of UC San Diego, one of the authors of the paper published this week in the journal Tobacco Control. "How can you even come up with 7,700 flavors?"
E-cigarettes are battery-powered nicotine delivery systems. They are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, although that's likely to change soon. The FDA has proposed rules that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and require e-cigarette companies to list ingredients and nicotine strength. In the meantime, the e-cigarette market is projected to reach $2 billion this year.
The new study looked at data collected in December and January. Fourteen research assistants were asked to spend several days scouring the Internet for websites that sell e-cigarette products directly to consumers.
The names of flavors were tallied, and also grouped into flavor profiles such as tobacco, menthol, fruit, dessert/candy, alcohol/drinks and snacks/meals.
The researchers also looked at the websites' claims about e-cigarettes, noting whether they suggested that e-cigarettes were less harmful than conventional cigarettes, or cheaper than regular cigarettes, or a good way to quit smoking.
The findings suggest a sea change in the way e-cigarette companies are marketing their products. Newer brands were more likely to offer a wider variety of flavors than brands that were around in 2012. The newer companies were also less likely to make claims that e-cigarettes were healthier or cheaper than traditional cigarettes.
"It almost seems that newer brands don't want to be compared to cigarettes, which are associated with the image of cancer," Shu-Hong Zhu, lead author of the study and director of the Center for Research and Interventions in Tobacco Control at UC San Diego, said in a statement.
Though the study tells us a lot about the e-cigarette market, it doesn't tell us whether e-cigarettes are helping smokers quit smoking, or if all those flavor options will entice non-smokers to start smoking.
"We don't have the data to know the long-term trajectory of e-cigarettes being good or bad," said Cummins.
But she and her colleagues don't necessarily think this bevy of flavors is a bad thing, for now, especially if it's luring smokers away from regular cigarettes with their poisonous tars and carbon monoxide.
"If regulators clamp down on e-cigarette flavors and everyone goes back to regular cigarettes, that is a bad thing," Cummins said.
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European Kidney and Urine Proteomics
EuroKUP (Urine and Kidney Proteomics) (BM0702) is an Action sponsored by COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) focusing on facilitating translational proteomic research in kidney diseases by bringing together and promoting interactions between basic scientists and clinicians working in the broader areas of kidney and urine proteomics. EuroKUP currently fosters a multi-disciplinary network of more than 120 members from 26 countries. Four Working Groups (WG) focusing respectively on defining clinically important research questions in kidney diseases, kidney tissue proteomics, urine proteomics and bioinformatics have been generated. The decision-making body of EuroKUP is the Management Committee consisting of up to 2 representatives of participating COST countries. Scientific meetings and various training activities on cutting-edge techniques are regularly organized. Short term scientific missions (STSM) for junior investigators are also financially supported. For more information please contact the Action Chair: A Vlahou
About the author
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These ham and cheese biscuits are perfect for days when you are in a hurry and don't have time to make a sit-down breakfast. You could call them homemade fast food. They are a great "on the go" portable breakfast that can be held in one hand.
Kids as well as husbands love these ham and cheese biscuits. They're perfect to eat in the car on the way to school or work. Or take a bag with you on an early morning fishing trip, which is where this boat looks like it's headed as he motored past our lanai last week.
To make these biscuits light, the shortening (or butter in many recipes) was left out and the amount of low-fat milk was increased for moistness. Because the biscuits contain no shortening, they are lower in fat and calories than fast food joint biscuits. However, for that same reason, they don't keep as well, so wrap them carefully if you are not going to eat them right away. I find that if you use extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, the biscuits will have more cheese flavor.
The biscuits come together in a matter of minutes. After mixing, simply drop them onto a baking pan (no rolling or cutting necessary), stick them in the oven, and in less than 25 minutes breakfast is ready. It is also a great way to use left-over ham.
Quick Ham and Cheese Biscuits – a low fat version of fast food breakfast
Adapted from Cooking Light – yield 1 dozen
Cooking spray
1 ½ cups chopped ham, about ½ pound, low fat preferable
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded extra-sharp Cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons baking powder
Dash or two of ground red pepper (cayenne), optional
1 cup 1% low-fat milk
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 10" nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat until hot. Add ham and sauté until lightly browned, about 3 - 4 minutes. Combine the ham, flour, cheese, baking powder, and red pepper in bowl. Add the milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Drop biscuit batter by heaping tablespoons onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 22 minutes. Yield 12 biscuits.
This will be shared with Foodie Friday at Rattlebridge Farms, Miz Helen's Country Kitchen Full Plate Thursday, Foodie Friday at Simple Recipes, Foodtastic Friday at Not Your Ordinary Recipes, Seasonal Sunday at the Tablescaper, Chicken Chick, Carol's Chatter Food on Friday, and On the Menu Monday at Stone Gable.


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A Melbourne man accused of collecting al-Qaeda magazines that describe how to engage in violent jihad has been granted bail to support his heavily-pregnant wife.
Adnan Karabegovic, 24, is charged with four counts of collecting documents connected with the preparation of a terrorist act, following the discovery of the magazines at his home in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Officer during September police raids.
He was granted bail on a $500,000 surety in the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday after Justice David Beach found the impending birth of Karabegovic's first child was an exceptional circumstance.
Karabegovic was refused bail by a magistrate in September after the court heard he considered Australians to be "dirty convict pigs" and "filthy kafir" and was committed to a course of action that conflicted with the community.
He spoke of a wish to train in Bosnia and had a piece of paper with the names of bomb-making chemicals secreted in the back of a picture frame at his home, it was alleged in court.
Bail was granted on Tuesday on the basis that Karabegovic surrender his passport and remain at an address at Hallam, except when reporting to police twice a day, meeting with his lawyers, or being with his wife in hospital for the birth.
He was ordered not to have any association with the Al-Furqan Islamic Information Centre or anyone associated with it.
Karabegovic, who was clean-shaven and dressed in a suit, was supported in court by his father and wife.
His lawyer, Michael O'Connell, SC, argued there were several reasons why Karabegovic should be granted bail.
He said Karabegovic's wife depended on him and his family for support and that his client would likely spend a year in custody before his matters were heard at trial.
"We say that delay is relatively significant," Mr O'Connell said.
"It's submitted that the case against the applicant is not a strong case."
Mr O'Connell said Karabegovic had no prior convictions and had stable accommodation, strong family support and extensive ties to the jurisdiction.
Justice Beach said he had to weigh up Karabegovic's exceptional circumstances with the protection of the community.
The conditions of Karabegovic's bail ensured there would not be an unacceptable risk to community safety, he said.
"I am satisfied exceptional circumstances exist in this case relating specifically to the position of the applicant's wife," he said.
Karabegovic will appear before the Melbourne Magistrates Court for a committal hearing on April 8.


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I started out with a notepad and later started using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, but I've been wanting to use a more Java friendly IDE that doesn't take up as much overhead as MVS.NET. I started using JGrasp, but I'm having some serious issues with it.
I make changes to my class file and implimentation file and then compile. Everything looks great. Later after writing my JSP pages, I go back to edit some fields. For some crazy reason, JSP files seem to like methods that use set + the initialized variable name. Well here is my problem. After making changes, recompiling and then restarting jakarta tomcat, I open up my JSP file and recieve an error that was already changed. I flush history and delete temp files, but still the same issue. Personally, I don't think I should be going through all this trouble.
Well, a friend of mine told me to try out netBean, downloading as I write this, but I still don't have any experience with it. I don't want to waste time only to run into the same issues. Does anyone have any experience the two?
Also, having an issue connecting to an Oracle Server on the web. I'm using a CachedRowSet to authenticate to the Oracle Server, but I'm wondering if I'm using the correct info.
after instantiation, lets say:
private CachedRowSet tester;
should I be able to log my application into the Oracle Server by,
tester.setUrl(" the url ");
tester.setUsername(" my user name");
tester.setPassword(" my password");
the example I picked this up from was originally connecting to a local mysql server. I already wrote my sql code using Oracle syntax and really don't want to get in there and mess with things.


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Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# ANT010
10 Reviews
OPGI Price: $66.99
Part Type: (R) = Authentic reproduction of the original GM product
Years: 1966-1968
Sold As: EACH
2018 Chevelle Catalog Page: 131
These complete assemblies include the mast, body, cable and antenna nut mounting kit. They mount on the front of the vehicle.


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5 Favorite Old-Fashioned Kitchen Gadgets
We've talked about useless gadgets and useful ones, but these mostly recent tools didn't include some of our real favorite kitchen gadgets. Ingenious kitchen devices have been around for hundreds of years, and we love some of the most old-fashioned ones. So here, from apple peeler to cherry pitter, are some of our very favorite old-school kitchen gadgets.
• 1 Apple Peeler/Corer – When you're peeling and coring a ton of apples for preserving, this amazing gadget is magic. My father-in-law has a serious love for these; they're just plain fun to use, too.
• 2 Mortar and Pestle – The mortar and pestle is almost universal gadget, timeless and simple. Nearly every cuisine has some sort of herb-and-spice-bashing device, and most of them look remarkably like the mortars and pestles we still use today.
• 3 Cherry Pitter – Like the apple peeler, this solidly ingenious gadget wasn't just a convenient device: it was a necessity for farm kitchens putting up pounds and pounds of cherries at once.
• 4 Meat Grinder – Move aside, food processor. The old-fashioned meat grinder ground sausage and other meats for many, many years before electric gadgets ever came along.
• 5 Eggbeater – Until the advent of the electric mixer, the mechanical eggbeater or mixer was the most newfangled way a cook could mix up meringue. One of our favorite literary food scenes has a turn-of-the-century Vienna cook insisting that an eggbeater would only come into her kitchen over her dead body.
Useful, useless, or just curious: Do you have any favorite old-fashioned or antique kitchen gadgets?
More Kitchen Gadgets!
• The 10 Most Useless Kitchen Gadgets
• The Top 10 Most Useful Kitchen Gadgets


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iTunes v12.9.2
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
In iTunes, organizing playlists and media libraries is made extremely easy and the software also allows extremely easy CD ripping options, exporting selected media files to iPod and CDR burning features, all built-in. Furthermore, iPod owners can access Apple's iTunes Music Store via the software, making purchasing media and adding it immediately to your media library, a one-click process.
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itunes apple ipod download player media music store itms organizer playlist video
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
v11 is really a horrible mess.
The new interface is so far from intuitive that its a joke. Apple really have fallen down on this release.
The Search function tries to search as you type in each letter rather than waiting for you to type the name/album/artist and then pressing return. This takes ages as I have a huge library.
Also, we have lost the ability to set an album/playlist as "gapless". This means that all of my operas will now have a gap inserted between each track instead of flowing freely. This also applies to some rock/pop albums where the artist decided that they wanted the tracks to flow together seamlessly. Well, thanks to Apple - now you cant enjoy the album the way that the arist wanted you to.
Im going to roll-back to v10, v11 is a definite step down from earlier verions.
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