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Posted: Monday, April 29, 2013
The team recently completed a monthly science data download April 8-9, 2013, marking the successful completion of Quarter 16 flight operations and the beginning of Quarter 17. The monthly contact also included a quarterly roll of the spacecraft to the spring attitude. The next spacecraft quarterly roll is scheduled for early July.
The team held a NASA-televised press conference on April 18 to announce the discoveries of two planetary systems harboring three super-Earth-size habitable zone planets. The Kepler-62 and Kepler-69 systems, with five and two planets respectively, included Kepler's smallest habitable zone planets yet found. Prior to this announcement, Kepler had confirmed only two other habitable zone planets, Kepler-22b and Kepler-47c.
This announcement highlighted the progression of the Kepler discoveries to smaller planets like Earth, in more temperate orbits around their host stars. As we move towards the discovery of a true sun-Earth analog, the scientific discussion is expanding beyond the characteristics of the planets and their host stars themselves, to how these characteristics might impact habitability.
Kepler's reaction wheel #4 continues to exhibit signs of elevated friction levels and occasional torque spikes that appear to indicate a deterioration of the wheel bearing. The team is able to monitor general wheel performance twice weekly during scheduled X-band engineering contacts, but must rely on the high rate monthly downlinks for detailed insight.
All appropriate mitigation steps to prolong wheel life have now been taken. While the wheel may still continue to operate for some time yet, the engineering team has now turned its attention to the development of contingency actions should the wheel fail sooner, rather than later. Initially, these contingencies will focus on preserving fuel, but subsequent goals will be to return the failed wheels to service, perhaps at reduced performance levels, and investigating opportunities for gathering science data using a combination of wheels and thrusters.
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Nine Inch Nails Fans Create Incredible Live DVD From Footage: Encourage Everyone To Share Widely
from the have-fun-with-it dept
As they note, it took 12 months, involving a "core team of dozens (with a network of thousands), spanning 3 continents, 4 languages, 5 specialist teams [and] countless sleepless nights." And what did they come out with? Well, it's a concert video that's available in pretty much any format you might want (and they're still adding more). In fact you'll soon be able to get it in Blu-ray. But in the meantime, you can get it in standard DVD of dual layer DVD formats. You can get it for the PS3 or as a basic .MOV file. There's a version catering to those who want to watch on an iPod, and (of course) it's on YouTube.
And as we're being told how awful BitTorrent is and how various torrent trackers and search engines need to be shut down, the folks behind this effort released it under a Creative Commons license, and people are being told that they "are encouraged to seed for as long as possible." As for Reznor himself? He notes that he's "blown away" and reminded (yet again) that Nine Inch Nails fans "kick ass."
But Bittorrent can't be used for any legitimate purpose, right? And musicians can't possibly embrace what the technology allows? Once again, we're seeing why those who embrace what technology allows will do just fine moving forward. It's only those who think that the answer is to bring out the lawyers and try to hold back progress who will find themselves struggling to create business models that work.

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There are several different canopy tours around Costa Rica giving tourists the opportunity to view the rainforest at a unique up close angle.
Historically this method of transport by cable system was used by spelunkers (cavers) and by canyon dwellers in providing a secure passage over the earth's floor and has now been adapted in the environmentalist tourism industry.
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Scott Turow, a bestselling author of legal thrillers, will be in town for a reading and book signing 6 p.m. Friday at the Charleston Library Society.
His latest novel, "Identical," is another page-turner, this time addressing the influence of money in politics.
Turow, a practicing criminal lawyer, was an Edith Mirrielees Fellow at the Stanford University Creative Writing Center from 1970-72, then taught creative writing there until 1975.
Born in Chicago, Turow has written nine fiction and two nonfiction books, which have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
His first novel, "Presumed Innocent," written in 1987, arguably is his most famous. It was turned into a 1990 movie starring Harrison Ford. Two other Turow books were made into films.
In anticipation of his visit to Charleston, The Post and Courier asked him a few questions.
Q: You are known to be very concerned about political corruption, in particular, the way campaign financing erodes the democratic principle of one-man-one-vote.
You have even considered advocating for a second Constitutional Convention as a way to achieve sweeping reforms without relying on status quo institutions.
You new novel, "Identical," addresses the ways in which money corrupts society. Is the book a sort of Trojan Horse, a way to get readers to consider issues you deem important? And what should Americans do about the force of money in politics?
A: I always agreed with what Darryl Zanuck, the head of 20th Century Fox in the 1930s, supposedly said to one of his writers who delivered a very political script: "If you want to send a message, use Western Union."
Fiction is fundamentally about ambiguities, about what's not clear in life. "Identical" is first and foremost a complex mystery, about love and families. Because Paul Gianis, one of the main characters, is running for mayor, politics plays a large part in the action of the story, and the money chase is a huge component of today's campaigns. But my views about our campaign finance laws get no more than two lines in close to 400 pages.
Beyond that, readers can reflect or not, as they choose, on the state of our laws, which allow a billionaire to blast the airwaves with an accusation of murder against a political rival, charges that seem, at least initially, to be based on nothing more than a hunch. As usual in my novels, even the political point is blunted by the ambiguities that emerge.
Yes, I'm concerned about our current campaign financing system for just the reason you say. If we have a society conceived from the start on the notion that all persons are created equal, that makes that principle real in the requirement of one-person-one-vote, a principle designed to give every citizen equal say in the political process, then how in the world is it compatible to give rich corporations and individuals an unlimited right to influence elections, to let them use an electric bullhorn while other citizens can barely whisper?
I expect the Supreme Court to eventually turn around on this issue and to find that spending money on elections, while sometimes a form of free speech, cannot be unrestricted, and must be balanced against the equality principles we cherish.
Q: Your legal thrillers always incorporate serious current issues. "Presumed Innocent" dealt with big-city political corruption; "Ordinary Heroes" was about, in part, the brutality of war.
To what extent have your own experiences, professional and personal, informed what you write about?
A: Completely. I don't keep a diary. I write about my present-day impressions in my fiction, and, of course, I work out in my novels the preoccupations of a lifetime.
In "Identical," it's an intense curiosity about twins that stems from the stillbirth of my sister's twin when I was 3 years old.
Q: As a practicing criminal defense lawyer, you have worked on several death-penalty cases. You served a couple of years on Illinois' Commission on Capital Punishment, and you wrote a book about your views and experiences called "Ultimate Punishment."
Where exactly do you stand on this issue? Is capital punishment justifiable, in practice or theory?
A: Despite having represented an innocent man who'd spent years on death row before he was exonerated, I came to the Capital Punishment Commission unsettled on the issue, a death penalty agnostic as I liked to put it. But two years to reflect on the death penalty, to read the cases and the research, left me convinced that the death penalty would never give Americans what they want from it, that is a clear moral declaration that some forms of behavior are so cruel and depraved that we as a society must make the most emphatic statement against it.
The rationale is perfectly acceptable, but if you want to have a system designed to send a moral message, then it must be precise in its operation. Randomness and error are completely incompatible with that moral clarion. And yet that is what we will always have.
Differences of race, class, gender and geography all provably influence who gets selected to die, and even worse, capital cases are especially prone to error. Even a whiff of executing the innocent subverts that moral message.
Q: You are the author of 12 books. And you are a working lawyer.
Do you write and practice law simultaneously, or do you alternate between the two?
A: For many years the two have existed side by side, although my practice slowed somewhat beginning in 1990.
In the last few years, my role as president of the Authors Guild has eaten into my time to practice, but I tried a criminal case a couple of years ago while occupying that role, and expect to revert to a more robust practice when my term ends next spring.
Q: What's your next literary adventure?
A: Currently, I'm working on two things: A young-adult novel based on my relationship with my grandfather, and the next legal thriller, set at the International Criminal Court at the Hague.


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UPDATE: The question why a "9/11 truther" would choose to act as an imposter for somebody else and deliberately bring negative attention to themselves and others is puzzling. Though this story is now confirmed to be a hoax, the reasons behind it remain suspect.
For people accusing us of falling for and proliferating a hoax, remember that the mainstream media reported on the San Francisco beheading as genuine within minutes of them receiving the video, and that too turned out to be a hoax. We're all trying to get to the truth here and we will issue retractions when we are led astray.
Our original article is posted below in full.
A prominent debunker of skeptics of the official 9/11 story has broken ranks and confessed that he used underhand tactics, including fallacious attribution of holocaust denial, to smear the credibility of the 9/11 truth movement.
Screw Loose Change was initially a venture undertaken by two individuals to debunk what they considered to be a number of flaws contained in Dylan Avery's film. However, one of those individuals now states that the focus soon shifted from Loose Change and became a campaign to attack, "any 911 truther for any reason whatsoever."
So claims an individual that some now finger as an imposter because he has two different blog identities.
On a new blog website called Screw Loose Change Exposed, the dissenting individual, known as Pat, describes why he and his former debunker-in-chief James decided to go their separate ways.
Though the original Screw Loose Change blog contains no denial of the individual's claims, if he is engaging in a hoax then it's either a silly effort to draw attention to himself or a deliberate attempt to make 9/11 truthers look gullible.
"Pat" relates how James pushed him to to "All but invent the crisis of Holocaust denial" and apply it to the truth movement, "Though in fact, it is no more prevalent there than anywhere else," admits Pat.
Citing his refusal to "condone the underhanded methods we've tolerated," Pat writes that there is "no honesty to debunking 911 truth."
Pat writes that he is now keen to expose how his efforts were "hijacked by other entities" and promises to divulge "what REALLY happened behind the scenes at Screw Loose Change over the last year," warning that "it is only a matter of time before the shadiest methods of debunking become known."
This admission, if it turns out to be genuine, validates in part our continued efforts to rebut 9/11 debunkers and their ad hominem attacks and baseless hit pieces, from within both the mainstream and other media avenues.
It is also a damning indictment of how the holocaust card is continually played, most recently in the context of the global warming argument, in an attempt to silence debate and attack the messenger while refusing to evaluate the evidence.
Should this turn out to be accurate, we look forward to Pat's future posts and any further light they shed on the duplicitous tactics that are being employed to smear the 9/11 truth movement which, for all its shortcomings, is an genuine attempt to get questions answered and find out the full truth of what happened on that fateful day.
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by Robert VerBruggen
There's a new Uncharted game for the Vita!
No doubt this news got many gamers' attention. And no doubt most of these gamers rolled their eyes when they learned the details. Uncharted: Fight for Fortune is not a third-person action/adventure game, but rather a custom card game in the mold of Magic: The Gathering. It's awkward to play even an established card game like Magic on a game console, so one wonders why Sony would start a new card game as a spin-off of a major franchise.
Once you get your expectations under control, however, Fight for Fortune proves itself to be a nice little tie-in to the Uncharted universe, with easy-to-learn-but-difficult-to-master gameplay. Not only does it provide a new way of looking at this fictional world, but it's a decent title in its own right. It won't do anything to win over the many gamers who don't like digital card games, but anyone who's open to the idea will find something to enjoy here.
As with Magic, the idea is to deal damage to your opponent and block any damage that's directed your way. But the developers—Bend Studio, in conjunction with One Loop Games—did a lot more than just re-skin that popular fantasy game. Instead, they came up with a whole new system.
Here's a quick summary of the rules. The game board has space for ten cards: five arranged in a row in front of you, and five above them, arranged in front of your opponent. You may deploy your characters to any of your five slots; they're unable to attack for the first turn, but after that, they automatically attack at the end of each round. If there's an opposing character in front of them, they deal damage to that character. (Defending characters do not deal damage, and damage is permanent.) If there's nothing but empty space in front of an attacking character, they deal damage directly to your opponent. The ultimate goal, of course, is to get your opponent's HP down to zero.
Each turn unfolds in three stages. First, you play a new character. Next, you choose a random Fortune card—Fortune is the resource you need to play cards, like Mana in Magic. You can choose the risk-free option of gaining a little bit of Fortune right away, or you can play the Fortune card on a character and hope to bank a lot of Fortune later, which can be done in a variety of ways. Then you have a chance to play one last card before your characters attack, usually a buff of some kind.
As simple as this setup is, it presents a never-ending series of tactical decisions. If your enemy plays a powerful card, should you block its attack with a weak character—basically wasting a turn just to delay the problem—or should you play your next character in a different slot, hoping to wear down your opponent directly before he kills you? How should you manage your Fortune? Is it worth spending a ton of Fortune on a great buff, or is it better to save up for later?
Most of the technical aspects are up to par as well. The graphics aren't exactly stunning—they never are in a card game—but the screen is pleasing to look at, and the sound and music bring past Uncharted games to mind. The controls work well, too—dragging and dropping cards is a breeze, as is zooming in on a card if you want to read the text on it.
As excellent as the core game is, a few aspects of the implementation are annoying, however. Perhaps the silliest aspect is card unlocking: There are plenty of A.I. opponents in the single-player campaign, but there are even more cards to unlock. Since you can unlock only one card with each fight, you have to fight the same people over and over again if you want to unlock everything, a process that feels a whole lot like grinding.


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Tip 1: Set built-in cabinets on a platform
A simple platform
A plywood box makes cabinet construction and installation easier.
Most lower built-in cabinets include a base or toe-kick that raises them off the floor. But Ken doesn't build them that way. Instead, he builds a plywood platform that acts as the base for an entire row of cabinets. The platform can be under- sized to allow for a toe space or full size for a more traditional look (as shown here).
This approach has a couple of major advantages. First, built-in cabinet construction is simpler. The cabinets are just boxes; no extended sides to form a base, no toe-kick cutouts. Second, installation is faster. Leveling one platform is a lot easier than positioning each cabinet individually. Ken sets the box 1/4 in. from walls to allow for wavy or out-of-plumb walls.
Tip 2: Quick, classic side panels
Easy, attractive cover-up
An add-on panel covers the cabinet box with minimal hassle.
When the side of a cabinet box will be exposed, you have to hide the cabinet back's edge somehow. The usual method is to rabbet the side and recess the back. But Ken gets a richer look with less hassle. He simply glues and nails the back to the cabinet box and hides the exposed plywood with a frame and panel for a classic look. And since the cover panel is a separate part, it's easy to scribe it to the wall before fastening it to the cabinet.
Tip 3: Secret screws for shelves
Slide out the top, screw from below
This trick lets you fasten shelves to the cabinet top without visible screws
Lots of designs have upper shelf units that rest on lower cabinets. Here's Ken's trick for fastening the shelf units to the cabinet top so that the screws are hidden: He sets the cabinet top on the lower cabinets and scribes it and sands it to fit the wall. But he doesn't screw it in place yet. Instead, he positions the shelf units on the top and carefully slides the top forward just far enough so that he can drive screws into the shelf sides and dividers. After sliding the top back into place, he screws the top to the cabinets from below and screws the shelf units to the wall.
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Tip 4: Back-bevel wall stiles
Bevel before you scribe
Beveling makes it easier to contour the stile to fit the wall.
Before scribing stiles that will meet walls, bevel the back edge on your table saw. That way, you'll have less wood to belt-sand off when you shape the edge to the contour of the wall. Ken cuts a 45-degree bevel about 1/2 in. deep, so he has only 1/4 in. of wood remaining.
Tip 5: Break down face frames
Fast finishing
Face frames are easy to finish when they're disassembled.
Pocket screws are a standard joinery method, but Ken has a nonstandard approach. He assembles face frames with pocket screws, but without glue. He sands the frames, labels the back of each part and then disassembles them for easier finishing. Transport is easier too: Ken can pack a mile of face frame parts into his van and carry them into the house without banging up walls. The cabinet boxes need less TLC too, since they're frameless during transport. Once on-site, Ken reassembles the frames with pocket screws and glue. For pocket joinery, Ken uses a Kreg Jig.
Tip 6: Thicker backs save time
Most cabinetmakers use 1/4-in. plywood for cabinet backs. But Ken prefers 1/2-in. material. The thicker plywood usually adds only a few bucks to the cost of each box and eliminates the need for a hanging strip or "nailer" at the back of the cabinet. That means quicker construction and a cleaner interior look. Best of all, it allows you to drive a screw through the back anywhere, not just at the nailer.
Tip 7: Use prefinished plywood (sometimes)
Factory-finished plywood
Get a faster, smoother, tougher finish than you can apply in your shop.
With its tough, flawless clearcoat, prefinished ply- wood eliminates finishing hassles. But Ken uses it only for "no-show" parts like cabinet boxes and shelves. Finishing other parts to match the color and sheen of the factory-finished plywood is just too difficult. Finding prefinished ply- wood can be difficult. Your best bet is a lumberyard that caters to cabinetmakers.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 1, 2010) - ETSU men's basketball coach Murry Bartow announced Thursday that freshman point guard Bruce Grimm (Rochester, Ind.) has chosen to leave the Buccaneers' program at the end of the spring semester.
"We wish Bruce only the best as he chooses a different path for his college career," said Bartow, whose team is coming off a 20-15 season, an Atlantic Sun Conference championship, and a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. "Bruce helped our program this season and we appreciate his contributions to our team. During his time in Johnson City, Bruce always gave a great deal of effort and we hope he continues to find success in the future."
Grimm, a highly recruited guard out of Rochester High School, played in 17 games and started in five of those contests. He averaged 10.5 minutes, 2.2 points and 1.2 assists per game during the regular season.
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Fusion Durashift Problem
Big Bob replied to Big Bob's topic in Ford Fusion ClubSorry I've taken so long to reply, finding the fault was more luck then anything else. I just noticed the broken wire inside the conduit at the join where the wires from the actuators meet the main harness low down in front of the g/box. The conduit on mine is open at the joins which is an obvious weak point. I had been trying to find a decent (understandable) wiring diagram without success. But I have some experience of data links from HGV work & they are a source of problems. Data links are fairly obvious as they are always twisted pairs of wires to reduce interference. Be careful when testing as they run on variable low voltage signals, if you put full voltage down them it can damage ECU's. I would recommend stripping off the conduit & inspect visually, you could also pull the wires to see if they spring which means the wire is broken inside the insulation. Sorry again that I can't be more helpful than this. Hope you find your fault.
Fusion Durashift Problem
Big Bob posted a topic in Ford Fusion ClubI have recently had increasing problems with the gears not changing, not starting, stalling at lights etc, with the transmission warning light on. The only info I could find was a suggestion that the gear change actuators may be seizing, so I removed & stripped these. There was nothing wrong with them, but on refitting them the fault had worsened to the point that the car would not turn over just the warning light on all the time. The fault was a broken data link wire inside the conduit going down the front of the gearbox at the point where it separates to the two actuators and the ECU/clutch pack. A cheap and easy fix once I found it, certainly worth looking for if you have gear problems on these cars. I hope this will be of help to others. Cheers
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It was indeed the coil pack and she's running sweetly again thank you all for you input.
Thanks for the quick response, is there any way to check the coil pack or is it a swap it & see?
Fusion Misfire
Big Bob posted a topic in Technical KnowledgeHi folks, I have a bit of a misfire on my 04 Fusion 1.4 petrol. It feels like a spark plug but I've replaced them a couple of months ago. I've done the dash board thing & got a DTC d262. I've googled the code but every link seems to give a different response, [none give a cure] Ranging from #1 injector to message not received to the code means nothing at all. Does any one know, or have had this code & then actually cured the fault. Your help would be greatly appreciated. TIA Rob
Got you now, just me jumping to the wrong end of the stick.
Sorry to side track from the topic but I noticed on your drawing you have n/s o/s the wrong way around [assuming right hand drive veh] which is a common mistake :( also can cause confusion with left hand drive vehicles. May be better to refer to Left & Right as seated in the drivers seat. Otherwise the drawings look pretty good ;)
Locking Problems
Big Bob replied to HeadShoT2009's topic in Ford Focus ClubSounds similar to how mine was, I fitted a second hand door lock assembly [off ebay] which cured the problem. The job is a bit fiddly, especially getting the unit in and out of the door, but not too difficult.
Big Bob replied to Cooky's topic in General ChatWhile you're at it, on other forums you can have the first few words of the post appears when you hover over the title, giving you an idea what the post is actually about, saves opening stuff you aren't interested in. Any chance of that on here Thanks to all who help to run the forum.
Depends on the amount of bind, as the springs will overcome a small amount of bind allowing the brake to come off but the free side will apply more easily, giving the reported fault of one side coming on slightly before the other
I would have thought more likely to be hand brake cable starting to seize on one side. But if it locks wouldn't worry too much.
Knocking from O.S.F
Big Bob replied to lucas1787's topic in Ford Focus ClubAs you say it could be almost anything, but I had a similar fault on my Focus which was the ball joint on the anti roll bar link arm. With the car over a pit & someone bouncing the car it was quite easy to find. [iknow we don't all have access to a pit] Prices for a replacement varied from over £100 for a pair to less than £15 for one so it pays to shop around [i got mine off eBay]
C Max auto/CVT?
Big Bob replied to Big Bob's topic in Ford C-Max ClubThanks for the replies, you're not very impressed are you. I may have to start looking elsewhere then.
Why do my breaks squeak
Big Bob replied to fiesta_lad's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThere are different types of brake squeal, pedal creaking, brake squeaks when pedal is pressed, prolonged squeal as the car is slowing, intermittant eek eek eek as you are driving along. I assume you mean the prolonged squeal as you are braking, which can be due to dry rusty backing plates on the pads, the usual first fix for me is to remove the brake pads & clean them up, then apply a thin smear of copper grease to the back of the pads & to the contact points on the edge of the metal backing plate. MAKE SURE NO GREASE GETS ONTO THE FACE OF THE PAD. Power washing will remove any lube already there & may cause the caliper to sieze later on, so I would not advise excessive power washing of the brakes, you may also force water into the wheel bearings.
C Max auto/CVT?
Big Bob posted a topic in Ford C-Max ClubHi, I'm thinking of upgrading my Focus estate auto to a second hand C Max auto, probably next year sometime. My question is about the CVT, was the C-Max ever fitted with a conventional auto or are they all CVT, and are there any reliability / drivability issues either way? We have a Focus with a conventional auto & a Fusion with durashift. We both prefer the Focus to drive but the Fusion is more economical, any feed back on the C-Max would be welcome. Thanks


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The job opportunities for graduates of our MS in Medical Biotechnology are excellent and are expected to remain good as a result of national and international priorities. In fact, 70% of all 2006 PSM graduates who were not already working full time, gained employment in business, government or non-profit sectors either before or after graduation (Nature 2008, 455, 704). Our new interdisciplinary program responds to a local, national and international need for more researchers in the biotechnology arena. In the state of Florida many career openings in the Biotechnology arena may be coming online before the end of the decade offering further career opportunities for graduates.


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This Is CNN's Soft Birtherism
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CNN contributor and Republican consultant Alex Castellanos waded into birther conspiracies to excuse Mitt Romney's refusal to disclose his tax returns, arguing that Romney should withhold his tax returns until President Obama "releases 10 years of birth certificates."
Noting the increasing pressure for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake reported:
"Let's say Mitt Romney released 100 years of tax returns tonight," said Alex Castellanos, a Republican media consultant who advised Romney in 2008. "What do you think the odds are that the Obama campaign would say, 'Oh great Mitt. Thank you! Now we can put that behind us and move on to more substantive issues like entitlement reform!' Zero."
Added Castellanos: "I'd advise Mitt to release 10 years of tax returns when Obama releases 10 years of birth certificates."
Castellanos appeared on CNN as recently as Tuesday.
This is not CNN's first brush with on-air personalities dabbling in birtherism. In 2009, Lou Dobbs spent several months exploring what he said were "new questions" about Obama's birth certificate - a campaign that eventually contributed to CNN's decision to part ways with Dobbs.
Castellanos' nod to the birthers is also at odds with comments he previously made expressing hope that the silly birther thing was finally over.
In April 2011, after Obama released his original birth certificate, Wolf Blitzer asked Castellanos whether that would finally end the birther controversy. Castellanos responded:
You know, we certainly hope so, because there's certainly enough serious issues confronting the United States and questions about President Obama's leadership. I mean, if we're going to release a long form, it would be great to see the longer explanation of how the president wants to spend more in Washington while reducing the deficit, how he's going to stimulate the economy while taking tax money out of it, how he's going to win a war in Libya while he's trying to get out of the war in Libya. There's a lot of other things we could talk about other than something I think the president has put to bed today.
It's difficult to put the birther issue to bed when people like Alex Castellanos invoke it when it serves their political agenda.
UPDATE: As Steve Benen noted, Castellanos' comparison of the birther conspiracy to Mitt Romney's undisclosed tax returns serves to whitewash the substantive, unresolved questions surrounding the candidate:
There are a couple of angles to this to keep in mind. The first is that really are legitimate questions that voters deserve answers to, and those answers are only available in the documents Romney is inexplicably keeping secret. No one is characterizing this as some kind of procedural hurdle that must be cleared; it's about resolving lingering, relevant questions about Romney's background.
Indeed, Romney publicly gave his word, on camera, that he would "go back and look" to let us know what tax rates he paid over the last decade, and it now appears the candidate will break that commitment without explanation.
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New school lunch rules tough for kids to swallow
Serve cauliflower or lima beans with the baked chicken nuggets or barbecued beef rib, and most of the day's vegetable offering will end up in the trash - regrettably, too often alongside unopened cartons of 1 percent or skim milk.
Kids will, however, eat squash - be it butternut, zucchini or yellow summer squash - and love grapes, bananas and all kinds of melon. But if sweet potatoes are to be part of the day's meal, better make them sweet potato fries, or they'll end up with the lima beans and cauliflower.
Those are some of the lessons Cliff Still, food services director for Groton Public Schools, has been learning this year as he and his colleagues in districts across the country are adapting to new school lunch nutrition regulations.
"The kids were already always eating green beans, corn and broccoli," said Still, who oversees the ordering and preparation of about 2,900 school lunches daily, about 32 percent of which are free or reduced-price. "But now we have to run more variety."
Because of new federal regulations that took effect at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, Still and his colleagues in school districts across the country have changed menus to add more types and amounts of fruits and vegetables and more whole grains, while subtracting fats and calories. The new rules, the first major overhaul in 15 years, are intended to combat rising rates of childhood obesity while also improving intake of more nutritious foods and positively influencing the lifelong eating habits of the nation's youth.
"Overall, some of the schools are finding the new menu patterns challenging," said Therese Dandeneau, dietitian in the state Department of Education's Bureau of Health/Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education. "But students are getting used to it, and the more nutrition education they get, the better."
Under the new rules, daily lunch must include ¾ cup to 1 cup of vegetables plus ½ cup to 1 cup of fruits, and each week's selection must include specific categories of produce. That means serving romaine lettuce with the chicken fajitas to fill the dark green vegetable requirement, sweet potatoes with the cheeseburgers for the red-orange category, and beans in the burritos to satisfy the legume requirement. Every student's tray must include a fresh, frozen or canned fruit and 1 cup of 1 percent or skim milk, or else the lunch won't count as reimbursable under the federal free- and reduced-price lunch program.
"What are we missing?" Gail Sharry, food services director for New London schools, asked a boy in the lunch line at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School for a lunch of cheeseburgers on whole-grain buns with roasted sweet potatoes, corn chowder, salad and choice of fresh apples, oranges or applesauce.
In response, the boy picked a salad of romaine lettuce, tomatoes and broccoli off the counter, forgoing the hummus and carrot sticks that would also have filled the vegetable requirement, to add to the cheeseburger and applesauce on his tray.
"Thank you," said Sharry, whose district serves about 2,700 lunches per day. About 80 percent of them go to students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
"The thing that's really different this year," she added, "is that the students have to take a fruit and vegetable. But most of them take what they should."
Her district, she said, last year modified its menu with more whole grains and fresh produce as part of the HealthierUS School Challenge program, so it was already doing a lot of what the new regulations require. One main change this year, she said, was cutting back on bread and grain offerings to eight servings per week - a challenge the district met when the bakery it uses reformulated the recipe for its breads. Under the new rules, the overall calories per meal were also cut by about 150 calories per age group, and sweet desserts are all but eliminated.
"The lunch is good, but it's not filling us up completely," said Diamond English, a seventh-grader at Bennie Dover. "And some of the fruit does go in the garbage."
Fellow seventh grader Peter Perez, however, said most of the kids he knows are eating the fruits and vegetables and drinking the milk.
"I'm a wrestler, so I like to drink the milk to make my bones grow better," said Perez, after finishing a hamburger on a whole-grain roll, corn chowder, salad, orange and milk for lunch.
At Robert E. Fitch Senior High School in Groton, two lunch regulars said they liked the changes this year, but had mixed views on whether many of their peers felt the same.
Johnathan Williams, a senior, said if a student doesn't want the piece of fruit or salad he's been forced to take, he'll give it away to a friend who does.
"But I see more kids eating the fruit," he said. "I usually take the apples or applesauce, and I eat a lot of salad."
A few tables away in the cafeteria, Jackie Kokomoor, a junior, was finishing a turkey and provolone sandwich, an apple, banana, baked potato chips, and orange juice and milk.
"I'm a swimmer so I eat a lot. I'm into the salads and the sandwiches," she said, referring to the cafeteria's deli sandwich counter and salad bar. "But a lot of fruit does get thrown away, so I don't see the point of making the kids take it if they're not going to eat it."
Still, the food services director, said that's his biggest complaint about the new rules. Improving the nutrition value of school lunches is a good thing, he said, but districts should have more flexibility in how that's achieved.
"We're told we have to have these components, and we put it on their trays and make them take it, and then we look in the garbage cans and see cartons of milk and whole fruits and vegetables dumped in without even a bite," he said. "We have noticed an increase in our waste tonnage. Why can't we just figure out what the kids will eat and serve that?"
This year, he said, cafeteria staff are making more food from scratch - roasting their own chickens versus buying precooked, and making their own spaghetti sauce and whole-grain pizza crust - because it's easier to tailor their own recipes to the new nutrition and portion size guidelines than find commercially available products that do. But the food products manufacturers are adapting, too, he said, by starting to offer new products that meet the rules.
Roberta Jacobs, the food services director for Norwich Public Schools, said meeting the new requirements is costing about 15 cents per serving more, mostly because of the cost of the increased amounts of fruits and vegetables being served. Like the other districts, she's hoping to receive a 6-cent-per-lunch increase in federal reimbursement she receives for the 75 percent of free- and reduced-price meals her district serves by submitting its menus for review.
"But it's good kids are getting better nutrition," she said. "I'm in favor of the new guidelines. We're hoping we're changing kids habits so they won't be junk food junkies."
Meeting the new school lunch nutrition rules:
Some examples of lunches served this month in Groton schools:
• Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, steamed fresh broccoli, whole wheat dinner roll, chilled fruit
• Assorted topping pizza, tossed garden salad, chilled fresh fruit
• Simmered whole grain pasta with tomato meat sauce, fresh green beans, whole grain garlic toast, chilled fruit
• Beef and bean burrito with shredded cheese, chopped lettuce and tomato, salsa, sour cream, Spanish rice, refried beans, fresh banana
• Assorted meat and cheese or veggie whole wheat grinders, lettuce and tomato, baked potato chips, chilled fruit.
• Cheeseburger on whole wheat bun, lettuce and tomato, carrot sticks, sweet potato fries, chilled fresh fruit.
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T-cell infiltration impact on GBM patient survival and its impairment by TGF-β1 and -β2
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Objective: In the last decades, immunotherapeutical approaches have been successfully designed with the aim of inducing anti-glioma T-cell responses. As a prerequisite for a therapeutical effect, T-cells need to overcome the endothelial barrier. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pre-existing infiltration of effective- and immunosuppressive T-cell subsets have an impact on overall survival of GBM patients. Moreover, we attempted to identify mechanisms by which gliomas disturb transmigration of T-cells.
Methods: To asses T-cell infiltration, cryostate sections of glioma patients (n=123) were costained for T-cell markers CD3, CD8 and Foxp3. Tissue lysates were quantified by ELISA for amounts of different cytokines proven to be involved into glioma angiogenesis. Furthermore, the influence of the most highly expressed cytokines was studied in a functional in vitro coculture model consisting of GBM-derived endothelial cells and T-cells from the same donor.
Results: Evaluation of glioma tissues was performed with a newly developed method, achieving a data set similar to flow cytometry. Comparison with clinical data revealed that GBM patients, who live longer than the average survival time of 15 months, show higher intratumoral levels of effector-T-cells (p=0,01). It was remarkable that the presence of regulatory T-cells and T-suppressor cells, which impair T-effector tasks, did not influence patients' survival. To investigate whether tumor-secreted factors regulate T-cell transmigration, we analyzed VEGF, HGF, bFGF, TGF-β1 and TGF-β2 in a functional assay. Interestingly, only TGF-βs impaired T-cell transmigration (p<0,01). Moreover, a blockage of TGF-β receptor signaling reversed the inhibitory effect of TGF-β1 as well as TGF-β2.
Conclusions: Our results indicate a relationship between T-cell infiltration and survival in GBMs. In addition to the known immunosuppressive properties of TGF-β1 and -β2, we discovered a new mechanism by which gliomas may prevent tumor rejection. Studies on a mouse model are currently under way to confirm the in vitro findings.


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Garden City is a well-planned and leafy district of central Cairo, immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Cairo/Midan Tahrir. Garden City is the location of several large hotels and embassies.
The curvy, tree-lined streets and avenues of Garden City reveal the creation of a planned suburb in the early 1900s.
Get in
The easiest way to get to Garden City is by metro or taxi.
Metro stations in Garden City are Sayida Zeinab Station and Saad Zaghloul Station. These stations are part of the El Marg-Helwan line. It is also possible to get out at Sadat Station under Tahrir Square.
If you want to take the taxi to Garden City most taxi drivers will know Quasr al-Aini street. This street runs from the south of the district to Tahrir Square and through the hart of Garden City. The international hotels are located at the well known Corniche el-Nil.
Felluka tour - Sail over the Nile in an original Egyptian ship. Fallukas are waiting in front of the Four Seasons Hotel. No reservation needed. In the summer it is recommended to sail a Felluka late in the evening or at night because of the heat during the day. The view at night is also very spectacular. As with most things in Egypt negotiating about the price is needed. 50 LE for an hour is a reasonable price.
The international hotels have several restaurants offering different cuisines from around the world. Lokal koshary (pasta, rice, lentil, chick peas, onions, garlic and tomato-chili sauce) is sold widely in small shops for a few Egyptian Pounds. These koshary shops might not look very inviting but the food is usually good and addictive.
Qasr al-eini street is dotted with several coffee shops serving shisha, coffee, tea and refreshments. Otherwise, the five star hotels are your best bet, all the big ones have at least one bar.


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Huntsville, Ala. ---- In the recent review by Moody's, the bond rating agency commended the University on the following recent developments: improvement in governance and management stability, improvement in financial management; improvement in the timely delivery of financial information and plans to strengthen liquidity over time.
"It took several years for the bond rating to get to where it is today and we continue to make it a priority to work towards positive results that will help us get the rating to where we would like for it to be," says Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., president of Alabama A&M University.
While tremendous progress has been made, nonetheless Moody's reaffirmed the current rating, citing the need for Alabama A&M to maintain continued improvements in liquidity and enrollment. Moody's review also considered the University's significant capital needs which Moody's stated could require a possible bond issuance within 12-18 months to address the needs. "The University has no plans to access the market in the foreseeable future," says Dr. Hugine.
"AAMU is among a number of colleges and universities statewide that faced a loss of enrollment due to federal financial aid changes and ongoing economic challenges," says Dr. Hugine.
The University will continue to aggressively and strategically address the measures that Moody's has identified as essential to enhancing the overall rating of the university in the financial market.


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Feb. 11, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nationally-ranked No. 12 Ramapo College defeated No. 11 MIT, 30-25, 26-30, 30-25, 34-32, in the championship match of the Fourth Annual MIT Men's Volleyball Invitational on Sunday. The Roadrunners became the second team in the tournament's history to claim the crown in its first appearance as Emmanuel College accomplished this feat in 2006. Praveen Pamidimukkala and Philip Rogoz both received All-Tournament Team honors while Ryan Dean became the first player in the program's history to reach the 1,000-dig mark.
The Cardinal and Gray opened the weekend with a 30-17, 30-11, 30-15 win over Mount Ida College. Pamidimukkala paced MIT's balanced attack with seven kills as Kenneth Rosche and Troy Tamas both picked up six. Michael Demyttenaere notched a team-high four blocks and three aces while Rosche, Steve Ray, and Garrett Winther each registered three blocks. Dean led the defense with nine digs, followed by six from Matthew Ng. Rogoz and Tim Lee shared setting duties, finishing with 23 and 12 assists, respectively.
MIT posted 17 blocks en route to its 30-20, 30-24, 30-26 victory over the University of New Haven. Rogoz just fell shy of a triple-double as he totaled 32 assists, 10 blocks, and eight digs. Demyttenaere recorded eight blocks while Scott Pollom contributed six. Pamidimukkala tallied 13 kills as Winther amassed 10 kills and four blocks. Dean bolstered the Engineers' efforts with five digs.
The Cardinal and Gray wrapped up pool play on Sunday with a 30-19, 30-28, 30-26 win over the College of Mount Saint Vincent. In two games of action, Pollom posted seven kills, a .636 hitting percentage, and four blocks. Pamidimukkala registered a team-high 13 kills in two games while Demyttenaere collected five blocks. Rogoz notched 23 assists, six digs, and three blocks as Lee dished out 10 assists. Dean led the back row with eight digs while Ng and Eugene Jang each added five.
In the title match versus Ramapo, Dean recorded 14 digs to surpass the 1,000-dig mark. Pamidimukkala tallied 22 kills as Pollom picked up 11 kills and four blocks. Demyttenaere paced the Engineers with seven blocks while Winther chipped in four of his own. Rogoz totaled 45 assists and 12 digs as Jang collected 11 digs.


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Work continues on the Pine Hill Trail at Wachusett Mountain. Join volunteers for the reconstruction and trailhardening work that consists of setting rock steps, building rock structures for drainage and waterbars, and setting walls for trail definition. Volunteers will split rock, quarry rock with high-line systems or build the trail treadway.
Join experienced leaders to learn the fundamentals of safely moving rock, trail stabilization and treadway protection. Tools and training available, bring lunch, water and work gloves.
Meet behind the Wachusett Mountain Visitors Center, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Register with Steve Crowea at Sunshine Landscaping Company at 508-892-3042 or steve@ SunshineLandscapingCo.com. Dates for this year: Sept. 26 and 27, Nov. 7 and 8.


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House members and Senators returning for the final lame-duck session of the 112th Congress have their work cut out for them if they want to be home for Christmas this year. There is a pile of unfinished business from 2012 and the nation's looming "fiscal cliff" to step back from. But many partisan members, despite the president's strong popular and electoral showing in November, are still dreaming of a right Christmas.
At the top of the pile is a budget compromise intended to align spending better with revenue in a way that will prevent sequestration, the automatic budget cuts and tax hikes that go into effect in January if Congress does not come up with a plan. Related to the budget and deficit challenge is a fast approaching debt ceiling. In the winter of 2011, Congressional brinkmanship over the ceiling, which limits the ability of the government to borrow money to paper over its annual deficits, nearly provoked a global financial panic and cost the nation its stellar debt rating.
Worried that the budget will be balanced by reducing programs that aid the nation's most vulnerable, like school children receiving school breakfast and lunch and other nutritional assistance or people overseas receiving U.S. aid, Catholic advocates have joined a multifaith effort calling for a "circle of protection" around such expenditures.
Any fiscal deal "must be comprehensive and balanced," said Kathy Saile, director of domestic social development for the U.S. bishops. "It must involve deficit reduction. It must require tax increases. It must protect the poor and vulnerable." And to accomplish all that, she added, "It must be bipartisan."
The Rev. Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, wanted to debunk the notion that government programs that help the poor promote dependency. "My father was a hardworking man. He had two jobs. He was a pastor," he said. "My mother was working. We were on food stamps. It helped us," the Rev. Salguero added. "If it didn't help us, we'd go hungry. It's not anecdotal; it's straight from human experience."
But deficit cutting is not the only item on the agenda this session. There is still a farm bill to approve. The nation's current governing legislation on agriculture expired on Sept. 30. The existing plan can be extended or a new package approved, but the House and Senate versions of the farm bill are far apart. The Senate passed its bill, but the plan has not even been put to floor debate in the House.
Robert Gronski, a policy advisor for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, said many agricultural and political forces are pushing behind the scenes for a new farm bill before the lame duck session ends. "But the reality is, how do we get it done?" There's not a lot of time left on the calendar, he explained, and many burning bridges remain to be crossed between the House and Senate to achieve a reconciled package that might make it to the president's desk.
"There's a game of chicken that's being played here," Gronski said. "Most likely there's going to be an extension [of the existing 2008 farm bill], but what kind of extension I can't say."


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TOKYO (AP) ? Kalian Sams' ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Andruw Jones with the winning run, capping a comeback from a two-run, eighth-inning deficit and lifting the Netherlands past Cuba 7-6 Monday and into the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
The Netherlands, the first European team to reach the final four, advanced along with two-time defending champion Japan. At the semifinals in San Francisco on March 17-18, they will be joined by two teams from among the United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Italy.
"This game will go down as the biggest game in Dutch history," Netherlands manager Hensley Muelens said. "To come back like that after being down in the eighth is amazing."
The Dutch had beaten Cuba 6-2 in the opening game of the second round.
"I told the guys before the game the better team will win, and tonight the better team won," Muelens said. "The guys were resilient and stayed together, and that's why we won."
Cuba went ahead 6-4 in the eighth when Shairon Martis walked Frederich Cepeda, Yasmany Tomas had a one-out RBI single off Leon Boyd and Eriel Sanchez hit a sacrifice fly.
Kalian Sams walked on four pitches from Norberto Gonzalez leading off the bottom half and, after a pair of strikeouts, Andrelton Simmons homered to left on a 2-1 pitch.
"I felt like I had to step up," Simmons said. "He gave me a pitch to hit, and I was really happy I could tie the game for us."
Jones reached on a fielding error by third baseman Yulieski Gourriel with one out in the ninth, Curt Smith singled him to second and Raciel Iglesias relieved loser Yander Guevara.
Xander Bogaerts' single loaded the bases, Diosdany Castillo came in to pitch, and Sams flied to deep center as Jones came home.
Loek Van Mil, the fourth Dutch pitcher, got the win with a two-hit ninth.
Jones' bases-loaded sacrifice fly and Smith's RBI single put the Dutch ahead in the third, but Jose Fernandez's RBI single and Jose Abreu's homer off Netherlands starter Orlando Yntema tied the score in the fourth.
The Dutch took a 4-2 lead in the bottom half when Simmons hit a sacrifice fly, and Randolph Oduber stole third and scored on catcher Frank Morejon's throwing error.
Gourriel retied it with a two-run double in the fifth.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/netherlands-beats-cuba-7-6-reaches-wbc-semis-163034028--mlb.html
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Wouldn't these two be wearing these clothes when they start the 2nd leg at the Forte São Marcelo in Salvador?
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Nice ones banzai! now I can see exactly where they must be sitting for the confessional...And in Slowhatch's map find, I do have to wonder about the Motel My Love right next door...
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Thanks to our friend we know that the Roadblock leads them here (below) for a clue then onto Pecem port, thanks to Chateau, by jangadeiros but why they are in Praia Iracema at night I don't know Cidade Da Crianca/Parque da Criana
I'm thinking this is the Parque da Criança/ Cidade Da Crianca.map
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Each morning for nearly two months, West Fulton Street resident Doug O'Grady has made the two-hour drive to Long Beach from Shelter Island, where he has been staying with his wife and two children since Hurricane Sandy. O'Grady drops his kids off at Lindell School, then heads over to the Waldbaum's parking lot, where he waits by the Geico trailer and organizes a group of volunteers to help residents gut their homes.
"It's not Breezy [Point] — we're at the point now where we're starting to rebuild," O'Grady explained to a member of the Stony Brook University football team, who contacted him after seeing O'Grady's request for volunteers on Facebook. "But there are a few places left."
Days after the storm, O'Grady — a burly 44-year-old trustee of New York City Carpenters Local Union 45 — put the word out that he was assembling teams to help residents gut their flooded homes, and he could barely keep up with the responses, he said.
"It was the kindness of others that motivated me, to the point where I was almost in tears," O'Grady said, referring to the help he had with his own house, which was flooded by seven feet of water. "We did about six or seven houses that first day. It caught on …"
Since then, he and hundreds of volunteers — fellow carpenters, Mormon missionaries, members of Hofstra University's equestrian team — have helped roughly 100 residents. "Every day I'd go home and I'd find out a story [on Facebook] — this person needs help because she has cancer, or they're elderly," O'Grady said. "… I was focusing on people who couldn't do for themselves. But then there were people that I did know who were simply overwhelmed."
Lafayette Terrace resident Bryan Murphy, a real estate broker at Remax Innovations, who was displaced when his home was damaged, said that when he saw his neighbors gutting their homes on their own, he created a Facebook page, Sandy Help LB, to match volunteers with people who needed help.
"It's kind of like Match.com for the hurricane," Murphy said. "There would be like 70 to 80 people in my parking lot on a Saturday. The only thing I think people need is to get their houses back, because the major thing is that people are displaced."


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Supplied with a stainless steel cup 4" x 3-3/16" in diameter, a giant size half dollar coin 3" in diameter and a normal half dollar incorporated into a special gimmick. The illustrated instruction sheet explains the routine and walks the performer through the two 'moves' involved in working the effect.
Performer is seen holding a stainless steel cup in one hand. Performer reaches in the air, plucks out a half dollar which is heard when thrown into the cup. This is repeated 6 or 7 times. Performer makes an upward toss motion with cup, out comes a 3" half dollar. Performer ends clean. Simple to do. The gimmick does the work, no sleight.
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Ferretclaw wrote:Thats great looking! Personally, I definitely prefer flesh to yellow. But I'm wondering if you could make the yellow paint as flesh instead, and paint the ears on the series 3(?) elf hair and the werewolf hair. One quarrel i have with the lotr elf hair is that you cant really put a quiver on the elf that has it (well, you actually can, but the hair pops off a lot a looks kinda weird with the quiver on). As for molding, it would be really cool to do a helmet with elf hair hanging out the back, like on the lothlorien troop in the helms deep level on the lego lord of the rings game.
Overload and AK pretty well covered it. I would like to try the same thing being a fleshy guy myself but I don't own any of those hairpieces. I would imagine the blonde one with yellow ears from the CMF elf would need fewer coats than the werewolf's. It's pretty easy to trade for people's unwanted fleshy stuff here as most of them seem to like those ugly lemon heads. As for the printing on the heads, if you'll just use brasso on them you can make blanks. A small disclaimer though: I haven't melted any flesh yet and some colors melt better than others; yellow works great, metallics do not and some of the others are in between. If you try it, start with a small piece and don't forget to let us know how it turns out!
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Having a tough day?
Are your expectations for life not meeting your reality? Are you faced with problems you can�t seem to fix and decisions in which all the options seem bad?
We�ve all been there.
What I�ve been taught when faced with such a situation is to make a gratitude list.
It can be tough. Our troubles and worries can consume us sometimes. And when well-meaning friends point out the sad case of someone on the other side of the world who is living out in the elements with no food or water, we feel sorry for them but it�s hard to imagine ourselves in the same situation. It�s an abstract notion that doesn�t seem to change what our reality is.
We all have problems to varying degrees and they feel overwhelming because they are ours. Not yours.
Write down what you have to be thankful for. When we get all wrapped up in the things that we don�t have, we too often lose sight of all the blessings we do have.
A lot of times it�s the things that others have that make us forget about what we have, at least that can be the case for me. But it works both ways. No matter how bad things seem, there are things in your life that other people would be happy to have.
Dreading going to work? There are a lot of people who�ve been out of work for a long time who would love a chance to go. Don�t like your car? There are plenty of people in this county who really need one. Annoyed with your family? At least you have one.
There�s no better day to make a gratitude list than Thanksgiving Day. It�s a day where things don�t have to be going bad to make a list.
Here�s mine.
I have two sweet, beautiful children who bring me endless joy.
I have spent the last 18 years with a beautiful, amazing woman who I love and who loves me and puts her family before anything else.
I have a job doing work I enjoy with people I value.
I have a house with a bed. This house has heat and air conditioning and it�s in a safe area.
I have health insurance and can go to the doctor when I�m sick. My wife and children can go to the doctor when they are sick.
I live in a country that is safe. We have no fear of missiles raining down on our heads or armed gangs invading our home.
Aching lower back aside, I�m healthy.
If I�m having a hard time, I have a network of friends and family who will step in to help me. I will do the same for them.
I have the right to choose, within reason, where I go and what I do. No one attacks me because of my race or my gender, my religious beliefs or my nationality.
Before you sit down for turkey today, why not take a few minutes and make one of these lists yourself?
I think it will help make a good day even better.
Happy Thanksgiving.
City editor Brent Lancaster can be reached at email@example.com or 336-506-3040. Follow him at twitter.com/tnbrentl.


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"American Legends: From Calder to O'Keeffe"
Drawing from the museum's permanent collection, this survey offers works by 18 early-to-mid 20th century American artists, installed as a series of mini-retrospectives. The depth and breadth of talent on view makes for a great art history lesson, from Charles Demuth's monumental grain elevators to O'Keeffe's White Calico Flower and Joseph Stella's Luna Park, which kids may just recognize thanks to the painting's lightning-like energy. All ages.
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UNDP help Lebanese women in conflict-worn communities
04 March 2011
Beirut - More than 40 women's cooperatives have formed small businesses across Lebanon to revitalize communities that were economically devastated by the 34-day conflict with Israel in 2006.
Focusing on the well-being of women and wider communities in areas of Lebanon where some live on incomes as low as US$2.40 per day, the 42 cooperatives were resourced and trained with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The groups, comprising 500 women in north and south Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and the southern suburbs of the country's capital Beirut, make a range of jewelry, textile and food products.
In one case, UNDP supply of equipment to a coop in the southern city of Tyre, heavily affected by the 2006 conflict, raised revenue by 50-percent and helped to grow the workforce from 12 to 23 employees.
UNDP was the hand that helped us thrive in extremely difficult working conditions," said the leader of Deir Kanoun Ras El Ein coop, Da'ad Ismail, speaking of the new dough-mixer, cutter, oven and generator that increased production of jams, jellies and the speciality sesame bread, Mallet El Smeed.
UNDP's support during the last four years served not only to stimulate local economies, but also to shift traditional views on the role of women and work.
Zeinab Shamseddine, 23, was the only woman among 30 men on a mechanics and cellular telephone repair course run by UNDP in south Lebanon's Arabsalim village, where the economy had been set back by the 34-day conflict.
"I just wanted to realize my goals," said Shamseddine, who tripled her income to between US$300-600 per month and was able to offer stronger support to her family."I was shy at first but it didn't matter. I was driven and motivated and able to ignore the feeling of being the only girl in the class."
While coops have a long history in Lebanon, originating under legislation enacted in the 1940s, women-only groups have continued to suffer from lack of investment, low levels of literacy in rural areas and poor transportation.
Through UNDP support and training in conflict-affected areas of the country, 42 of these groups, as well as individuals like Shamseddine, are helping communities to rebuild their lives.


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If you're looking for some adorable Easter decorating and craft ideas, we've got 10 easy-peasy projects for you right here. Some of these you can make for a surprise for your kids, and others are fun crafts your kids will love making with you. There's something for everyone here.
1. DIY Paint Chips Easter Garland: This is a brilliant idea. Gather a whole rainbow of paint chips, cut into egg shapes, and turn it all into a gorgeous Easter garland. So pretty -- and it all came from the hardware store!
2. Bunnies and Carrots Garland: Here's a free download for another garland idea that's even easier.
3. Tulip-Tastic Flower Arrangement: Dress up your tulips with Peeps and jelly beans. Sure, it's gilding the lily, but this vase looks so festive.
4. Salt Dough Egg Ornaments: From Design Mom, these are as easy as baking sugar cookies. And your kids can help decorate them.
5. Photo Print Easter Eggs: Paste photos of your family to your eggs! It's kind of wacky, but I love it.
6. Egg Popper Tree: You know those Christmas crackers or poppers, little bundles you pop open that have a little surprise inside? This is kind of the same idea, only made with little plastic eggs and hung from a tree.
7. Bunny Nose and Whiskers: See the photo above? Just wrap white pipe cleaners around a Popsicle stick and glue on a pink pompom. DONE! And your kids will have something cute to play with all weekend.
8. Chocolate-Dipped Peeps: Because this definitely needs to happen. You're just melting some chocolate, dipping in the Peeps, and then dipping the chocolate Peeps into sprinkles. Scroll all the way down for directions for Peeps s'mores, another thing that needs to happen.
9. Easter Egg Tree Centerpiece: There's a zillion adorable ideas here at Dimple Prints, but I especially like the couldn't-be-easier centerpiece, the Easter tree. It's just cherry blossom branches with eggs tied on.
10. Naturally Dyed Eggs: I know, Easter egg dyeing has gotten all fancy and I said I was through with it. But I still love the gorgeous colors of naturally-dyed eggs. I've been trying to do this for years with no success. But I finally found directions that work! Design Sponge has you boil your dye bath for a while, then boil your eggs in the bath, then let your eggs sit in the bath at room temperature overnight. Totally worked for me. I was blown away.


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Sixth Ecumenical Council
The Sixth Ecumenical Council took place in Constantinople in 680-681 AD, and is also known as the Third Council of Constantinople.
The sixth of the seven Ecumenical Councils, called together by St. Constantine the New, dealt with the following:
- Condemning the heresy of the Monothelites
By this point, Arianism had become largely marginalized and many Arians were accepted back into the Church. But a new attack on the Person of Christ emerged in the form of the Monothelites. The Monothelites argued that Christ has only one will, for He is one person albeit with two natures. The Council felt that this "impaired the fullness of Christ's humanity," and that human nature without human will would be incomplete. That affirmed that since Christ was true man and true God, He must have two wills: a human will and a divine will. Monothelitism was condemned as heresy.
- During the 50 years prior to the meeting of the sixth Council, Byzantium saw a sudden development in the rise of Islam. Islam's speed was striking, starting with only Hejaz at the Prophet's death (632) and ending with Syria, Palestine and Egypt within the 50 years. Islam was at the walls of Constantinople after this time, and almost captured the city. Within a hundred years, Islam had taken North Africa, went through Spain and "forced western Europe to fight for its life at the Battle of Poitiers." The old Empires were in no position to resist the conquests of Islam. Byzantium lost her eastern possessions and the Patriarchates of Jerusalem, Antioch and Alexandria. Constantinople was now without rival, but was never free from Muslim attacks. It held out only eight centuries more, and then succumbed to invasion. Christendom did survive, but only with difficulty.
The Holy Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council are commemorated on January 23 and also on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils.
See also
- St. Maximus the Confessor
- St. Andrew of Crete
- The Orthodox Church, Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia
External links
- The Sixth Ecumenical Council (GOARCH)
- Canons of the seven ecumenical councils
- Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. XIV
- The Sixth Ecumenical Council: The Third Council of Constantinople (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
- Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III, 680-681 (Medieval Sourcebook)
- Sixth Ecumenical Council - a synopsis adapted from an essay by the late Very Rev. N. Patrinacos (GOAA)
- Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council – OCA website.
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Climate Lessons from a Hotter Arab World
This week in Doha, the marble corridors of the Qatar National Convention Center resonate with voices from around the world. Over half way through the conference, as ministers arrive and the political stakes pick up, a sense of greater urgency in the formal negotiations is almost palpable. But in the corridors, negotiations are already leading to deals and dreams and action on the ground.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the discussions by saying we need optimism, because without optimism there are no results. He reminded us all that Superstorm Sandy was a tragic awakening. He reiterated the call for a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, a global agreement and 100 billion in climate finance by 2020.
Meanwhile our focus was firmly on the region ...
When we look at the Middle East and North Africa, the challenges of climate change are evident. Farmers have been planting in drylands and dealing with climate variability and water shortages since the beginning of agriculture. They understand adaptation here, but no one is prepared for what we could face if the world doesn't act to stop human-induced climate change now.
We published a report last week examining the science of climate change, and the findings should be alarming to anyone. If governments don't take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, globally we're headed for a 4 degree Celsius increase. The rise will be even higher across the Arab world, and the effects on water, agriculture, and livelihoods will be far more pronounced than what people here already face. Climate models show that over the last 30 years, temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa have increased 50 percent faster than the global average.
Aggressive mitigation is needed to slow greenhouse gas emissions, but here and in much of the world, adaptation is now critical to survive the changes that are already underway.
In a new report released today, Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries, we draw on the knowledge and expertise of the Arab world in adapting to changing climates. The authors, the majority of whom are from the region, consulted with civil society, academia, and governments, and worked in partnership with the League of Arab States.


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This is a building-wide enrichment program consisting of a series of posters and accompanying questions designed to pique student interest in science concepts and their application to the world in which we live. Accompanying each poster is a series... (View More) of question sheets of increasing difficulty levels that students answer and submit at a designated location (collection box, office, etc.). Random prize drawings can be used to recognize/celebrate student participation. The purpose is to expose students to and create school-wide interest about science so students want to "STOP for Science" as displays are changed throughout the year. Although the focus is building-wide, content can be linked to classrooms through use of accompanying teacher resource guides. The website includes several resources for program facilitators, including posters, answer sheets, podcasts, implementation guide and webinars for facilitators. The program targets grades 3-6 for independent use, but can be used with grades K-2 with adult or upper grade level assistance. Each poster in the series stands alone and is not tied to concepts in other posters. Therefore, posters can be displayed in any sequence desired. (View Less)
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American Masters "Sam Cooke: Crossing Over" Sam Cooke put the spirit of the Black church into popular music -- creating a new sound and setting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race relations in America. With "You Send Me" in 1957, Cooke became the first African American artist to reach #1 on both the R&B and the pop charts. It was groundbreaking. D
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American Masters "Marvin Gaye: What's Going On" A great, enduring figure of American music, Marvin Gaye combined gospel, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz to create his own intimate style -- reflecting his "path of the heart" and, essentially, giving us his autobiography in lyrics and sound. He was a glamorous, sometime flamboyant, performer, a Motown star who challenged and changed the face of popular music with records such as "What's Going On" in 1971 -- full of honesty, vulnerability and integrity. Yet, his life was tainted by the bizarre -- full of torment, constant battling of demons and, ultimately, death at the hand of his own father -- a preacher and a cross-dresser, who seemed to have "a grudge against his son" from the day he was born. D
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