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Danish imam wants to make the government of Denmark complicit in pedophilia.
How is this possible?
Well, the Danish imam wants the country of Denmark to allow refugees to the country to keep their child marriages intact.
He states:
If you look at the situation in the refugee camps, it is often filled with violence and uncertainty. If your daughter marries early and gets a man, it can give the family a safer situation.
Now, perhaps there is truth that a woman in the country of origin 'needs' a man to ensure her safety. That is basically an indictment of the men in the origin country as animals that can't leave an unguarded female alone and feel some urge to rape them.
Denmark is not the place they are coming from. And sex with children is against the law, not to mention gross, and damaging to the child for the rest of their lives.
If Denmark conceded, then Denmark would be a party to pedophilia, just as Denmark is a party to pedophilia by allowing this couples to be together in the refugee housing in Denmark.
The article goes on to say that 27 minors were living as part of a married couple in the asylum system at present with the youngest being 14. Further, throughout the history of the asylum there had been 61 minors that were married and that the youngest was a girl of 11 years old.
I have children both younger and older than 11 years old. There is no way that living as a spouse at that age will allow for the appropriate development of a person married that young. In addition, this marriage is used as a tool to insist that the child-wives do not get an education.
Finally, the article mentions a UN report about Syrian refugees in Jordan that the factors responsible for child marriage are:
- Providing protection for young girls
- Continuing Traditions,
- Cultural or Family reasons
- Serving as an escape for girls living in abusive homes
They must have asked the husbands for those reasons. Here are some of the real reasons for child marriage:
- Poor family needed money and some old dude was willing to pay up for a young nubile daughter
- Husband needed an additional slave to get all the housework done
- Never mind escaping abusive homes, how about starting a lifetime of abuse
- Married off to settle debts – including gambling debts
- Married off to buy things
- Married off to settle a criminal charge, like raping someone else's daughter
Women who are married as child brides have a lifetime of servitude or slavery to look forward to. They would be disallowed to continue their education (another point that I'm sure the Danish government would have a problem with), they would be continually subject to marital rape if they knew that they are actually allowed to say no, and having children at a young age will threaten their lives.
Denmark is taking the correct action here, and people should be upset that the rules of asylum did not already separate child marriages or that as a part of asylum someone should have asked the question, "Do you believe child marriage is appropriate?" If yes, sorry, you can't come in to our country.
It should be noted as the original article notes… That the imam would not let his own daughter get married until the age of 18. So, pretty much he is a hypocrite pandering to other Muslims in his country.
If Denmark did allow this – it would be a hard push back against the women of their own country – who would have to fight (again) to have rule of law in place to protect women from child marriage.


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"I know boy-girl friendships can be quite complicated sometimes"
–Alex, from "Love, Rosie" (2014)
I have fallen in love with "Love, Rosie" since the moment I finished watching it. Alex and Rosie had been friends since childhood, but in secret, they harbored romantic feelings for one another. Their relationship was one hell of a roller coaster ride, and the movie kept me screaming "Please, just be together!" Fortunately, in the end, the director/screenwriter seemed to have heard my emotional pleas, and the two ended up together, happily ever after.
But what if only one of them had romantic feelings for the other? What if the other does not see her the way she sees him? Ahhh, that is absolutely worse, and that is the theme that "I'm Drunk, I Love You" dared to delve into.
"I'm Drunk, I Love You" (IDILY) is a Filipino indie film by JP Habac, and produced by TBA (Tuko Film Productions, Buchi Boy Entertainment, and Artikulo Uno Productions). It tells the story of two best friends, Carson (played by Maja Salvador) and Dio (Paulo Avelino). The two have known each other for seven years in college. Despite having different majors, they have fallen in love with the same thing – music. They went on gigs together, using music as their language of expression. However, music was not the only thing Carson had fallen in love with. She had feelings for Dio as well, and she had them for seven long years.
Finally, after two years of delay, they are going to graduate from college. A few nights before their commencement ceremony, Dio invites Carson to a music festival in La Union. Carson, accompanied by her sidekick, Jason (Dominic Roco), goes with him.
Whilst in a drinking session with Jason, Carson recounts all the stupid things she did for love in those seven years. She also plans to tell Dio of her feelings on or before her graduation, just before they part ways for good. However, Dio meets a girl named Pathy (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) who makes Carson jealous.
Things go downhill for Carson as Dio seems to be choosing Pathy over her. Will Carson be able to honestly confess her feelings to Dio despite Pathy blocking her way? Or will she forever hold her peace? Will she be able to find her fairy tale ending?
I am not a big fan of Filipino movies but I do watch some that are highly recommended, and IDILY was one of them. A friend of mine suggested that I watch the film, and I did so with some of my workmates. True enough, this movie is one of those very few praiseworthy Filipino motion pictures.
What I liked most about this movie is its use of original Filipino songs with poetic verses (side note: I am equally not a big fan of Filipino music as well, sorry, except for a few songs though). The director, Mr. Habac, has a thing for musicals, and that was the reason why he chose to feature Filipino music in his film. Carson and Dio's stripped off duet of Jimmy Bondoc's "Hanggang Dito Na Lang" was downright heartbreaking. All the other songs were perfect for the film as well, and the soundtrack is something you will undoubtedly have LSS (Last Song Syndrome) on. I have to say though that Maja Salvador is really not a singer. Sorry. Paulo Avelino was a bit okay though.
I also loved the idea of using alcohol consumption as plot mechanism as it strikes true to the Filipino drinking culture. It is common for friends to go on nights drinking to have fun and to forget about problems as well, and there are times when people just get too intoxicated and they spill out their deepest and darkest secrets. Indeed, this is not your typical rom-com film. I have to salute Mr. Habac and Giancarlo Abraham for writing this film's funny yet heart-rending story.
Overall, "I'm Drunk, I Love You" is a simple film, yet its plot is fully loaded with feelings and booze. "Love, Rosie" was a fairy tale, IDILY was not with its bittersweet conclusion. Sure enough, there are times when you have to drink the fact that it is better to cherish your friendship with another than to be lovers with that person. Sad as it may be, romance is definitely not everything. Love can be found in friendship, and that kind of love can be special.
Aww, let us just drink to that, shall we, and to this another spectacular Filipino film!

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ABS Global has hired Leah Johnson as Midwest Cornerstone Specialist.
"Leah's exceptional ability to work with dairy breeders, as well as provide accurate evaluations and effective service will make her an asset to the Cornerstone team," says Josey Morris, U.S. Progeny Promotions Supervisor. "We look forward to having Leah work with ABS customers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri."
Johnson grew up on a 130-cow dairy in LaCrescent, Minn. After graduating from University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2007, she spent nearly four years with the American Jersey Cattle Association as their Central Plains area representative and type appraiser.
In her previous role with the American Jersey Cattle Association, Johnson managed a six-state membership area while growing registration numbers, participating in sale selection and animal preparation and linear scoring cows across the nation.
As Midwest Cornerstone Specialist at ABS Global, Johnson will be responsible for assisting field staff with education and promotion of developing new herds, as well as working with staff to evaluate and maintain data in herds already participating in the ABS Cornerstone™ program. She will also be responsible for on-farm evaluation and coordinating and assisting with picturing of ABS sired progeny. Johnson will also be arranging and conducting ABS daughter and herd tours.
Johnson's role will include covering territory in Wisconsin (with the exception of northwestern Wisconsin), eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and all of Missouri.
Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 80 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is a division of Genus plc.
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Q-Racing Blog: Training Time
Training races are about education and preparation.
By Ty Wyant | May 10, 2017
Quarter Racing Journal
Three mornings of training races were held on May 8-10 at Ruidoso Downs and they become more impressive with each passing year. There is a noticeable difference from just five years ago. These races were especially clean.
Back then, there seemed to be more horses breaking in, breaking out, bumping, being fractious in the gate and doing about as much mischief as only a 2-year-old can imagine. Do you remember Blue Ribbon Downs before pari-mutuel racing on a blustery January afternoon?
Not this year. The majority of the horses broke straight and true and the riders used the training race to train their horse into a more mature competitor. That's the purpose of these races with the trials to the $1 million Ruidoso Futurity (G1) quickly arriving on May 26-27.
Props to the trainers, exercise riders, jockeys and gate crew for a job well done.
Times are important, however remember nobody is making any money on these races. Schooling the horse so the young horse has a positive experience is more important.
The first two days of the training races had beautiful weather. Bright skies and little wind. The third day had these prospects facing wind of at least 20 miles per hour. Therefore, comparing times from the first two days to the third day is fruitless.
After watching the races and talking to several longtime professionals – who had no financial interest in any horse – there was a consistent opinion on one horse. I gave him four stars, my highest rating, and he was the first horse mentioned by my pros.
Haddad Ranch, Inc.'s Droff, who raced in Tuesday's sixth race, destroyed the field and is a hot prospect. His time of :15.516 was the third-fastest time in the history of the Ruidoso Downs' training races and the top-two times came out of the same race. Wanna bet there was a strong tailwind that day? Droff had a modest 6-mile-per-hour tailwind.
A son of FDD Dynasty and the Corona Cartel daughter Cindys First CD, Droff hails from the Paul Jones stable, which showed they could have a strong futurity summer at Ruidoso Downs.
Lisa Saumell handles the Jones operation in New Mexico. She said Droff was a bit of a problem child at the start of his training last fall, however kept learning and got top grades in his training race. See for yourself.
Droff was the fifth horse offered in last year's Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale and consignor Jorge Haddad wisely bought him back for $22,000.
Saumell said he will start in the Ruidoso Futurity trials.
Team Wood — father Blane and son Trey — had a promising three days.
Terry and Irene Stennett's U R My Queen was among the Wood-trained horses that stood out.
Racing on the windy Wednesday, U R My Queen started on the lead, was tapped twice by Ricky Ramirez and then geared down crossing the finish line. Her time of :16.098 was the day's quickest mark.
The daughter of Walk Thru Fire and Thatsa Blazin Chick by Chicks A Blazin, U R My Queen was purchased for $57,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale.
Let's give the New Mexico-breds a little love.
Daniel Balderrama's Zully Dragon Gal didn't have a very fast time, :16.089, but did everything in good order and had a positive experience. The Zulu Dragon-sired filly drifted out from the inside post position, accelerated when asked and cruised to an easy win. Trainer Cynthia Gonzalez can mark it up as a training race that served its purpose.
Zully Dragon Gal could take on New Mexico-bred competition in the $350,000 (est.) Mountain Top New Mexico-bred Futurity (RG3) and the $400,000 Zia Futurity (RG1) this summer at Ruidoso Downs.
Training races are akin to the NFL draft. The true winners will be determined when they're playing for money. For now, it's all talk.
AQHA News and information is a service of the American Quarter Horse Association. For more news and information, follow @AQHARacing on Twitter, "like" Q-Racing on Facebook and visit www.aqharacing.com.


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- Monday, November 7 – Power School reopens at 4:00pm
- Tuesday, November 8 – No bus service
- Thursday, November 10 – evening conferences
- Friday, November 11 – No school, morning conferences
- Friday, November 11 – deadline to order December lunches
- Friday, November 11 – Magazine Drive ends
- November 14-17 – Vision Screening for grades Junior Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th
- Saturday, November 19 – Mom2Mom Sale, Gym, 8:00am-12:30pm
- November 23-25 – Happy Thanksgiving!
CONGRATULATIONS to the September Students of the Month: Kindergarten – Violetta Kretschmer, 1st grade – William Smidt, 2nd grade – Sean Herstein, 3rd grade – Meredith Hermann, 4th grade – Cameron Costello, 5th grade – Nick Lazar, 6th grade – Mia Tosto, 7th grade – Maria VanDieren, 8th grade – Lizzy Carter, Music – Caroline Wells, Elena Olah, Art – Thomas Rudnick, Zachary Hogan.
THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR is coming soon! The shopping dates are November 10 from 8:15am – 8:00pm and November 11 from 8:00am – 11:00am. If each student brings $1 (or more) to Mass this week, money will be used to support All for Books and Holy Redeemer School.
APPRECIATION COMMITTEE is looking for items to raffle off at their Teacher Lasagna Lunch on November 29. Please consider donating gift cards, accessories, throws, event tickets, etc. Questions may be directed to Mrs. Kelley Priebe, email@example.com, or Mrs. Rochelle Denipoti, email@example.com.
THE MAGAZINE DRIVE is underway. If you, a family member, neighbor or friend purchase magazines, please consider renewing or purchasing your magazines through this school fundraiser. The sale ends Friday, November 11.
GET READY FOR THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR and consider donating gently used books to the St. Mary's Catholic Athletes for Christ book drive. St. Mary's chapter of Catholic Athlete's for Christ will embark on a new community service project this year involving literacy. A Detroit based movement to establish "Little Libraries" where free books can be obtained, returned, and shared is on the rise. St. Mary's is looking for books for all age groups – Pre-K through 12th grade. For more information contact Mark Lengel, email@example.com.
THE FIRST QUARTER IS OVER and parents and students should feel comfortable with morning drop off procedures so please let your student walk by themselves from the carpool zone.
THE ART ROOM is in need of old CDs/DVDs for art projects. Thanks for keeping our school green!
THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE for Lighthouse will begin this week and run through November 17 at 9:00am. Lighthouse will help needy families in Oakland County. Please, non-perishable and no glass containers. If you would rather make a cash donation to purchase turkeys, please send your donation in an envelope marked "Lighthouse". Checks should be made payable to "Lighthouse". If each child brings in one item, we can help many, many people. Thank you! Lighthouse is always in need of peanut butter, tuna, and macaroni and cheese so feel free to add or substitute these items to the suggested list below:
Kindergarten: Canned pumpkin pie filling or canned sweet potatoes
Grade 1: Canned fruit, including cranberry sauce
Grade 2: Stuffing or biscuit mix
Grade 3: Canned vegetables, including sweet potatoes
Grade 4: Rice or boxed potatoes
Grade 5: Canned soup
Grade 6: Coffee, tea, canned or dried milk
Grade 7: Cake mixes, frosting, pie crusts or pie crust mix
Grade 8: Jell-O, pudding or pie filling
SAVE THE DATE! Monday, December 5 St. Hugo will be having a dining fundraiser at Moose Preserve. More details to follow.
THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN THE OFFICE take a look at our photo wall! New photos are looking fantastic and copies can be purchased for $15. Order forms are located in the office.
THE NEXT ST. HUGO SCRIP ORDER of the school year is due Tuesday, November 15. Order by 10:00am Tuesday, November 15 by 10:00am and pick up at the office on Friday afternoon, November 18. Order online at www.shopwithscrip.com . Your login is your email address and it can email your password. Pay by check payable to St Hugo PTG (send to the office attention SCRIP no later than Wednesday, Oct 12) or pay with Prestopay (debit from your bank account). Now Available – Low Denomination Gift Cards. Scrip has a limited number of special small denomination gift cards available, perfect for stocking stuffers and holiday gift-giving! These cards will only be available while supplies last, so don't wait to place your orders. Please contact Beth Nunning for more information or sign up details (firstname.lastname@example.com). Thank you for supporting St Hugo's!
CONGRATULATIONS TO the Marian High School varsity volleyball team on their recent District win. The team includes five St. Hugo alums: Maggie DePorre, Kate Schafran, Christine Audette, Maddie Dowd, and Lauren Wenzel.
Iowa Test Scores – Student Iowa Test scores have arrived. I was very impressed with the results. I was especially impressed by the overall 89 percentile in Language Arts by our 7th grade students. I am not sure I have ever witnessed a school having that high of a percentage. Overall the students and teachers should be commended. Teachers will be receiving and studying their class results. These results are an excellent way to assess student and teacher strengths along with areas to grow. The information will be sent to parents soon.
St. Hugo Alumnus – The Admissions Director of Notre Prep High School stopped in recently. She gave me a list of St. Hugo grads that are Honor Students at Notre Dame Prep. She was amazed at the high percentage of St. Hugo grads that are Honor Roll students. They are freshmen: William Grusnick, Carla Hanna, Nicholas Hogan, Joseph St. Andre, Evan Wells and Riley Williams. Sophomore students include: Alissa Allen-Howard, Thomas Frost, Kathryn Kennedy, Maura Kruse, Megan Obear, Farid Okka, Celia Pagnucco, Rowland Scheessele and Christopher VanDieren. Juniors include: Valentino Dore, Isabella Fandino, Olivia Vandenbossche and Haley Williams. Seniors include Illa Batah, Alexandra Bayliss, Adam Calvaneso, Andrew Carpenter, Ryan Flaherty, Noah Ford, Richard Frost, Michaella Merlo, Nicole Oska, Anthony VanDieren and Edward Zelek.
Two Former St. Hugo Students and Current Teachers Working on Master's in Education – Ms. Fleischer a 1st grade teacher and St. Hugo grad is heading up the St. Hugo Marketing Committee composed of five parents and five staff members. Ms. Fleischer is currently working on her Master's in Educational Leadership. She has done an outstanding job working this committee thus far. Former St. Hugo student and current 7th and 8th grade math teacher Mrs. Carter is working on her Master's degree in Educational Leadership. Mrs. Carter recently started a Geometry class so that all 8th grade students will be exposed to Geometry before graduating St. Hugo. Both Ms. Fleischer and Mrs. Carter are outstanding teachers that will be excellent school administrators.
The Mission of St. Hugo of the Hills School is to provide students with an educational experience in which the teachings of the Catholic faith are instilled, nurtured, and demonstrated. These teachings constitute an integral part of the school's academic program and the St. Hugo community. Strengthened by the values inherent in these teachings, students and staff are challenge to live with the conviction that,
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Smithsburg High School Assistant Principal Thomas Shepherd got the tip at 7:10 a.m. July 15 and within a half-hour, he was pulling up to the front gates of the former Fort Ritchie Army base with a box truck.
Shepherd went there to collect items left behind by Role Models America Inc. when the military-style academy for high school dropouts was evicted earlier this month.
Between eight and 10 Washington County Board of Education employees joined him in an effort that yielded hundreds of textbooks and fiction books and dozens of boxes full of science equipment.


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June 30, 2011
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My wife has offered to buy me, as a birthday present, something which would enable me to show my photographs to others (without printing them!).
I'm thinking of a tablet, of course. Because it's a present, budget isn't the first consideration (I have a very nice wife!), so I am looking for something which is light and has a high quality / easily viewed screen.
I would still intend to do the PP on my desktop (with LR4 and PSE9), so I'm not interested in PP software, but of course display software is important. And the facility to get photos from my PC to the tablet.
I suppose if I did have a tablet, I would find myself using it for other things (my only portable devices are a rather venerable laptop and a not-very-smart phone).
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Some really nice linework by Ian Kennedy. Eagle dated 12th November 1983.
I initially thought that this story was pretty naff, but then, thinking about it I could imagine someone actually attempting to do this from their back garden.
Saturday, 12 February 2011
The Hero
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I also watched Dan Campbell's press conference twice now, noting several things. I also took in as many interviews and articles as I could cram in.
The thing that strikes me the most is that Richie Incognito said the Bills kept running the same running play over and over and over. The Bills linemen were laughing at our linebackers, because they just sat there and let the Bills pulling guard block them. Terrible.
Made me think…can you guys name ONE impactful play any of our linebackers have made all year? I cannot think of one sack or turnover. It might have happened, but it certainly wasn't memorable.
It is so disgracefull that the Dolphins wasted a first-round draft pick on an unneeded, unnecessary benchwarming WR when we so desperately need a tough linebacker and some DBs who cover and hit.
I don't know if Campbell will be offered the job next year, but if he does, I kinda see him as the type of guy who will DEMAND an opinion when it comes to the draft. And he will not be stupid enough to think that WR is our topmost concern.
- Campbell has watched Jamar Taylor run around in circles all year.
- He's watched Brent Grimes fall down when trying to catch up to fast receivers who've just burned him.
- He's watched Walt Aikens and Michael Thomas never get in position until it's too late.
- He's watched his linebackers make zero impactful plays.
- He's watched defensive penalties destroy so many plays.
- He's watched his overall defense give up 30+ points far too many times.
- He's watched All Pros like Blake Bortles, Kirk Cousins, and Tyrod Someone pick us apart.
After all of that nonsense, do you think Campbell will sit around and let some suit say, "Hey! Let's waste our first-round pick on a benchwarmer Wide Receiver!"?


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There are many reasons to write a love song…
- You may be newly in love and want to tell that special someone how you feel for the first time.
- Maybe you have been in love for quite some time and haven't said it recently enough.
- Or maybe you are just fascinated by the concept of love and want to explore what makes it so unique.
Whatever your reasons are, a well written love song is one that can have a timeless effect on your listeners and is something that most, if not all of the greatest songwriters of all time have tried to achieve.
On that note, Valentine's Day is tomorrow and there is no better time to try your hand and writing that perfect love song. The following are 5 ways to help achieve such a song:
1) Show your passion
Love is a very powerful thing and it can bring out a passionate side of you that would otherwise remain dormant in your everyday life. The best way to create an effective love song is to simply let your passion shine through.
2) The complexity of the music and message should match
The focus of love songs is the message, not the composition. While you obviously don't want the music to be boring, you also want to make sure that the finished product puts the message of your love in the clear spotlight.
The idea here is to make sure that the complexity of the music should match that of the lyrics and the message. If your love is a simple thing, try and make the music simple as well, using something like an acoustic guitar or just a piano. If your love is over the top, you may want to include strings or an arrangement of music that complements just how complex your love truly is.
3) Make it personal
Everyone's definition of love is different, and you can't appeal to everyone. The best way to make your own love song a success, is to make it as personal to your own experiences with love as possible, and let those who feel the same discover and connect with it.
4) Avoid cliches when possible
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This week, the Dolphins signed cornerback Zack Bowman and re-signed center (maybe guard) Mike Pouncey. Neither move has me overly excited, yet they are both good movies.
Pouncey, who supported his friend and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez and who was involved in the Jonathan Martin teasing, has a lot to prove still. Was it immature of him to publically say that Aaron Hernandez should be freed? Not my place to say. I don't care about a man's immaturity nor his taste in friends, as long as he's an excellent player.
So that brings up the question: Is Pouncey an excellent player? He's certainly good, and I'm glad we re-signed him. But he has not proven to be a game changer. I can't remember a single play over the past few years where Pouncey overpowered a defending nose tackle on a short-yardage play. I can't remember a single block where he knocked a defender on his ass.
Pouncey's game is more about finesse. Nothing wrong with that, but I don't think that makes him a superstar who deserved to be the highest-paid center in the game. With Samson Satelle playing well in Pouncey absence, the Dolphins made the (correct) decision to keep Satele there when Pouncey came back. Pouncey came back as a guard, and my expectations were high. But the production just wasn't there. He played well. He somehow made the Pro Bowl. He didn't get embarrassed out there. But I don't think he excelled either.
2015 needs to be a breakout year for Pouncey. He needs to show us that he is worth all that money. He needs to be a force on that line.
And then there's Zack Bowman. This is an intriguing free agent who could be the next Brent Grimes, or the next Benny Sapp. Time will tell.
The good things about Bowman include his speed and his experience. He's started NFL games and he's led his team (the 2009 Bears) in interceptions. He is already an improvement over Will Davis and Jamar Taylor (but that's not saying much).
The bad is that his best days might be behind him. Bowman's playing time subsided in Chicago. Then he went onto the New York Giants, who barely used him as a special teamer only. The Bears and Giant coaches (who are ALL smarter than Joe Philbin) didn't think he was good enough to play defense. So it's a bit risk y for us to think he can. Time will tell, and I have hunch that he has something to prove and could be a great surprise for us.


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Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball is played according to able-bodied rules with some minor modifications. There is no double dribble violation and players can take only two pushes of the chair before they pass, shoot or dribble the ball. Player classifications range from 1.0 point (high level of disability) to 4.5 points (minimal level of disability). Each team is allowed 14 points on the court.
For more information on the game, visit the Disability Sports Australia site.
Please see our 'Get Assistance' page for more information on financial assistance available to help you start or continue competing.
Other competitive sports
Archery offers a range of options for participants including 'Come N Try' and OzBow. Activities range from low level social competition to more mainstream archery activities.
Indoor Rowing
Indoor rowing is a sport of endurance, power and speed. A rowing machine is used to simulate the action of rowing on water and the sport is best accessed through your local gym.
Invictus Games
An international sporting event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active service personal. The Invictus Games highlights the power of sport to inspire recovery and support rehabilitation.
Powerlifting is a strength competition focused on lifting as much weight as possible in a bench press. Competition is grouped into weight classes.
Warrior Games
The Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, injured or ill service personnel and veterans organised by the United States Department of Defense.
Wheelchair Rugby League
Wheelchair Rugby League is a variation of Rugby League that welcomes athletes of all abilities.
Wheelchair Rugby Union
Wheelchair Rugby Union is a variation of Rugby Union for athletes with disabilities.
Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair Tennis follows the able-bodied Tennis rules with some minor modifications.


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Advent Day 4
Sometimes I am amazed at how organised I am. I'm also, unfortunately, ridiculously forgetful. I'd just finished planning this years advent calender the other night and sent Joel to collect 'Christmas' from the loft. Amongst the billions of baubles, lights etc was a huge bag full of advent activities I'd collected from the dregs of the January sales last year - doh! How can I have organised it all already and then forgotten?!! How do things fall out of brains completely like that? Thus I was amazed at myself. Not entirely in a good way.
Christmas craft kits do tend to be overpriced little packs of things you could make yourself for so much cheaper - but quirky little packs when reduced to 20p after Christmas are really handy and last year there were obviously lots of them around.
Today's advent is one of those - a very basic indeed 'Make your own crackers' kit from the John Lewis sales. So basic that there aren't even any cracking strips in it - in fact nothing to go in it but its been a couple of hours of fun making them, tying them, writing our own jokes from our best jokes book, sourcing a sweet and a toy from the party bag box that will fit inside. And voila - crackers!
These are all made up now ready to use for something they don't know about that they will unwrap another day!


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Bugatti Type 101 Coupe by Van Antem
Despite its years of glorious success, both on and off the racetrack, Bugatti entered the post-war years in financial disarray. Ettore's death in 1947 split what could be recovered of the Bugatti enterprise into two camps along the lines of the families of his two marriages. Yet, out of this disorder, the allure of the Bugatti automobile emerged, not only from its honoured tradition, but also from, it seems, a sense of duty felt by the family, the workers, and the designers who had laboured under le patron's influence.
Four years passed in which the family partially settled its differences and the Molsheim works were rebuilt. But the automobile remained central to the Bugatti tradition, and general manager, Pierre Marco, along with Roland Bugatti – the youngest of Ettore's children from his first marriage – created the Type 101. This new model was largely based on the pre-war Type 57, including the 3.3-litre dual overhead-camshaft straight eight-cylinder engine and solid axle suspension. Its coachwork, however, was thoroughly modern, a full-width streamlined envelope creation that owed only a Bugatti horseshoe radiator grille to classic designs. The success or failure of the Type 101, however, was determined not by its character or appearance but by Bugatti's decision to leave the Type 57 engine's displacement intact, putting it in a 17 chevaux vapeur fiscal horsepower class which imposed confiscatory annual taxes under post-war French regulations.
All together, only six Type 101s were built, and the Van Antem coupé offered here is considered by many to be the most striking. It was bodied by Van Antem in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, for the Salon de l'Automobile in Paris, 1951. It was on display together with a Gangloff drophead coupé before returning to Molsheim, where it was eventually road-registered and likely used by Rene Bolloré, the next husband of Ettore Bugatti's widow Geneviève Delcluze. It was purchased late in 1958 by Gene Cesari who visited Molsheim with well known car collector Jean DeDobbeleer and, after several meetings, became the company's North American representative. He finally collected the car in New York City before it was sold to Robert Stanley, prominent businessman and head of International Nickel Co.
Chassis 101504 then became an important part of the fabled collection of casino magnate Bill Harrah before being sold to prominent French automobile proponent, Jacques Harguindeguy. From there it was acquired by film star Nicolas Cage, who said of this car, "I think Bugattis are the zenith of automobile design and I am particularly impressed by the Van Antem." Cage sold the car to collector Gene Ponder in 2002 before it was acquired by the O'Quinn Collection in 2006.
Brilliantly presented in black over red, the Bugatti Type 101 Van Antem coupé has been sympathetically maintained in highly original condition by its succession of owners. Equipped with a Cotal pre-selector gearbox, it is visually arresting, highly original and absolutely unique not only for its celebrity ownership history, but also because it is the only example of the Type 101 with this coachwork. It represents the swan song of a revered French marque that lay dormant for four decades, before the introduction of the EB110 and, most recently, the Veyron. With its impressive supercharged engine, the Van Antem coupé is ready to be driven, enjoyed, and appreciated both for its outstanding condition and as an exceptional example of the passion and dedication that is Ettore Bugatti's legacy.
This car was auctioned off by RM Auctions in May of 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
135 bhp, 3,256 cc, dual overhead-camshaft inline supercharged eight-cylinder engine, single downdraft Weber carburettor, Cotal pre-selector gearbox, semi-elliptic leaf spring front and reverse quarter-elliptic leaf spring rear suspension, four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 3,302 mm (130")
Source: RM Auctions
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The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed a $3.8 million judgment and set aside the jury verdict in a lawsuit brought by a San Benito family against the cemetery that removed the family's loved one's remains from the burial plot and moved them to another location without the family's permission. The verdict and judgment stems from Mont Meta Memorial Park's and its owners' actions in double-selling the plot to the Guerra family, in burying the body of Marcos Guerra in the wrong space, and in the later removal of his body to another grave site without his widow's permission. The wife and three daughters of Marcos Guerra brought the lawsuit against Service Corporation International ("SCI") and SCI Texas Funeral Services, Inc. ("SCI Texas") doing business as Mont Meta Memorial Park.
Settlement Reached in 2008 Fatal Texas Bus Crash
A number of families received a closure of sorts this past week when an out-of-court settlement was reached with families of 11 of the 17 victims from a 2008 Texas bus crash.
"Another Hazing Death Leads to Lawsuit"
According to the New York Times, a New York woman has filed a lawsuit against the Cornell University chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after her son died of alcohol poisoning at the fraternity house. The lawsuit claims the student was kidnapped by fraternity members, had his hands and feet bound and was forced to drink alcohol until he passed out. An autopsy revealed the boy's blood-alcohol-content was .409, more than five times the legal limit to drive in New York.
Bus Accident in South Houston Kills Metro Transit Driver
According to the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Metro), the Metro bus driver that was killed in an accident in South Houston this past week was the first transit driver to be killed on the job in over 20 years.
SEGA Data Breach
SEGA is the latest victim in a long and seemingly unending string of information breaches. SEGA Pass was taken offline last Thursday after the breach was discovered. The hackers collected the personal information of SEGA's 1.3 million users. This includes email addresses, home addresses, dates of birth and their encrypted passwords. In an email to its users, SEGA stressed that the passwords were encrypted, not stored in plain text. It is not known, however, if the passwords encryption was strong enough.
State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
The State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting takes place this week, Thursday, June 23 through Friday, June 24 in San Antonio, Texas. Our bar association consists of over 80,000 licensed attorneys, and the annual meeting is an excellent place to obtain quality continuing legal education and develop a greater understanding of what our organized bar does for the community of lawyers and the people of the state of Texas. Further, our newest partner, [email protected], will be sworn in as a new Board of Director for the State Bar of Texas.
Drilling Rig Accident in West Texas Kills Two Men
Just over a week ago, a drilling rig accident in Dawson County left two workers dead. The fatal workplace incident is currently being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Supreme Court Reverses Jury Decision for Burned Child
A jury determined that a lighter which "badly burned" a six-year-old child was defective in its design and construction. Three years ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that her claim based upon the improper design of the lighter was "preempted" by federal testing requirements, even though courts in other states did not find that the requirements preempted a citizen's common law rights.
Starting September 1, All Vehicles in Texas Will Be Able to Travel At the Same Speed
Last week attorney [email protected] wrote about the Texas Legislature's attempt to increase speed limits for large trucks to 75 miles per hour. The attempt is now official as Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the bill into law.
Tragic Morning Rush Hour Accident in North Houston
Dealing with morning rush hour traffic is usually one of the least favorite parts of a commuter's day. And while regular traffic flow patterns are bad enough, accidents in rush hour traffic further clog city highways. While many times these accidents are a matter of someone simply following too close, resulting in a minor fender bender, unfortunately sometimes the accidents can be fatal. A car accident this morning in North Houston proved to be just that.
Tragic Morning Rush Hour Accident in North Houston
Dealing with morning rush hour traffic is usually one of the least favorite parts of a commuter's day. And while regular traffic flow patterns are bad enough, accidents in rush hour traffic further clog city highways. While many times these accidents are a matter of someone simply following too close, resulting in a minor fender bender, unfortunately sometimes the accidents can be fatal. A car accident this morning in North Houston proved to be just that.
Supreme Court Denies Wal-Mart Class Certification
The United States Supreme Court dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which claimed that the retailer had discriminated against 1.5 million female workers.
Inflatable Dangers
We have all seen them - they look like giant, soft slides and castles. Often you see children playing and jumping on these inflatable playgrounds. They may be called "moonwalks," "bounce houses," or "inflatable rides." What is not known is that these inflatables are dangerous and can be deadly.
Yet Another Blow to Consumers by the High Court
According to the Associated Press, the United States Supreme Court has once again sided with big business even in situations where deception is involved. The Court threw out a lawsuit filed by investors against Janus Capital Group who were seeking to hold the company liable for allegedly false statements in some Janus mutual fund documents. The court's 5-4 ruling reversed an appeals court decision that allowed the lawsuit to go forward. The key issue is whether the adviser to a mutual fund can be held financially responsible for false statements in the fund's prospectus. The court was ideologically divided. As expected, the five conservative justices said the case should be dismissed. Effectively, a mutual fund company can now put whatever lies they want in their sales materials and their advisers do not have to worry about the recourse.
Nine-Year-Old Girl Killed in Car-Truck Crash Near Dallas
Earlier this week we wrote about the death of two small children in a tragic car accident that happened in Harris County last month. Unfortunately, tragedy in the form of a fatal car-truck accident struck again in Texas last week when a 9-year-old child was killed on a suburban Dallas road.
DARS Data Breach
The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) has stated that the personal data of about 4,900 current and former state employees may have been exposed in a security breach. The information - names and Social Security numbers of current and former employees - was on an internet site accessible to the public but not under department control. The information has been removed from the site, the department said. The news comes two months after the Texas Comptroller announced that the personal information of 3.5 million employees was potentially compromised. DARS is not releasing much information now on how the breach may have occurred or exactly what type of information could have been leaked. The firm represents several claimants related to the Texas Comptroller breach and has filed a class action that is currently pending in the Southern District of Texas.
Texas Legislatures Trying to Increase Big Truck Speed Limits Up to 75 mph
On May 23, 2011, the Texas Senate unanimously voted in favor of passing House Bill 1353. The bill stipulates the Texas Transportation Commission has the authority to increase speed limits up to 75 miles per hour - including the speed limit for 18 wheelers - as well as allow the same day and night speed limit and eliminate the current truck speed limit on farm-to-market roads. An important issue yet to be determined is if the governor signs this bill into law, whether allowing the speed limit increase will cause a foreseeable hazard to other drivers.
Harris County Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against CenterPoint Energy Over Deactivated Traffic Light
Every parent's worst nightmare is the death of child. For one Harris County woman that nightmare became a reality when her 8-month-old daughter was killed in a car accident last month.
Church Vehicle Tire Failure
Over the weekend, a church vehicle crashed, killing at least one. News accounts report that this tragedy occurred when the left rear tire failed. That is a particularly dangerous location on a vehicle for a tire failure.
Toyota Announces Yet Another Recall
Last week, Toyota announced that it would recall 52,000 of its 2001 to 2003 Prius Hybrid cars.
Latino Still Lack Representation on State Supreme Courts
An April article from Fox News has brought new attention to a long-standing problem within the legal community, namely the shortage of Latino justices on our nation's state supreme courts. As the 2010 Census numbers begin to be thoroughly analyzed, it is clear that the Hispanic population in the United States has grown exponentially once again, accounting for more than half of all U.S. population growth in the last decade. Latinos now represent 16% of the total population, or about 50 million people. However, they only make up 3% of the justices on state supreme courts, for an embarrassing total of 10 justices out of 326 nationwide, and only represent the courts of six states. Even more eye opening is the fact that the current number of Latino justices has only grown by four since 1990.
Criminal Charges Brought in Last Week's Fatal Bus Accident
On the heels of the tragic New York tour bus crash earlier this year, came another fatal bus crash in Virginia just over a week ago. On this past Friday, the 37-year-old bus driver was charged with four criminal counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Crash on Houston Freeway
Just over a week ago, a turn down the wrong way of the street cost one Houston woman her life.
Michaels Sued for Failing to Safeguard Customers' Financial Data
According to Michaels Stores, Inc., its checkout line PIN pads were tampered with in Illinois and 19 other states. Now, Michaels is facing two lawsuits seeking class-action status by consumers alleging that Michaels failed to safeguard customers' credit and debit card information and PIN numbers. Michaels is a national retailer specializing in arts and crafts and has 964 U.S. stores.
"Holocaust Survivors Still Fighting Insurance Companies"
According to The New York Times, the legal claims by hundreds of American survivors of Nazi death camps have set off an intense lobbying campaign in Washington on their behalf. But opposition from the government and even from leading Jewish groups has created an uncomfortable rift between groups that are normally in alliance and has created a potential minefield for President Obama. The State Department, under both the Obama and George W. Bush administrations, has vigorously opposed the idea of allowing survivors to press claims in court against European insurance companies because they say it would undermine a reparations agreement that the United States reached in 2000 with Germany, which led to $300 million in insurance payments to survivors and their heirs.
Sony Corporation said Tuesday it will fully restore all PlayStation(R) Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, by the end of this week. Sony shut down its PlayStation Network in April after a security breach in its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. At least 40 lawsuits have been filed in federal courts -- including at least two this week -- on behalf of millions of Sony PlayStation users, according to Westlaw data. The suits accuse Sony of failing to protect gamers' personal data and credit card information from hackers. They're saying that Sony breached the privacy of millions of customers and allowed hackers access to credit card information off the company's servers. Sony has already said that around 102 million users were compromised during the recent hack, including credit card numbers, addresses, user names, and more. Sony has been criticized for not telling customers quickly enough last month that their personal data was compromised.
Houston Officer Killed By Drunk Driver During Memorial Day Weekend
The long holiday weekend proved fatal for a Houston police officer who was on duty investigating an accident when he was hit by a drunk driver.


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Barter Babes are Back with a Neck Tie Drive for Working Wardrobes!
Hi Babes….. We're back! We're sorry we had to take a bit of a break but our lives got a little crazy. We are so fortunate to have amazing careers that really took off, but it didn't leave us much time for anything else. While we are working on our next Barter Babes Brunch, we … Continue reading
A Glimpse from Barter Babes 2012
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Dan Kessler brings a unique and valuable skillset to his clients. Dan understands a home's current and its potential value. He brings a wealth of knowledge in the area of home remodeling and design that can help you find that diamond in the rough or price your home at its true market value because… buying or selling your home is the single most important transaction you're likely to make.
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His strengths have always been his ability to listen, communicate clearly and provide needed guidance and knowledge when necessary, which translates well in helping his real estate clients. His commitment to customer service helps buyers and sellers move through the intricate and often time consuming process in a smooth and timely manner.
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Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/11/2013 -- Pathways to Efficient Drug Development - Advances in Modeling and Simulation Outcomes to Fuel Pipeline Productivity. The report examines the reasons why the pharmaceutical industry is looking for improvements in efficiency whilst acknowledging that pharmaceutical R&D remains a long and risky process. It looks in detail at precompetitive research and evaluates how the industry is pulling together to research solutions to problems that are common to all companies. The report investigates innovation in the clinical drug development arena, documenting modeling and simulation based approaches to improving efficiency, as well as novel clinical trial designs. Lastly, the report examines innovation in business models within the industry that aim to help the industry to achieve its mantra of "doing more with less", which will be critical for its future success.
The report is built using information from primary and secondary research including interviews with experts in the field.
Research's analysis shows that collaboration and open innovation will play increasingly important roles in the future by enabling research that would not be possible for companies to undertake individually. Many examples exist, driven in large part by the FDA's Critical Path Initiative and the European Innovative Medicines Initiative, and experiences gained by early consortia will help facilitate the logistical challenges of setting up new collaborations. Within companies, innovations including the increased use of modeling and simulation throughout the drug development process, adaptive clinical trials and exploratory clinical trials have all been studied for some years, suggesting that innovation is hard, but important. Innovation is also occurring in the business models applied within individual companies to enable them to achieve "more with less". Through adoption of new scientific approaches and business models, companies are hoping not only to refuel their pipelines but to regain the confidence of investors and the public in their ability to deliver meaningful treatments for patients at the same time as generating profits in the coming years.
- Detailed analysis of the reasons for the industry to be looking closely at improving efficiency
- Definition of precompetitive collaboration, analysis of areas in which precompetitive collaboration is occurring, and discussion of the expansion of this space in the future
- Explorations of the key challenges facing consortia and the factors that make them successful
- Case studies of key innovations in drug development including model-based drug development, adaptive clinical trials and exploratory clinical trials
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Defense Lawyers Worried DNA Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough
Mary Alice Robbins
Texas Lawyer
February 26, 2001
A bill that would make DNA testing available to certain state prison inmates easily cleared the Texas Senate on Feb. 19, but some criminal defense lawyers say the measure doesn't go far enough.
"I think in theory it has sufficient holes in it that it may not help out at all," says Randy Schaffer, a Houston solo.
Michael B. Charlton, the Houston criminal defense lawyer who helped Roy Criner win his freedom after spending 10 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit, says Criner probably would not have qualified for DNA testing under the wording of the bill.
Under the bill, an inmate requesting DNA testing of biological evidence -- such as hair or bodily fluids -- must establish by "a preponderance of the evidence" that the test results would show a "reasonable probability" that he would not have been tried or convicted.
Criner was exonerated after two DNA tests showed he wasn't involved in the 1986 rape and murder of a 16-year-old hitchhiker near Conroe, Texas. The second test was on a cigarette butt that had been found near the teen-ager's body.
"There was no way we could have shown the materiality of the cigarette butt until we got it tested," Charlton says.
The bill's requirement that the biological evidence be in the state's possession at the time of the trial also is a problem, Schaffer says.
Some of the DNA evidence that proved Christopher Ochoa's innocence and led to his release in January after serving 12 years in prison for murder was in the possession of a California forensics laboratory, says Ochoa's lawyer, Austin sole practitioner Bill Allison. Ochoa had signed a confession implicating himself and a friend in the 1988 murder of a woman at an Austin pizza restaurant but now says he was coerced to confess by Austin police officers.
"The bill makes it more difficult for the Chris Ochoas of the world, but it doesn't make it impossible," says Allison, who has a wait-and-see attitude about the measure.
Allison says his question is whether courts will take a very conservative approach and try to protect their convictions or a more open-minded approach that there are people who have been convicted but are innocent.
Keith Hampton, legislative chairman for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, was involved in behind-the-scenes negotiations on the bill and says there had to be some give and take in getting it drafted.
"The bill is not perfect. It's not everything we want, but rarely things are," says Hampton, an Austin lawyer.
But Hampton says he expects the bill to undergo some changes. "There's a lot of tweaking left for this bill," he says.
The Texas Senate approved the bill by Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, and sent it to the House on a 30-0 vote. "It's a good criminal justice bill," Duncan, a partner in Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, told his Senate colleagues shortly before the vote.
The bill would require prosecutors to hold onto biological evidence that could be tested for DNA. In capital cases, the material would have to be preserved until the inmate is executed, dies or is released on parole.
Under the bill, a procedure would be established to enable inmates to petition courts to allow DNA testing at the state's expense. However, the state would be liable for the costs only for those tests conducted by the Department of Public Safety laboratory or a lab under contract with DPS.
The court-ordered testing would be limited to biological evidence that was not previously subjected to DNA tests because the technology either wasn't available at the time of the inmate's trial or wasn't sophisticated enough to prove conclusively whether the individual is guilty or innocent. The identity of the perpetrator also would have had to have been an issue at the trial.
A court could reject a motion for DNA testing from an inmate who pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to the crime, but an aide to Duncan says language in the bill would cover situations like the Ochoa case. The bill would authorize the testing if it could be shown that the plea was entered at no fault of the convicted person and would further the interests of justice.
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chairman Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, is working on an amendment that would prohibit a court from finding that identity was not an issue in the case based solely on the inmate's plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
"We want to make sure that, in those instances where appropriate, DNA testing will be a matter of right to the person," says Hinojosa, a shareholder in Hinojosa & Powell.
But Duncan says he would be concerned about creating a right to DNA testing. "What we're talking about is a process," he says. "We're not creating any substantive, constitutional or statutory right."
The possibility that inmates who pleaded guilty could be entitled to DNA testing is also a concern to Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed.
"I have a real hard time having people going back and challenging their guilty pleas," says Reed, one of several prosecutors who was involved in negotiating the wording of the bill.
Reed says she liked the measure the way it was written. District attorneys still have the option of seeking DNA testing if they believe a person has been wrongly convicted, she says.
"I don't see why we should have 200 or 300 people coming in to challenge their guilty pleas just to get another bite at the apple," Reed says.
Clay Strange, an assistant district attorney in Travis County and another prosecutor who has worked on the bill, says there is a "pretty good chance" that the ultimate bill will not preclude an inmate from obtaining a DNA test just because he pleaded guilty or nolo contendere.
Travis County prosecutors have examined a number of cases in which DNA testing might make a difference in determining whether the person convicted of the crime is guilty, and Strange attributes that in part to what happened in the Ochoa case. "It certainly made us aware there are things that happen out there that you would never expect," he says.
Hinojosa has drafted several other amendments to the bill that could be considered by the House committee as early as this week, according to a committee spokesman. Under one of those amendments, if the convicting court finds the results of a DNA test exonerate the person convicted for the crime, the court can discharge the individual, vacate and set aside the judgment against him or grant a new trial, unless the state appeals the finding within 31 days.
Schaffer says the bill passed by the Senate doesn't provide a remedy if a DNA test shows an inmate is innocent. "It talks about this process, but it doesn't have a payoff at the end," he says.
However, Schaffer says allowing the convicting court to enter an order that would free the individual or grant a new trial would set up a conflict between the new legislation and a provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Schaffer also questions how the bill might impact inmates' right to be reimbursed by the state after being pardoned if they were wrongly convicted and incarcerated. Under the proposed legislation, if the trial judge recommends dismissal and the charge is dismissed, the governor could take the position that a pardon is not necessary, he says.
"Can the bill be used as a device to keep these people from being compensated?" Schaffer asks.
The bill is expected to be on a fast track. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has declared the measure an emergency, clearing away procedural hurdles that could hold up its progress during the first 60 days of the session and enabling it to take effect as soon as he signs it.
Before it can reach Perry's desk, however, the bill must win an endorsement from the House committee and the approval of the full House. If the House makes changes that are not accepted by the Senate, the bill will go to a joint conference committee that will work out the differences.


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Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Sundargarh, Dec 17:
At least two persons died and 12 others, including 2 children, sustained critical injuries when a van in which they were travelling turned turtle at Jurajam ghat under Kinjirkela police station in Odisha's Sundargarh district last night.
The deceased were identified as Sumira Khakha and Buduni Minj. The injured have been admitted to Sundargarh district headquarters hospital.
According to reports, the accident took place when the victims were returning home in the van after attending a marriage party in Balisankara here.
The driver of the ill-fated van lost control over the wheels at Jurajam ghat following which the vehicle dashed against a roadside tree and fell off the ghat.
Two women were crushed to death under the van at the spot.


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And so I find myself pondering the widespread use among tweeters of a punctuation mark most writers eschew: the exclamation point.
I use exclamation points all the time in my tweets. So do lots of others. They're everywhere!
But, like most writers, I use them sparingly in my other forms of writing (including this blog). In fifteen years of academic writing, I'd be surprised if I used a single exclamation point. In fiction, I do use them occasionally, though exclusively in quoted dialogue; somehow, the words "Watch out. A monster is about to eat your face." just don't cut it.
However, I've been taught--and I tend to agree--that over-use of exclamation points is a crutch, a way of manufacturing apparent excitement when the writing itself isn't particularly exciting. This is the only thing I find problematic about J. K. Rowling's otherwise excellent prose; when you've got dialogue like "'YOU KILLED MY PARENTS, YOU EVIL SNAKE-MONGER!!!!' Harry yelled loudly," you begin to feel the lady doth protest too much.
But okay, if we're so exclamation-point averse in our other writing, why are we so exclamation-point prone in Twitter?
Maybe it's because, constrained by the small size of each tweet, we're desperate for something to give our words punch.
Or maybe it's because we know we're competing with a feed containing thousands if not millions of comparably small, in-themselves-unexciting nuggets. So we're clamoring to be heard above the racket.
Or maybe it's the relative anonymity of Twitter. I'm beginning to develop some fun, playful, bantering kinds of relationships with the people I follow and/or who follow me, but still, these relationships are, by definition, mediated and thus not intimate. So it's no biggie if I engage in exclamation-point-overkill; no one's going to hold it against me.
Or maybe, as a final suggestion, it's because tweeting, like so many of our forms of communication in this virtual age, possesses a certain unreality, a certain artifice, that we resort to the readiest (and stingiest) symbol of emphasis, the exclamation point. Maybe, by ending every sentence with that familiar vertical-and-dot, what we're really saying is, "Look! What I have to say is real!"
And if that's what we're doing, maybe we need to go back to the writing-advice manual and recall that we can't manufacture reality typographically. It needs to be there in the first place.


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Lauren Harries: Russell Brand won't admit he slept with me because of his mum
Lauren Harries is standing by her claims that she bonked Russell Brand and reckons he is only refusing to admit it to spare his mother's blushes.
The pair had a hysterical argument on Jeremy Kyle.
This could be essential viewing.
Looks like the personality has found love.
'It's not the 1950s anymore...'
She's got a new single to promote...
Russell Brand still denies sleeping with Lauren Harries and has now rubbed salt into the wound by making fun of her antiques evaluation skills.


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by Malcolm Petch
On September 17, "playing for change" takes on a different meaning when artists and individuals around the world kick into gear for the first annual Playing For Change Day. Playing For Change, in this sense, is "a creative day of action that uses the universal power of music to create positive social change" – and it's the brainchild of the Playing For Change Foundation, an organization dedicated to connecting the world through music.
Do you remember that viral video from a while back in which various singers and musicians from around the world each played a few moments of the same song ('Stand by Me', I think) and then those moments were all put together into one woven-together masterpiece? That was one small slice of a larger documentary being made on music around the world, and that was the start of Playing For Change. The filmmakers involved in that project found themselves getting inexorably connected to the music and people of each community they spent time in, and they came to the conclusion that they wouldn't be able to simply walk away from it all once their documentary was completed. The film crew found that even in the poorest of villages the people around them were filled with warmth and generosity, and seemed to have in common a prevailing connection through music.
The Playing For Change Foundation formed out of that experience, and now pursues its mission to ensure that anyone with the desire to receive a music education would have the opportunity to do so. There are at least seven different PFC music schools in operation now, from Ghana to Rwanda to Nepal, and there's no indication that expansion is going to change anytime soon.
On September 17 artists around the world are touting the benefits of this Foundation's mission to the world. Playing For Change Day will see stages and venues around the world raising funds and awareness for this non-profit organization, and Kelowna will be right up there among them. The theme for this year's push is "Power To The People", taking its inspiration from the activism of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in support of the arts and arts education. Theatre Within, Yoko Ono's ongoing arts education organization, are also benefiting from funds raised on PFC Day.
Canadian indie band My Dear Friends are appearing with Brent Tyler at Streaming Café on September 17. They've decided to make their gig that night part of PFC Day, and they invite long-time fans and fresh ears alike to enjoy their music in person (596 Leon Ave in Kelowna) or online (streamingcafe.net) and to join in wholeheartedly to this world-wide day of awareness and action.
For more information on Playing For Change you can visit http://playingforchange.org/ and http://playingforchange.org/news/detail/announcing_the_1st_annual_playing_for_change_day_on_september_17th and for more on My Dear Friends & Brent Tyler, you can find them at http://brentyler.com// and http://www.myspace.com/mydearestfriends
See you on the 17th!


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CSE-IT Contact Info
Keller Hall - Room 1-201
Office Hours: M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Or use the red phone in the labs.
Solve Firefox Issues
If you are unable to open Firefox, there are two likely reasons: either there an instance of the Firefox profile that you are trying to open already running, or the profile that you are trying to use has been corrupted. The most common error you will see when trying to start Firefox is the first, the "profile in use" error. If you get a "profile is in use" error, this means the Firefox profile is already running or Firefox was improperly shut down the last time it was used. Every time you use a Firefox profile, locks are created for that profile. The locks prevent it from being used elsewhere. You will need to search for and delete any lock files that exist for the profile in order to use it again.
The following steps will help you kill the currently running Firefox processes on your machine, remove the locks on your Firefox profile (if it is running on a different machine), or create a new profile (if the profile you are trying to use can no longer be accessed).
Check to see if Firefox is currently running on your machine
If Firefox fails to start, you will need to kill any Firefox processes that are already running on your machine.
In a terminal, run:
% ps -ef | grep firefox
Kill any Firefox processes that are running. In a terminal, run:
% kill <pid>
Where pid, the process id, is the first number listed in the results returned in step 1.
Try starting Firefox again. If you are still unable to start Firefox, or there were no processes to kill, continue with the next section.
Remove locks from Firefox profile
If you left your Firefox profile running on a different machine or Firefox was previously shut down improperly, you will need to delete the lock files on your profile so you can use it again. The following instructions will show you how to remove the locks from a Firefox profile.
- In the terminal, run:
% lockhunter
- Try starting Firefox again. If you are still unable to start Firefox, continue with the next section.
Corrupt Profile
If you are unable to use a profile after deleting the lock files, this means that the profile that you are trying to use is probably corrupt. You can create a new profile and import the bookmarks from your old profile.
Creating a New Profile
- In the terminal, run: % firefox -ProfileManager
- Click "Create Profile..."
- You will see a screen titled "Welcome to the Create Profile Wizard," click "Next"
- You will see a screen titled "Completing the Create Profile Wizard," enter the name for your new profile, and click "Finish"
- You should now be able to select your new Firefox profile to open
Importing Bookmarks
- Go to 'Bookmarks->Organize Bookmarks'
- In the box that appears, go to 'File->Import'
- Select "From File" and click "Next"
- In the file browser that appears, navigate to '.mozilla/firefox/<random_string>.<old_profile_name>/' in your home directory
- Select the file named "bookmarks.html" and click "Open"
- If Firefox hangs while accessing your directories, let it load for a minute or two.
If you are still unable to start Firefox, email firstname.lastname@example.com for further assistance.


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The Gonzales Memorial Museum will host a major history symposium on Saturday, January 15, 2011, called Texas: The Big Picture. The symposium features prominent Texas historians from academic programs throughout the state. Topics range from early settlement to the republic and statehood, then from the age of oil through the civil rights era and into contemporary Texas. Speakers include Frank de la Teja, Dwight Watson, and Joaquin Rivaya-Martinez from Texas State University; Stephen L. Hardin from McMurry University; Rebecca Kosary from Texas Lutheran University; and Frank Cox from the Center for American History, University of Texas. Participants also will help plan new exhibits and learning activities for the youth of Texas. This program is funded with support from Humanities Texas. Reservations at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Stion had been working closely with the Mississippi Development Authority to rework the terms of its original $75 million loan with the state. Capital investment projection numbers were lowered to $250 million by December 2019 and job creation numbers dropped to 500 by December 2022.
Taxpayer Funded "Economic Development" Project In Hattiesburg Is Latest Struggling To Make Payments And Hit Job Numbers.
By MississippI PEP Staff | May 5th, 2017 at 10:47 am
Filed Under: Business, Economic Development, Economy, Energy, Ethics, Hattiesburg, MDA, Mississippi, MS State Government, News, Taxes


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So this week I have been without my laptop because I fell for from horrible human beings internet scam. So my laptop is undergoing some drastic emergency surgery thanks to a very helpful ict department I have access to. It's nice to have friends with useful skills. I actually wrote this on paper not in word as usual which I am actually enjoying in an old fashioned kind of way.
The main thing I miss from my laptop's unscheduled absence, is the social interaction online. I grew up being the geeky, freakishly tall, odd girl (no princess diaries jokes please) and with that came an acceptance of solitude that I rarely resented having observed the strange beings that were my classmates and decided I was better off without. I was therefore, an elected hermit rather than an outcast but the effect was the same no matter what I called it. I never avoided social interaction but I rarely found someone entertaining enough to interact with.
From what I can tell, all comprehensive schools have the same social set up:
I spent years 7 and 8 in ring C. I worked my way into low B thanks to the year 9 Spanish exchange when I became useful for my skills; not Spanish, which I was pretty rubbish at, but I've always been quick thinking which was defiantly needed in that exchange. In year 10 my popularity was accidentally skyrocketed when I befriended a lady in waiting to the school queen. This girl was probably at best a high B but was the queen's oldest friend so was escalated by default. I spent a year with the A* and found it to be useful but exhausting! If the politicians want to sort out international relations they should employ super popular teenage girls. Every move they make is carefully calculated an analysed to consider all parties involved, most are done to sabotage but they know they are stronger in a group so they keep together. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer and all that.
By year 11 I was established enough socially to start taking risks and doing what I wanted for a change. I kept the A* group close but I fitted more with the aloof art crew that ran the B ring. I enjoyed being in this group. They were all individuals rather than a hierarchy of drones. They threw good parties and I was allowed to explore who I was a bit more. Being an ex A* I was given enough respect to be influential. I rarely used this power but it was nice to have. I suspect that's what saved me from being suspended when I accidentally spray painted the art steps neon green, I hope that's still there!
But when I was seventeen either I changed or the people changed and being social was now appealing, even more inconceivable I got a boyfriend. Maybe it's because I moved school and I was given the chance for people to see me for who I was then, rather than who I was in year 7 when all my previous school mates met me. Also I was in a more academically competitive and stimulating environment. Maybe to competitive and stimulating as it was an accurate joke that all enrolled at my school would at some point a) have a mental breakdown, b) develop an eating disorder or c) become a slut. Some girls got bingo but that another topic entirely. I won't tell you which I got.
|One of the best hipster memes
So that's the story of how I became social. I moved to uni and continued to interact and socialise enough to make me one of the most recognised individuals in my class. No matter how much time goes by, I never lose the outcast identity I learnt from preschool onwards. I guess that's my inner hipster saying that I was uncool before it was cool. However because of my resent gullibility leading t my loss of my laptop, it's taken me a while to adjust to only being able to communicate to the cat most of the time. Yes I know I have a mobile but that's imposing interaction on someone rather than being online implying a mutual availability for a conversation. I guess I've become more socially conforming and dependant than I thought.
I wonder what that does to us personally? How many people define themselves by others value of them? Having such an external identity must be unhealthy. Having realised that I was leaning towards this external identity I will make an effort to find some of my self-worth from myself. Not that being social isn't a vital part of life but its apparently easy to lose yourself in it and forget that you are an individual outside of your social group and be happy with yourself without others approval, especially a young adult today.
Also, as this blog shows, I tend to move about a lot. Not only have I spent the last year in Australia and moved school at 17 and then to uni at 19, but I have spent months at school in Germany, a summer traveling through brazil and time in many other countries. I love to travel which means that I meet a large amount of people but never know them in person for more than a year as this seems to be the maximum amount of time I stay anywhere. I guess this could be partly the cause for my need for social interaction. If I rarely make long term friends then I am relying on new approval all the time. I don't mean to say that I don't have long term friends. I have two that I have known and been close to for nearly 18 years and I have half a dozen I have known for about 5 years. One of them recently told me that he couldn't move about as much as I do because he thought that leaving everything behind was too higher cost for a new experience. Is that true? Am I sacrificing social stability to explore? I always looked at it as: those that mattered would stay in my life and those that fell out of my life weren't worth having. But now I think maybe I'm loosing out. So I have two options: either I chose to stay in one place and settle down and put the man hours in to make a stable life with the social approval the human psyche seems to crave. Or I can become more internalised and rely on myself and continue my pattern of exploration, meeting dozens of new people but probably never seeing them again once I leave.
However I am NOT thanking the low lives that compromised the security of my laptop. They can rot.


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We have now entered the first month of 2017!
After all of that celebrating, January sees most of us having made our New Year's resolution, which we then try the darn best that we can in sticking to for say, a couple of weeks or so (longer if we really are determined).
I didn't want to set myself too big of a target, one that I had little chance of achieving. So, even though it may sound simple, mine is to have less of a negative attitude in everyday life. Even though most of the time it might be something that I've done or didn't do that I'm critical about, I have begun to realise that acting this way effects the very few people around me. Thinking and speaking like this doesn't help on my part either, especially mentally, and these are all reasons for why I would like to work on this.
Although I feel a deep amount of sadness inside when the festive celebrations are all over and the Christmas decorations have to be taken down, being able to start afresh for the twelve upcoming months sounds pretty good too. Plus, if your household is like ours and has enough chocolates and biscuits in presents to last you over the next few weeks, there probably isn't much room left to complain at the moment, right?
Now, zooming back to the big day in December when Mr Claus had a very restful night a few hours before, are some photos that I snapped, including all of those prezzies (because you're never too old for those!) gratefully received by me.
What was the highlight(s) of your festive break?


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Gallery Alma
Marita Batņa, culture theorist
"A classic contemporary art gallery" - when choosing such a description for the Alma Gallery it must be emphasized that the classic principles of gallery operation are not that common in Latvia. A visit to the Alma Gallery, located in the so-called "quiet centre" of Riga, at Rūpniecības iela 1-2, will leave a vivid impression. A high quality unity of image and content secures its position at the forefront, as proved by a great number of public reviews on the art events organised by Alma during four years of operation.
Astrīda Riņķe. Photo from the Astrīda Riņķe private archive
The core principle of a contemporary art gallery is artist representation. The logical path to this level of activity was undertaken by Astrīda Riņķe, the founder and presently the sole director of the Alma Gallery: she has 15 years of experience, which led to opening her own gallery. The young artists represented by Alma are Ēriks Apaļais, Kristians Brekte, Otto Zitmanis, Ernests Kļaviņš, Kalvis Zuters, Miķelis Fišers, Kristiāna Dimitere, Jānis Blanks and Reinis Virtmanis.
Essentially a classic contemporary art gallery follows a mission-oriented marketing strategy. Confidence about an artist's potential motivates investment in various kinds of activity and stakeholder relationships, with the aim of building the artist's reputation, which, in the long run, will have economic value. But first comes the decision: Riņķe considers that selection depends on two major pillars: talent and devotion to art. The strategy also determines the rules of the game - the anticipated investment in promotion and the trustworthiness of a gallery can be considered as factors in the price of art. Alma's offer consists of the gallery's collection, which means the works have been evaluated, and sometimes selling a work is hard, not just a pleasant occasion for the gallerist.
A cornerstone of the gallery's promotional activity is participation at international art fairs. Shows of high quality standards are of interest. In May, 2009, Alma Gallery took part in NEXT, the Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, in Chicago, USA, where gallery participation is determined not by competition, but through invitation. The gallerist doesn't hide the fact that at international events one hopes to attract interest about the represented artists on the part of museums.
Taking into account the adoption of practices close to those of Western galleries, the question arises: how does Alma Gallery identify itself with this particular place (Latvia) and time? The vibrancy of the art life gives a sense of belonging. In the context of the wider public, however, Alma is ahead of its time. In Astrīda Riņķe's view, interaction with contemporary art is poorly conceived at all, and sometimes such experience is understood with difficulty, which leads to a conclusion that the "gap" in cultural awareness requires the development of the whole of society. Nevertheless, something that is planted and nurtured grows well, and will flourish one day. With respect for each client, the director of Alma Gallery confirms that there are particular partners she has helped in developing relationships with art.
Continuing on the chosen path, according to Astrīda Riņķe, is likely to bring more challenges: this may also include following the example of the world's successful galleries and adopting business-type approaches. This is natural, since the key to progress is always linked to innovative actions, investment, and risk - the future belongs to those who are a step ahead of their time.
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Fibromyalgia (along with ME) is one of those conditions that UNUM Provident (parent company of Atos and advisers to the government over Welfare Reform) tried to discredit in the United States so that they didn't have to pay out insurance claims. The same model is being used over here and if you have any doubt just read the PDF on the matter by following the link further down. It is entitled 'Fibromyalgia - Guidelines For The Disability Analyst'. I tried to Google other conditions to see if they too were targeted in this way but couldn't find any other conditions that are subject to this derisory treatment. It may be that Fibromyalgia was subject to a Freedom of Information Request which is still ongoing.
Under Section 9 of the pdf you will find this statement:
9.6.1 Malingering
So there you have it here in black and white. This is what Disability Analysts think about people with fibromyalgia (consistent with the disability denial that swept the States and resulting in UNUM Provident being sued and banned in many states there). The DWP knows this but doesn't care.
If you have fibromyalgia you will suffer from some if not all of the following and more:
Widepsread pain, tenderness and sore points
Debilitating Fatigue
Sleep Problems
Irritable Bladder Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Vitamin D Deficiency
Sjogren's Syndrome
Myofascial Pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Epstein Barr Virus
Body Temperature Problems
Sensitivity to Humidity, Weather Changes, Smells, Noise, Light and Touch


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Grand Canyon of the T paddler report
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, from the water.
Four AM wake up, five AM put on. It was rough, but as the guidebook says, useful for "avoiding conflict" with the rangers. It worked pretty well until John discovered that his helmet was still in the van. During the run to get his helmet, John, um "soiled" his pants. Now we have one more thing to give John (AKA Isheet MeDrawers) a hard time about.
Once on the river, it was mad bombing to the top of the portage above Glen Aulin. The rapids were pretty runnable, but the water was very low. We were very exited to get past Glen Aulin without seeing anyone else. The best rapid of the river is right below G. A., a big slide with a couple of moves on the way down. It is the slide where one of the Knapps does an aerial 360 spin in the old liquidlifestyles video.
Below that slide it was flat meadows, interspersed with mostly unrunnable huge waterfalls all the way down to the top of Waterwheel Falls. I think that we may have run one rapid in this whole section.
Waterwheel Falls is enormous, not good to go at any level. We knew that we would have to portage it just from looking at the postcards at the gift shop in Tuolumne Meadows. So on to the shoulder went the boats. And there they stayed for the next hour as we switch backed down the hill. Below Waterwheel it seemed that all of the cool bedrock that we had expected was covered by enormous rock piles. We would bang through one section of manky rocks only to discover that the river disappeared into sieves in the next rapid. Back on the shoulder went the boats. Every now and again we would get back into the river when it flattened out and the sieves became less heinous. Even then it was a butt bruising experience. This was pretty much the routine all the way down to the top of the Muir Gorge. I think that we ended up being able to run two or three good rapids in this section.
Once at the top of the Muir Gorge we got on the radio with Nikki, she reported very difficult hiking around it. We had been told by Scott that it was all good, just when you get to the unscoutable one, run it five feet off the left wall. It was supposed to be an easy plop into the pool below. We found nothing that was good to go five feet off the left and nothing that plopped into a pool. All that was in there was one sketchy rock pile after another. Luckily we were able to scout everything and portage a lot. The last portage was the scariest. It involved a marginal jump onto a rock in the middle, then a traverse down the sharp spine on another rock to yet a third rock. In order to get from the second to the third rock we had to lower ourselves as far as we could hang and then drop down to the slick, wet rock from which we could seal launch. Passing the loaded kayaks from man to man through these moves was no picnic to say the least.
Below the Muir gorge it back into the rock piles and the portaging. We camped for the night at the first flat spot that we could find; exhausted and very glad to have survived the Muir gorge.
Day Two there were two more cool slides and a lot of rock piles and portages down to Pate valley. Below Pate Valley it gorged up again and many manky rock pile rapids and sieve portages brought us to the lake.
All in all we ran seven good rapids, hiked about as many miles with our boats and all swore that we would never go back. The consensus was that the guidebook is right, a backpack is the best way to see the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne.