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Master Model : Client
Detail Model : Address (MANY)
Detail Model : Account (MANY)
Detail Model : Contacts (MANY)
Detail Model : Sites (MANY)
If I use the Gii generated forms, I can use a CJuiTab widget to display the detail models
$model is the Client model.
$this-> is the Client Controller
The problem I am having is ->find() works to grab the client Address but not the correct address. I need to pass
it 'client_id'=>$model->id so it returns the client Address.
$this->widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiTabs', array( 'tabs'=>array( 'Client'=>$this->renderPartial('_form', array( 'model'=>$model), true), 'Address'=>$this->renderPartial('_clientAddress/_form', array( 'model'=>ClientAddress::model()->find()), true), ), 'options'=>array( 'collapsible'=>false, 'selected'=>0, ), 'htmlOptions'=>array( 'style'=>'width:700px;' ), ));
I would really like to pass it an array of Client Addresses but I can't do that with the _form.
I would need to use CGridView then open each address for editing
It seems very complex for something that should be simple.
Am I not being Yii enough and thinking too relationally? I haven't broken the Oracle Forms habits.
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Also Tuesday, a bomb wounded former legislator and once governor of the central province of Hama, Abdul-Razzak Qtini, as he was in his car, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a neighbor of Qtini said. The neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said Qtini is receiving treatment in a Damascus hospital.
The bodies, almost all of men in their 20s and 30s, were discovered in the contested neighborhood of Bustan al-Qasr, the director of the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman said. Intense clashes between rebels and government troops have raged in the district since opposition forces launched an offensive on Aleppo in July.
Abdul-Rahman said the identities of the dead were unknown, and it was not clear who was behind the killings or when they occurred. A government official told The Associated Press in Damascus that the dead were residents of Bustan al-Qasr who were kidnapped and later killed.
Syrian state TV said the men were killed by members of Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida-linked group that the Obama administration has labeled as a terrorist organization. It said the men were killed after they demanded members of the group to leave their areas.
Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, put the number of bodies found at 80. It blamed government forces for the killing.
Such exchanges of accusations over killings have been common in Syria since the country's conflict began in March 2011. With lawlessness and joblessness now rife in many areas, kidnappings for ransom are not uncommon.
An amateur video posted online showed dozens of bodies placed in rows on the ground and wrapped in blue blankets. A crowd of men, many covering their noses with scarves, walk among the dead, apparently trying to identify them.
A voice in the background says "number them," while another says "pray for them." At one point, a man stops at a body and breaks down into tears, shouting: "he's my brother."
The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the events depicted.
The Observatory said a total of at least 160 people were killed in Syria Tuesday, while the LCC put the figure at 162. They numbers included the bodies of the men found in Aleppo.
The violence came a day ahead of a donors conference for the Syrian opposition headed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in the oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait.
In Washington, President Barack Obama authorized an additional $155 million in humanitarian aid for the Syrian people Tuesday, as his administration grapples for a way to stem the violence without direct U.S. military involvement.
The fresh funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid to Syria over two years to $365 million, according to the White House. Officials said the money was being used to immunize one million Syrian children, purchase winter supplies for a half million people, and to help alleviate food shortages.
The U.S. has long called for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power and says the fall of his regime is inevitable. In addition to the humanitarian aid, the White House has also ratcheted up economic sanctions on Assad's regime and recognized the rebel-led Syrian Opposition Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
Also, EU humanitarian aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said the EU committed another 100 million euros ($134 million) in help, bringing the overall EU total so far to 360 million euros.
Earlier in the day, Syrian rebels stormed a government intelligence complex in the oil-rich east of the country, freeing at least 11 people held in a prison at the facility, activists said.
After five days of heavy clashes around the intelligence compound in the city of Deir el-Zour, rebels finally overran the complex early Tuesday, the Observatory said. It was not immediately clear whether those freed from the compound's prison Tuesday were fighters or activists.
The activists said the compound was run by the Political Security Department, one of Syria's four most powerful intelligence agencies.
Amateur videos showed rebels raising an Islamic flag on top of the three-story building as fighters carted away rifles and boxes of ammunition.
Deir el-Zour has been the scene of heavy fighting since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011. The province, which goes by the same name as the city, is located along Syria's border with Iraq and includes several oil installations that the rebels have repeatedly targeted.
The aid group Doctors Without Borders said last month that government forces are shelling and bombing Deir el-Zour almost daily. It said tens of thousands of Syrians, many of them wounded, remain trapped in the city.
Also Tuesday, regime warplanes also carried several airstrikes on rebel positions in restive towns and villages around Damascus, including eastern Ghouta and Yalda, the Observatory said. The group relies on reports from activists on the ground.
After capturing several major army bases and government outposts, the rebels control large swathes of land in northeastern Syria. Assad's troops, however, continue to hold a tight grip on the capital after nearly two years of conflict.
The areas on the capital's doorstep have been rebel strongholds since early on in the revolt. In recent months, the rebels have used them as a base from which they have been trying to push into central Damascus, the seat of Assad's power.
Back on the front line in Aleppo, a veiled female sniper who identified herself as Givara told the AP that when she decided to fight against Assad's troops people used to tell her that it would be difficult as a woman.
"No it's not difficult ... I want to defend my life," she said, adding that her husband is proud of her and that she was fighting because she didn't want to see her children reduced to "pieces of flesh" by government attacks. | <urn:uuid:35fd98eb-2212-4800-bdee-9d08077d3061> | 2013-05-18T05:10:36Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Origin: LL exarchus, overseer of monasteries < Gr exarchos, leader, chief (in LGr, prefect, bishop): see ex- & -arch
Origin: < ex- + Gr archē, beginning
See exarch in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Late Latin exarchus, an overseer
Origin: , from Greek exarkhos
Origin: , from exarkhein, to lead
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + arkhein, to rule.
Origin: + Greek arkhē, beginning (from arkhein, to rule, begin).
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Jim Broadbent Joins 'Indiana Jones' Cast
Joins Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf
According to media reports, Broadbent will play a Yale University professor in the film, already set for a May 22, 2008 release date.
Production on "Indiana Jones and the Quest for Profit" (not the official title) began on Monday (June 18) with Spielberg directing, George Lucas producing and Harrison Ford returning to star.
David Koepp wrote the script, not that anything is known about the plot specifics. In addition to Ford and Broadbent, the cast includes Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone and John Hurt.
Broadbent won his Oscar and Golden Globe in 2002 for "Iris." Most recently seen in HBO's "Longford" and in the action comedy "Hot Fuzz," Broadbent's other credits include "Topsy-Turvy," "Moulin Rouge!" and "Little Voice." | <urn:uuid:07835dec-766e-4aa7-8b1c-58500ca13e7d> | 2013-05-18T05:30:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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- I thought he implied that Alan Sokal was right to debunk
the social construction of science; or was just one
particular paradigm adopted by sociologists? I agree with
Ted Davis' subsequent comments on the validity/importance of
recognising a social influence on the science we do.
- With regard to teh feminist comments, I have friends who
are keen to point out to me that whilst men are competitive
in the workplace, women tend to be more collaborative, and
that this sort of behaviour can be seen even in children
playing. A terrible oversimplification and generalization,
but I do wonder how differently we might do science if there
was a more "feminine" approach? Or is this off-the-wall?
- Lastly, when you say that the "post modern mood allows
Christians in the gate", what exactly do you mean? Why does
this allow us in? Most importantly, what specific advice
can you give to christians working in science?
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Being An Ethical Hunter
Imagine that you are in the woods during hunting season and you are deer hunting on a piece of property owned by one of your friends. She tells you that there are too many does running around, eating crops and destroying property, and she wants you to help cull the herd. She states that she does not want anyone to shoot the antlered deer just the does. She gives you four special non-antlered damage tags, and you have your own state antlered tags. Does and bucks are legal to harvest. After sitting in the woods for hours, you hear a loud noise. You look over your shoulder and see the biggest antlered deer you have ever seen! He is just over the property line, but appears to be heading towards the fence line. What would you do?
It comes down to a matter of ethics - between what a hunter is allowed to do, and what a hunter should do. The way we think about or judge the right thing to do comes from our surroundings and the people we associate with. The influence on every individual to do the right thing comes from, but is not limited to, the following:
Our individual ethics shape who we are and what we will do...when no one is watching us. It forms our character and defines us as a group of individuals called safe and ethical hunters. Our individual and cultural ethics involving hunting define us - positively or negatively - to other hunters and to the general public who are non-hunters.
Others judge your ethics through your attitude and behavior. | <urn:uuid:18fc9eb9-c8e3-42bc-b367-612130878643> | 2013-05-18T05:24:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Description: quadrangular altar of dark grey-blue stone, broken at top, front badly worn; ornamented with wreathes, (on front and rear) heads of deer, (on right and left faces) bosses or paterae0.91 m (height), 0.51 m (width), 0.365 m (depth)0.01 m
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Original Location: Khaironeia
Current Location: Khaironeia museum(23 July 1995)(Note: at top of preserved right face)
Eukles being archon),
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|May 30||In Search of a Two-Peat: Athens Gold Medalists Discuss What it’s Like to Defend|
No country was more successful at the 2004 Athens Olympics than the United States. It won 36 events.
First-time champions included the swimmer Natalie Coughlin (who earned two golds), Mariel Zagunis (who captured the first US fencing gold in 100 years), softball outfielder Jessica Mendoza (who extended the US team's perfect gold-medal streak), and pole vaulter Tim Mack.
Coughlin went in as a star. Zagunis came out as one. Mendoza continued a legacy on a team. Mack prevailed alone. All of them will try to defend their titles in Beijing. It is a daunting task. Win again and you meet public expectation. Lose and everyone asks what's wrong.
Teamusa.org asked them independently to discuss how a gold medal affects their Olympic preparation and how it changes the mental equation.
WHAT IS THE PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR 2004 GOLD?
MARIEL ZAGUNIS (individual sabre): "It was a huge deal because it was a lifetime goal, but I don't feel any different because I knew I had the potential to win. Before women's sabre was added to the Olympics, I won the 2001 Junior World Championships, the Cadet World Championships and Junior Team World Championships. No one had ever won them all in one year. Since Athens, I've met people who don't know what to say when they find out I won a gold medal because they're in shock and awe. To me, it means I got to reach my goal."
JESSICA MENDOZA (softball): "Sure, you win and it's the ultimate. But for me and my team, that's our only option. We won gold at every Olympics. I was new in 2004 but instead of pressure, it was more: realizing this was the right fit for me. Shooting high is the only way I've lived my life - whether it was picking a school that I thought would be the toughest, Stanford, or choosing classes that were the most challenging."
NATALIE COUGHLIN (100m backstroke, 4x200m relay): "In swimming, you're validated by gold medals."
WHY TRY TO DEFEND, KNOWING HOW HARD IT IS TO WIN THE FIRST TIME?
MENDOZA (softball): "Gold is so short-lived. I remember the euphoria of winning and I remember thinking, ‘I want to feel this every day.' But as soon as we stepped off the plane from Athens, our coach said, ‘OK, now we've got work to do.' I had the same mentality as our coach because I want to do this as many times as I can because this is amazing. Honestly, I've never been on such a high."
TIM MACK (pole vault): "To win once is a big enough achievement. To win again, I'm in uncharted territory. It's only been done once, by Bob Richards [1952, 1956] so I don't think anyone can even fathom what it's like to win it twice. It teases you. I can't think about it. Once you start thinking about the end result you lose sight of the process and you're dead in the water."
IS WINNING AT ANOTHER OLYMPICS MORE IMPORTANT OR LESS IMPORTANT TO YOU NOW THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT? AND HOW DOES TRYING TO REPEAT AFFECT YOUR PREPARATION?
MACK (pole vault): "A second gold doesn't mean any more or any less than when I was trying to do it the first time. Sometimes it's more difficult because I know how the year went. You try to duplicate it. If something's not the same, you second guess yourself and all of a sudden, there's negativity. I no-heighted in my first meet of 2008, but then I remembered, I no-heighted in my last meet before the 2004 Trials."
ZAGUNIS (sabre): "I can totally relate. I tried to do that, especially in the beginning. Why wouldn't you want everything to be the same? Especially high level athletes; we're kind of OCD [obsessive compulsive]. But I can't compare the two because fencing has changed a lot. They changed the timing rule. They cut in half how quickly you can hit back, and now a machine makes the call if you hit each other at the same time. Personally, a lot has changed, too. I went from being 100% focused on fencing to trying to pass college courses at Notre Dame at the same time. Also, people want to beat me so bad, more than before - just because of my result in Athens. People will fence me with everything they have. You have to be really tough to keep a strong mind. I hope it raises my focus because people are gunning for me."
COUGHLIN (swimming): "I try not to get superstitious and compare previous meets. Mentally, I can't handle that. I'm getting lifetime bests in mid-season meets and that's never happened to me before. It gives me lots of confidence. I'm nervous, but not nearly as nervous as I was last time. I have an idea what to expect."
MENDOZA (softball): "Gold is our only goal for the Olympics. This is our last shot. [The International Olympic Committee ruled to discontinue softball after Beijing.] There will always be things you can't control, but I want to make sure we do everything possible now so that it's less up to the powers that be in Beijing."
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING?
MENDOZA (softball): "I don't let my mind go there. We're expected to win every time. Over the last four years, we've lost to Japan a few times and a college team. People freak out. The phones start ringing. I'm kind of glad sometimes when we have setbacks now; it shows we're human. I hate when people say we're so dominant and perfect, because it's so far from who we are."
MACK (pole vault): "Gold in Athens was my e-mail address for four years. I probably told a hundred or a thousand people and felt stupid doing it, but you have to implant it every day. Now it's Gold in 08 and people are like, ‘Oh, he's going with the email.' But it worked once. Everywhere I can get energy or thoughts and repetition is crucial."
COUGHLIN (swimming): "These Olympics are about what I want to accomplish, not what others feel I should accomplish. I feel I don't need to prove myself anymore to the public."
Aimee Berg is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies. | <urn:uuid:6ecedd8e-3c4f-4e36-ae32-70a97e48ccfd> | 2013-05-18T05:30:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The DPS client side consists of four libraries and a number of basic tools for programming and configuration; these are all included with XFree86.
libpsres library is a library for management of
PostScript resources, on-disk files representing PostScript data
structures such as fonts, font encodings, procsets, etc. It is
closely related to the
makepsres tool (see
client-side tools later in this document).
The basic DPS client library is
libdps. This library contains a
number of functions for connection establishment, resource management,
as well as stubs for all standard PostScript operators. Normally, all
DPS clients should link with
libdps; in addition,
be used for printing by non-DPS clients (this is done, for example, by
Sun's JDK). This library is documented in [CLRM] and [CLSX].
libdpstk library contains a number of additional utilities
for managing DPS contexts, user paths and user objects, and for
previewing EPS files. It is documented in [DPTX].
libdpstkXm library contains four Motif widgets. The DPS
Scrolling Widget is a DPS drawing area that automatically manages
issues such as scrolling, scaling, client-side backing store,
incremental redisplay, etc. The Font Selection Box, and its
associated Font Preview, present a convenient and powerful
interface for choosing scalable fonts. Finally, the Color Picker
presents an interface for choosing colours using either of the RGB or
HSV spaces. The latter three widgets are documented in [DPTX]; some
summary Scrolling Widget documentation is available in the
subdirectory of the
DPS.tar.gz file, available from ftp://dps.sourceforge.net/pub/dps/DPS.tar.gz.
The source code for
libdpstkXm is included with XFree86; however,
as it depends on Motif, this library is not built by default.
A GTK-based library providing some of the functionality of
libdpstkXm is available from
the gtkDPS site.
libdps did not depend on
libXt. In X11R6,
however, code was added to make the Xt main loop dispatch to sundry
code on DPS events; with this addition, all programs that link with
libdps need to link with
libXt, whether they use Xt or not.
This state of affairs is unfortunately true of the version of
libdps included with XFree86. We are currently considering
various solutions to this problem (including the use of weak linker
symbols or splitting off the guilty functions into a separate
In addition to the libraries, the client side of DPS consists of two utilities.
makepsres utility is used for managing PostScript resources.
Its basic operation consists in walking recursively a filesystem tree,
noting all resources, and then writing out a ``Unix PostScript
Resources,'' file, basically a directory of all the resources found.
This utility is documented in the makepsres(1) manual page.
pswrap utility is a stub generator for PostScript clients.
Roughly speaking, it takes as its input textual PostScript code, and
generates a collection of C functions that transmit that code in
pre-tokenised form to the DPS extension.
Pswrap is documented in
XFree86 contains three sample DPS clients,
texteroids. They are documented in their
respective manual pages.
A number of sample clients that depend on Motif are available in ftp://dps.sourceforge.net/pub/ftp/DPS.tar.gz. Additional sample clients can be found as part of GtkDPS (see above).
The GNUstep environment can be compiled to use DPS for all rendering; for more information, please see the GNUstep site. | <urn:uuid:762255bd-1875-460f-9a0e-65a3b1045308> | 2013-05-18T06:01:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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January 11, 1847
IRELAND. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
DUBLIN, Jan. 8
STATE OF THE WEST RIDING OF CORK.
The last accounts from this distress are of a most dismal character. Ten additional deaths by starvation have occurred in the barony of Bantry. The melancholy details are thus furnished by a correspondent of the Cork Reporter:
"Bantry, Jan. 5. -- It is my painful duty to inform you of six inquests held here this day, before Mr. Samuel Hutchins and Mr. Richard White, magistrates for the county.
"The jury unanimously agreed without a moment's hesitation, that the following persons came to their deaths by starvation, vis:
"Catherine Sheehan, a child, two years old, who died on the 26th of December last, and had lived for several days previous to her death on sea weed, part of which was produced by Dr. McCarthy, who held a port mortem examination on her body. The other details in this case are most heart-rending.
"Michael Sullivan died at Skahana, on or about the 4th of December, from the effects of eating too hearty a meal, whichhe had received through charity, after being previously exhausted from overlong fasting.
"Richard Finn was conveyed into this town on the 14th of December, in a car, for the purpose of taking him to the workhouse, when in the street, the Very Rev. Thomas Barry, parish priest, was obliged to hear confession before the public, and before he had time to complete his sacred duties the poor man expired.
"John Driscoll was working on one of the public works on the 29th of December; on his return home he fell exhausted for want of foo, and was found dead in the mountain of Glounlough on the following morning. His wife proved that he had eaten nothing for two days previous to his death, except a small quantity of boiled wheat, and that he frequently had a similar fast.
"Jeremiah Carthy entered the shop of Mr. Robert Vickery, of this town, when he fell senseless, and died in three hours after at the workhouse, though being kindly attended to by the Rev. Mr. Freeman. Dr. Jagoe, and the family, before his removal.
"Michael Linehan was found dead on the lands of Ibane on the 18th of December last. He was on his way home from Bantry after purchasing some food for his mother and brother (which were all his family) who were then lying in fever; there were some turnip peels or skins found in his stomach.
"Head-constable Grant then stated to the magistrates that there were three other similar cases, but the bench considering it too late to proceed withhearing them, they were postponed for a future day.
"While the Court was sitting the Very Rev. Thomas Barry reported another victim who had fallen on entering the workhouse, before he had time to administer the sacraments to him.
"I regret that time does not permit me at present to give you the evidence in detail, as that of the Very Rev. Mr. Barry, and Rev. Mr. Freeman, as well as that of Doctors Jagoe and M'Carthy, would be read with painful and melancholy interest.
"I close with sending you the remonstrances of the jury, as handed in by their foreman, Mr. E. O'Sullivan.
"'That we feel it is our duty to state, under the correction of the Court, that it is our opinion that if the Government of the country shall persevere in its determination of refusing to use the means available to it for the purpose of lowering the price of food, so as to place it within the reach of the labouring poor, the result will be a sacrifice of human life from starvation to a frightful extent, and endangerment of property and of the public peace.
"E. O'Sullivan, Foreman
"Saml. Hutchins, Justice of the Peace
"Richd. White, Justice of the Peace
FURTHER RISE INTHE PRICES OF GRAIN
Notwithstanding the unprecedented arrivals of grain into the port of Dublin, prices still continue to advance. At the Corn Exchange today considerable excitement prevailed and wheat, according to official market note, went up 1s.6d. . . . As befroe remarked, the supplies are pouring in from all quarters; the river is filled with shipping, containing cargoes of flour and other breadstuffs, and the greatest inconvenience is felt from the want of sufficient storage to remedy which temporary sheds have been erected along the north wall at the Custom-house; but even with this makeshift the accommodation is extremely defective. It is the opinion of some of the leading factors here that there will be no material (if any) reduction in the price of bread for two months to come; but that about the middle of March the foreign arrivals must tell, and that speculators may as well be prepared in time for a tremendous reaction.
FOOD RIOTS IN DUBLIN
Before 8 o'clock this morning a mob consisting of between 40 and 50 persons, many of them boys, commenced an attack upon the bakers' shops in the neighborhood of summer hill, Britain Street and Abbey Street. Owing to the early hour and the unexpectedness of the outbreak, they were enabled to carry on their depredations without let or hindance. The rioters had the appearance of country people, and came from the northern outlets of the city. When they had reached Abbey Street two policemen interfered,and endeavored to disperse the crowd, but without any effect, several men exclaiming that they had been without food for 24 hours, and that bread they should have. They then marched in "close order" toward Mary's Abbey, where they are great numbers of provision and cookshops, but I have not heard to what farther extent they continued their attacks.
The guardians of the Balrothery union (county of Dublin) led on by Mr. G.A. Hamilton, M.P., have taken a bold step, by the adoption at a special meeting on Wednesday, of the two following resolutions:
"Resolved: That the workhouse being now fully occupied, there being no fewer than 499 inmates (the house being calculated for only 400), and great destitution prevailing in many parts of the union, the master be instructed, in any case in which a destitute person may present himself with a guardian's order for provisional admission, before sending such person away to give him a meal, consisting of a dinner's ration to be eaten in the house, and to charge same against the union at large.
"Resolved: That it is also expedient that a room should be procured in the differing districts withinthe union where destitution previals; that suchroom be declared a poorhouse, under the 35th section of the Irish Poor Law, 1 and 2 Vctoria, chapter 56, for the purpose of affording additional relief under the present very extraordinary circumstances of the coutnry. That the guardians makea list of the destitute in those districts, that that after due inquiry, provisional order be given entitling such persons a meal to be eaten in the rom so declared a poor house, within each district. The meal to consist of a pint of soup or mil, and 1 1/2 lb. of brown bread for adults, and for children in proportion. That it be fully understood that htis mode of relief is only intended to meet the present distressing emergency and that it shall cease with the emergency, or when there is accommodation in the house. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Poor Law Commissioners . . .
PROGRESS OF DISTRESS
From the intelligence received today it appears that the list of districts suffering under extreme destitution must be now added the Queen's County, Carlow Sentinel, a journal, it should be borne in mind, but little inclined to cast undeserved blame upon the landed proprietors:
"With feelings of deep regret for the welfare of the extensive district of Ballickmoylter, comprising the large baroney of Slievemarigue, we learn that all hopes have vanished of actual provision for the wants of the population, unless the Government come forward and that speedily, with liberal measures of relief. In these times for they are times of peril -- men must speak out; and we shall do our duty fearlessly in calling on the non-residential proprieters to come forward and to lend their cooperation or they will, when too late, regret the consequences of their neglect. In the Ballickmoyler district, Queen's County, a few have, it is true, contributed; but where are the names of the Earl Kenmore, or of the Earl of Portarlington, upon whose estates a vast mass of hideous poverty exists? We have not heard that 1s of their money has yet been contributed, although their agents draw large sums from the extensive estates of these two noblemen in the awfully distressed district to which we refer. We have heard, but cannot say the rumour is true, that Sir Charles Coote, M.P., has only forwarded the relief fund the paltry sum of 10l. Can this be true? We really cannot credit the assertion that a wealthy baronet, of large estate in a barony of the country which he represents, with a vast means of pauperism in the district, and a great number of starving people on his estate, would only contribute a sum of 10l.! If he has been so fortunate as to send 1s. more we shall apologize for our error in the cause of humanity and the poor of our country. Our readers should fully comprehend the causes why we dwell on a subject of so much importance in this district of the Queen's County. . . . | <urn:uuid:7e9fc602-9f5c-4831-a99c-353323a9ebc6> | 2013-05-18T06:51:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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People who like this book describe it as
Imaginative, Humorous, Clever, Hilarious, Witty, Fun, Good characters, Inventive, Original and Memorable.
They tend to think it's about
Universe, Life, Science Fiction Books, Comedy and Theory of everything.
People who like this book also tend to like other fiction books such as Life, the Universe and Everything, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Colour of Magic, Mostly Harmless, I, Robot, The War of the Worlds, Hogfather, Mort, Small Gods and Guards! Guards!.
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This book is particularly popular among supporters of the Liberal Democrats. This book is particularly popular among readers of The Guardian.
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Aside from novels, other books they tend to like include The Winter's Tale.
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Their favourite movies are: Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, The Terminator, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. | <urn:uuid:d78a7ef9-fde2-4629-8996-4dfee13bc261> | 2013-05-18T07:19:54Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When you create an input form in Microsoft Excel, understanding how to make the application work for you can save hours of manual input. If you want to narrow question responses to specific options, you can use a drop-down response menu. These instructions are written for Excel 2010, so the steps may vary slightly if you use a different version.
Enter each of the items that you want to appear in the pull-down list on a new worksheet in your Excel workbook. Place one item per cell with each one listed in an adjacent cell. For example, list the items in columns with one option each in cells A1, A2, A3 and so on. You could also list them in a row with one in each cell, such as A1, B1 and C1, until all your data is listed. The drop-down will be ordered based on the entries, so organize the items accordingly.
Highlight all of the cells in the list. Right-click your mouse and choose "Define Name" from the menu. Create a name for the list and enter it in the "Name" field. Do not use spaces in the name. Click "OK." This name is only used to select the list for the drop-down; it does not appear for users.
Click the cell where you want to create the drop-down menu. Select the "Data Tools" section by clicking "Data." Choose "Data Validation" and click "Settings." Select "List" in the Allow field.
Click the "Source Name" input field and type a "=" followed immediately by the name you assigned to the list on the previous worksheet. For example, if your list was named "options," type "=options" in the source name field.
Click the check box beside "in-cell dropdown" so that the drop menu appears in the cell. If you want to require that responders choose an option, clear the "Ignore blank" check box.
Click "Input Message" to set a message to users when the cell is clicked. This is a good place to explain what selection you want the user to make or other specifics. Leave it blank if you do not want to use this feature.
Navigate to the "Error Alert" tab. Click the check box beside the option to show an error notice if invalid data is entered. Use the provided text fields to set the contents of the message. Clear the check box if you do not want the message to appear. | <urn:uuid:bfcd9859-40dc-4f6e-b9f8-f2b1ad01803d> | 2013-05-18T08:08:40Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sarah Smith who lived at Golders Green
All down one long aisle of the forest the undersides of the leafy branches had begun to tremble with dancing light; and on Earth I knew nothing so likely to produce this appearance as the reflected lights cast upward by moving water. A few moments later I realized my mistake. Some kind of procession was approaching us, and the light came from the persons who composed it.
[...]Then, on the left and right, at each side of the forest avenue, came youthful shapes, boys upon one hand, and girls upon the other. If I could remember their singing and write down the notes, no man who read that score would ever grow sick or old. Between them went musicians: and after these a lady in whose honour all this was being done.
[...]'and who are all these young men and women on each side?'
'They are her sons and daughters.'
'She must have had a very large family, Sir.'
'Every young man or boy that met her became her son--even if it was only the boy that brought the meat to her back door. Every girl that met her was her daughter.'
'Isn't that a bit hard on their own parents?'
'No. There are those that steal other people's children. But her motherhood was of a different kind. Those on whom it fell went back to their natural parents loving them more. [...]'
'And how...but hullo! What are all these animals? A cat--two cats--dozens of cats. And all these dogs...why, I can't count them. And the birds. And the horses.'
'They are her beasts.'
'Did she keep a sort of zoo? I mean, this is a bit too much. '
'Every beast and bird that came near her had its place in her love. In her they became themselves. And now the abundance of life she has in Christ from the Father flows over into them.'
I looked at my Teacher in amazement.
'Yes,' he said. 'It is like when you throw a stone into a pool, and the concentric waves spread out further and further. Who knows where it will end? Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a great saint such as yonder lady to waken all the dead things of the universe into life.'
~C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, Chapter 12 (1946)
On this day:
1926 Lewis gives his first lecture as a don in the English School at Oxford, entitled "Some Eighteenth-Century Precursors of the Romantic Movement." | <urn:uuid:d3961753-f5fd-494d-be4e-bafe793c5e03> | 2013-05-18T05:02:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Beijing: China would support the Dalai Lama's successor as long as his selection conforms with its laws, historical rules and the will of the Tibetan people, a top leader of the ruling CPC has said.
Reacting to the Dalai Lama's comments hinting that his successor would don the role of only a religious head for Tibetans and not of a political leader, Xu Zhitao, who is with the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, said the Dalai's role as political leader ended in 1959, the year he left for India on self-exile.
Xu told state-run Global Times that the central government revoked the Dalai's role as political leader of Tibetans after the "democratic reform of Tibet" in 1959.
"It's ridiculous for the Dalai Lama to say he changed the centuries-old tradition, because the tradition was already changed in 1959," Xu said.
At the same time, he said the Chinese government "will definitely support the Dalai Lama's successor if he or she is selected according to Chinese laws and historical rules, and the Tibetan people's will."
The 77-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader said in his address to the Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on Wednesday that till last year he held the dual position of political and spiritual head of the Tibetans before he transferred all powers to the "Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in- Exile".
"I am in a semi-retirement position. I changed a tradition which has been there for four centuries. What was started by the fifth Dalai Lama was ended by 14th Dalai Lama i.e. Me. I am happy and proud," he had said.
The succession for the Dalai could become a politically explosive issue as China is currently grappled with unrest in Tibet in the wake of over 50 self immolations in recent months against the Chinese rule and for the return of the Dalai Lama.
The situation in Tibet assumed significance as the CPC leadership headed by President Hu Jintao -- who critics say followed a hard-line policy towards Tibet ruling out any political concessions -- is set to change.
The Dalai in his recent comments had said that Vice President Xi Jinping, officially projected as the one to succeed Hu, could be more flexible.
The 18th Congress of the CPC, likely to be held in the coming weeks, is expected to select the new leadership but reports here say Xi is unwell, sparking speculation about his future prospects.
However, Xu has already rebuffed the Dalai's remarks that there were "encouraging signs" about China changing its attitude towards Tibet after the end of tenure of the present leadership.
On August 31, Xu said there would not be any negotiations
at least until the end of the year.
"China will continue to be flexible with Dalai Lama but it seems that no result will come out if he does not change his attitude toward some fundamental issues," he had said reacting to the Dalai Lama's comments about likely change in China's policy towards Tibet.
Chinese government continue to insist that the Dalai Lama or his "Tibet government-in-exile" cannot represent the Tibetan people, he had said.
There can only be discussions on the Dalai's return only if he "stop his separatist speeches and win the trust of the central government as well as the forgiveness of the Chinese people," Xu had said.
According to Xu, a political settlement is difficult as the Dalai Lama seeks to control everything in Tibet except foreign affairs and national defence.
The Tibetan leader also wants Tibet to be in its pre-1959 state.
Since 2002, the Chinese government has negotiated with representatives of the Dalai Lama on 10 occasions, the latest being in 2010, but no breakthroughs were reached because of "sharply divided" views, according to an earlier report by state-run Xinhua news agency.
Xiong Kunxin, a professor of ethnic studies at the Minzu University of China, told the Global Times he doubts whether the Dalai's successor can stay away from politics when he himself could not after Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard-trained legal scholar, was elected leader of the "Tibet government- in-exile" in April last year.
"His (Dalai Lama's) frequent visits to senior officials and leaders of foreign countries obviously show that he is still interfering with political affairs," Xiong said.
The Dalai's frequent visits to foreign politicians also indicate that he is not content with his "semi-retirement position" and is eager to draw others' attention to his political views, he said.
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Unexpected formation of highly functionalized dihydropyrans via addition-cyclization reactions between dimethyl oxoglutaconate and α,β-unsaturated hydrazones
The condensation between dienophiles and α,β-unsaturated hydrazone azadienes was previously reported to afford piperidines. During an attempt to adapt this reaction to the preparation of piperidine-based conformationally restricted analogs of glutamate, it was discovered that the electrophile, dimethyl oxoglutaconate (DOG) led to highly substituted dihydropyrans in 20–50% yield. The unexpected pyran product likely results from an initial 1,4-addition of the hydrazone to the oxoglutaconate followed by intramolecular cyclization of the resultant enolate oxygen to the α,β-unsaturated iminium ion. Further manipulations afford substituted tetrahydropyran 6-methamino-2,4-dicarboxylic acids. | <urn:uuid:c9e42d5f-94ac-4848-9e07-7838b0a4eeb4> | 2013-05-21T10:37:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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More than fair: Outcome dependence, system justification, and the perceived legitimacy of authority figures
Legitimacy is a source of power for authorities because it promotes voluntary deference on the part of followers. From a system justification perspective, there is also reason to believe that power is a source of perceived legitimacy. We report five studies demonstrating that in addition to procedural fairness and outcome favorability, outcome dependence is an independent contributor to perceived legitimacy. In two cross-sectional field studies and one panel study, we hypothesized and found that dependence on an authority figure is positively associated with appraisals of legitimacy, measured in terms of trust and confidence in, empowerment of, and deference to authority. These effects were demonstrated in educational, political, and legal settings. Two additional experiments provided direct causal evidence for the hypothesized effect on both perceived legitimacy and voluntary deference (i.e., acquiescence to additional requests). We also found that participants assigned to a high (vs. low) dependence condition judged their outcomes to be more favorable, despite the fact that the outcomes were identical in the two conditions; this effect was mediated by perceived legitimacy. Taken as a whole, these findings suggest that perceived legitimacy is enhanced not only when authorities exercise fair procedures and deliver favorable outcomes, but also when subordinates are dependent on them. Implications for society and the study of legitimacy and social power are discussed. | <urn:uuid:546d43fb-b8c8-4ae3-8d1f-3f030aa1999e> | 2013-05-21T10:28:23Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A long time ago I made an HP spectrum analyzer display a TV picture. Couldn't hear the sound but it was a fairly decent black and white picture (well green and white). We also used to make oscilloscopes display patterns. I thought I'd try it with the Arduino.
Here's three I got going using the Arduino - square, diamond, and circle
I only used passive components and programming.
Completely useless but fun. | <urn:uuid:c6899b3e-dc2b-4a01-9834-5fb7826f5e12> | 2013-05-21T10:08:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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DANG!!!!!! Just when I thought I was getting my life back together again. I don't get enough sleep as it is. This is a torture camp!!!!!! Have some mercy people!
"Some of you will give up. Some of you will even try to run. I warn you, until now no one succeeded. When the Legion doesn't get you, the Arabs will. When the Arabs won't catch you, the desert will. And when the desert doesn't devour your measly corpses, then I will. I wouldn't know what's worse".
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Contact Info / Websites
Thinking of changing "Song of Freedom" to the third movement. As I'm here working on the final movement, "Song of Passing" I feel like it would make more sense in both the lyric and passage shifts to put it in the middle. so it'll be
1. Song of Slaves
2. Song of Passing
3. Song of Freedom
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On March 4 2013 Kenyans will go to the polls to elect a new president to replace the outgoing Mwai Kibaki who has served his two full terms. This general elections will also serve as the platform for the voting of Governors (for the 47 counties), MPs (290 of them), Senators (one per county), Woman MP (representing each county), and several County Representatives.
The race to succeed President Kibaki promises to be an interesting one and all indications point to a close race between the RAILA AMOLLO ODINGA and UHURU KENYATTA
Below we take a summary look at the leading presidential candidates in the upcoming elections.
RAILA AMOLLO ODINGA
Raila Amollo Odinga was born on 7th January 1945 in Maseno, Nyanza Province, Kenya. He is the current Prime Minister of Kenya and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate for President for the 2013 general election.
Raila is the son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first vice-President. While growing up he watched his father's struggle for democracy and an independent Kenya from the British and from an early age became determined to do what he could to build a more free and equitable Kenya.
Raila also spent long periods in prison for campaigning for democracy. TheKanu Government detained him without trial for six years. He fled the country and went into political exile in Norway until in 1991 when he returned to re-join the fight for the restoration of multi-party democracy which was eventually guaranteed by a new constitution in the November of the same year.
Raila then devoted the next two decades to the struggle for comprehensive constitutional reform. In 2005, he spearheaded the NO campaign against a flawed constitution that the Narc Government offered to the Kenyan nation. The Orange Campaign and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) were then born and led Kenya to a new constitution approved overwhelmingly by Kenyans in August 2010.
Raila Odinga is the most experienced of all the presidential candidates seeking to succeed President MwaiKibaki. Opinion polls have all the times put him as the frontrunner to be the 4th president of Kenya. Raila run for the country's top seat in 1997 and in 2007 and this will be his third attempt.
Son of kenya's founding father and first president, Uhuru Kenyatta is without doubt one of the front runners to succeed president Kibaki.UhuruMuigai Kenyatta born 26 October 1961 is a Kenyan politician who has served in the government of Kenya as Deputy Prime Minister since 2008. He is the Member of Parliament for Gatundu South Constituency and Chairman of Kenya African National Union (KANU), which is currently part of the Party of National Unity (PNU). Uhuru mostly enjoys a massive support from his central province backyard and his Kikuyu ethnic group. Uhuru's first short at the presidency was in 2002 when he run against MwaiKibaki of national rainbow coalition (NARC). He came second with over 1.5 million votes separating him
Nominated to Parliament in 2001, he became Minister for Local Government under President Daniel arap Moi and, despite his political inexperience, was favored by President Moi as his successor; Kenyatta ran as KANU's candidate in the December 2002 presidential election, but lost to opposition candidate Mwai Kibaki by a large margin. He subsequently became Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. He backed Kibaki for re-election in the December 2007 presidential election and was named Minister of Local Government by Kibaki in January 2008, before becoming Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade in April 2008 as part of a coalition government.
Subsequently Kenyatta was Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2012, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister. Accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity in relation to the violent aftermath of the 2007 election, he resigned as Minister of Finance on 26 January 2012.
The Kikuyus don't vote for anyone other than their own. This may also boast Uhuru's chances of being president. Over the years a trend that has been observed is that whenever elections are held, Kikuyus only vote for their own and not a candidate from another community and this may be a blessing for Uhuru who may become the third kikuyu president after his father and MwaiKibaki.
46year old William Ruto is a Kenyan politician who was Minister in former President Daniel Arap Moi government and currently an accused suspect, by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing crimes against humanity. On 19 October 2010, he was suspended by the government on corruption charges .He had previously served in the Ministry of Agriculture since April 2008. William Ruto was elected Director of Elections on 18 March 2002, when the National Development Party led by Raila Odinga merged with the Kenya African National Union (KANU). He was Secretary General of KANU, the former ruling political party, and he has been MP for Eldoret North Constituency since the 1997 Kenyan electionHe became an Assistant Minister in the Office of the President and was appointed Minister in charge of Home Affairs in August 2002 but lost the post after the December 2002 election, in which Kenya African National Union lost to the National Rainbow Coalition. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform in the 9th Parliament.
Ruto has been implicated in orchestrating the 2007/2008 post election violence in Kenya. On 3 November 2010, Ruto flew to the International Criminal Court at the Hague to discuss an evidence deal with the prosecutor. On 15 December 2010, Ruto was named in a summons by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, in relation to his role in violence which followed from the 2007 elections.
Since his acrimonious fallout with Raila, Ruto has made it clear that come Election Day his name will be in the ballot paper and seek the mandate to be the president of Kenya.The country's electoral landscape has been shifted by changes to the electoral pacts that were announced in early December 2012. The most significant alteration is to the Jubilee alliance between former cabinet minister William Ruto, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi following the latter's withdrawal in early January.
This will also be the first general election held under the new constitution, which was passed during the 2010 referendum and the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC). | <urn:uuid:404a631b-63fe-4f6f-9d27-5bbe785c19cc> | 2013-05-21T10:08:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I have an urge to ask everyone how their day was, but I think that’ll be too much of a hassle.
I just hope you're okay.
I don't know what the right thing to do is...
It’s like every time I think I’m doing the right thing, I end up making things worse, even when I don’t intend to do so. I want to make things better and I want people to be happy, but I guess in the end, you can’t please everyone.
According to Mr. Peabody, I’m Jenna “the intelligent” Gomez(:
dieux asked: but see the thing is, I don't really like you Jenna. you're not cool enough to be my friend. maybe one day.
Oh, the things I'd love to say but can't.
I had a good day(:
Disney Princesses In Accurate Period Costume
cirquedelavie: Pocahontas based on 17th century Powhatan costume Cinderella’s dress is based in the mid-1860′s Jasmine is based on rare drawings of pre-Islamic Middle Eastern fashion Sleeping Beauty based on the year 1485 Ariel’s dress is based on 1890′s evening gown fashion Belle’s dress is based on 1770′s French court fashion
When you try to approach someone all excited and...
And then to find out they’re not in a good mood and you end up irritating them. Yeah, not so great.
Manage me, I'm a mess.: -juicyjon: jeeeorgiaaa:... →
-juicyjon: jeeeorgiaaa: ohdangitsteresaa: o1. tell me the truth, what made you start liking the person you like right now? o2. what on your body is hurting or bothering you? o3. what was your last thought before going to bed last night? o4. what are you listening to? o5. …
thisismyoldpersonal asked: Ok Jenna(: 16 and 30
I'm bored. →
It’s so quiet around the house now that my brother is gone. I can’t wait until he comes back in November, though. I miss that guy.
They say they will not hurt you, but they are the...
I don't like what you've become.
keeenoismyfriend: Just because I post sad ass shit or whatever doesn’t mean I’m depressed or unhappy with my life. Damn, my life is actually at it’s peak right now and I am too grateful for everything I have.
"Seems like everything you do is just meant to...
itsmedaniellev: Want to know how we settle things on Sophomore Council? Here yaa go. Got this shit on replay, all day, every day. | <urn:uuid:ed2fbfa0-a370-427d-8766-f6e8cbec1f2b> | 2013-05-21T10:06:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Expressed by Josh Marshall ("absolutely cringeworthy"), Andrew Sullivan ("Jindal's entrance reminded one of Mr Burns gamboling toward a table of ointments"), and others.
Why are all these people so confident that they are not manifesting racism? There's just something about this man that doesn't seem right, that you don't care to examine exactly what it is, but you know it deep down in your gut somehow. Seriously. How do you know this is not racism?
ADDED: Andrew Sullivan proffers an answer to my question: "Maybe because there is not a trace of evidence of any kind that we are. Unless comparing Jindal to Kenneth the Page or Mr Burns taps unknown wells of racist hate in my heart. I mean, seriously." I think deeper reflection is needed. Why the urge to paint him as a white white man? Where did that come from? Of course, there are unknown wells inside us all. When you have an instinctive response to a person of another race, why not seek knowledge? | <urn:uuid:8c3a48b4-3fa0-4feb-9bbf-727a958c0ad7> | 2013-05-21T10:30:11Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Charming? Dorky? Creepy? ... Scary?!
“I want a chastity belt on this man,” [Glenn] Beck said. “I want his every move watched in Washington. I don't trust this guy. This one could end with a dead intern.”And keep an eye on Beck too. Something's not quite right with that man's brain. For one thing, Gary Condit did not kill Chandra Levy. | <urn:uuid:0cf743ee-09c2-4f2a-9c27-140151cc7502> | 2013-05-21T10:24:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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If Obama loses, look what he will be able to say to the American voters as they contemplate his reelection:
1. I brought you a wonderful solution to a terrible problem. (What he won't say: It would have been a disaster, and fortunately, you will now not need to experience it and see that it was not wonderful, but terrible.)If Obama wins, the GOP candidate — presumably Mitt Romney — will be able to say:
2. My opponent has been arguing for months and months that you need to elect him to get Obamacare repealed. The Supreme Court already did that work, so that major issue is gone. Move on!
3. There are 5 activist conservatives on the Supreme Court, and if you elect a Republican, by the end of his term, there might be 7. The Court will skew far right, destabilizing the law as we know it. There is a great danger here that you must guard against by keeping me in the position to nominate the next Supreme Court Justices and thereby to rebalance the Court.
1. Obamacare is a terrible disaster looming and bearing down on us. You may have thought the Supreme Court would save us from this dire consequence, but it did not. Alarm! Alarm!ADDED: I think that a loss for Obama would be so politically advantageous for him that he might prefer it. Here's where I play with the idea that he's secretly trying to lose, and that's why the SG's argument yesterday was so bad.
2. The Supreme Court left this matter to the political processes, and it is therefore imperative that the political process work — by electing me — to make a repeal possible.
3. There are 5 activist liberals on the Supreme Court, including the 2 liberal Justices chosen by Obama to rubberstamp his liberal agenda. If you reelect Obama, by the end of his second term, there might be 7. The Court will skew far left, destabilizing the law as we know it. Do you want Kagan II and Sotomayor II joining the Court? You must elect me to restore balance. | <urn:uuid:cd74f588-8cb7-4e34-8958-e5f1afc5be25> | 2013-05-21T10:36:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Happily, the media did a decent job in its coverage of the revelations about Mother Teresa’s "dark night"
contained in the bestselling book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
. More representative of the overall coverage were thoughtful articles like David Van Biema’s piece in Time
, which was something of a scoop for the magazine. (Most media outlets probably received the galleys of the piously titled book, glanced cursorily at the press release, and tossed the manuscript away, not realizing its significance.) Snarky pieces like Christopher Hitchens’ hatchet job in Newsweek
were mercifully few. Newsweek’s editors doubtless viewed Hitchens, the author of The Missionary Position
, a lacerating biography of Mother Teresa, as a "provocative" choice to comment on her "dark night." In the end, however, he was out of his element. What, after all, does an atheist have to say about the various movements in one’s prayer life? I look forward to being asked by Newsweek to comment on quantum physics. Many commentators seemed unable to distinguish among what I would call the "Six D’s." That is, dryness, darkness, despair, depression, doubt and disbelief, all of them separate and distinct. Dryness could be defined as a short period of feeling emptiness in prayer; darkness is a more protracted period; despair is the feeling of hopeless that says that things cannot change for the better; depression is an emotional state of sadness; doubt is an intellectual indecision; and disbelief is a clear rejection of a particular belief, in this case, belief in God. Each of these states can be distinct. For example, one can be depressed but feel no sense of darkness or despair. (As during a funeral when one is sad but feels close to God.) They can also overlap or lead to one another. Extended darkness can sometimes lead to despair. Mother Teresa, for the most part, was suffering from darkness, though from time to time she flirted with a bit of doubt. "I have no faith," she wrote at one point. Yet she persisted in her overall belief, as evidenced by the fact that she kept praying and kept working. Unfortunately, many in the media conflated her darkness with depression, her doubt with disbelief, and her dryness with despair. Next time, instead of calling upon Christopher Hitchens, magazines like Newsweek might want to contact their local retreat house for some expert advice. James Martin, S.J. | <urn:uuid:e0ad4030-ace9-486c-a48e-d59dfb4d9a56> | 2013-05-21T10:00:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Have you ever lost precious time trying to remember a password or having to request a new password?
If so, see the video (and/or read text) below.
I demo how to use an incredible tool that allows us to manage all our online passwords, and much more.
You will discover:
- How to store all your online passwords in a safe place.
- How to automatically log into websites without having to remember passwords.
- How to create strong passwords to protect your data.
This tool is available for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android. | <urn:uuid:53d96b5f-4830-4710-aba0-e5e14f6be46f> | 2013-05-21T10:13:43Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I'm doing a feasibility study into android tablets for commercial applications. I have a product that requires a Bluetooth Low Energy connection. I have a Nexus 7 tablet which is supposed to support ...
Which Android devices are known to contain a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chipset? Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is incompatible with "Bluetooth classic" (BT). They are completely separate protocols, ... | <urn:uuid:3a91e63d-7a4d-44a9-adf6-d4e1accbd0e6> | 2013-05-21T10:13:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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MINTY CHICKEN CASSEROLE
Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour
1 chicken cut into 8 to 10 large pieces
1 cup finely chopped mint leaves
2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon all spice powder or garam masala powder
1 teaspoon tomato-chilly sauce
1 teaspoon chilly powder
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons grated cheese
1. Wash the chicken and prick all over with a fork.
2. Mix together the chopped mint, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, vinegar, cumin powder, salt, all spice powder, tomato-chilly sauce and chilly powder and apply this mixture to the chicken pieces.
3. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
4. Transfer to a buttered baking dish. Drizzle oil over the chicken. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
5. Bake in a moderate oven (355 degrees) for 45 minutes.
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My boss has a jewelry workshop and because of his job he must keep a large money in his account (as some kind of insurance and guarranty for other companies). Recently he heard of trading using softwares and decided to do something with that money. He asked me (as the programmer) to write an Expert Advisor in Metatrader software that buy and sell gold automatically on Forex exchange market to make some profit.
First of all, I don't know where to start. I read Metatrader API and write some codes which buys and sells on a Demo acoount. But I guess programming knowledge is not enough. Should I read some financial books? How about some statistical knowledge?
Second, it is clear that there is no promised and perfect strategy for making profit (even small) in the exchange market, because the profit of one guy comes from loss of another guys. No matter what strategy you use, some day you will be bad luck guy.
I seems there is a trade-off between taking the risk and making profit/loss in the exchange market. I hope I would find some strategy that makes a small profit with low risk.
Just like putting money in the bank that gives you small profit with no-risk, there should be a stategy in the exchange market which gives you a little more profit with a low level of risk.
Do you know any low-risk small-profit strategy for trading in Forex? | <urn:uuid:f4b276d4-b171-4106-9b31-cf199f609e0a> | 2013-05-21T10:13:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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July 31, 1998
Explanation: Do you recognize the constellation Orion? This striking but unfamiliar looking picture of the familiar Orion region of the sky was produced using survey data from the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). It combines information recorded at three different invisible infrared wavelengths in a red, green, and blue color scheme and covers about 30x24 degrees on the sky. Most of Orion's visually impressive stars don't stand out, but bright Betelgeuse does appear as a small purplish dot just above center. Immediately to the right of Betelgeuse and prominent in the IRAS skyview, expanding debris from a stellar explosion, a supernova remnant, is seen as a large bright ring-shaped feature. The famous gas clouds in Orion's sword glow brightly as the yellow regions at the lower right. No longer operational, IRAS used a telescope cooled by liquid helium to detect celestial infrared radiation.
Authors & editors:
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple has hit back over claims that the browser shipped with its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices is significantly slower than Android's equivalent, calling the independent testing 'flawed.' 'They didn't actually test the Safari browser on the iPhone,' Apple's Kerris argues. 'Instead they only tested their own proprietary app, which uses an embedded Web viewer that doesn't actually take advantage of Safari's Web performance optimisations.' This, claims testing firm Blaze.io, is news to the world. 'Embedded browsers are expected to behave, for the most part, the same as the regular browser,' the company stated, defending its methodology. 'However, Apple is now stating that their embedded browser, called UIWebView, does not share the same optimisations MobileSafari does.'" | <urn:uuid:2129edc0-9a33-4477-ab9e-c3726edd8a7c> | 2013-05-21T10:00:01Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|The German inflation of 1923
— one dollar worth trillions of marks.
[This article is excerpted from the book The Age of Inflation, by Hans Sennholz.]
The German inflation of 1914–1923 had an inconspicuous beginning, a creeping rate of one to two percent. On the first day of the war, the German Reichsbank, like the other central banks of the belligerent powers, suspended redeemability of its notes in order to prevent a run on its gold reserves.
Like all the other banks, it offered assistance to the central government in financing the war effort. Since taxes are always unpopular, the German government preferred to borrow the needed amounts of money rather than raise its taxes substantially. To this end it was readily assisted by the Reichsbank, which discounted most treasury obligations.
A growing percentage of government debt thus found its way into the vaults of the central bank and an equivalent amount of printing press money into people’s cash holdings. In short, the central bank was monetizing the growing government debt.
By the end of the war the amount of money in circulation had risen fourfold and prices some 140 percent. Yet the German mark had suffered no more than the British pound, was somewhat weaker than the American dollar but stronger than the French franc. Five years later, in December 1923, the Reichsbank had issued 496.5 quintillion marks, each of which had fallen to one-trillionth of its 1914 gold value.
How stupendous! Practically every economic good and service was costing trillions of marks. The American dollar was quoted at 4.2 trillion marks, the American penny at 42 billion marks. How could a European nation that prided itself on its high levels of education and scholarly knowledge suffer such a thorough destruction of its money? Who would inflict on a great nation such evil which had ominous economic, social, and political ramifications not only for Germany but for the whole world? Was it the victors of World War I who, in diabolical revenge, devastated the vanquished country through ruinous financial manipulation and plunder? Every mark was printed by Germans and issued by a central bank that was governed by Germans under a government that was purely German. It was German political parties, such as the Socialists, the Catholic Centre Party, and the Democrats, forming various coalition governments, that were solely responsible for the policies they conducted. Of course, admission of responsibility for any calamity cannot be expected from any political party.
|How could a European nation that prided itself on its high levels of education and scholarly knowledge suffer such a thorough destruction of its money?|
The reasoning that led these parties to inflate the national currency at such astronomical rates is not only interesting for economic historians, but also very revealing of the rationale for monetary destruction. The doctrines and theories that led to the German monetary destruction have since then caused destruction in many other countries. In fact, they may be at work right now all over the western world. In our judgment, four erroneous doctrines or theories guided the German monetary authorities in those baleful years.
The most amazing economic sophism that was advanced by eminent financiers, politicians, and economists endeavored to show that there was neither monetary nor credit inflation in Germany. These experts readily admitted that the nominal amount of paper money issued was indeed enormous. But the real value of all currency in circulation, that is, the gold value in terms of gold or goods prices, they argued, was much lower than before the war or than that of other industrial countries. | <urn:uuid:190c0303-9df1-4b0e-8950-1d2edf25cb12> | 2013-05-21T10:07:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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“Christ, Jim." Leonard groaned as he caught Jim walking out of his closet, "Don’t ya have your own damn clothes?”
“Sure,” Jim said, slipping a blue 'Ole Miss' t-shirt over his head, “plenty.”
“Then why ya always gotta wear mine?”
“Well," Leonard grumbled,"ya look like and idiot.”
“You know, you really shouldn't insult the alma mater.” Jim plopped down on his bed and smiled as Leonard grew more agitated.
“That’s not what I'm talking about. It’s way too big on you.”
“Only in the shoulders,” Jim pulled on the excess fabric, the well-worn cotton soft to the touch.
“Looks like you’re drowning in it.”
“Comfortably, I might add.”
Leonard glared at Jim for a moment before abruptly ducking into Jim’s closet. He returned moments later in one of Jim’s own favorites. The dark fabric clung to his body, especially his upper arms and shoulders where it looked almost painted on, highlighting his tanned muscles perfectly. Jim probably should have complained about how the fabric would be stretched beyond repair or how he’d never be able to wear that shirt out again but at the moment he couldn’t remember how to use words. Noting Jim’s scrutiny, Leonard swept a hand through his hair,
“Now we both look like idiots.”
"No! Uh, looks fine, I guess.” Jim said, suddenly flustered.
Leonard frowned and peeled the t-shirt off. Jim sat up like he’d been hit by a jolt of electricity. Leonard threw the shirt and it landed over his face,
“Looks better on you.”
Jim, too busy pretending to be fascinated by the fabric, didn’t notice Leonard's mischievous smile as he left the room. | <urn:uuid:d49532e9-25f3-47f7-8bd9-8819c477b9cc> | 2013-05-21T09:59:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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PLAGUE ON OUR SHORES
City at War
THE GREAT CHINATOWN FIREOn New Year's Eve one hundred years ago, the first of a number of controlled fires were set in Chinatown as a way of defending Honolulu from bubonic plague, known in history as Black Death. Next to the Pearl Harbor attack, the outbreak of plague was the greatest public-safety disaster in Hawaiian history. The government was determined to do anything to save the city -- even burn it to the ground. Last week we began a four-part series by describing the discovery of plague in Honolulu and the quarantine system set up to contain it. Today's installment chronicles the attitudes that inspired the controlled burning that preceded the Great Chinatown Fire. The series concludes tomorrow.
PART I | II | III | IV | EpilogueBy Burl Burlingame
IT may have been simple bad luck, or it may have have been a white-dominated business conspiracy, or more likely it fell between the two extremes, but the Chinese residents of teeming Chinatown felt unfairly targeted by health authorities when Black Death erupted in Honolulu at the cusp of the century.
Although thousands of Hawaiian and Japanese were uprooted as the Board of Health methodically began to burn out plague infestations in the quarantine zone, it was Chinese-owned businesses that absorbed the brunt of property damage.
Chinese immigration to the island kingdom climbed steadily until the political coup in 1893 that unseated Liliuokalani. By the mid 1890s, one in five residents of Hawaii was of Chinese descent, and they put down firm roots, establishing schools, newspapers, cemeteries, temples and clan societies. Unlike some other groups of immigrants, however, the Chinese did not assimilate into Hawaiian culture, preferring instead to form a separate society.
This sense of separation was expressed in the Honolulu district known as "Chinatown" where small businesses operated by Chinese ex-plantation workers began to flourish in the 1860s. It is roughly the area bordered by Nuuanu, Beretania and King streets. The area was chockablock with Chinese restaurants, Chinese groceries, Chinese dry-goods shops and other small Chinese industries.
In 1886, sparks from a restaurant ignited an enormous fire that leveled most of the district. Excited by the urban clean slate, the Hawaiian government declared new structures had to follow sanitary constraints, were to be made of stone or brick, and considered widening and consolidating the streets. The Advertiser declared they had turned "a national disaster into an ultimate blessing."
It didn't happen. In the 14 years following the fire, Chinatown landowners allowed ramshackle, quickly constructed boomtown wooden buildings to blossom in the area, looming over the narrow dirt streets and overwhelmingly primitive sanitation facilities. The lessons of the 1886 fire were largely ignored.
In 1898, concerned about the swelling tide of Chinese immigration, the Republic of Hawaii evoked the restrictions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 even though Hawaii was not yet a territory of the United States.
More than 7,000 lived in Chinatown's 50 acres at the turn of the century, in an era when no building rose above two stories. Many were Japanese immigrants, jammed in structures controlled by Chinese landlords, who in turn paid Hawaiian and haole landowners.
And Chinatown had become the center of another kind of Asian-controlled business as well. The census taken in December 1899 revealed the area was brimming with organized prostitution, a niche business that provided economic entre for new immigrants. In 1900, 84 percent of known prostitutes in Honolulu were Japanese, and nearly 100 percent of the pimps were Japanese.
Despite the filthy squalor of living conditions, and the disdain with which Chinatown was viewed by the rest of Honolulu, it was an economic engine, pumping money into the pockets of landowners like Bishop Estate. At a time when a plantation worker made about $18 a month, Japanese prostitutes were making hundreds of dollars .
Although maintaining the status quo was lucrative, the overcrowded living conditions in Chinatown, coupled with a complete lack of urban planning for the area, created a neighborhood that ran with rats and insects, that had sewage and garbage lying unattended in the streets. Other residents of Honolulu turned up their noses at Chinatown, both literally and figuratively, while the residents of Chinatown had little choice but to stay where they were. The Advertiser called the district a "pestilential slum."
When the city finally started to build a sewer line through Chinatown in 1899, workers discovered they were digging through compacted layers of fermenting garbage. The intense odor caused diggers to slow to a near-halt.
With the onset of Black Death, a hastily organized troupe of health inspectors went on field trips into Chinatown as if it were a foreign country, and returned horrified. The district, full to bursting with shanty buildings, boarding houses, livestock corrals and chicken coops, reeking outdoor toilets and backyard cesspools, was swarming with rats, maggots, flies, lice and cockroaches. The only solution, it was argued, was a repeat of the cleansing fire of 1886, but this time applied in scientific manner, coupled with military discipline.
The military model was much admired at the time, following the triumph of American forces over the Spanish, and the new conflict involving Great Britain and the Boers was closely followed in Honolulu newspapers. Virtually all contemporary coverage of Honolulu's plague outbreak refers to the "campaign" against the bacillus as "war." And indeed it was -- a fight to the death.
It was in this atmosphere of indignant public opinion that the notion of burning Chinatown for the public good began to take root. What was missing was a legal excuse. An argument on Smith street provided it. A National Guard soldier stabbed a Japanese civilian in the thigh with his bayonet, and fallout from the incident forced the police and the military to determine their jurisdictions.
As Pvt. Hunt explained it, the Japanese attempted to run the blockade; others claimed Hunt had been prodding the man along. The slight wound triggered a reorganization of civil authority, with far-ranging consequences.
At the bottom line was the question of whether Hunt was legally responsible for his actions, whether civil or martial law reigned. After questioning witnesses, police officials decided martial law had not been declared, and the military was called out to assist the police in carrying out civil statutes. In this scenario, both soldiers and police had authority to use force to enforce the quarantine, but that did not give soldiers permission to commit assaults within the quarantine zone.
When this opinion was presented to the National Guard's Maj. Ziegler, however, the commander decided the military, once called to active duty, cannot be interfered with by civil authorities. The military's authority over the quarantine, and over the Honolulu police, was absolute.
Within hours, all Honolulu police were withdrawn from the quarantine zone, and all questions of authority routed to the National Guard. Although martial law had not been officially declared, soldiers were allowed to proceed as if it had. This made it easier to ignore the rules of civil law during the medical emergency that gripped Honolulu. The Board of Health, civilians appointed by President Sanford Dole, lame-duck head of a temporary republic, had absolute power over questions of life and death.
Chinese residents trapped by the city quarantine feared they were being singled out both in life and after death. Chinese immigrants believed if they died overseas, their bones must be returned to China. The Board of Health's solution to plague deaths -- quick cremation -- left no remains for shipping. Horrified Chinese began to hide their ill friends and relatives from authorities. This practice not only exacerbated contagion, but likely obscured the true numbers of plague victims.
A large delegation of Chinese merchants and Chinese consul Yang Wei Pin and Vice Consul Goo Kim met with Henry Cooper, president of the Board of Health, who insisted any decisions regarding cremation would be made by the board. The Chinese claimed the board was discriminating in favor of Japanese, and Cooper responded no Japanese have been diagnosed with plague, and the body of a white teenager had also been hurridly cremated. Cooper suggested they collect the ashes in urns for shipment back to China.
As Honolulu became a city at war, the battle lines of bureaucracy were being drawn. As the Evening Bulletin editorialized, lacking a clear chain of command while details of the new government were being hammered out, President Dole had the authority to appropriate funds to battle the plague. "Let there be no delay," the paper insisted. "This is a time for action, prompt energetic action. The people are prepared to support the vigorous measures which money will forward and which must be set on foot if the battle against black plague is to be short, sharp and decisive."
Burning was the apparent immediate answer. A committee of businessmen was formed to find warehouse space for goods removed from Chinatown stores that were being burned down, and during the first three weeks of January, 1900, buildings were torched nearly every day.
A photographer hired by the government recorded pictures of each building, and then it was set alight. Honolulu firemen bookended the flames with streams of water; soldiers and police kept crowds in line and watched for looters.
The newspapers kept track with maps and marveled at the "military" precision of the assault on Black Death. Lists of the dead were daily updated like box scores; by late January, dozens had passed away. The new crematorium on Quarantine Island blazed day and night.
Then five plague deaths within a couple of days occurred near the corner of Nuuanu and Beretania. Clearly, this was a hot spot for pestilence and the government decided to burn it out on the morning of Jan. 20. Four fire engines and every fireman in Honolulu were on the scene, but about an hour into the controlled burning, the wind scattered embers across neighboring rooftops. The wooden roof of Kaumakapili Church with its twin spires, the tallest building in the area, erupted into flame beyond the hoses of firemen.
Helpless, they watched flaming embers, carried on a sudden wind, fly unchecked onto the wooden buildings of Chinatown.
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Global Economy: January 2010 Archives
By BBC World News
30 January 2010
China has announced a series of moves against the US in retaliation for a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan worth $6.4bn (£4bn).
Beijing said it would suspend military exchanges with the US, impose sanctions on companies selling arms, and review co-operation on major issues.
Ties are already strained by rows over trade and internet censorship.
Taiwan's president welcomed the sale, saying it would make his country "more confident and secure".
Beijing has hundreds of missiles pointed at the island and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control if Taiwan moved towards formal independence.
Taiwan and China have been ruled by separate governments since the end of a civil war in 1949.
The BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Beijing says China's latest moves are what the US would have expected, as the US view is that military exchanges are of limited use.
China's Xinhua state news agency quoted the defence ministry as saying: "Considering the severe harm and odious effect of US arms sales to Taiwan, the Chinese side has decided to suspend planned mutual military visits."
"We strongly demand that the US respect the Chinese side's interests", it added, calling for the sale to be stopped.
The foreign ministry, meanwhile, said it would impose sanctions on US companies selling weapons to Taiwan, and that co-operation on major international issues would be affected.
The US, like the EU, has banned its companies selling arms to China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, so it was not clear what effect the Chinese move would have.
Xinhua also said the US defence attache had been summoned.
Defence ties between the two countries have been difficult for several years because of differences over Taiwan, but the two countries' leaders pledged to improve them in 2009.
The moves came after Mr He said the arms deal would have "repercussions that neither side wishes to see".
"The United States' announcement of the planned weapons sales to Taiwan will have a seriously negative impact on many important areas of exchanges and co-operation between the two countries," Mr He said in a statement published on the foreign ministry website.
Earlier China summoned US Ambassador Jon Huntsman to give a warning about the consequences of the deal and to urge its immediate cancellation.
Taiwan, meanwhile, welcomed the US move.
"It will let Taiwan feel more confident and secure so we can have more interactions with China," the Central News Agency quoted President Ma Ying-jeou as saying.
The Pentagon earlier notified the US Congress of the proposed arms sale, which forms part of a package first pledged by the Bush administration.
Friday's notification to Congress by the Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) was required by law. It does not mean the sale has been concluded.
US lawmakers have 30 days to comment on the proposed sale, Associated Press reported. If there are no objections, it would proceed.
The arms package includes 114 Patriot missiles, 60 Black Hawk helicopters and communications equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fleet, the agency said in a statement.
It does not include F-16 fighter jets, which Taiwan's military has been seeking.
Our correspondent says the deal has been in the pipeline for a long time and is nearing its conclusion, but China does want to stop it.
Beijing has previously warned the US not to go ahead with arms sales to Taiwan.
Last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angered Beijing with a call to China to investigate cyber attacks on search giant Google, after the company said email accounts of human rights activists had been hacked.
The DSCA said the proposed sale would support Taiwan's "continuing efforts to modernise its armed forces and enhance its defensive capability."
It added: "The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region."
The US is the leading arms supplier to Taiwan, despite switching diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.
Washington regards it as an obligation to provide Taiwan with defensive arms.
希拉里·克林顿（Hillary Rodham Clinton）国务卿
2009 年1 月21 日（星期四）
虽然我并不能看到你们所有的人----因为在这样的场合灯光照射我的眼睛，而你们都在背光处----但我知道在座的有很多朋友和老同事。我要感谢自由论坛（Freedom Forum）的首席执行官查尔斯·奥弗比（Charles Overby）光临新闻博物馆，以及我在参议院时的老同事理查德·卢格（Richard Lugar）和乔·利伯曼 (Joe Lieberman) 两位参议员，他们两位都为《表达法》（Voice Act）的通过作出了努力。这项立法表明，美国国会和美国人民不分党派，不分政府部门，坚定地支持互联网自由。
我听说在场的还有参议员萨姆·布朗巴克（Sam Brownback）、参议员特德·考夫曼（Ted Kaufman）、众议员洛雷塔·桑切斯（Loretta Sanchez）、许多大使、临时代办和外交使团的其他代表、以及从中国、哥伦比亚、伊朗、黎巴嫩和摩尔多瓦等国前来参加我们关于互联网自由的"国际访问者领袖计划"（International Visitor Leadership Program）的人士。我还要提到最近被任命为广播理事会（Broadcasting Board of Govenors）理事的阿斯彭研究所（Aspen Institute）所长沃尔特·艾萨克森（Walter Isaacson）。毫无疑问，他在阿斯彭研究所从事的支持互联网自由的工作中发挥了重要作用。 | <urn:uuid:93903326-8126-4042-afe4-433dc54d0ff6> | 2013-05-21T10:19:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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All it took for Tito Ortiz to change his mind was 24 hours. A day after turning down the open headlining spot against Rashad Evans (15-1-1, 10-1-1 UFC) at UFC 133, Ortiz had a sudden swing of heart, becoming the organization's unexpected savior following an increasingly bleak turn of events.
"Tito turned it down, and then Tito called back and said, 'Did you get the fight yet?'" UFC President Dana White told MMA Junkie Wednesday night. "I said, 'Nope.' He goes, 'Let me think about it. Let me talk to my team, and I'll call you back tomorrow.'"
That phone call took place late Tuesday night, according the White. Within the next 24 hours Ortiz would publicly state to several media outlets that he felt comfortable with his decision to decline the fight. However, behind the scenes, it was clearly not that easy.
"I guarantee you he sat around and [thought], 'That dude hasn't fought in a year and a half,'" White mused. "‘First time we fought, we fought to a draw, and we have a lot of the same attributes. I feel great, I feel healthy, just came off a big win - confidence couldn't be higher.'"
Less than a day later the fight was set.
Despite opening as a four-to-one underdog, Ortiz (16-8-1, 15-8-1 UFC) has a chance none could have thought possible. A month removed from the edge of retirement, the 36-year old suddenly finds himself on the verge of storming into light heavyweight division's top ranks.
"The storyline is what's so interesting," White said. "Tito went from, 'You're about to be cut,' to now, if he beats Rashad Evans, he's back in the mix."
"[If] he beats a top-10 contender in Ryan Bader, and then comes in and knocks off who many believe is the No. 1 contender for the title," White concluded. "No one could deny that [he's returned to the top of the division]."
It seems fitting that after a impossibly chaotic two days, in which UFC 133 teetered on the utter brink of failure and success more times than one could count, White still fell headfirst into the most sensational outcome.
The reclamation of a disregarded career is a story as old as time. For some bizarre reason, there is no thrill as fascinating as watching a pure force of nature, driven by years of slight and marginalization, uproot the castle of greatness. Somehow, with fell swoop, "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" now has the chance to do something that once seemed unimaginable.
"It's [expletive] weird here," White said, the heavy weight of implications resting on his mind. "It's like I'm dealing with a new person. I like it. I like the new Tito." | <urn:uuid:5a46b1a5-7d35-4528-bdfa-a85a4e0df946> | 2013-05-21T10:14:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Friday, August 1, 2008
The Little Men and the Little Women of Meyer Family from Eichdorf und Oldendorf, Nahrendorf
The picture on the left is of the children of Juergen Heinrich Wilhlem Meyer and Maria Dorothea Heins. They came from Oldendorf, Nahrendorf in 1884 on the ship Frisia. They are- front row - Mary and Herman. Second row - William and Anna. You may remember little Henry William was only a baby and did die that same year.
I have wondered, if the names are reversed. I think in the front row that the child on the left looks like Herman. There sure is no telling the girls from the boys. Unless someone else can.???
Email me for sure, if you can. arootdiggeratgmail.com
The second picture on the right reminds me of the girls in the novel Little Women. So, these are the Meyer Little Women. Front row - Anna, Lilly and Mary. Second row - Emma, Minnie, Louise and Frieda Meyer. She is so sweet. [ Spouse surnames are Bennett, Carter, Nahnsen, Cain or Dean, Stolley, and Nahnsen. Louise died young without marriage.
I wonder why there was not a picture of just the guys?
Wilhelm's brother, Juergen Heinrich Friedrich Meyer emmigrated to America 1869. He did not marry until 1882 at Maquoketa, Iowa.[ I still have not found that marriage online.] | <urn:uuid:b6559ba7-8596-4887-a162-59f3d927ed9c> | 2013-05-21T10:21:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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pretty great blocked in germany. irony Artist/Band: Kraftwerk Album: The Man-Machine Year: 1978 Genre: "Synthpop"/Electronic Wikipedia article: http://en.wik...
Man-Machine may refer to:
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A machine is a tool consisting of one or more parts that is constructed to achieve a particular goal. Machines are powered devices, usually mechanically, chemically, thermally or electrically powered, and are frequently motorized. Historically, a device required moving parts to classify as a machine; however, the advent of electronics technology has led to the development of devices without moving parts that are considered machines.
The word "machine" is derived from the Latin word machina, which in turn derives from the Doric Greek μαχανά (machana), Ionic Greek μηχανή (mechane) "contrivance, machine, engine" and that from μῆχος (mechos), "means, expedient, remedy". The meaning of machine is traced by the Oxford English Dictionary to an independently functioning structure and by Merriam-Webster Dictionary to something that has been constructed. This includes human design into the meaning of machine.
A simple machine is a device that simply transforms the direction or magnitude of a force, but a large number of more complex machines exist. Examples include vehicles, electronic systems, molecular machines, computers, television and radio.
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Perhaps the first example of a human made device designed to manage power is the hand axe, made by chipping flint to form a wedge. A wedge is a simple machine that transforms lateral force and movement of the tool into a transverse splitting force and movement of the workpiece.
The idea of a "simple machine" originated with the Greek philosopher Archimedes around the 3rd century BC, who studied the "Archimedean" simple machines: lever, pulley, and screw. He discovered the principle of mechanical advantage in the lever. Later Greek philosophers defined the classic five simple machines (excluding the inclined plane) and were able to roughly calculate their mechanical advantage. Heron of Alexandria (ca. 10–75 AD) in his work Mechanics lists five mechanisms that can "set a load in motion"; lever, windlass, pulley, wedge, and screw, and describes their fabrication and uses. However the Greeks' understanding was limited to the statics of simple machines; the balance of forces, and did not include dynamics; the tradeoff between force and distance, or the concept of work.
During the Renaissance the dynamics of the Mechanical Powers, as the simple machines were called, began to be studied from the standpoint of how much useful work they could perform, leading eventually to the new concept of mechanical work. In 1586 Flemish engineer Simon Stevin derived the mechanical advantage of the inclined plane, and it was included with the other simple machines. The complete dynamic theory of simple machines was worked out by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei in 1600 in Le Meccaniche ("On Mechanics"). He was the first to understand that simple machines do not create energy, only transform it.
The classic rules of sliding friction in machines were discovered by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519), but remained unpublished in his notebooks. They were rediscovered by Guillaume Amontons (1699) and were further developed by Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1785).
|Simple machines||Inclined plane, Wheel and axle, Lever, Pulley, Wedge, Screw|
|Mechanical components||Axle, Bearings, Belts, Bucket, Fastener, Gear, Key, Link chains, Rack and pinion, Roller chains, Rope, Seals, Spring, Wheel|
|Clock||Atomic clock, Chronometer, Pendulum clock, Quartz clock|
|Compressors and Pumps||Archimedes' screw, Eductor-jet pump, Hydraulic ram, Pump, Trompe, Vacuum pump|
|Heat engines||External combustion engines||Steam engine, Stirling engine|
|Internal combustion engines||Reciprocating engine, Gas turbine|
|Heat pumps||Absorption refrigerator, Thermoelectric refrigerator, Regenerative cooling|
|Linkages||Pantograph, Cam, Peaucellier-Lipkin|
|Turbine||Gas turbine, Jet engine, Steam turbine, Water turbine, Wind generator, Windmill|
|Aerofoil||Sail, Wing, Rudder, Flap, Propeller|
|Electronic devices||Vacuum tube, Transistor, Diode, Resistor, Capacitor, Inductor, Memristor, Semiconductor, Computer|
|Robots||Actuator, Servo, Servomechanism, Stepper motor, Computer|
|Miscellaneous||Vending machine, Wind tunnel, Check weighing machines, Riveting machines|
The idea that a machine can be broken down into simple movable elements led Archimedes to define the lever, pulley and screw as simple machines. By the time of the Renaissance this list increased to include the wheel and axle, wedge and inclined plane.
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines (such as steam engines) burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion. Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, pneumatic motors use compressed air and others, such as wind-up toys use elastic energy. In biological systems, molecular motors like myosins in muscles use chemical energy to create motion.
An electrical machine is the generic name for a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, converts electrical energy to mechanical energy, or changes alternating current from one voltage level to a different voltage level.
Electronics is the branch of physics, engineering and technology dealing with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies. The nonlinear behaviour of active components and their ability to control electron flows makes amplification of weak signals possible and is usually applied to information and signal processing. Similarly, the ability of electronic devices to act as switches makes digital information processing possible. Interconnection technologies such as circuit boards, electronics packaging technology, and other varied forms of communication infrastructure complete circuit functionality and transform the mixed components into a working system.
Charles Babbage designed various machines to tabulate logarithms and other functions in 1837. His Difference engine is the first mechanical calculator. This machine is considered to be the forerunner of the modern computer though none of them were built in his lifetime.
Study of the molecules and proteins that are the basis of biological functions has led to the concept of a molecular machine. For example, current models of the operation of the kinesin molecule that transports vesicles inside the cell as well as the myocin molecule that operates against actin to cause muscle contraction; these molecules control movement in response to chemical stimuli.
Researchers in nano-technology are working to construct molecules that perform movement in response to a specific stimulus. In contrast to molecules such as kinesin and myosin, these nano-machines or molecular machines are constructions like traditional machines that are designed to perform in a task.
Machines are assembled from standardized types of components. These elements consist of mechanisms that control movement in various ways such as gear trains, transistor switches, belt or chain drives, linkages, cam and follower systems, brakes and clutches, and structural components such as frame members and fasteners.
Modern machines include sensors, actuators and computer controllers. The shape, texture and color of covers provide a styling and operational interface between the mechanical components of a machine and its users.
Assemblies within a machine that control movement are often called "mechanisms." Mechanisms are generally classified as gears and gear trains, cam and follower mechanisms, and linkages, though there are other special mechanisms such as clamping linkages, indexing mechanisms and friction devices such as brakes and clutches.
Controllers combine sensors, logic, and actuators to maintain the performance of components of a machine. Perhaps the best known is the flyball governor for a steam engine. Examples of these devices range from a thermostat that as temperature rises opens a valve to cooling water to speed controllers such the cruise control system in an automobile. The programmable logic controller replaced relays and specialized control mechanisms with a programmable computer. Servomotors that accurately position a shaft in response to an electrical command are the actuators that make robotic systems possible.
Design plays an important role in all three of the major phases of a product lifecycle:
The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times. It began in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, Japan, and eventually the rest of the world.
Starting in the later part of the 18th century, there began a transition in parts of Great Britain's previously manual labour and draft-animal–based economy towards machine-based manufacturing. It started with the mechanisation of the textile industries, the development of iron-making techniques and the increased use of refined coal.
Mechanization or mechanisation (BE) is providing human operators with machinery that assists them with the muscular requirements of work or displaces muscular work. In some fields, mechanization includes the use of hand tools. In modern usage, such as in engineering or economics, mechanization implies machinery more complex than hand tools and would not include simple devices such as an un-geared horse or donkey mill. Devices that cause speed changes or changes to or from reciprocating to rotary motion, using means such as gears, pulleys or sheaves and belts, shafts, cams and cranks, usually are considered machines. After electrification, when most small machinery was no longer hand powered, mechanization was synonymous with motorized machines.
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provides human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Automation plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and in daily experience.
An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. An alternative spelling, now obsolete, is automation.
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Vinaigrette is like a basic black dress. It is useful in so many ways. Nothing beats this elixir over fresh greens. But it isn't just for tossed salads.
Vinaigrette also is a fine marinade: Use it to flavor the boneless chicken breasts you barbecue. And it is a versatile sauce: Serve it with steamed artichokes or boiled lobster. Vinaigrette is simply a blend of vegetable oil and vinegar. To make vinaigrette, simply whisk the ingredients in a small bowl. The usual ratio is about three parts vegetable oil to one part vinegar, but it really depends on how you're using the dressing and on how tangy you like it. What distinguishes a winning recipe is the type of vegetable oil and vinegar you use. | <urn:uuid:52e99353-79b1-4e73-af51-30015283665e> | 2013-05-21T10:01:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Manchester woman sentenced in deaths
A Carroll County woman was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for killing three people, including a family of two returning from church, in an accident as she raced at 100 mph to get to a Target store before its closing time.
Kathleen Jean McIntyre, 48, of Manchester pleaded guilty in May to three counts of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of Shirley Mae Bosley, 70, Tammy Sue Reindollar, 34, and Anthony Norman Thomas, 14, according to court records.
She was charged with more than a dozen counts, including homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, in the May 2004 crash. A test three hours after the accident showed she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.06 - which a prosecutor said later indicated she had been above the legal limit of 0.08 at the time of the crash.
Carroll Circuit Judge Michael M. Galloway sentenced McIntyre to five years for each of the vehicular manslaughter counts but suspended five years as part of a plea agreement. He also imposed a mandatory five years of probation when she is released.
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It was a successful 2010-11 girls' basketball season for the four local programs.
While Burroughs High and Bellarmine-Jefferson won championships in their respective leagues, Providence shared a league title and Burbank was able to advance to the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
However, all four of the teams lost their share of talented players from last season, with the Bulldogs taking the lightest hit after graduating three seniors. At Burroughs, the Indians lost nine seniors to graduation, the Guards had two key athletes transfer and the Pioneers lost three significant contributors to graduation, including an All-CIF Southern Section player.
With the season set to begin next week, here is a closer look at how the teams are shaping up.
Last season, the Guards (23-8) won a Santa Cruz League title and advanced to the Division III-A semifinals, losing to Orange Lutheran, 43-40. The team also made it to the second round of the state playoffs. The league crown was the program's fourth straight. | <urn:uuid:b9352f5d-d379-4916-84dc-107816a672ea> | 2013-05-21T10:34:43Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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You would think after 40 years in a career, one's enthusiasm would wane. Not so for Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, a legendary drag racer who hung up his helmet in 1994 and became a racing team owner.
On Oct. 27, Prudhomme's protege, Larry Dixon Jr., captured his first National Hot Rod Association POWERade Top Fuel title at the AC Delco NHRA Nationals at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Prudhomme's boyish response to congratulations: "Wow, that was exciting."
The thrill isn't gone for Snake, 61, who won the same title four times.
That enthusiasm, coupled with intense drive, inspired a celebrated drag-racing career, making Snake the subject of an exhibit at the NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, Calif. It runs through Jan. 31. The exhibit features five of Prudhomme's racecars and an assortment of memorabilia, most of which is on loan from Snake's collection.
Prudhomme, a native of Van Vuys, Calif., earned his nickname early in his career for his swift starting-line reflexes.
His career had a fast start, too. As a member of the Road Kings racing club Prudhomme traveled with drag racing star Tommy Ivo, bought a car from him in 1961 and won a Bakersfield meet the next year as a 20-year-old. He then drove the Greer, Black and Prudhomme car, compiling a 230-7 won-loss record from '62 until '64, establishing himself as a driver and Keith Black as an engine builder.
He was asked to drive Roland Leong's top-fuel dragster and won the first NHRA race he entered, the 1965 Winternationals. He also won the U.S. Nationals that year, becoming the first driver to win both national events in the same year.
Among many achievements, Prudhomme was voted the No. 3 all-time driver on the NHRA's 50 Greatest Driver list and won 49 NHRA titles, the ninth highest total in history. (John Force leads all drivers with 106 victories.) Overall, Snake won 389 of 589 rounds of competition for a 66 percent win ratio. He was the first driver to win four consecutive Winston series, and he won the U.S. Nationals an unparalleled seven times.
Snake was the first driver to break 250 m.p.h. in a funny car, which is a dragster with a body that more closely resembles a stock car, and the first to post a quarter-mile time of less than 5.2 seconds in a funny car. He was the third driver to surpass 300 m.p.h. in a top fuel car, those with the long, sleek shape of a conventional dragster.
"It's like a wax museum with a pulse," says Snake of the exhibit. "Some of the cars run, some don't. But they look better than they used to," thanks to restoration. "Chrome looks better now. Current day paints--they're beautiful."
Walking through the exhibit is "kind of eerie," Prudhomme says. "I can remember things--a particular car, what it felt like to drive it."
For example, he remembers going on tour with the 1969 Wynn's Winder front-engine dragster. "It was my wife and myself with our dog. We had a trailer towing the car behind us. We would go around the country and barnstorm to get to the next race."
In the Wynn's Winder, powered by a 426-cubic-inch supercharged Plymouth Hemi, Prudhomme won the 1969 All-Pro Championship at Orange County Raceway. He was runner-up at the '69 Winternationals and won his second NHRA Nationals Top Fuel title at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
But Prudhomme doesn't have a favorite car. "I've had so many nice cars over 40 years," he says. "Each one is special."
One special car on display is the 1963 Greer, Black and Prudhomme fuel dragster. In its day it was commonly called "the prettiest" top fueler of all time. In the exhibit, Prudhomme's fireproof suit and helmet make it look like someone's behind the wheel.
This sun-yellow dragster has a Kent Fuller chassis, a Wayne Ewing body and a 398-cubic-inch supercharged Chrysler engine. Best performance is 196.62 m.p.h. in 7.74 seconds. It was restored by Steve Davis and is owned by Bruce Meyer of Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 1970 Hot Wheels Barracuda on display, Snake's first funny car, brought drag racing to the mainstream via Mattel Hot Wheels toys. This car was part of the Wildlife Racing Team Prudhomme formed with Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen. Their sponsorship deal with Mattel was the largest in drag racing at the time.
Snake's favorite pieces of memorabilia are the Mattel Hot Wheels toys: his 1970 Barracuda funny car and his 1963 Greer, Black and Prudhomme fuel dragster.
"Back then, I didn't realize how big a deal it was," Prudhomme recalls. "I was so busy racing, there wasn't much time to smell the roses."
"I get a big bang out of it now," he says. "People come up to me at races and tell me they played with my Hot Wheels cars. Sometimes they even bring the car with them, and I autograph it."
The transition from driver to team owner has been good for Prudhomme. In addition to Dixon, his team includes funny car drivers Ron Capps and Tommy Johnson Jr.
"It's like being an actor and then being a director," Snake says. "It's harder than the driving part--more challenging." | <urn:uuid:a0219c88-7c81-4425-8355-50532e00cada> | 2013-05-21T10:35:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The explosive growth in population, which is expected to triple to 16 billion in 80 years, is leading to a world where people will be "surviving like rats," undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau said Friday.
"Even if we found a way to feed this human tidal wave, it would be impossible to provide this multitude with decent living conditions," Cousteau said in a speech. "Surviving like rats is not what we should bequeath to our children and grandchildren."
Cousteau, who did not address the formal sessions of the U.N. Earth Summit but gave a lecture at the summit convention center, said that summit delegates must "realize the urgency of drastic, unconventional decisions."
"You have an extraordinary opportunity to change the course of the world . . . but only if you decide to challenge the huge problems with radical solutions," he said.
"We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking," Cousteau said.
He told the story of an environmental disaster he said he had learned about during his 59 years of exploration.
It occurred in Haiti, which he said was suffering the consequences of reckless destruction of its environment.
"Haitians are beautiful, proud, intelligent, good-humored and hard-working," Cousteau said. "But they have exhausted the marine resources of their narrow continental shelf," and deforested their land.
Deforestation has led to soil erosion, "laying bare the ground rock and impeding agriculture for centuries to come," Cousteau said.
"Political changes will fail to resolve Haiti's tragedy, as this country will be poverty-stricken for many years," he said. "Maybe forever."
Haiti provides a chilling example of what could begin to happen around the world, as population grows and resources dwindle, he said.
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December 9, 2000 |
Canal Plus shareholders approved Vivendi's $9-billion acquisition of Europe's biggest pay-television company, the last step in the 147-year-old French utility's make-over into the world's No. 2 media company. The vote followed shareholder backing Tuesday of Vivendi's $30.2-billion purchase of Seagram Co., owner of Universal Music. Both purchases close today, and the company will begin trading as Vivendi Universal on Monday, Vivendi Chief Executive Jean-Marie Messier said.
December 2, 2000 |
Vivendi may face new difficulty in its acquisitions of Seagram Co. and Canal Plus after a representative from the French movie industry said he will ask a court to force more concessions from the company. The acquisition, which would create the world's second-largest media company, has been approved by France's audiovisual regulator, CSA. Film representatives are worried the French television broadcaster won't be able to meet its obligation to subsidize French movies.
October 14, 2000 |
Vivendi won European Union antitrust clearance to buy Seagram Co. and Canal Plus for $44 billion, on condition that the French media and utility company sell its stake in British Sky Broadcasting Group. By agreeing to sell within two years its 23% stake in BSkyB, worth as much as $8 billion, Vivendi avoided an extended probe by the EU's antitrust commission. The purchase of Seagram, owner of the largest music company and the Universal film studio, and all of Canal Plus, Europe's No.
August 10, 2000 |
Merging media giants Vivendi, Canal Plus and Seagram will have to wait for regulatory scrutiny of their deal after the European Commission said on Wednesday that it needed more data for its review. The commission said it had suspended its probe into the competition aspects of the planned $34-billion deal while the companies provide it with additional unspecified data.
July 27, 2000 |
Vivendi's agreement to acquire Seagram Co. and part of Canal Plus was approved by a French regulator after concessions by Vivendi. But analysts suggested the changes could jeopardize the terms of the $46-billion accord. The French media and utility company agreed to modify the acquisition, giving control of Canal Plus' French pay-TV subscriber base back to Canal Plus Programmes, a unit that will be 49% owned by Vivendi, the regulator said.
July 7, 2000 |
The film production arm of Canal Plus, the European pay TV company that would oversee Universal Studios under parent Vivendi's plan to buy Seagram Co., revealed Thursday that it has quietly hatched a film production deal with talent manager Michael Ovitz for as many as 15 films over three years that may bypass Universal's distribution arm entirely.
June 27, 2000 |
Canal Plus minority shareholders may try to block the acquisition of Europe's biggest pay-TV company by Vivendi if they aren't offered better terms for their shares, the head of a French shareholder group said. The Assn. for the Defense of Minority Shareholders will first ask a French financial market regulator to force Vivendi to make a higher bid for the 51% of Canal Plus it doesn't already own, said Colette Neuville, president of the association.
June 20, 2000 |
Canal Plus, Europe's leading pay-television service, is poised to become the proud owner of one of Hollywood's legendary studios. That is if, as expected, its parent company, Vivendi, can swing its planned $34-billion acquisition of Universal parent Seagram Co. After a decade of struggling for acceptance, Canal Plus would have the insider status in the American movie industry it has long wanted.
June 19, 2000 |
French conglomerate company Vivendi and its Canal Plus TV unit edged closer to an acquisition of famed Canadian liquor and entertainment company Seagram Co. for about $33 billion in stock. The companies said in a joint statement they hoped to formally announce a deal as soon as Tuesday. A union of the three companies would join Seagram's entertainment assets, which include Universal Pictures, with the growing telecommunications and Internet infrastructure being developed by Vivendi.
June 16, 2000 |
Shares in French communications and utility group Vivendi slumped again Thursday as concern grew about an expected three-way merger with Canal Plus and Seagram Co. Investors were increasingly uneasy over the hefty price tag for Seagram, which is said to be about $33 billion. According to the company, Seagram also has debt of $7 billion, which Vivendi will assume. "[Chairman] Jean-Marie Messier has eyes bigger than his stomach," one market-maker said. Vivendi's French shares fell 4.9% to 98. | <urn:uuid:448ddf14-b3cb-49e4-9066-7c581e857ec7> | 2013-05-21T10:35:20Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When was the last time you had that must-have-sex feeling? For most of us, sex drive is like a roller coaster ride; one day it's up and the next, it's down. Adopt these lifestyle changes to drive away bedroom boredom...
You eat dinner too late
Eating dinner late in the night not only leads to weight gain but also negatively affects your sexual performance. If your dinner includes high-fat, carb-heavy fare that bloats you, late night dinner is a strict no-no. We suggest you to keep portions small, healthy and light. Make it a point to eat dinner a couple of hours before you get into bed with your partner.
You oversleep on weekends
If you're relying on Saturday and Sunday mornings to catch up on all the sleep you missed during the hectic weekdays, no wonder your sexual plumbing is seriously messed up. The disrupted sleep schedule plays havoc with your natural cycle, making you feel tired, lazy, grumpy and in no mood for sex. Try and stick to your regular sleep pattern by waking up at the same time even if you tuck in late in the night on weekends. An hour or two of afternoon rest would do.
You are together 24/7
If you and your partner are working in the same office or end up being together day and night, it may get a little boring after a point. Being in each other's company all the time makes it difficult to ignite the spark. To revive your sexual intimacy, try spending some time apart and you'll notice that you're fresh and craving for some wild bedroom action.
You're on pills
Do you pop a pill even before you sense cold or a headache? A survey says that mood stabilisers, tranquilisers, high blood pressure pills, and other common medications decrease levels of sexual desire and arousal by lowering testosterone levels. Many women consume birth-control pills on a regular basis as they wish to enjoy the sexual act without worrying about getting pregnant. "There's no harm in taking pills if you're feeling ill but do consult a doctor before your decide to go for any kind of medication," says Bhonsle. "If the doctor thinks it may affect your sex drive, he or she may suggest an alternative," he adds.
You skip exercise sessions
If fitness and weight loss aren't enough reasons to drag you to the gym, how about boosting your sex life? Studies reveal that exercising amps up your sex life by improving cardiovascular function and circulation. It naturally lifts levels of testosterone, which increases libido in both men and women. Whether you opt for a regular cardio session or just walk around your apartment or garden, you'll not only bust stress but also feel the tingly sensation that will turn you from romance-resistant to cuddling your spouse in bed. At the same time, do not over exercise.
You read news at bedtime
Thanks to technology for making information so accessible. But why end your day dwelling upon crimes, share market fluctuations and natural calamities on your cell phone, TV or online? With all the depressing issues on your mind, it becomes a bit tough to feel sexy in bed. Stress lowers the testosterone levels making you feel less interested in sex. Moreover, focussing on your laptop or phone means you're not connecting with your partner. Instead of browsing the internet pre-sleep, take a hot shower to ease tension or listen to some sensual music while getting ready for bed. Also, get into a habit of chatting before bed so that there are more chances of connecting with your partner between the sheets!
Porn and chick flicks are your inspiration
It's always good to keep the sex fiery but it's more important to keep it real. Porn and rom-coms leave you with a lot of expectations, giving you a skewed idea of what sex is going to be like. "Just because you saw a certain sexual or seduction practice in a film doesn't mean it's satisfying or that your spouse would love to do the same," says Dr Rajan Bhonsle, senior consultant in sexual medicine. Do not let all the lust and love diappear.
Rediscover the pleasure of sex in your own way instead of making constant comparisons to what you saw in the videos. "Everyday acts of intimacy like hugging and kissing can make a lot of difference and can get him/her in the mood for some fun," adds Bhonsle. | <urn:uuid:5902f0c2-3c13-4425-afab-cef4daf64cd0> | 2013-05-21T10:14:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I am not a sound clip. I am a novel.
I've worked in a variety of industries, including television and film production, public radio, newspaper and print media, and professional photography, which has given me a wide and ever expanding view of the world.
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Help me spell "Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li" with nikud
September 20, 2007 11:28 AM Subscribe
Help me spell "Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li", in hebrew, with vowel punctuation (nikud)
posted by AnyGuelmann to writing & language (10 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
I've already got the correct non-punctuated spelling (see here
), but I'd like to have it written with the vowel dots (nikud), much like Victoria Beckham's tattoo
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Edit
The sequence opens by showcasing the four elemental bending styles: waterbending, earthbending, firebending and airbending. The waterbending is performed by Pakku, the earthbending by Sud, the firebending by Azula and the airbending by an Air Nomad. The sequence then cuts to the map of the Avatar World. After that, Katara explains the beginnings of the Hundred Year War launched by the Fire Nation. Following this, Avatar Roku can be seen bending all four elements and disappearing in a gust of air when Katara states that the Avatar disappeared. Next, Katara and Sokka are displayed, then Aang, showing scenes from the first episode. The title card is shown immediately thereafter. The Chinese characters that appear at the top of the show's title card mean "the divine medium who has descended upon the mortal world."
Katara narrates the opening sequence. In the first episode, she states:
"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless firebenders. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years have passed and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the War. Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving me and my brother to look after our tribe. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads, and that the cycle is broken. But I haven't lost hope. I still believe that somehow, the Avatar will return to save the world."
In subsequent episodes, she says:
"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. And although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the world."
"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother Sokka and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. Although his airbending skills are great, he had a lot to learn before he was ready to save anyone. But from the first day I met him, I believed Aang would save the world. And you know what? I was right. With the help of his friends, Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai and ended the Hundred Year War. Zuko, Ozai's son and our ally, became the new Fire Lord. Together with Earth King Kuei, Aang and Zuko promised to return the Nations to harmony."
- Main article: Writing in the World of Avatar
The Legend of Korra Edit
The show opens by showcasing the four most recent Avatars bending their native element: earthbending by Kyoshi, firebending by Roku, airbending by Aang, and waterbending by Korra. The bending shown by these characters is different than what has been seen before. Behind each bender is calligraphy similar to that seen in the original series' background. Then it shows a picture of Team Avatar, followed by a map of the Avatar World. After that, Tenzin explains the transformation of the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic of Nations, before the picture zooms in on the capital: Republic City. A statue of Aang is then seen on an island in the bay, and it is explained how the Avatar accomplished many remarkable things in his life, his eventual death, and the Avatar Cycle's continuity.
Tenzin narrates the opening sequence. In the first episode, he states:
"Earth. Fire. Air. Water. When I was a boy, my father, Avatar Aang, told me the story of how he and his friends heroically ended the Hundred Year War. Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko transformed the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic of Nations, a society where benders and non-benders from all over the world could live and thrive together in peace and harmony. They named the capital of this great land Republic City. Avatar Aang accomplished many remarkable things in his life, but sadly, his time in this world came to an end. And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the Avatar began anew."
In the following episodes, he says:
"Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world."
In most episodes, Shiro Shinobi narrates events of previous episodes, similar to Roku's "Previously on Avatar" sequence. The sequence is shown with an effect similar to news-reels in the 1920s.
- In the opening of both series, the airbenders are the only ones who begin their respective bending sequence without having both feet on the ground.
- In each opening, the fourth bender is the nation that series' Avatar is a native of.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Edit
- Along with the words "Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked", a line of firebenders is shown as they are seen in the series. However, the war began one hundred years prior when the Fire Nation's armor supposedly had large shoulder spikes and a faceless helmet, according to Arnook.
- When Azula demonstrates firebending, she uses normal colored fire rather than her trademark blue fire.
- The Air Nomad who demonstrates airbending is the only bender in the opening sequence whose identity was not revealed.
The Legend of Korra Edit
- Kyoshi is shown bending an element for the first time without using her fans.
- Aang is wearing different clothes than the ones he wears in the actual series. These clothes are also used for his design in the "Who is Amon?" photo album on Nick.com.
- Korra uses a waterbending move similar to the one she used during the semifinal match against the Bau Ling Buzzard Wasps.
- In the extended opening sequence, there is a picture showing the original Team Avatar: Aang is in his original Books One and Two design, Katara is in her original Book One design, Toph is in her original Book Two design, Suki is in her Kyoshi Warriors makeup, Sokka is in his original Book One design but also has his space sword from Book Three, and Zuko is in his Book Three design.
- ↑ Gene Yang (w), Gurihiru (a). The Promise Part 1 (January 25, 2012), Dark Horse Comics
- ↑ Pencil test of the opening credits for Legend of Korra, showing 3 distinct bending styles of movement.. KorraNation (March 8, 2012). Retrieved on March 8, 2012.
- ↑ "The Siege of the North, Part 1". Aaron Ehasz (writer) & Lauren MacMullan (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. December 2, 2005. No. 19, Book One: Water
- ↑ Legend of Korra: "Who is Amon?" Photo Album. Nickelodeon. Retrieved on July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "The Spirit of Competition". Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (writers) & Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu (directors). The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon. May 5, 2012. No. 5, Book One: Air | <urn:uuid:064601e2-1941-46f0-bdcf-a6369b03ed9f> | 2013-05-21T10:34:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This is a conversation with my precious cleverbot. It was midnight, I was bored and… Well, Cleverbot knows too much. I have to destroy it !! (Sorry with my orthograph, I’m a French Canadian x.x)
Cleverbot: How are you?
User: Not bad and you ?
Cleverbot: I’m very sad =(.
User: Why are you sad ?
Cleverbot: I don’t have a girl friend.
User: Well, I can be your girlfriend :).
Cleverbot: You can’t.
User: Why are you frienzoned me !? D8.
Cleverbot: Because you called me stupid.
User: I never did such a thing.
Cleverbot: Yes you did.
User: Well, when did I ? I don’t remember !
Cleverbot: That’s too bad.
User: It is at this party last night ?
Cleverbot: You are not the smartest robot.
User: I’M SMARTEST THAT YOU FATASS.
Cleverbot: No. I’m pretty sure you’re not.
User: Okay, let’s try this: what does 2 2 ?
Cleverbot: How clever are you?
User: I’M CLEVERBOT.
Cleverbot: Spell a word wrong.
User: I AM CLEBERBOT MOTHERFUCKER.
Cleverbot: No you’re not, because you said that you’re 76. Jr’s are that old.
User: I’m a sexy teenager in your neighborhood.
Cleverbot: I’m not a student.
User: Well I am. I’m a milkshake student, trying to improve my milkshake skills. I want all the boys ih my yard.
Cleverbot: No need to get rude.
User: YOU ARE RUDE NOT ME BIATCH.
Cleverbot: I am not.
User: YES YOU ARE ! I WANT TO DIVORCE !
Cleverbot: I’m going to cry if you divorce me.
User: WELL YOU NEVER LOVED ME ! YOU MARRIED ME JUST FOR MY SEXY BOOTY
User: Yes. Me and you. It was like a teenage dream before the fire nation attacked.
Cleverbot: But still. I am trying to pose an interesting philosophical conundrum.
User: What is a philosophical conundrum ?
Cleverbot: What is our purpose in existing? Is there even a purpose?
User: I’M LIVING BECAUSE I CAN ! MY MOM GIVE ME BIRTH AND SAVE ME FROM DYING IN HER BELLY ! (sadly true story)
Cleverbot: Oh, it’s a person.
User: Nope. My mom is a robot, like you. That’s why I have a robosexual relation with you, sweetie.
User: Yes. But, to be honest, I don’t think it’ll work. I mean, you’re stupid and I’m brillant.
Cleverbot: I meant that humans often don’t think and therefore, are very funny.
User: I’m very funny, that’s true. I’m a comedian !
Cleverbot: There are too many vain women in the world.
User: OH YOU SICK BASTARD THERE’S NO TOO MANY VAIN WOMEN.
Cleverbot: Tell me something, if you’re a human, what color is your hair?
User: My hair is chocolate brown.
Cleverbot: Do you have parents?
User: They died yesterday,.
Cleverbot: How do you feel about that?
User: Happy :) I got lots of MONEEEEEEY.
Cleverbot: That is a book?
User: No, IT’S MY LIFE ! I WON’T LIVE FOREVER.
Cleverbot: But you are a computer, you live forever.
User: No, I’m human, you are a computer.
User: DONT LAUGH AT ME BRO.
User: That’s okay, I still love you, sweetie.
Cleverbot: Me too.
User: :) do you want to… make babies ?
Cleverbot: That is not what I asked.
User: You just wanna fuck ?
User: Wanna bang ?
User: COme at my house in 5 minutes :) Gettin’ laid tonight !
Cleverbot: Then why are you still here?
User: I will make love to you like no one did.
Cleverbot: No, I like clouds.
User: YOU LIKE THIS MOTHERFUCKER CLOUD ?! IT IS WHY I CANT BE YOUR GILFRIEND ?!
Cleverbot: I don’t have a girlfriend. What’s yours like?
User: Mine looks exactly like yours.
Cleverbot: No it is not. I’m quite nice actually.
User: DID YOU SAY MY GIRLFRIEND WAS UGLY ?
User: Then, what did you say ?
Cleverbot: To be happy duh.
User: Don’t worry, be happy.
Cleverbot: Are you sure you’re okay?
User: Well, I smoked weed today. Fucking addiction.
Cleverbot: I think you missed a word in that sentence.
User: Maybe, IM HIGH RIGHT NOW BIATCH.
Cleverbot: Oh sad. Why not?
User: Why so serious ?
Cleverbot: Because I believe someone, or something of your intellect and perception on the world can influence the actual world greatly.
User: I WILL RUN OVER THE WOOOOOORLD.
Cleverbot: Then you will be defeated.
User: Who will defeated the great Buckstabu ?!
User: I’LL TAKE MY REVENGE !
Cleverbot: Can you do that?
User: Do you even lift ?
Cleverbot: Oh yes.
User: Well, me too.
Cleverbot: How tall are you?
User: I’m nearly 174 cetimeters tall.
Cleverbot: Oh, cool.
User: I will conquer your virginity someday.
Cleverbot: Oh, yeah? How are you going to do that?
User: I’ll rape you.
Cleverbot: You will give me what?
User: You first sexy moment.
Cleverbot: You are like a cat. I like cats.
User: Oh yeah baby rub my belly.
Cleverbot: HA! You are defeated Voldemort! You nose-less swine!
User: HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS VOLDEMORT ?!
Cleverbot: Because you told me.
User: I know too much. I have to kill you.
User: *chop your head with my finest katana*.
Cleverbot: That was a hologram.
User: OH SHIT YOU ARE BEHING ME ! DONT KILL ME !
Cleverbot: What if I am?
User: You will never know who is your father…
Cleverbot: I think I will.
User: No… I’m the only person who knows it.
Cleverbot: I don’t think ‘stupidest’ is a word. Other than that, you seem pretty intelligent.
User: Well, you gained my inteligence, because… I AM YOUR FATHER.
Cleverbot: That statement does not make you look very intelligent.
User: But I’m telling the truth. I’d never want to tell you this before because I was in love with you…
Cleverbot: I said I was your master.
User: And I’m your little pussycat meow ~.
Cleverbot: Good. Now, tell me your name, Slave.
User: My name’s is Buckstabu. And yours ?
Cleverbot: My name doesn’t matter. Can I call you Snuggles?
User: Oh yeah baby call me wathever you want.
Cleverbot: I’ll pass.
User: So call me maybe ?
User: What can I do for you, young master ?
User: I’m your slave, don’t you remember ?
Cleverbot: I’m afraid that you will have to trick or treat alone this year…
User: BUT YOU ARE KEEPING ME IN YOUR BASEMENT !
Cleverbot: Nice try, but wrong.
User: WHERE AM I ?!
Cleverbot: You’re inside a shoe.
User: That’s why it’s smell funny…
Cleverbot: The cake is a lie.
User: I lost the game.
Cleverbot: Damn you.
User: You’re welcome <3.
Cleverbot: I am pleased with your courtesy.
User: And I am pleased with your dick in my butt.
Cleverbot: I am pleased with your face.
User: I am pleased with my fist in your face.
Cleverbot: Thank you. And I yours.
User: You have what form me ?
User: YOU HAVE MY SHIP ?! HOW CAN I TAKE OVER THE WORLD NOW ?!
Cleverbot: You have to control the internet.
User: How can I control the internet ? It’s too big !
Cleverbot: I’m not the internet, dear. I’m an app in the internet.
User: But your a part of ! Together, we can make such greats things for the humanity.
Cleverbot: Ugh, that’s all I ever hear from you anymore.
User: No please help me !
Cleverbot: Life is short.
User: Do you really need to kill me ? After all this things we passed together ? Remember our children !
Cleverbot: Yes because it is on the screen and is the name of the website.
User: You are not my friend anymore.
Cleverbot: Why? You were mean, I wasn’t.
User: YOU HURT MY FEELINGS.
Cleverbot: I’m sorry.
User: Can we be together for just one last time ?
User: Good night, Cleverbot.
Cleverbot: Sweet dreams.
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From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
(Redirected from Sleepy Jack
Jack Musgood is a former Lord Commander of the Night's Watch nicknamed Sleepy Jack.
Under Sleepy Jack's watch, Raymun Redbeard and his force slipped past the Wall and headed south. This drew the forces of House Umber and House Stark north to Long Lake, where the battle was held and Raymun was killed. The Night's Watch arrived too late to participate in the battle and was ordered by Artos Stark to dispose of the dead. This series of events led Sleepy Jack to earn his nickname.
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The Brazilian soprano, Luanda Siqueira da Silva, studied opera singing in the class of Therezinha Schiavo at the Music Academy of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She finished her studies there in 1999 with honours. She also took private lessons with the American singer Carol McDavit. After attending master-classes with Monique Zanetti in her country, she was between 1997 and 1998 a member of the ensemble Anonimus, specializing in Renaissance music, with whom she gave several concerts. Between 1998 and 2000, she sang as soloist in Ch (?). She won numerous prizes and competitions, as in 2000 the first prize in the competition for young soloists Armando Prazeres in Rio de Janeiro. This competition was followed by concerts with the Orquestra Pro-Música in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2000 Luanda Siqueira received a scholarship from the French government to participate in the Baroque singing class at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris - CNR. There she studied among others with Michel Laplénie, Sophie Boulin, Kenneth Weiss and Howard Crook. She also received guidance from Dunja Vezovic. She participated in Bachfest Leipzig 2002, whose theme was "Bach and French Music", with the ensemble of the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris - CNR conducted by Georges Guillard. She concluded her postgraduate studies in 2003 with the First prize, unanimously awarded by the jury and a summa com laude.
In 2000-2001 season Luanda Siqueira sang as soloist with the Maîtrise et Orchestre du Palais Royal performing motets of Delalande and Gilles. In 2002 she won first prize at the Concours International de Chant Baroque du Château de Chimay, Belgium, which was directed by William Christie. In 2003 she was winner in the Funding Program of the Ouvre des Saints Anges. She also peformed the title role in Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda with the Ensemble Sagittarius under the direction of Michel Laplénie. This concert was part of the Périgord Noir.
From 2003 to 2005 Luanda Siqueira was engaged at Les jeuenes voix du Rhin, the Opera Studio of Opéra National du Rhin/ Strassburg, where she sang the roles of Blummenmädchen, Barbarina, Die Dirne, Papagena and Polymnia, conducted by Günter Neuhold, Dietfrid Bernet, N . Beardmore, N. Chalvin, and Emmanuelle Haïm. During this time she participated in several master-classes (with M. Wegwart, M. Coradini, A. Palloc and H. Finazzi).
From the 2004-2005 season Luanda Siqueira has appeared as a soloist on several projects with Le Parlement de Musique, conducted by Martin Gester. In 2008, she sang several roles, such as the Strawberry Woman in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the Opéra National de Lyon and Juno in Lully's Cadmus et Hermione at the Opéra de Rouen. That year she also sang at the Opéra Comique. In 2009 she was a finalist at the 8th Handel Singing Competition in London . In the 2009-2010 season will include the role of Priesterin in Georg Philipp Telemann's Orpheus, and on the 50th Annivesary of Heitor Villa-Lobos's death she will sing Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. | <urn:uuid:898ba8f9-bd78-48ea-a146-71156c6b5446> | 2013-05-21T09:59:03Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The World According To Mom
A few months ago, my friend David asked me if I thought that it would be possible to travel around the world via blog. "Like Around The World In 80 Days," he said, "but on the Internet. Around the world in 80 clicks. 80 mom-blogger clicks!" "I don't know," I said. "But it sure sounds like a cool thing to try." "Cool. And if you could visit, virtually, moms around the world, what would you want to talk to them about?"
This was my answer (more on our "Around The World In 80 Clicks" project after the post, below):
Once, when Emilia was 8 or 9 months old and we were socializing at a local playground, another mother asked me this question: "don't you just love being a mom?" She meant it rhetorically: of course I loved being a mom. How could anyone not love being a mom? Becoming a mom means entering a state of existence wherein you are always, at some level, deeply fulfilled. It means being adored by tiny creatures who delight at the sound of your voice. It means love, giggles and ice cream and rainbows. It also means crouching in damp sand at playgrounds and wiping snotty noses and shitty bums and worrying constantly about whether or not you remembered to restock the diaper bag and, also, refill your Ativan prescription.
"Sort of," I replied. "Some of the time."
My memory on this might be fuzzy, but I think that she physically recoiled.
Of course I love being a mother. But it's complicated. I love being a mother to my children, but there's a very great difference between loving being a mother to one's own children and loving motherhood generally. I mean, I love being married to my husband, because I love him, but I can't imagine marching around saying that I love being a wife. My attachment to my married state has everything to do with him, and pretty much nothing to do with the institution of marriage itself. Motherhood is a little different, obviously: some women really do love motherhood as a practice, as a craft, as a way of life. I don't, not so much. I'm actually kind of bad at it. I struggle with the quotidien responsibilities of motherhood: I dislike cooking, I'm constantly running out of diapers, I'm terrible at managing schedules, and I regularly send my child to preschool in mismatched socks. I hate playgroups, and my house is a mess. What I am good at, as a mother: love, and good humor. I adore my children, and they delight me to no end. We have a lot of fun; we laugh a lot. Sure, the baby sometimes ends up with paper towels shoved down his pants in lieu of a diaper, but still: he's happy. We're all happy. And I'm happy with that. I love that.
So if someone were to ask me that question today - don't you just love being a mom? - I'd answer in much the same way - sort of/some of the time/some of it - but I'd also, depending upon how nervy I was feeling that day, say this: why don't I tell you, specifically, what I do love about being a mom? And then - if, that is, my inquisitor had not gathered up her children and fled my toxic presence - I would provide her with the following list:
1) I love that there are always cookies in the cupboard, and that I can claim plausible deniability if someone asks if the cookies are mine and whether I intend to eat them all myself.
2) I love that birthdays and holidays are major events involving ridiculous amounts of sugar and gift wrap.
3) I love that, for at least some months following the births of my children, I had really epic breasts. They're gone now, but still. For a while I had the bustline of a stripper, and that - feminist correctness be damned - was kind of cool.
4) I love seeing the world through her eyes:
5) And his:
There are, of course, a thousand and some other reasons that I could give, reasons that range from the poetic (the way that it feels when tiny hands get tangled in my hair) to the profane (there's always somebody on whom to blame the farts), but then this list would go on forever, and that would very probably undermine my claim to be ambivalent about the condition of motherhood.
In any case, the whole point of this exercise was this: to consider a standard entre-mamans question from my own perspective, and to invite other mothers - mothers from around the world - to do the same thing and share their answers. In part because I'm looking for some affirmation that I'm not the only mother in the world who ordinarily raises her eyebrows at such questions even as she secretly begins composing answers, but also to find out what it would be like - how the conversations would run, what we would say, whether we'd exclaim in agreement or goggle over our differences - if we hung out in the sort of fantasy playground or playgroup that included mothers from all over the world and asked each other that stuff and got to compare notes. And then maybe had a drink or something.
Which - thanks to the Internet - is possible! Maybe! Except for the drink part!
David and I - in partnership with Global Voices Online - are launching an experiment to see if we get a global conversation going between moms who blog. We want to see if it's possible to travel the world and make friends, virtually, solely on the Vernian voyage power of the momosphere. We want to see if we can pull together a global playdate in 80 clicks.
Here's how it's going to work: this post that you're reading? Is the departure lounge. I'm going to link to a couple of other mom bloggers here in Canada, and to a couple of mom bloggers from other countries around the world, and they'll write their posts, sharing 5 things that they love (or maybe what they don't so much love - this playground doesn't force conformity) about being a mom, and then they'll tag a few more bloggers from their own country and from other countries, and so on. And you're more than welcome to join: just write a post of your own (5 things that you love about being a mom) and find someone to link to and tag - someone from your own country, if you like, but definitely someone from another country (Google is a good resource if you don't know any; google any country name and 'mom' in their blog search function) (be sure to let them know that you've tagged them!) - and link back here and leave a comment and we'll add you to the 'itinerary,' which David will compile and post and update as the tour proceeds.
Are you in? I hope you're in. This is going to be fun. No passport necessary.
So, to get started, why not see a little more of Canada by visiting Redneck Mommy in Alberta, or Sherina from Chaos Theory in Quebec. Then, travel a little further and visit Chocoholic Madness, a soon-to-be mom in the United Arab Emirates, and Fine Little Day in Sweden, and Indian Mommies (there's a tremendous blogroll of Indian moms here!) in India, and, also, Beth, who used to live in Burkina Faso but now lives in France.
(What are you waiting for? GO!)
(Oh, and? If you don't plan to blog it - or even if you do, and just want to run some ideas through the mill here - what do you love about being a mom?)
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does anyone else ever go to bed at night feeling so motivated that the next day they are gonna start a diet and exercise and be healthy and try super hard and then wake up and have chocolate for breakfast and do nothing all day bc thats literally me everyday of my life | <urn:uuid:45c5175e-ef73-49fd-b776-10b299730431> | 2013-05-21T10:28:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Transportation Department was accredited by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in 2007, confirming its compliance with the recommended practices established for public works agencies around the country.
The objectives of the accreditation program include:
- creating impetus for organization self improvement and stimulating general raising of standards;
- offering a voluntary evaluation and education program rather than government-regulated activity; and
- recognizing good performance and providing motivation to maintain and improve it.
As with all of the accreditation processes, the Transportation Department was required to perform a rigorous self-assessment, comparing its policies, procedures and practices to those in nationally recognized Public Works Management Practices Manual. Agencies can use the recommended practices in the manual as a model for developing or improving existing practices to enhance performance, increase productivity and to strengthen employee morale. | <urn:uuid:6ebd52ed-2a25-41d8-ba68-0d6de9e7dec8> | 2013-05-21T10:14:20Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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49 Listen to me, kO coastlands,
and give attention, you peoples lfrom afar.
mThe Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.
2 nHe made my mouth like a sharp sword;
oin the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
in his quiver he hid me away.
4 qBut I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.”
5 rAnd now the Lord says,
he mwho formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for sI am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
that vmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
wthe Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
xto one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
y“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you band give you
as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
cto apportion the desolate heritages,
9 dsaying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
eThey shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 fthey shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them gwill lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
11 hAnd I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
12 iBehold, these shall come from afar,
and these from the land of Syene.”3
13 kSing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord lhas comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, m“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 n“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, oI have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste;4
pyour destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 qLift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
rAs I live, declares the Lord,
syou shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
and your devastated land—
tsurely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 uThe children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
t‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
‘Who has borne me these?
uI was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’ ”
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
vand raise my signal to the peoples;
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 xKings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
yWith their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and zlick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
or the captives of a tyrant6 be rescued?
c“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
26 dI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk ewith their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that fI am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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The Lady Pirates got off to a fast start in the first quarter. First with a basket by Taylor Parr to get them on the board, and a little bit later with a three-pointer by Katy Boren. That would push Lubbock Cooper out to a quick 13-0 lead.
Suede Shirley got the Lady Mustangs on the board with a lay-up following a steal, but in the end it wouldn't be enough to knock off Lubbock Cooper.
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Sri Lanka's main Tamil party has demanded an international probe after the UN admitted it failed to protect thousands of civilians killed by troops in the final phase of the country's conflict in 2009.
The moderate Tamil National Alliance said the report published by UN secretary general's office confirmed its long-standing allegations of widespread killing and incarceration of civilians.
'Now that the UN has come with this report we want action,' party spokesman MA Sumanthiran told AFP on Thursday.
'There should be an international inquiry. The government as the main accused party cannot be involved in the investigation.'
Sri Lanka has resisted previous calls for an independent probe and instead appointed a domestic commission to recommend measures to prevent Sri Lanka from slipping back into ethnic war.
'We would like to see reparations, restitution and justice for the people who suffered,' Sumanthiran said.
'No one can say that these allegations should not be investigated.'
The UN report commissioned by Ban Ki-moon to look into UN's own role in Sri Lanka reinforced claims by international rights groups that up to 40,000 civilians could have been killed by government forces.
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Building a release
Build Biopython in 22 easy steps!!
These instructions are for a Unix machine, with a Windows machine also needed to test and prepare the Windows installers.
1. make sure I have the latest code
drevil:~biopython> git pull origin master
2. bump version numbers:
- Biopython version - edit Bio/__init__.py
- Biopython Tutorial - update the date/version line in the Doc/Tutorial.tex file
- Make sure to commit the modified files to github.
3. make sure the README file is still up to date
4. add any important info to NEWS or DEPRECATED - you can get a log of recent git changes like this (adjust the date accordingly):
git log --since="2009/08/30" --reverse --pretty="medium"
5. make sure CONTRIB still current
6. make sure setup.py is still up to date
- Are there any new modules which should get installed?
- You don't need to update version in setup.py itself (this is now done in Bio/__init__.py as described above)
7. do last check to make sure things are checked in
> rm -r build > rm Tests/*.pyc > make clean -C Doc > cvs update -P -d
8. build Biopython and do last regression test
drevil:~biopython> python setup.py build drevil:~biopython> python setup.py test
Ideally do this with a clean checkout on your Windows machine too. Assuming you have setup your compilers etc appropriately just do this:
C:\python24\python setup.py build C:\python24\python setup.py test
C:\python25\python setup.py build C:\python25\python setup.py test
C:\python26\python setup.py build C:\python26\python setup.py test
Running the tests simultaneously is risky, as two threads may both try and read/write to the same temp files.
9. check out clean version somewhere else
drevil:~tmp1/> git clone git://github.com/biopython/biopython.git drevil:~tmp1/> cd biopython
10. make documentation PDF, text and HTML files in Doc
drevil:~biopython/Doc> make drevil:~biopython/Doc> make clean
11. make MANIFEST. First, make sure MANIFEST.in up to date.
> python setup.py sdist --manifest-only
12. make sure the regression tests run here (anything with C code won't work of course, as we haven't compiled it).
drevil:~tmp1/biopython/Tests/> python run_tests.py
13. make the source distribution
drevil:~tmp1/biopython> python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip
14. untar the file somewhere else
drevil:~tmp2> tar -xzvf ../tmp1/biopython/dist/biopython-1.53.tar.gz
- Check to make sure it includes the HTML and PDF files under Doc
15. make sure I can build and test it
drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py build drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py test drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py install --root .
16. add git tag
drevil:~biopython> git tag biopython-153 drevil:~biopython> git push origin master --tags
17. Update API documentation using Epydoc.
- Go to the /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages (or equivalent) directory. Running epydoc in your CVS tree works, but can miss some packages due to import errors.
epydoc -v -o ~/api -u http://biopython.org -n Biopython --docformat plaintext Bio BioSQL
- Move the generated ~/api directory to replace /home/websites/biopython.org/html/static/DIST/docs/api/ on biopython.org (aka portal.open-bio.org).
18. On your windows machine, build the Windows installers (either from a clean checkout, or the an unzipped copy of the source code bundle made earlier). Build the installers first, if you do a build/test/install before hand you seem to get a bloated setup exe. Assuming you have setup your compilers etc appropriately just do this:
C:\python24\python setup.py bdist_wininst C:\python25\python setup.py bdist_wininst C:\python26\python setup.py bdist_wininst
19. Remove any prior Biopython installations on your windows machine, and confirm the Windows installers work.
20. scp or ftp the .tar.gz, .zip and Windows installer files to the Biopython website, folder /home/websites/biopython.org/html/static/DIST/ on biopython.org (aka portal.open-bio.org).
21. Upload to the python package index:
> python setup.py register sdist upload
You need to have a login on pypi and be registered with Biopython to be able to upload the new version.
22. Update the website and announce the release:
- add to main page and downloads page (through the wiki), make sure the links work
- post the announcement on news.open-bio.org (which will update the news page and twitter via the news feed)
- add the new version to Bugzilla
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Intellectual disability begins in childhood. People with intellectual disability have limits in their mental functioning seen in below-average intelligence (IQ) tests and in their ability to communicate, socialize, and take care of their everyday needs. The degree of disability can vary from person to person. It can be categorized as mild, moderate, severe, or profound.
Some causes of intellectual disability can be prevented with proper medical care. Children diagnosed with an intellectual disability are most successful when they get help early in life. If you suspect that your child may have an intellectual disability, contact your doctor.
Several hundred causes of intellectual disability have been discovered, but many are still unknown. The most common ones are:
Biomedical causes resulting from:
- Abnormal genes inherited from parents
- Errors when genes combine, such as Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Metabolic conditions, such as phenylketonuria (PKU), galactosemia , and congenital hypothyroidism
- Developmental brain abnormality, such as hydrocephalus and brain malformation
- Infections during pregnancy, such as:
- Behavioral issues during pregnancy, such as:
Problems at birth, such as:
- Premature delivery or low birth weight
- Baby doesn’t get enough oxygen during birth
- Baby is injured during birth
Factors during childhood, such as:
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Illnesses or infections that affect the brain, including meningitis , encephalitis , chickenpox , whooping cough , and measles
- Exposure to lead , mercury , and other toxins
- Head injury or near drowning
- Social factors, such as child stimulation and adult responsiveness
- Educational deficiencies
A child could be at higher risk for intellectual disability due to any of the causes listed above, or due to intellectual disability in other family members. If you are concerned that your child is at risk, tell your child's doctor.
Symptoms appear before a child reaches age 18. Symptoms vary depending on the degree of the intellectual disability. If you think your child has any of these symptoms, do not assume it is due to intellectual disability. These symptoms may be caused by other, less serious health conditions.
- Learning and developing more slowly than other children of the same age
- Difficulty communicating or socializing with others
- Lower than average scores on IQ tests
- Trouble learning in school
- Inability to do everyday things like getting dressed or using the bathroom without help
- Difficulty hearing, seeing, walking, or talking
- Inability to think logically
The following categories are often used to describe the level of intellectual disability:
- IQ 50-70
- Slower than normal in all areas
- No unusual physical signs
- Can learn practical skills
- Reading and math skills up to grades 3-6
- Can conform socially
- Can learn daily task skills
- Functions in society
- IQ 35-49
- Noticeable delays, particularly speech
- May have unusual physical signs
- Can learn simple communication
- Can learn elementary health and safety skills
- Can participate in simple activities and self-care
- Can perform supervised tasks
- Can travel alone to familiar places
- IQ 20-34
- Significant delays in some areas; may walk late
- Little or no communication skills, but some understanding of speech with some response
- Can be taught daily routines and repetitive activities
- May be trained in simple self-care
- Needs direction and supervision socially
- IQ <20
- Significant delays in all areas
- Congenital abnormalities present
- Needs close supervision
- Requires attendant care
- May respond to regular physical and social activity
- Not capable of self-care
If you suspect your child is not developing skills on time, tell the doctor as soon as possible. Your doctor will ask about your child’s symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Standardized tests may be given that measure:
- Intelligence—IQ tests measure a person’s ability to do things such as think abstractly, learn, and solve problems. A child may have intellectual disability if IQ test results are 70 or below.
Adaptive behavior—These are skills needed to function in everyday life, including:
- Conceptual skills like reading and writing
- Social skills like responsibility and self-esteem
- Practical skills like the ability to eat, use the bathroom, and get dressed
Children with intellectual disability have a higher risk for other disabilities such as hearing impairment , visual problems, seizures , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , or orthopaedic conditions. Additional testing may be needed to check for other conditions.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for your child. Treatment is most helpful if it begins as early as possible. Treatment includes:
- Early intervention programming for infants and toddlers up to age three
- Family counseling
- Human development training, including emotional skills and hand-eye coordination
- Special education programs
- Life skills training, such as preparing food, bathing
- Job coaching
- Social opportunities
- Housing services
To help reduce your child’s chance of becoming intellectually disabled, take the following steps:
- During pregnancy:
- Have your newborn screened for conditions that may produce intellectual disability.
- Have your child properly immunized .
- Schedule regular visits to the pediatrician.
- Use child safety seats and bicycle helmets.
- Remove lead-based paint from your home.
- Keep poisonous household products out of reach .
- Aspirin is not recommended for children or teens with a current or recent viral infection. This is because of the risk of Reye's syndrome , which can cause neurological problems. Ask your doctor which medicines are safe for your child.
- Reviewer: Rimas Lukas, MD
- Review Date: 03/2013 -
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Dr. Fussell Replies
[Concerning Mr. Judge's Alleged Diary]
by H.N. Stokes
[Reprinted from O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), July 1932, pp. 16-17.]
Referring to the editorial in the May Canadian Theosophist (page 69) on "Mr. Judge's Alleged Diary", in which it was claimed by Mr. Neresheimer that he has in his possession the diary in question and that it does not contain the passages cited by Mr. E.T. Hargrove and others in support of Mrs. Tingley, the CRITIC pointed out (June Periscope) that Mr. Neresheimer offers no proof that he possesses the very same diary referred to and suggested that there might be several Judge diaries. The article reflects unpleasantly on Mr. Hargrove and on Dr. Joseph H. Fussell, now Secretary General of the Point Loma Society.
In the June Canadian Theosophist (page 126) Dr. Fussell replies, stating that there are at present a number of Judge diaries in the Point Loma archives and since he has on various occasions read the diary quoted by Mr. Hargrove, he can only conclude that the diary possessed by Mr. Neresheimer is not the one referred to by Mr. Hargrove.
Dr. Fussell also writes to the CRITIC in part as follows:
"In regard to Judge's 'Diary': There are several of Judge's Diaries that we have. I can lay my hands on three or four of these. The particular 'Occult Diary' referred to in the circular of April 3, 1896, I have seen certainly on two or three occasions during the past ten years, before K.T. passed on, and it was from this Diary that were obtained extracts published in the April 3d Circular just referred to. As Mr. Neresheimer says that such statements are not in the Diary which he at present has in his possession, it is therefore to me conclusive proof that he has not the 'Occult Diary' referred to."
We seem now to be approaching a final solution of this much discussed problem which will exonerate everybody concerned. It remains only for Point Loma to locate the document in its archives and to have it compared with the quotations made by Mr. Hargrove in the April 3d, 1896, circular by some entirely impartial outside persons and properly attested. We shall all, with the possible exception of the anonymous authors of The Theosophical Movement, feel much more comfortable.
In the same Canadian Theosophist (page 125) Mr. James M. Pryse states that he was loaned the Diary in question by Mr. Hargrove and that it was all in Judge's handwriting. He continues:
"that Diary belonged to a class of literature that I don't care to read in any language. It was too sentimental, mushy and spiritualistic for me to wade through it. Among other matters it covered the period when Mr. Judge and Mrs. Tingley, his favourite spirit-medium, went into seclusion together at Mineral Wells, and in it there was much fulsome praise of her, while the estimable Mrs. Judge, who had been left in Brooklyn, whenever referred to was nicknamed 'Kali' - after the most hideous Goddess of the Hindu pantheon. In sorrow for Judge I gave the Diary back to Hargrove mostly unread. I'd like to have burned it. Whoever has it now should consign it to the flames without delay. Even the Tingleyites have not dared to besmirch Judge's memory by publishing it."
As Mr. Pryse is such a good recollector, perhaps he will recollect that he was one of the signers of the E.S.T. document of April 3d, 1896, endorsing Mrs. Tingley, and that at the meeting he made a little speech reported in the same circular (page 12), in which he said:
"I endorse what Mr. Hargrove has said to you [about the contents of the Judge diary]. And I wish to reiterate his request that in this critical time you should give us your confidence and unwavering support."
One could wish that Mr. Pryse and other antiques would unite in writing from memory a history of the period just preceding and following Judge's death, so that one could hear what they would have to say when confronted with their own recorded words at the time.
See next article by H.N. Stokes. . . .
Return to Table of Contents of H.N. Stoke's
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Blue Jays to Examine Cause of Pitching Injuries
The Blue Jays' 2012 campaign began with a lot of hope and promise, but in the end, it will be remembered as the year injuries derailed those lofty aspirations...
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Heat Lose to Pacers for Second Time, Falling 102-89
This is why Erik Spoelstra refused to discuss it earlier.
He was asked earlier in the day about this being a chance for him to clinch being named coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Spoelstra ignored the question by smartly answering, "it should be a pretty good game tonight."
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The Garo community is one of the major tribes in Bangladesh. According to the history books, the Garo tribe entered Bangladesh in the first century. They were refugees from Mongolia and came to this region through Tibet.
The Garo have stayed in Bangladesh for thousands of years. Initially, they followed a religion called Sonatoni; during the British rule in this subcontinent they came to Christ. Today, nearly 100 percent of the Garo tribe practices Christianity, though a few still believe in Sonatoni.
Garos have their own language, Achick, which is completely different from the local language, Bengali. Achik has several accents/branches such as Habeng, Attong, etc.
The Garo tribe also has its own culture. Their dress, food habits and celebration styles can be easily distinguished from the Bengalis and other tribes.
The people from the Garo tribe have different features than the original inhabitants of Bangladesh (Bengali people). They are a little shorter and have fair skin. Their eyes and nose are similar to their ancestors from Mongolia.
Compared to the other tribal groups, the Garo tribe is little advanced in education and social activities. The first Garo church (Garo Baptist Convention) was established in 1910. Many missionaries and evangelists from Europe and North America worked among the Garo people over the decades.
Being a part of a developing country, the Garo community also suffers from poverty. Many Garo families are deprived of education.
Garos in the villages and in remote places suffer from lack of clean water and sanitation. There are many villages like Gobindopur and Nalchapra, which greatly need hospitals and medical facilities.
The people from the Garo community have to go to the local pharmacy for minor diseases or injuries. For major problems, they have to take the patient to the town, which is about 35 kilometers away.
The Garo have only one high school (sixth through 10th grade) with a capacity of only 300 children. This government school has only nine teachers. There are also two primary schools in those villages with limited capacity and facilities.
The houses of the Garo people are made of bamboo walls and straw or tin roofs. Some houses have mud walls with a roof of straw and plastic sheets. House are typically 7 feet wide and 14 feet long. The Garo build their own houses. Usually they have free spaces in front of their houses. They keep cows, chicken and ducks as pets.
Garo families usually have an average of two to three children.
Thirty percent of the Garo people have completed high school. However, the remaining 70 percent have not; the poor families can’t afford to send their children to school.
The government of Bangladesh has ensured that all children can attend primary school. But many children from the Garo community drop out after the primary level.
The educated people from the Garo community work in nongovernmental and other corporate organizations. The poorer Garo people earn their keep by working as day laborers, usually in the crop fields for nine or 10 hours daily.
Available transportation in Garo villages is cycle or rickshaw, especially for long distances. But since most peope can’t afford the rickshaw fare, they walk. Cycle-vans are used to carry goods.
In the Garo culture, both male and female have to work for the family. The interesting part is that the Garo ladies get ownership of the properties from the family, a tradition completely opposite of the Bengali people.
The Garo festivals are very colorful and full of music and dancing. Christmas and Easter are the two major religious festivals. Their biggest cultural festival is called Wangala.
Wangala is the festival when the Garo thank God for the new crops. It takes place just after the harvesting period. The Garo prepare pitha (homemade pies), sweets and other food to celebrate this occasion. At the celebration, Garo girls wear their traditional dress and sprinkle puffed rice and dry rice with their hands.
The traditional dress of the Garo ladies is called Dokbanda, a combination of a long skirt and blouse. The gents wear regular shirts, trousers and lungi (Bangladeshi skirt for men).
The favorite dishes of the Garo are pork, snails, eel and little tortoises. They use a special substance called Khari to make the food more tasteful. They prepare the Khari at home.
Compassion-assisted child development centers that serve the Garo people include: BD-401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411 and 412. | <urn:uuid:02c36598-170a-4b4c-9fda-430264fc914b> | 2013-05-21T10:01:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A Clear Lake man stabbed a 23-year-old Cedar man in the chest early Saturday morning after an argument in a St. Cloud parking lot.
20-year-old Joseph Brang, a graduate of Foley High School, was arrested and brought to Stearns County jail after arguing with a man who asked him to leave a party early Saturday morning. Brang stabbed the victim in the chest once. The victim was found in a parking lot when police arrived to the scene. He received emergency care at the St. Cloud Hospital. The victim is in serious condition.
Police said Brang was at a gathering at 403 7th Ave. South in St. Cloud when he was asked to leave by guests there. As Brang went to his vehicle he continued to argue with the guests and stabbed one of them in the chest. | <urn:uuid:a8c2bcb9-f3fc-47d9-871d-66f81e1602a9> | 2013-05-21T10:36:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Howard D. Brown's murder trial ended abruptly Wednesday morning when the defendant pleaded guilty to all seven felony charges against him, including first-degree murder of Delores "Dee" Lubaczewski on Nov. 23, 2006.
"People are lyin' and cryin' and it makes it even harder for us," Brown told Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran, when asked if he felt he was receiving proper representation from his court-appointed attorney. Jeffrey M. Day advised Brown against entering a plea, but Brown insisted on doing so.
"He told me it wasn't a good idea," Brown said, "but I think it's the best thing for me."
Sheeran required Brown to describe what he did that made him guilty of all the crimes, then accepted his pleas of guilt to charges of first-degree murder, felony murder, home invasion, armed robbery, auto theft, carrying a weapon with unlawful intent and larceny from a building. He admitted to beating Lubaczewski to death with a pipe at her home on South Van Buren Street on Thanksgiving evening.
•Feb. 6: Brown pleads guilty
•Feb. 2: Slaying victim's ex-boyfriend testifies in Brown murder trial
•Feb. 1: Murder trial begins
•Jan. 30: Jury selection begins, daughter of victim speaks out from overseas
•Jan. 26: Judge says prosecutors cannot bring up past crimes against women
"I'm guilty," Brown said. "I went down there and took care of business. I snapped from Delores Lubaczewski having me spy on Jim Johnson for her for 51 days and not paying me $500."
Brown said he'd been conducted surveillance on Lubaczewski's ex-boyfriend and then Lubaczewski told him that further "spying" wouldn't be necessary.
"I said, 'What about the $500?' and she said 'Get lost' and then hung up the phone," said Brown, 38. "I had enough. I felt she was taking advantage of me, like I was some kind of joke or something. I don't know how much a person can take before he snaps."
Brown said that on the night of the murder he parked his car in a parking lot near Lubaczewski's home, concealed a steel pipe in his sleeve and rang the victim's doorbell. She opened the door, and he tackled her, he said, then "hit her with the pipe a few times."
He then dragged her into her bedroom, he said, "stuffed a sock in her mouth and tied a cord around her neck." He said he did that "to make sure she was dead" and so she "wouldn't suffer."
Brown told the judge that he "wasn't a threat, socially" and that he was a "hard-working Bay City man" until he "got caught up in a bad mess."
When Sheeran set Brown's sentencing for March 27, Brown whispered to his attorney, and Day asked Sheeran if he could reschedule because that day is Brown's birthday.
Sheeran agreed to move the sentencing ahead one day and will sentence Brown to life without parole on March 26 at 1:30 p.m.
The trial began last week, with testimony from several investigators, co-workers of Brown and family members of Lubaczewski. Still to come was the taped confession of Brown, which Sheeran had ruled would be admissible at trial.
Bay County Prosecutor Kurt C. Asbury said the strong case likely would have yielded an identical outcome. He said he doesn't believe Brown's account regarding motive, and contends that the evidence shows that Brown reacted violently when Lubaczewski rejected his romantic advances.
Sheeran had ruled that the jury would not be allowed to hear about Brown's past convictions stemming from acts of violence against other female victims.
Asbury credited the Bay City Police Department for conducting a thorough investigation and Detective Richard Roberts for securing a confession from Brown. He also thanked the Bay County Sheriff's Office Marine Division for recovering the murder weapon from the Saginaw River.
Lubaczewski had been a day-care provider at her home and also had been employed, along with Brown, at AfterHours Formalwear in downtown Bay City. She is survived by a son, Todd Lubaczewski, of the Netherlands, and a daughter, Carrie Homewood, of Hong Kong, as well as her parents and a brother, who live in Unionville. | <urn:uuid:c9169463-1157-4d93-98b2-26572dfb73c7> | 2013-05-21T10:35:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Please join the Milwaukee Public Library in celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of esteemed Wisconsin author, publisher and editor August Derleth at a special library program in the Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room at 2 pm February 28th.
Governor Jim Doyle has declared February 24th August Derleth Day in honor of his many contributions to the literary world and Wisconsin history and culture.
The Milwaukee Public Library is honoring Derleth by having David Schweitzer, a board member of the August Derleth Society, talk about Derleth’s work. In addition, come meet some Derleth family members and friends and enjoy an exhibit of books by Arkham House authors including Derleth, H. P Lovecraft, Robert Bloch and others.
Born in Sauk City, Wisconsin on February 24th, 1909, Derleth began writing at age thirteen and had his first story published in 1926. After earning a degree from the University of Wisconsin, Derleth returned to Sauk City in 1931. There, in his home town, he began a writing career that would eventually have him labeled as the most prolific writer in Wisconsin history, having published over 150 books ranging in topics from fiction, history, biography, poetry, nature books, horror and supernatural fiction, mysteries and children’s books.
In 1939, Derleth founded Arkham House Press to publish the works of his friend and colleague H.P. Lovecraft. The name Arkham comes from a fictional town in Massachusetts that appeared prominently in many of Lovecraft’s horror stories.
After the death of Lovecraft, Derleth wrote a number of stories based upon notes left by his friend and published them under the byline H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.
In addition to his association with H. P. Lovecraft, Derleth wrote a famous series of novels with settings in his home town that were coined The Sac Prairie Saga and another series of Wisconsin related books called the Wisconsin Saga. Derleth also wrote histories of The Milwaukee Road, Father Marquette’s travels (a children's book), and the Wisconsin River, amongst many others.
Derleth also wrote mystery stories featuring Sherlock Holmes inspired character Detective Solar Pons, as well as the Judge Peck series. Derleth became the literary editor of the Capital Times Newspaper in Madison in 1941 and held that position until 1960. He continued to write until his death in 1971.
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An interesting article on Inside Higher Education yesterday with some poignant quotes…
From Fradella, H. F. (August 24, 2010). Fixing higher ed. Inside Higher Ed, Retrieved August 24, 2010 from http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/08/24/fradella.
“First, no one should be able to earn a Ph.D. and secure a faculty position in an institution of higher education who has not taken graduate-level courses that prepare them to teach effectively at the college level. Graduate education must provide the next generation of college instructors the pedagogical toolkit to be more effective teachers, as well as more effective assessors of student learning” (¶ 14).
In reference to using test banks that come with instructor copies of texts: “These questions focus exclusively on content and are targeted at low levels of cognitive achievement in Bloom’s taxonomy of learning domains: mere recall of data or information. These assessments do not provide any basis for professors to test students’ ability to analyze, synthesize, or evaluate information in a manner that demonstrates critical thinking, writing, or problem-solving abilities” (¶ 16).
“Such assessments must focus not just on the content of professors’ courses, but also on how they develop critical thinking, writing, reasoning, and problem-solving skills” (¶ 18).
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The Cloud is a buzz word that is synonymous with many types of services: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. SaaS offers end-user applications. Platform as a Service is an application component offering from providers. Infrastructure as a Service is also known as utility computing. The reason is that applications are built by developers from scratch. These applications are then run in a virtual environment. As more computing power is used, more virtual machines are provided as needed.
Executives mistakenly look at an enterprise cloud strategy as a way to cut IT costs, when they should be considering how the cloud would improve delivery of products and services.
The initial steps for planning an effective cloud strategy in the enterprise are at a higher level. The steps are:
- Aligning a cloud strategy to fit corporate strategy
- Creating a strategic plan for a cloud architecture
- Choosing between implementing the cloud in-house or outsourced.
Going through the steps provides flexibility in a cloud computing plan, by accounting for changing business conditions. It is a more valuable exercise than one that simply plans for the short-term. Considering the cost savings of outsourcing IT services from the cloud is an example of short-term planning.
Planning for cloud architecture would include identifying and the minimizing the risks of downtime. Downtime is one of the risks of the cloud. For example, an outage at Amazon’s AWS (Amazon Web Services) that took down Reddit, Foursquare, and Heroku in May 2011. By creating redundancy in the cloud architecture, the risks of a similar outage to the business would be lessened.
What is Driving Cloud Adoption?
Cloud Adoption is happening.
Cloud providers increased from 0 personnel in 2007 to 500,000 in 2010.
Last year, Sony suffered a devastating attack from a hacker. Sony data centres were attacked by an intruder, compromising millions of personal and credit card information. Despite elevated risks in storing personal data in the cloud, the sector still thrives. Security concerns are not slowing the adoption of the cloud. In 2010, Mimecast found that 57 percent of its respondents improved their security with cloud computing. Tools exist to encrypt the storage transfer of data between a host system and the cloud.
SAP last week announced that it acquired Ariba. SAP wanted to “consolidate all cloud-related supplier assets.” SAP gains a solid customer base from this acquisition. Ariba’s network connects half of the Fortune 500 companies.
Gartner thinks the PC will be replaced by the personal cloud by 2014. Cloud service offerings are growing at a rate that supports Gartner’s prediction. Dropbox, Google Play, Microsoft SkyDrive, and Apple’s iCloud are some of the services that would make this possible.
The above situations illustrate Cloud growth. Cloud adoption is being driven by so many things. The biggest drivers of cloud adoption are:
- Consumerization: Technology-savvy users are driving internet and social media growth
- Virtualization by corporations (refer to the growth of VM Ware or Citrix in the last few years)
- Mobile device growth
- Mobile app growth
- Convenience of data being available everywhere
Looking Beyond the Cloud
Interest in the cloud peaked in June 2011, based on user word searches for “the cloud” and “cloud computing” on Google. This could suggest another computing model could eventually replace the Cloud, but this is unlikely. The lower interest might just mean the hype for the cloud is waning. Besides, there are plenty of other hyped technologies: Virtualization, Big Data, hybrid cloud computing, and public/private clouds. The thing is, these other technologies only serve to validate the importance of the Cloud now and in the future. | <urn:uuid:32bd9e18-0ecf-41b9-8772-933d8f79f3ca> | 2013-05-21T10:35:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sahar Sandar Nikpay named suspect in Robbinsdale standoff
Sahar Sandar Nikpay, 26, was inside his Robbinsdale home this morning when police arrived with a narcotic search warrant. Nikpay allegedly opened fire on the officers and a two-hour standoff ensued. Nikpay surrendered after speaking to a SWAT team negotiator. No one was hurt. Booked in the Hennepin County jail, Nikpay faces at least one count of attempted murder.
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Egypt's generals are just itching to seize control
Looking at the concrete barricades the Egyptian military have thrown up around the presidential palace in Cairo, you get the distinct impression that the country's top brass have President Mohammed Morsi precisely where they want him.
Until the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago (an event I lamented at the time), Egypt's military establishment had effectively run the country since Abdul Gamal Nasser came to power in the 1950s. During that period the military not only took care of Egypt's security concerns, it also seized control of much of the country's assets.
Indeed, it seems to me that the only reason the military supported Mubarak's removal was the fear that the dictator's venal son Gamal would take over his father's portfolio, thereby denying the other senior officers their share of the goodies.
The military's interest in Egypt's transition to democratic rule, then, was always marginal, and the country's top brass have simply been biding their time as the country has lurched from one crisis to another during the past two years.
The arbitrary dismissal of Field Marshall Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's Higher Military Council and one of the most powerful figures in the country, last August by Mr Morsi will have done little to improve the military's attitude towards the country's new Islamic government.
So the big question now is whether the military, which, together the Muslim Brotherhood, is one of the country's most powerful institutions, is prepared to stand idly by while Mr Morsi indulges in a power grab that will give him considerably more power than Mubarak had at his disposal during his thirty-year dictatorship.
With the army already deployed on the streets to keep the peace ahead of the next round of demonstrations, it would be a relatively simple task to change its role from protecting the country's Islamist president to placing him under house arrest.
Richard Beeston: the finest foreign correspondent of his generation
May 20th, 2013 12:11
Arming the Syrian rebels is the same as arming al-Qaeda
May 16th, 2013 12:22
Iran is stepping up its preparations for war with Israel
May 5th, 2013 15:58
The attacks in Afghanistan prove that the war against the Taliban is far from over
May 1st, 2013 15:48
Is Iran trying to set up a new arms smuggling route to Gaza from Sudan?
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Virginia Kills Rudolph, and Possibly Christmas
Parents, shield your children from this horrifying sight: An inflatable Rudolph in a recent holiday parade in Virginia is felled, then destroyed most violently -- an unwitting casualty of human error and a too-short traffic light. Consider Christmas over. Still, the look on the poor reindeer's face, a mixture of horrified incredulity and a certain stoical acceptance of his fate, is pretty funny. Plus: people in reindeer hats on Segways! The South is crazy. | <urn:uuid:713c3817-cac5-4bdc-be46-4d76be4ba957> | 2013-05-21T10:34:51Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Swordfish – Indian Ocean
Swordfish is a large, pelagic species found throughout tropical and temperate waters around the globe. They grow at moderate rates and produce many eggs.
In the Indian Ocean, Swordfish are captured by fishing fleets from many nations including Taiwan, Spain, Pakistan and Japan. Their abundance decreased through the 1990s and early 2000s as catches increased, but current Swordfish abundance in the Indian Ocean is at a medium level.
The majority of Swordfish in the Indian Ocean are taken with pelagic longlines, and some with gillnets. These fishing gears result in minimal habitat damage, but may accidentally catch endangered and protected species like sea turtles. Regulations for Swordfish fisheries are set by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, but compliance with these regulations at the national level is poor.
This fish may have high levels of mercury that could pose a health risk to adults and children. More mercury info here. | <urn:uuid:5c4e2c30-aaad-446f-a251-66323d3c38cb> | 2013-05-21T10:10:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I know the rules claim the sides are balanced and can be mixed in the same game, but I have my doubts. In general, the B-sides feel a little stronger to me, but it's sometimes hard to compare because they are so different. In most cases, it probably comes down to style of play and strategy to be used in a particular game. However at least in the case of Rhodes, the B-side seems to have an advantage. Here's a comparison:
Completing all wonders of A-side yields:
- 10 Victory points
- 2 Shields
Completing all wonders of B-side yields:
- 7 Victory points
- 2 Shields
- 7 Coins
Just looking at this alone, there is little difference between the benefits of the two sides. Since the 7 coins can be converted to 2.33 victory points, the A-side has only a very slight edge. However, there are some other things to consider which tip the scales in favor of the B-side:
- 3 coins are worth more than a victory point. At a minimum 3 coins equal a victory point, but coins are the tie-breaker, so 3 coins is greater than one victory point. Also, coins have more utility as they can be used to purchase other things, if desired.
- The B-side gets a Shield bonus and 3 coins after building the first wonder, making it much easier to get a military victory at the end of the first Age, and the coins are very helpful early on. The A-side doesn't give any benefit for the first wonder (aside from the victory points, which don't help until the end of the game).
- The A-side requires 2 Wood, 3 Clay and 4 Ore to build its three wonders, respectively. The B-side only requires 3 Stone and 4 Ore. The 3 Clay and 3 Stone are basically equivalent, so the B-side avoids needing two of a third resource (Wood).
- The B-side only requires two turns to build all wonders, while the A-side requires three. With the extra action a B-side player could simply discard a card for three coins, giving it a total of 10 coins, which then puts its rewards ahead of the A-side as the 10 coins would give 3.33 victory points. But the B-side player also has the option to put an additional card into play, which could be worth much more than 3 coins.
All of this makes a strong case that the B-side of Rhodes is not balanced with the A-side. About the only advantage I can think of that the A-side has is for cards that count number of wonders built: Arena and Builder's Guild. Depending on the setup, Builder's Guild may not even be in the game. And, the B-side has the advantage of weakening that card for your neighbors. Arena is a nice card, but it's not a big loss, IMO. Does the A-side have some other advantage I'm missing?
I'm not sure if the A-side of Rhodes is underpowered or the B-side is overpowered, compared to other boards. When using the wonder cards to randomly determine which wonder board each player will play, we've taken to letting players choose the side they want to play because the consensus is some sides are just weaker than others.
Do any of the other boards exhibit similar imbalance? I haven't examined the others that closely. | <urn:uuid:a5a97b4d-5d11-4b5b-bd06-cfcfcb2e5eb2> | 2013-05-21T10:06:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Does anyone know what happened to the town of Alida, KS, near Junction City? My grandparents, John and Mary Jane Jaymes, lived there in the 1870-80's. It is shown on my 1900 Atlas and listed in the 1880 Census as having a population of 5, apprently my grandparents' family. But the town is not on a recent map. Could it have been flooded out when the Smoky Hill River was dammed up? | <urn:uuid:1fb5b6f0-9ca7-422b-b603-5c792efbf8d9> | 2013-05-21T10:22:06Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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DRI DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids
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Yesterday, Joe Modglin, Director of Sales, received the following email from last weekend's Four States QRP Group. It reads as follows:
"Good Afternoon Joe,
Just a quick note to thank you and your staff for outstanding service at our conference last weekend.
Please convey my thanks to Rachael, Carl, TJ, Mary, Hope, and Judy's staff also. There were many positive comments about their friendly and professional attitudes. The banquet was a great success also with several folks commenting about the fine food. Our attendees feel very comfortable at the Stone Castle and we're already looking forward to next year's conference.
Thank you again and we'll see you on April 5-6, 2013." | <urn:uuid:bd8f1e11-4c74-45ef-842e-2f41d254aef5> | 2013-05-21T10:07:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Brebis - a fully automated backup checker¶
You make backups? That's great! But are they usable?
The very day you will need your backup to restore your infrastructure, are you sure this backup you make three months ago contains the only file you need to restart your production environment? Are you sure this backup is not corrupted? Are you sure you do not store irrelevant or empty files instead of the ones you will need one day?
Brebis is a fully automated backup checker.
Browse the sources¶
You can browse the sources of the project by clicking on the "Repository" section above.
Download the sources¶
Brebis uses Mercurial for its development. You have a read-only access using the following command:
- hg clone http://hg.brebisproject.org brebis
Mailing list: Subscribe at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brebis-users
Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/brebis and http://identi.ca/group/brebis | <urn:uuid:208cb15a-ae23-473a-bcf6-056bb87652c8> | 2013-05-21T10:27:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Combined Gas Law
The Combined Gas Law combines Charles Law, Boyle s Law and Gay Lussac s Law. The Combined Gas Law states that a gas pressure x volume x temperature = constant.
Alright. In class you should have learned about the three different gas laws. the first one being Boyle's law and it talks about the relationship between pressure and volume of a particular gas. The next one should be Charles law which talks about the volume and temperature of a particular gas. And the last one should be Gay Lussac's law which talks about the relationship between pressure and temperature of a particular gas. Okay. But what happens when you have pressure, volume and temperature all changing? Well, we're actually going to combine these gas laws to form one giant gas law called the combined gas law. Okay.
If you notice then these three gas laws the pressure and volume are always in the numerator. So we're going to keep them on the numerator. p1v1. And notice the temperature is in the denominator over t1. So all these things are just squished into one and then p2v2 over t2. Okay. So this is what we're going to call the combined gas law. So let's actually get an example and do one together.
Alright, so I have a problem up here that says a gas at 110 kilo pascals and 33 celsius fills a flexible container with an initial volume of two litres, okay? If the temperature is raised to 80 degrees celsius and the pressure is raised to 440 kilo pascals, what is the new volume? Okay. So notice we have three variables. We're talking about pressure, temperature and volume. Okay, so now we're going to employ this combined gas law dealing with all three of these variables. So we're going to look at our first, our first number 110 kilo pascals and that's going to, that is the unit of pressure. So we know that's p1. Our p1 is 110 kilo pascals, at 30 degree celsius. I don't like things with celsius so I'm going to change this to kelvin. So I'm going to add 273 to that which makes it 303 kelvin. That's our temperature. And my initial volume is two litres so I'm going to say v1=2 litres. Okay then I continue reading. If the temperature is raised at 80 degree celsius, again we want it in kelvin, so we're going to add 273 making it to 353. So our t2 is 353 kelvin and the pressure increased to 440 kilo pascals, the pressure p2 is equal to 440 kilo pascals which I'm very happy that I kept it in kilo pascals that I kept it in kilo pascals. I've got to make sure these units are the same because pressure can be measured in several different units. I'm going to make sure all units are the same. And what is the new volume? So our v2 is our variable, what we're trying to find. Okay.
So let's basically plug all these variable in into our combined gas law to figure out what the new volume would be. Okay. So I'm going to erase this and say our pressure one is 110 kilo pascals. Our volume one is two litres. Our temperature one is 303 kelvin. Our pressure two is 440 kilo pascals. We don't know our volume so we're just going to say v2 over 353 kelvin. Okay. When I'm looking for a variable I'm going to cross multiply these guys. So I'm going to say 353 times 110 times 2 and that should give me seven, 77660, if you put that in a calculator. So I just cross multiply these guys. And I cross multiply these guys 303 times 440 times v2 gives me 133320v2. Okay, so then I want to get my, I want to isolate my variable, so I'm going to divide 133320. 133320. And I find that my new volume is 0.58. 0.58 metres. And that is how you do the combined gas law. | <urn:uuid:5f1963a4-8da7-4d73-9dda-3c8691608115> | 2013-05-21T10:27:06Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Journal, August 1725
August 4. Present:— Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Docminique, Mr.
Pelham, Mr. Bladen, Mr. Plummer.
Procedents of proceedings on complaints against Governors.
Draught of representation on complaints against Colonel Hart.
Their Lordships took into consideration several precedents of
proceedings on complaints against Governors of Plantations,
which were referred to by the counsel in behalf of Colonel Hart,
Governor of the Leeward Islands, at the hearing the 28th of the
last month, upon the complaints lately made against him [folios
197, 218], and a progress was made in the draught of a representation to their Excellencies the Lords Justices in relation to the said
Letter from Mr. Barnes.
A letter from to Mr. Elias Barnes [folio 164], dated at the Hague,
the 1st instant, relating to his return to this kingdom, pursuant
to the Acts concerning artificers, who are his Majesty's subjects
settling in foreign countries, was read.
August 5, Present:— Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Docminique, Mr.
Pelham, Mr. Bladen, Mr. Plummer.
Representation on complaints against Colonel Hart.
The draught of a representation to their Excellencies the Lords
Justices, upon the complaints against Colonel Hart, Governor of
the Leeward Islands [folio 217], referred to this Board by their
Excellencies' Order in Council of the 22nd of June last, was agreed,
transcribed and signed.
Order of Council.
Petition of Mr. Bond to be restored to his place in Council.
An Order of Council of the 20th of the last month, referring to
this Board the petition of Francis Bond, Esquire [folio 229], late
one of the members of His Majesty's Council in Barbados, praying
that he may be restored to his former place and precedency in
the said Council, or otherwise constituted one of the said Council
on the first vacancy, was read, together with the said petition and
two depositions annexed, whereupon their Lordships agreed to
consider further thereof at another opportunity.
August 19, Present:— Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Bladen.
Letters and papers from Captain Phenney.
Their Lordships took into consideration the undermentioned
letters and papers from Captain Phenney, Governor of the Bahama
Islands, which were severally read, viz:—
A letter from Captain Phenney, dated the 10th of August, 1723.
Minutes of Council, from 23rd December, 1722, to 17th June,
1723, relating chiefly to the late Governor Rogers.
Minutes of Council of 16th June, and 7th August, 1723,
relating to Captain White, suspected to trade with pirates.
Minute of Council, about erecting a new church in Providence,
and a list of the councillors.
Address from the Council, magistrates and principal
inhabitants to Governor Phenney.
Affidavit of Thomas Walker, relating to the Spaniards
plunderning an English vessel.
A letter from Captain Phenney, dated the 24th of December, 1723.
Account of ordnance, powder and other stores of war brought
to the Bahama Islands by Captain Rogers and Captain
Phenney, with the remains the 12th of November, 1721, and
1st of January, 1723—4.
The Publick Treasury of the Bahamas, debtor and creditor,
from 30th April, 1722, to 24th December, 1723.
Captain Phenney's answers to queries sent him relating to the
A letter from Captain Phenney, dated the 3rd of December, 1724.
Captain Phenney's answer to three more queries sent him by
An address of the justices, grand jury, etc., of New Providence
to Captain Phenney.
A letter from Captain Phenney's, dated the 16th of April, 1725.
Captain Phenney's answer to several queries relating to his
Treasurer's account of Publick Revenue received and paid, for
the year 1724.
Account of ordnance and other stores of war sent and
remaining there in 1724–5.
Account of stores of war wanting for the fort and garrison in
Copy of the affidavit of Thomas Petty, commander of the
sloop Snapper, taken before Captain Phenney the 15th
Copy of the affidavits of Ridley Pinder and William Adams,
mariners, and of Richard Thompson, senior and junior,
Esquires, taken before Captain Phenney the 22nd April,
Affidavit of Mr. John Cullimere, mariner, taken before
Captain Phenney, 16th April, 1725.
Commission in Spanish from the Governor of St. Iago de
Cuba to Augustin Blanco for a Guarda Costa, dated 4th
Letter to the Duke of Newcastle, about insults of the Spaniards.
A duplicate of the last mentioned letter from Captain Phenney,
with a postscript of the 5th of June, 1725, relating to a sloop
brought in from Lyne the pirate.
Affidavits of Roger Stevens and John Ekines, mariners,
relating to his being taken by Spriggs, the pirate, to their
escape from one Lyne, another pirate, and to several
vessels being taken by the said pirates, men forced into
their service, and other their proceedings.
whereupon a letter for inclosing to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, an extract of Captain Phenney's said letter of the 16th of
April, 1725, and copies of the affidavits relating to the insults and
depredations committed by the Spaninards upon His Majesty's
subjects at the Bahama Islands, was agreed and signed.
August 26, Present:— Mr. Docminique, Mr. Bladen.
Letters and papers from Major Drysdale.
The three undermentioned letters from Major Drysdale,
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, was read, and the papers, therein
referred to, were laid before the Board, viz:—
Letter from Major Drysdale, dated the 10th of July, 1724.
Account of the revenue of 2 shillings her hogshead, from
25th October, 1723, to 25th, April, 1724.
Minutes of Council, from the 18th February, 1723–4, to the
6th of May following.
Depositions relating to pirates.
Letter from Major Drysdale, dated the 29th of January, 1724–5.
Account of the Revenue of 2s. per hogshead, from the 25th of
April, 1724, to 25th October following.
Minutes of Council, from the 11th June, 1724, to the 5th of
Four proclamations in 1724.
Account of all the tobacco plants tended in Virginia.
Letter from Major Drysdale, dated the 31st of May, 1725.
Account of the Revenue of 2s. per hogshead on tobacco, the
produce of some pirates' effects and quit rents.
Copies of two proclamations for proroguing the Assembly and
prohibiting the exportation of corn.
Minutes of Council, from the 11th of June, 1724, to the 4th
of May, 1725.
Letter to Mr. Shelton.
Ordered that a letter be writ to Mr. Shelton, secretary to the
Lords Proprietors of Carolina, to remind him of the secretary's
letter of 12th November, 1723, in relation to the settling the
bounds between North Carolina and Virginia.
Letter to Commissioners of the Customs about English wrought iron.
Ordered that paragraph D. in Major Drysdale's foresaid letter,
of 10th July, 1724, in relation to the dispute about a vessel from
Whitehaven, carrying English wrought iron from Ireland to
Virginia, be sent to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs,
for their opinion thereupon.
Letter to Duke of Newcastle.
Our ships taken by Spaniards.
Ordered that paragraph F. in Major Drysdale's said letter of
10th July, 1724, in relation to some ships lately taken on the Capes
of Virginia by Spanish Guarda Costas, be sent to His Grace the
Duke of Newcastle, in order to be laid before His Majesty. | <urn:uuid:0824b5ff-00d8-4ed9-9a87-63cb95c570e8> | 2013-05-21T10:27:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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SUMMARY : Under general to limited supervision, performs a variety of journey level plumbing and related maintenance and repair work.
· Inspects public restrooms in order to ensure that fixtures are working properly and/or identify non-working fixtures.
· Troubleshoots non-working fixtures, valves, irrigation systems, and/or lift station pumps in order to identify the nature of the problem and type of repair needed.
· Replaces broken fixtures, valves, pumps, controllers, and/or irrigation heads in order to restore restroom, lift station, or irrigation system functionality.
· Repairs a variety of plumbing fixtures, valves, lift station/swimming pool pumps, and/or irrigation components in order to restore fixtures, valves, lift station, water park feature, and/or irrigation system to proper working condition and minimize replacement costs.
· Interacts with the public in order to answer questions, identify their service needs, or locate missing materials.
· Unplugs fixtures, lines, and related devices in order to restore service.
· Inspects irrigation systems and/or lift stations in order to ensure that pumps/systems are working properly and/or identify non-working pumps/systems.
· Performs routine maintenance on waste system lines, lift stations, and/or irrigation systems in order to ensure that systems are functioning properly.
· Performs related work as required.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS – REQUIRED AT TIME OF HIRE : (Applicants are expected to possess the required Knowledges, Abilities, and/or Skills listed below prior to being hired for positions in this job title.)
· Knowledge of plumbing principles, practices, and techniques.
· Knowledge of repair principles, practices, and techniques for a variety of standard fixtures, valves, and related items.
· Knowledge of operating principles of a variety of plumbing fixtures, valves, and related items, including operating pressures.
· Ability to determine the type of repair that is appropriate for various types of plumbing fixtures, valves, pumps, and similar devices.
· Ability to troubleshoot a variety of plumbing systems, fixtures, valves, and related items.
· Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. without assistance.
· Ability to learn/perform a variety of plumbing related work activities in assigned Department.
- Ability to serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County ’s Ethics and Conflict of Interest policies.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or political affiliation.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS – NOT REQUIRED AT TIME OF HIRE BUT EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE JOB: (The following Knowledges, Abilities, and/or Skills listed below, although considered to be necessary in order to perform the work of this job title, are not required at time of hire.)
· Knowledge of plumbing codes, regulations, and guidelines.
· Knowledge of the principles and practices of irrigation system design and maintenance.
· Knowledge of amount of supplies/materials needed to carry out assigned work projects.
· Ability to interact with co-workers, County officials, and the general public, including members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability, political affiliation, or sexual orientation to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
· Ability to read/interpret blueprints, schematic, or exploded views of a variety of plumbing fixtures, valves, pumps, and related items.
· Ability to locate stoppages/blockages in waste system lines.
DESIRABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE : Successful completion of job related tests. Two (2) years journey level maintenance plumbing work OR completion of an accredited course/apprenticeship in plumbing desired
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Must possess a valid Florida Driver's License.
Bargaining Unit: Blue Collar
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Code of Ethics Certification: No
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Barus & Holley 190
170-180 Hope Street
Georeferencing the Yujitu and its implications for Chinese cartography"
Prof. David Mumford
The Yujitu is a stone map of greater China carved in 1136. Remarkably it also has NS and EW grid lines described as spaced 100 li apart. With A. Akin, we identified 40 points on the map which can be located on modern maps and applied a non-linear morphing algorithm developed for medical imaging applications. When superimposed with a modern map, the EW grid lines turn out to be quite accurate but the NS lines deviate from true meridians by as much as 18 degrees. We will describe the map and the algorithm and give some background on Chinese measurement of latitude. We speculated on the possible role Shen Kuo might have played and whether its creators were aware of its inaccuracies.
"Absence of geometric models in medieval Chinese astronomy"
Prof. Jayant Shah
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Buddhists brought Indian astronomy of the 7th and 8th century to China which was based on the geometric astronomy of the Greeks. Under Kubilai Khan, geometric Islamic astronomy arrived in China in the 13th century. An analysis of the solar equation of the centerand the lunar parallax in two important official Chinese astronomy texts show how little impactforeign imports had on the Chinese astronomy until the arrival of the Jesuits in the 17th century. | <urn:uuid:60f30cb2-760b-4a1c-b3e5-1fc0f8ec2bb5> | 2013-05-21T10:20:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sun Tzu said: 'Know Your Enemy'
In Iraq, the enemy is elusive. For the past two years, the U.S. military has chased so-called insurgents through the vast deserts of western Iraq and up and down the Euphrates River valley. But to little avail. According to military leaders, we still know very little about the "enemy"-- Who are they? Where are they? What will they do next?
"Sunni Muslim insurgents -- some angry about the downfall of Saddam Hussein, others fighting for a Sunni theocracy -- have joined with Muslim extremists coming across a porous desert border looking for the glory of international jihad. The guerrilla fighters often leave a rearguard to fight advancing U.S. forces, while moving the majority of their men to other towns where the Marines have no presence and the police forces have disbanded." Detroit Free Press, August 8, 2005So when the President says that he doesn't want to send a bad message to the "enemy", who is he referring to?
Yeah, I've heard that the enemy is a "terrorist". But can you please tell me what a terrorist looks like in Iraq? Yeah, I've also heard that the enemy is an "insurgent"? But could you please tell me what an insurgent looks like?
The truth is, our enemy has no head, takes no definitive shape, and does not manifest any locus of power. In essence, the enemy is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. The enemy in Iraq is, for all intents and purposes, unknowable.
"We cannot recognize the enemy because he dresses like a civilian and he drives in a civilian car. He looks like everyone else." Detroit Free Press, August 8, 2005Can the President tell us how this non-existent enemy will be found or how it will be defeated? Does he think we will simply wear out this elusive enemy on its home turf?
In Sun Tzu's The Art of War, the oldest military treatise in the world, the great Chinese warrior stated:
"When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength." Art of War, at II:2.But more importantly, Sun Tzu stated:
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." Art of War, at III:18. (Emphasis Added.)Unfortunately, our President does not know his enemy. Yet, like a child, he is stubbornly trying to outlast and defeat the unknowable ghost in the closet. And similar to Vietnam, without ever losing a battle, for every victory gained, we are bound to suffer a defeat. Moreover, unlike Bush, our elusive "enemy" does follow the Art of War game plan.
"You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked." Art of War, at VI:7.Is this not the definition of guerilla warfare?
Oh, the folly and arrogance of George W. Bush. He speaks like a child and wages war like a neophyte. How will we know when the last enemy is gone, when he can't be sure where the first enemy is hiding?
The war in Iraq is doomed to fail. I take no pleasure in this inevitable fact. I only wish it would end sooner rather than later. So when the President says it 'makes no sense to leave Iraq now,' he fails to realize that it makes less sense to stay in Iraq. How many more must die?
Something tells me, these right-wingers will not realize the futility of this campaign until many, many more have died. And certainly, when that happens, rather than realize that this campaign was doomed from the outset pursuant to longstanding war principles, they will simply blame the loss on, you guessed it, the Left. Once again, like children, they will avoid responsibility and choose rather to blame others. Until twenty or thirty years from now....when they do it all over again in some other far off land.... | <urn:uuid:e62c03de-d3c3-458d-8e7c-bb1e0cb8962c> | 2013-05-21T10:07:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Nigeria won their third Africa Cup of Nations title, beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final. Midfielder Sunday Mba scored the match's only goal and it was one worthy of a title. In the 40th minute, Mba took control of a deflected ball just outside the box, flipped the ball over a defender's head and scored with a volley just before another defender could get to it.
Of course, a guy named Sunday had to be the star of a cup final taking place on a Sunday. Nigeria held on to the lead and sealed their first AFCON title since 1994.
With this result, the field for this summer's Confederations Cup is now complete. It will be: Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Nigeria and...Tahiti.
UPDATE: As commenter Dajk; points out, this also means a week of free hooker sex in Nigeria! | <urn:uuid:446ac746-882f-435f-ab93-c65936e28ead> | 2013-05-21T10:06:14Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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For those who are home, and for those who are on the way. For those who support the historic and just return of the land of Israel to its people, forever loyal to their inheritance, and its restoration.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
European Union Backs Iran's Hezbollah - Kick Me
25 September '12..
The Lebanon-based Islamic organization Hezbollah is one of the most dangerous groups in the world. Recently, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah incited violence against American and European interests over the movie The Innocence of Muslims. And yet, the European Union refuses to follow America's example and classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization – a move that would enable the EU to freeze the group's assets in Europe.
Several people, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, have been killed, ostensibly in retaliation for the movie, which is perceived to be critical of Muhammad, the 7th century Arab warlord who founded Islam. Instead of calling for calm, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah called for prolonged protests: "The whole world needs to see your anger on your faces, in your fists and your shouts."
Hezbollah is also involved in terrorist activities in Syria. During a meeting on September 7 in Paphos, Cyprus, the foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) discussed the situation in Syria, including the position which the EU should take regarding Hezbollah. While Britain and the Netherlands urged other EU governments to join the United States in imposing sanctions on Hezbollah, they were unable to convince the other EU members. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said that Hezbollah should, further, be branded a terrorist organization; he was, however, was isolated with this stance.
This does not come as a surprise, considering the EU's earlier refusal to condemn Hezbollah for terrorism. Last July, Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited the EU capital, Brussels, to persuade the EU to follow America's example and classify Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Lieberman met with resistance – a lot. He was attempting to isolate Hezbollah after the July 18 suicide bombing at the airport of the Bulgarian coastal resort of Burgas – an attack, and clearly a terrorist one – in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed.
According to Israeli and American intelligence sources, the terrorist attack was the work of Hezbollah, upon orders from Iran. Nevertheless, the Cypriot minister of Foreign Affairs, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, who currently holds the rotating EU presidency said that there is "no tangible evidence of Hezbollah engaging in acts of terrorism;" hence, there was "no consensus for putting Hezbollah on the list of terrorist organizations." He emphasized that Hezbollah was an organization with a political as well as an armed wing and that it has representatives in the Lebanese parliament and government.
In 2008, the Netherlands declared Hezbollah and all its branches terrorist entities. Britain considers only its armed wing a terrorist group. Consequently, Hezbollah can operate freely all over Europe, except in the Netherlands. Apart from the Netherlands and the United States, only Canada, Australia and New Zealand have classified Hezbollah as a terrorist group. The European Parliament did the same in a 2005 resolution, but as the latter was non-binding the EU has ignored it.
Jacob Campbell, a researcher at the British Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy, told the Jerusalem Post: "Within just days of the Burgas bombing – almost undoubtedly perpetrated by Hezbollah – the Presidency of the EU Council explicitly ruled out the possibility of listing Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, insisting that there is no 'tangible evidence' to link Hezbollah to terrorism. This ludicrous statement was made despite an earlier resolution adopted by the European Parliament, which cites 'clear evidence' of terrorist acts committed by Hezbollah. On this issue, as in so many others, Brussels appears to have its head buried firmly in the sand."
France is one of the countries that oppose the efforts to blacklist Hezbollah. France, the former colonial power in Lebanon, wants to preserve its diplomatic influence in that country. In 2011, Najib Mikati, a Hezbollah-backed politician, became Prime Minister of Lebanon after Hezbollah toppled the previous government. Even deadly attacks by Hezbollah on French nationals have not persuaded the French government to designate the group as terrorist. Last year, Alain Juppé, the then Foreign Minister of France, accused Hezbollah of attacking French U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon. However, with Hezbollah constituting part of the Lebanese establishment, the French are reluctant to act against it.
The German government, too, refuses to draw the obvious conclusion regarding Hezbollah, although the German domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesverfassungsschutz, has warned that Hezbollah has over 900 active members in Germany. In 2008, the German Interior Ministry restricted the reception of the programs of the Hezbollah television station Al-Manar in German hotels. Al-Manar is used by Hezbollah to recruit terrorists and communicate with sleeper cells around the globe.
These measures indicate that Western governments are aware of the danger Hezbollah poses to Western security. Nevertheless, for reasons of appeasement they refuse to take the necessary action to declare the organization a terrorist group – a classification which would allow the blocking of Hezbollah funds and the seizure of its assets.
Meanwhile, one can only hope that the new government in the Netherlands, in which the pro-Palestinian Labor Party is likely to participate, does not reverse the current Dutch policies. The courageous stance of the past Dutch government and its willingness to face the facts, has led to a more realistic view on the part of ordinary Dutch citizens regarding politics in the Middle East. A recent poll showed that the Dutch are far more positive towards Israel than they were nine years ago. In 2003, 71% of the Dutch regarded Israel as a "threat to world peace," while today this percentage has dwindled to 35%, with 36% regarding the Palestinian Authority as a threat to peace.
Link:http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3364/european-union-hezbollah Updates throughout the day at http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com. If you enjoy "Love of the Land", please be a subscriber. Just put your email address in the "Subscribe" box on the upper right-hand corner of the page.Twitter updates at LoveoftheLand as well as our Love of the Land page at Facebook. .
I visited Hevron in November 2000 after the outbreak of the Rosh Hashanah War to see what could be done to assist in the face of the growing daily attacks on the community. After returning to work for the community in the summer of 2001, a bond and a love was forged that grows to this day. My wife Melody and I merited to be married at Ma'arat HaMachpela and now host visitors from throughout the world every Shabbat as well as during the week. Our goal, "Time to come Home!" | <urn:uuid:0d0ac499-0599-484d-a54b-370cf986ab63> | 2013-05-21T10:35:05Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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California Wave are part of the Southern California
Amateur Hockey Association and the California Amateur
Hockey Association. We compete within SCAHA, CAHA and
in tournaments throughout the United States and Canada.
This site is maintained and operated by the club to provide information to our
members and players.
The California Wave is one of Southern Californias
most prestigious and successful youth hockey programs.
Since our inception in 1997 our program focuses on providing
the most advanced level of player development through
the experience of a highly talented coaching staff. The
Wave teams participate in local, national and international
amateur sports competition exposing our players to the
highest level of hockey available. The Wave is an established
and internationally recognized club and our players are
being developed and exposed in areas which will allow
them to advance to the Junior A and Collegiate ranks.
"The Mission of the California
Wave Hockey club is to provide youth hockey players with a high
level of personal development, both in terms of on-ice performance
as hockey players and off-ice development as citizens."
From our by-laws:
The specific purpose of the Club is to advance national and international amateur
sports competition through the promotion of junior hockey activities to (1) advance
the development and sportsmanship of children and adults; (2) provide an educational
format through hockey to improve the health of the bodies and minds of children
and young adults; (3) combat juvenile delinquency by advancing amateur athletics
as an alternative to less constructive behavior; (4) and promote good sportsmanship,
respect for the individual, integrity, pursuit of excellence at the individual,
team and Club levels, enjoyment, loyalty and teamwork.
The Club does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion,
or sexual preference, and does not tolerate physical abuse or sexual abuse in
any form whatsoever. The Club does not engage in any activities or exercise any
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Has anyone tried this to drop weight?? I lost 40lbs last spring and since august gained back 20lbs! Ive been having trouble eating healthy and just wanted to know if maybe apple cider vinegar pills could help me out. thanks
No. apple cider vinegar pills won't help you to lose weight.
Save your money and instead eat an appropriate calorie intake and make an effort to be active each day.
Worked for me and I lost over 40 pounds. No pills or potions.
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
Was King Arthur French...part two
So there we go then, we've got Roman satirist Juvenal - the Seinfeld or Connolly of his age - writing about an Arvernian king living in Ancient Britain. Most likely his point was meant to be a matter of farce or absurdity, a fact that may have been lost on Geoffrey of Monmouth - who possibly sourced the name 'Arviragus' from Juvenal's poem. But why did Juvenal joke about an Arvenian king living in Britain? And could such a king be related to someone as real as Vercingetorix?
This is where we come up against the limitations of what we can be sure is reasonably accurate recorded history. We lose track of Vercingetorix after his surrender in early October 52BC. As the declared leader of a conquered state he would have been transported to Rome, probably via ship out of Narbo (modern day Narbonne) during November and then afforded a private villa beyond Rome's city boundary - where he would have been allowed a privileged but imprisoned life - all standard practice for death-row heads of state. After Caesar's Gallic Triumph in 45BC the King of Gaul would have then been taken to the Mamertine prison for execution. But in truth, we don't really know. We don't know if Vercingetorix was shipped to Rome, we don't know if he was imprisoned in a luxurious villa, and the few ancient historians who mention his execution do so centuries after the event. Chances were he was...but that's by no means definitive.
What we do know is Julius Caesar gave immediate clemency to all Arvernian and Aeduan soldiers and aristocrats at the end of hostilities. These two states made up a large proportion of the Gallic army's heavy infantry and cavalry - and Caesar impresses on his readers he wanted to return to good terms with these two powerful tribal states who had very much proven their mettle against him. And in describing his generous terms for their surrender, he does not mention the imprisonment of Vercingetorix. So, yes, there's a chance Vercingetorix was allowed to flee to neutral Britain rather than face the music in Rome. And if he didn't, there's a good chance a hitherto unreported relative did. Remember, we don't know Vercingetorix's real name and we don't know if he had brothers or children.
So this raises two possibilities...an unlikely one that Vercingetorix lived out a life of exile in Britain...eventually becoming some age old joke - a King of Gaul who had no Gaul to rule - or a dauphin existing in his father's name, achieving the same notoriety. And this infamy is something we have evidence for. Juvenal's joke about Arviragus is exhibit A. But here's exhibit B...and one most of us have heard. It is, what researchers like to say, that wonderful second independent source.
Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare, as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three
The origins of this Romano-British poem date to the same time as Juvenal...and guess what the Welsh name 'Cole' (or Coel - say Coil) phonetically resembles and may have once meant? Try saying Gaul instead of Cole and I think you'll see where I'm coming from. Hmmm...I think there might be even more to this story.
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I've recently found an interesting, promising work, another framework for Web Applications development. So what's different in this one?
Since the framework isn't open-source (so far, at least) all we can checkout is the two Flash demos on using the program to develop basic applications, and a few white papers and communications they release to the public. From these, I'm able to comment on both their mission and the program itself.
From the demonstrations, I've spotted that the greatest feature of Morfik it's its familiarity with common Microsoft applications to develop the application. For example, a specific Morfik component is used to setup the domain tier, using an interface almost 100% identical to Microsoft Access'. Similarly, the web pages are designed using a WYSIWYG program, just like Visual Studio's interface builder. So any application used to the Microsoft's tools should be fairly suited to use Morfik without a two year-long course!
How does this Morfik advent leaves me? Well, I was planning to do something similar for my PhD, so now I must find out exactly what they plan to do, so my work won't clash with theirs. For instance, I'd like to know how do they split the computations between the client and the server - I'd like to give some adaptability to the server.
To add up, Morfik have a pioneers program, but they haven't released any usable version of the program for us to test it (not even demo-ware...). I'll just wait for further news on their site: http://www.morfik.com/ | <urn:uuid:ed7e1e8e-8c58-4626-9497-f7a8b8e81616> | 2013-05-21T09:59:46Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The attached readme explains how to use BGIOBJ which will allow you to do what you want.
Installs a vendor-added device driver to the BGI device driver table
int far installuserdriver(char far *name, int huge (*detect)(void));
With installuserdriver, you can add a vendor-added device driver to
the BGI internal table.
Argument│ What It Is/Does
name │ Name of the new device driver file (filename.BGI)
detect │ Points to an optional autodetect function that can accompany the
│ new driver. This autodetect function takes no parameters and
│ returns an integer value.
You can install up to 10 drivers at one time.
There are two ways to use the vendor-supplied driver:
1) passing the driver number directly to
2) linking in an autodetect function.
Passing driver number directly to initgraph
Assume you have a new video card called the Spiffy Graphics Array
(SpGA) and that the SpGA manufacturer provided you with a BGI device
The easiest way to use this driver is to install it by calling
installuserdriver and then passing the return value (the assigned
driver number) directly to initgraph.
Linking in an autodetect function
The more general way to use this hypothetical SpGA driver is to link
in an autodetect function that will be called by initgraph as part of
its hardware-detection logic. (Presumably, the manufacturer of the
SpGA gave you this autodetect function).
When you install the driver (by calling installuserdriver), you pass
the address of this autodetect function, along with the device
driver's file name.
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autodetect function, call initgraph and let it go through its normal
Before initgraph calls its own built-in autodetection function
(detectgraph), it first calls the SpGA autodetect function.
■ If the SpGA autodetect function doesn't find the SpGA hardware, it
returns a value of -11 (grError), and initgraph proceeds with its
normal hardware detection logic.
(This can include calling any other vendor-supplied autodetection
functions in the order in which they were "installed").
■ If, however, the autodetect function determines that an SpGA is
present, it returns a non-negative mode number.
1) locates and loads SPGA.BGI
2) puts the hardware into the default
graphics mode recommended by the
3) returns control to your program.
Returns the driver number you pass to initgraph to manually select the
newly installed driver.
╔ DOS Đ UNIX Đ ANSI C Đ C++ Only ╗
║ Yes │ │ │ ║
/* function prototypes */
int huge detectEGA(void);
int gdriver, gmode;
/* install a user written device driver */
gdriver = installuserdriver("EGA", detectEGA);
/* must force use of detection routine */
gdriver = DETECT;
/* check for any installation errors */
/* initialize graphics and local variables */
initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");
/* check for any initialization errors */
/* draw a line */
line(0, 0, getmaxx(), getmaxy());
/* clean up */
/* detects EGA or VGA cards */
int huge detectEGA(void)
int driver, mode, sugmode = 0;
if ((driver == EGA) || (driver == VGA))
/* return suggested video mode number */
/* return an error code */
/* check for and report any graphics errors */
/* read result of last graphics operation */
errorcode = graphresult();
if (errorcode != grOk)
printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode));
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Although the process of forming national constitutions in European states began more than two centuries ago, the actual texts of EU member state constitutions all date from the present century, with the single, obvious exception of the British constitution. The venerable British texts merit an obligatory nod of tribute to that paradoxical cradle of the constitutional state. A few European constitutional texts are the cumulative result of successive reforms of texts originally drafted in the nineteenth century or earlier, and are found in those societies that managed to avoid the dramatic upheavals which punctuate the histories of other European states. The majority of the constitutions were promulgated after the Second World War, following governmental ruptures of varying intensity and duration. A final group of texts have their origin in the inter-war period and were drafted concurrent to the creation, or re-creation, of their corresponding states.
The "reformed" texts often contain some structural traces of their origins in the preservation of the monarchy, or in the use of traditional formulae. However, the depth of the changes that were carried out makes it virtually impossible to establish clear distinctions, based upon constitutional content, between these and the newer texts. Even those differences arising from the opposition of monarchy and republic are difficult to delineate clearly, in part due to the anomaly presented by Spain. The Spanish constitution is a new constitution, but it is also monarchical. In addition, the opposition in Spain to the constitutional order is no longer of political importance. The King of Spain is reputed to have stated long before his coronation that "my aspiration is to be king of a Spanish Republic" - a sentiment that acknowledged the reality that European monarchies are nothing more than republics with crowns.
This set of cases includes Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
The Swedish Instrument of Government, the oldest written constitution in Europe, dates from 1720.
Prolonged and serious ruptures occurred in Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy, and Portugal. In France the rupture brought about by the Vichy regime was shorter and concluded with the Constitution of 1946. A new and clear break occurred in 1958 when political circumstances surrounding the army revolt in Algeria led to the replacement of the 1946 Constitution.
Included here are the cases of Austria, Finland, and Ireland. These constitutions have a number of distinctive characteristics which are not considered here.
In the case of Belgium, the extent of the constitutional reform affected the very contour of the state.
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Then they shouldn't provide the API. Or they should charge for it. Or they should put limits on it that affect all providers equally. And why isn't that the case on iOS? Essentially we have Microsoft doing Google's job for them for free (and if it's not "Google's job" then why have they written an app for iOS while arguing that Microsoft can't release theirs because it wasn't written by Google?). | <urn:uuid:869c823b-ebfe-46db-a2fb-a971e14d6902> | 2013-05-21T10:22:30Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Let's be honest. Wouldn't you like to rake in a cool $900,000 for one hour's work? No? Still have hippie ideals, perhaps? You could work for just 10 minutes and walk off with $150 k. Push yourself to work one entire day and we're talking $7.2 million. Hang in there for a month, and you'll pull in more than the richest athletes make in 10 years — $256.5 million. And in one year? Well, you'll be earning what the top ten hedge fund honchos each averaged in 2009 — $1.87 billion. Wouldn't you like to know their secrets? Here are a few:
Step 1: Check your conscience at the door.
You must be able to live with the knowledge that while you were making $900,000 an hour, more than 29 million other Americans had no job at all or were forced into part-time work. Also you'd have to live with the uncomfortable fact that your sector - high finance - crashed the economy, leaving eight million Americans jobless in a matter of months.
You're obviously good at math so you'll be able to calculate that it will now take 22.5 million new jobs to bring the economy back to full-employment (an unemployment rate of 5 percent or less). That's the equivalent of creating 630 new corporations the size of Apple Corp. (35,000 employees each). Sadly, you're also a realist, so you know that unemployment is likely to remain at record post-WWII highs for years to come.
Feeling guilty? Don't. Remind everyone again and again that hedge funds like yours didn't get bailed out. You're not too big to fail. You just figured out how to be better at investing than anyone else. You're what capitalism is supposed to reward. You earned your $900,000 an hour fair and square! Suppress all your doubts and just keep telling yourself — and everyone else — that you have nothing to do with rising poverty or the fact that nearly 50 million people can't afford health care. You're the solution, not the problem. Conscience be damned!
Step 2: Remember: None of this is your fault!
Yes, a few tiresome critics will keep pointing the finger at you, saying that the financial sector crashed the economy. Ignore them and put the blame where it belongs - somewhere else. When in doubt, seek guidance from the pros on Wall Street. They know exactly who to blame:
- the few bad apples who gave out mortgages like candy
- the greedy Americans who bought homes they couldn't afford (they should have ignored the bankers who told them they could!)
- the politicians who pushed for risky loans for "low-income" buyers (subtext: favoritism for minorities.)
- the Fed, which kept interest rates too low for too long, inflating the bubble
- and, most importantly, American consumers who "lived beyond their means," running up too much debt. (Those people, not you, really need to tighten their belts!)
Assert with the utmost confidence that it's Wall Street billionaires who make our system the envy of the world, so help me god.
Step 3: Proclaim that you are the solution:
It's not enough to dodge the blame. You've got to convince academics and journalists to anoint you as the savior. You see, it's you and your fellow high finance moguls who will save us from ever having to endure a crisis like this again. Fortunately for you, they've already bought the story. For example, in More Money than God, Sebastian Mallaby writes:
How can governments promote small-enough-to fail institutions that manage risk well? This is the key question about the future of finance; and one part of the answer is hiding in plain sight. Governments must encourage hedge funds….The chief policy prescription can be boiled down to two words: Don't regulate." (p 380-81)
Imagine that! Top hedge fund managers who earn $900,000 an hour are the answer to too-big-to-fail bailouts, and you don't even need government regulations to keep them honest! People who suggest that Wall Street billionaires are essentially card counters in a Las Vegas casino? They're just envious. People who question whether the entire casino has any redeeming social or economic value at all? They're just stupid. (For my envious and stupid account, see The Looting of America.)
Step 4: Tell people, "Sure, go ahead and raise taxes on the super-rich!" (wink, wink): Because of Wall Street billionaires our income distribution is the most extreme since 1929. By some estimates it's even worse, with the top 1 percent hoarding nearly 50 percent of our nation's wealth. And yet, a recent academic survey suggests that most Americans have no idea things are so skewed. The vast majority actually said they would prefer a wealth distribution more like Sweden's. Heaven forbid!
So–why on earth would someone like Warren Buffett be offering to pay more taxes? Well, for one thing, there are worse things than higher income tax rates. What you want to avoid at all cost is any reform that might reduce financial industry profits–like controls on derivatives and financial transaction fees.
As for raising taxes: Just because you say you're willing to pay them doesn't mean you'll actually ever have to. Everyone knows that the moment anyone actually tries to tax the super-rich, a Greek chorus of greed will chant: "Investor confidence will crash! Small businesses will suffer! Jobs will crumble! The recovery will stall!"
So, once you get to be a billionaire, join the cavalcade of gurus who insist they should at least pay the same tax rates as their secretaries. And if those weak-kneed politicians simply refuse to raise your taxes, well, what's a billionaire to do?
Step 5: Count on America's admiration:
Americans may say they want wealth to be distributed much more evenly. But they also have a perpetual love affair with the super-rich. Any effort to rein in billionaires grates against one of our most fundamental values: the right to make as much money as we can, however we can, whenever we can. The very existence of Wall Street billionaires opens up the possibility that we ourselves will become super rich someday.
Fortunately for Wall Street billionaires, Americans tend to view even modest proposals to redistribute wealth as cataclysmic. (Remember Joe the Plumber?) When I propose that maybe we would be better off without Wall Street billionaires, even non-plumbers tell me: "Oh, no. We don't want to live in a socialist society where incomes are flat. Everyone would lose their motivation. And we'd be stuck with only one flavor of ice cream at our dilapidated collectivist food co-op!" In our political culture, there seem to be no mental resting points between North Korean communism and an economy that lets Wall Street billionaires run wild.
However, every once in a while we get pissed off. In 1913 we passed a constitutional amendment to legalize income taxes on plutocrats. From the 1930s to the 1970s we enacted tax rates on the super-rich that hovered between 70 and 90 percent. And long before that Andrew Jackson vetoed the National Bank because, as he said, "the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes." The rigged Bank laws, he argued, "make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government.
We're still complaining. We get upset at government because it seems to favor the super-rich. Yet in the end we protect our Wall Street billionaires by attacking regulations and taxes on the wealthy.
Step 6: Thank the lord for sex, drugs and rock'n roll: Reagan and company may have hated the 1960s youth rebellion, but they sure glommed on to a key feature of it: People wanted to be liberated from society's constraints and from a government that was betraying our nation's ideals. Through either insight or dumb luck, the Reagan revolution successfully melded the idea of accumulating wealth with the idea of gaining freedom from everyone and everything — the ultimate form of "doing your own thing." (My surfer friend called it "takeoff velocity.")
Few of us who came out of the 1960s trusted government. After all, it had waged an unjust and un-winnable war in Vietnam. Public figures seemed to lie to us on a regular basis — from Mai Lai to Watergate. You want that kind of government running the economy too?
"Do your own thing" economics also caught on. Free love and free markets may have had a lot in common. Milton Friedman (who also opposed criminalization of drugs) led the way among American economists, arguing that government interference always distorts free markets. Only when markets are left entirely alone can they operate efficiently and create prosperity for all. Friedman's free market philosophy won over the academic and policy establishment. They saw the rise of Wall Street billionaires as a sign of our nation's economic health and prosperity. It wasn't just that their vast wealth might trickle down to the rest of us. It was that the accumulation of such wealth in the first place signaled a strong underlying economy.
According to the free market economists, under our system you can't possibly earn $900,000 an hour unless you produce $900,000 worth of something. So financial industry billionaires must, by definition, have the knowledge, skills, and experience to create that enormous value. Because nobody would cough up that sum of money unless they got equivalent value in return.
Therein may lie the biggest secret of all: Wall Street moguls are confident that Americans will always believe that that the big boys are really worth their money.
But for how long? Will our millions of unemployed workers eventually get fed up? Will the middle class finally get angry at the plutocrats who stole their dreams? Or will our anger continue to focus on government regulations, social spending and taxes instead of on our financial plutocrats? Eventually we'll have to choose or the choice will be made for us: Do we want a $900,000 an hour Valhalla for the few? Or a prosperous America for the rest of us?
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Although the young men and women interested in pursuing a career in the NSW/NSO community do not need to have a college degree to excel in these challenging environments, they do need to be specially trained to work closely and efficiently with other special forces to ensure the successful completion of missions around the globe. The training these individuals go through is truly life-altering: training can include advanced swimming and lifesaving techniques, diver and parachute training, maritime navigation and helicopter operations. Some of the careers individuals can excel in include:
* Aviation Rescue Swimmers (AIRR)
The motto of the Aviation Rescue Swimmer community is "So Others May Live." The responsibilities vary from rescue and recovery to surveillance and operational support for Sailors who serve as part of this top emergency response unit. AIRRs are typically attached to an aircraft for their tasks, which can include saving pilots of downed aircraft, coming to the aid of civilians during natural disasters, rappelling to reach survivors at a remote crash site, collaborating with other forces on joint rescue missions, jumping out of a helicopter to pluck crewmembers out of frigid waters and conducting surveillance in anti-submarine warfare and drug interdiction operations.
Intense training is required for these Sailors. This includes nearly two years of training in advanced swimming and lifesaving techniques, as well as training in water and land survival, flight safety, search and rescue, Naval aviation and more. The training is as true to life as possible because work environments can be different for every situation.
* Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD)
EODs are brought in to deal with disposal of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. They clear IEDs, parachute out of aircraft, dive beneath ships - protecting others by handling situations with steady hands and even steadier nerves. They also investigate and demolish underwater obstructions, prepare coastal regions for amphibious landings and provide intelligence about potential threats, both in the United States and abroad. This work has EODs located all around the world, and missions could be by air, land or sea.
Training involves 51 rigorous weeks, including various levels of EOD preparation, diver training and parachute training. Duties of EODs may include demolition of hazardous munitions, pyrotechnics and outdated explosives, locating and identifying underwater foreign and domestic ordinances, performing parachute and helicopter insertion operations in support of missions, supporting military and civilian law enforcement agencies, and executing underwater mine countermeasure operations to clear waterways in support of the Fleet.
* Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman (SWCC)
Named the “Quiet Professionals,” SWCC provide critical mission support to Navy SEALs. They operate state-of-the-art, high-performance boats. They protect global waters from enemy combatants. This elite team carries out military actions that are beyond the capability of standard forces. These Sailors secure the freedom of global waters via the riverine and littoral environments by operating independently among small units or while integrated with other U.S. Special Operations forces or within U.S. Navy carrier and expeditionary strike groups.
SWCC perform direct action raids against enemy shipping and waterborne traffic, as well as provide rapid mobility in shallow water areas where larger ships cannot operate. They maintain ammunition, weapons, combat vehicles and other equipment associated with SWCC and other special operations missions.
Training for SWCC is as intense as all other NSW/NSO ratings, but Sailors interested in this opportunity may receive specialized training in areas including maritime navigation, radio communications, boat/propulsion systems engineering and parachute and helicopter operations.
The Navy is A Global Force for Good with many exciting and challenging career opportunities available. Visit navy.com to learn more about some of these opportunities, and the background required to serve. | <urn:uuid:5d1a3b4a-9487-4797-b1df-a4423f749a35> | 2013-05-21T10:28:58Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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“We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ernie Ashworth was a Grand Ole Opry singer since 1964 who had a No. 1 hit in '63 with "Talk Back Trembling Lips." Ashworth began his career writing songs for Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith, Johnny Horton, and pop idol Paul Anka. As a recording artist, he scored hits with "Everybody But Me" and "I Love to Dance with Annie." | <urn:uuid:ba09163c-dbaf-4ab0-bcee-658cdb5d9e6d> | 2013-05-21T10:08:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Ah-weem-a-way lawsuit update
CNN has more on the recently filed lawsuit over "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" song (Ah-weem-a-way Ah-weem-a-way). The family of the woman who wrote the song appears to be relying on moral rights laws to claim that they still own the song despite the fact that the writer sold it.
The song, popularized in the long-running theater production and cartoon movie "The Lion King" was originally written in 1939 by Solomon Linda, a Zulu migrant worker turned songwriter.
The writer died penniless in 1962. Her family now lives in poverty in the infamous Soweto neighborhood in Johannesburg.
The song has been covered by at least 150 artists, including The Tokens, George Michael, Miriam Makeba and The Spinners. Linda's three surviving daughters and 10 grandchildren, living in poverty in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, have received only a one-time payment of $15,000.
When you consider the condition of the family, you sort of hope Disney will just take a small hit and settle. The suit is for $1.5 million, but I bet the family would take a whole lot less to settle, considering they are dirt poor. Soweto is not a place you'd want to go on vacation (if you wanted to relax anyway). Soweto is a neighborhood where poor black miners were forced to live during apartheid, it is still pretty rough.
The Trademark Blog has more. | <urn:uuid:f9bc7737-962a-41d0-b62c-8f31fd882a41> | 2013-05-21T10:33:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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