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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Army's long-standing problem with rapid response will only get worse as the force returns to the U.S. and funding cuts eat away at mobility, Army and defense industry officials said Friday.
"These are tough days" for military planners charged with getting to the next fight, said Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason, the Army deputy chief Staff for Supply and Logistics.
"We're becoming much more of a CONUS (Continental U.S.) based Army," Mason said. "The tough part is when you've got to go somewhere. We're not so good at getting out of Dodge when you get that call in the middle of the night."
Mason spoke at a panel discussion on "Transition to Sustainment" at the Association of the U.S. Army's Winter Symposium. The dominant topic presented in salvos of Power Point displays has been the effects of military budget cuts already underway and soon to be exacerbated under the legislative process called sequestration.
Under current projections, the Defense Department's fiscal 2013 budget would take a $52 billion hit -- $24 billion for the Army -- all in the last seven months remaining in the current fiscal year.
In addition to sequester set to begin on March 1, and the projected $500 billion in cuts for defense spending over 10 years that would follow, the military also faces another deadline on March 27, when the Congressional continuing resolution on current defense spending expires.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that the combined effects of sequestration and the continuing resolution, if allowed to continue for the rest of the fiscal year, would require "drastic and irreversible" actions, including furloughs for civilian personnel, reduced training and delays in buying weapons.
One of the immediate effects of the cuts will be less reliance on contractors for the maintenance and repair of equipment, said Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuiston, deputy commanding general at Army Materiel Command.
Maintenance "will be put back in the hands of soldiers" at depots across the U.S., McQuiston said, as the Army downsizes through a period of uncertain funding. The problem for the planners, McQuiston said, was that "we don't know the slope of that period of downsizing."
The Army's difficulties with rapid response will likely be matched by the inability of the defense industry to gear up for the next conflict, said Mike Ivy, vice president and general manager for Oshkosh Defense.
"I think about how we transition from a world of high volumes to a world of seemingly low volumes that we face," Ivy said. He noted that Oshkosh was able to produce 8,000 MRAP (Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected) vehicles in little over a year in response to the improvised explosive device threat during the height of the Iraq war.
"We simply will not have the ability to respond similarly going forward" as the military cuts funding and Oshkosh cuts its workforce, Ivy said. Oshkosh has 3,500 workers in its defense division.
Then there is what Lt. Gen. Mason called the loss of the "Kuwait factor." For the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army was able to use Kuwait as a forward base for the slow buildup of troops and equipment.
The next enemy has learned the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan and "will try to keep us from building up in place, like Kuwait," Mason said. Getting to the battlefield, always a problem for the increasingly heavy Army, is "what's keeping me up at night," Mason said.
He noted the difficulty the Army had in getting to Haiti, where the landings were not contested, after the earthquake in 2010.
"We did not exactly cover ourselves with glory trying to get out of Dodge and get to Haiti," Mason said.
Update: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Oshkosh could lay off 3,500 workers should sequestration occur.

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Smithtown officials reject Kings Park site plans
Facing a court-imposed deadline, a Kings Park developer last month submitted plans to Smithtown Town officials for a massive overhaul of his industrial property.
But town officials said Toby Carlson, of Carlson Associates, submitted several site plan options, which were vague and flawed, because of missing information and because they do not appear to conform with the town zoning code.
Town officials last year accused Carlson Associates of violating zoning rules by operating solid waste disposal and other industrial businesses on residentially zoned land at the firm's Old Northport Road property. In March, the company pleaded guilty to four property maintenance violations and paid a $1,000 fine.
As part of the settlement, Carlson agreed to file a site plan application by June 19 and obtain approvals from the town by Nov. 19. The application, contained in four boxes delivered to the town planning department on June 19, appeared to be Carlson's attempt to meet the court's deadline.
Supervisor Patrick Vecchio said Carlson's proposal "appears to be . . . a stall tactic, with a submission that has no basis in reality . . . The submission does not meet the definition of a site plan."
Carlson's attorney, Vincent Trimarco of Smithtown, said he and Carlson would meet with the town "as soon as possible" to discuss the proposal, and he expressed hope they could "move forward with the project."
Carlson, he said, was not available for an interview.
Carlson, who owns about 45 acres at the site, has asked town officials to rezone the property for industrial uses. Carlson's property includes more than a dozen separate parcels zoned for either one-acre housing lots or industrial uses.
Councilman Robert Creighton said he believes Carlson's application last month included three different plans, and he asked town officials to select the one they prefer.
"I think Carlson is frustrated. He's looking for any kind of help," Creighton said. "He's been trying to get a site plan [approved] for a year. He hasn't been able to get it."
Town planning director Frank DeRubeis said the town would not decide which of Carlson's site plans to approve. He said the plans were ambiguous and lacked details such as samples of building materials.
"It's a huge amount of paperwork," DeRubeis said. "There's a lot of things missing from this, from a technical point of view . . . There's so much to correct from this file."
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Does everybody know the 90 degree rule?? Designate a single file str8 line down the fairway, used by ALL GOLFERS when you get to your disc, 90 degree towards it... allows many people to see disc enter slits
It's essentially follow the leader. Fun in kindergarten, fun now!
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Played a few holes this afternoon in mostly virgin snow. If you watch your disc land and get a land mark they are not too hard to find. Hardest finds are the ones that enter and then slide under the snow. Found all of my drives today and only had to clear 4ft by 4ft one time due to slide. (NO WHITE DISKS)


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An optional Common European Sales Law: Frequently asked questions
What is the Common European Sales Law about?
Consumers and businesses – especially small companies – are not using the full potential of a Single Market of 500 million people. At present, 44% of Europeans say they do not buy abroad because they are uncertain of their rights1. A new Eurobarometer survey published today has found that 55% of exporting businesses say that differences between contract laws are one of the major obstacles for trading across borders to consumers2.
The Common European Sales Law aims to break down these barriers. It will open markets for businesses and give consumers more choice and a high level of protection. It will facilitate trade by offering a single set of rules for cross-border contracts in all 27 EU countries. If traders offer their products on the basis of the Common European Sales Law, online shoppers would have the option of choosing a user-friendly European contract with a high level of protection with just one click of a mouse.
Which problems do companies face when selling to other EU Member States?
Only 9.3% of businesses that trade in goods sell across EU borders3. The reality is that businesses wishing to carry out cross-border transactions may have to adapt to up to 26 different national contract laws, translate them and hire lawyers, costing an average €10,000 for each additional export market. Adapting their websites can cost a further €3,000 on average.
This is a problem both for companies selling cross-border to consumers and for those doing business with other firms.
Small and medium-sized enterprises – which make up 99% of all companies in the EU – are disproportionately affected because they lack the in-house legal and other expertise needed to work with different national contract law systems. The cost to trade in several foreign markets is particularly high when compared to SMEs' turnover. The transaction costs to export to one other Member State could amount up to 7% of a micro retailer's annual turnover.
To export to four Member States this cost could rise to 26% of its annual turnover. Traders who are dissuaded from cross-border transactions due to contract law obstacles forgo at least €26 billion in intra-EU trade every year. This is a direct cost to the EU economy in terms of trade – and jobs.
In business-consumer transactions, 55% of companies active or interested in selling to consumers outside their national market said they were held back by a range of contract-law related obstacles4:
The main contract law-related obstacles (ranked by companies) for business-consumer transactions are:
In business-business transactions, 49% of companies active or interested in selling to consumers outside their national market said they were held back by a range of contract-law related obstacles5:
The main contract law-related obstacles (ranked by companies) for business-to-business transactions are:
Which problems do consumers face when shopping cross-border?
Only 7% of consumers buy online from another Member State, compared to 33% who buy by internet in their own country6.
At the moment, people shopping online from another European country can be refused sale or delivery in their country: this happens to 3 million consumers in Europe each year. This is because the barriers to trading in other EU Member States act as a disincentive to companies to serve customers EU-wide.
44% of consumers say that uncertainty about their rights discourages them from buying from other EU countries.7
How will consumers benefit from the Common European Sales Law?
Consumers will have the same high level of protection for their rights across all Member States. Consumers will be able to rely on the Common European Sales Law as a mark of quality. For example, consumers will be offered a free choice of remedies if a faulty product is delivered. This means that consumers could, for instance, terminate the contract, or ask for replacement, repair, or price reduction. Currently such a free choice does not exist for the large majority of consumers across the EU. These remedies would also be available to consumers who have bought digital content products such as music, films, software or applications that are downloaded from the internet. These products would be covered irrespective of whether they are stored on a tangible medium such as a CD or a DVD.
This high level of consumer protection will give consumers the confidence to buy products in other EU countries.
Because the Common European Sales Law will make it cheaper for traders to sell across a border, it will encourage companies to export to more markets abroad. This will allow consumers to gain access to more and better offers at a cheaper price. Online shoppers should no longer get messages such as "this product is not available in your country" because of differences of national contract laws. According to estimates, almost half (44%) of consumers who shop online are uncertain about their rights. Collectively, these consumers could save €380 million if they would make at least one online cross-border purchase.
The average price differences for consumer goods across EU countries amount to approximately 24%.8 Consumers in smaller EU countries, such as Malta, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia,9 are particularly disadvantaged by higher prices. A recent mystery shopper study testing the availability of online offers of popular consumer goods showed that in 50% or more of the cases consumers could buy products at least 10% cheaper in other EU countries.10 Consumers based in Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Denmark, Romania, Latvia, Greece, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Cyprus and Malta would particularly benefit from better prices when shopping abroad in the EU. 11
The same mystery shopper study also showed that the choice of products is more restricted in about half of the EU countries. In the majority of product searches (Cyprus (98% of the cases), Malta (98%), Luxembourg (80%), Lithuania (76%), Latvia (72%), Ireland (71%), Belgium (65%), Estonia (61%), Portugal (59%), Finland (58%), Slovenia (54%), Romania (51%) and Greece (51%))12 for products out of a basket of 100 popular consumer goods, the products were not available online domestically.
What's in it for companies?
While it would become cheaper for all businesses to trade across borders, small and medium sized enterprises would benefit in particular – they would be able to afford to expand into new markets. The cost of cross-border e-commerce would fall once companies no longer have to adapt their websites to the law of each EU country in which they sell. This will boost the e-commerce sector and in general small and medium-sized enterprises which make up 99% of EU businesses.
Overall, 71% of companies said they would be likely or very likely to use a single EU contract law for cross-border sales to consumers13 and 70% for cross-border trade with businesses14.
According to the Eurobarometer surveys released by the Commission today, companies said that with a single European contract law they would export more: around half said they would expand their business to at least three more countries (50% for sales to consumers and 48% to businesses).
In addition, the Common European Sales Law would provide companies with legal certainty – they could rely on one single set of rules that would be valid in all 27 Member States, for sales contracts to both consumers and other businesses.
Will the Common European Sales Law replace national contract laws?
No. The Common European Sales Law would exist as an option alongside national contract law. Sellers can voluntarily use a set of rules that is identical in all 27 Member States. Those who do not want to use the Common European Sales Law can simply continue using their national rules. Consumers will always be clearly informed, and will have to agree explicitly before using a contract based on the Common European Sales Law.
What about freedom of contract? How is that respected?
The principle of freedom of contract is respected as both parties have to agree on the application of the contract. Nobody is obliged to use it. The Common European Sales Law would be a single set of contract rules, a second regime, which could be used by the parties voluntarily in cross-border transactions. The Common European Sales Law would not cause any costs to those companies that do not want to use it. Companies that decide to use it would only do so if the economic advantages outweigh the costs.
How would the Common European Sales Law work in practice?
Example 1
Bísaro-Salsicharia Tradicional, a small company based in northern Portugal, sells local pork products. It currently sells to traders and consumers from six other Member States. These exports contribute 8% of the company's annual turnover. The foreign companies with which it trades always insist that their own national law apply to the contract. The company wants to enter the Dutch market, but feels deterred by the differences in contract and consumer law compared to Portuguese law. To date, it has invested approximately 5% of its turnover to expand into foreign markets. The company feels that an EU-wide contract law would simplify transactions and make them more fluid. By using a Common European Sales Law, it would expect to export to more countries, increasing annual turnover by up to 15%.
Example 2
Laboratorium Kosmetyczne Dr Irena Eris, a medium-sized Polish company trading in cosmetics, feels that differences in contract laws create considerable costs and are an important barrier for its sales to Romania. The company is particularly affected by the differences in the rules on delayed payment by retailers. The Common European Sales Law, available in all EU languages, provides one complete set of rules dealing with late payments (interest rate, due date, damages etc). The Polish company could use it for all its contracts with businesses in Romania or in any other EU country, without having to take national laws into account.
Example 3
A Bulgarian resident, Kalin, decides to buy an e-book-reader for his wife's birthday. He goes to a local electronics shop, but only finds three models of e-book-readers. The cheapest costs about €100 and the other two cost about €250 each. Kalin wants to know if more choices are available. A friend tells him about two well known online shopping sites. Amazed by the choice offered, Kalin chooses to buy a particular model which costs €160. However, once he reaches the step where he has to indicate his country of residence, the website makes it clear that Bulgaria is not on the list of countries the company sells to.
Kalin tries another online company and finds an alternative model of e-book-reader for an even better price. However once again, he faces the same problem: the company does not allow for the product to be bought from its UK website and Kalin is redirected to a website which allows him to buy it from the United States.
Kalin finally manages to buy the e-book-reader but still wonders why it was easier to buy the product he wanted from the United States than in Europe.
Example 4
A German beekeeper which produces and sells honey has bought a machine from a French company. The machine turns out to be faulty. The French supplier agrees to repair the defect, but refuses to pay for the transportation of the machine from Germany to France. The German company wants to clarify who should pay and whether the contract can be terminated, but would need to pay for costly legal advice. The Common European Sales Law would provide a clear and complete set of rights and obligations for both parties if the product turned out to be defective. In particular, the Common European Sales Law clearly states that the costs of transportation are to be borne by the seller.
Example 5
A company with headquarters in Poland wants to expand but has experienced problems stemming from differences between contract laws in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In particular, the diverging rules on delivery make it difficult to draft contracts which would be valid simultaneously in all four markets. The Common European Sales Law, available in all EU languages, provides one clear set of rules which the company could use in all its cross-border contracts, including the place, time and means of delivery, the seller's obligations in charge of the carriage of goods, the parties' obligations and rights in cases of early delivery or delivery of a wrongful quantity.
What are the next steps?
The proposal will now pass to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for adoption in the ordinary legislative procedure and by qualified majority. Once adopted, the Regulation will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU's Official Journal. The legal basis for the proposal is Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the internal market.
Flash Eurobarometer 299a, Attitudes towards cross-border trade and consumer protection, p.10
Flash Eurobarometer 321, European contract law, consumer transactions, p.20
Eurostat database DS-056329-1: Trade by activity and enterprise size class, 2007
Flash Eurobarometer 321, European contract law, consumer transactions, p.20
Flash Eurobarometer 320, European contract law, B2B, p.16
Flash Eurobarometer 299, Consumer attitudes towards cross-border trade and consumer protection, p.15
Flash Eurobarometer 299a, Attitudes towards cross-border trade and consumer
Eurostat, Statistics in focus 50/2009.
Eurostat report (Borchert 2009), comparison of price levels of 2,500 consumer goods.
YouGov Psychonomics, Mystery Shopping Evaluation of Cross-border E-commerce in
YouGov Psychonomics, Mystery Shopping Evaluation of Cross-border E-commerce in
YouGov Psychonomics, Mystery Shopping Evaluation of Cross-border E-commerce in
Flash Eurobarometer 321, European contract law, consumer transactions, p.32
Flash Eurobarometer 320, European contract law, B2B, p.29
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A while back Stray Dog Designs interviewed me about design, dogs, and other random things.
...continue reading the interview.
I have always loved Stray Dog products- and the wonderful company behind it.
I recently used a few pieces in a client's playroom/landing area- aka "the happy room". The cow head and the lamps were bought previously by the owner so I gladly worked them into the room.
Their lamps look perfect on the custom side tables I had made with Kelly Wearstler's Katana fabric-
next to a fun Mally Skok drapery fabric-
Their lamps and accessories add a touch of playfulness that I always find refreshing. I guess because it's not too serious, and who likes a serious room?
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Speaking of strays... Hoyt almost ran over a kitten in the road last week. So he somehow caught it and brought it home. I have been fostering this wild thing and I'm pretty sure we're the first humans he has ever been in contact with.
People always recommend easing into the cat/dog introduction- especially when dealing with a feral kitten and a highly energized 1-yr-old retriever. But I decided to do it the old fashioned way and just throw them together, see what happens...
At first they stared and pawed...
And now they're the best of friends.
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I just wanted to share this article recently posted on our website.
We contacted nearly 200 schools who have participated in the Waste Minimization division of the RecycleMania competition, this year, and in years past, and asked for their creative ideas on how to keep sustainability moving all year-round once the competition ends. We then incorporated many of their responses into an article titled, "Year-Round RecycleMania: Creative Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle All Year."
We got so much response that we were not able to directly quote everyone who participated. However, we would now like to open up this blog space for additional comments and discussion from everyone who was involved in RecycleMania.
Students, faculty and staff, please feel free to share your thoughts on any of the ideas mentioned in the article, as well as any others not mentioned. If your school did not participate in the Waste Minimization division, but participated in the other divisions, we'd love to hear from you as well! Or, if you're not a college student, but you know of great ways to "go green" outside of college campuses, we'd also love to hear from you. This platform is open to anyone who reads our blog.
In an attempt to make sustainability a convenient and habitual part of our everyday lives, we would like to continue to spread the word about events like RecycleMania, so check back often for other articles and blog posts related to sustainable efforts.
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Giles Treetop Arjun Restaurant
Giles Treetop Arjun Restaurant
Unfortunately damaged by recent weather events, this Arjun tree is one of two supporting a restaurant near Panna National Park.
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Phil Spector, whose murder case is the subject of an HBO movie Sunday, deserves no special sympathy or mercy because of his key role in pop music. The man who mounted the Wall of Sound built his own prison with the 2003 slaying of actress Lana Clarkson, the crime he was convicted of six years later.
But there are reasons his trials made headlines and spurred a flick starring Al Pacino, far beyond the bizarre fright wigs and far beyond years of troubling behavior that long ago exited the realm of mere eccentricity.
The songs and sounds Spector helped create changed popular culture – and the joy his music inspired offers a stark, fascinating juxtaposition to the torment he later wrought. Fans are left to grapple with how to appreciate life-embracing music produced by a convicted killer.
Spector emerged as an unlikely leader of the girl group revolution of the early 1960s, as The Crystals buoyantly expanded the musical vocabulary of youth with "Da Doo Ron Ron," and The Ronettes' made a teenage all-or-nothing plea to "Be My Baby." His odd genius surpassed clever vocal arrangements. Spector's layering of instruments – his signature "Wall of Sound" – imbued seemingly simple pop tunes with an orchestral majesty and authority that presaged the Beatles' melding of rock with classical music influences. He made music for teenagers sound important.
Spector filled the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'" with a soulful lament that still resounds nearly a half-century later. He slathered a coating of urgency on "River Deep – Mountain High," complementing Tina Turner's by turns subtle and searing vocal. His strongest legacy may be "A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector," whose stellar lineup stars Darlene Love's classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," probably the best pop holiday song of them all.
Still, by some accounts – most prominently Paul McCartney's – he saturated the Beatles' "Let it Be" with overproduction, particularly in the strings that flooded "The Long and Winding Road" (in 2003, McCartney produced "Let it Be... Naked," a stripped down version of the final original album released by the group). Spector produced some solo Beatle efforts, including George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and John Lennon's "Imagine." He went punk with his last gasp by producing the Ramones' "Rock 'n' Roll High School."
Spector's musical story, at least as major pop force, ended there, more than three decades ago. But sadly, he's now better known for the infamy he produced, from his star-crossed marriage to Ronnie Spector to the senseless Clarkson murder. It's difficult, at times, not to think about all that when listening to his music. Pacino's performance seems likely only to add to the image Spector created as crazy and violent.
The saving grace of Phil Spector, though, was that he wasn't a performer – but he helped his singers shine like few other producers before or since. His music offers an enduring opportunity to celebrate the artists who brought his vision to life as he likely spends the rest of his behind bars.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Javier Castle
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Tel.:+34 948884024
- Autonomous region: Autonomous Community of Navarre
- Province/Island: Navarre
The house of San Francisco de Javier
It contains important works of art including a collection of Spanish painting from the 15th to 20th centuries and another collection of 19th-century Japanese kakemonos. It also has a number of historical documents.
Its origins date back to the 10th century. This was the birthplace of one of the two patron saints of the Navarre autonomous region in 1506. It served as a residence for several wealthy lineages such as the Artieda, the Jaso-Azpilicueta and the Aznárez families. The fortress has undergone various transformations throughout its history. In the late 15th century the New Palace was built adjoining it, and this was where the saint was born. A basilica built in the 20th century now stands on the site. Highlights on the interior of the castle include particularly an 18th-century Flemish encaustic work, representing the agony of San Francisco Javier, a 16th-century altarpiece in polychromed alabaster of the Adoration of the Magi, and various murals depicting the Dance of Death. Another of its treasures is the Cristo Chapel, dominated by a 15th-century polychromed wooden carving of Christ on the cross. There are also six vast Baroque paintings by Godofredo Maes, as well as a sculpture of Francisco de Javier holding a lily, dated around 1622, the year of the saint's canonisation. The castle became a museum in 1986 after major archaeological restoration work.
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- Artistic period: Gothic
- Historic period: 10th century
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Transit of Venus ready to cast its tiny shadow across Colorado sun
There's a little black spot on the sun Tuesday, but it's not Sting's soul, it's Venus.
People often say something is the chance of a lifetime, but this time they are absolutely right.
Starting Tuesday afternoon in Colorado, Venus will line up between the Earth and the sun and viewers (with proper equipment) can watch the little black dot that is a planet move across the sun's disc. This will be the last transit of Venus until 2117.
The whole event takes about six and one-half hours. Since it starts about 4:05 p.m. in Denver, it will still be going on when the sun sets here at 8:27 p.m. (Note that 4:05 will be when the edge of Venus's dot touches the sun. It will be nearly 15 minutes until the entire little disc enters the sun's surface.
The Associated Press has an animation that explains all this far better than I ever could, and with a far more pleasant accent.
There's also a nice explanation (and links to marvelous toys like Transit Apps for your iPhone) at transitofvenus.org
As was the case with last month's solar eclipse, DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN! Use special solar sunglasses, shade No. 14 welder's glass or a telescope with a solar filter.
Also, if you have a pair of binoculars, you can take the cap of one of the lenses and, without looking through the eyepiece, point it at the sun and let the image project behind you onto a light colored wall — ideally one about two or three feet away. You can watch the transit via the projection.
Safest would be to see it with the pros. Scientists Ka Chun Yu and Bob Reynolds will be in Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science starting at 5:30 p.m discussing the event with safe solar telescope viewing. ($12 for members and $15 for nonmembers, $8 for for children 3-12). Astronomers, eclipse glasses and safe telescopes will also be available at the Fiske Planetarium and Science Center in Boulder from the beginning of the transit.
The transit can also be seen at the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory (via the 20-inch Clark-Saegmuller refractor) and members of the Denver Astronomical Society armed with telescopes will be gathered in Observatory Park.


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Commentary: The spirit of MLK lives in Occupy movement
If Martin Luther King Jr. were somehow able to attend Lexington's annual celebration of his birth Monday, where would he spend his time?
He probably would get up early for the unity breakfast, then walk in the symbolic march around downtown, which attracts several thousand people. He probably would return to Heritage Hall at 11 a.m. for the inspirational program and guest speaker.
This year's event includes music from Mahalia, a musical honoring the late gospel singer Mahalia Jackson that was first performed in Lexington in 1983. The guest speaker is Marc Lamont Hill, a Columbia University professor, host of the syndicated TV show Our World With Black Enterprise, and political commentator on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.
After that, King could choose among many other activities, including a program at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and a screening of the documentary film Freedom Riders at the Kentucky Theatre.
But I suspect that King would be most interested in spending some time at the corner of Main Street and Esplanade, where local participants in the Occupy Wall Street protest have kept a steady vigil for 107 days, as of Friday, and counting.
Hill, this year's guest speaker, thinks so, too. That is because the Occupy protesters in Lexington and cities across America echo many of the concerns about economic justice that King expressed, especially during the final year before an assassin's bullet silenced him in 1968.
"We've always needed to talk about the have-nots and the have-gots," Hill said in a telephone interview last week. "The Occupy movement kind of revives that conversation."
Hill, who is best known to many TV viewers as a liberal foil to Fox talk-show host Bill O'Reilly, plans to discuss some of those issues during his Lexington speech.
"We live in a really, really dangerous moment, for a variety of reasons — politically, socially, culturally," Hill said. "There has never been a moment where we more needed to draw on the insights of Dr. King's legacy, not only to bring the nation together but to move the nation forward."
Hill thinks America's core problem is poverty, because it is a major cause of the crises in health care, education, crime, violence and high rates of incarceration.
"What we see is a gap between what we have and what's possible," he said. "And the gap isn't an intelligence gap, an effort gap, it's an opportunity gap."
One reason for rising economic inequality, Hill said, has been a lack of effective regulation of big business since the 1980s.
"The point is not to demonize business, it's not to demonize success, but to certainly challenge and critique excess," he said. "There's a way to have responsible corporations. There's a way to have responsible markets."
Hill said Americans can best honor King's legacy by continuing to work toward the goals he pursued.
"I want to challenge us to go deeper," he said. "To not just think about the man who wanted people holding hands and singing We Shall Overcome, but someone who really forced us to reimagine the relationship between the government and its citizens, between the rich and the vulnerable."
That thought and work will be especially important during this election year, Hill said.
"Beyond the everyday political banter we hear on cable television and read in the newspapers, we have to pay attention to what's going on in our communities," he said. "One of the things Dr. King represented was mass action on a national level, but locally rooted. He said that when dogs bit us in Birmingham, we bled everywhere. That kind of mentality is what's necessary.
"I want to challenge people to do something — to join organizations, to volunteer, to start organizations," Hill said. "What can we do in our communities? What can we do in our schools? What can we do in our respective religious institutions? What can we do in our homes to bring about the world that is not yet?"
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Adnan Mahmud necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
We are a non-profit organization with beta website at http://www.jolkona.org. We will be doing our public launch in little over a week and we would like to have a new logo before the launch.
Jolkona means "drop of water" in Bengali and the current logo reflects that. However, we would like to get away from the "water" theme because our organization does not exclusively deal with water. With the new logo we would like to avoid the connection with water. Our goal is to allow donors to make small donations to projects and to see proof of impact for every donation. We would like the logo to have a component that we can use in other parts of the site. For example, in our projects page - http://www.jolkona.org/projects - we use push pins to show our projects. It would be great if the logo had a piece that we can use as a pin in that map. Since we are a non-profit start-up we can't afford a huge budget right now, but we hope we can still find some good ideas.
- simple
- Our new tagline: Your choice. Your impact. Your world.
- it should have a color piece that allows us to theme the logo (e.g. green for Earth Day, red for World AIDS day
- logo should include the new tagline
- can include Jolkona or Jolkona Foundation
- we are targeting the youth with our website... so, we would like to use funky web2.0 colors
- use our website to get idea of our theme colors
- let's not do too many colors
- not wider than the current logo and preferably not much higher
- not explicitly related to a water theme
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist
Lev Nikolaevich (Leo) Tolstoy (1828–1910). Russian novelist, reformer, and moral thinker
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the Tolstoy family estate a hundred miles south of Moscow, on August 28. He died on November 20 at a nearby railroad station, having fled in the night from an increasingly contentious marriage and a set of familial relationships that had been hardened in large part by Tolstoy's attempts to apply his radical moral beliefs to his own life. In the intervening eighty-two years Tolstoy became perhaps the most prominent novelist in an age and place of great authors as well as a vociferous critic of science and modernization.
Tolstoy's international fame rests primarily on two novels, War and Peace (1865–1869) and Anna Karenina (1875–1877). His fictional works also include short masterpieces such as "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" (1886), "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1889), and "Master and Man" (1895). In addition he wrote autobiographical accounts of his childhood (Childhood, Boyhood, Youth[1852–1857]) and his experiences as a soldier in the Crimean War (Sevastopol Sketches [1855]). With regard to issues of science, technology, and ethics Tolstoy's most relevant writings include a variety of short, passionate non-fiction works, particularly "What I Believe" (1884), "What Then Must We Do?" (1887), "On the Significance of Science and Art" (1887), "What Is Art?" (1898), and "I Cannot Be Silent" (1908), all of which address a confluence of moral and intellectual errors he perceived in modern life and thought at the turn of the twentieth century.
Like his contemporary Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), whom he never met, Tolstoy was broadly concerned with the spiritual future of the human race. He attempted to confront the gradual movement away from traditional values with an almost Aristotelian emphasis on the permanent relationships of things, promoting the universality of natural and religious values of love and labor to which he believed the human heart responds. Although the West now knows him as the writer of large and perhaps infrequently read novels, his influence on writers and political dissidents such as Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) and Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918) has been enormous, and his thought provides resources for ethical assessments of science and technology that have not yet been explored fully.
Works by Leo Tolstoy
Anna's world is turned upside down when her life takes a precarious turn. Although she is married with a son, Anna unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with Count Vrosky. Anna is determined to follow her passions, and her elicit love affair with Vrosky threatens to jeopardize her comfortable existence. Anna Karenina unravels into tragedy as the story's characters are confronted with dilemmas of faith, love, happiness, and betrayal. Tolstoy's profound depiction of human emotion and self-discovery provokes readers to question the meaning of life. Often construed as Tolstoy's greatest novel, Anna Karenina beautifully illustrates the political and social atmosphere of Russia during the 19th century. Anna Karenina is a deeply moving narrative which wrestles with the contradictions that beleaguer human happiness.
In this short book, the newly-converted Tolstoy shares some of the struggles he faced during a mid-life crisis of faith. He begins by reflecting upon how neither philosophy nor religion seemed to answer any of life's great questions. As he explains, the author only overcomes his doubts after observing and immersing himself in the faith of ordinary people performing everyday tasks. The Christian life lived out, more than anything else, revealed the truths of God to him. Tolstoy's personal account not only provides insight into the mind of one of the world's greatest novelists, but it also serves to shed light on the human experience of doubt, despair, and faith. Tolstoy's Confession can be read especially well alongside his novella of similar themes, The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Tolstoy's novella, written just after the author's conversion to Christianity, is now considered a literary masterpiece. In it, death suddenly confronts Ivan, a well-to-do middle-aged Russian man, in the form of an acute illness. Standing on the edge of death's yawning chasm, Ivan looks back at his life and its comparative vacuity. Before he fell ill, earning enough money for some elegant furniture concerned him, but now eternity and destiny wrack his spirit. Tolstoy's startlingly precise portrayal of human anxiety, desire, epiphany, and love has gripped countless readers from all walks of life, and many of them report that the story not only moved them to tears, but also had a profound impact upon how they view life and its purpose. This beloved book is essential to any library.
The title of Tolstoy's novella is a clever joke, as it contains the story of a couple's descent into unhappiness. The 17-year-old Mashechka falls in love with Sergey Mikhaylych, a man more than twice her age. After an awkward courtship, the two marry. As Mashechka matures, however, she begins to understand more of love's complexities; she realizes that her love for Sergey was a mere child's infatuation. Disillusioned, Mashechka grows to loathe both herself and married life. Tolstoy's tale exhibits the vivid narration and perceptive observations of human existence that characterize all of the author's works. Written before his conversion, Family Happiness provides an interesting contrast to Tolstoy's later religious short stories and novels.
The young, proud Stepan Kasatsky has a seemingly bright future ahead of him: he has risen to a high rank in the Russian army, and he will soon marry the beautiful Countess Mary Korotkova. When Stepan discovers his fiancée's infidelity—with Czar Nicholas I, no less—he experiences such heartbreak and humiliation that he flees, later dedicating himself to the Russian Orthodox Church. He takes the name "Father Sergius." Although he becomes a celebrated churchman, he continues to struggle with pride and lust. Written during Tolstoy's later, post-conversion years, Father Sergius shares the characteristic messages of humility, abstinence, self-denial, and total faith in God. In 1917, Yakov Protazanov, one of the founding fathers of Russian cinema, directed a film inspired by the novella.
This story of the life of Christ differs widely from Tolstoy's other work. He provides us with an experimental narrative that blends the stories of the four Gospels into one. In this blend, Tolstoy discards what he finds incongruous to the modern person's everyday experience and understanding, such as Jesus' genealogy or miracles. With his stunning directness and literary expertise, Tolstoy makes Christ seem present and real in spite of the fact that his picture of Christ may not necessarily align that of other theologians.
This short novel, published after Tolstoy's death, is the last novel the great author wrote. The novel tells the true story of Hadji Murad (or Hadji Murat, alternatively), an Avar who commanded the peoples of Dagestan and Chechnya in their resistance against assimilation into Russian Empire. Tolstoy had first heard of Murad during his travels, and the author became inspired by his refusal to give in to the demands of a corrupt world. Hadji Murad shares many of the same themes found in War and Peace. Those enchanted by Tolstoy's work may find yet another treasure in this lesser-known historical novel.
Although now considered one of Tolstoy's best shorter stories, Russian authorities censored The Kreutzer Sonata after its publication in 1889. Similarly, other countries including the United States had banned the book's translations. The story concerns Pozdnyshev, a cynical young man overcome by passion, rage, and jealousy. The author plumbs the innermost depths of Pozdnyshev's crumbling mind; the callousness of that mind and its intentions can be profoundly unsettling. Tolstoy explains in the story's epilogue, however, that the downfall of the twisted Pozdnyshev serves only to show how carnal lust destroys lives. While all readers acknowledge the story's genius, its intended message of ascetic abstinence remains controversial. G.K. Chesterton, for example, wrote that "Tolstoy is not content with pitying humanity for its pains: such as poverty and prisons. He also pities humanity for its pleasures, such as music and patriotism. He weeps at the thought of hatred; but in The Kreutzer Sonata he weeps almost as much at the thought of love."
The avaricious Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov is impatient to set out on a business venture. Defying common sense, he drags his servant, Nikita, along with him into the bitter cold of a Russian blizzard. Brekhunov and Nikita lose themselves in the forest; in a matter of minutes, the master shifts from discomfort to panic and from irritation to desperation. Both his life and that of his servant are in his hands. Master and Man shares the startlingly precise insight into human nature that characterizes all of Tolstoy's work. Passionate and rich in imagery, the short story has enchanted readers with its message of selfless love.
Famous for his longer novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy displays his mastery of the short story in Twenty-Three Tales. This volume is organized by topic into seven different segments. Part I is filled with stories for children, while Part 2 is filled with popular stories for adult. In Part 3, Tolstoy discreetly condemns capitalism in his fairy tale "Ivan the Fool." Part 4 contains several short stories, which were originally published with illustrations to encourage the inexpensive reproduction of pictorial works. Part 5 features a number of Russian folk tales, which address the themes of greed, societal conflict, prayer, and virtue. Part 6 contains two French short stories, which Tolstoy translated and modified. Finally, Part 7 contains a group of parabolic short stories that Tolstoy dedicated to the Jews of Russia, who were persecuted in the early 1900's. Entertaining for all ages, Tolstoy's creative short stories are overflowing with deeper, often spiritual, meaning.
Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th century French writer, considered one of the great innovators of the modern short story. Tolstoy, at the prompting of a friend, read a collection of Maupassant's stories in 1881, shortly after the Russian novelist's radical conversion. Because of Tolstoy's newfound zeal for ascetic Christianity, he found Maupassant's works trivial and overly sensual. In this essay, Tolstoy, while he comments on Maupassant specifically, lays out his new framework for evaluating literature according to the values of ascetic (and at times Gnostic) Christianity. This framework would go on to shape all of Tolstoy's later works, including Father Sergius and The Kreutzer Sonata.
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Still Undead
Kurt Schwerdtfeger, Reflektorische Farblichtspiele (Reflecting color-light plays, 1922
light performance, apparatus reconstructed 2016
Courtesy of Microscope Gallery and Kurt Schwerdtfeger Estate © 2016.
László Moholy-Nagy, The mechanics of the light prop, 1930
Watercolour, ink and pencil on circular paper, mounted on round hardboard, diameter: 52 cm
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: Hermann Kiessling.
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, Colour Chord 21-stringed flat sound box, no date (c. mid-20th century)
Grainger Museum Collection, University of Melbourne.
Gift of Olive Hirschfeld, 1980. 01.0017.
György Kepes, Simulated effects of a proposed mile-long
programmed luminous wall, suggested for the Boston Harbor
Bicentennial, 1964–65, photo: Nishan Bichajian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program in
Art, Culture and Technology, © Juliet Stone.
Muriel Cooper, 1969, Promotional Poster for Bauhaus:
Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago, Image courtesy
Muriel R. Cooper Collection, Morton R. Godine Library, Archive
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, reprinted by
permission of the MIT Press.
Stan VanDerBeek, Movie-Drome, ca. 1963
Courtesy: Estate of Stan VanDerBeek, photo: Bob Hanson.
Richard Hamilton, Diab DS-101 Computer, 1985–89
Tate-Modern, © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019,
photo: © Tate, London 2019.
Article on the Bauhaus punk band,
in: New Styles New Sounds, from October 1981, p. 29
© Kasper de Graaf (Editor) and Malcolm Garrett (Art Director).
The Bauhaus object for the chapter Still Undead is Kurt Schwerdtfeger's Reflektorische Farblichtspiele (Reflecting Color-light-play) from 1922. Producing a combination of moving abstract shadows, light forms, and sound, it emerged as a creative development at the Bauhaus from outside of the curriculum.
As the starting point for this chapter, the Farblichtspiele open up numerous strands for consideration, including the Bauhaus parties, performances, experiments with light, the artist as engineer, as well as new media and commercial design. Schwerdtfeger's apparatus and similar works that followed it at the Bauhaus have also been an important reference for expanded cinema, pointing to a future in which sound, experimental film and digital culture would all form part of the contemporary art scene.
Still Undead traces a chronology of artistic experiments with new technologies that have emerged from academic institutions, including the New Bauhaus in Chicago, the Centre for Advanced Visual Studies and Media Lab at MIT, as well as the sound and performance workshops at Leeds School of Art. This chapter explores how these innovations from within the context of academia led to collaborations with industry and commerce as well as spilling over into the fields of digital technology, art, popular and counter- culture. In this way, Still Undead shows how in the context of the postwar societies of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, artistic experimentation transcended institutional structures on one hand, while on the other, were integrated into them.
Today, creative innovation and countercultural resistance all too easily are directed toward economic profit through the marketing of products and social environments. The blurring of the borders between experimentation, institutionalization, and commercialization, which was already characteristic of the Bauhaus, has now become the norm. This tendency to merge resistant experimental practices into the consumption, emphasizes the necessity for the re-politicization of art, technology, and popular culture today.
in: Maske & Kothurn. bauhaus & film (Thomas Tode), Band 57, Heft 1-2, 2013, S. 141–156.
from: Modernism/modernity, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2015, pp. 23–55.
from: New German Critique, Vol. 36, No. 2, Summer 2009, pp. 89-131.
from: Criticism, Vol. 56, No. 3, Fall 2014, pp. 457–479.
from: Cristina Pratas Cruzeiro, (Ed.) Migrations. Migration Processes and Artistic Practices in a Time of War: From the 20th Century to the Present. Belas-artes, Lisbon, pp. 271–289.
from: The Pleasure of Light. Gyorgy Kepes and Frank Malina at the Intersection of Science and Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest 2010, pp. 34–52.
in: Sonja Neef (ed.), An Bord der Bauhaus. Zur Heimatlosigkeit der Moderne, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, pp. 153–165.


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Animation Is Inexpensive, at least right NOW./
This won't be the only time I don't know what I am blogging about.
Still though, this looked like something some of you would want to know about. Chip Roughton of Rough Pictures wrote in and hipped me to this deal. For what I can tell it looks like an opportunity to get a $500 studio level animation software set up for $10.00. My quick scan for reviews also makes it look like a good deal. So if enough people sign up, you can get Messiah 2.o for $10.
Regardless, I found this a good idea on how to get notice and traction for something. Who doesn't like the idea of buying something for 2% of the list price? It will encourage others to spread it.
And let us know, is this good animation software? Is it good value at $10? Is it still good value at $500?


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A Florida woman who kept her mother's remains in a storage unit for up to 16 years was a hoarder, just like her mother, her daughter's ex-husband says.
Law enforcement officials say Ann Bunch's skeletal remains, found Thursday in a coffin inside a storage unit in Clearwater, may have been there since shortly after she died in 1994, WTSP-TV, St. Petersburg, Fla., reported.
Bunch's granddaughter, Rebecca Fancher, said she first learned that her grandmother did not make it to her final resting place last year from her mother, Bobbie Barnett Hancock, shortly before she died. The family ha been unable to afford to transport Bunch's remains to Alabama, where she was born.
Before the discovery of the body, everything in the storage unit was going to be auctioned off because Fancher's mother, who owned it, couldn't afford to pay for it.
"My mom was terribly embarrassed about not being able to do it herself and basically swore me to secrecy," Fancher said.
However, Fancher's ex-husband, John Setlow, said both Fancher and Hancock were hoarders, a compulsion to buy, find and keep things, the Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, reported.
"Bobbie had trouble facing the fact that her mother was gone," Setlow said of his ex-mother-in-law. "They just couldn't part with her."


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You can back up your WhatsApp data using Google Drive or a local backup. Local backups will be automatically created every day at 2:00 AM and they'll be saved as a file in your phone.
You can back up your chats and media to Google Drive, so if you change Android phones or get a new one, your chats and media are transferrable.
WhatsApp will ask you to restore your chats and media from a backup once you verify your number. Simply tap RESTORE when prompted to. If WhatsApp doesn't detect a backup, it could be because:
Note: The easiest way to transfer data to a new phone is by using Google Drive. If you want to use a local backup, you'll need to transfer the files to the new phone using a computer, file explorer or SD Card. If your data isn't stored on the
/sdcard/WhatsApp/ folder, you might see "internal storage" or "main storage" folders.
Your phone will store up to the last seven days worth of local backup files. Google Drive will only have the most recent one. If you want to restore a local backup that isn't the most recent one, you'll need to do the following:
sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases. If your data isn't stored on the SD card, you might see "internal storage" or "main storage" instead of sdcard.
msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to
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Drought Leveling Off in Midwest
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Federal weather forecasters say the drought appears to be leveling off, although it is likely to continue at least through November.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center Forecasters previously had predicted the drought would linger through October. The center said Thursday it appears the drought isn't getting worse.
Some areas in hard-hit farming states have seen rain in recent weeks.
And meteorologists say they expect conditions to improve in the Southwest and in a band sweeping from South Dakota through a section of Iowa and east to southern Indiana, as well as south to Texas.
Still, the fact that things aren't expected to get worse may be of little solace to Midwest farmers whose crops have already been damaged.


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You can't say they didn't warn you.
Los Angeles Metro officials are rolling out a sophisticated public information campaign designed to lessen the pain of a one-block street closure near Los Angeles International Airport this weekend from inside an air-conditioned, big, shiny, $1 million black van.
The mobile operations center is posted within eyeshot of the Century Boulevard bridge that will be knocked down late Friday night through early Monday morning to make way for a new rail station. Transit officials, knowing that scary monikers like "Carmageddon" and "Jamzilla" tend to keep motorists away, have branded this operation "Century Crunch."
Inside, the van has secure wireless Internet access with advanced bandwidth capabilities along with rows of monitors and office desks. A video camera affixed to the van's roof will be trained on the bridge all week, streaming live images to media outlets.
"If there's a lot of traffic on Manchester, the command center will let us know and we'll be able to immediately communicate it," said Metro spokesman Jose Ubaldo. "We'll tell the media through news briefings. We'll also have portable chairs, coffee and water here for the media."
Metro officials will be busily updating the agency's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts and blogging in English and Spanish real-time traffic and construction updates for the so-called "Century Crush." Metro's website has a running countdown to the road closure, and links to its various social media accounts.
Officials expect major traffic backups because Century is a prime route into LAX — handling about a third of the vehicle volume into the airport. Roughly 200,000 people pass through the airport each weekend.
The mobile command center is primarily designed for emergencies, since it can host multiple law enforcement and rescue agencies with fast, secure Internet and high-resolution video feeds from across all Metro stations and facilities. Since acquiring the van earlier this year, Metro officials have used it for major traffic and crowd issues at college football games.
In this case, officials hope it will avoid debilitating traffic the way it did with "Carmageddon" in 2011 and 2012, when the 405 Freeway was completely shut down for construction in the Sepulveda Pass.
The van's wireless Internet connection is managed by LexRay, a company that also manages secure Metro apps designed to increase communication between rail and bus operations and police.
"The vehicle is synced to Amazon cloud and its video is bandwidth-intensive," said Jim Argiropoulos, president of LexRay. "It runs off satellite and microwave technology."
The 57-hour Century Boulevard closure will be from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard. The railroad bridge demolition will make way for a station along the Metro Crenshaw/LAX light rail line, an 8.5-mile route that will connect the Green and Expo lines in 2019.
To get updates on Twitter, follow @crenshawrail, Facebook at facebook.com/CrenshawRail, or view the project's website at metro.net/crenshaw. Updates also are available by calling 213-922-2736 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Gateway Women's Ministry exists to serve as a catalyst for the development of women. It is our mission to build, equip and empower the Women of God for the betterment of individuals, families, communities and our nation. We believe that corporate prayer is a wonderful way to join forces in the spirit in order to destroy the work of the enemy in our families, our neighborhoods, our cities, our state, this nation and beyond.
Women's Prayer for August 19 will take place at Gateway in the Reception Area.
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IRVING, Texas -- There was no near-miss for Stacy Lewis this time.
This was a runaway for the highest-ranked American after six runner-up finishes in her previous 16 tournaments.
Lewis shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday in the North Texas LPGA Shootout, finishing at 16-under 268 and six strokes ahead of Meena Lee. It was the LPGA Tour's largest margin of victory since Jiyai Shin won the 2012 Women's British Open by nine.
"I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I kind of have these mini goals in the back of my mind," Lewis said. "One of them was kind of taking a tournament and running away with it. ... So to be so close the last few weeks and then to come out and shoot 64, I mean I don't even know what to say."
It was the ninth career LPGA Tour victory for Lewis, her first since August in the Women's British Open, and will boost the Texan from third to second in the world ranking.
Lewis made a putt from about 25 feet off the fringe at the 540-yard seventh for an eagle. She followed with consecutive birdies to make the turn at 14 under and up by three strokes.
"The eagle just really kind of got things going in the right direction, and then just I never let up," said Lewis, who punctuated her round with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. "I never let the hammer down."
Lee, the South Korean who won the last her two LPGA Tour titles in 2006, shot 70 after going into the final round at Las Colinas Country Club tied with Lewis for the lead. Lee bogeyed the opening hole and needed a birdie at No. 18 to finish alone in second place.
Michelle Wie, who closed within two before faltering late, had a 67 to finish third at 9 under.
Na Yeon Choi (69) and Kim Kauffman (70) tied for fourth at 8 under. Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson (69), Cristie Kerr (71) and Suzann Pettersen (72) were among six players at 7 under.
Lewis, from The Woodlands near Houston, has finished outside the top six only once in nine tournaments this year. She was third at the Kraft Nabisco and had another runner-up finish just last week in San Francisco. She had three runner-up finishes in her last eight tournaments in 2013 after her victory at St. Andrews.
Lewis got a share of the lead in Texas after a frustrating 69 in the third round Saturday when she hit all 18 greens in regulation but missed several makeable birdie putts.
"Honestly, I didn't change anything. I didn't do anything different," she said. "They just didn't go in (Saturday). ... But once you see putts in, it's kind of contagious."
Defending champion Inbee Park closed with a 72 to tie for 14th at finish at 5 under. That will be good enough when the new world ranking comes out to stay No. 1 for the 56th consecutive week since the South Korean replaced Lewis at the top.
Lewis will supplant Lydia Ko in the second spot. Ko, who didn't play in North Texas, moved to No. 2 after her win last week in San Francisco only days after her 17th birthday.
Wie had her fourth consecutive top-10 finish, including her first win in nearly four years at home in Hawaii after a runner-up finish in the season's first major.
Wie, playing five groups ahead of Lewis, was 6 under in a span of seven holes -- Nos. 9-15. When she made a 4-foot birdie putt at No. 15, she was 11 under and only two strokes behind Lewis, who was finishing her only bogey of the day at the par-3 11th.
Lewis' tee shot at the 175-yard 11th half-buried in the sand just under the lip of the bunker. Lewis had sand in her face after hitting out, and couldn't save par. But she got that lost stroke right back with a long birdie putt at the par-4 12th.
While Wie was finishing with consecutive bogeys, Lewis had an incredible par-saver at the 390-yard 15th hole, where deciding against an iron she hit her drive into the water. After dropping from about 140 yards, she hit her approach to about 3 feet.
Wie's eagle at the 510-yard 10th hole was her third of the week there. But after missing the green at the 180-yard 17th for a bogey, she hooked her 8-iron approach at the closing par 5 into the trees and bogeyed.
"I thought I had it on 17, just nuked it over the green," Wie said. "I just hit a wall on the last hole, which is disappointing for me. At the same time, 4-under par on the last day, I'll take it."


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We couldn't quite figure out what was in the air in Carmel at first. Was it the salt of the ocean? Was it the scent of privilege, since it seems to be the land of hippie women driving expensive BMWs? No, it was none of these. It was the smell of sugar--and lots of it--pervading the sweet air in the Carmel region. Here's what we spied:
Big Sur Bakery: Definitely a destination, this place is a little off the beaten path. The ingredients were fresh and everything was carefully rustic / artisan style; nonetheless, with a view, location and salty air like they have, it works. They offer classes too--a good reason to return!
Highway One, Big Sur; online at bigsurbakery.com.
Carmel Bakery: Mostly known for their wonderfully carbohydrate-laden baked goods, their pretzels wonderfully soft, just this side of doughy (although we'd stick with the savory rather than the sweet ones); their scones lean toward "short"--that is to say, buttery and lovely. Ocean Ave. at Lincoln St., Carmel; online at carmelbakery.com.
Cypress Baking Company (Via Carmel Coffee): Visiting Carmel coffee, Seattle-based Cakespy was a little saddened to see they used pump-top coffee dispensers, which basically guarantee a lukewarm beverage. But a very pleasant surprise awaited us at the pastry case: beautifully formed lemon bars, cakes and cookies which we were informed were from the local Cypress Bakery. Available at Carmel Coffee, various locations; online at carmel-coffee.com. (Cakespy note: Although we did not visit this location, we found that Cypress Baking Company is located at 1267 Broadway Ave., Seaside).
Earthbound Farms: Organic with a capital O, but behind the rows of somber produce (why is it that organic fruit always looks so sad?) there were some delightful baked goods, ranging from the hippie (spelt scones) to the dreamy (rich and velvety carrot cake; dense brownies). 7250 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel; online at ebfarm.com.
Wild Goose Bakery Cafe: Unlike some other places in the Carmel Valley, the rustic feel did not feel put-on or secretly oozing money; it felt like the hippies behind the counter had been there since before it was a hip place. The checkerboard shortbread was a standout; the French-meets-Californian style pastries did not disappoint. 18 East Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley.
And to take a Cake-hop into Monterey:
Layers: They get an honorable mention for providing the cake at a wedding Cakespy attended. Velvety buttercream and tart layers of lemony cake made us wish we had more time to visit the retail location, which we hear boasts a full walk-in bakery. 160 Webster St (b/t Munras Ave. & Hartnell St.), Monterey; online at layerscake.com.


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Sound Off, Dec. 3, 2012
One of the main entitlement "reforms" that Obama and the dems have put on the table in return for revenue increases is to eliminate waste and fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. My question is, why aren't we doing that anyway? Why have we waited so long? Does this mean that the Dems accept waste and fraud as a normal expense?
Went to a great performance at THS last night. It was a spur of the moment decision. And as I sat and looked around -- as I don't have kids in school here as my grown children moved out of Torrington for a better life -- I did not see anyone from the BOE, or principal or vps from THS, or the mayor. I asked the kids after if anyone had shown up. They said their principal was there Thursday and they are not sure what the superintendent looks like as they never see her at any functions. How disgusting is it that this city doesn't support our kids? This is what is wrong with our city and our schools when you don't have the support of the top administration then how can the people respect you? But bring in a school within a school to bring in students from other towns to attend our high school. This is nonsense! Support our kids living in this town.
There's already a lot to blame this administration for before even getting all the answers. They neglected to tell us about this being a terrorist attack and put all the emphasis on a movie when that isn't the case. The open congressional hearings showed what poor leadership this admin has because more help was asked for given the conditions there and the Dems denied it. It was proven at the hearings it wasn't because of the money. They could have given more help but chose not to. There's already enough wrong and I'm sure more will come out. Benghazi is a cover up plain and simple. This admininstration is crooked. By the way, newsflash: Bush isn't pres anymore. It's time to hold Nobama accountable.
Who is the demented mind that wrote that crap about Obama and Hillary Clinton? He is so far off base that he isn't even in the ball park.
Why not wait until the investigation and find out what did happen? You run your mouth over something that you probably found in Fox News or some idiot's blog. There isn't any decision as to what did take place and who knew what. Wait for that. There is plenty of blame to go around.
You also state that it was the worst disaster of all time. That's a lot of hooie. Are you forgetting we went to war with Iraq over "missiles of mass destruction" that didn't exist? Oh yeah, you'd rather forget about that. The truth about that colossal lie took over a year to come out. How many of our brave men and women did we lose in that ten year war? All over a lie by Bush. Don't even start to lie about what happened until the investigation is done. Then we'll all know the truth.
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Chemical weapons inspectors give upbeat report on Syria despite bulky gear, security worries
The members of the international team determining the exact size and contents of Syria's deadly chemical arsenal – and then overseeing its destruction – must, while they try to work, wear both bulky hazmat suits, to protect them from the materials they're destroying, and full sets of body armor, to protect them from the civil war raging around them.
But while the bulky protective gear makes the job of cataloging and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stores more difficult, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed optimism Wednesday that its inspectors will be able to fulfill their mission within ambitious deadlines that foresee Syria's ability to use chemical weapons largely eliminated in slightly less than three weeks.
After a week and a half in country, inspectors have seen only two of the more than 20 sites Syria has admitted. U.S. officials familiar with the Syrian program have estimated there are actually as many as 45 sites attached to the chemical weapons program.
And, with inspectors wrapped in two layers of protective gear, each site will be studied at a slower pace.
Ralf Trapp, one of the original members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and a former secretary of the group's scientific advisory board, noted that even such an apparently routine detail can increase the difficulty of an already difficult task.
"Full protective gear means you're wearing a gas mask, which reduces visibility and the ability to communicate, beyond which, it can get quite hot in the suit," he said. "Body armor adds weight and further slows you down, and makes it even hotter to work. This means people are slower, and shifts can't last as long, so you need more people to complete the same task. It's an issue."
Regardless, the initial reports out of Syria indicate progress and even appear to convey a bit of optimism.
OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu said the inspection team had visited a first Syrian chemical weapons site on Sunday and Monday and was at another site on Wednesday.
He called it "the beginning of a difficult process."
The mission is supposed to eliminate all traces of Syria's chemical warfare ability by the middle of next summer. Of greater urgency, the teams now in Syria intend to destroy the machinery used to mix the chemicals and fill warheads by Nov. 1.
"Some equipment has already been destroyed," Uzumcu said.
Jean Pascal Zanders, an expert on chemical weapons policy who runs The Trench, a website dedicated to chemical weapons issues, said that was good news.
"Once the machinery used to mix and fill is destroyed, the chemicals can't be mixed to become deadly weapons, and can't be filled into warheads to be used as weapons," he said. "Once the empty warheads are destroyed, they cannot be used. Once the production is destroyed, supplies cannot be replenished. It is very simple, of course, but it's very important. When they finish this work, before the total destruction of the Syrian program, the region is already much, much safer."
Uzumcu said the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has dispatched a dozen inspectors to join the 16 inspectors who remain in Syria. A 12-member team from the United Nations also remains in Syria.
"Safety and security is an overriding concern," Uzumcu said.
In an email commenting on Uzumcu's concerns, Trapp said that various steps could help ease the security concerns, including consolidating weapons and chemicals "to reduce the number of locations to secure and monitor and to increase the effectiveness of certain destruction operations." He also said the inspectors could turn to "improvised methods" to quickly render some of the chemical agents harmless, such as mixing mustard gas with bleach.
Uzumcu's political adviser, Malik Ellahi, said that security, in the end, is the responsibility of the Syrian government, and the inspectors would have to rely on that. Even so, while still early, he said there is progress at the first two sites, including the destruction of unfilled munitions.
"The effort to make these sites inoperable is well underway," he said.


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You haven't sent Santa a letter in forever and your significant other didn't pick up on the hints you were laying down. It's time to take matters into your own hands.
What's a woman with Christmas cash supposed to do? Pick out exactly what she wants, that's what. Read on for a list of gifts ideas for yourself. Life's too short to not get exactly what you want.


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- The Packers shelve Justin Harrell for the season now. It is apparent he is not healthy, and by not addressing his injury now for the long-term, the Packers risk having him miss off-season work which has happened each of his first two years. At this point, Harrell needs to be given one more chance where he is allowed to go through full off-season workouts and team activities healthy to prove what kind of player he is, bust or first round defensive tackle. Ending his season now, will allow him to be ready for the first mini-camp....we hope.
- Packer fans recognize and think about the things to come following James Jones game against the Jaguars. Jones had four catches for 132 yards last Sunday, a career day for the 2nd year receiver who has had a disappointing second season due to injuries. This Jennings-like performance bodes well for the league's most talented, young receiving core.
- My uncle's brandy slushes don't run out before my Grandma wants everyone to sing carols. If they do, everyone is forced to sing sober, which never ends well. Great Aunt Gertrude is the only one who gets a reprieve, as she can't hear anyway.
- A sweep of the Chicago Bears for 2008. After the recent Bears' dominance over the Packers it would be a nice Christmas present to shut them down Monday night at Soldier Field. This would be especially sweet considering Lovie Smith's recent comments, that are not-so indirect potshots at the Packers.
- Anything from this site!
- An Albert Haynesworth pairing with either Jason Taylor, or preferably, Julius Peppers. Since Ted Thompson is so pleased with his recent draft class (and presumably all others), it is time to bolster this extremely young team, with an impact free-agent signing...or two. If he really is a disciple of Ron "The Brain" Wolf, he can prove it by adding to his team through free agency. Since the problems for the Packers this year started...and while I would like to say ended, I obviously can't....with the defensive line, adding the best D tackle in the game would be a good start to addressing Thompson's recent shortcomings. While being a hulking beast of a run-stuffer, Haynesworth has added 8.5 sacks, meaning he can get pressure on the QB from the interior...and meaning he only has one less sack than Aaron Kampman, the only Packer who gets pressure on the QB. While Aaron Taylor is at the tail-end of his career, he would be a guiding force for the young defense and would be hungry to eliminate last year's injury plagued season from recent memory. A one-year deal would be perfect for Taylor and the Packers, as it would give Taylor one last chance before he goes Fred Astaire full-time, and allow Mike Montgomery and Jeremy Thompson a year to learn under one of the best defensive ends of all time. Ideally, Thompson would pull the trigger on Julius "Habanero" Peppers to give Aaron Kampman a guy to meet up and have a beer with at the Busted QB Tavern. Happy hour from 12-3:30 every Sunday. Stat prediction for Kampman and Peppers if Thompson gets a deal done: 12 total sacks each, but attained by 24 half-sacks as each play they drill the QB at the same time.
- Aaron Rodgers gets the late game monkey off his back. To be fair, Rodgers has given the Packers the lead late in the fourth quarter, only to watch the defense already head to locker room and let the other team walk down the field to score. But to eliminate the stigma associated with losing 20 games by a total of 2 points, #12 needs to take the offense on a drive late in the game for the win. Not only to give him some street cred, but because it's more fun to watch the Bears lose in the waning seconds. Let's be honest, we'll be beating the Lions by 35...well, hopefully. It's no guarantee the way we've been playing and been coached.
- One last thing. But only if Alyssa Milano comes with it.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Giddyup. I second everything here. I would also like to combine two of these and wish for Alyssa Milano, in a Packer jacket, purring on a Packer carpet like the kitten-fox she is. Thank you.ReplyDelete
Meow. Duly noted.ReplyDelete
I would also like add to the list:
Packers coaches stop lining up Brady Poppinga at end. Yes, yes, I know "that's what he played in college" but it's embarassing now. On three separate occasions last week, I watched him line up at end and, immediately following the snap, he would just fall to his knees and not even really require a blocker. His time at end is done.
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