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Le Roy v. Beard - 49 U.S. 451 (1850)
U.S. Supreme Court
Le Roy v. Beard, 49 U.S. 8 How. 451 451 (1850)
Le Roy v. Beard
49 U.S. (8 How.) 451
By the laws of Wisconsin, where the contract in question was made, a scroll or any device by way of seal has the same effect as an actual seal. But in New York it is otherwise, and an action brought in New York upon such an instrument must be an action appropriate to unsealed instruments.
Therefore, where a deed was executed with a scroll in Wisconsin which contained a covenant of seizin, and an action was brought in New York for a breach of this, it was properly an action of assumpsit, and not covenant.
It was not necessary in the declaration to allege an eviction, because the covenant was broken as soon as made.
Where a power of attorney authorized the agent "to contract for the sale of, and to sell, either in whole or in part, the lands and real estate so purchased," and "on such terms in all respects as he shall deem most advantageous," and
"to execute deeds of conveyance necessary for the full and perfect transfer of all our respective right, title &c., as sufficiently in all respects as we ourselves could do personally in the premises,"
these expressions, aided by the situation of the parties and the property, the usages of the country on such subjects, the acts of the parties themselves, and any other circumstance having a legal bearing upon the question, must be construed as giving to the agent the power to enter into, a covenant of seizin.
Some of the general rules stated for the construction of powers.
The facts of the case were these:
On 31 August, 1836, Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy, citizens of the State of New York, executed the following power of attorney:
"Know all men by these presents that we, Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy, his wife, of the Town of Le Roy in the County of Genessee, and State of New York, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint Elisha Starr, of the same place, our true and lawful attorney for the purposes following, to-wit:"
"In the name of the said Jacob Le Roy and for his use and benefit, to expend and invest certain moneys for that purpose herewith placed by him in the hands of the said Starr in the purchase of lands and real estate in some of the western states and territories of the United States at the discretion of the said Starr, and to take the certificates, titles, deeds, or other evidences of such purchases to and in the name of the said Jacob Le Roy, and also for and in the name of the said Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy to contract for the sale of and to sell either in whole or in part the lands and real estate so purchased by the said Starr with the money herewith furnished him, or any other lands or real estate heretofore purchased in the said states or territories by the said Starr or Suffrencis Dewy for the
said Jacob Le Roy and now owned by him, or any lands which may have been bought with the avails of the lands so purchased as aforesaid, or for which the same may have been exchanged, to such person or persons, for such consideration, and on such terms in all respects as the said Starr shall deem most advantageous, and for us and in our names to execute to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, the assignments, contracts, or deeds of conveyance necessary for the full and perfect transfer of all of our respective right, title, and interest, dower and right of dower, as sufficiently in all respects as we ourselves could do personally in the premises, and generally as the agent and attorney of the said Jacob Le Roy to purchase lands or real estate with the money now furnished him, and to sell, resell and exchange the same or any lands heretofore purchased by him for the said Jacob Le Roy or any lands or real estate that he may acquire in consideration of the sale or exchange of the same to such persons and on such terms in all respects as he may deem most eligible, and to do all acts legally necessary for the perfect transfer to such persons of the title of the same; we hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever our said attorney shall do in the premises, by virtue of these presents, until 1 July next, 1837, from and after which day these presents and the powers conferred thereby shall cease and be null and void."
"Sealed with our seals and dated this 31 August, 1836."
"JACOB LE ROY [L.S.]"
"CHARLOTTE D. LE ROY [L.S.]"
"In presence of:"
This power was regularly acknowledged.
On 7 November, 1836, Starr executed the deed which was the subject of the present controversy, viz.:
"This indenture, made this 7 November in the year of our Lord 1836 between Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy wife of said Jacob, both of Le Roy Genesee County, State of New York, by Elisha Starr, now of Milwaukee, in the Territory of Wisconsin, their lawful attorney, parties of the first part, and William Beard, of Newtown, Fairfield County, and State of Connecticut, party of the second part, witnesseth that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of one thousand eight hundred dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, aliened, and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, alien, and confirm unto the said party of the
second part, and to his heirs and assigns, forever, one certain piece or parcel of land, situated in the Town of Milwaukee and Territory of Wisconsin, viz.: one equal undivided acre of land, in fifty-seven and sixty hundredths acres, said fifty-seven and sixty hundredth acres being in township lot number three of the southeast fractional quarter of section number thirty-two in said township seven, north of range twenty-two east, it being part of the same tract of land conveyed to us by Levi C. Turner, of Cooperstown, Otsego County, State of New York, as per his deed, bearing date 28 April, 1836, together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof. And all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, or demand whatsoever of the said party of the first part, either in law or equity, of, in, and to the above-bargained premises, with the hereditaments and appurtenances, to have and to hold the said premises as above described, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns, to their sole and only proper use, benefit, and behoof forever. And the said parties of the first part, by their attorney as aforesaid, for their heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant, grant, bargain, and agree to and with the said party of the second part and his heirs and assigns that at the time of the ensealing and delivering these presents, we are well seized of the premises above conveyed as of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible estate of inheritance in the law in fee simple, and have good right, full power, and lawful authority to grant, bargain, sell, and convey the same in manner and form as aforesaid. And that the same are free and clear of all encumbrances of what kind and nature soever. And that the above-bargained premises, in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, against all and every person or persons lawful claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof they will forever warrant and defend."
"In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written."
"JACOB LE ROY [L.S.]"
"By Elisha Starr, his Attorney"
"CHARLOTTE D. LE ROY [L. S.]"
"By Elisha Starr, her Attorney"
"Sealed and delivered in presence of"
"DAVID V. B. BALDWIN "
This deed was regularly acknowledged and recorded in Wisconsin.
There were three persons, viz., Nichols, Baldwin and Beard, engaged in making purchases from Starr, each upon his own account, and the following letters were read upon the trial. They are inserted because the opinion of the Court lays some stress upon the actions of the parties.
"Newtown, August 28, 1838"
"JACOB LE ROY, ESQ.:"
"Dear Sir -- I take the liberty of forwarding to you the following information, by advices lately received from my attorney at Milwaukee. I learn that the title of the property I purchased of you in Milwaukee, in November, 1836, has failed in consequence of the Indian title's not being extinguished when the property was floated. I further learn that the receiver or land officer has been directed to refund the purchase money to the original purchaser, and that the subject has been before the Solicitor of the Treasury, and he has directed that the property belongs to the government, and that an appeal was taken from his decision to the Secretary of the Treasury, who confirmed the decision."
"If so, you are doubtless aware that upon your covenants of warranty, you are liable to refund to me the purchase money, which I shall expect you to do, together with the interest on the same. If a deed of release or quitclaim will be of any service to you, you can have one when the money is refunded."
"I shall be happy to hear from you on the receipt of this, and any proposition you may have to make regarding the premises will be duly considered."
"Your obedient servant,"
"[Signed] THEOPHILUS NICHOLS"
"Le Roy 2 September, 1838"
"Dear Sir -- I received last evening yours of the 28th, and the contents surprised me not a little, that I, who held large possessions in Milwaukee, and in constant communication with that place, should receive the first intelligence of so great a misfortune from you. I received a letter three days ago from that place, but not a word is said about any trouble, and I have therefore come to the conclusion your agent has been hoaxed; the whole statement carries on the face of it an absurdity. Admitting that anything had occurred as you state, has not the United States received the same amount
there from its land as it has elsewhere? Do you imagine that Congress would allow innocent persons to suffer in a case of that kind? I have written to Milwaukee by this day's mail to ascertain if there is any difficulty, and in the interim would beg you to keep easy in mind, for you may rest assured that your title will never be disturbed."
"Respectfully, yours, truly,"
"[Signed] THEOPHILUS NICHOLS"
"New York, 12 June, 1839"
"THEOPHILUS NICHOLS, ESQ.:"
"Sir -- Your letter of the 1st instant was returned to me this day from Le Roy. In reply I state that the title to the lands purchased from me is derived from the United States, and I know of no mode by which a sale can be rescinded by any officer of the government after it has been once consummated. If any error has been committed, of which I have no information upon which reliance ought to be placed in transactions of business, the government will no doubt correct it. Besides, as my grantor is liable to me if there is any defect of title. I can make no voluntary settlement without increasing the difficulties. There were many purchasers at the public sales of the lands of which those I sold are a part, who have sold out, and it cannot be possible, if there is any substantial legal defect in the sale, that the question will not soon receive the adjudication of some sufficient legal tribunal, when I shall always be willing to fulfill any legal claims which I may be under to you or your friends."
"With respect, yours &c.,"
"JACOB LE ROY"
"New York, 5 February, 1841"
"Dear Sir: Yours addressed to me at Le Roy came to hand in due course, being returned to this place. In reply to your remarks I have only to say that so soon as the highest tribunals of our country shall decide that my title to the land sold you is defective, I shall be ready to settle with you on just principles; but until then I must decline all negotiations. You say that the title is bad. Perhaps you are not aware that an act passed the Senate of the United States at its last session unanimously confirming the sale, and was only lost in the House for want of time. I am in great hopes that relief will be obtained this session, but at any rate a long time cannot now elapse before justice will be done us, for a more righteous claim there cannot be. My situation is the same as yours.
Until such decision is made, I cannot make claim from those from whom I purchased."
"With great respect, yours, truly,"
"JACOB LE ROY"
"WILLIAM BEARD, ESQ., Newtown"
On 24 June, 1841, Beard, a citizen of the State of Connecticut, brought his action in the circuit court of New York against Le Roy. It was an action of assumpsit containing the ordinary money counts, and also two special counts stating the purchase and sale, the covenant of seizin, and an averment that the grantor was not so seized, whereby he became liable to repay the $1,800.
The defendant pleaded the general issue to the money counts, and a special plea that he had a good title to the premises described in the declaration. To this plea there was a general replication.
In April, 1846, the case came up for trial.
The counsel for the plaintiff offered in evidence the power of attorney, the deposition of Starr, the oral evidence of Nichols, the letters above recited, and some other evidence not material to be mentioned.
The counsel for the plaintiff then offered to read in evidence the deed or instrument of conveyance executed by the defendant, by Elisha Starr, his attorney, to the plaintiff, with a scroll and the word "Seal" written therein, opposite the name of the defendant, as subscribed in execution thereof, without any wafer, wax, or other tenacious substance being affixed thereto, referred to in, and proved by, the said depositions. The counsel for the defendant objected to the reading of the covenants contained in said deed so offered on the ground that the power of attorney from the defendant to Starr did not authorize Starr to enter into such covenants on behalf of the defendant.
The court overruled the objection, and the defendant's counsel excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then offered numerous papers from the General Land Office to show that the title of Le Roy was not good in the premises conveyed.
The counsel for the defendant then offered to read in evidence on his part from a book purporting to be a printed copy of the laws enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Wisconsin "an act of the said legislature in relation to seals."
The counsel for the plaintiff objected to the evidence so offered on the ground that the same was not authenticated in
such manner as to entitle the same to be read in evidence, and the court overruled the objection, and to the decision thereupon the counsel for the plaintiff excepted.
The counsel for the defendant then read in evidence from said printed book as follows:
"SEC. 5. That any instrument to which the person making the same shall affix any device by way of seal shall be adjudged and held to be of the same force and obligation as if it were actually sealed."
The counsel for the defendant then prayed the court to instruct the jury, among other things, that no action can be sustained against the defendant in this suit because the power of attorney executed by the defendant to Elisha Starr did not authorize Elisha Starr to warrant the title of the defendant to any lands which might be sold by him under said power of attorney.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the court to give its instruction to the jury upon the construction of the power of attorney executed by the defendant to Elisha Starr, so given in evidence at this stage of the cause, as in the event of such construction's being against the existence of such authority in said attorney under said power, the said plaintiff had further evidence to give of the representations of the said agent to the said plaintiff at the time of and made as a part of the transaction.
The court reserved for the present their opinion upon the question for the purpose of hearing the further evidence of the plaintiff, so as to enable him to bring out the whole case and perhaps thereby save another trial.
The counsel for the plaintiff then offered to prove that at the time of negotiating the sale of and of selling the land described in said deed to the plaintiff, the said Elisha Starr fraudulently represented to the plaintiff that he, the said Elisha Starr, was authorized by the defendant to warrant the defendant's title to the premises therein described, and withheld from the plaintiff any view of the power of attorney in question, and that the plaintiff refused to make the purchase or take any conveyance of such lands without such warranty on the part of the defendant.
The counsel for the defendant objected to the evidence so offered as incompetent and inadmissible, and the court sustained the objection and excluded the testimony, and the counsel for the plaintiff excepted to the decision.
The counsel for the plaintiff next offered to prove that at the time of the negotiation of the said sale between Starr and
the plaintiff, and as a part of the transaction, the said Elisha Starr, as the agent of the defendant, also fraudulently represented to the plaintiff that the defendant had a good and valid title to the land described in the said deed, and that the plaintiff was deceived thereby.
The counsel for the defendant objected to the evidence so offered, and the court overruled the objection, and to the decision thereon the counsel for the defendant excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff recalled Theophilus Nichols, who further testified that he was present at the negotiations and bargain between the plaintiff and Elisha Starr, as the agent of the defendant, as to the sale of the acre of land described in said deed; that Mr. Starr stated that the title to the land was good, and there could not be a question about it, because the defendant had the government title; that it had been sold by the government about a year previous to that time. That Linus Thompson and others had floated off George Walker, who had first settled on it, and claimed a preemption right, but who had got no patent; that the defendant's title was direct from the government, and there was no question about it. Mr. Starr proposed to give to the plaintiff a quitclaim deed, and said it was just as well, as the title came from the government. The plaintiff said he would not accept it; that he would not take the land unless he had covenants of warranty; and Mr. Starr then gave the plaintiff the deed read in evidence in this case. No title papers were produced by Starr or exhibited to the plaintiff. It was stated in the body of the deed executed by Starr, from whom the defendant had purchased, but he did not exhibit to the plaintiff any papers of any kind. Plaintiff, and Mr. Baldwin and witness, all stayed together at the public house kept by Starr. They all went to Milwaukee together for the same purpose; stayed together, purchased together, and left together. The plaintiff did not make any examination of the title that witness knows of. Witness purchased an acre of the defendant of the same title at the same time and under the same representations, and witness did not make any examination of title, but relied upon the representations of Mr. Starr. They all left Milwaukee on 10 November, 1836, three days after they made the purchase.
The counsel for the plaintiff then recalled David V. B. Baldwin, who further testified that he had heard the testimony just given by Mr. Nichols and concurred with him as to the representations made by Mr. Starr and the acts done by the parties in making such purchase; that he was present and acting with the others in the transaction; that no examination of the title
was made by him nor by either of the others, to his knowledge.
The counsel for the plaintiff next read in evidence, from the same volume of the statutes of Wisconsin above referred to, an act of the Legislature of the Territory of Wisconsin entitled "An act in relation to fraudulent conveyances of lands and the conveyance thereof," the sixth section of said title, in the words and figures following, to-wit:
"SEC. 6. No estate or interest in land other than leases for a term not exceeding one year, nor any trust or power over or concerning lands, or in any manner relating thereto, shall hereafter be created, granted, assigned, surrendered, or declared unless by act or operation of law, or by deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering, or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing."
The proofs in the cause were here closed.
The counsel for the defendant prayed the court to instruct the jury:
First. That the plaintiff had not proved the failure of the defendant's title to the lands in question, because he had not shown that the defendant had not acquired a title from the French settlers or other source than the government of the United States.
Second. That if it be shown that the defendant claimed title under the government of the United States, the plaintiff has not shown that the title of the defendant to said lands has been legally declared to be invalid. That the certificate of the register of the land office at Green Bay gave a title to the lands, and the only power vested in the officers of the government at Washington was to see that two patents were not issued for the same land.
Third. That by the acts of Congress granting rights of preemption to actual settlers, Linus Thompson had a right to float upon the land in question; and that the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury annulling the certificate of the register was contrary to law, and void. That under the Chicago treaty, the lands in question were public lands at the date of the passage of the said act.
Fourth. That the deed of defendant in evidence in this cause is a sealed instrument by the law of the Territory of Wisconsin, and is to be treated and regarded as a sealed instrument in the State of New York, because of its character at the place where it was made, and that the present action being assumpsit, such cannot be maintained upon said deed.
Fifth. That no action will lie upon this deed upon a failure of the title to the lands therein described without express covenants of warranty; there being no valid warranty against the defendant, the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.
Sixth. That the plaintiff is not entitled to recover in this form of action, if a fraud be proved in the cause, but should have brought an action on the case for deceit.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the said court to instruct the jury, that the action of assumpsit is properly brought in this Court upon the promises of the defendant contained in said deed, if any promises are made therein which are binding or obligatory upon the defendant.
The court so instructed the jury, and to such instruction the counsel for the defendant excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the court to instruct the jury that the deed in question being without seal, by the laws of the State of New York, and a deed to convey lands in the Territory of Wisconsin not being required by the laws of that territory to have any seal or any device by way of seal affixed thereto, it is competent for the plaintiff to prove a ratification of the defendant by parol of the act of Starr as his attorney in warranting such title.
The court refused so to instruct the jury, and thereupon instructed the jury that by the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, the said deed is an instrument under seal, that it is a covenant by the laws of that territory, and this court must so regard it, and give it the same effect here that it would have in the Territory of Wisconsin; that being a covenant by the laws of that territory, there can be no ratification or confirmation of the act of the agent, Starr, by the defendant, which will be binding upon the defendant, unless made by an instrument executed by him under seal.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the said court to submit to the jury, upon the facts in evidence, the question whether the defendant, with full knowledge that his agent, Elisha Starr, had assumed in his name to warrant and had warranted the title to the land in question to the plaintiff, had ratified the act of the said agent in making such warranty.
The court refused to submit the said question of ratification to the jury upon the evidence in the case, and to such refusal of the said court the counsel for the plaintiff then and there excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the court to instruct the jury that the agent of the defendant having undertaken to convey a title to the plaintiff, and the defendant having
given the agent authority so to do, if the jury believe the defendant had no title to the premises described in said deed at the time of the execution and delivery thereof, then the consideration for which the plaintiff paid his money to the defendant has failed, and the plaintiff is entitled to recover.
The court refused so to instruct the jury, and to such refusal the counsel for the plaintiff excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the court to instruct the jury that if the defendant's agent made a representation to the plaintiff, as to the title of the defendant to the land described in said deed, which was untrue, and which was material to, and was relied upon by, the plaintiff, so that the plaintiff was actually deceived as to the subject he was acquiring by his bargain, the plaintiff is entitled to recover whether there was moral fraud or not on the part of the agent in making such representations.
The court refused so to instruct the jury, and to the said refusal the counsel for the plaintiff excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then requested the said court to submit to the jury, upon the evidence in the case, the question whether Elisha Starr, by fraudulent representations, induced the plaintiff to believe that the defendant had title to the land described in said deed when the defendant had no such title, and upon such belief became the purchaser thereof.
The court refused to submit such question to the jury on the ground that the evidence so introduced on the part of the said plaintiff did not go far enough to raise the question of fraud on the part of the agent of the defendant, and decided that the plaintiff must give evidence of knowledge on the part of the agent, at the time of making such representations, that the representations so made were untrue.
To which refusal and decision the counsel for the plaintiff then and there excepted.
The counsel for the plaintiff then prayed the court to submit the question to the jury upon the evidence in the case whether the agent of the defendant, at the time of making the representations so made by him to the plaintiff, had not knowledge that the representations so made by him were untrue.
The court refused to submit the said question to the jury on the ground that no evidence had been given on the part of the plaintiff to authorize the submission thereof.
To which refusal of the said court the counsel for the plaintiff then and there excepted.
The court instructed the jury in respect to the question reserved in the course of the trial that the power of attorney,
upon a true construction of its terms and conditions, conferred upon the agent authority to give a deed of the land with covenant of warranty, to which the counsel for the defendant then and there excepted.
The jury thereupon, under the charge of the court, rendered a verdict for the plaintiff of $2,862.25 damages and six cents costs.
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pcritter writes "With the Oracle v. Google trial date set for next Monday, the Judge has asked Google and Oracle to take a position on whether a programming language is copyrightable. This presumably relates to whether Google violated copyright by using a variant of the Java language and its APIs in the Android framework. Oracle, who thinks it can be, has used J.R.R. Tolkein's Elvish language as an examples (PDF) of a language that can be copyrighted. Google disagrees (PDF)." | <urn:uuid:5ba11dee-1156-4562-b7de-0efb3a7a7f0e> | 2013-05-21T10:06:51Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Folder specified already exists.
This error can occur for two reasons:
You are adding a folder to Solution Explorer and the name is already used by another folder.
You are renaming a folder and the name is already used by another folder.
When creating names for folders, use unique names and follow consistent naming conventions using only the allowed characters. For specific rules on valid naming conventions, consult the documentation for your operating system.
To correct this error
Enter a different folder name.
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At NIDA's last Drug Facts Chat Day, Razorfang asked this question:
"can you get viruses from drugs?"
The answer to this might surprise you. Although you can't get viruses directly from drugs, using drugs can increase your chances of catching a virus like HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). In fact, behaviors associated with drug abuse are one of the biggest factors in the spread of HIV across the US.
That's because drugs can mess up your judgment and lead to bad decisions—bad decisions like unsafe sex. And risky sex can lead to more than pregnancy. It can also lead to becoming infected with HIV or other sexually transmitted viruses. | <urn:uuid:44248e42-0913-4e31-82b8-00ab86f92227> | 2013-05-21T10:14:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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[My main Tumblr can be found over at myasphyxiatedmind]
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My name is: Michelle, but most people call me Dark online.
My gender-pronouns are: They/them/their.
I am: 26 years old, a feminist, liberal, an atheist, an omnivore, and an ISFJ.
The Feminist: Intersectional, body positive, pro-choice, and sex positive.
My privileged identities include: Female assigned at birth (trans* privilege), white, able-bodied, allistic (?), dyadic, monogamous.
My non-privileged/oppressed identities include: Gender-fluid, fat, gray-a, neuroatypical, and gay.
I have: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder.
I like: Pets & animals, animal welfare, pet care & pet care education, ~*SCIENCE!*~, anatomy & physiology, roleplaying, anime/manga, computer & video games, rock & metal music. | <urn:uuid:fb3aa970-da1a-4adf-854b-0a23aac9d489> | 2013-05-21T10:34:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Painting, artists and art
(technique, of all times)
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface. In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting. Paintings may have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay or concrete. Paintings may be decorated with gold leaf, and some modern paintings incorporate other materials including sand, clay, and scraps of paper.
What Is Painting? is the fourth in a series of installations drawn from the Museum's collection of contemporary art. It presents a selection of artworks made since approximately 1965, including a number of recent acquisitions and many works displayed for the first time since the Museum's reopening. A variety of responses to the question "What is painting?" are proposed in loose chronological sequence, ranging from ironic to sincere; from figurative to abstract; and from an embrace and creative reimagining of painting's possibilities to a critical engagement with its limits. The installation's title derives from John Baldessari's eponymous painting of 1966–68 (with the addition of a question mark), acknowledging the ongoing debates over the practice of painting and its place within contemporary art.
Painting is a mode of expression, and the forms are numerous. Drawing, composition or abstraction and other aesthetics may serve to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in a still life or landscape painting), photographic, abstract, be loaded with narrative content, symbolism, emotion or be political in nature...wikipedia | <urn:uuid:7d0f3709-9f73-470c-b7df-0928b53a7f93> | 2013-05-21T10:27:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Monday, 14 September 2009
Can You Dig It?
Independent think tank New Local Government Network have just published a report calling on government and local authorities to release brownfield sites for small scale agricultural use. The report goes on to suggest that the national shortage of allotments should be met by wealthy landowners (including the Royal Family) allowing land to be used for this purpose and that if this can't be done on a voluntary basis compulsory transfer of unused land to local communities will have to be considered. When you recover from the shock find out more here. | <urn:uuid:5ae4bae9-f46b-4c20-b5f9-92f8d0dc5970> | 2013-05-21T10:28:03Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I love androgynous style .. What's more classy and sexy than a total black suit ?! Try it with high heels for a more formal and sexy occasion and with flats for a more common but still classy occasion .. My photographer had too many obstacles and i had too much demands !! He didn't take it any more and he did what he did ..
P.S. : Photos and edit by Ziza Nius !!
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Habs - Flyers Game 1: Destinies Collide
Yeah, Yeah. By now, we've all heard of what the Philadelphia Flyers have accomplished. Coming back from a 3-0 series deficit, only the third team in history to accomplish such a feat. Moreover, coming back from a 3-0 deficit in game 7 to win by the score of 4-3. Kind of poetic, isn't it?
Leave it to the Flyers to overshadow the triumphs of the Montreal Canadiens in these playoffs.
For those who forgot, the Canadiens defeated the Washington Capitals in the first round, in the biggest upset in NHL history. If being an 8th seed defeating the #1 overall team in the league, the Canadiens did it with the least amount of points in the history of any 8th seed in the current playoff format. They also did it while coming back from a 3-1 game deficit in the series, something an 8th seed has never accomplished before in the first round.
After eliminating the Washington Capitals, the Canadiens went on to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions, a team that's been to the finals in both of the last two years and is led by the player who scored the game winning goal for Canada at the Olympics. Obviously no small feat.
But despite all of this, all the eyes are on the Flyers right now.
I know I'm starting to sound a little cocky. But after a month of being a humble, modest, Habs fan that's just happy to be along for the ride, it's time to get a little serious.
In this series, the Canadiens have a chance to make it to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in nearly two decades, and they need to take it. Defeat is simply not an option, not after coming this far.
But of course, people on the other side of the coin, following the Flyers, will tell you the exact same thing.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitter. As a Habs fan, I'm just happy to find myself in the position to watch and blog for my team at this stage of the playoffs. It's truly remarkable.
But no harm in upping the ante when it comes to the rivalry, right?
The Canadiens didn't have much of a history with the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins. While they shared spots in the league for over 40 years, they never faced the Capitals in the postseason. And while the Canadiens and Penguins do have somewhat of a history, the rivalry was never really there. So while the quality of hockey was certainly present, and of course, through 14 games of hockey played against only two teams, emotions arose, the real playoffs really only start now for the Canadiens.
The Habs and Flyers have always played, rough, tough, emotional hockey against each other and know each other well from their post-season experience. And while a lot of the players on both sides don't have much direct experience with this age old rivalry, the crest on their shirts is all they're going to need to get things going.
The last time these two teams faced each other was in the second round of the 2008 playoffs, when the Habs were embarrassed in 5 games by the Flyers. Naturally, both teams have changed a great deal since then, with only a few players from the Canadiens still playing for the team, and many from the Flyers changing addresses. But both these teams are well aware of the history between these two well decorated franchises. And both these teams are well aware of what's on the line.
A place in history.
What the Canadiens and Flyers have accomplished in these playoffs, through two rounds of the postseason can never be taken away from the fans that witnessed what their teams fulfilled, and from the teams that accomplished said destinies.
But it will all have been for nothing for one of these two teams. Only one of these two teams can make it to the Stanley Cup finals to face the winner of the west for the biggest prize in the business.
It will be a long series, and anything can happen. Fans of both teams will stake their claim to destiny, to fate, to a victory in this series. But truly, fans of either team can only sit back and enjoy the ride.
I hate to jinx it, but I have to make my prediction in favor of the Canadiens. Habs in 5. It's time for the Canadiens to show that they belong in the final four, and more importantly, the final two teams in the league. Hopefully, they will go on to the final to face the Chicago Blackhawks in an original-six match up.
As for tonight, I expect the Canadiens to come out strong, guns blazing, anxious to get on the ice. While the Flyers will obviously compete, they will be on an emotional low after accomplishing history, and the Canadiens will take game one 5-3. Look for all the usual suspects to bring their A-game for the Canadiens, and lots of rough play early on as both teams jock for position.
No word on any final line-ups for either team, but expect vastly similar rosters to what we saw in game 7 for both these teams.
For a Flyers perspective on the series, read Mark Trible's latest blog on TCL. Both of us will be with you every step of the way, and rest assured that I will be taking the occasional shot at Mr. Trible, in order to spice up a rivalry that is sure to get pretty intense over the next few weeks.
Enjoy the game! | <urn:uuid:08908ad3-7454-40d8-861f-f15598e43788> | 2013-05-21T10:00:54Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sixty-eight people were killed in twin bomb attacks on a shopping area in central Baghdad, Iraq's interior ministry has said.
The Thursday blasts left another 130 people injured, officials said.
Funerals are taking place in the mainly-Shia district of Karada - the scene of the bombings.
The second bomb hit a crowd of people, including emergency workers, who had gathered to help after the first blast, causing the high death toll.
The above's from the BBC and remember the numbers as you read print articles that filed earlier to meet deadlines. Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Mohammed Obaidi (New York Times) offer this from a witness:
A shoe salesman who would identify himself only by his first name, Hatam, said the first bomb slammed him to the ground. He got up, looked behind him, and ran to aid a woman whose leg had been ripped off by the blast.
"We managed to drag her away from the spot, and then the police came really quickly, and they were shouting at the people to move back because there might be another explosion," he said. “But the people didn't listen, and even some of the policemen who were already there didn't pay attention, and that is when the second explosion happened."
This time, Hatam said, he walked away. "I couldn't go back again," he said. "The scene was so horrible, and I lost the energy to see dead people."
The explosions sprayed chunks of human flesh for 50 yards. The second bomb, about 10 minutes after the first, killed more people. A number of Iraqi soldiers and police officers who hurried in after the first attack were among the dead and wounded.
Borzou Daragahi and Saif Hameed (Los Angeles Times) report:
Pandemonium erupted. "It was chaotic and everyone was screaming," said Ali Abdul-Hussein, 37, owner of a cellphone shop 150 yards from the blast site.
"I saw 20 helpless, dead bodies with my own eyes, children and women among them," he said. "It was a very miserable situation. I knew it. I knew something like this would happen."
Young men hurried to help, handing victims water and cleaning wounds. Ambulances and good Samaritans transported victims to 13 hospitals throughout east Baghdad.
At Medical City hospital, where as many as 30 of the victims had been brought, Redha Mohammed awaited word on the fate of his son Hisham. Mohammed had rushed to the site of the blasts, only to be told his son had been taken to the hospital.
"He has deep wounds in his abdomen and severe burns," he said of his son, who peddles costume jewelry in Karada. "They're trying to stop the bleeding."
At the scene of the blasts, pools of water used by firefighters to douse the flames mixed with the blood of victims. At least 16 of the dead and 28 of the injured were security officials on hand to help the victims of the first explosion. The blasts crushed shops and mangled more than a dozen vehicles.
And for perspective, Steve Lannen and Nancy A. Youssef (McClatchy Newspapers):
Thursday's attack is considered the second worst so far this year in Baghdad. On Feb. 1, two female suicide bombers detonated less than 20 minutes apart in separate animal markets, killing 98 people.
After a low of 76 people killed in Baghdad in November, February was the third straight month to see an increase in violence in the city, with 172 killed.
There will be three entries this morning. The third will be politics. The e-mail address for this site is email@example.com.
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Andrew Vassell, 35, of 16 Cedar Grove Ave. was charged Thursday with first-degree failure to appear in court and violation of a protective order.
Nicholas Hander, 22, of 37 Spring St., Apt. 1, was charged Thursday with illegal transfer of a firearm and altering identification marks of a firearm.
Antavia Clark, 29, of 24 Pleasant St., Apt. 1, was charged Thursday with first-degree criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and interfering with an officer.
Jackie L. Gomez, 34, of 62 Knob Hill Road was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct and first-degree criminal trespass.
Johan Joseph, 30, of 208 Ocean Ave., Apt. 1, was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct, possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with intent to sell.
Erik Scudder, 32, of 34 Flint Court, Groton, was charged Thursday with two counts of driving with a suspended license and violation of probation.
Quintia A. Worthy, 23, of 90 Ledge Road was charged Wednesday with driving with a suspended license, driving an unregistered motor vehicle, driving an unregistered/uninsured vehicle and failure to use a turn signal.
Staci Bateman, 29, of 51 Sherman St. was charged Wednesday with possession of heroin and possession of heroin with intent to sell.
Eduardo Torres, 42, of 203 Jefferson Ave., Apt. 3, was charged Wednesday with driving with a suspended license and failure to drive right.
Francisco Perez, 40, of 68 Boswell Ave. was charged Wednesday with two counts of second-degree failure to appear in court.
Christine Mack, 35, of 176 Central Ave. was charged Wednesday with two counts of violation of probation and possession of heroin.
Christopher Walsh, 43, of 117 Prospect St. was charged Wednesday with sixth-degree larceny and third-degree burglary.
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Michael P. Breton, 58, of 22 Moxley Road, Uncasville, was charged Thursday in Uncasville with disorderly conduct, interfering with an emergency call and threatening.
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PRODUCTION BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES ON NEW, SUSPENSEFUL DRAMA SERIES, "INVASION," PREMIERING THIS FALL ON ABC
Production has begun in Los Angeles on "Invasion," a suspenseful tale of a blended family trying to recover from a devastating hurricane and its mysterious aftermath. The series, from famed writer/producer Shaun Cassidy ("Cold Case," "American Gothic," "Cover Me"), will air WEDNESDAYS (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) this fall on the ABC Television Network.
For centuries man has searched the skies for signs of intelligent life forms. What if those life forms were already here? And what if some of the natural disasters we've been experiencing of late were merely smokescreens to mask something far more ominous?
For dedicated park ranger Russell Varon (Eddie Cibrian, "Third Watch"), a divorced father of two who is expecting a third child with his new wife, local television reporter Larkin Groves (Lisa Sheridan), the hurricane proves to be merely the beginning of a long journey into the unknown. Always skeptical about the paranoid conspiracy theories of his wayward brother-in-law, Dave (Tyler Labine, ABC's "That Was Then"), Russell may have to revise his thinking when a number of bizarre occurrences start taking place in his community. Though Russell's young daughter, Rose (Ariel Gade), claims to have seen hundreds of lights floating towards the water during the storm, Russell initially dismisses her claim - until he begins to suspect that something is very wrong with his ex-wife, Dr. Mariel Underlay (Kari Matchett, "Angel Eyes"). The morning after the storm, Mariel is found naked in the water - with no memory of what transpired the night before.
As the tiny town of Homestead, Florida struggles to rebuild itself, Sheriff Tom Underlay (William Fichtner, 2005's "The Longest Yard," "Black Hawk Down," "Armageddon," "Go," "Contact") -- who is married to Russell's ex-wife -- suspiciously orders the entire area quarantined. Russell starts to investigate the strange goings on and unknowingly begins a fight for the survival of his family, his community, and what might ultimately be the whole human race.
"Invasion" stars William Fichtner as Sheriff Tom Underlay, Eddie Cibrian as Russell Varon, Lisa Sheridan as Larkin Groves, Kari Matchett as Dr. Mariel Underlay, Tyler Labine as Dave Groves, Evan Peters as Jesse Varon, Ariel Gade as Rose Varon, Alexis Dziena as Kira Underlay and Aisha Hinds as Mona Gomez.
Shaun Cassidy created the series and serves as executive producer. Lawrence Trilling (director - "Alias," "Nip/Tuck," "Scrubs") is co-executive producer, and multiple Emmy Award-winning director Thomas Schlamme ("The West Wing," "ER," "Sports Night") is executive consultant. "Invasion" is from Shaun Cassidy Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. | <urn:uuid:f03bddb3-d9fa-4317-8863-a60bdb7ff345> | 2013-05-21T10:13:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Luke 7:36 – 8:3
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—that she is a sinner.” Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher,” he replied, “Speak.” “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he cancelled the greater debt.” And Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.” Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.
There is a saying that goes, “We seldom see things the way they are, rather we see things the way we are“
Our contexts, our cultures, our histories with certain people groups, our preferences, are all filters which determine what we see when we see something or someone. Living as I do in South Africa, where labelling and prejudice was a way of life, I am deeply aware of my tendency to label and judge at every opportunity. In the heydays of Liberation Theology and Orthopraxis, we were taught to “See, Judge, Act“. Now that may be good for revolutionaries, but I am not sure that it cultivates a contemplative attitude to the world and people. These days I much prefer Lama Surya Das’ mantra, “See it, Know it, Watch it go“. There seems less of the judging labelling mind in this second approach. Am I getting lazy?
With that as my background you will understand why, when I read of this classic encounter at Simon the Pharisee’s dinner party, I notice the way people are seeing, judging and acting.
Simon the Pharisee, is focussed on the externals. “he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—that she is a sinner.” His focus on externals prevents him from meeting the person behind his label.
The anonymous woman, is focussed on her deep need for unconditional acceptance. “She stood behind him at his feet,
weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair” Her need overwhelms her awareness of propriety and place.
Jesus with the wealth of wisdom coming from a contemplatively integrated heart, sees both and his response to Simon and the woman is absolutely need specific and thus appropriate to each individual.
I would like to cultivate seeing the way that Jesus sees.
- Seeing the need not the label
- Responding with compassion and not prejudice
- Putting care above convention
- Being able to hold opposing energies in one room and minister to people on each side. (Simon and the Woman)
The gospel reading ends with a list of interesting woman who followed Jesus on the way. Looking deeply at this encounter in Simon’s house, I can understand why they did. | <urn:uuid:a4c3c089-b99d-47c5-bae3-90feb7e9327c> | 2013-05-21T10:27:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Turning Of The Tide At Tonle Sap
Tonle Sap is an interesting body of fresh water. Certain times of the year, it is a lake and other times of the year it is a river. During the dry season (November-May) the water drains into the Mekong in Phnom Penh creating a river and when the monsoon season hits (June-October), the flow of water reverses back and forms a lake. The lake/river hybrid is also an important element of Cambodia because of the area’s rich diversity of ecological life and the water’s importance to the villagers in the area.
Bon Om Thong or the Khmer Water Festival is celebrated during late October or early November’s full moon when the water reverses its flow. For three days, the towns and villages along the river, including Phnom Penh bursts into life with fleets of luminously decorated boats filling Tonle Sap. Celebrations also happen in Angkor Wat, although smaller in scale it is still impressive, with the temple serving as a scenic backdrop. The highlights of the festival are the boat races that draw huge crowds from all over and are contested by hundreds of boats comprising thousands of paddlers.The festival itself has ancient roots. Angkorian kings would hold competitions and see who the greatest warriors were. You can compare this competition to a joust in Europe as a means of training and a contest under the king’s watchful eye.
Bon Om Thong also has spiritual significance. People would pray and thank the river for providing water, fertile land, and fish.
Being around Tonle Sap around this time is an excellent time to discover Cambodia and join the locals in the biggest celebration of the year.
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Molybdenum is a trace element found in a wide variety of foods. Foods that grow above ground - such as peas, leafy vegetables (including broccoli and spinach) and cauliflower - tend to be higher in molybdenum than meat and foods that grow below the ground, such as potatoes.
Foods particularly high in molybdenum include nuts, tinned vegetables, and cereals such as oats.
How much do I need?You should be able to get all the molybdenum you need from your daily diet.
What does it do?It helps make and activate some of the enzymes involved in repairing and making genetic material.
What happens if I take too much?Some evidence suggests taking molybdenum supplements might cause joint pain.
There isn't enough evidence to know what the effects might be of taking molybdenum supplements.
What is FSA advice?You should be able to get all the molybdenum you need by eating a varied and balanced diet.
The molybdenum we get from food isn't likely to be harmful. | <urn:uuid:124572c7-a21a-4185-b045-e23cd9525393> | 2013-05-21T10:06:47Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The US and the New Middle East
In the first of a two-part series, Fault Lines examines how the Obama administration is reacting to the enormous changes taking place across the Middle East.
The decision by the US to intervene in the Libyan conflict has a profound impact on the future of the country. But what are the driving forces behind America’s decision to get involved?
White House officials claim that they acted to prevent a humanitarian disaster – but was such a disaster imminent and what were the other factors involved?
Did the US intervene to stabilise Libyan oil production for the global markets? Did the White House decide to depose Muammar Gaddafi to send a message to others in the region? And how does this open up the US to accusations of double standards in its foreign policy?
In the second part, Fault Lines travels to the Persian Gulf to look at US policy in the region, and to explore why the US has taken an interventionist policy in Libya, but not in Bahrain, where there has been a brutal crackdown on protesters. Why does the White House strongly back democracy in one Arab country, but not another?
Watch the full documentary now (playlist – 50 minutes) | <urn:uuid:44da3856-f92c-48fd-9413-a8e495d38aed> | 2013-05-21T10:07:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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London, July 17 : Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has been reminded of his responsibilities for an anti-Jewish remark, following a repulsive argument on Twitter.
The rapping came after the 20-year-old branded a fan of North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur ‘Scum Yid’, which is a derogatory term for a Jew.
The row, which follows last week’s Rio Ferdinand-Ashley Cole “choc ice” bust-up, erupted when Frimpong posted a message on Sunday morning asking people going to church to pray for him.
A fan from Spurs, which for decades has had a high proportion of Jewish supporters, replied: “I prayed you break your arms and legs.”
The Ghana international Frimpong then hit back with the ‘Yid’ comment.
“Emmanuel Frimpong has been reminded of his responsibilities and has deleted the comment,” The Sun quoted an Arsenal spokesman, as saying.
Spurs said: “Anti-Semitism is wholly unacceptable. The defining principle is whether or not the term is used in a manner or tone deliberately intended to cause offence.”
Last week United’s Ferdinand called Chelsea’s Cole a “choc ice”, which is often taken to mean a black person white on the inside. (ANI) | <urn:uuid:f16cb5ea-5c42-4519-ab81-6d50cf9b0c08> | 2013-05-21T10:14:53Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Liam Hendriks, Glen Perkins and Kyle Gibson all came away satisfied with their results against the Rays on Sunday in the Hammond Stadium opener for the Twins.
Hendriks started the game and gave up a run on two hits and a walk over two innings. He threw 32 pitches -- 20 for strikes. He gave up the run on a RBI double on a changeup to Mike Fontenot with two outs in the second inning after walking Jason Bourgeois.
"Everything was good," Hendriks said. "I felt like the ball was coming out of my hand pretty good. But it was just that first time of sitting down and going back out there again so I felt a little tight. But it was coming out all right. Those two-out walks will kill you no matter what, and then I threw a changeup and slowed my arm action down, and they took advantage of it."
Perkins came on in relief of Hendriks and tossed a scoreless inning. He struck out the first two batters he faced -- Sam Fuld and Sean Rodriguez -- on six pitches before giving up back-to-back singles to Stephen Vogt and Shelly Duncan. But he was able to get out of the jam by getting Chris Gimenez to ground out.
Perkins, though, said he was a bit fatigued by the end of his outing, as he threw 19 pitches with 16 going for strikes. Perkins, who is set to leave the Twins on Sunday to join Team USA for the World Baseball Classic, is scheduled to throw again on Wednesday against the Phillies and Saturday against the Red Sox.
"In midseason I think I'll be able to maintain my stamina for a little more than any inning," Perkins said with a laugh. "I got a little tired with the heat and the first time out and all that. But I'll take it."
Gibson threw two scoreless innings in his first Grapefruit League action since undergoing Tommy John surgery in September 2011. The radar gun had his fastball at 96 mph but he wasn't sure if it was quite accurate. Gibson, though, was still pleased with the way he threw.
"I felt good," Gibson said. "Really felt loose and I'm pretty excited to be back out there. It's been a couple years since I was able to do that. It was a lot of fun."
Twins catcher Joe Mauer caught all three pitchers before coming out after the fifth inning. Mauer, who went 0-for-2 with a walk, liked what he saw from the pitchers.
"It was a good day," Mauer said. "Liam threw a good first inning. Gibson threw well. Perkins came in and threw hard. It was a good day."
Ryan says Plouffe good to go on Tuesday
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins general manager Terry Ryan gave updates on injured third baseman Trevor Plouffe and outfielder Oswaldo Arcia on Sunday.
Plouffe, who is dealing with a strained right calf, was tentatively scheduled to play in Minnesota's intrasquad game on Sunday, but was told by team doctors to give it a few extra days.
But Ryan said Plouffe didn't suffer a setback, as the Twins are just being cautious.
"He'll play on Tuesday," Ryan said. "We just wanted to make sure so don't be alarmed about that. We do that a lot. It's just the right thing to do to make sure."
Arcia, meanwhile, suffered a pulled intercostal muscle on Friday, but team doctors found Saturday that it was only a minor injury. So he's expected to return to action in early March.
"He's about a week away before he'll be able to do much," Ryan said.
Swarzak running, close to first throwing session
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Right-hander Anthony Swarzak said on Sunday that he's making good progress with his broken ribs, and could throw for the first time on Tuesday.
Swarzak, who cracked two ribs in a wrestling incident with teammates while in Minnesota for TwinsFest on Jan. 25, ran for the first time on Saturday.
"Everything feels good," Swarzak said. "I ran outside yesterday for the first time, which is progress. A lot of things could go wrong but I felt pretty good. So hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday I'll be playing catch."
Swarzak admitted it's been tough to be on the sidelines early in Spring Training but has been encouraged by his recent progress that has put him ahead of schedule. He said he believes he'll be ready by Opening Day.
"It's rest -- it's all it is," Swarzak said. "There's nothing you can do to speed up the process. It just has to heal on its own. But I'm extremely happy. Honestly, I'm about a week and a half or a two weeks ahead of schedule."
Twins prospects get work in intrasquad contest
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Twins showcased three of their top pitching prospects in an intrasquad game on Sunday before their Hammond Stadium opener against the Rays.
Right-handers Alex Meyer, Trevor May and Jose Berrios, who are all ranked among the club's top 10 prospects according to MLB.com, each threw two innings. Meyer and May each threw two scoreless frames while Berrios, who is in camp to get ready for Team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, gave up two unearned runs in his second inning after a throwing error from shortstop Daniel Santana.
"Those are the arms that some people are talking about," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said. "May was much more under control. Meyer obviously has the best arm of those three. Berrios is only 18 years old so he had some jitters but we have to get him ready for the WBC. He wouldn't even be in camp if it wasn't for that. So it was encouraging."
The game, which finished with a 4-3 score after six innings, also featured several position player prospects such as Eddie Rosario, Joe Benson and Santana as well as Twins regulars such as Darin Mastroianni, Drew Butera and Brian Dozier.
"We have all kinds of people here so that's why this game took place," Ryan said. "It wasn't just for the pitchers either. We have all kinds of extra guys who need at-bats."
The Twins will have another opportunity to play some of their prospects when they play Boston in a "B" game on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Red Sox's complex in Fort Myers. | <urn:uuid:a59cfe66-9885-41ee-ad1b-e53da41cb6d3> | 2013-05-21T10:00:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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By Jason McLure
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A New Hampshire police chief was killed and four officers were wounded when a drug raid turned into a shootout in the suburban community of Greenland on Thursday evening, officials said.
The shootings took place when police arrived at the house to carry out a search warrant, and turned into an armed standoff with the suspected gunman and a woman barricaded inside.
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers later surrounded the home in the town of 3,500, about 60 miles north of Boston.
"Presently the armed subject and a female remain inside the home," Michael Delaney, New Hampshire's attorney general, told a news conference. "We are working with federal, state and local law enforcement officers to obtain a peaceful resolution of what is going on at the home."
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch identified the deceased officer in a statement as Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney. New Hampshire's WMUR TV said Maloney, 48, was just a week shy of retirement.
The four wounded officers had been taken to a local hospital for treatment, and were from the University of New Hampshire police department and those from the nearby towns of Dover, Rochester and Newmarket.
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AlGore says that Obama had not adjusted to the altitude of Denver by arriving too late after campaigning!
The Left tends to get high on things! The ObaMessiah wrote that he was drugged out during much of his youth to the point of not recalling much of it! Maybe The One was simply high last night? Or perhaps he had been drinking (the W.H. physician urged him to cut back on alcohol and smoking)? | <urn:uuid:92024d09-5d43-4dd3-af02-ba85315220f0> | 2013-05-21T10:00:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Even if I only need a few days to mend, I'm worried the inactivity will make me even fatter than I am. And of course I want a pain-free and functional knee, but I want it to look good, too. I know, I'm not asking for much, am I? ;-)
In spite of the title, Eric Rohmer had nothing to do with this post! | <urn:uuid:7c16ba33-57a6-4132-9048-b7b9dcfae2c1> | 2013-05-21T10:36:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Just 8 miles north of Granada in the city of Albolote is an entertainment venue that is perhaps one of the most popular in the region. Caseta Municipal has regularly played host to a number of concerts which are well attended by locals and visitors alike. Needless to say, a place like this which enjoys such popularity is bound to be equipped with a good state setup and logistics. It's a great place to witness dance, music and other performing arts events.
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Actually according to Wikipedia, the Arab Spring did indeed arrive at and affect Morocco.
In early February 2011, protests were held in Rabat, Fez and Tangier
in solidarity with the Egyptian revolution. Subsequently, a day of
protest in favour of Moroccan constitutional reform and social justice
was planned for 20 February and advertised on social networking
sites. Among the demands of the organisers was that the
constitutional role of the king should be "reduced to its natural
size". The interior minister Taib Cherkaoui affirmed the right of
the protests to take place. On 20 February, around 37,000 people
participated in demonstrations across Morocco, according to government
sources. Some protests were marred by violence and damage to property.
In Al Hoceima, five people died after protesters set fire to a
bank. On 26 February, a further protest was held in
On 9 March, in a live televised address, King Mohammed announced that
he would begin a comprehensive constitutional reform aimed at
improving democracy and the rule of law. He promised to form a
commission to work on constitutional revisions, which would make
proposals to him by June, after which a referendum would be held on
the draft constitution.
On 20 March, a further protest was held in Casablanca to mark the end
of the first month since the original 20 February demonstrations and
to maintain pressure for reform. Protesters, numbering 20,000,
demanded the resignation of a number of senior politicians, including
the prime minister, Abbas El Fassi, who they regarded as corrupt.
On the same day, around 6,000 people demonstrated in Rabat.
In June, a referendum was held on changes to the constitution, which
became law on 13 September. Some protesters felt that the reforms did
not go far enough. On 18 September, 3,000 people demonstrated in
Casablanca and 2,000 in Tangier, demanding an end to the king's roles
as head of the army and of religious affairs. In October, around
50 imams protested in Rabat against state control of their
Elections were held on the basis of the new constitution in November
2011, with electoral lists reserved for young and female candidates
and with the post of prime minister, previously an appointment of the
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I'm planning on visiting India in November/December. I'd like to spend 4 days doing the 'Golden Triangle' - Delhi/Agra/Jaipur.
I'm looking to do this on a cheap budget i.e. back packer style. I'm just interested in seeing the sights - not looking for luxury.
There seems to be lots of tour operators for this itinerary. Can anyone recommend one?
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It's easy at first glance to envision the Caribbean islands as all being the same sunny, sandy vacation destinations, but they are different in as many ways as they are similar. Just as political and economic factors determine the personality of the islands, so do various landforms that may, or may not, be shared from island to island.
The islands of the Caribbean, like all other islands, have water that surrounds them on every side. Individual islands and groups of islands belong to various nations. Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands belong to the United States. Among the territories of Britain are Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. The islands range widely in size, with Cuba being the largest, followed by Hispaniola and Jamaica. Many of the smaller islands are uninhabited. Some of the uninhabited islands, such as the Isla de Ratones just off the shore of Puerto Rico, are available for day trips and are reached by ferries, boats or kayaks.
The larger islands of the Caribbean have enough land space to support rivers. Hispaniola has four primary rivers: Yaque del Norte, Yuna River, Yaque del Sur and the Artibonite River. Cuba's important rivers are the Rio Cauto, which is the longest, Rio Almendares and Rio Yurimi. Smaller rivers contribute to these three main rivers. The Grande de Arecibo is Puerto Rico's longest river. This river, along with several others such as the Cibuco, Loiza and La Plata, run north. One river runs westward: the Grande de Añasco. The Bahamas have no rivers.
Many of the Caribbean islands have mountainous areas. Most of Puerto Rico's mountains are located on the island's interior. Jamaica has mountains that cover almost all of its surface. The Dry Harbour Mountains run east-west along the northern part of the island, with the Blue Mountains on the east. Cuba is not a very mountainous country, but it has a few mountain ranges. The Sierra Maestra in Cuba are on the easternmost diagonal coastline, and the Cordillera de Guaniguanico is on the west coast. The Grupo Guamuhaya are in the center and south-center of the island.
Because the Caribbean consists of islands, one of the prevalent landforms is the beach. Temperate weather and access to sand and surf have helped the Caribbean islands thrive as tourist destinations. The sand on the beaches of the Caribbean come in many different colors. Beaches in Bermuda and the Bahamas are known for their pink sands, formed by the shells of certain tiny sea creatures. Some Caribbean beaches are the result of volcanic matter breaking down. Black sand is not as smooth as typical white, tan or pink sand, and many black sand beaches are pebble beaches. These beaches are found on Montserrat, St. Kitts and Granada, among others.
Salt flats form when salt water evaporates, leaving the salt behind on large, flat areas of land. The salt flats of Puerto Rico, located in the Cabo Rojo region in the southwest part of the island, are protected as a part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge. Another place in the Caribbean that has salt flats is the small island of Bonaire. The salt is harvested from the flats that lie on the southern tip of the island, but a portion of the salt flats of Bonaire is set aside as a sanctuary for flamingos. The central coastline is the tourist area of Bonaire which is a frequent port of call for Caribbean cruise ships.
- World Atlas: Caribbean Landforms
- Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico: Isla de Ratones
- Hispaniola.com: Geography of the Dominican Republic
- Havana-Guide.com: Major Rivers in Cuba
- Welcome to Puerto Rico: Geography of Puerto Rico
- The Bahamas Guide: Bahamas Geography and Geology
- Sol Boricua: Geography of Puerto Rico
- Geography and History of Jamaica: Physical Features
- Hicuba.com: Geography of Cuba
- Caribbean Magazine: Types of Caribbean Beaches--White, Pink and Black
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Teaching Strategies: Effective Discussion Leading
While lecturing is a fast and direct way to communicate a body of knowledge, discussion encourages students to discover solutions for themselves and to develop their critical thinking abilities. They learn how to generate ideas, consider relevant issues, evaluate solutions, and consider the implications of these solutions. Thus, although discussion is not as efficient as lecture in conveying facts, it helps students learn how to think better and more clearly about the facts that they should learn from their reading and their lectures.
Leading a discussion, however, offers its own set of challenges: participants can spend too much time exploring small, sometimes irrelevant issues, forget that they are progressing toward an identifiable goal, and become bored. The leader must guide the conversation carefully without stifling creativity and students' initiative and without surrendering to some students' desire for answers that they can write down and memorize.
Here are four strategies that can help faculty and TAs encourage students explore issues themselves:
We all know that creating a fine lecture requires research and planning; we sometimes forget that leading a good discussion requires the same research and planning and demands spontaneous responses in the classroom. The beauty of the extra demand is that developing the skills for intervening and directing discussions leads to exciting, productive exchanges that help students learn to think clearly and creatively, while simultaneously inspiring you to teach more thoroughly and carefully.
"Discussions: Leading and Guiding, but Not Controlling," The
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Faris Giacaman, The Electronic Intifada, 20 August 2009
|Attempts to establish "dialogue" while Israel continues to oppress Palestinians only undermine the call for boycott. (ActiveStills)|
Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote "coexistence" and "dialogue" between both sides of the "conflict," no doubt expecting me to give a nod of approval. However, these efforts are harmful and undermine the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions of Israel -- the only way of pressuring Israel to cease its violations of Palestinians' rights.
When I was a high school student in Ramallah, one of the better known "people-to-people" initiatives, Seeds of Peace, often visited my school, asking students to join their program. Almost every year, they would send a few of my classmates to a summer camp in the US with a similar group of Israeli students. According to the Seeds of Peace website, at the camp they are taught "to develop empathy, respect, and confidence as well as leadership, communication and negotiation skills -- all critical components that will facilitate peaceful coexistence for the next generation." They paint quite a rosy picture, and most people in college are very surprised to hear that I think such activities are misguided at best, and immoral, at worst. Why on earth would I be against "coexistence," they invariably ask?
During the last few years, there have been growing calls to bring to an end Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people through an international movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). One of the commonly-held objections to the boycott is that it is counter-productive, and that "dialogue" and "fostering coexistence" is much more constructive than boycotts.
With the beginning of the Oslo accords in 1993, there has been an entire industry that works toward bringing Israelis and Palestinians together in these "dialogue" groups. The stated purpose of such groups is the creating of understanding between "both sides of the conflict," in order to "build bridges" and "overcome barriers." However, the assumption that such activities will help facilitate peace is not only incorrect, but is actually morally lacking.
The presumption that dialogue is needed in order to achieve peace completely ignores the historical context of the situation in Palestine. It assumes that both sides have committed, more or less, an equal amount of atrocities against one another, and are equally culpable for the wrongs that have been done. It is assumed that not one side is either completely right or completely wrong, but that both sides have legitimate claims that should be addressed, and certain blind spots that must be overcome. Therefore, both sides must listen to the "other" point of view, in order to foster understanding and communication, which would presumably lead to "coexistence" or "reconciliation."
Such an approach is deemed "balanced" or "moderate," as if that is a good thing. However, the reality on the ground is vastly different than the "moderate" view of this so-called "conflict." Even the word "conflict" is misleading, because it implies a dispute between two symmetric parties. The reality is not so; it is not a case of simple misunderstanding or mutual hatred which stands in the way of peace. The context of the situation in Israel/Palestine is that of colonialism, apartheid and racism, a situation in which there is an oppressor and an oppressed, a colonizer and a colonized.
In cases of colonialism and apartheid, history shows that colonial regimes do not relinquish power without popular struggle and resistance, or direct international pressure. It is a particularly naive view to assume that persuasion and "talking" will convince an oppressive system to give up its power.
The apartheid regime in South Africa, for instance, was ended after years of struggle with the vital aid of an international campaign of sanctions, divestments and boycotts. If one had suggested to the oppressed South Africans living in bantustans to try and understand the other point of view (i.e. the point of view of South African white supremacists), people would have laughed at such a ridiculous notion. Similarly, during the Indian struggle for emancipation from British colonial rule, Mahatma Gandhi would not have been venerated as a fighter for justice had he renounced satyagraha -- "holding firmly to the truth," his term for his nonviolent resistance movement -- and instead advocated for dialogue with the occupying British colonialists in order to understand their side of the story.
Now, it is true that some white South Africans stood in solidarity with the oppressed black South Africans, and participated in the struggle against apartheid. And there were, to be sure, some British dissenters to their government's colonial policies. But those supporters explicitly stood alongside the oppressed with the clear objective of ending oppression, of fighting the injustices perpetrated by their governments and representatives. Any joint gathering of both parties, therefore, can only be morally sound when the citizens of the oppressive state stand in solidarity with the members of the oppressed group, not under the banner of "dialogue" for the purpose of "understanding the other side of the story." Dialogue is only acceptable when done for the purpose of further understanding the plight of the oppressed, not under the framework of having "both sides heard."
It has been argued, however, by the Palestinian proponents of these dialogue groups, that such activities may be used as a tool -- not to promote so-called "understanding," -- but to actually win over Israelis to the Palestinian struggle for justice, by persuading them or "having them recognize our humanity."
However, this assumption is also naive. Unfortunately, most Israelis have fallen victim to the propaganda that the Zionist establishment and its many outlets feed them from a young age. Moreover, it will require a huge, concerted effort to counter this propaganda through persuasion. For example, most Israelis will not be convinced that their government has reached a level of criminality that warrants a call for boycott. Even if they are logically convinced of the brutalities of Israeli oppression, it will most likely not be enough to rouse them into any form of action against it. This has been proven to be true time and again, evident in the abject failure of such dialogue groups to form any comprehensive anti-occupation movement ever since their inception with the Oslo process. In reality, nothing short of sustained pressure -- not persuasion -- will make Israelis realize that Palestinian rights have to be rectified. That is the logic of the BDS movement, which is entirely opposed to the false logic of dialogue.
Based on an unpublished 2002 report by the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last October that "between 1993 and 2000 [alone], Western governments and foundations spent between $20 million and $25 million on the dialogue groups." A subsequent wide-scale survey of Palestinians who participated in the dialogue groups revealed that this great expenditure failed to produce "a single peace activist on either side." This affirms the belief among Palestinians that the entire enterprise is a waste of time and money.
The survey also revealed that the Palestinian participants were not fully representative of their society. Many participants tended to be "children or friends of high-ranking Palestinian officials or economic elites. Only seven percent of participants were refugee camp residents, even though they make up 16 percent of the Palestinian population." The survey also found that 91 percent of Palestinian participants no longer maintained ties with Israelis they met. In addition, 93 percent were not approached with follow-up camp activity, and only five percent agreed the whole ordeal helped "promote peace culture and dialogue between participants."
Despite the resounding failure of these dialogue projects, money continues to be invested in them. As Omar Barghouti, one of the founding members of the BDS movement in Palestine, explained in The Electronic Intifada, "there have been so many attempts at dialogue since 1993 ... it became an industry -- we call it the peace industry."
This may be partly attributed to two factors. The dominant factor is the useful role such projects play in public relations. For example, the Seeds of Peace website boosts its legitimacy by featuring an impressive array of endorsements by popular politicians and authorities, such as Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, Shimon Peres, George Bush, Colin Powell and Tony Blair, amongst others. The second factor is the need of certain Israeli "leftists" and "liberals" to feel as if they are doing something admirable to "question themselves," while in reality they take no substantive stand against the crimes that their government commits in their name. The politicians and Western governments continue to fund such projects, thereby bolstering their images as supporters of "coexistence," and the "liberal" Israeli participants can exonerate themselves of any guilt by participating in the noble act of "fostering peace." A symbiotic relationship, of sorts.
The lack of results from such initiatives is not surprising, as the stated objectives of dialogue and "coexistence" groups do not include convincing Israelis to help Palestinians gain the respect of their inalienable rights. The minimum requirement of recognizing Israel's inherently oppressive nature is absent in these dialogue groups. Rather, these organizations operate under the dubious assumption that the "conflict" is very complex and multifaceted, where there are "two sides to every story," and each narrative has certain valid claims as well as biases.
As the authoritative call by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel makes plain, any joint Palestinian-Israeli activities -- whether they be film screenings or summer camps -- can only be acceptable when their stated objective is to end, protest, and/or raise awareness of the oppression of the Palestinians.
Any Israeli seeking to interact with Palestinians, with the clear objective of solidarity and helping them to end oppression, will be welcomed with open arms. Caution must be raised, however, when invitations are made to participate in a dialogue between "both sides" of the so-called "conflict." Any call for a "balanced" discourse on this issue -- where the motto "there are two sides to every story" is revered almost religiously -- is intellectually and morally dishonest, and ignores the fact that, when it comes to cases of colonialism, apartheid, and oppression, there is no such thing as "balance." The oppressor society, by and large, will not give up its privileges without pressure. This is why the BDS campaign is such an important instrument of change.
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Horace Mochizuki's father was Edward Mochizuki. Horace was brought up on a farm in the Great Central Valley, in California, U.S.A. Horace was only four years old when over 180 Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941. The United States then entered World War II and the immediate consequence for the Mochizuki family was that, as United States citizens of Japanese ancestry, they were interned. When the war ended Horace was eight years old and for a short while the family lived in New York. However they soon returned to the farm near Madera, California.
Mochizuki was very musical and while at high school he also attended the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara where he played the violin. After graduating from high school he entered the University of Redlands in Redlands, San Bernardino county, southern California. After graduating with a B.A. he went to University of Washington where he studied ring theory for his doctorate under the supervision of James P Jans. He received his Ph.D. in 1963 for his thesis Finitistic homological dimensions and duality theory for rings. Appointed to the University of California at Berkeley in 1963 he spent two years there undertaking postgraduate work before being appointed to University of California at Santa Barbara in 1965.
Mochizuki's first three papers were on ring theory. Finitistic global dimension for rings was published in the Pacific Journal of Mathematics in 1965. In the same year On the double commutator algebra of QF-3 algebras was published and in the following year A characterization of QF-3 rings appeared written jointly with L E T Wu and his former doctoral supervisor James P Jans. For anyone interested let us record that a QF-3 ring is defined as a ring R which, considered as a left R-module, can be imbedded in a projective injective left R-module Q. When Mochizuki arrived in Santa Barbara he soon met another young mathematician Seymour Bachmuth and in December 1965 they began a collaboration. From this time on Mochizuki contributed to the theory of groups. Bachmuth writes :-
In many of Horace's papers one finds theorems or crucial computations in rings be they group rings, Lie rings, polynomial rings, matrix rings, rings of characteristic zero, rings of prime characteristic, rings of one sort or another. But apart from his thesis and first three papers, most, if not all, were motivated and established to prove results about groups.
After beginning his collaboration with Seymour Bachmuth their first papers together were Cyclotomic ideals in group rings (1966) and Automorphisms of a class of metabelian groups II (1967). This last paper is typical of the interplay between rings and groups to which Bachmuth referred in the above quote, for in it the units of the group rings of free abelian groups of finite rank over the integers modulo m are completely described and then used as a tool to obtain results on the automorphism group of the free metabelian group with derived group of exponent m.
Mochizuki's work on Burnside groups received special recognition when he received a special award from the National Science Foundation for:-
... projects of high scientific merit involving scientists with a record of outstanding research accomplishments ...
We should make special mention of Mochizuki's paper Unipotent matrix groups over division rings (1978) where he presented a non-commutative version of "Kolchin's Theorem" which solved a famous problem of Kaplansky. Perhaps his most famous work, however, was on automorphism groups. He visited the University of St Andrews in 1981 for the first of the four-yearly International Groups St Andrews meetings. This was when I [EFR] met Horace for the first time. He gave an outstanding lecture at the conference and he wrote (jointly with Seymour Bachmuth) a survey paper for the conference proceedings. Four years later Mochizuki did not attend the Groups St Andrews conference but contributed an important survey paper Automorphisms of solvable groups II. This paper presented a thorough survey of results concentrating on the automorphism groups of free soluble groups. He was an invited speaker for the Groups St Andrews 1989 conference but sadly became ill in March of that year. The paper is a record of the memorial lecture given by Bachmuth at that conference reviewing the outstanding contribution made by Mochizuki. It was a highly emotional occasion with many of us greatly affected by the loss of our friend and colleague.
Seymour Bachmuth, Kenneth Millett, and James Robertson in an obituary, describe the contributions of their colleague at Santa Barbara:-
Horace was one of the most unselfish and valued members of the Mathematics Department at Santa Barbara. He was recently vice chair of the department, an extremely time consuming task, for a four-year period. The junior faculty especially appreciated Horace's advice and encouragement. He was also an excellent teacher who gave very generously of his time to students. Horace loved teaching and doing mathematical research and felt fortunate to be able to do these things.
They also write of his interests outside mathematics:-
Horace was devoted to his garden, which became a vivid expression of his love of beauty. He also enjoyed athletic activities such as mountain hiking and swimming. In Santa Barbara he took up running and enjoyed competing in marathons and other long-distance races.
The obituary ends with this tribute:-
His friends and colleagues cherish Horace for his warmth and humanity. His inner strength formed the basis of his extraordinary personal integrity. He asked total honesty of himself and of his students, his colleagues, and others. He treated others with the same respect and consideration that he desired for himself. The faithfulness of his friendship leaves an enduring legacy in the lives of those who knew him. The loss to all who knew him is indescribable.
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Brooke Shields' mother and former manager, Teri Shields, died on Oct. 31 at the age of 79, a spokeswoman for the actress told TheWrap. The elder Shields had been battling dementia.
"My mother was an enormous part of my life and of who I am today," Shields told TheWrap in a statement. "I loved her, laughed with her, and respected her. And although she had her share of struggles, she was my mom."
Born in Newark, N.J., in August 1933, Shields divorced Brooke's father, Francis Alexander Shields, shortly after the 1965 birth of their daughter. As Brooke's career as a young model and, later, actress began to blossom, Teri developed a reputation as the ultimate stage mother, eager to occupy a corner of the the spotlight that shone on her child.
Her judgment would also be called into question as Brooke took racy assignments at a young age, such as her infamous Calvin Klein ad, when a teenage Shields told the camera, "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." Shields' portrayal of a prostitute in the 1978 film "Pretty Baby," which was released when Brooke was just 12, also raised eyebrows.
The elder Shields also appeared alongside her daughter in the films "Wanda Nevada," "Endless Love" and "Backstreet Dreams."
Teri Shields would find herself in the center of a scandal one more time in her later years, when a tabloid reporter checked her out of a New Jersey assisted-living home and took her to a steak house. Though police determined that there was no criminal activity involved, the 2009 incident forced Brooke to go public with the news that Teri suffered from dementia and had been placed in a nursing home. | <urn:uuid:461d4cf1-7c75-4ea6-b95c-4b37ce3b21d4> | 2013-05-21T10:15:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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If Christina Aguilera's dress at the ALMA Awards looked familiar, it's because Angelina Jolie wore it first!
The "Your Body" singer, 31, covered up her curves in a lacy black Michael Kors dress in Pasadena, California, September 14. Sporting lavender highlights, Aguilera also carried a Judith Leiber clutch. She completed her look with Neil Lane jewelry and Christian Louboutin platforms.
Nine months earlier, at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Jolie turned heads in the same Michal Kors gown. Unlike Aguilera, the In the Land of Blood and Honey director kept her accessories to a minimum, opting for a Jimmy Choo clutch and peep-toe heels.
Aguilera isn't the first high-profile person to copy Jolie's look: in November 2011, Kate Middleton, 30, wore the same Jenny Packham dress the Academy Award winner rocked six months prior.
Tell Us: Who wore it best -- Christina Aguilera or Angelina Jolie?
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"Now appearing on TV Tropes, it's Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb!"
X-Play — the end result of what happens when a Sketch Comedy show meets a video game review program — became the only show to survive the TechTV/G4 merger intact, one of the last two original shows on the network prior to its Esquire makeover (alongside Attack of the Show!), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4 until its end.The show started in 1998 on ZDTV as GameSpot TV; Adam Sessler co-hosted the show with Lauren Fielder, then with Kate Botello after Fielder left. When ZDTV became Tech TV in 2001, the show became Extended Play; after Botello left the show, Sessler hosted the show by himself. TechTV filmed the show at San Francisco's Metreon arcade until 2003, when the show became X-Play, Morgan Webb came aboard to co-host, and the show received a brand new studio. The change to X-Play also marked the beginning of the show's focus on game-related sketch comedy alongside its reviews.After G4 purchased TechTV in 2004, it retained X-Play, and even though G4 basically left the show intact — a fate far better than all of TechTV's shows and most of G4's shows received — the show's focus shifted on a frequent basis for the next few years as G4 went through a severe case of Network Decay. The show eventually ended up as a half-hour version of G4 before the merger: it ran down the latest gaming news stories, showed previews and reviews for the latest games, aired interviews with different industry personalities, and even ran a hints segment called "Cheat". (A half-hour show by the same name did the same thing on G4 years ago.) The sketch comedy also disappeared, for the most part, but had more to do with the show's former head comedy writer, comedienne/comic nerd Blair Butler, becoming an on-air personality for G4.On 26 April, 2012, Adam Sessler abruptly left G4, so Blair Herter took his place.On October 26, 2012, G4 announced that it would cancel both X-Play and Attack of the Show! at the end of the year before undergoing its Esquire makeover. The show ended on January 23, 2013 alongside Attack of the Show with a finale that had been taped a month before.
X-Play contains examples of the following tropes:
Badass Longhair: The Golden Mullet Awards that they've been doing since 2004 to honor the worst games of the year. It was named in honor of Aquaman, the standard in which all bad games were based on.
Also used as a form of Stylistic Suck for the intern training video which has clearly not been updated since "Like a Virgin" was a number one hit.
Enforced Plug: Once an Episode, after reviewing a 3-star game, Sessler and/or Webb would try to segue into a plug for GameFly.com's game rental service. Some of them were funny, but not all of them worked. Later the segment plugged a future program for G4 which would invariably bomb. Near the end of the Tech TV era, they were forced to plug G4's award show, G-Phoria on occasion, and mention that it's brought to you by EB Games and Jeep, even though they hadn't moved to Los Angeles to be with them yet. In addition, Sessler and Webb's appearance at G-Phoria on July 31, 2004, was their first time as G4 employees, just two weeks after the final San Francisco episode was filmed. Their first appearance, ever on G4, was two months ago, on May 12, 2004, during that channel's E3 coverage.
Fanservice: They frequently point out these instances during reviews to make a joke about them. They also occasionally do skits focused on it, such as one about the history of breast physics in video games.
Fashion Dissonance: Adam's loud striped shirts early on, which he admitted made him look like a worker at a hard candy shop in response to a letter where the writer said they were so ugly they made his genitals run away.
Flanderization: Sessler on Extended Play was a perfectly reasonable man. When X-Play started up, he turned into a complete buffoon with a near psychotic hatred of anything anime related. He has shifted right back in the 2008 retool.
Four Point Scale: Averted — Their review system is deliberately balanced to include all spectrum of games and to be as helpful as possible. They have condemned the use of most other scales because of the tendency for most games to fall into the same ranking. Near the end of Sessler's tenure on the show, they introduced half-star ratings under the reasoning that they felt they were giving too many perfect scores. However after going to Revision3, Sessler stated that the half-star ratings were introduced out of the control of the hosts and review staff after the 2011 holiday break by network management looking to pacify a certain game company and to get the show more influence on Metacritic.
Gamer Chick: Morgan Webb; from the very beginning, she's been accused of being chosen just to be eye candy and not really a gaming fan, despite her never ending insistence to the contrary.
A God Am I: "Who is this 'Bob' of which you speak. I am Thor-Axe the Impaler." in Splinter Cell: Co-op Theater.
Gonk: Sessler very reluctantly reviewed some sort of Disney Princess activity "game," where you could not only make a bloated prepubescent princess, but slap your own face on it. When he did so, the results earned some Ominous Latin Chanting.
Hilarity Ensues: For some reason, one of the swag items advertisting Crysis 2 to the media was the infamous Shake Weight with the game's logo screened onto the handle. The hosts decided to use it on one episode for any prompter read they did and Blair really seemed to love it...
Hypocritical Humor: When talking about Marvel: Ultimate Alliance in his Best And Worst Comic Book Videogames segment from 2007, Roger the Stan Lee Experience said, "Look at all my little creations running around learning to work as a team. It's just like Jack Kirby and I envisioned all those years ago. And when I say Jack and I envisioned, I mean I envisioned."
If I Had a Nickel: "But first, we start with World War II; oh, if I had a nickel for every time I said that, I could finally afford to buy myself a pony."
Ms. Fanservice: Webb. She's been accused of being solely this, and not really a gamer, since the show's inception. Parodied in one episode where Sessler wore the outfit she wore in her Maxim shoot.
Murder Simulators: Addressed from time to time, usually when a controversial game is released that that Moral Guardians are claiming is one. The show's position, of course, is to either parody of deconstruct these claims.
The Musical: Two actually. The first is a tribute to the viewers of the show called On the X-Play Board... which makes fun of viewer reaction to the scores certain games receive and their responses on the G4 message boards. The second was a full episode musical about Sessler and Webb getting an offer to make their own video game which of course turns out to be a disaster. It's actually pretty funny.
The irony is that they ALREADY had their own video game on the X-Play page. It was a side scrolling beat 'em up where Webb uses her fists as a weapon, Sessler uses Slippy the Fish as his weapon.
Webb: (about 50 Cent Bulletproof) So why was this game even made? Cash, my friends. Cold. Hard. Cash.
In the review for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, "In what should be the most badass moment of the entire game, you're reduced to slowly rotating a faraway ship into some arbitrary position so you could slowly pull it a couple of feet down before fending off a wave of TIE Fighters. Then you do it all. Over. Again. This isn't even interesting, let alone awesome.
Averted, however, while reviewing the PSP game that is based on 300.
Splinter Cell: Co-op Theater. "When America needs a hero...when freedom stands alone...when justice needs to be upheld, there's only one place to turn. Through the cover of night, America's top agents will defend our liberty from those who wish us harm. Let us join Special Agent Bob and Secret Agent Steve: two of the finest official unofficial Splinter Cells."
And within Splinter Cell: Co-op Theater is its own show within a show (within a show), Grabnar The Wanderer.
Small Name, Big Ego: Parodied in-universe. A skit had Sessler tackling problems in the form of an RPG random encounter, in one of which the enemy was a bouncer at a club, and Adam's attack was to say, "Behold my celebrity," (which fails).
Troll/Flame Bait - Certainly, they do seem to get caught up in the flame wars they so heartily make fun of sometimes. At some points, it seems they forget that they are at least ideally supposed to avoid bias in their reviews, which tends to fuel the problems with the Unpleasable Fanbase even more. Yes, a lot of fans are unreasonable, but it doesn't help when you give them an excuse.
Video Game Movies Suck: Addressed in-universe. They've talked about this topic several times. They once had a segment called "I Have a Dreamcast" in which they describe how they would ideally like films based on games to be but then describe the ways the ways they will inevitably end up sucking.
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Reuters - Sat, 20 Feb 21:13:00 2010
Games organisers are unaware of any legal action yet taken by the family or team of a Georgian luger who died in a training crash at the start of the Vancouver Olympics.
Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed at the Whistler Sliding Centre hours before the February 12-28 Winter Olympics' opening ceremony after crashing at high speed during a training run and slamming into a steel pillar.
The 21-year-old's death prompted organisers to make several adjustments to the track, including putting up a wall to cover the steel pillars behind the corner where he crashed, and lowering the start of the races.
"There is no legal (action) that I know of personally," Tim Gayda, the organisers' vice president in charge of sports, said.
"What happens with legal is something else."
Gayda said organisers had always maintained the track was fast yet safe.
"To make it 100 per cent safe you would need to put it in a tube," he said. "We took extraordinary measures but things do happen and unfortunately they happened to us."
Gayda rejected suggestions organisers were given legal advice and put up the protective wall following the crash to bolster their position in case of lawsuits.
"Following an investigation and as a precautionary measure (the International Luge Federation) asked us to put in a wall. That was the direction of the FIL," he said.
"We were not building the wall to appease lawyers."
An initial report by the FIL blamed the athlete for the accident, saying it was human error that led to Kumaritashvili's death.
Kumaritashvili's funeral took place in Bakuriani, Georgia on Saturday.
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There is nothing new about England losing to Germany in a
major tournament, but there was something a little bit depressing about
yesterday's Women's European Championship final.
did superbly to reach their first major tournament final and deservedly
attracted public and media attention.
But no sooner had they secured the back page coverage and
terrestrial TV slot than they were put in their place to the tune of a 6-2
Despite battling gamely, England were outclassed by a German
side that was bigger, stronger, fitter and ultimately just better than them.
To the uninitiated, this was an embarrassment - England
hit for six in the final of a major championship.
What they may not realise is how remote Hope Powell's side's
chances of victory were against a country so dominant they make the Harlem Globetrotters look merely 'quite
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The problem is, the sight of England's
rather shambolic second-half defending will only reinforce the belief that
women's football is a bit rubbish,
A case in point: on Monday night, goalkeeper Rachel Brown was
on the radio being quizzed about the women's
Steve Claridge used his 30 seconds to, legitimately but ungallantly,
point out the number of goals scored from long range in which the ball simply
sails over the keeper's head and
Brown (pictured), herself 5'
7", was rather humiliatingly forced to explain that women tend to be
smaller than men.
She also pointed out that they do not want to be constantly
compared with men's football; that
the two versions are totally different.
Claridge took the comments on board, and promptly asked if a
woman would ever be good enough to play in a men's
team "at any level".
Sod's law ensured
that, midway through the first half, Melanie Behringer let fly from 35
yards and the ball dipped over Brown's
flailing hand into the net.
Never mind that David Seaman, one of England's
greatest goalkeepers, used to concede that sort of goal on a weekly basis - it
was an incident that no doubt had Claridge insisting that women should play in
- - -
On the subject of woman-hating, Fabio Capello's decision to allow England players to see their
families just one day a week next summer seems fair enough - they are trying to
win a World Cup after all.
But the reporting of it seems to lay the blame for England's failure in 2006 with the WAGs, as though their boozy
nights out in Baden Baden made their men play worse.
Take the Daily Mirror, which took particularly vindictive
delight in Capello's hardline
"Tough Fabio Capello last night banned England's Wags from the World Cup - to stop them derailing
our bid for glory," it sneered.
"Our heroes will be based in a camp - with Cheryl Cole
& Co seeing them just once a week.
hardline stance will be music to the ears of fans annoyed by the Wags' non-stop partying and shopping as England flopped in Germany."
ED seems to remember being annoyed not by the WAGs,
but by a series of excruciating performances from "our heroes", each more
anodyne than the last.
exploits served as reassurance that England can still dominate the world,
even if it is in the field of table-dancing in Garibaldi's wine bar.
Their drunken excess had precisely zero effect on the team's performance, simply because it took place while
the blokes were holed up in the opulent Schlosshotel Buehlerhoehe.
Unless Capello intends to lure the WAGs into a trap using a
trail of Strawbellinis and Manolo Blahniks, and imprison them for the duration
of the tournament, he is going to find it tough to banish them from South Africa.
The Sun tried gamely to sex the story up by making it about,
"Fabio Capello has banned England's
WAGs from having sex with his stars more than once a week during next summer's World Cup," it drooled.
It is a rather crude and unfair assessment of what the England players
are likely to get up to on their day off.
If Peter Crouch is lucky enough to be in the squad, ED can
perfectly imagine he and Abbey Clancy spending some quality time discovering
England's Rustenburg base; at the Kgaswane
Game Reserve, an Iron Age archaeological site, or one of the area's many Boer War battlefields.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Arsene Wenger defends Arsenal against claims of child slavery:
"If FIFA can come here, I would
immediately open the doors for inspection to show them how we treat the boys. We
sign one or two (a year). We give them top-level education, a top-level
scholarship, and we look after them socially. It's
a very limited number. If you ban
players from moving before the age of 18, the players will be sold to agents at
13 or 14. Where will they go? Not to clubs with top-level education, but with
clubs who have been bought by businessmen of a very low level."
FOREIGN VIEW: Ah, China. It's
the new South America, you know.
Chinese champions Shandong Luneng have sacked
international Aleksandar Zivkovic after he was handed an eight-match ban for
spitting at a referee.
The 32-year-old, who represented his country
as an over-age player at last year's
Beijing Olympics, was also fined 40,000 yuan (£3,500) for spitting at the
official after being shown a yellow card in last weekend's
match against Qingdao.
"This was a serious violation and he had
been punished many times by the club for his irrational behaviour on the
pitch," said a club statement.
"His behaviour constituted a serious
breach of contract and the club have therefore cancelled his contract."
Zivkovic was one of seven players and club
officials handed stiff penalties by the Chinese FA for various offences in
matches last weekend, FIFA's
designated Fairplay Day.
Among the other offenders was Hangzhou Greentown substitute
Wang Hongyou, who will miss the next four matches and have to stump up 20,000
yuan (£1,750) for throwing his boot at the referee from the bench during a
match against Shenzhen.
A tackle by Changchun's
Liu Cheng on Shanghai's Tao Jin sparked
brawls during and after the match with Shanghai's
coach, translator, team doctor and a player punished for surrounding and
verbally abusing the referee on the pitch.
The official in question, He Zhibiao, is
having a bad season, having been chased across the pitch for 100 metres and then
pushed to the ground by a Tianjin
provincial player, who was banned for life in July.
Shanghai head coach Jia Xiuquan was banned from the sidelines
for three matches and fined 20,000 yuan, while translator Xie Hui, doctor Zhang
Peng and player Chen Tao all received fines and bans.
Changchun's Liu also received a three-match ban and 20,000 yuan
fine for his "flagrant foul", the CFA said. FIFA designated September
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Cocaine king's hippo gunned down in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippo died the same way he did, hunted down and shot by the authorities for posing a danger to the public.
The African-born hippopotamus that escaped three years ago from a ranch once owned by Escobar was killed on orders of the government, authorities said on Friday.
Cocaine king Escobar, who was gunned down by police on a rooftop in the city of Medellin in 1993, was so flush with cash that he flew in hundreds of exotic animals, including kangaroos, flamingos, elephants, rhinos, and nine hippos.
Many were given away to zoos after his death and collapse of his cartel. But two dozen hippos continued to live and mate on his former estate in northern Colombia.
A male and a female escaped in 2006, freely roamed the wetlands near the Magdalena River and even reproduced in the wild. They were rarely seen and became something of a local legend until two journalists found them grazing 65 miles (100 km) away from the ranch last month.
Colombia's environmental agency ordered the animals killed, saying they were carriers of disease and posed a risk to local communities.
Colombians were shocked by television images broadcast on Friday of the carcass of the male hippopotamus surrounded by hunters and soldiers dressed in camouflage. Animal rights groups denounced the killing.
"They could have been captured and kept in a safe place until a permanent refuge was found for them," said Marcela Ramirez of a local group called Animal Protection Network.
The hunt was still on for the surviving adult hippo.
"It was only a question of time before those animals hurt someone," Environment Minister Carlos Costa told reporters. "After more than two years of trying to capture them, the decision (to kill them) was a sound one."
The slain hippo was known locally as "Pepe" and had recently sired a calf by his mate, according to local fishermen who had caught glimpses of the three together.
(Reporting by Hugh Bronstein; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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TRAINING: Either weights / cardio or no gi Jiu-Jitsu. Then 3pn fight team training and in the evening either wrestling, BJJ or boxing
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in MMA in 2006, mostly because I didn't want to wrestle anymore but I still wanted to compete in something.
What ranks and titles have you held? EFC Welterweight Champion, TFC Canadian Lightweight Champion, Best Toga 2004
Do you have any heroes? More than anything I have people who inspire me. Particularly my coaches Adam Zugec, Jeff Montemurro, Roger Alves, Kyle Cardinal and Frank Lee all inspire me to be a better fighter and person.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Environmental Science Degree
What was your job before you started fighting? Environmental Protection Officer
Ranks in any martial arts styles: BJJ Purple Belt
Favorite grappling technique: Piledriver
Favorite Striking technique: Ax Kick | <urn:uuid:039eb4dc-322e-44b3-8094-4055733fb6e5> | 2013-05-21T10:28:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Jean Ritchie, folk singer and UK graduate, being presented the school's first Founders Day award by President Donovan.
According to the April 4, 1944 Board of Trustees Minutes President Donovan recommend that the University celebrate the day of its founding. "Some time ago I requested Professor E. L. Gillis, who is probably as familiar with the history of the University as any man connected with it, to study various dates that might be considered as an appropriate date on which to celebrate a Founders Day Program. After considerable research, Professor Gillis has suggested that February 22 would be a very appropriate time for such a celebration. It was on February 22, 1865, that the General Assembly of Kentucky approved a bill establishing an Agricultural and Mechanical College in connection with Kentucky University (now Transylvania). Therefore, February 22, 1865 is the date on which the University of Kentucky actually came into existence as a state institution." | <urn:uuid:205179c9-88ec-4424-9892-879886ce2293> | 2013-05-21T10:20:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Elementary Matrices Generate the General Linear Group
Okay, so we can use elementary row operations to put any matrix into its (unique) reduced row echelon form. As we stated last time, this consists of building up a basis for the image of the transformation the matrix describes by walking through a basis for the domain space and either adding a new, independent basis vector or writing the image of a domain basis vector in terms of the existing image basis vectors.
So let’s say we’ve got a transformation in . Given a basis, we get an invertible matrix (which we’ll also call ). Then we can use elementary row operations to put this matrix into its reduced row echelon form. But now every basis vector gets sent to a vector that’s linearly independent of all the others, or else the transformation wouldn’t be invertible! That is, the reduced row echelon form of the matrix must be the identity matrix.
But remember that every one of our elementary row operations is the result of multiplying on the left by an elementary matrix. So we can take the matrices corresponding to the list of all the elementary row operations and write
which tells us that applying all these elementary row operations one after another leads us to the identity matrix. But this means that the product of all the elementary matrices on the right is . And since we can also apply this to the transformation , we can find a list of elementary matrices whose product is . That is, any invertible linear transformation can be written as the product of a finite list of elementary matrices, and thus the elementary matrices generate the general linear group. | <urn:uuid:cf863937-0ee5-440d-baec-55365a75d0fc> | 2013-05-21T10:14:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Heliocentrism is a theory which has become an established dogma in 21st century privately-funded science, despite having been abandoned in the 20th century, according to Conservapedia. Heliocentrism is the concept that a giant magnet is located in the center of the Earth, and the planets and the universe revolve around it, attracted by the magnetic energy. Heliocentrism is criticized for ignoring the everyday observations of mountain climbers and airplane travellers.
It has been characterized by Sarah Palin as "a lie perpetrated by scientists to diminish the glory of America" and pushed onto the good, God-fearing people by ignorant pagan-types suffering from Gross Moral Turpitude.
edit Proponents of Heliocentrism
The most ardent supporters of heliocentrism are found in US academia, despite or perhaps because of how the theory is being used to diminish the central role of the USA and its establishment at the center of the universe. Among those scientists that support it, the overwhelming majority also support the theories of evolution, climate change, nuclear fusion, ley line energy production, spacial time distortion, and extra-dimensional astral travel as well as using more tax dollars to fund their own research. Notable believers in heliocentrism include Charles Darwin, Lenin, Al Gore and Ellen DeGeneres.
edit Evidence of Heliocentrism
Heliocentrism is widely considered as being in accordance with the teaching of the holy book, which is commonly accepted as scientific evidence. Firm proofs of heliocentrism include:
- He has fixed the earth firm, immovable. (1 Chronicles 16:30)
- Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken. (Psalm 104:5)
- who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast… (Isaiah 45:18)
- The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. (Ecclesiastes 1:5)
As a reliable scientific theory, heliocentrism has surprisingly been approved by school boards in Kansas. | <urn:uuid:23b43ef7-f137-4eac-b012-72ee844afe98> | 2013-05-21T10:14:03Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I have a range of ip addresses (10.13.13.10-19) that I want to redirect all outgoing http traffic to an internal webserver. So if someone in that range tried to access any site, the html from my webserver would be returned instead. However, I only want to affect that ip range. What iptables rules do I need on my router to make this happen?
You can use the | <urn:uuid:c6a5f314-1c88-45cb-92b8-999c4478e3c7> | 2013-05-21T10:14:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Detailed structure and explanatory notes
SITC Rev.3 code 57Structure
- Section: 5 - Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.
- Division: 57 - Plastics in primary forms
This Division is divided into the following Groups:
- 571 - Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
- 572 - Polymers of styrene, in primary forms
- 573 - Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms
- 574 - Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms
- 575 - Other plastics, in primary forms
- 579 - Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics
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Browser games & Client games - play for free at Gameforge.com
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Two kingdoms - waged in a bitter war against each other. The memories of a once peaceful world are fading away. Are you ready to fight for verity and unity? Can you heal the continent’s wounds?
Let yourself be enchanted by picturesque villages and breathtaking landscapes in a far eastern fantasy world. But unfortunately a shadow has been cast over this land: The influence of the Metin Stones has brought about fear, turmoil and war. Raise your sword and take charge of your destiny.
Aerial warfare over planet Phillon - a fast-paced battle for territory, honor and reputation. Sophisticated strategies and daring maneuver are all in a day’s work for these pilots. Fight as one of them and defend your nation!
The sun beams down on you and in the distance you can hear the soft crashing of waves. The blue shoreline is a vast space of emptiness and is waiting to be colonised. A new age of prosperity is beginning with workers, soldiers and scientists. Do you want to take charge of it?
Vampires and werewolves: For centuries an eternal battle for supremacy of the shadows has raged. But these creatures are not driven by their hunger for blood, but by their desire to win. Which side will you choose?
Blood and battle! In a world in which the best warriors step out of the catacombs and out into the sun to decide their destiny. Honour and victory await you in the dust of the arena, but also the glorious stories of an ancient world. Raise your sword...
Courage in battle and skill with your sword - not every fighter can become a knight. Eternal honor awaits those who can hold their own in duels or tournaments. Find your place at the Round Table.
The universe is an endless ocean of space - but it is ready to be conquered! These powerful galaxies give you an endless amount of opportunities. Create your empire through colonization, war and trade. Start your intergalactic conquest now!
Ever since the king disappeared and his brother started ruling with an iron fist, dark shadows and demons have taken over the country of Aris. However, brave adventurers are raising their swords against this terror. Join them and face inferno!
Return to the age of knights and castles: Grab the scepter and lead your small civilization into the glory of a mighty imperial kingdom! Win honorable battles or trade cleverly - the decision is all yours! | <urn:uuid:42938f87-0d74-4a28-9c67-6ebb76904692> | 2013-05-21T10:06:51Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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As expected from the latest trend in the Perl blogosphere this post will be about Roles. And Moose! And Roles in Moose! And Moose in Roles! And Roles outside Moose…
Seriously now, this is a post about a completely non-Moosey and non-Roley script I wrote to filter the use.perl.org master journals' feed. What this script does is fetch the Atom feed of all the use.perl.org journals' posts, and filters out the entries of the use.perl.org authors that the invoker specified.
Here is out to use it. First of all: svn checkout it (or otherwise fetch it using HTTP). Then you can simply use:
perl filter-use-perl-journals.pl -o everything.atom
Then you can serve everything.atom with a web-server to read it using your web feeds' aggregator.
To simply create a non-filtered copy of the feed. Now let's say you want to get rid of posts from my journal (because it sucks). In that case, say:
perl filter-use-perl-journals.pl -o non-shlomif.atom \
Now, let's say you also want to get rid of Ovid's posts. I have no idea why you'd want to do that, because his journal is great, but it's just for the sake of the example. In that case, do:
perl filter-use-perl-journals.pl -o non-shlomif-and-ovid.atom \
--blacklist="Shlomi Fish" --blacklist="Ovid"
Finally, there's the --rand flag which is useful in case you're
running the script with cron. What it does is wait for a period of
time of random length, before fetching the feed, so the HTTP server would not
be overloaded at regular periods. This requires a working
The script is made available under the MIT/X11 Licence so its use is completely unencumbered. I wrote this script today, because I have a personal use for it, but other people may find it useful too. It requires a recent version of Perl (5.8.x should be enough I think) and XML-Feed. | <urn:uuid:007e2743-da9b-4ff4-a5db-0aaeb2c7fc3a> | 2013-05-21T10:36:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Utica police make second arrest in 2011 homicide
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UTICA, N.Y. -- A second man is arrested in connection with a murder that took place in Utica last year.
Friday, police arrested Octavius Garrett, 31, on a grand jury indictment for second-degree murder for his involvement in the homicide of Anthony Garner.
Garner died after he was shot multiple times in the area of James and West Streets on May 25, 2011. A surveillance camera stationed above the street caught the whole scene on video, showing three people attacking Garner.
Earlier this year, Marshall Jackson, 31, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the case. Jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. | <urn:uuid:23a84039-617b-4f87-9728-8286cff3a371> | 2013-05-21T10:07:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I'm working on an interface for allowing users to submit data via a button and wanted some advice on the best approach. The data for one or more whole months has to be submitted at precisely the last day of the current month. I was thinking of displaying the button on the last day of every month. The moment the button is pressed and the data is submitted, it turns grey until the last day of the next month and so on.
Although it would be possible to automate the submission of the data, the purpose of the button is a legal requirement to ensure that the data has been submitted by the individual "manually", this is due to the sensitive nature of the information which has serious financial implications.
The department receiving the data wants to receive it in batches of at least one month or more and no less as it would be inefficient for them to receive individual responses.
What do you think? | <urn:uuid:9c93dec8-0f71-4aa8-80d9-5ace166a2745> | 2013-05-21T10:08:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Let's talk about oil now. A couple of days earlier I mentioned to you about how Russia's viceminister, ex-KGB man Igor Sechin, went to Venezuela to discuss a 4-billion dollar loan for weapons. He also talked about oil. Specifically, he discussed about the Carabobo-2 oil field. Rosneft' would be involved. That company is involved, together with Gazprom Neft', Lukoil, TNK-VR and Surgutneftegaz in the Junin-6 field.
Rosnet' will own 40% of the Carabobo-2 field and PdVSA 60%. Russians will be paying a bonus of 600 million dollars on top of 400 million dollars more for "initial investments". The total investment needed would go into many billions. A source told Kommersant the involvement in Carabobo-2 is more political than economic based.
Some people close to Rosneft' think it is logical that ExxonMobil, which usually works with Rosneft', would be the logical partner. Others doubt this will happen, specially after Exxon's assets in Cerro Negro were nationalized in Venezuela in 2006.
Some Russians think the whole gamble is very risky. Others think the loans for weapons and the investments will pay off with the return from oil.
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Please read all the way to the bottom! There is an important message on the bottom too!
Please confirm with the character(s) you're confirming for!
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Ep 1 Scripting: [100%]
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DEADLINE: July 4th
CAST LIST: July 6th
CONFIRMATION: July 13th
Pronunciation are also beside each character's name!
✧ = Confirmed
Confirm by: July 13th
Miko - Female (https://www.box.com/s/1fde2870212a5a07e21d) 『~ChibiSammii』 ✧
Personality: Miko is a sweet, bubbly, and innocent ANGEL. She's your typical sweet fantasy Heroine. She cares too much about others, but too little about herself. She can be dense at times, and is fiercely protected by her sister, Yori.
Voice: Cute, soft-spoken, delicate, Up to Imagination
Yori - Female (https://www.box.com/s/22d8f28f13a6b3e790c9) 『LunaProngs』✧
Personality: Despite of being Miko's sister, Yori is mature, kind, caring, and a leader-like ANGEL. Although she may seem intimidating at first, she's actually a very funny ANGEL who can lighten up the mood if she wants to.
Voice: Mature, seductive, calm, Up to Imagination
Sara - Female (https://www.box.com/s/72141a0df49b7e8acf28) 『43minutes』✧
Personality: Sara has two personalities. She's sweet, cute, and fun to be with in one personality, but in her other personality, she's insane, crazy, and ruthless. Sara's out to get a human's "heart" which later turns out to be love. She's Miko's best friend, but she betrayed the ANGELs and went over to the humans' side. She starts most of her sentences with "Hee hee~"
Voice: Cute, whispery, insane, crazy, Up to Imagination
Veira - Female (https://www.box.com/s/68a32e6de0598abd9eca) 『Dime』✧
Personality: Veira is tomboyish, a little boastful, tough, and never one to back down on a fight. She's an ANGEL programmed specifically for fighting purposes. She's funny, a team player, and is kind of similar to Ritsu from K-ON(but double the tomboyness)
Voice: Shota(think Kagamine Len((Vocaloid)))-like, tomboy, tough sounding, energetic, Up to Imagination
Charomille - Female (https://www.box.com/s/8d6df3370302e53175dc) 『rrifandub』✧
Personality: Charomille is the sweetest, kindest, and most innocent ANGEL in the Base. She's mute, but Miko and Everestt are the only ones who understands what she tries to say. As an ANGEL, it's impossible to be mute, so Everestt created an inner voice for her that not many ANGELs can hear. But she HAS a voice, it's just that other ANGELs find it hard to hear.
Voice: Whispery, calm, airy, Up to Imagination
Luchiea - Female (https://www.box.com/s/305df6b8294c9b01b8bc) 『JoeyKat』✧
Peronsality: Luchiea is the leader of all the rebel ANGELs. She's mysterious, mature, and intimidating at times. She's always cool and collected, knowing what to do at what time.
Voice: Mature, seductive, fierce, Up to Imagination
Everestt - Female (https://www.box.com/s/1b237b69eb97fa567ab9) 『Sakura Hughes』✧
Personality: Everestt is like Nagato Yuki (The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). She's emotionless, but has times when she gets emotional. Everestt is an ANGEL created only for the purpose of hacking codes and becoming an engineer. She's in charge of all the electricity controls at the Base.
Voice: Emotionless, slightly mature, calm, Up to Imagination
Tori- Male (https://www.box.com/s/a0ca91bf7242cd0a0d93) 『DanteWahou』✧
Understudy 『Stryfe the Warrior』✧
Personality: Tori(not his real name) is the only human that the ANGELs trust. He is ditzy and his head is almost always in the clouds. He's a comic relief, but can be serious when it comes to treating his patients. Technically, he's an engineer instead of a doctor because ANGELs are robots. He makes people call him "Professor", but Veira always forgets and calls him Tori.
Voice: young, humorous, friendly, Up to Imagination
During this Audition process, I found several voice actors that I'd like to use in the future for this project. The following are people cast as extras, who most likely will get a bigger part in future episodes. Please also confirm if you accept. | <urn:uuid:321c398a-0094-4f6b-ae1f-faf74e1a7f85> | 2013-05-21T10:15:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Best Known For: Catalan painter Joan Miró combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy to create his lithographs, murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces.
Born to the families of a goldsmith and a cabinet-maker, he grew up in the Barri Gòtic neighborhood of Barcelona. His father was Miquel Miró Adzerias and his mother was Dolores Ferrà. He began drawing classes at the age of seven at a private school at Carrer del Regomir 13, a medieval mansion. In 1907 he enrolled at the fine art academy at La Llotja, to the dismay of his father. He studied at the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc and he had his first solo show in 1918 at the Dalmau Gallery, where his work was ridiculed and defaced. Inspired by Cubist and surrealist exhibitions from abroad, Miró was drawn towards the arts community that was gathering in Montparnasse and in 1920 moved to Paris, but continued to spend his summers in Catalonia.
He said, “The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.”
After overcoming a serious bout of typhoid fever in 1911, Miro decided to devote his life entirely to painting by attending the school of art taught by Francesc Galí. He studied at La Lonja School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, and in 1918 set up his first individual exhibition in the Dalmau Galleries, in the same city. His works before 1920 (the date of his first trip to Paris) reflect the influence of different trends, like the pure and brilliant colors used in Fauvism, shapes taken from cubism, influences from folkloric Catalan art and Roman frescos from the churches.
His trip to Paris introduced him to and developed his trend of surrealist painting. In 1921, he showed his first individual exhibition in Paris, at La Licorne Gallery. In 1928, he exhibited with a group of surrealists in the Pierre Gallery, also in Paris, although Miró was always to maintain his independent qualities with respect to groups and ideologies.
From 1929-1930, Miró began to take interest in the object as such, in the form of collages. This was a practice which was to lead to his making of surrealist sculptures. His tormented monsters appeared during this decade, which gave way to the consolidation of his plastic vocabulary. He also experimented with many other artistic forms, such as engraving, lithography, water colors, pastels, and painting over copper. What is particularly highlighted from this period, are the two ceramic murals which he made for the UNESCO building in Paris (The Wall of the Moon and the Wall of the Sun, 1957-59).
Joan Miro UNESCO Mural- “The Moon and The Sun”
It was at the end of the 60´s when his final period was marked and which lasted until his death. During this time, he concentrated more and more on monumental and public works. He was characterized by the body language and freshness with which he carried out his canvasses, as well as the special attention he paid to material and the stamp he received from informalism. He concentrated his interest on the symbol, not giving too much importance to the representing theme, but to the way the symbol emerged as the piece of work. Miro had a very eccentric style that is the embodiment of his unique approach to his artwork.
In 1976 the Joan Miró Foundation Centre of Contemporary Art Study was officially opened in the city of Barcelona and in 1979, four years before his death, he was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Barcelona.
He said, “For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings. “ | <urn:uuid:6d056ffa-c919-45e1-9379-3d3afab6d15d> | 2013-05-21T10:06:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Gaza Blockade's Fifth Anniversary
Gaza Blockade’s Fifth Anniversary
by Stephen Lendman
Gaza's blockade is illegal. Collective punishment is prohibited. Fourth Geneva's Article 33 states:
"No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited."
"Pillage is prohibited."
"Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited."
Israel spurns all international laws and its own. It commits crimes of war and against humanity with impunity.
Isolating Gaza is a war crime. June 14 marked the blockade's fifth anniversary. Around 50 international human rights and organizations, as well as six UN bodies called for immediately lifting it.
A joint appeal said:
"For over five years in Gaza, more than 1.6 million people have been under blockade in violation of international law. More than half of these people are children. We the undersigned say with one voice: 'end the blockade now."
"More than 80 percent of families in Gaza are dependent on humanitarian aid."
"This amounts to a collective punishment of all those living in Gaza and is a denial of basic human rights in contravention of international law."
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) marked the anniversary with a report titled "5 Years and Counting: International Organizations and Donors Continue to Fund Israel's Illegal Closure on the Gaza Strip."
In mid-June 2007, total isolation was illegally imposed. World leaders yawned and did nothing. They're still silent. They're complicit in crimes of war and against humanity.
Since 1991, Israel imposed severe hardships on Gaza. At issue was curtailing political and economic freedom. Free movement was also restricted.
Despite a November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access, Israel enforced severe restrictions on people and goods movement.
Five years ago this month, total closure was imposed. Israel calls Gaza a "hostile entity." As a result, 1.7 million Palestinians are lawlessly collectively punished.
Free movement is denied. Imports and exports of goods are restricted. Essential food, fuel, medical supplies and construction materials are affected.
Virtually all essentials face severe shortages. Redeveloping Gaza is prevented. Unemployment and poverty grow. Without aid, survival is at issue. With it, humanitarian crisis conditions exist.
Unless closure is lifted, "it will be impossible for (Gazans) to rebuild their lives, and (be able) to secure their fundamental human rights."
By continuing to fund the closure, donors relieve Israel's responsibility as an occupying power to observe inviolable international law. Collective punishment continues to be policy.
Blockade conditions exist behind "a security apparatus consisting of a fence, concrete wall, and military installations...."
Israel controls Gaza's coast and air space. Fishermen are attacked at sea. Farmers are shot in their fields. So are children. Israeli border guards use them for target practice.
Pre-mid 2007, five border crossings operated. Karni provided 75% of Gaza imports. Around 600 truckloads got daily access. Another 400 carried exports.
In May 2012, two border crossings operated - Karm abu Salem for goods and Erez for pedestrians. Both face severe restrictions. Traffic is curtailed. Karm abu Salem operates at a fraction of its capacity.
About 570 truckloads daily are required to supply basic needs. In April, Israel allowed only 149 passage rights. Around one-fourth of what's needed got through.
Exports are greatly restricted. Amounts fluctuate monthly. In January, around 3% of pre-2007 levels were permitted. February, March, and April amounts dropped.
Longer waiting times were imposed for goods and pedestrians. Perishable goods are affected. Costs increase. Bureaucratic red tape harms humanitarian efforts.
Permit permission takes more time for approval. International organizations can't function properly. Costs are excessively high. The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said it's paying an extra $4 million.
Moreover, goods must be placed on pallets. Containers aren't allowed. Amounts shipped are affected. When emergencies arise, aid groups can't respond properly. Approvals take months to arrange.
Around 19% of UN projects wait on average 17 months for approval. Moreover, since September 2011, no UNOPS ones were approved. Humanitarian efforts are challenged.
The World Food Program also reported difficulties supplying Gaza's essential needs. Israel's closure policy bears full responsibility. Agencies say cost issues and inordinate delays impede them.
UNRWA saw its emergency aid budget increase from about $52 million in 2006 to around $64 million in 2010. OCHA is severely strapped. Its $2.8 million 2006 budget ballooned to $7 million in 2011.
Around 80% of Gazans are aid dependent. Over 40% are impoverished or severely so. Nearly two-thirds of Gazans are refugees. Over 80% of Gazan factories remain closed or operate at a fraction of full capacity.
With limited ability to import and severe export restrictions, Israel suffocates Gaza. Moreover, Its lawless buffer zone prohibits access to about 30% of total agriculture on land considered most arable.
Families can't support themselves. Fishermen can't make a living. The impact on civilian lives is scandalous. Virtually nothing is done to relieve it.
Occupying powers are responsible for the welfare of people they control. Article 43 of the Hague Regulations obligate them with regard to health, education, quality of life, public works, other essential infrastructure, and overall material conditions.
Fourth Geneva Articles 55 and 56 require occupying powers to provide food and health care. Under Article 69 of Additional Protocol I, provision for clothing, bedding and shelter must be provided.
In addition, progressive development of education, health systems, infrastructure, power, and telecommunications capability is required.
Israel spurns its obligations. Homes, factories, infrastructure, commercial and government buildings, and other facilities have been destroyed and not rebuilt.
Fundamental human rights are denied, including to life, health, and adequate food, clothing and housing. Health, of course, includes physical and mental well-being.
UN Charter Articles 55 and 56 require Israel to promote higher living standards, and conditions of economic and social progress and development.
Israel violates all its obligations under international law. Gazans suffer enormously. Blockade was imposed for political and economic reasons. Israel admitted it wasn't for security reasons.
It claimed justification for economic warfare, saying:
"(D)amaging the enemy's economy is in and of itself a legitimate means in warfare and a relevant consideration even while deciding to allow the entry of relief consignments."
International law prohibits collective punishment. Israeli aggression violates UN Charter provisions. Gaza's blockade was institutionalized. Doing so constitutes criminally assaulting a civilian population for purposes of control and denying it fundamental rights.
A new Save the Children Foundation/Medical Aid Foundation report called Gaza's water unfit for human consumption. It's contaminated with chemical manure and waste water.
Children are gravely impacted. Water related illness, including diarrhea and dysentery, doubled in the last five years. Israel bears full responsibility.
Israel bombed coastal area sewage systems and denies construction materials, equipment, and parts to rebuild them properly.
Israel promised to ease Gaza restrictions. No meaningful improvement of life followed. Fundamental rights are denied. Blockade conditions are enforced.
Air and ground assaults occur regularly. A new study said drone attacks terrorize Gazans. They patrol night and day. Their engine noise is audible on the ground.
Gazans call them "zanana" because of their distinctive buzz. They affect sleep. Children are traumatized. Gazans are attacked and killed. No one knows who next will be harmed.
A state of war exists. Crimes are committed. Civilians suffer. Nothing changes. Gazans blogger Rawan Yaghi explained her angst as follows:
"Hi droning drone,
you know what: you've become a real friend of mine. I swore at you. I spit at you. You keep me awake. You have actually been talking to me all day long."
"Well, to be honest my friend, I tried to ignore you by using my headphones and watching TV. But you wouldn't quit, would you? Well, congratulations you've broke the record you've made more than one million friends in less than two days. Take good buzz of yourself."
A Final Comment
On June 14, a Civil Peace Service Gaza press release said an Israeli warship attacked international observers, a journalist, and CPSGAZA's Palestinian Oliva vessel captain "in an attempt to harm the crew members and threaten them with arrest."
Italian observer Rosa Schiano said:
"We were behind the buoy that Israel put out at sea to mark the three mile limit and they attacked us with heavy water cannons for half an hour, chasing us towards the northen nautical border."
"Then they accused us of crossing the border, when they had forcibly chased us in that direction."
Oliva was within three nautical miles of Gaza's coast. Israel's warship circled, chased, and attacked it with heavy water cannon fire. The vessel filled dangerously. It could have sunk. The crew said it posed no danger. A soldier replied "(s)hut up."
Israelis ordered Oliva to shut its motor. Crew members were told to stand in the front of the boat. They asked if they were being arrested. In reply, they were told "(w)e'll take all of you."
Finally, they were allowed to leave with a warning, saying "(n)ext time we won't be as nice, if you know what I mean."
CPSGAZA's land team said Israel's navy attacked Palestinian fishermen at the same time Oliva was assaulted. They "were targeted with live gunfire and wake washed."
Israel does it regularly. Contempt for human rights and safety is policy. Life in Occupation Palestine is brutish, harsh and unsafe.
In Gaza, no one knows from day to day who'll live or die. Nothing is done to end human suffering. When will it end, people ask?
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening. | <urn:uuid:93a58285-e353-401d-9248-25ec6bd844ec> | 2013-05-21T10:36:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Monmouth Master Sergeant promoted to Lieutenant | News
MACOMB, Ill.--The Illinois State Police announced the promotion of Master Sergeant Ronald K. Grant of Monmouth to the rank of Lieutenant effective November 16, 2012.Lieutenant Grant was appointed as a Trooper in September, 1987 and after graduation from the Illinois State Police Academy was assigned to patrol in ISP District 9, Springfield. In 1990, he transferred to ISP District 14 where he served as a Field Training Officer.
In December, 1998, Grant was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and served as a field supervisor. In July 2002, Grant was promoted to Master Sergeant and assumed the responsibilities of a platoon supervisor.
In April, 2006, Grant transferred to the Motorcycle Enforcement Bureau and assumed the duties of supervisor for the Northwest Platoon. Grant supervised officers working in the Northwest area of Illinois.
In January, 2007, Grant transferred back to District 14 patrol and assumed the duties of a platoon supervisor. On May 1, 2012, Grant was appointed acting Lieutenant and assumed the duties of the Operations Officer for District 14. | <urn:uuid:6170ccc1-3031-488e-a2d3-af29f52dee38> | 2013-05-21T09:59:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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During Vice President Joe Biden’s Google+ chat today, he suggested that citizens looking for a weapon for self defense should buy a shotgun instead of an “assault rifle.”
“Guess what, a shotgun will keep you a lot safer, a double barreled shotgun, not an assault weapon in somebody’s hands that doesn’t know how to use it, even one that doesn’t know how to use it,” Biden declared. “You know. It’s harder to use an assault weapon and hit something than it is a shotgun, OK?”
Biden continued emphatically, “If you want to keep people away in an earthquake, buy some shotgun shells.”
The White House hosted a "fireside chat" with the Vice President today to talk about gun control. | <urn:uuid:584d2720-99f0-45bb-a0e7-9acba3dbb097> | 2013-05-21T10:00:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"Yup. There it is. #Scaliaweirdhat"
-- What Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., tweeted upon seeing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's puffy black hat at Monday's presidential inauguration. McCaskill also reminded her followers that inauguration day four years ago marked the day she began tweeting. "One of my first tweets was a comment on Scalia's weird hat," she reminisced. | <urn:uuid:82032fc1-0f1f-4b58-81da-5f0ada84c9cd> | 2013-05-21T10:06:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Speaking styles mean Caroline Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend share more than a name
Caroline Kennedy's verbally awkward political roll-out is drawing comparisons to another family member with a sometimes twisted tongue: her cousin, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend of Maryland.
Kennedy agreed to a series of recent interviews to make her case about why the 51-year-old daughter of John F. Kennedy who has led a life of relative seclusion should be tapped by the New York governor for the seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton.
During a discussion with New York Times reporters which was recorded and transcribed, Caroline Kennedy inserted the verbal tic "you know" 142 times. As in: "So I think in many ways, you know, we ant to have all kinds of different voices, you know, representing us, and I think what I bring to it is, you know, my experience as a mother, as a woman, as a lawyer, you know...."
For some observers, Caroline's comments raise the specter of another Kennedy. And not in a good way.
"Miss Kennedy, who has nver held an elected office and often neglected even to vote, is in danger of emulating her cousin Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert Kennedy," wrote Toby Harnden, a Washington correspondent for the Telegraph of Great Britain. Harnden calls Maryland's former lieutenant governor an "uncomfortable campaigner" who "slumped to an ignominious defeat" in her 2002 gubernatorial bid.
Gregory Kane, a columnist for The Examiner of Baltimore (and formerly with the Sun), offered Caroline this advice: "Don't try it." Kane warned that Townsend's middle name was of no help, and said "I'm a little skittish about Kennedys who use their family name to run for political office."
Tom Brune of Newsday used KKT as an example of how "being a Kennedy does not necessarily make you a good politician."
Townsend holds the distinction of being the only Kennedy to lose a general election. And she did so twice: For congress, in 1996, and in the governor's race.
By 2002, her accumulated verbal gaffes after eight years as lieutenant governor hung heavily around her neck, and created a perception among voters that she was ill-prepared to lead.
The examples became the stuff of cringe-inducing legend. As Sun reporters Tom Waldron and Jeff Barker wrote nearly seven years ago: "She once bragged about hiring people who speak 'Hispanish.' She raved about how the Ravens had scored a dramatic 'football.' And her public remarks rarely unfold without at least one or two awkward pauses or stammers that can leave an audience squirming."
It doesn't sound like Caroline Kennedy is quite as bad a speaker. But if she gains a seat in the Senate, it will not be because of her oratory. It will be in spite of it. | <urn:uuid:eb5ac2b4-85e0-4a60-b935-4a38de5e0837> | 2013-05-21T10:08:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"I was astonished… that even you would have the audacity to turn over such a disgraceful synopsis to Lynn Shores. How in the world with such an outline you expect Shores or even your own men to carry on and give any loyalty to this company and yourself is beyond me to comprehend."
(After Welles' father's death) Dr. Bernstein was appointed Orson's guardian (and) continually nibbled at the (Richard Welles) estate, seeking recompense for every cent he laid out on Orson's education at Todd and giving Richard nothing, not even clothing...Years later, when Orson was established in Hollywood, Dr. Bernstein nagged and niggled for the very funds that he claimed he had not been repaid: the same spirit that drove him to marry Mina Elman and Edith Mason for their money animated him now.
(He) continued to pester Welles with pleas for money, claiming every cent he had paid out for his upbringing and needling Welles to use his influence to obtain openings for him in the medical profession in Los Angeles. Dr. Bernstein behaved as though he were a struggling young physician who had to fight for every patient; his sour and charmless letters, laced with excessive romantic praise for Orson's every action, make very disagreeable reading.
Mike: I would say, Congratulations to Larry French and Todd Baesen for their excellent, balanced rundown of this controversy!
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Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
State Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Prague
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.
The town of Slavonice lies in the easternmost part of the Region of 6eske Budejovice near the Czech-Austrian border. It was founded at the crossing of historical merchant?routes in the picturesquely undulating Moravian landscape. Slavonice was at its economic and social zenith after 1530 when a permanent post station was established there. In 1750, however, the postal route was relocated and a period of stagnation started due to which the town's form was altered during the past two centuries only in exceptional cases. In the second part of the 20th century, when the town was in the frontier zone of the communistic block, its development was intentionally suppressed, which fact also contributed to the saving of the authentic urban structure and, above all, of the numerous complex of exceptionally impressive individual buildings. The basis of Slavonice treasure consists in the extraordinary valuable complex of burgher houses from the late Gothic period and especially from the period of Renaissance. Historical residential houses still set the character of the whole historical core of the town. Their coherent frontages round the two squares form a marvelous authentic atmosphere. The group of the most valuable burgher houses has preserved not only with their external form with rich decoration on facades, stone portals and window surrounds, but also with their layouts. Four of the most important houses still contain rooms vaulted with diamond cellular vaults ? the late Gothic phenomenon of Central Europe, which achieved its peak in the burgher architecture just at Slavonice in the work of Master Leopold Estreicher. Such vaults have preserved in houses Nos. 459, 479, 480, 520. The most impressive and the most numerous are burgher houses with sgrafitto decoration. The sgrafitto facades are an important and unrepeatable survey of artistic topics ? from simple diaper work to complex programs with historical subjects or galleries of family portraits or representatives of the ruling dynasty. The most beautiful of them are the houses Nos. 517, 518, 522, 453. The building of the today's Town Museum features, in addition to its internal disposition and numerous structural details, a dominant, original massive timber ceiling in the entrance hall. Some other burgher houses in Slavonice contain valuable wall paintings. Preeminent of them is the house No. 517, in the second floor of which there is a preserved former Protestant room of prayer with a set of paintings from 1568 depicting apocalyptic scenes. The preserved complex of burgher houses concentrated round both squares at Slavonice has become the basis of their exceptional architectural, artistic and historical value. Their imposing architecture, sophisticated handicraft design and artistic decoration demonstrate the welfare of the town and its burghers in the 15th and 16th centuries. The cqmplex of Renaissance burgher houses at Slavonice belongs to the most numerous in the Czech Republic. Houses have preserved on their original narrow Gothic frontage, with the external architectural expression corresponding to the visual concept of the Renaissance period, mainly from the time after the fire in the town in 1530. Several houses have younger, Baroque facades; the setting of the most important monuments is completed with buildings of the 191" century form. Predominant, however, are the Renaissance houses abundant in rich and imaginative morphology in the fagade articulation, gable shaping and artistic concept of sgrafitto decoration. | <urn:uuid:c08934cf-fb99-4fd0-b98c-1b1a14ea4196> | 2013-05-21T10:21:02Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Seduce Me In Flames
by Jacquelyn Frank
Published July 26, 2011 by Ballantine
Ambrea Vas Allay is the rightful heir to the throne of Allay. But when she is summoned home from exile, she discovers that her father, who had executed her mother, has died. Her young half-brother, controlled by their uncle, has taken power. Ambrea is torn by an impossible choice: renounce the crown or waste away in prison. The last thing she expects is to be liberated by a huge, tattooed Tarian—or to feel a searing passion for her mysterious rescuer.
Rush “Ender” Blakely loves being part of the elite force of the Interplanetary Militia and the mission to save the princess Allay. But the tough Tarian hides a fiery secret—a blazing power that makes him literally too hot to handle. He must be crazy to carry a torch for this strong, beautiful princess—when any intimacy between them is bound to be explosive.
As Ambrea steels herself to take back the throne, does she dare entrust this scorching stranger with the fate of an empire—and, even more so, with her heart?
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By Brendan O'Brien
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Republicans took back control of the Wisconsin state legislature, five months after Democrats seized a slim majority of the upper chamber during a nasty fight over Governor Scott Walker's measures to curb public sector unions.
The election result on Tuesday represented the third switch in party control of the state Senate in two years because of the bitter battle over unions.
Republicans first took control of the state Senate in the 2010 elections, then lost it in June after Democrats and unions staged a series of successful recalls of conservative lawmakers who had supported the union restrictions.
But before the recalls Walker and his fellow Republican legislative leaders had redrawn district lines to favor them. After Tuesday's election, Republicans emerged with a preliminary 17-15 majority in the Senate and a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives or Assembly.
A special state Senate election to be held in December in a Republican stronghold is expected to add to the party's power in the 33-member chamber.
Wisconsin Republicans regained power in the state Senate even though President Barack Obama won the state, and Democrat Tammy Baldwin won the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race. Having Wisconsin native Congressman Paul Ryan as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's runningmate did not appear to help the party in national races.
When the Wisconsin legislature reconvenes in January, Republicans are expected to have at least a 20-vote majority in the Assembly, depending on final election tallies.
The majorities give Walker a largely free hand to shape the state's next biennial budget. Walker told reporters Tuesday night that he looks forward to helping small businesses by reforming the tax code and regulatory process and by easing access to capital for entrepreneurs.
"My belief is that many of the things that we will be pursuing, the vast majority in fact, will be things that Democrats and Republicans alike can support," Walker said.
Tuesday's victories mean Republicans will also have a second chance to pass legislation to encourage mining exploration in the state.
During the last legislative session early this year, Senate Republicans were unable to garner enough votes for mining legislation.
Walker in June became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall.
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We have the best evolutionary advancement of any species. A considerably higher level of brain function
species? Really? There have been a lot
of organisms on this planet since life got to the multicellular stage and differentiated to the point where there were differences we would categorize as "species".
True, our intelligence and ability to cooperate with each other has led to a level of success unprecedented in the fossil record as we know it. But it remains to be seen whether we can survive in the long term.
The dinosaurs, for example, were the dominant vertebrates for some 135 million
years, and did quite well without our level of higher brain function. Humans have been around for perhaps a million. In the 200-plus years since we got industrialization rolling, we are pushing at the planet's capacity to sustain our civilization.
How is this a "win" over God. If a God exists then that means he endowed us with the ability to learn. Thus it would be a win for god that that he gave us the abilities to come up with ideas like this.
The researchers and technicians involved went to school for years and worked in their chosen fields even longer. They devoted a significant fraction of their lives bettering the lot of their fellow human beings. Some of them may have prayed, but they clearly did not expect prayer alone to accomplish this particular goal.
So here is one example where science has "beaten" god, in that this combination of technology and surgery has accomplished things that prayer has never done. | <urn:uuid:4cfee98a-6e35-4217-b191-8c58c05c8004> | 2013-05-21T10:34:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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And you know that this is because middle aged white women (I assume respectable and in a decent car) are massively under-represented in the jail population. And who are the police looking for?
That is true. White people (and women) are indeed under-represented in the prison population compared to the representation in the general population. But the data seems to indicate that in spite of increasingly aggressive stop and frisk activities here in NYC, specifically targeting black and latino men, of those stopped, more than twice as many white people are found to have weapons on them.
Given that the purpose of a stop and search is to determine if someone has committed a crime, or is about to commit a crime OR to determine if the person is carrying a weapon, it seems like the NYC tactics aren't working too well.
Overall, the tactics have not proven too successful.
I think that we as a society really need to weigh the desire to find weapons and stop criminals with the human cost of more than a half a million people per year (in one city) being thrown against a brick wall with their hands over their heads and their arms spread while they are put through the humiliation of a random police search. The psychological damage of being searched, or seeing a parent or older sibling degraded in this way needs to be addressed.
Here in NYC, there is even a phone app to activate during a stop and search. You can download it here. http://www.nyclu.org/app
By the way - the police are only allowed to detain and search a person if that person is suspected of having committed a crime, or suspected of being about to commit a crime. Unless the police decide to look for a weapon. So why were the police searching Chavis Carter? No media has reported that he was suspected of having committed a crime before he was detained. So they were looking for a weapon? Really, really incompetently looking for a weapon?
A list would be useful.
"Am I free to go?"
"I'm going to remain silent."
"I don't consent to a search."
You have rights during a traffic stop and when a police officer walks up to you on the street. Learn what your rights are and use them!
1. Your Safety - You start with putting the police officer at ease, you know the one behind you with flashing lights. Pull over to a safe place, turn off your ignition, stay in the car and keep your hands on the steering wheel. At night turn on the interior lights. Keep your license, registration and proof of insurance close by like in the "sun visor."
Be courteous, stay calm, smile and don't complain. Show respect and say things like "sir and no sir." Never bad-mouth a police officer, stay in control of your words, body language and your emotions. Keep your hands where the police officer can see them. Never touch a police officer and never run away!
2. Never Talk To A Police Officer - The only questions you need to answer is your name, address, date of birth, sometimes your social security number but NOTHING else! Instead of telling the police officer who you are, give him your drivers license or your I.D. card. All the information the police officer needs to know about you, can be found on your i.d. card or drivers license. Don't volunteer any information to a police officer, if the cop ask you a question politely ask him "Am I free to go?" If he says yes then leave, if he says no then say I'm Going to Remain Silent.
3. I'm Going to Remain Silence - The Supreme Court says you should never talk to a police officer without an attorney. The Supreme Court ruled you must speak up and SAY to the police officer "I'm going to remain silent" and then keep your mouth shut! How can you be falsely accused and charged with a crime, if you don't say anything? Never talk to a police officer, anything you say or do can and will be used against you at any time by the police.
4. Just Say NO to Police Searches! - If a police officer didn't need your permission to search you, he wouldn't be asking you. Never give permission for a police officer to search you, your car or your home. If a police officer does search you, don't resist and keep saying "I don't consent to this search."
5. Am I Free to Go? - As soon as the police officer ask you a question ask him, "Am I free to go?" You have to ask if you're "free to go," otherwise the police officer will think that you're voluntarily staying around to talk with him. If the police officer says that you're being detained or arrested tell the police officer, "I'm going to remain silent." | <urn:uuid:fc6957ab-6aa1-4912-8ddf-30cd77c37cbc> | 2013-05-21T10:13:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When did you first try Lisp seriously, and which Lisp family member was it?
The first Lisp I used was a obscure implementation on a BBC Model B computer, memory was limited to 32K and only integers where supported. The Lisp system was stored in ROM so when you turned the computer on it was directly available. I later switched to a Acorn Archimedes which had a Cambridge Lisp with a descent compiler.
What led you to try Lisp?
I wanted to write a program to do symbolic mathematics (calculating the derivates of a function, simple algebraic manipulation ...). I tried to do this in Forth, Basic and Pascal but finally settled for Lisp.
Where did your road originate?
I programmed before in Fortran, Basic, Pascal, Cobol and Forth but I wanted a language which was mathematical oriented, extensible and had the base concept of symbols and could do exact arithmetic.
How far have you gotten in your study of Lisp?
I'm fairly fluent in Lisp although I don't use it in my profession (where I use dark languages like C# and vb.net).
What do you think of Lisp so far? As one of the oldest languages around (I was born in the year Lisp saw the light) I think it is one of the most mature, flexible, powerfull and precise languages. Some functional or logical languages are maybe more mathematical beautifull (Miranda, Prolog) but they are less practical then Lisp. Other languages like Java,Pascal, C#, C or C++ requires a less formal way of thinking (this can make them easier to learn for some people) and because of this leads to error prone and difficult to maintain programs.
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Gospel of Mark
The Gospel According to Mark, also known as The Gospel of Mark, is one of the four canonical Gospels. It was most likely the earliest of the four to be written. Scholars typically estimate it was written between 70CE and 90CE, by an unknown author.
In Mark 9:1 , Jesus says to his followers:
- "Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Significance of Mark
Mark is quite significant in understanding the other gospels in the biblical corpus because it is said that Mark "strung the pearls" i.e. was the first to bring together sayings, teachings and stories of Jesus to create a Gospel. The significance of this is that Mark is thus extremely significant with regards to understanding Matthew, Luke and John. For example, Mark was written in 70 AD whereas Matthew was written in 80-85 AD. There are thus 2 prevalent theories for as to where the gospel story comes from in Matthew. First is the 2 source theory which states that the gospel of Matthew is derived from Mark and another source, Q. Second is the 4 source theory which states that the gospel of Matthew is derived from things unique to Matthew, things from the gospel of Luke, Mark, and this other source Q. In both of these suggestions the gospel of Mark is a predominant figure with regards to understanding Matthew. This holds true with the other two gospels, although John is a little more intricate (cf. the Perrin Suggestion).
- R.H. Gundry, Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1993)
- V. Taylor, The Formation of the Gospel Tradition (London: Macmillan & Co., 1953)
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How to run hedge codes in parallel
Almost any code in hedge can be run in parallel. Exceptions (as of 2011-05-05) include codes that use quadrature and second-order operators. (Both of those aren't hard restrictions to lift, it's simply not quite done yet.) In particular, wave equations, Maxwell's, Euler's (non-quadrature) work fine.
To run with CUDA, simply start
$ python DRIVER.py -f cuda
To run with MPI, do
$ mpirun -np 17 python DRIVER.py -f mpi
To run with both, do
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| Dark Mercury
Dark Mercury, who has also been referred to by the unofficial nicknames of Darkury or Dark Sailor Mercury outside of the series, was the evil form of Sailor Mercury who appeared only in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. She first appeared in Act 21, after Sailor Mercury was kidnapped and brainwashed by Kunzite.
At first, she appeared like a normal, but cooler Ami (dubbed "Akumi" (悪美; meaning "Evil Beauty") by the series production staff). But shortly thereafter she transformed into Dark Mercury, much to the horror of the other Sailor Senshi.
She was often disrespectful toward Kunzite and the other Shitennou, and even to Queen Beryl. She could, however, show kindness, such as when she repaired Nephrite's cape.
Dark Mercury returned to normal in Act 28, after realizing that she had hurt Sailor Moon. After that, Ami had no memories of what she did as Dark Mercury.
Powers and Attacks
- Dark Sword - Dark Mercury transformed an icicle into a sword and used it to fight.
- Dark Mercury's sailor fuku had several unusual design elements. Her choker, collar, skirt, glove fittings, and boots were a slightly darker shade of blue than her usual costume, while her front bow was replaced by a dark blue butterfly-like design, trimmed in black. Her choker, collar, and boots were decorated with a black pattern. Her back bow was black and made of a netting-like material. Her sleeves were made of the same lacy material as her back bow, and the same material also could be seen behind her front bow. A black heart-shaped pendant hung from her choker, matching the one depending from the black belt around her waist. Her earrings were heart-shaped and black. Her tiara was silver with a black pattern, with a blue gem in the center. She also wore her Dark Jewelry Star Bracelet on her left wrist. Her transformed hairstyle also had black shading in some areas in addition to the standard blue.
- Dark Mercury was shown holding a harp-like bow in promotional images and even in an initial DVD cover design, but it was never actually used in the series (as she instead used the Dark Sword). The bow design was modified and became a dagger used by Zoisite.
- The nickname "Akumi" (悪美) is a combination of the kanji "aku" (悪; meaning "evil") and "mi" (美; meaning "beauty"). The name is a play on Ami's real name (亜美), being similar in both kanji and pronunciation.
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short-limbed toad with rough skin - covered with warts, prominent parallel parotid glands
and (usually) a bright yellow stripe centrally down the back (B159, B160, B161).
- Male: to about 2.5 inches; Female: slightly larger (B161).
- Normally 7-8cm, occasionally to 10cm, females larger than males (B159).
Head: Parallel parotid glands (B159).
Eye: Greenish yellow (B160, B161);
Legs: Relatively short, toes no more than half webbed (B159, B160).
Skin: Warty (B159, B161).
- Dorsal:: grey/olive green,/brownish with darker markings
(brown/green/red warts) and yellowish stripe central from snout caudally to end of body.
- Abdomen: whitish, with dark green spotting.
- Bluish/mauve (B161).
- Vocal sac under chin, inflated when calling (B161).
- Three inner fingers of forelimbs have grasping pads (B161).
- Paired tubercles under longest hind toe (B159).
Tadpole: Similar to those of common toads, darker than
those of frogs and smaller than similar-age frog tadpoles or common toad tadpoles (B161).
Similar species: .Differentiated from Bufo bufo - Common toad
by smaller size, parallel parotid glands and yellow stripe down centre of back (B159).
|Range and Habitat
and central Europe eastwards to western Russia.(B159).
Britain: Scattered, local distribution, including south-west Ireland (B159, B161).
- In north of range (including Britain) found in sandy areas.
- In remainder of range, wider variety of habitats.
- Up to 200m in Iberia.
- Remain near pond. Much of time is spent in crannies, or in burrows in soft sand.
- Active swimmers.
- Walk on land, and run, are also able to hop.
- Poor swimmer.
- Burrow in soft soil/sand.
- Mainly nocturnal.
- In summer spend daytime in burrows, emerge at night to feed.
- Head-down, hindquarters-up posture when alarmed.
(B159, B160, B161).
- Crows, magpies, herons
- Rats, hedgehogs, stoats and weasels
- Some Natrix natrix - Grass snake.
Skin shedding: --
Longevity: More than 15 years (B160).
Place: in shallow water, sometimes in puddles near a
pond rather than in the pond itself (B160, B161 ).
Timing: Late March to beginning of August but usually
late April to June in Britain (B160);
Mid-April to as late as July (B161)
Courtship: Male clasps female, gripping axillae (B160).
Eggs: 3,000 - 4,000 laid in strings; initially in two
rows, later in a single row (B160, B161 ).
Tadpole development: Rapid. Tadpole free of egg by
about a week after spawning. Develop into toadlets by six to eight weeks. May leave water
by early June (B160, B161)
- Late October to late February or early March.
- In burrows or under large stones B161
Adults: Beetles, other insects, worms, spiders, woodlice, small
Tadpoles: initially algae on leaves and stems of plants, later animal
food: dead fish, fledglings, tadpoles (B161).
Feeding: Catch prey on the move (B160).
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Cold Cream was developed by the Greek physician, Galen during the 2nd century. It was called “cold cream” because as the water evaporated from the skin, it gave a feeling of coolness. Yield 8 ounces
1/8 tsp borax powder
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½ cup Olive Oil
2 Tbsp grated beeswax
1 tsp rosewater
Dissolve the borax in the water in a glass measuring cup and set aside. Mix together the Olive Oil and beeswax in another glass measuring cup. Place the glass cup in a pan of water (about 1-2 inches of water), making a water bath. Heat the oil-beeswax mixture in the water bath over medium h eat until the beeswax is melted (8-10 minutes) stirring occasionally. When the wax is melted, bring the borax-water mixture to almost boiling (do this by putting the glass cup in the microwave on High for 1 minute). You may also heat it on the top of the stove in a water bath. Remove the oil-beeswax mixture from the water bath. Slowly add the borax-water mixture to it, stirring briskly. (You can also mix the mixture up in a blender). As the mixture cools, add 1 tsp rosewater and stir well. Pour the cream into a clean container with a lid. It will thicken as it cools.
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First off a really quick review - the movie was fun, engaging and the effects were surprisingly good.
Next, on to our genre character: Caesar.
The movie is basically Caesar's life story, from birth through to a decision which will end up spelling the end of humankind (or at least the end of us as dominant species on Earth), and considering that the movie is being made for a human audience, the special effects folks and especially actor Andy Serkis deliver a character that gets you feeling incredible sympathy and empathy for.
Effectively being raised in a single-parent home, Caesar lives with his "father" and "grandfather" (Played by James Franco and John Lithgow) and through all his years he comes off as an incredibly smart, inquisitive and loving chimp.
The problem comes down in the second act when he is removed from his home and put in a primate care facility with some less-than-great humans. Caesar works to understand his new world, but eventually he starts making some connections that will start a whole new world for ape-kind and pretty much bring and end to humankind.
The movie was really great, the characters engaging and if there were a sequel, I would definitely check it out. | <urn:uuid:4c1cbbc7-58a4-46ef-9f71-feaf3fb1edd6> | 2013-05-21T10:06:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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so write it offline in an editor (e.g., Notepad) and paste it in your little post box, viz.:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the general notion of determinism in philosophy. For other uses, see Determinism (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Fatalism, Predeterminism, or Predictability.
Determinism is a metaphysical philosophical position stating that for everything that happens there are conditions such that, given those conditions, nothing else could happen. "There are many determinisms, depending upon what pre-conditions are considered to be determinative of an event." Determinism throughout the history of philosophy has sprung from diverse considerations, some of which overlap. Some forms of determinism can be tested empirically with ideas stemming from physics and the philosophy of physics. The opposite of determinism is some kind of indeterminism (otherwise called nondeterminism). Determinism is often contrasted with free will.
Determinism often is taken to mean simply causal determinism, that is, basing determinism upon the idea of cause-and-effect. It is the concept that events within a given paradigm are bound by causality in such a way that any state (of an object or event) is completely determined by prior states. This meaning can be distinguished from other varieties of determinism mentioned below.
The introduction of "cause-and-effect" introduces unnecessary complications related to what is meant by a 'cause' and how the presence of a 'cause' might be established, the interpretation of which varies from one physical theory to another. These complications are avoided by a more general formulation based upon connections between 'events' supplied by a theory:
"a theory is deterministic if, and only if, given its state variables for some initial period, the theory logically determines a unique set of values for those variables for any other period."
—Ernest Nagel, Alternative descriptions of physical state p. 292
This quote replaces the idea of 'cause-and-effect' with that of 'logical implication' according to one or another theory that connects events. In addition, an 'event' is related by the theory itself to formalized states described using the parameters defined by that theory. Thus, the details of interpretation are placed where they belong, fitted to the context in which the chosen theory applies.
Other debates often concern the scope of determined systems, with some maintaining that the entire universe (or multiverse) is a single determinate system and others identifying other more limited determinate systems. For example, using the definition of physical determinism above, the limitations of a theory to some particular domain of experience also limits the associated definition of 'determinism' to that same domain.
There are numerous historical debates involving many philosophical positions and varieties of determinism. They include debates concerning determinism and free will, technically denoted as compatibilistic (allowing the two to coexist) and incompatibilistic (denying their coexistence is a possibility).
Determinism should not be confused with self-determination of human actions by reasons, motives, and desires. Determinism rarely requires that perfect prediction be practically possible – merely predictable in theory.
Many philosophical theories of determinism frame themselves with the idea that reality follows a sort of predetermined path
Causal determinism is "the idea that every event is necessitated by antecedent events and conditions together with the laws of nature". However, causal determinism is a broad enough term to consider that "one's deliberations, choices, and actions will often be necessary links in the causal chain that brings something about. In other words, even though our deliberations, choices, and actions are themselves determined like everything else, it is still the case, according to causal determinism, that the occurrence or existence of yet other things depends upon our deliberating, choosing and acting in a certain way". Causal determinism proposes that there is an unbroken chain of prior occurrences stretching back to the origin of the universe. The relation between events may not be specified, nor the origin of that universe. Causal determinists believe that there is nothing uncaused or self-caused. Historical determinism (a sort of path dependence) can also be synonymous with causal determinism.
Nomological determinism (sometimes called 'scientific' determinism, although that is a misnomer) is the most common form of causal determinism. It is the notion that the past and the present dictate the future entirely and necessarily by rigid natural laws, that every occurrence results inevitably from prior events. Quantum mechanics and various interpretations thereof pose a serious challenge to this view. Nomological determinism is sometimes illustrated by the thought experiment of Laplace's demon.
Physical determinism holds holds that all physical events occur as described by physical laws. Depending upon definitions, there is some room here for the view that not everything in the universe must be tied to some physical state, but that view is not usually emphasized by adherents of physical determinism because of the widely accepted scientific view that the operation of all physical systems (often unnecessarily taken to mean everything) can be explained entirely in physical terms, the assumed causal closure of physics.
Necessitarianism is very related to the causal determinism described above. It is a metaphysical principle that denies all mere possibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be. Leucippus claimed there were no uncaused events, and that everything occurs for a reason and by necessity.
Predeterminism is the idea that all events are determined in advance. The concept of predeterminism is often argued by invoking causal determinism, implying that there is an unbroken chain of prior occurrences stretching back to the origin of the universe. In the case of predeterminism, this chain of events has been pre-established, and human actions cannot interfere with the outcomes of this pre-established chain. Predeterminism can be used to mean such pre-established causal determinism, in which case it is categorised as a specific type of determinism. It can also be used interchangeably with causal determinism - in the context of its capacity to determine future events. Despite this, predeterminism is often considered as independent of causal determinism. The term predeterminism is also frequently used in the context of biology and hereditary, in which case it represents a form of biological determinism.
Fatalism is normally distinguished from "determinism". Fatalism is the idea that everything is fated to happen, so that humans have no control over their future. Fate has arbitrary power, and need not follow any causal or otherwise deterministic laws. Types of Fatalism include hard theological determinism and the idea of predestination, where there is a God who determines all that humans will do. This may be accomplished either by knowing their actions in advance, via some form of omniscience or by decreeing their actions in advance.
Theological determinism is a form of determinism which states that all events that happen are pre-ordained, or predestined to happen, by a monotheistic deity, or that they are destined to occur given its omniscience. Two forms of theological determinism exist, here referenced as strong and weak theological determinism. The first one, strong theological determinism, is based on the concept of a creator deity dictating all events in history: "everything that happens has been predestined to happen by an omniscient, omnipotent divinity". The second form, weak theological determinism, is based on the concept of divine foreknowledge - "because God's omniscience is perfect, what God knows about the future will inevitably happen, which means, consequently, that the future is already fixed". There exist slight variations on the above categorisation. Some claim that theological determinism requires predestination of all events and outcomes by the divinity (i.e. they do not classify the weaker version as 'theological determinism' unless libertarian free will is assumed to be denied as a consequence), or that the weaker version does not constitute 'theological determinism' at all. With respect to free will, "theological determinism is the thesis that God exists and has infallible knowledge of all true propositions including propositions about our future actions", more minimal criteria designed to encapsulate all forms of theological determinism. Theological determinism can also be seen as a form of causal determinism, in which the antecedent conditions are the nature and will of God.
Logical determinism or Determinateness is the notion that all propositions, whether about the past, present, or future, are either true or false. Note that one can support Causal Determinism without necessarily supporting Logical Determinism and vice versa (depending on one's views on the nature of time, but also randomness). The problem of free will is especially salient now with Logical Determinism: how can choices be free, given that propositions about the future already have a truth value in the present (i.e. it is already determined as either true or false)? This is referred to as the problem of future contingents.
Adequate determinism focuses on the fact that, even without a full understanding of microscopic physics, we can predict the distribution of 1000 coin tosses
Often synonymous with Logical Determinism are the ideas behind Spatio-temporal Determinism or Eternalism: the view of special relativity. J. J. C. Smart, a proponent of this view, uses the term "tenselessness" to describe the simultaneous existence of past, present, and future. In physics, the "block universe" of Hermann Minkowski and Albert Einstein assumes that time is a fourth dimension (like the three spatial dimensions). In other words, all the other parts of time are real, like the city blocks up and down a street, although the order in which they appear depends on the driver (see Rietdijk–Putnam argument).
Adequate determinism is the idea that quantum indeterminacy can be ignored for most macroscopic events. This is because of quantum decoherence. Random quantum events "average out" in the limit of large numbers of particles (where the laws of quantum mechanics asymptotically approach the laws of classical mechanics). Stephen Hawking explains a similar idea: he says that the microscopic world of quantum mechanics is one of determined probabilities. That is, quantum effects rarely alter the predictions of classical mechanics, which are quite accurate (albeit still not perfectly certain) at larger scales. Something as large as an animal cell, then, would be "adequately determined" (even in light of quantum indeterminacy).
Nature and nurture interact in humans. A scientist looking at a sculpture after some time does not ask whether we are seeing the effects of the starting materials OR environmental influences.
Although some of the above forms of determinism concern human behaviors and cognition, others frame themselves as an answer to the Nature or Nurture debate. They will suggest that one factor will entirely determine behavior. As scientific understanding has grown, however, the strongest versions of these theories have been widely rejected as a single cause fallacy.
In other words, the modern deterministic theories attempt to explain how the interaction of both nature and nurture is entirely predictable. The concept of heritability has been helpful to make this distinction.
Biological determinism, sometimes called Genetic determinism, is the idea that each of our behaviors, beliefs, and desires are fixed by our genetic nature.
Behaviorism is the idea that all behavior can be traced to specific causes—either environmental or reflexive. This Nurture-focused determinism was developed by John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner.
Cultural determinism or social determinism is the nurture-focused theory that it is the culture in which we are raised that determines who we are.
Environmental determinism is also known as climatic or geographical determinism. It holds the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture. Supporters often also support Behavioral determinism. Key proponents of this notion have included Ellen Churchill Semple, Ellsworth Huntington, Thomas Griffith Taylor and possibly Jared Diamond, although his status as an environmental determinist is debated.
A technological determinist might suggest that technology like the mobile phone is the greatest factor shaping human civilization.
Other 'deterministic' theories actually seek only to highlight the importance of a particular factor in predicting the future. These theories often use the factor as a sort of guide or constraint on the future. They need not suppose that complete knowledge of that one factor would allow us to make perfect predictions.
Psychological determinism can mean that humans must act according to reason, but it can also be synonymous with some sort of Psychological egoism. The latter is the view that humans will always act according to their perceived best interest.
Linguistic determinism claims that our language determines (at least limits) the things we can think and say and thus know. The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis argues that individuals experience the world based on the grammatical structures they habitually use.
Economic determinism is the theory which attributes primacy to the economic structure over politics in the development of human history. It is associated with the dialectical materialism of Karl Marx.
Technological determinism is a reductionist theory that presumes that a society's technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values. Media determinism, a subset of technological determinism, is a philosophical and sociological position which posits the power of the media to impact society. Two leading media determinists are the Canadian scholars Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan. | <urn:uuid:fa5b85ba-af47-43af-a2ff-d30a8b594bab> | 2013-05-21T10:28:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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These are awesome, and yes, I wish I could buy one, too. Cypher shows off these ribbons she made over on livejournal, and says that whenever she drives around with the Horde one on her car, fellow Hordies scream "For the Horde" at her as she drives by. Sounds about right! For the Horde!
But she says she made them for her and her roommate-- does she keep them both on the same car? I don't know how the whole "Blizzard-created logo" copyright thing would work (and I'm not quite down with putting stickers on my car), but selling both of these as magnets would be a great idea. Very awesome. | <urn:uuid:cb1ecdc8-fca8-4453-bbb9-505830da5ba9> | 2013-05-21T10:33:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A consistent CSG model is one which is made up of solid objects with no dangling surfaces. In rayshade, it is quite easy to construct inconsistent models, which will usually appear incorrect in the final images. In rayshade, CSG is implemented by maintaining the tree structure of the CSG operations. This tree is traversed, and the operators therein applied, on a per-ray basis. It is therefore difficult to verify the consistency of the model ``on the fly.''
One class of CSG problems occur when surfaces of objects being operated upon coincide. For example, when subtracting a box from another box to make a square cup, the result will be wrong if the tops of the two boxes coincide. To correct this, the inner box should be made slightly taller than the outer box. A related problem that must be avoided occurs when two coincident surfaces are assigned different surface properties.
It may seem that the union operator is unnecessary, since listing two objects together in an aggregate results in an image that appears to be the same. While the result of such a short-cut may appear the same on the exterior, the interior of the resulting object will contain extraneous surfaces. The following example show this quite clearly.
difference box -2 0 -3 2 3 3 union /* change to list; note bad internal surfaces */ sphere 2 1 0 0 sphere 2 -1 0 0 end end rotate 1 0 0 -40 rotate 0 0 1 50
The visual evidence of an inconsistent CSG object varies depending upon the operator being used. When subtracting a consistent object from and inconsistent one, the resulting object will appear to be the union of the two objects, but the shading will be incorrect. It will appear to be inside-out in places, while correct in other places. The inside-out sections indicate the areas where the problems occur. Such problems are often caused by polygons with incorrectly specified normals, or by surfaces that exactly coincide (which appear as partial ``Swiss cheese'' objects).
The following example illustrates an attempt to subtract a sphere from a pyramid defined using an incorrectly facing triangle. Note that the resulting image obviously points to which triangle is reversed.
name pyramid list triangle 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 triangle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 triangle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 triangle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 /* wrong order */ end difference object pyramid scale 3 3 3 rotate 0 0 1 45 rotate 1 0 0 -30 translate 0 -3.5 0 sphere 2.4 0 0 0 end
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But will Allawi live long enough to be overthrown?
From Juan Cole:
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called on Wednesday for general elections to be held at the scheduled time.I think the Americans have already been expelled. They're just too dense to get it.
Sistani's quite resonable demand for elections is nevertheless among the greatest dangers facing the Allawi government and the Americans. It will be extremely difficult actually to hold the elections on time. But Sistani believes only such elections can produce a legitimate government, and he already accepted a six-month delay. If the elections are not held, and if Sistani begins to fear they won't be held soon, he may well call the masses into the streets. That could lead to an overthrow of Allawi and an expulsion of the Americans. Keep your eye on February and March of 2005. | <urn:uuid:a901bb3a-df1a-4e1f-a92c-14bc89ccdda3> | 2013-05-21T10:34:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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To use kickstart mode, you must first create a kickstart file, and make it available to the Red Hat Linux installation program. Normally this is done by copying the kickstart file to the boot diskette, or making it available on the network. The network-based approach is most commonly used, as most kickstart installations tend to be performed on networked computers. This also makes it easier to install Red Hat Linux on many computers, as the kickstart files can be kept on single server system, and read by the individual computers during the installation.
Let's take a more in-depth look at the locations where kickstart file may be placed.
To perform a diskette-based kickstart installation, the kickstart file must be named ks.cfg, and reside in the boot diskette's top-level directory. Note that the Red Hat Linux boot diskettes are in MS-DOS format, making it easy to copy the kickstart file under Linux using the mcopy command (or, if you insist, you can also use Windows). Although there's no technological requirement for it, most diskette-based kickstart installations install Red Hat Linux from CD-ROM.
Network installations using kickstart are quite common, because system administrators can easily automate the installation of many networked computers quickly and painlessly. In general, the approach most commonly used is for the administrator to have both a BOOTP/DHCP server and an NFS server on the local network. The BOOTP/DHCP server is used to give the client system its networking information, while the NFS server serves the actual files used during the installation. Often these two servers run on the same physical machine, but there is no requirement for this.
To do a network-based kickstart installation, you must have a BOOTP/DHCP server on your network, and it must include configuration information for the machine you are attempting to install. The BOOTP/DHCP server will be used to give the client its networking information as well as the location of the kickstart file. If a kickstart file is specified by the BOOTP/DHCP server, the client system will attempt an NFS mount of the file's path, and will copy the specified file to the client, using it as the kickstart file. The exact settings required vary depending on the BOOTP/DHCP server you use. Here's an example for the DHCP server shipped with Red Hat Linux:
filename "/usr/new-machine/kickstart/"; next-server blarg.redhat.com;
Note that you should use filename for the kickstart file's name (or the directory in which the kicstart file resides), and next-server to set the NFS server name.
If the filename returned by the BOOTP/DHCP server ends with a slash (``/''), then it is interpreted as a path only. In this case, the client system mounts that path using NFS, and searches for a specially-named file. The filename the client searches for is:
The <ip-addr> section of the filename should be replaced with the client's IP address in dotted decimal notation. For example, the filename for a computer with an IP address of 10.10.0.1 would be 10.10.0.1-kickstart.
Note that if you don't specify a server name, then the client system will attempt to use the server that answered the BOOTP/DHCP request as its NFS server. If you don't specify a path or filename, the client system will try to mount /kickstart from the BOOTP/DHCP server, and will try to find the kickstart file using the same <ip-addr>-kickstart filename as described above. | <urn:uuid:7ed9e761-54db-4500-a92e-a1e5ccef8adf> | 2013-05-21T10:14:06Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Key Term Definitions
Acoustic Clarity Technology:
This Polycom patented technology allows you to enjoy instantaneous natural conversation. When paired with a full duplex speakerphone, echo is eliminated and both callers are able to speak simultaneously without experiencing voice dropouts. The voice clarity on conference systems that feature this technology is incredibly crisp and clear.
Dynamic Noise Reduction:
One of Polycom's signature features, Dynamic Noise Reduction (DNR) eliminates the unwanted background noise that plagues more traditional conferencing methods. This technology was first introduced in the 1980's and targeted noise reduction in long distance communications. DNR can cut down clatter by as much as 10 decibels and can be paired with similar systems. The Polycom systems that carry this feature provide the user with optimum microphone sensitivity while removing dynamic noise. DNR can really make a difference when conferencing with client's long distance, the level of professionalism will be much appreciated.
Remarkable Voice Quality:
This feature is a result of the acoustic clarity technology and full duplex speakerphone functions. Members from both sides of the conference call hear one another clearly and talk at the time without experiencing static or echo.
All microphones have directional characteristics, which are determined by the way a microphone picks up sounds. Microphones can pick up signals from several directions or from one focused point. A cardioid microphone, the most popular of conferencing systems, picks up sound/signals primarily from the front of the microphone. When the pattern of cardioid sound pickup is graphed the shape resembles that of a heart, hence the name. These microphones focus on the sound in front of them and lessen ambient noise from the back or sides.
Analog is the original telephone technology, a system that converts air vibrations (like those created by the human voice) into similar electrical frequencies. Analog lines can support phones, fax machines, and modems and are typically found in homes or small office settings. Analog systems measure data in one continuous variable while digital breaks down and manipulates the data. One of the advantages of analog systems is that they dot not require a filter for band-limiting. Several SoundStation models operate on an analog system with features that are specifically designed for day to day communication.
Intelligent Microphone Mixing:
This feature can be found in the Polycom extension microphones line, a great tool when conferencing with multiple people in the room. The intelligent microphone mixing technology makes it so the only microphone turned on for clear conferencing is the one closest to person speaking. Why have microphones that are not in use turned on, this only creates unwanted, static noise that interferes with communication. This intelligent Polycom feature eliminates the guessing game that comes with finding the correct microphone, simply start speaking and the system will recognize which device to turn on. | <urn:uuid:e24ff6fc-9f95-4853-ba37-cde143927eab> | 2013-05-21T10:28:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Today in country music history:
2004 - In Beverly Hills, CA, a tribute concert to honor Ray Charles raised $15 million for Morehouse College Center for the Arts in Atlanta. Bill Cosby hosted the event, and the performers included Stevie Wonder, Travis Tritt, Michael McDonald, James Ingram and Patti Austin. Charles had died of acute liver disease on June 10, 2004.
2004 – Randy Travis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004 - Rascal Flatts' album, Feels Like Today, was released.
1991 - Garth Brooks' album Ropin' the Wind became the first country music album to debut at number one on the pop album chart.
1985 - Ronnie Milsap went to number one with "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)."
1984 - George Strait's album, Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, was released.
1974 - Waylon Jennings took up the number one spot with "I'm a Ramblin' Man."
1968 - Jeannie C. Riley went to number one with "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Mandy Barnett - singer
Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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A new beginning comes as tomorrow becomes today!!!
Tip For Your LONG & HAPPY Life:
The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
- Understand what it is that will make you happy. Everyone has unique requirements for attaining happiness and what makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. Revel in your individuality and do not worry about whether or not your desires are comparable to those of your peers.
- Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value.
- Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious.
- When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of wallowing in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow set backs to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
- Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continued happiness.
- It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.
- Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. While there are times that require you to be serious, when it is appropriate, find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you unhappy.
- Maintaining your health is another way to achieve happiness. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood. Additionally, exercise has been known to release endorphins that give you a feeling of happiness.
- Finally, it is important to understand that you deserve happiness. Those who believe that they are not worthy of happiness may subconsciously sabotage their efforts to achieve happiness. If necessary, tell yourself each day that you deserve to be happy and remind yourself what steps you will take to achieve the happiness you desire.
Happiness is hard to define but most people are aware of whether they are happy or not. Many people believe that happiness is a form of luck and that some people are destined to be happy while others are destined to be unhappy. I try to incorporate the tips above into my life and have had great success in achieving happiness. The tips in this article are small but meaningful steps that you can take each day to lead you to true happiness.
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U.S. military helicopters and transport aircraft collided 9 may be killed (Figure)
data for: U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Cobra helicopter gunships
data for: the U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules transport aircraft when
Global News special correspondent Wang Qichao reported in the United States, the Associated Press news, Oct. 29 evening, the U.S. Coast Guard and Marine Corps helicopters, a transport plane at the San Clemente Island, California, collided. Machine 9 may have been killed.
According to reports, the collision were the Coast Guard C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and the Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunships. Two aircraft is local time at 19:00 on the 29th at San Clemente Island, 25 km east of the air collision. Witnesses said when she saw the air with a fireball.
It is understood that the Coast Guard C-130 transport planes on 7, the Navy has two Cobra helicopters. Federal Aviation Administration said the crew, are in the missing state.
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Police are investigating an armed robbery at Lake Macquarie in which a woman's car was rammed and she was forced to hand over cash.
At 10.00am (AEDT) yesterday morning the woman was driving along Racecourse Road at Teralba when a gold Lexus four-wheel drive pulled out in front of her utility, ramming her driver's side door.
She steered onto the embankment and the driver got out and demanded she hand over cash.
A sedan with three people inside then pulled up and a man armed with a weapon got out and threatened the woman.
She was forced to hand over a bag containing a sum of cash.
The men drove off in the sedan which was found a short time later burnt out in nearby Barnsley.
Police have seized the Lexus and believe both cars were stolen.
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Kim Jong-un makes rare New Year's speech
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has delivered the first New Year's message on state media in 19 years.
A personal message from a North Korean leader is a rare thing - the last one was from Mr Kim's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, in 1994.
Mr Kim said 2013 would be a year of creations and changes, and confrontation between North and South Korea should be removed.
He said previous inter-Korean joint declarations on reducing tension should be followed through.
"An important issue in putting an end to the division of the country and achieving its reunification is to remove confrontation between the north and the south," Mr Kim said in the address that appeared to be pre-recorded and was made at an undisclosed location.
"The past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war."
The message comes just weeks after the election of the conservative Park Geun-hye as South Korea's new president, and coincides with UN Security Council discussions on how to punish Pyongyang for its recent long-range rocket launch.
The address by Mr Kim, who took over power in the reclusive state after his father, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011, appeared to take the place of the policy-setting New Year editorial published in leading state newspapers.
But North Korea has offered olive branches before and Mr Kim's speech does not necessarily signify a change in tack from the country.
"[Kim's statement] apparently contains a message that he has an intention to dispel the current face-off, which could eventually be linked with the North's call for aid [from the South]," said Kim Tae-woo, a North Korea expert at the state-funded Korea Institute for National Unification.
"But such a move does not necessarily mean any substantive change in the North Korean regime's policy towards the South."
Last month, South Korea elected as president Ms Park, a conservative daughter of assassinated military ruler Park Chung-hee whom Kim Il-sung had tried to kill at the height of their Cold War confrontation.
Ms Park has vowed to pursue engagement with the North and called for dialogue to build confidence, but has demanded Pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.
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While any kind of dog can attack, some breeds are more prone to attacks than others. In fact, some dogs are more likely than others to kill humans.
The Centers of Disease Control estimates that more than 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs every year. Of those, 20 percent require medical attention.
In a 15-year study (1979-1994) a total of 239 deaths were reported as a result of injuries from dog attacks in the United States. Through its research, the CDC compiled a list of the dogs most responsible for human fatalities. They are as follows:
The study found that most dog-bite-related deaths happened to children. But, according to the CDC there are steps children (and adults) can take cut down the risk of a dog attack from family pets as well as dogs they are not familiar with:
-Don't approach an unfamiliar dog.
-If an unfamiliar dog approaches you, stay motionless.
-Don't run from a dog or scream.
-If a dog knocks you down, roll into a ball and stay still.
-Avoid looking directly into a dog's eyes.
-Leave a dog alone that is sleeping, eating or taking care of puppies.
-Let a dog see and sniff you before petting it.
-Don't play with a dog unless there is an adult present.
-If a dog bites you, tell an adult immediately.
But, the CDC's report says most attacks are preventable in three ways:
1. "Owner and public education. Dog owners, through proper selection, socialization, training, care, and treatment of a dog, can reduce the likelihood of owning a dog that will eventually bite. Male and unspayed/unneutered dogs are more likely to bite than are female and spayed/neutered dogs."
2. "Animal control at the community level. Animal-control programs should be supported, and laws for regulating dangerous or vicious dogs should be promulgated and enforced vigorously. For example, in this report, 30% of dog-bite-related deaths resulted from groups of owned dogs that were free roaming off the owner's property."
3. "Bite reporting. Evaluation of prevention efforts requires improved surveillance for dog bites. Dog bites should be reported as required by local or state ordinances, and reports of such incidents should include information about the circumstances of the bite; ownership, breed, sex, age, spay/neuter status, and history of prior aggression of the animal; and the nature of restraint before the bite incident."
CDC officials did make one important note about its list: The reporting of the breed was subjective. There is no way to determine if the identification of the breed was correct. Also, there is no way to verify if the dog was a purebred or a mixed breed.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
I Romancette: Molto lento
II Legendária: Allegretto
III Harmonias soltas: Moderato
IV Fugato (all"antica): Allegro (leggiero)
V Melodia: Andantino
VI Gavotte-Scherzo: Tempo de gavotte - più mosso - Allegro vivace
Bachianas brasileiras No. 6
Capriccio, Op. 49
Prelúdio (No. 2), Op. 20
Bachianas brasileiras No. 2
O trenzinho do caipira (The Countryman"s Little Train)
Elégie, Op. 87
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5
Assobio a jato (Jet Whistle)
Allegro non troppo
Heitor Villa-Lobos occupies an unrivalled position in the music of his native Brazil. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1887, son of a senior official at the Brazilian National Library, he began cello lessons as a child with his father, using a viola. By the time of his father"s death in 1898 he had a reasonable knowledge of music theory and could play the clarinet and cello, and went on to take guitar lessons from a neighbour, hiding the fact from his mother, who wanted him to be a doctor. It was in part through the early influence of his father that Villa-Lobos became fascinated by the varied folk-music of Brazil, while the city itself provided opportunities to hear and later to join in the music of the chôro, the popular street serenade of Rio de Janeiro. At the age of sixteen he left home, giving up any idea of medical study and finding a more sympathetic lodging at the house of an aunt, an amateur pianist with a particular love of Bach. He now earned a living as best he could, helping to support his family as a jobbing musician, playing the cello at the Recreio Theatre and performing in hotels and night clubs.
From the age of eighteen Villa-Lobos spent some seven years of intermittent travel to the remoter regions of Brazil, interrupted by a brief period of study at the National Institute of Music in Rio. To keep himself he first sold the remaining books of his father"s library and then look casual employment, whenever possible, experiencing, as he travelled, the indigenous music of the country, although never encountering cannibals, as falsely related subsequently in Paris, to the annoyance of the Brazilian colony there. He had already turned his hand to compositions of a relatively undemanding kind. Settled once again in Rio in 1912, he began to tackle music of greater complexity, with an opera, Izath, piano trios and the completion of a work on which he had been intermittently engaged for some years, the guitar Suite populaire brésilienne. In 1915 he began a series of concerts of his works, arousing the anger of critics and occasionally of performers, while attracting support from a group of young sympathizers. Although his style of writing was not influenced by European trends of the time, it was nevertheless original and alarming enough. An influential critic in Rio, writing of the Dança frenética of 1919, remarked that the work had the wrong title and should have been called St. Vitus"s Dance with an explanatory note advising that it should be performed by epileptic musicians and heard by paranoiacs. 75 years later it is difficult to understand such criticism, although there might be some sympathy for the same critic"s jibe at the prolific nature of the talent of Villa-Lobos. At this early stage of his career he was already writing a great deal of music, and was to continue to do so.
The work of Villa-Lobos had already attracted the attention of Darius Milhaud, employed by Paul Claudel at the French Embassy in Rio during the war of 1914 to 1918, but it was the virtuoso Artur Rubinstein who did as much as anyone to persuade the Brazilian Congress and private patrons to a measure of sponsorship for a journey to Paris, allowing Villa-Lobos to introduce his music to the French public and at the same time to profit from the stimulating intellectual climate of the city. Through Rubinstein he was introduced to the publishing house of Max Eschig, the sponsor of his first Paris concert in 1924. As in Rio, his music was acceptable to those with more progressive ideas on the nature of music and to an even wider public by the time of concerts of his works given on a much larger scale in 1927, although there were still voices raised in objection. In Paris Villa-Lobos was associated with leading musicians and artists of the time, helped by Roger-Ducasse, praised by Paul Le Flem and Florent Schmitt, and commissioned to provide a ballet for Dyagilev. During a period of seven years, he also found it possible to travel to Africa and to return to South America for concerts, not isolating himself from the cultural life of his own country.
In 1930 Villa-Lobos returned to Brazil, intending to fulfil a series of concert engagements before returning to Paris. The October Revolution forced a change of plan and brought unforeseen opportunities, as he found himself now in a leading position as a composer whose music fully represented the spirit of Brazil and the nationalist mood of the time. He was entrusted with establishing a scheme of music education at every level and this led later to the setting up of a conservatory in Rio in 1942, followed by the establishment of similar institutions in regional capitals. When this work came to an end in 1945, with its political changes, he began to win a regular place for himself in the concert life of the United States and, with the war now over, was able to renew his ties with Europe. He died in Rio de Janeiro in 1959, his death an occasion of national mourning.
The Pequena suite (Little Suite) for cello and piano was written in 1913. It consists of a series of six short pieces, admirably suited, of course, to his own instrument, the cello, and in a relatively conventional style, influenced, it has been suggested, by his admiration for the cellist and composer David Popper. The suite is testimony to the technical assurance of Villa-Lobos at this period. The same quality and lyrical command is shown in other pieces of these earlier years, the Capriccio, Opus 49, of 1915 for violin or cello and piano, the romantic Prelúdio of 1913 and the wistful Elegie of 1916. These works do nothing to shock but are in a late romantic idiom with relatively little trace of specifically Brazilian inspiration and nothing of the primitivism of Rudepoema, seeming often akin rather to French music of the period.
The nine Bachianas brasileiras explore a very different vein, although there is a hint of what is to come in the Fugato all"antica of the Pequena suite. The admiration of Villa-Lobos for Bach had been fostered by his aunt Zizinha and in the Bachianas brasileiras Villa-Lobos draws double inspiration from both Bach and Brazil, although technical indebtedness to the former may be relatively superficial or at other times pervasive. It is, however, always the spirit of Bach that is evoked, the ultimate source of inspiration. The series, variously scored, began in 1930 with a work for an orchestra consisting of at least eight cellos and ended in 1945 with the ninth of the series, for string orchestra. From the second of the Bachianas brasileiras comes O trenzinho do caipira (The Countryman"s Little Train), the fourth and last movement, a Tocata, arranged by the composer for cello and piano and used by him in this version during concert tours over a period of nine months after his return to Brazil in 1930. The little train represents the ancient steam-train of the interior of Brazil and suggests both the train itself and the Brazilian hinterland through which it passes.
The Ária, the first of the two movements of the fifth of the Bachianas brasileiras, originally scored for soprano and orchestra of cellos, was written in 1938. A second movement Dança was added in 1945. The first of these two movements is among the best known of all and is more demonstrably indebted to Bach than O trenzinho, which is a world away from eighteenth century Leipzig. The Ária offers a very Brazilian melodic contour over a Bachian accompaniment for the eight cellos of the original scoring, with the first cello shadowing the soprano melodic line. The movement, one of particular lyrical beauty, is equally effective in the arrangement for cello and piano.
The sixth of the Bachianas brasileiras for flute and bassoon was written in 1938 and first performed in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. In the first of the two movements the style of the chôro, declared in the title, is combined with an element of contrapuntal Bach. The limitations of the medium are triumphantly overcome in the second movement Fantasia, again in the chôro tradition. The Ária presents an opening melodic contour that allows the flute to suggest the counterpoint of Bach, while the bassoon enters with a melody that seems at first more overtly Brazilian. The Fantasia, marked Allegro after the first movement Largo, is one of lively invention calling for considerable virtuosity in performance, both in the chromatic sequences of the upper part and the answering figuration for the bassoon.
Assobio a jato (Jet Whistle), for flute and cello, was written in 1950, the year of the eighth of the eleven symphonies of Villa-Lobos and the twelfth of the seventeen string quartets. It comes at a time when the composer was more overtly concerned with instrumental virtuosity, particularly in a series of concertos for guitar, for harp and for harmonica, his five piano concertos, and the famous Fantasia concertante for 32 cellos. Assobio a jato provides an attractive addition to unusual repertoire. The first movement seems to echo in its texture the Bachianas brasileiras. It is followed by a poignant Adagio in which the accompanying texture is filled by the double- and multiple-stopping of the cello. The final Vivo opens with the ostinato of the cello, to which the flute adds an angular and sequential melodic line in a movement that allows both instruments brief moments of relaxation into a more lyrical mood.
The American cellist Rebecca Rust was born in San Francisco and had her first piano lessons at the age of five from her mother. Four years later she began her study of the cello, winning an award in the Mendelssohn Competition at the age of thirteen. After study with Bernard Greenhouse at the University of New York, and with Paul Szabo at the Cologne Musikhochschule, and master courses with Mstislav Rostropovich in America and Switzerland, she settled in Munich, with a career in Europe, America and Japan as a soloist and chamber-music player. Rebecca Rust plays an Italian cello of the seventeenth century, the work of the Florentine Giovanni Gaetano Pazzini, a pupil of Maggini.
The pianist David Apter was born in New York and studied at the famous Juilliard School, at Manhattan School and at Yale University, as a pupil of teachers who included Rosina Lhevinne, Nadia Boulanger and Paul Badura-Skoda. A concert tour of South America led to a Fulbright Scholarship to Munich, where he met Rebecca Rust.
Emmanuel Pahud was born in Geneva in 1970 of Swiss and French parentage. In 1989 he was appointed principal flautist with the Basle Radio Symphony Orchestra, moving to a similar position with the Munich Philharmonic in 1992 and in 1993 to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He had his first flute lessons at the age of six, studying in Rome, Brussels, Basle and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris, where he won first prize for flute and chamber music in 1990. Other awards include a series of prizes between 1988 and 1992 at Scheveningen, Duino, Kobe and Geneva, and his career has brought concert appearances throughout Europe, in the United States of America and Japan.
Friedrich Edelmann was born in Baden-Württemberg and studied the bassoon with Alfred Rinderspacher. After winning first prize in the Federal Jugend Musiziert Competition, he studied with Klaus Thunemann in Hamburg and with Milan Turkovic in Vienna. In 1977 he became principal bassoonist with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, under Sergiu Celibidache, and from 1987 to 1992 was a member of the board of administration. Friedrich Edelmann has travelled widely as a soloist and player of chamber music, with concerts, recitals and master-classes in Europe, the Americas and Japan.
Détail des pistes :
VILLA LOBOS Heitor
1 - 1 I. Romancette: Molto lento (3mn 05s )
1 - 2 II. Legendaria: Allegretto (53s )
1 - 3 III. Harmonias soltas: Moderato (1mn 54s )
1 - 4 IV. Fugato (all antica): Allegro (leggiero) (1mn 06s )
1 - 5 V. Melodia: Andantino (2mn 29s )
1 - 6 VI. Gavotte-Scherzo: Tempo de gavotte - piu mosso - Allegro vivace (3mn 24s )
Bachianas brasileiras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon
1 - 7 No. 1 Aria (Choro): Largo (3mn 34s )
1 - 8 No. 2 Fantasia: Allegro (5mn 03s )
1 - 9 Capriccio, Op. 49 (5mn 33s )
1 - 10 Preludio No. 2, Op. 20 (5mn 31s )
Bachianas brasileiras No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra (excerpt) (arr. for piano and cello)
1 - 11 IV. O trenzinho do Caipira (The Peasant s Little Train) (3mn 35s )
1 - 12 Elegie, Op. 87 (5mn 47s )
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Cello Ensemble (excerpt) (arr. for piano and cello)
1 - 13 I. Aria (Cantilena) (5mn 55s )
Assobio a jato (Jet Whistle)
1 - 14 I. Allegro non troppo (3mn 29s )
1 - 15 II. Adagio (3mn 25s )
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Q. You have 18 piano students?
A. Yes, ranging in age from 5 to 63. My students also include home-schooled youngsters as well as those in public and private education.
Q. What do you like about being a piano teacher?
A. Being able to share my love of music with others as they travel the road to music literacy. I love watching them gain confidence as they grow musically.
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A. The most difficult thing would be to bring my students from being a note player to becoming a music maker. This is my goal with each student I teach.
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A. My main instrument after the piano is the flute. As a band teacher, I had to learn to play all the instruments, but the flute is my primary instrument.
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Q. What person has had the most impact on you?
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Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
In your world, how many wrongs must do combat before the cycle is halted?
I don't think you know much about my world.
The Constitution grants presidents the power to grant pardons and commute sentences.
I asked SO why this case is worse than others.
I don't know how you can derive the things you seem to have derived from a single question.
The Libby case means nothing to me and I'm curious why it means so much to so many.
But, let's not get side tracked.
Thanks for your good wishes.
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. The books were written in 1866-7 for Sunday school
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03:42 PM on 04/05/12
*shows up from behind a curtain*
So, how do you like the back yard? Finding the ice okay?
And then you ask, are you sure you deleted all those IM's, I don't want your mom to get nosey?
By the way my name is also Chris Hansen, if I can count my second namne (Christian). | <urn:uuid:c918987c-e852-407c-8d61-ce588f766481> | 2013-05-21T10:09:35Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Children of Ares
Copyright Disclaimers: Xena and Gabrielle are the property of MCA/Universal and Renaissance Pictures. The author does not benefit financially in any way from this story.
Note: My thanks to my beta reader Jennifer for her wonderful help in writing this piece and for my new wife Shuana, who is helping me breakdown some walls.
Summary: An alternate universe, where Romulus didn't kill Remus. They each founded a city. Romulus founded Rome. Remus founded Reme. Centuries later Romulus controls the Roman Empire, the lands of Southern Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain and Carthage. Remus controls the Kingdom of Reme, the lands of Northern Italy, Gaul, Britannia and the Norse Lands. Now the sons of Ares meet his daughter, Xena the Conqueror.
Chapter 9: White Pawn to Queen Four
The Courier knew better than to top a ridge. You would be silhouetted against the sky, which would make you a good target. So, the Courier avoided and bypassed it by way of the lower valley. Suddenly, she found a set of tracks. ‘Damn,’ she thought, ‘A second group of Barbarians. ’
Callisto got a general idea of their numbers and direction of advance. Then she was on her way again to the other outpost. She forced her horse hard. She knew that her horse was done, so she made a decision. She found the tracks of a scouting party. There were three of them. She was going to get another horse or die in the attempt.
The Courier found the group of three Barbarians watering their horses and eating some strange bread. She pulled her crossbow and loaded it. She knew she could take out two with the crossbow, but she would have to kill the third warrior hand to hand.
She fired her first and hit the largest Barbarian in the back. He was down. Taking her time she reloaded the bow and lifted it and fired as the Barbarian was nearly upon her. His momentum carried him into her, which knocked her backwards and away from her sword.
The dead Barbarian’s hand axe grazed her side cutting through her leather armor. The third Barbarian swung his axe at her head with every intention of killing her. The young courier barely moved out of the way in time. She rolled away from her attacker, who was pressing hard.
Finally, she managed to get to her sword as she bonded over the attacking axe man. With a sweeping swing of the sword, she sliced through the attacker’s belly. As he bent over to collect his insides, she decapitated him with an arching swing of the blade.
When the adrenaline of the fight had subsided, she felt the pain of her wounded side. She built a small fire and heated a dagger into the fire. When it was heated, she cauterized the wound. Then she took the equipment from her horse and put it on one of the Barbarian horses and took another of the Barbarian horses as well.
Chapter 10: Black Pawn to Queen Four
The blonde courier alternated mounts so she could ride continuously without stopping. By the second day, she had reached the other outpost. It was full light when she got there. She was immediately ushered into the presence of the Regional Commander. General Borias noticed her wounded side and ordered her to be seated.
The large dark haired General had her start from the beginning with an explanation of the situation as she saw it. Between her clear explanation and the dispatches he had a clear idea of the predicament in which they found themselves.
The tall General gave the young courier orders to rest. He sat and wrote out a promotion order for blonde woman with written orders for her to report the situation to the Conqueror.
Borias had been with Xena since she was a struggling warlord. The handsome man had once been the Conqeror’s lover. The black bearded General knew his former lover’s mind. He needed to get to the source of the problem and not just stop the invading army. So, the General had to rely on Commander Xerxus to stop the invasion. While Borias went for the source of the problem, the Barbarian ships.
The General gathered his forces of two legions and ten cohorts with three hundred light cavalrymen. General Borias sent the cavalry to cover their rear, while he marched his troops toward the enemy ships. He sent out scouts to locate the advancing Barbarians. The Bear of Greece sent riders to the other garrisons.
There wasn’t much more the General could do. He had to give Xena the time she needed to gather her forces and counter the real threat. Someone was orchestrating this invasion. Someone with knowledge of their scouting patterns and their garrison defenses. Someone who knew the deployment of the garrisons in the area, which meant it was someone in the Conqueror’s personal staff had betrayed them.
Therefore, he had to give her the time she needed to find the traitor, deal with him and gather enough forces to counter this Barbarian invasion without weakening another other defensive positions. This was a mess.
Chapter 11: Constructing the Gambit
Only eighteen of the Mongul returned to Xerxus. They had given the sandy haired Greek his three days. The squat warrior had positioned his forces in the only access into Lower Gaul from their last known position. From his surviving cavalry, the garrison captain knew they were still on a direct path to his position. However, their numbers were much greater than he had anticipated. The Boar figured he could only hold for a few days, but each day gave the Conqueror more time.
His forces were spread very thin through the valley. Captain Xerxua kept a small reserve with his remaining cavalry. Their job was to plug holes. The Boar of Corinth sent a runner to the main garrison with a warning that he would not be able to hold for more than four days. By that time, the stocky captain would be out of reserves and unable to fill gaps in the line.
On the other side of the forest, General Borias was overlooking two hundred ships or more in a sheltered bay guarded by an army of five hundred. That meant there were at least ten thousand warriors in the main body. This was very bad.
The general formed his forces in a standard wedge and charged the defending warriors. The defenders reacted slowly. The barbarians had not expected an attack from the West. Their commander had underestimated the Bear of the Conqueror, which would prove fatal to the garrison guarding their ships.
It was a short battle. Borias had the numbers and strategic surprise. His wedge cut right through to the center of the Barbarians defensive positions. Within the hour all the ships were a flame. The Barbarians didn’t know it, but they had just lost the war. He didn’t have any illusions about his survival, but without their ships they were stuck and the Conqueror would avenge his death.
Xerxus sat wearily upon a rock and surveyed the results of the latest attack. There had been six attacks over two days and they wouldn’t survive another attack. Tomorrow would be the end. He hoped that two and half days would be enough to save Lower Gaul from conquest.
The next day, Borias saw Xerxus’s forces fighting for their lives. They had killed hundreds, but thousands remained. He did the only thing he could he threw his weight into the battle. Using the Spartan Wedge, Borias marched his troops into the reserves of the Barbarians. His cavalry attacked their tents and headquarters.
The Bear planned to destroy the Barbarian reserves and supplies. Without supplies the Barbarians would have to take time to forage and without their reserves they would be forced to pull men from their main forces.
Borias saw his main body destroying the enemy reserves they were unprepared for the sudden attack and were quickly dispatched. The Barbarian leaders didn’t know about the attack until they saw the columns of smoke coming from their burning supplies. When they saw the smoke they knew they were in trouble. The general recalled their troops and Borias sent his reserves to reinforce Xerxus.
Xerxus was engaged with two Barbarians and he knew it wouldn’t be long before he was dead. Then he heard the recall horns and was confused as the Barbarians retreated from the field. ‘It doesn’t make any sense. They had us why are they retreating,’ he thought until he looked to the Barbarian rear.
To his relief Xerxus saw Borias’s reserves coming to reinforce his position. Quickly he organized the reinforcements into a stronger defensive force. He smiled for the first time in days. It was good to be alive.
Borias watched with thin patience as Xerxus organized his defense. When the defenses were set, Borias used his cavalry to cover his retreat toward Xerxus. He signaled his officers to follow as he headed toward the defensive spot.
Using what crossbow man he had left, Xerxus covered the very well orchestrated retreat. He could see that General Borias had earned his reputation. Two of Borias’s officers fell before they reached Xerxus’s defensive positions. But Borias the Bear made it to the protective location.
That day the Lieutenant Callisto reached the palace of the Conqueror the day Borias reached Xerxus’s defensive formations. She was guided through a maze of corridors and was greeted by a short woman with strawberry blonde hair with green eyes. She demanded, "I must see the Conqueror. Lower Gaul is falling to the Norse Barbarians."
The young woman smiled and said, "The Conqueror is in Chin. I am her Counselor. Tell me everything."
For the first time in days, doubt crossed Callisto’s mind as she wasn’t sure that this small woman could do what she knew the Conqueror could do. The young courier had trouble trusting in the small woman she saw before her. Callisto had much to learn about appearances.
Chapter 12: The New Game
Gabrielle searched the heart of woman before her. Her green-eyes looked deep into the courier’s soul and saw sorrow. The young strawberry blonde pulled her hood over her head and decreed, "Callisto, you will not find the peace you search for in the life you are leading. You are at a crossroads in your quest. You must seek my sister in the Isle of Britannica. There you will find your destiny."
The shocked courier looked into the hooded darkness where she knew the Bard’s eyes were in an attempt to look into their deeps. As if reading the courier’s mind the True Bard removed her hood and gazed into the courier’s hazel eyes. The white-haired courier knew the young Bard had spoken the total truth. The young woman acknowledged the words of the True Bard with a nod of her head and whirled around as she strode purposefully from the chamber.
After white-haired woman was gone, the Chancellor of the Eastern Empire sent a ment message to her sister and then one to Epony. It was time for the Amazons to reemerge. They must save Lower Gaul and Borias. Saving the father of her child would mean a lot to the Conqueror.
Darius, the military advisor to the Conqueror, queried, "Which legions do we send, Chancellor?"
"None, " answered the green-eyed blonde, "Send a courier to the Conqueror explaining the situation. Then, move the Army of the West toward Chin and wait for orders from the Conqueror."
"But Chancellor," inquired a confused General, "What of Borias and Lower Gaul. If we move the army, we expose our flanks to the Remans and the Romans."
Lower Gaul is safe. Neither Romulus nor Remus will move against their sister because of the Edicts of Ares," replied the young woman with more conviction than she possessed. Depending on the whims of the Gods was foolhardy, but Chin was more important to the Empire than Gaul and something was wrong there.
The indignant General was not convinced, "Chancellor, Borias cannot hold against such strength."
"I realize that General, but I have faith in the Bear and he will have help soon," the young Bard responded with a cold voice, "General, you will not make it a habit to question my orders, will you?"
Suddenly, the General felt fear. He knew he had gone too far. This woman was in high favor with the Conqueror and the confidant Bard shone with an Inner Light that was blinding to behold. He feared she would hex him or worse.
Quickly the General retreated by saying, "I apologize, Chancellor. I was just concerned for the Empire and as the military advisor, I only meant to advise."
The young woman decided to accept his apology and rose to leave the room. She decided she needed to gaze upon the Conqueror.
Chapter 13: The Poison Pawn
Xerxus was dead. He had died on the last attack. Borias knew that they would not survive too many more charges. He deployed his men as best he could. He had only his personal guard in reserve. His only hope was that the courier had gotten to the Conqueror. He knew Xena. They had been lovers and he knew he could rely on her. By forced march she could be here by tonight, if he could just hold the line until then.
The large man watch as the Barbarians form their charge lines in the valley. They beat their shields with their axes and hammers. The noise was designed to intimidate their enemies and it was working.
The enemy line started to move slowly and then started gaining momentum. Suddenly, they all started screaming and the line came rushing at them. Then the Bear of Greece heard the scream of arrows overhead. He started to call for his to head for cover, when he realized the arrows were headed at the Barbarian formations.
The flight of arrows was followed by two others that totally halted the momentum of the charging Barbarians. Hundreds of Barbarians fell to the ground as they were impaled with arrows. The fourth flight of arrows was followed by the bird cries of the Amazons, which was too much for the superstitous Barbarians. They started to retreat.
Borias knew now was the time as he called for a charge of his own. His men charged out of their defensive positions to attack the retreating Barbarians. Out the trees came a flight of light cavalry. It was bearing down on the Barbarians. The Barbarians looked up to see that the horsewoman had cut them off from the treeline. There was nothing for the Barbarian chieftain to do but to surrender.
Borias could not believe his eyes. They were Amazons! The Conqueror’s forces had been saved by Amazons. The Conqueror had tried her best to destroy the Amazon Nation, but now they had saved her possessions in Gaul. He knew he had some questions for their leaders, but first he had a battle to finish. He needed some of those Barbarians alive, so he had to stop his men from exacting too much revenge.
Chapter 13: The Young Dragon
Mien Tieng had gone tired of following the orders of two women. He was a man and he didn’t need a woman, much less two women giving him orders. The young man had many who shared his opinion. In fact, it can be said that the idea is not his originally, but that of several of his ‘followers.’
Now, the Prince of Chin had a chance. The Conqueror was coming on a visit with only her royal guard. He knew he had an opportunity to capture or kill the two women that prevented him from controlling Chin and eventually the Known World. At that moment the young Prince made a fatal decision, he was going to capture his mother and the Conqueror take her Empire as his own.
The young man called for his greatest warrior, Liu Bu, he would be charged with the Conqueror’s capture. Then he called Yuan Fu, who was his best strategist. Between the three men they would formulate a play to seize the Empire of that stupid woman.
An Oriental man of nearly six feet strode confidently into the room. He was tall for his race and he carried a heavy beard. It was obvious that he had Mongul blood running through his veins. He was Liu Bu. He was considered the greatest warrior in Chin and many, including himself, the World. The Oriental Warrior had always bragged that he could defeat the Conqueror in single combat.
Liu Bu had barely crossed the room when the door opened and in strode the equally confident Yuan Fu. This is the man who had instilled into the young Prince the belief in male superiority. He secretly coveted the thrown for himself. He knew that Tieng would be easily defeated once they had gained control of the Empire.
Each man hoped that the Prince had finally called them together to grant them the opportunity to do what they knew was possible. Ever since he had heard of the visit of the Conqueror, Fu had been putting the idea into the young man’s head that now was the time to seize the Greek Empire. He hoped that the idea had grown to full blossom.
The Prince of Chin, the Second Heir to the Empire, the Son of Heaven greeted his advisor and said, "We need a plan. Now is the time to seize the Empire and its Empress."
Chapter 14: On the Road to Chin
The Conqueror had received word from her friend and teacher, Lao Ma, that there was a growing resentment of the rule of the Conqueror among the male aristocrats of Chin. Her mentor had explained that it was difficult for these men to be ruled by two women. The Empress of Chin also suspected her son was becoming enamoured with the idea of male superiority. The Empress of Greece knew there was only one thing to do. She had to go in person and deal with the young Prince.
For the millionth time, she wished that her son, Solan, were alive. She needed an heir. Soon, the Conqueror knew she would be forced to bed a man to produce such an heir. As the daughter of Ares, she was granted a long life, but she was not immortal. Nor was she immune to arrows or swords. No, her Empire needed an heir of her blood.
Slowly, her mind returned to the present and to her decision to live her Empire in the hands of her new Chancellor. Over the months since Gabrielle had been her advisor, the Conqueror had come to rely on her friend and confidant. Yes, she had to admit to herself that indeed Gabrielle was her friend though she wanted more, but was afraid to broach the subject with the Mystical Bard.
The young blonde had captured her heart and she knew it. The Dark Warrior had long hid her emotions behind high and what she though were impenetrable walls, but the green-eyed bard had easily breached them. The Conqueror of the East had no idea how the young bard had accomplished this remarkable feat, but she could no longer deny the facts. The Conqueror of Greece, Egypt, Persia, India, Mongolia and Chin has fallen in love with a small Bard with green eyes and a perfect soul and has been defeated.
Suddenly the Conqueror was shaken from her musing by a scent in the air. Her hearing searched the area and picked up the horse riding hard toward her. Double-checking her hearing, she confirmed one rider. She held up the column and rode out to meet the hard riding visitor.
She rode out several hundred yards to wait for the incoming visitor. The Dark Warrior sat idly on his horse and watched with surprise as a woman who was obviously an Amazon ride up casually to a column of Greek soldiers. The raven-haired woman thought she had killed all of the Amazons.
The Amazon warrior rode defiantly up to the Destroyer of Nations and said, "I have a message from our Queen."
The tall Empress raised a questioning eyebrow and replied, "And what does she have to say for herself?"
The auburn-haired Amazon answered, "I have been instructed to tell you that Mien Tieng has imprisoned his mother and seized control of the Chin Army. I am also instructed to tell you that an army of Barbarians attempted to seize Lower Gaul and were defeated by General Borias and my people."
The Dark Warrior shifted in her saddle at this news and asked cautiously, "Is Borias alive and why are your people helping me?"
The muscular woman smiled as she replied, "He is alive. My people help because our Queen has ordered it."
The Destroyer of the Amazon Nation was quite confused when she inquired, "What does your Queen want from me?"
The young messenger shrugged her shoulders and responded, "You will have to ask her. She also sends this message."
The Amazon messenger had heard what happened to the Amazon’s last messenger to this woman. They have a memorial totem to the memory of Tara the Brave. Her head was returned to the Nation without any message. So the young woman tentatively rode up to the Conqueror and handed her the message.
The Dark Empress smirked at the caution in the woman and she took the note she sneered, "You know what happened to her body?"
The young Amazon swallowed hard and shook her head slowly. The Destroyer chuckled as she said, "I gave it to my men as a souvenir of the time they spent with her before she was beheaded."
Anger crossed the messenger’s face as she gripped her sword. The Dark Warrior looked pointedly at the sword and smiled. The hazel-eyed Amazon released her sword and took a deep breath. She remembered what her charge was and forced herself to relax.
The change in the young woman didn’t go unnoticed by the Warrior Empress. Her estimation of the Amazon rose to a new level. This one was tough and smart that made her dangerous. With a resolved sigh, the Empress of Greece opened the curious scroll.
Xena please don’t hurt Amarice. She is a dear friend of mine and therefore yours. It is time for you to learn of your failure to destroy the Nation and what we want from you. We want our homeland back. We are willing to earn it. We have spies everywhere and we can give you the information you need. Additionally, we will lend you military support to help you in the coming conflict.
We have already demonstrated out good faith in helping Borias without any assurance of reward or recompense. I have looked into your heart and know that you will understand we only look to return home. My people are willing to face your true enemies for this honor.
Finally, it is time to tell you that I love you and will renounce my throne if you ask me to do so. I am yours to command in all things, Xena.
All my Love,
Her heart sunk for a moment. Gabrielle was the Queen of the Amazons. She used me was her initial reaction, but then her common sense took over. The Warrior Empress realized that if the Bard had told her that the young woman was the Queen of Amazons in the beginning, the green-eyed blonde would be dead.
The tall Warrior had to admit that the young Bard had had to prove her intent before she would have listened. The Conqueror had to admit to herself that the True Bard had never lied to her. Finally, she had to admit to herself that she too was in love with the Queen of the Amazons.
The Empress of Greece reread the final paragraph and thought, ‘She is willing to give up her throne for me. I am not worthy of this woman. I must make myself worthy.’
Xena smiled at the young messenger and said, "Tell your Queen that she is to meet me at the place she showed me her true self."
"Yes, my Lord," the young Warrior saluted the Conqueror and rode off with the response.
Chapter 15: Lady Dragon
The small oriental woman sat stoically quietly and listened as her son rambled about the superiority of men over women. She was saddened by her son’s action because she knew that her son had committed suicide. The Conqueror would have no choice but to kill her son. She was confident of the outcome of this contest. The boy and his lackeys were no match for Xena.
They were no match for her and she was no match for the fire in the Empress of Greece. She had tried to harness that strength, but it was trying to ride a typhoon. It was not possible. Her foremost hope was that someone would find a way passed the high walls that the Conqueror had constructed around her heart.
She sighed as she continued to meditate on her son’s ultimate destruction. The boy had dreams of Liu Bu killing the Conqueror and of seizing her throne. It was too sad. Liu Bu was a great warrior, but he was no match for her much less the Warrior Empress. It was time to show the son the error of his ways.
As her son paced the room rambling about his plans and how he would soon rule the known world. Lao Ma, the Lady Dragon of the Royal House of Chin rose and moved into the shadows. Stealthfully the oriental woman moved to a hidden door in the wall and silently opened it. Carefully the Empress of Chin slipped into the passageway while closing the door.
Skillfully and effortlessly the small woman made her way through many corridors and passageways through the castle walls until she came to an exit. She exited the castle and entered a small hut. There she opened a trapdoor and descended into a prearranged escape route. She closed the door and moved skillfully in the dark of the tunnel to end of it. There she exited the tunnel into the forest surrounding the Forbidden City.
Confidently she strode into a small hut where her horse was hidden. She mounted her pony and rode off to find the Conqueror in the faint hope of saving her son’s life. Though he had not earned the right to live, he was still her son.
End of Part 3. Continue to Part 4
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Cap Gemini Confirms 2,700 Global Layoffs
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLP has said that it will cut 2,700 jobs across its global operations due to an economic downturn and overlap issues arising from the merger between Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young's consultancy practice. Worldwide employment at Cap Gemini totals approximately 60,000.
Jobs will be cut in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia, and across the firm's telecoms operations. In addition to the job cuts, another 700 employees are to be transferred as company divisions are overhauled.
The firm will absorb a $73 million restructuring charge to implement a cost-cutting plan that includes the staffing layoffs. It is expected that the restructuring will produce an increase in the operating profit margin for the second half of 2001. Shares in the consulting firm, which are listed on the Paris stock exchange, fell 21 percent with announcement of the cutbacks and an accompanying revised projection for a downturn in revenue.
Cap Gemini was formed in February, 2000 from the acquisition of Cap Gemini SA by Ernst & Young's consulting business.
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(ARA) - For small businesses, having a well-established brand with a loyal customer base is critical to both immediate and long-term success. While investing money in brand developing tools may be costly, building a suite of business cards
, postcards, signs, banners, brochures and other products that give your business a professional look can be easily and inexpensively accomplished. When your brand acts as your identity, anything you can do to increase public awareness will only help your company.
Here are some tips on what to consider as you're developing your business suite from Staples, which offers a broad assortment of customizable Copy & Print
First and foremost, it is important that your company map out exactly what it stands for, who your target customer is, how you would like to be represented, and how you want your message to be delivered. Once that has been decided, define your brand - how you are going to help a customer identify your business with a given product, promotion or piece of advertising. Will it be with a logo, color scheme or a slogan? To make this as effective as possible work with focus groups
made up of current and potential clients, as well as peers within your industry so you can come to an educated decision on which vehicles will work best to accomplish your goals and objectives. Also, remember to always keep your marketing tools up to date.
Next, focus on which marketing tools your company is going to use to deliver your message. If you're not in a position to develop a complete set of marketing materials, then focus your efforts on one piece at a time. For instance, one of the most valuable tools in today's market is a simple business card. With a business card in hand, an ambassador of your brand is effectively able to provide your contact info and exposure to the corporate brand.
Business cards are most impactful when the logo is prominently featured and includes your associate's contact information, title, website URL and Twitter handle, among other things, and the font is easily readable. It's also important to develop a consistent message to deliver across all channels at all times. This assists in building a recognizable brand that consumers will automatically associate with your company.
It's also important that you consider your geographic location. If your company is located in a bustling community with a large amount of foot traffic, it may be a good idea to create a large banner to place on your store front which features a special offer or promotion. Using this type of tool assists in generating awareness and not only helps to attract new customers but retains existing ones by providing additional incentives to keep them coming back for more. Alternatively, if you have a business specializing in lawn care or real estate, then perhaps creating a lawn sign to place on your client's property may be beneficial as the property serves as a testament to your services.
Another low-cost promotional tactic is a well-crafted brochure to feature within the office or give to potential customers/clients. A high-quality brochure enables your company to relay in-depth information, such as the company's mission statement, pricing, services, accreditations, certifications and more. Additionally, they give your organization an extra level of credibility since consumers have come to expect printed material from companies with whom they are doing business. Also if you truly want to make your brochure buzz-worthy, try to integrate an offer or coupon into the copy of the brochure itself.
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- Video shows girl pulling White Rabbit's tail
- White Rabbit turns and follows the girl
- Girls claim he said: "Don't even start your s*** with me"
A MOBILE phone video broadcast by ABC 10 News allegedly shows Disneyland's White Rabbit getting a little too personal with a 14-year-old girl.
The 30-second video was filmed by Manuel Carlos. It shows his daughter Alexis pulling on the tail of the White Rabbit. Mr Carlos laughs as his other daughter Jocelyn, 14, also takes a turn.
The rabbit then follows Jocelyn pinning her up against a fence.
Jocelyn told ABC 10 the rabbit held her by the arm and neck.
"He told me, 'Don't you ever do that again or I will call security, and tell your stupid friend to stop doing it too'," Jocelyn told ABC 10.
In the video someone can be heard yelling “Hey you get off her".
Alexis and Jocelyn claim the rabbit then said: “Don't even start your s*** with me".
In a statement, Disneyland said: "This seems to be a blatant attempt by a lawyer to generate publicity for a case that has no merit. If anything, all this video shows is a family of misbehaving guests deliberately provoking a character for their own malicious amusement."
Disneyland's White Rabbit is already the subject of a lawsuit after claims the character refused to hug African American children.
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A son, Shane Nelson Cook, was born Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, to Shayle Freeman and Walter Cook of Sycamore. Shane weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 21 inches long.
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You had surgery to treat your gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD is a condition that causes food or liquid to come up from your stomach into your esophagus (the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach).
Your surgeon probably repaired a hiatal hernia with stitches. A hiatal hernia develops when the natural opening in your diaphragm is too large. Your diaphragm is the muscle layer between your chest and belly. Your stomach may bulge through this large hole into your chest. This bulging is called a hiatal hernia. It may make GERD symptoms worse.
Your surgeon also wrapped the upper part of your stomach around the end of your esophagus to create pressure at the end of your esophagus. This pressure helps prevent stomach acid and food from flowing back up.
Your surgery was done by making a large incision in your upper belly (open surgery) or with a laparoscope (a thin tube with a tiny camera on the end).
What to Expect at Home
Most patients go back to work 2 - 3 weeks after laparoscopic surgery and 4 - 6 weeks after open surgery.
You may have a feeling of tightness when you swallow for 6 - 8 weeks. This is from the swelling inside your esophagus. You may also have some bloating.
When you get back home, you will be drinking a clear liquid diet for 2 weeks. You will be on a full liquid diet for about 2 weeks after that, and then a soft-food diet after that.
On the liquid diet:
Start off with small amounts of liquid, about 1 cup at a time. Sip. Do NOT gulp. Drink liquids often during the day after surgery.
Avoid cold liquids. Do not drink carbonated beverages. Do NOT drink through straws (they can bring air into your stomach).
Crush pills, and take them with liquids for the first month after surgery.
When you are eating solid foods again, chew well. Do not eat cold foods. Do not eat foods that clump together, such as rice or bread. Eat small amounts of food several times a day instead of 3 big meals.
Your doctor will give you a prescription for pain medicine. Get it filled when you go home so you have it when you need it. Take your pain medicine before your pain becomes too severe.
If you have gas pains, try walking around to ease them.
Do NOT drive, operate any machinery, or drink alcohol when you are taking narcotic pain medicine. This medicine can make you very drowsy, and driving or using machinery is not safe.
Walk several times a day. Do NOT lift anything heavier than 10 pounds (about the same as a gallon of milk). Do NOT do any pushing or pulling. Slowly increase how much you do around the house. Your doctor will tell you when you can increase your activity and return to work.
Take care of your wound (incision):
If sutures (stitches), staples, or glue were used to close your skin, you may remove the wound dressings (bandages) and take a shower the day after surgery.
If tape strips (Steri-Strips) were used to close your skin, cover the wounds with plastic wrap before showering for the first week. Tape the edges of the plastic carefully to keep water out. Do NOT try to wash the Steri-Strips off. They will fall off on their own after about a week.
Do not soak in a bathtub or hot tub, or go swimming, until your doctor tells you it is okay.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor or nurse if:
Your temperature is above 101 °F.
Your incisions are bleeding, red, warm to the touch, or have a thick, yellow, green, or milky drainage.
Your belly swells or hurts.
You have nausea or vomiting for more than 24 hours.
You have problems swallowing that keep you from eating.
You have problems swallowing that do not go away after 2 or 3 weeks.
You have pain that your pain medicine is not helping.
You have trouble breathing.
You have a cough that does not go away.
You cannot drink or eat.
Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow.
Peterson RP, Pelligrini CA, Oelschlager BK. Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. In: Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA:WB Saunders; 2011:chap 44.
Kahrilas PJ, Shaheen NJ, Vaezi MF, Hiltz SW, Black E, Modlin IM. American Gastroenterological Association Medical Position Statement on the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Gastroenterology. 2008;135:1383-1391.
Wilson JF. In The Clinic: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):ITC2-1-15.
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I'm getting gas in Montana. It's only 10AM, but the temperate has ripped past 95oF and is still climbing. It will top 105oF before sunset. The moment I get off of the bike, I pull off my gloves, helmet, and Darien jacket. A couple on a Harley laugh at me and the guy asks me, "Don't you get hot in that gear?" Neither of the two wore helmets and their riding gear consisted of leather vests over tee-shirts, jeans, designer boots, and bandanas.
"I'm fine, as long as I'm moving," I said.
"Seems like a lot of clothing on a hot summer day. Couldn't you get by in something a little more comfortable?" the lady says.
"I don't believe in magic," is the only reply I can think of.
They wandered away, probably confused by my response. It's the truth, though. I don't carry a rabbit's foot, a crucifix, a picture of Jimmy Carter in my wallet, or have a Suzuki tattoo on my butt. I don't believe in magic. I do believe in preparation and luck, but I only have control of the first of those ingredients... Continue to Full Review | <urn:uuid:5dca7c40-80ff-47fe-9ac0-e1472011f0b5> | 2013-05-21T10:31:46Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Congratulations to the University of Maryland team who succeeded in hovering for 50 seconds this week.
The Sikorsky Prize requires the completion of three equally difficult technical challenges: To hover for 1 minute, to reach 3 metres of altitude, and to control the helicopter to stay within a 10mx10m box. The University of Maryland’s second helicopter, the Gamera II, was designed to complete the first of the three tasks by hovering for one minute. The team will be continuing flight testing throughout the summer and, without a doubt, will be able to reach their 60 second goal, significantly increasing the current world duration record.
Best of luck U of M! | <urn:uuid:fb53e70c-83d4-403a-9415-174f3c461aef> | 2013-05-21T10:00:27Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Bardo National Museum, founded in Tunis in 1888, has the largest collection of Roman mosaics in the world. Another fine collection is located at the Musée Archéologique de Sousse, which contains pieces dating from the 6th century BC to the 6th century AD from both Islamic and Punic/Roman cultures. The Raqqada Museum (Musée Islamique de Raqqada) has the country's largest collection of Islamic art. This collection includes manuscripts of the Koran from the Great Mosque of Kairouan.
Museums in Tunisia
The National Museum of Carthage contains treasures such as marble sarcophagi and models of Punic Carthage and Tophet built on its ruins. The Ribat of Monastir is a religious and military monument built between the end of the 8th century and the 10th century and is one of the largest military constructions of Islamic Tunisia.
The National Institute of Archaeology is located in Tunis, as is the Center of Living Arts. In addition, the Museum of Traditional Arts and Customs shows some of the rites of passage between the important stages in a lifetime - birth, the education of children, circumcision, engagement and marriage – and illustrates the lifestyle of an upper class Tunisian family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Encyclopedia of the Nations
The Bardo National Museum (Tunisia)
Musee Archaeologique de Sousse (Tunisia)
Musee Islamique de Raqqada (Tunisia)
Telephone: (77) 223 407
The National Museum of Cathage (Tunisia)
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This apartment is on two flats: at the first there are the sitting room with fireplace, one double bedroom with bathroom, the kitchen, other bathroom and a terrace and at the second level the other double bedroom.
There is independed heating and in the kitchen there is a stove with four cooker, fridge with freezer and all you need for cooking. In the sittingroom there is a sofa bed.
This apartment is called Castagnolo because this is the nick name of the last farm worker who lived here.
Throught windows of the bedrooms and from the terrace you can see the wonderfull view of Pierle castle surrounded by the green hills of Val di Pierle (Pierle Valley).
These three apartments are on three differt levels because the house was built as a stears to follow the path of the soil.
In the garden, that surround the apartments, there is the swimming pool (12 metres x 6 metres 1,5 metres deep) with jacuzzi | <urn:uuid:b7576940-c052-4210-882c-65e939025920> | 2013-05-21T10:27:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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[quote=Jon Reading]Separation of Church and Class!?
To remove the spiritual component would leave you with a collection of techniques that resemble daito ryu. To remove the physical component would leave you with religious doctrine. Together, you have a martial art called aikido.
If you see a guy in a room full of mats execute iriminage (Do I need to show my list of credentials before I use this term?), then do you run up and ask him if he believes the spiritual doctrines of Uyeshiba before concluding that this guy knows some Aikido? | <urn:uuid:097aeba6-9d56-44c4-8c6d-e492117519bc> | 2013-05-21T10:07:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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