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Catholic Academy of the Holy Family officials recently announced their Students of the Month for April and May.
Students selected for April are:
Elias Akl, third grade and the son of Dr. Michel and Carla Akl. His favorite school subject is science. After school, he enjoys playing games. He is a member of a hockey team, tennis and soccer teams. He also enjoys playing the piano and guitar.
Hailey DeLong, fourth/fifth grade and the daughter of Tina and Larry DeLong. Her favorite school subject is science. After school she likes to do her homework and play with friends. She belongs to a violin and a dance group and is a member of a soccer and track team.
Anna Sena, sixth/seventh and eighth grade and the daughter of Carol and Richard Sena. Her favorite school subjects are religion, art and science. After school she like to play outside and draw. She is a member the running, drama, soccer and ski clubs. | <urn:uuid:b97cb904-3d7f-41f6-9d75-bfcc427f5ee7> | 2013-05-18T17:38:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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On the east side of the train tracks in Hopkinsville, when you're waiting for a train to go by at night, you can see the Whistlestop Donuts sign between the cars as they pass. As the train picks up speed, the bright yellow sign flashes at an increasingly urgent rate: "Whistlestop Donuts! Donuts! Donuts!" This phenomenon is not quite a subliminal message (it's not below the threshold of conscious thought), but it does very effectively lure the mind into sugary, deep-fried fantasies. | <urn:uuid:99e78db7-e92e-435f-9c4a-18a1c549a635> | 2013-05-18T17:17:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This section of the website provides tips and information on how to conserve water inside and outside
your home and/or office. You can help the program achieve a 10% reduction in water use per person within 10 years by saving 10 gallons of water per day
or start by saving 1 gallon of water per day every year for 10 years.
Here are some ways you can accomplish that:
- Reduce shower time ~ 2.5 gallons/minute
- Turn off water while brushing teeth ~ 2 gallons/minute
Why Should We Conserve Water?
Water is constantly being recycled through the earth’s water cycle. However, humans can consume fresh water faster than it is naturally replenished. We all use water, so we should do our part to protect and preserve it. Approximately 3% of the earth’s water supply is fresh but less than one third of 1% is available for human use!
As water users, we must preserve our water supply so it will be available today and for generations to come. Water conservation allows us to use water more efficiently and reduce water waste. Making a habit of conservation makes sense.
Conserving water is beneficial to our community, because it:
- Helps protect our water supply for the future
- Protects the environment and natural ecosystems
- Saves energy
- Saves money
For more information about the water cycle, visit the US Geological Survey’s website
Where Does Our Water Come From?
The Great Lakes are the largest system of fresh, surface water on earth, containing roughly 18% of the world fresh water supply. Lake Michigan is the second largest of the Great Lakes.
Nearly 750,000 people in DuPage County get their water from Lake Michigan, provided to them by their local water utility. The DWC buys water from the City of Chicago and sells it to the local water utilities in DuPage County. The people in DuPage County who do not get their water from Lake Michigan are served by ground water sources. The Great Lakes Compact limits how much water can be taken from Lake Michigan and requires all water utilities to have a water conservation program. Source: The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book. USEPA
For more information on the Great Lakes Compact visit the websites for the Great Lakes Commission
, Council of Great Lakes Governors
, or Great Lakes and Saint Laurence Cities Initiative
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Before we can start to preserve every drop, we must first understand how much water we use and for what purposes. Water usage in DuPage County can be divided up into four main categories as shown in the figure below.
Did you know?
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User Interface design is not a pure science, primarily because people's preferences are different. However, there are a few principles that we've learned over the years:
- The eye naturally gravitates to "power points". i.e. in art it is the golden rule, and photography it is simplified to "the rule of thirds". In essence if you drew a grid on your screen three cells across and three cells down, the points where the lines intersect are the power points. These are very important real estate, and it also explains why the 1/3-2/3 split works so well.
- We've learned that there is an order of importance when we learn to read. In short, the most important column on a the screen is the one that comes first in reading order. For us western hemisphere folks, that means the left (left-to-right reading order). For folks in the middle east and some far eastern countries that means the right (right-to-left reading order). For other folks in other far eastern countries that means the top (top-to-bottom, typically right-to-left reading order).
Using these two principles, we can organize the screen in a way that users can get the most out of it. The MS Visual Studio developers surmised that the source code is the most important element, and the other panels support that content.
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Skepticism (or scepticism) has many definitions, but generally refers to any questioning attitude of knowledge, facts, or opinions/beliefs stated as facts, or doubt regarding claims that are taken for granted elsewhere. The word may characterise a position on a single matter, as in the case of religious skepticism, which is "doubt concerning basic religious principles (such as immortality, providence, and revelation)", but philosophical skepticism is an overall approach that requires all new information to be well supported by evidence. Skeptics may even doubt the reliability of their own senses. Classical philosophical skepticism derives from the 'Skeptikoi', a school who "asserted nothing". Adherents of Pyrrhonism, for instance, suspend judgment in investigations.
- (a) an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object;
- (b) the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a particular area is uncertain; or
- (c) the method of suspended judgment, systematic doubt, or criticism that is characteristic of skeptics (Merriam–Webster).
In philosophy, skepticism refers more specifically to any one of several propositions. These include propositions about:
- (a) an inquiry,
- (b) a method of obtaining knowledge through systematic doubt and continual testing,
- (c) the arbitrariness, relativity, or subjectivity of moral values,
- (d) the limitations of knowledge,
- (e) a method of intellectual caution and suspended judgment.
- Main article: Scientific skepticism
A scientific (or empirical) skeptic is one who questions beliefs on the basis of scientific understanding. Most scientists, being scientific skeptics, test the reliability of certain kinds of claims by subjecting them to a systematic investigation using some form of the scientific method. As a result, a number of claims are considered "pseudoscience" if they are found to improperly apply or ignore the fundamental aspects of the scientific method. Scientific skepticism does not address religious beliefs, since these beliefs are, by definition, outside the realm of systematic, empirical testing/knowledge.
- Main article: Philosophical skepticism
In philosophical skepticism, pyrrhonism is a position that refrains from making truth claims. A philosophical skeptic does not claim that truth is impossible (which would be a truth claim). The label is commonly used to describe other philosophies which appear similar to philosophical skepticism, such as academic skepticism, an ancient variant of Platonism that claimed knowledge of truth was impossible. Empiricism is a closely related, but not identical, position to philosophical skepticism. Empiricists see empiricism as a pragmatic compromise between philosophical skepticism and nomothetic science; philosophical skepticism is in turn sometimes referred to as "radical empiricism."
Philosophical skepticism originated in ancient Greek philosophy. The Greek Sophists of the 5th century BC were for the most part skeptics. Pyrrhonism was a school of skepticism founded by Aenesidemus in the first century BC and recorded by Sextus Empiricus in the late 2nd century or early 3rd century AD. One of its first proponents was Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360-275 B.C.), who traveled and studied as far as India and propounded the adoption of "practical" skepticism. Subsequently, in the "New Academy" Arcesilaus (c. 315-241 B.C.) and Carneades (c. 213-129 B.C.) developed more theoretical perspectives, by which conceptions of absolute truth and falsity were refuted as uncertain. Carneades criticized the views of the Dogmatists, especially supporters of Stoicism, asserting that absolute certainty of knowledge is impossible. Sextus Empiricus (c. A.D. 200), the main authority for Greek skepticism, developed the position further, incorporating aspects of empiricism into the basis for asserting knowledge.
Greek skeptics criticized the Stoics, accusing them of dogmatism. For the skeptics, the logical mode of argument was untenable, as it relied on propositions which could not be said to be either true or false without relying on further propositions. This was the regress argument, whereby every proposition must rely on other propositions in order to maintain its validity (see the five tropes of Agrippa the Sceptic). In addition, the skeptics argued that two propositions could not rely on each other, as this would create a circular argument (as p implies q and q implies p). For the skeptics, such logic was thus an inadequate measure of truth and could create as many problems as it claimed to have solved. Truth was not, however, necessarily unobtainable, but rather an idea which did not yet exist in a pure form. Although skepticism was accused of denying the possibility of truth, in fact it appears to have mainly been a critical school which merely claimed that logicians had not discovered truth.
In Islamic philosophy, skepticism was established by Al-Ghazali (1058–1111), known in the West as "Algazel", as part of the orthodox Ash'ari school of Islamic theology, whose method of skepticism shares many similarities with Descartes' method.
René Descartes is credited for developing a global skepticism as a thought experiment in his attempt to find absolute certainty on which to base the foundation of his philosophy. Descartes discussed skeptical arguments from dreaming and radical deception. David Hume has also been described as a global skeptic. However, Descartes was not ostensibly a skeptic and developed his theory of an absolute certainty to disprove other skeptics who argued that there is no certainty.
- ↑ See R. H. Popkin, The History of Skepticism from Erasmus to Descartes (rev. ed. 1968); C. L. Stough, Greek Skepticism (1969); M. Burnyeat, ed., The Skeptical Tradition (1983); B. Stroud, The Significance of Philosophical Skepticism (1984). Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com
- ↑ "Philosophical views are typically classed as skeptical when they involve advancing some degree of doubt regarding claims that are elsewhere taken for granted." URM.edu
- ↑ Merriam–Webster
- ↑ "Philosophical skepticism should be distinguished from ordinary skepticism, where doubts are raised against certain beliefs or types of beliefs because the evidence for the particular belief or type of belief is weak or lacking..." Skepdic.com
- ↑ "...the two most influential forms of skepticism have, arguably, been the radical epistemological skepticism of the classical Pyrrhonian skeptics and the Cartesian form of radical epistemological skepticism" UTM.edu
- ↑ Liddell and Scott
- ↑ Sextus Empiricus, Outlines Of Pyrrhonism, Translated by R. G. Bury, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1933, p. 21
- ↑ Skeptoid.com: What is skepticism?
- ↑ Scepticism – History of Scepticism
- ↑ Najm, Sami M. (July–October 1966), "The Place and Function of Doubt in the Philosophies of Descartes and Al-Ghazali", Philosophy East and West (Philosophy East and West, Vol. 16, No. 3/4) 16 (3–4): 133–141, doi:10.2307/1397536
- A Greek-English Lexicon, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones, with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie, Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, 1940. Online, perseus.tufts.edu.
- Richard Hönigswald, Die Skepsis in Philosophie und Wissenschaft, 1914, new edition (ed. and introduction by Christian Benne and Thomas Schirren), Göttingen: Edition Ruprecht, 2008, ISBN 978-7675-3056-0
- Keeton, Morris T., "skepticism", pp. 277–278 in Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy, Littlefield, Adams, and Company, Totowa, NJ, 1962.
- Runes, D.D. (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy, Littlefield, Adams, and Company, Totowa, NJ, 1962.
- Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged, W.A. Neilson, T.A. Knott, P.W. Carhart (eds.), G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, MA, 1950.
- Butchvarov, Panayot, Skepticism About the External World (Oxford University Press, 1998).
- Daniels, M.D., D.; Price, PhD, V. (2000), The Essential Enneagram, New York: HarperCollins
- Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism, R.G. Bury (trans.), Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY, 1990.
- Richard Wilson, Don't Get Fooled Again - The skeptic's guide to life, Icon Books, London, 2008. ISBN 978-184831014-8
- Skeptical Inquiry at the Open Directory Project
- "Most Scientific Papers are Probably Wrong", NewScientist, 30 August 2005
- "In the Name of Skepticism: Martin Gardner's Misrepresentations of General Semantics", by Bruce I. Kodish, appeared in General Semantics Bulletin, Number 71, 2004.
- Classical Skepticism by Peter Suber
- "Outstanding skeptics of the 20th century" – Skeptical Inquirer magazine
- "CSICOP and the Skeptics" – critical essay by paranormal believer George P. Hansen
- "Nonsense (And Why It's So Popular)" – course syllabus from The College of Wooster.
- Template:CathEncy – A Christian (Catholic) account of scepticism
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| || A Problem in Replacement Theory
Author : Kshirsagar, A.M.;Ranganathan, S.
Source : Defence Science Journal ; Vol:18(1) ; 1968 ; pp 1-6
Subject : 519.8 Operations Research
Keywords : Classical Procedure;Autoregrassive Equation;Markov Chains
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Mass Killings in Civic Gatherings and the Kidnapping of Women
The Soviets considered any gathering of Afghans, no matter for what purpose, potentially hostile. Gatherings of the people, whether for wedding or funeral services or for prayer in mosques, were common features of the Afghan society. Strong social bonds, characteristic of the society, required such functions, which were attended by hundreds of people, whether or not invited. But such gatherings were now fraught with danger. The Russians, brought up in a different social environment, were ignorant of the social conventions or simply intended to terrorize the Afghans. At any rate, helicopter gunships would fire rockets on men, women, and children in groups. They did this so frequently all over the country that it is impossible to describe all of the events. Perhaps the biggest gathering they hit was in the Ganjabad village of the Bala Buluk district of Farah Province. In mid-September 1980 hundreds of villagers were convivially celebrating wedding ceremonies in the village. Suddenly they were hit with rockets fired from a group of helicopter gunships. About 150 were killed and scores of others wounded, some of whom were brought to Kabul for treatment. In August 1981, as a result of a two-hour attack by four helicopter gunships on a wedding party in the village of Jalrez in the upper part of the Maidan Valley, 30 people were killed and 75 wounded.
While military operations in the country were going on, women were abducted. While flying in the country in search of mujahideen, helicopters would land in fields where women were spotted. While Afghan women do mainly domestic chores, they also work in fields assisting their husbands or performing tasks by themselves. The women were now exposed to the Russians, who kidnapped them with helicopters. By November 1980 a number of such incidents had taken place in various parts of the country, including Laghman and Kama.
In the city of Kabul, too, the Russians kidnapped women, taking them away in tanks and other vehicles, especially after dark. Such incidents happened mainly in the areas of Darul Aman and Khair Khana, near the Soviet garrisons. At times such acts were committed even during the day. KhAD agents also did the same. Small groups of them would pick up young women in the streets, apparently to question them but in reality to satisfy their lust: in the name of security, they had the power to commit excesses. Likewise, in the name of security the security men were involved in creating insecurity, looting shops and stores and breaking into houses while patrolling during the curfew hours at night.
The kidnapping of women disturbed families with young daughters. The incidents were sporadic and infrequent, since the Soviet officers censored the suspected soldiers; nevertheless, the Afghans were still alarmed. In fact, all families with young sons and daughters were alarmed. The former were, as already noted, hunted for military service, and the latter could be stained for life. Of the former, many fled abroad, while the latter became a painful problem for their families. Kabul’s inhabitants became conspicuous for a high proportion of children, the elderly, and women. At stake now was their honor, about which the Afghans are sensitive. | <urn:uuid:9c6b6bd8-f431-4678-96ff-0499f704082b> | 2013-05-18T17:50:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Background: Emergency rapid sequence intubation (RSI) performed outside the operating room on emergency patients is the cornerstone of emergency airway management. Complication rates are unknown for this procedure in the United Kingdom and the factors contributing to immediate complications have not been identified.
Aims: To quantify the immediate complications of RSI and to assess the contribution made by environmental, patient, and physician factors to overall complication rates.
Methods: Prospective observational study of 208 consecutive adult and paediatric patients undergoing RSI over a six month period.
Results: Patients were successfully intubated by RSI in all cases. There were no deaths during the procedure and no patient required a surgical airway. Patient diagnostic groups requiring RSI are described. Immediate complications were hypoxaemia 19.2%, hypotension 17.8%, and arrhythmia 3.4%. Hypoxaemia was more common in patients with pre-existing respiratory or cardiovascular conditions than in patients with other diagnoses (p<0.01). Emergency department intubations were associated with a significantly lower complication rate than other locations (16.9%; p = 0.004). This can be explained by the difference in diagnostic case mix. Intubating teams comprised anaesthetists, non-anaesthetists, or both. There were no significant differences in complication rates between these groups.
Conclusions: RSI has a significant immediate complication rate, although the clinical significance of transient events is unknown. The likelihood of immediate complications depends on the patient's underlying condition, and relevant diagnoses should be emphasised in airway management training. Complication rates are comparable between anaesthetists and non-anaesthetists. The significantly lower complication rates in emergency department RSI can be explained by a larger proportion of patients with comparatively stable cardiorespiratory function. | <urn:uuid:e4c433ec-fbdd-4806-af7c-f30a66e8f30e> | 2013-05-18T17:59:43Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In this study, we present evidence that supports a pre-requisite role for GSK3β in KIT-mediated mast cell chemotaxis and KIT/FcεRI-mediated enhanced gene expression leading to cytokine production in HuMCs. As reported in other cell types (14
), in quiescent HuMCs, GSK3β was determined to be constitutively activated. This conclusion was supported by the observed basal phosphorylation of the activating tyrosine residue (Y216
) in GSK3β, the phosphorylation of its substrate GS at S641
and the reduction of these phosphorylation states in the GSK3β knockdown cells (). Although we did not observe a consistent increase in phosphorylation of GSK3β at the Y216
position in response to SCF and/or SA, under the conditions utilized to examine chemotaxis and cytokine production, there was an apparent increase in the phosphorylation of GS at S641
under these conditions, which was reduced in the GSK3β knockdown. The constitutive Y216
phosphorylation of GSK3β may be due to the cells being maintained in SCF. Indeed, when the cells were starved of SCF for a prolonged period of time (overnight) prior to stimulation, we were able to observe an SCF-dependent increase in the phosphorylation of this residue. Thus the phosphorylation of this residue may be directly dependent on Kit. Regardless, our results suggest that triggering of mast cells through KIT and/or FcεRI facilitates the ability of GSK3β to phosphorylate its substrate(s) without necessarily increasing its constitutive activity; a potential mechanism of action that is elaborated upon below.
In addition to the phosphorylation of (Y216
) in GSK3β, however, we observed that the inhibitory S9
residue GSK3β was also phosphorylated in a PI3K-dependent manner following SCF/ SA challenge ( and ). This phenomenon has also been reported in monocytes, dendritic cells, and T cells, following exposure to TLR2-, TLR4-, TLR5-, and TLR9-agonists, E coli
, and viral peptide respectively (36
). In our study, however, the observed increased phosphorylation of GS, at least at early time points, would suggest that downregulation of GSK3β activation may occur latently to the constitutive activation. We have previously demonstrated that PI3K, and signals dependent upon PI3K activity, are delayed responses compared to other signals initiated upon FcεRI or Kit activation (12
). Thus it is likely that any response due to downregulating GSK3β activity would be chronologically secondary to those regulated by GSK3β activation. Nevertheless, these data do suggest that the ability of GSK3β to phosphorylate its substrates may depend upon the net balance between positive and negative regulation of GSK3β activity.
The marked reduction in the ability of SCF/SA to enhance IL-8, IL-13, and GM-CSF mRNA levels and IL-8 and GM-CSF secretion, associated with the diminution of GSK3β activity in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs (), strongly supports a requirement for GSK3β activity in the regulation of KIT/FcεRI-mediated cytokine production. This conclusion is further supported by the close statistical correlation between the degree of GSK3β knockdown and IL-8 secretion. Similarly, the close correlation between GSK3β knockdown and reduction in SCF-induced chemotaxis in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs, also provides evidence for a pre-requisite role for GSK3β in the SCF-induced chemotactic response.
There are conflicting reports regarding the role of GSK3β in cytokine production in other cells of hematopoietic lineage. Treatment of monocytes with GSK3β inhibitors such as LiCl and/or SB216763, or with GSK3β–targeted siRNA, has been reported to inhibit TLR2-, 4-, 5-, and 9-dependent release of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-12, and IFN-γ but to enhance TLR-dependent production of IL-10 (36
). GSK3β inhibitors were also reported to inhibit E coli-induced IL-12, IL-6 and TNF-α, but not IL-10, release from dendritic cells (37
). In contrast, in T cells, GSK3β inhibitors were observed to enhance viral peptide-induced IL-2 production, whereas over-expression of GSK3β in T cells down-regulated the response (38
). This apparent dichotomy in the GSK3β-dependent regulation of cytokine generation in the various cell types may reflect the potential for GSK3β to both negatively and positively regulate transcriptional signaling pathways for cytokine production. Indeed, it is possible that, in addition to regulating positive signals, negative signaling pathways may also be regulated by GSK3β in mast cells. In this respect, it has been suggested that the ability of AKT to enhance cytokine generation through NF-AT activation in mouse mast cells may be due to downregulation of GSK3β activity (39
). Whether this may also be true for HuMCs is unclear from the present study, however the induced phosphorylation of the inhibitory GSK3β S9
residue in response to SCF/SA in HuMCs was reduced by the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin ().
There has emerged no common mechanistic explanation as to how GSK3β may be exerting its regulatory influence on cytokine generation and other process in hematopoietic cells. As we have previously demonstrated that the mTORC1 cascade contributes to KIT/FcεRI-mediated cytokine production and KIT-mediated mast cell chemotaxis; (12
) and as GSK3β has been proposed to regulate the mTOR pathway through phosphorylation of tuberin (26
), the scenario existed that, in the HuMCs, GSK3β may be acting via regulation of mTOR pathways. However, the observations that the KIT/FcεRI-mediated phosphorylation of components of the mTORC1 and mTORC2 cascades was not reduced in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMC, (), argues against this possibility. It has been proposed, that the contrasting roles for GSK3β in TLR cytokine production in monocytes may be explained by opposing regulation of the transcription factors CREB and NF-κB through competition for binding to a common co-activator protein CBP (CREB binding protein) (36
). According to this model, GSK3β inhibition would increase CREB activation allowing CREB to compete with the p65 subunit of NF-κB for binding to CBP. In our present study, however, although SCF/SA-induced phosphorylation of the p65 subunit of NF-κB was observed to be significantly reduced in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs (), we did not consistently observe an increase in CREB activity in these cells (data not shown). Regardless, these data are in agreement with other studies showing that GSK3β is required for NF-κB activation (19
The most remarkable defects that we observed however in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs were in the p38 and JNK MAPK pathways and, particularly, in the respective downstream transcription factors ATF2 and c-Jun. JNK activity has previously been shown to regulate cytokine production mediated by AP1 transcription factors in both mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (32
) and HuMCs (6
) Similarly, both JNK and p38 have been previously described to regulate mast cell chemotaxis (33
). Therefore, the reduced SCF/SA-induced cytokine production and SCF-induced chemotaxis observed in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs may be explained by defective JNK and p38 signaling in these cells ().
How GSK3β may act as a pre-requisite signal for the regulation of these pathways may be explained by the unique manner in which GSKβ phosphorylates its substrates. As discussed, GSK3β substrates require prior phosphorylation by a secondary kinase at amino acids 4–5 COOH-termini to the GSK3β phosphorylation sites for optimal GSK3β-mediated phosphorylation. Thus, although, GSK3β is active in resting conditions, it cannot optimally phosphorylate its substrates, until upon FcεRI or KIT kinase activation, the GSK3β substrates become phosphorylated as a consequence of the activation of one of the kinases downstream of these receptors. This would then allow GSK3β to optimally phosphorylate its target signaling proteins and hence transduce the signals required for gene expression leading to cytokine production, and the processes required for chemotaxis (). Of potential relevance may be the presence of two highly conserved SxxxS/T sequences in MKK3 and MKK6 which are responsible for the phosphorylation and activation of p38, and in MKK4 and MKK7 which are responsible for the phosphorylation and activation of JNK. Multiple such sequences are also found in MEKK1 and MEKK4, upstream kinases of MKK4 and MKK7. Thus, phosphorylation of these sites by GSK3β following initial phosphorylation by a “priming” serine/threonine kinase may provide a mechanism by which constitutive activation of GSK3β may regulate the activation of p38 and JNK and subsequent downstream transcription factors. In support of this conclusion, we observed that SCF and SA/SCF-mediated MKK3/6 phosphorylation was markedly reduced in the GSK3β knockdown-HuMCs ().
Potential model by which constitutively activated GSK3β may regulate HuMC cytokine production and chemotaxis
In summary, here we have presented evidence to support the conclusion that GSK3β is a pre-requisite signal for KIT-mediated chemotaxis and KIT/FcεRI-mediated cytokine production in human mast cells. The regulation of cytokine generation by GSK3β could be explained by the differential regulation of transcriptional control downstream of JNK and p38, as well as transcriptional control of NF-κB p65 subunit, whereas the regulation of the chemotactic response by GSK3β may be explained by its modulation of JNK- and p38-dependent pathways. As with other cells types, it is however possible, that, as yet undefined, inhibitory pathways both regulating GSK3β activation and regulated by GSK3β activity may play a role in human mast cell biology. Thus GSK3β may be act as a central regulator for the precise control of the signaling processes required for mast cell chemotaxis and cytokine production. | <urn:uuid:b28bdb8c-d90b-41ef-a785-0b68af4384de> | 2013-05-18T17:19:11Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The user communicates with the application through the appropriate input device i.e. a microphone. The Recognizer converts the analog signal into digital signal for the speech processing. A stream of text is generated after the processing. This source-language text becomes input to the Translation Engine, which converts it to the target language text.
The Vachantar-Rajbhasha system takes English speech as an input and produces Hindi Text as an output. The system recognizes the English speech after the corrected English text goes for translation through MANTRA-Rajbhasha Translation system and produces Hindi Text as an output
On 14th September 2007 Vachantar- Rajbhasha Beta Version has been released.
Vachantar-Rajbhasha will released after getting the feed back from the user. | <urn:uuid:d3d91931-ddb1-4439-b909-924755c1e679> | 2013-05-18T17:48:07Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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1819: Anna Cora Mowatt, US playwright & actress who effortlessly jumped between writing the words & saying them, born.
1840: Constance Fenimore Woolson, US novelist & short story writer of fictions about Great Lakes region & the US South, born.
1885: Dr. Louise Pearce, Belgian physician who helped develop cure for trypanosomiasis, born. http://bit.ly/Y7RoCV
1898: Soong Mei-ling, AKA Madame Chiang Kai-shek, First Lady of China, chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University, born.
1931: Geraldyn Cobb, aviator, 1st woman to pass qualifying exams for astronaut training but not allowed to train because of her gender, born.
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By Will Swanton
BRISBANE (Reuters) - Ever dissatisfied world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka began her build-up to the Australian Open with an imposing 6-3 6-3 victory over big-serving Sabine Lisicki in the Brisbane International second round on Wednesday.
The defending Australian Open champion made light work of the German to set up a quarter-final clash against qualifier Ksenia Pervak.
"I'm such a picky person that I probably never will be satisfied," Azarenka told reporters.
"That's a good thing because I have a lot more matches to play and I can always improve. But it was pretty good. I felt like the things that I've been working on are there. I'm getting into the competitive groove and I'm happy where I'm at right now."
Azarenka faces a challenge to her top ranking from world No. 2 Maria Sharapova and No. 3 Serena Williams when the Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park on January 14.
"I actually don't really look at defending anything - I'm just looking to win," she said.
"I'm going to have the same mindset for as long as I'm playing. That's what I'm looking forward to - improving my game as I always do and match those big challenges, the big players.
"At the beginning of the year, you're obviously hungry to play. The atmosphere here in Australia brings out the best in me. The motivation is always extraordinary. I really like it here."
Williams will follow Azarenka on to Pat Rafter Arena on Thursday when she plays fellow countrywoman Sloane Stephens.
The powerful and athletic 19-year-old is regarded as the successor to Serena and Venus Williams as the face of American tennis.
"She's so sweet," Stephens said of Serena Williams.
"I love her. Obviously she's been a really great influence on my tennis career. I'm excited to play her and get on the court with her tomorrow. I think it'll be fun."
Men's top seeds Andy Murray and Milos Raonic start their campaigns on Thursday against Australia's John Millman and Bulgarian Grigor Dmitrov respectively.
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We finally saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
The monkey was the best part of the show. Don't get me wrong, the whole show was fun, but the monkey was the best.
And thanks to the monkey, you may now randomly hear "Steve!" uttered around my house.
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Per The Wall Street Journal, Chicago is exploring some alternative privatization approaches for Midway Airport, following the collapse of the city's $2.5 billion deal with a Citi-led consortium two weeks ago:
Chicago is considering a variety of strategies to revive its collapsed $2.52 billion Midway airport privatization, including the possibility of issuing tax-exempt debt to make the deal more tenable, according to a city adviser.
Under the tentative plan, Chicago would issue debt to fund part of the large upfront payment that it was to receive in the deal, which then would be paid back over time through lease fees from the airport's private operator.
John Schmidt, a partner at law firm Mayer, Brown LLP and the city of Chicago's lead counsel on the high-profile Midway deal, said such a move could be a way to substantially lower the amount of financing needed by private investors to make the deal go through. [...]
He said Chicago city officials are considering other potential mechanisms as well to revive the privatization. The city has had talks with a number of investors since the deal fell through two weeks ago, including with some of the unsuccessful bidders, although Schmidt said there haven't been any more "substantial discussions" with the investment group that won the project but ultimately couldn't pull it off. | <urn:uuid:3ced5b39-2df9-4cb2-a761-1e3ea444b626> | 2013-05-18T17:58:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Let Lauribal know you're thinking of them,
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Hi! My name's Laura, and I'm a music education student (viola) at George Mason University. I have a labradoodle named Thor, who I love more than I love most people <3. I enjoy listening to music, specifically progressive rock/metal, symphonic metal, and classical. I love sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, and whatever else I deem awesome :) | <urn:uuid:fdc4f25c-461e-4f1f-a1d6-2d32f9ef7b2b> | 2013-05-18T17:38:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Certified Event Rental Professional (CERP) is the professional designation for
event rental personnel working in the party and event equipment rental industry.
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Women's experiences of secondary infertility
The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of women with secondary infertility, to identify any unmet needs of this group, and to develop a substantive theory based on the findings. Research questions were: (1) What are women's experiences with secondary infertility? (2) Are there unmet needs of women who experience secondary infertility? If so, what are they? The research method for this study was derived from the constructivistic research paradigm as implemented in the naturalistic research strategy. A purposive, emergent sampling design was used to select ten women who experienced secondary infertility as participants. A size of ten was determined by saturation of data which occurred after the completion of the ten individual, in-depth interviews, ten health diaries, and a focus group involving five of the ten women. Data were analyzed using constant comparison. Results included four emergent themes: (1) secondary infertility: a barrier to building the perceived ideal family; (2) the different worlds of primary and secondary infertility: secondary infertility as child-centered; (3) resentment and stigma of the secondary infertile; and (4) coping with and managing secondary infertility. A substantive theory of self-empowerment of secondary infertile women emerged. Conclusions of the study are that the ten women acted from a position of internal locus of control, which assisted them to continue in infertility treatment, develop a support system, and manage their experiences of secondary infertility. ^
Health Sciences, Mental Health|Health Sciences, Nursing|Sociology, Individual and Family Studies|Education, Health
Diane Marie Moyer Wieland,
"Women's experiences of secondary infertility"
(January 1, 1998).
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Thesis or dissertation
Date of this Version
The problem of the Chinese financial system with non performing loans is significant and murky. If China's non performing loan problem exists on a certain level of severity and is not trending toward a more manageable state, then China could be moving toward financial crisis. Empirical and theoretical studies in recent years have implied that this might be the case. It might be impossible to conclusively prove or disprove notions that non-performing loans will cause financial crisis in China. However, little academic inquiry has very recently been focused toward the holistic "puzzle" of China's NPL issue, and it could be considered worthwhile to simply attempt to trace a broad outline of the issue. The aim of this study is two-fold: first, it attempts to basically identify and circumscribe the different "puzzle pieces" that exist in trying to understand China's bad asset issue. Second, it aims to combine basic perspectives on the issue from multiple disciplines in a generalized way, and tentatively evaluate the inventoried "puzzle pieces" to propose a limited holistic interpretation of available facts and opinions.
china, economics, finance
Date Posted: 10 October 2008
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Reverse logistics - a framework
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In this paper we define and compare Reverse Logistics definitions. We start by giving an understanding framework of Reverse Logistics: the why-what-how. By this means, we put in context the driving forces for Reverse Logistics, a typology of return reasons, a classification of products, processes and actors. In addition we provide a decision framework for Reverse Logistics and we present it according to long, medium and short term decisions, i.e. strategic-tactic-operational decisions.
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Maria Teresa Tula
Photo by Eddie Adams
"We held a press conference telling the public about the work .… As a result, a death threat appeared in the newspaper threatening all members of Co-Madres that if people did not obey they would be disappeared or decapitated one by one."
Maria Teresa Tula is a leader of the Co-Madres (Mothers of the Disappeared) of El Salvador, a group of impoverished, mostly illiterate women whose husbands or children were kidnapped or killed by death squads and government security forces during El Salvador’s bloody civil war. The 1980s conflict pitted leftist organizations and campesino farmer-based guerrillas against an entrenched alliance of landowners and the military, with each side aided by different Cold War backers. In 1992, when a peace accord was signed by the government and the Farabundo Martí Liberation Front, the reign of terror that had ruled El Salvador for over a decade finally ended.
After Tula was threatened, abducted, and tortured, she returned to Co-Madres to continue her work for justice and for women’s empowerment. A self-described feminist, Tula escaped to the United States, crossing the border as an illegal alien. She spent the next several years running the Co-Madres office in Washington, D.C., and fighting deportation for herself and all Salvadorans. She now lives in the U.S., fulfilling her dream of providing her children with a safe environment and a good education.
I was born on April 23, 1951, in the village of Izalco, in the Department of Sonsonate in El Salvador. My father was a bus dispatcher and my mother worked in a factory in Santa Ana nearby. I had eight brothers and sisters. Like most people in the village, we were poor. I received only a first-grade education. After that I began helping my mother in the house until the day I was married. My husband, José Rafael Canales Guevarra, was killed by the Salvadoran military in June 1980. We had five children together. I also have a sixth child, Oscar Feliciano Tula, born on July 5, 1986, while I was being held in prison without charges.
Until 1978 I was never involved in politics in any way. My husband was working in the Central Azucarrero de Izalco (Izalco Sugar Company), owned by one of the richest families in El Salvador—and I was taking care of our children and taking in washing and ironing. Conditions at the company were very bad. There was no job safety, wages were low, and there were no health benefits. The seventeen hundred workers decided to go on strike and refused to leave the plantation. Some stayed inside the processing plant. Others guarded the gates of the hacienda to make sure no trucks could get in.
My husband was very active in the strike. On the second day I went to bring him medicine and food at 10:00 a.m., just as the security forces arrived and arrested everyone. Many ran into the sugar cane fields to escape. The police beat those who were caught, tied their hands behind their backs and told them to lie face down. All of us family members were there watching and waiting to see what they were going to do with our husbands and sons. They separated twenty-two people and let the rest go. My husband was one of those they kept. He was taken to the National Guard headquarters in San Salvador and held incommunicado for three days. On the fourth day, a military tribunal sentenced him to six months in prison. The only witnesses were Guard members. At first they wouldn’t even tell me where he was, but I finally found out and visited him in Santa Tecla Prison. He told me how he had been tortured—beaten in the testicles, then hung from the ceiling and beaten all over, a torture described as "the airplane."
Then I started working with the Co-Madres—an organization of women formed in 1977 to fight for the release of husbands and other family members jailed or disappeared or assassinated and to demand that the government respect human rights. In June 1978, my husband was released from prison. We decided to move to Santa Ana, since it would have been dangerous for us to remain in Izalco. Once a person has been in prison they are in even greater danger of being assassinated or disappeared by the security forces or death squads.
In Santa Ana my husband got work as a bricklayer. He was not involved in politics. He worked and spent time at home with our children. I kept doing my work washing and ironing clothes, and kept working with Co-Madres, pressuring the government to respect human rights. During this time there were continual assassinations and disappearances. On the highway from Santa Ana to San Salvador you could see fifteen corpses in different places on any given day: students, workers, peasants, old people, women.
The Co-Madres would call press conferences when people were disappeared, or place ads in the newspaper announcing that someone was being charged and tried. I worked mostly with governmental organizations, international officials, and institutions and churches. I also distributed food to people who visited the office, visited political prisoners in jail and brought them supplies, and solicited food and other donations from international and domestic organizations.
Like other independent human rights organizations, we came under attack from the right wing. In October 1979 I was in San Salvador with a group when we learned that the body of one of these mothers’ sons had been found on the streets; he had been disappeared. It was 7 p.m. and we were returning with the body in a minibus, when we were stopped by the police. They accused us of carrying arms and made all ten of us, including a child, lie face down with our arms stretched above our heads. The six policemen walked in single file around us, beating us on our backs with rifle butts and stepping on us. We were lying about three hours, while more police arrived, including a commander. Meanwhile it kept getting closer to the curfew time—midnight—when everyone had to be off the street. If anyone was on the street after midnight they could be machinegunned. So they were detained until then—many people died this way.
Around 11:40 p.m. they started to let us go. Six women were released, but four of us—including me—they kept. They asked us questions—where were we from, our names, the names of our parents, what were we doing. Meanwhile, they kept on saying we were carrying arms, a complete lie, and joking that the boy whose corpse we were carrying had died of mosquito bites. Finally, at ten minutes to twelve, they told us to put our hands behind our head and start walking. Then they told us to stop, turn around with closed eyes, and then keep walking, then stop again, and turn around. They kept doing this until at one moment we all felt rifles against our stomachs. They asked us if we wanted to die. We were silent. I felt complete terror and thought they were surely going to kill me. Finally, they told us we could leave. It was two minutes to twelve, which meant we had only two minutes to get off the street. They brought back the chauffeur, who had been taken a short distance away; he had been badly beaten. We all got into the bus with the corpse. Fortunately there was a funeral home nearby and we arrived there before the curfew began. This was my first personal experience of torture and the kind of tactics used by the security forces. I had heard many stories but this was the first time I had experienced it myself.
In 1980 I moved with my family to Sonsonate, where my husband had gotten a job building big houses. Barely a month later he was assassinated. On June 19 four men in civilian clothes, heavily armed, came to our house. They asked for my husband and said they were taking him to the municipal police station because he had been witness to a robbery. When he didn’t return I inquired at the police station, but he wasn’t registered there. The following day the newspaper had a picture of him saying he was a guerrilla who died in a confrontation with the armed forces in a clandestine house full of arms. This was a complete lie since he hadn’t been involved with anything since the strike. When I went to get my husband’s body, the judge who had identified it told me that it was the armed forces who had killed my husband, that his hands and feet had been bound and there was a bullet hole through his head. At the cemetery in Sonsonate, I saw his tied hands and feet and the bullet hole through his head.
My neighbors warned me that my house was "militarizado," with soldiers surrounding it and going through all our things. Once they kill one member of a family, they often kill others. So I never went back. Instead I went to San Salvador. I was pregnant at the time with my fifth child.
I continued to be very active with Co-Madres, which was under intense pressure from the right-wing death squads and security forces. In 1980 the Co-Madres office, which we shared with the nongovernmental Human Rights Commission (CDH), was bombed twice. The first bombing took place on March 13, 1980. Afterward the National Guard came, supposedly to investigate, but did nothing. The second bombing occurred in September 1980, and several unknown decapitated bodies were left at the front of the office, as a further warning of what would happen to us. Several members of the Human Rights Commission were also assassinated during this period.
In the beginning of 1982, Archbishop Rivera y Damas recognized the work that we at Co-Madres were doing and he gave us office space along with the Human Rights Commission, Socorro Juridico, and Tutela Legal—the Archdiocese’s own human rights and legal offices. To announce our move, we held a press conference, telling the public about the work we were doing and where they should come for help. As a result, a death threat from the death squad leader Maximiliano Hernandez appeared in the newspaper threatening all members of Co-Madres that if people did not obey they would be disappeared or decapitated one by one.
Fifteen days after this, a member of Co-Madres, Ophelia, was captured by members of the security forces dressed as civilians, and then taken to the National Police Station. We started paid advertising to get her released and to force a tribunal to investigate why she had been captured. The police confirmed that she was being held, "for investigation." We later learned that during those days she had been tortured and raped, and eighteen days after she had been captured, she was dumped near the Santa Ana–San Salvador Highway, about fifty kilometers outside of San Salvador, early in the morning. Some workers called us to say a woman had been found. Her hands were still tied behind her and her mouth was gagged. She was so disfigured that we didn’t even recognize her. Her whole face was inflamed; she couldn’t talk because her teeth had been broken inside her mouth, and she had cigarette burns on her arms and body.
When we asked her who she was, and she managed to say "Ophelia," we couldn’t believe it. We took her to a doctor, and after she had recovered she testified about what had happened to her. She said there were photos of all of us at the National Police Station, but they were asking her about a few people in particular. I was one of the people they were asking about.
It was shortly after this that men dressed as civilians started coming to my house, asking questions. Others were constantly watching the house and whenever I left they would come and talk to the children. The children were nervous about what would happen to me. Around this time in the street the army and the security forces were also stepping up their street searches. They would make people get off buses and show their registration and they would physically search you and everything you were carrying, including diapers.
The terrorization of Co-Madres continued. In 1982, Elena Gonzalez was shot and killed by death squads in her home in Cuzcatancingo. Three Co-Madres mothers, Haydee Moran, Blanca Alvarado, and Carmen Sorto Ruano and her nineteen-year-old daughter, were taken one by one by National Police to the famous body dump, "Puerta del Diablo," where they laid their heads on a stone and told them their heads would be cut off with a machete if they didn’t talk about Co-Madres. Haydee and Blanca were released; Carmen and her daughter were imprisoned until 1983.
It was clear to me that my life was in danger. I decided to flee El Salvador for Mexico. I left on August 4, 1982, taking four of my children, and leaving the eldest in San Salvador with my mother. I stayed in Mexico until 1984, and worked there with the Co-Madres office. Then my visa expired so I was afraid of being deported back. The United Nations Committee on Refugees recognized me as a refugee and they gave me papers to apply for political asylum in Mexico, and though I had a number of interviews I never received any response. This made me even more nervous since I knew other Salvadorans whose applications were granted; I might be on some kind of blacklist.
In 1984, after the Co-Madres received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award I decided to return to El Salvador as I believed that with international attention and recognition for our work, I would now be safer. Also, Napoleon Duarte had recently been elected president after a campaign in which he promised to respect human rights and initiate investigations into disappearances and assassinations. But when the four of us applied for our visas to travel to the United States for the RFK award, they were denied. An article appeared in La Prensa Grafica quoting a U.S. State Department declaration saying they were denied since we had Communist connections. To have our names printed in the newspaper linked to Communists was very dangerous. It was like giving permission for the death squads to come in and assassinate us.
A few days after, the U.S. Embassy told the public, the Kennedy Memorial, and a human rights delegation that the visas were denied because we were dangerous and terrorists and we had direct connections to guerrillas. We asked for an audience with the ambassador so he could provide proof, but he wouldn’t see us. A visiting U.S. delegation also asked for proof, but nothing was forthcoming. From that moment we noticed an increase in surveillance, but luckily, around this same time, three of the four of us were invited for a European tour. We left on January 20, 1985, and spent three months touring Spain, Holland, Switzerland, England, Greece, West Germany, France, Italy, Norway, and Sweden. We met with Mrs. Mitterand, Mrs. Papandreou, and other prominent women; also with Willy Brandt in West Germany and with United Nations representatives in Geneva. We hoped this kind of international exposure would give us more protection, and on our return on April 20, 1985, we were accompanied by European parliamentarians.
Meanwhile, the assassinated body of a Co-Madres member, Isabel, who had disappeared some eleven months earlier, was found in her home. Only a few months later, Maria Ester Grande was detained by the Treasury Police and threatened; they picked up her son and tortured and interrogated him for fifteen days to get information about his mother and where she lived. (During this time, those of us who were active in Co-Madres never lived in one place. We moved around for fear of being picked up by the death squads or security forces). Finally, he told them and the Treasury Police went and picked her up; then they returned four times to her house, treated her children brutally and threatened to kill their mother and brother if they didn’t tell where arms were hidden. They never found any arms. But they presented her with her son tied up and beaten, and said if she wanted her son to live she would have to go back to Co-Madres and get the names of all who worked there and their addresses. Then she was dropped off at our office. Instead of cooperating with them, she told us what happened. We immediately went to the Red Cross and finally her son was transferred to Mariona Prison until 1987.
Shortly after this, there was a break-in of the Co-Madres office and everything was taken—documents, testimony, tapes, photos, and money. As a result they had those lists of everyone involved with Co-Madres. From this point on, there was constant surveillance and repression. In November 1985, Joaquin Antonio Caceres, of the Human Rights Commission, with whom we worked closely, was captured and held for forty-five days and later brought to prison and accused of being a guerrilla. Around the same time, Co-Madres was awarded the Bruno Krisky Human Rights Award. I traveled to Austria to receive it, visiting other European countries as well. I was away until March, and when I returned, all my movements were monitored by the police. I lived in constant fear.
On May 6, 1986, I was grabbed suddenly by a man at a bus stop, a pistol was pressed in my side and I was told to walk and not make any noise. Then I was pushed into a white car that was waiting with its doors open. They forced me to lie on the floor with my head down, so that I couldn’t see outside, and then the car drove around in circles so I wouldn’t know where I was being taken. Finally I was taken to a house with the three men who captured me. They blindfolded me and put me in a chair with my hands tied behind my back, and they started interrogating me about who I was, what was I doing in the neighborhood, and whether I knew people from Co-Madres. I was held for three days, during which time I was beaten and raped by the three men, all while blindfolded. I was seven months pregnant at the time. There was no way for me to know if it was day or night. They gave me no food and only a little water. Later they started carving my belly with a knife. They didn’t make deep wounds but scrapes which left blood. They questioned me about Co-Madres and when I continued to tell them I knew nothing, they told me I would die. Then they left me for the night, blindfolded, with my hands tied to the chair.
The next day they asked me the same questions and again wounded me with the sharp object, but this time the wounds were deeper—I still have scars. Finally, they blindfolded me again, put me in a car, and told me not to look where we were going or they would shoot me in the head. Then they dropped me in the Cucatlan Park. It was nine in the morning. I was bleeding, disoriented, and my clothes were torn since they had sliced them with the sharp, pointed object. I was holding my wound to stop the bleeding. I had no money; they had taken everything from me. I asked a woman at a bus stop to help me, telling her that I had been robbed. She gave me some money. I didn’t know if I should go first to the hospital, my home, or the office. I decided the office and told them everything that had happened. Several days later we published a "denuncia" (an accusation).
The security forces’ arrests of people connected with human rights organizations intensified. And on Friday, May 26, I was arrested again. They were dressed as civilians, heavily armed, but I later learned that they were members of the Treasury Police. I was tortured for four days, beaten all over, on my head, my back. At one point a towel was put over my head and one of my torturers sat on my head and neck. Ten days later I was visited by the International Red Cross and the Human Rights Commission who told me that I was accused of being a terrorist. Though I was never tried or sentenced, I was held in Ilopango Women’s Prison until late 1986. I was able to find homes for four of my children. But my six-year-old daughter stayed with me in prison, along with my son, who was born there.
On September 22, I was ordered released by President Duarte, in a public ceremony. At that ceremony I pointed to a man there who had been one of my torturers. Following my release I was terrified to go to the Co-Madres office, I was scared at bus stops, and if any vehicle stopped, I was afraid someone would jump out and grab me. I was frightened that I would be machine-gunned on the street. My house continued under surveillance and attacks against the Human Rights Commission also continued. I knew that there was no way I could remain in El Salvador. I began planning my escape.
I learned that I was being invited to the United States in January to talk to members of Congress and other groups: this would be a good opportunity to find temporary safety. I was no longer safe in El Salvador or Mexico, which was no longer accepting Salvadorans for asylum. I was forced to leave three of my children in Mexico, living with different families. My two youngest children came with me.
There is another story to tell about my efforts to get asylum in the United States in the 1980s, when many in the U.S. government were supporting the regime in power, but that is for another time. I rejoice that peace has come to my country at last and that the human rights we fought for during those dark years now seem within our reach, not just in our dreams.
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A Silver Medal was awarded to Thomas Rees for rescuing four men from the wrecked schooner Two Brothers.
The RNLI established a lifeboat station and a boathouse was built at Porth Stinian.
The boathouse was extended.
A Silver Medal was awarded to Coxswain David Hicks on his retirement for ‘his long and gallant services in saving life from shipwreck’.
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I was in class today and overheard some people I know talking about a show they went to, in which the band(I forget the name) encouraged hatred of Christians and spoke of 'eating Christians.' This got my blood boiling, but I remained silent. A 'friend' who I went to a Christian middle and high school with, but has sadly been greatly influenced by the sin of this world, relayed this information to someone he was sitting near. Knowing that I'm a Christian, he made sure to speak loud enough for me to hear about it and then made the comment, "If society permitted it, I would be glad to do that."
Even though it's sickening, isn't it ironic that these people who hold hatred against Christians are doing us the favor of fulfilling prophecy? And in the end, they'll be kneeling before the Lord that they hated so much.
These verses come to mind in relation to this:
*Psalms 25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
*Proverbs 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
*Matthew 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
*John 15:18-19 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. | <urn:uuid:4fda7057-40a4-41e2-ab2b-d783a1c7d550> | 2013-05-18T17:48:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Running in old or worn-out running shoes can lead to running injuries
. Over time, your running shoes lose shock absorption, cushioning and stability. When you run in worn-out shoes, it increases the stress and impact on your legs and joints, which can cause overuse injuries. One of the best things you can do to prevent running injuries
is to replace your shoes at the right time. Here's how you know that you need new running shoes:
1. The mileage on your shoes is high.
A good rule of thumb is to replace your running shoes every 300-400 miles, depending on your running style, body weight, and the surface on which you run. Smaller runners can get new shoes at the upper end of the recommendation while heavier runners should consider replacement shoes closer to 300 miles. If you run on rough roads, you'll need to replace your shoes sooner than if you do primarily treadmill running. If you take good care of your running shoes
, you may be able to get away with the higher end of that range.
2. You're feeling pain.
If you've been feeling muscle fatigue, shin splints
, or some pain in your joints -- especially your knees
-- you may be wearing shoes that have lost their cushioning. When you're feeling pain on both sides -- both knees, for example -- that's often an indication that you need new running shoes.
3. Your shoes fail the twist test.
Photo by Christine Luff
If you hold your running shoes at both ends and twist the shoe, it should feel firm. An old shoe or one that doesn't have proper support will twist easily (as in this photo).
4. Your soles are worn-out.One tell-tale sign that you need new running shoes is if your soles are worn-out. The soles last longer than the shoe's cushioning and shock absorbency, so if the soles are worn down, it's definitely time for new ones. You should never run in shoes that have worn-down soles. Save them for working in the garden or mowing the lawn!
5. Newer shoes feel much better.
Some experts recommend that runners rotate two pairs of running shoes
. If you get a new pair of running shoes about half-way through the life of your old ones, they can serve as a reference to help you notice when your old ones are ready to be replaced. If you notice a big difference in the cushioning of the newer pair, then it's probably time to retire the old ones. | <urn:uuid:252cd870-5b96-4442-9b95-47e9dff02723> | 2013-05-18T17:27:44Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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JOHN VERNON Died Feb. 1, 2005
Classically trained Canadian actor John Vernon died at age 72. Mr. Vernon underwent heart surgery last month and complications arose. Mr. Vernon appeared in or did voice work on over 200 films, TV shows and Video Games. He is probably best known for his performance as Dean Wormer in "National Lampoon’s Animal House." In that role, he delivered the immortal line "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Mr. Vernon reprised the role in the short lived TV spin-off "Delta House."
Though Mr. Vernon may be best remembered for his work in a comedy, he was first and foremost a dramatic actor. He spent five years with The Stratford Festival in Canada. In Canada, Mr. Vernon is best remembered for his lead role in the TV series "Wojeck." Long before "CSI" of "Quincy," John Vernon played a forensic pathologist who solved crimes. Mr. Vernon was nominated for a Best Actor Gemini for his work in the Canadian TV mini-series "Two Men." The Gemini is Canada’s version of the Emmy Award in the US.
My first memory of John Vernon was as the Mayor in Don Siegel’s classic "Dirty Harry." Clint Eastwood’s character Harry Callahan was first introduced in a tart conversation with Vernon’s Mayor. Mr. Vernon fed Clint Eastwood a straight line that led to one of the funniest, albeit dark lines in any film.
Mayor: Callahan, I don’t want any more trouble like you had last year in the Filmore district. Understand. That’s my policy.
Callahan: Yeah, well when an adult male is chasing a female with the intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That’s My policy.
Mayor: Intent? How did you establish thtat?
Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.
Mayor: (After Callahan leaves his office) I think he’s got a point.
John Vernon would work with Clint Eastwood five years later in the outstanding Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales." Vernon played one of his many villains in the post-Civil War epic. Vernon would also reteam with "Dirty Harry" director Don Siegel in the over-looked Walter Mathau crime caper "Charley Varrick" and "The Black Windmill."
John Vernon was blessed with a deep baritone voice. His vocal talents were used behind the scenes in several films and TV series. John Vernon received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. While in school, he was given the voice role of Big Brother in the original film version of "1984." During the 1960s he provided the voices of such cartoon superheros as "Iron Man," "Dr. Strange," "Dr. Doom," "Sub-Mariner" and "The Hulk." He also did voice work on the adult cartoon "Heavy Metal." Most of his work during the last ten years was voice work for cartoons and video games.
In addition to Don Siegel, John Vernon worked with some of the best directors of his day. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s flawed thriller "Topaz." John Borman directed him in the superior original version of "Point Blank" opposite Lee Marvin. He also worked with George Cuckor (Justine), Abraham Polonsky (Tell Them Willie Boy is Here) and Andrew V. McLaglen (One More Train to Rob) among others.
Other notable film and TV credits include "Killer Klownes From Outer Space," "I’m Gonna Get You Sucka," "Airplane II," "The Blue and the Gray," "The Sacketts," "Brannigan," "Quincy," "Kung Fu," "ChiPs," "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza."
FRANCO MANNINO Died Feb. 1, 2005
Sicilian composer Franco Mannino died of complications following surgery at age 80. Mr. Mannino was a frequent collaborator with film director Luchino Visconti. Mr. Mannino published over 600 musical compositions. That does not include his over 100 film scores. He won the David di Donatello Award for Best Score for his work on Visconti’s 1976 film "L'Innocente." In addition to his long collaboration with Visconti, Mr. Mannino worked with such directors as John Huston, Antonio Margheriti and Ricardo Freda. Mr. Mannino scored John Huston’s off-beat adventure film "Beat the Devil." He scored a number of films for Ricardo Freda including the influential horror film "I, Vampiri." "I, Vampiri" is regarded as the first of the modern cycle of vampire films, coming out one year before Hammer’s better known "The Horror of Dracula." Master of horror Mario Bana was the cinematographer and directed a number of scenes. Among the many films of Visconti that Mr. Mannino either scored or orchestrated are "Death in Venice," "Ludwig," " Bellissima" and "Conversation Piece." He was also the music consultant for the documentary "Luchino Visconti." Mr. Mannino was the Principle Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Mational Arts Centre in Ottawa Canada for much of the 1980s. Mr. Mannino won the "Columbus" prize in the US in 1950.
DEBRA SUE GENOVESE Died Feb. 1, 2004
Booking agent and producer Debi Genovese died at home. Her age and cause of death were not disclosed. Ms. Genovese was a one-time assistant to "Billy Jack" actor/director/writer/producer Tom Laughlin. Ms. Genovese later worked for Burt Sugerman for whom she booked acts and then produced the concert TV series "The Midnight Special." Ms. Genovese also booked talent for the TV series "Solid Gold" and for Don Cornelius’s "Soul Awards."
FRANK J. FLYNN Died Feb. 1, 2005
Studio musician Frank Flynn died of natural causes at age 88. Mr. Flynn spent 40 years playing music for both TV and films. Mr. Flynn served his country in the US Army-Air Corp during WWII.
WOLFGANG BECKER Died Feb. 1, 2005
German TV director Wolfgang Becker died at age 94. Mr. Becker was best known for directing crime shows on TV. He worked on the popular series "Der Kommissar" and "Derrick." He also directed a number of the Made for TV "Tatort" movies. Mr. Becker was not the same Wolfgang Becker who directed the award winning film "Good Bye Lenin!"
CLAIRE GARTRELL DAVIS Died Feb. 2, 2005
Filmmaker Claire Gartrell Davis died at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Ms. Davis was the president of the New York Film and Video Counsel. She co-directed the documentary "The Cross and the Bodhi Tree: Two Christian Encounters with Buddhism." Her other film credits include the documentary "Rajmohan Gandhi: Encounters With Truth" as well as the animated short subjects "Enter Hamlet" and "New York Experimental." Ms. Davis was a former director of the Union Theological Seminary Film Department. Ms. Davis has sat on the juries of film festivals the world over as well as for the Emmy Awards and CINE. She was recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities in the field of documentary filmmaking. Rev. Gary Ritner warmly remembered his good friend. He told me "Her enthusiasm for life and meaningful films as well as her love for a good story and good company placed her at the scene of hundreds of gatherings in the filmmaker world."
GOFFREDO LOMBARDO Died Feb. 2, 2005
Award-winning Italian producer Goffredo Lombardo died at age 84. Mr. Lombardo produced a number of important Italian films of the post WWII era. Mr. Lombardo is the man credited with discovering actress Sophia Loren. Mr. Lombardo won three David di Donatello Awards for Best Production. Those are the Italian equivalent of a Best Picture Oscar in the US. Mr. Lombardo’s greatest film was Visconti’s "The Leopard." In addition to the Donatello Award, the film won the Palm d’Or at Cannes. You owe yourself the pleasure of seeing this rich film. Criterion released a beautifully restored DVD of the four-hour film last year. Among Mr. Lombardo’s other credits are "The Naked Maja," "Sodom and Gomorrah," "The Angel Wore Red" and "The Four Days of Naples." Mr. Lombardo was the son of silent film actress Leda Gys and producer and studio founder Gustavo Lombardo.
MALCOLM HARDEE Death Confirmed Feb. 2, 2004
British wildman Malcolm Hardee drown in the Thames River. He was 55 years old. Mr. Hardee was reported missing the night of January 31. His body was recovered on February 2. No foul play is suspected. Mr. Hardee appeared in a number of British TV shows, but he was best known for his on and off stage antics. Mr. Hardee’s comedy bordered on Anarchy. He had a naked dance troop called "The Greatest Show on Legs." Mr. Hardee was known to end his shows by standing naked before audiences with fireworks shooting out of his backside. He also did a famous imitation of French president Charles De Gaulle by using his genitals! One of Mr. Hardee’s most famous antics involved stealing the birthday cake from Queen frontman Freddie Murcury’s 40th birthday party. Mr. hardee’s credits include appearances on "The Black Adder," "The Comic Strip Presents" and "The People vs. Jerry Sadowitz."
MAX SCHMELING Died Feb. 2, 2005
Famed German boxer Max Schmeling died at age 99. Mr. Schmeling was best known as the man who knocked out Joe Louis. Schmeling knocked out Louis in a 1936 fight. Two years later, Louis returned the favor during the first round of their rematch. Though Hitler tried to use Schmeling as a propaganda toll, Schmeling disavowed the Nazis. He actually risked his life hiding Jews from capture. Mr. Schmeling appeared in several films usually playing himself. He was married to actress Anny Ondra from 1933 until her death in 1987. Mr. Schmeling used his fight money to buy a Coca-Cola franchise in Germany. He remained a lifelong friend with Joe Louis and even paid for Mr. Louis’s funeral.
BIRGITTE FEDERSPIEL Died Feb. 2, 2005
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1955 film "The Word" in one of the most emotional moving films about faith ever made. The haunting film remains with you long after it ends. Danish actress Birgette Federspiel won the first of her two Bodil awards as Best Actress for her memorable work in "The Word." She won again four years later for "A Stranger Knocks." The Bodil Award is the Danish equivalent to the Oscar. Birgette Federspiel died at age 79. Ms. Federspiel appeared in over 50 films during her 60-year career. She was also an accomplished stage actress. She also starred in the Oscar winning Best Foreign Film "Babette’s Feast." Ms. Federspiel had a nice supporting role in the 1972 sci-fi film "Z.P.G.," which starred Oliver Reed.
MALOU HALLSTROM Died Feb. 3, 2005
Malou Hallstrom, TV producer and ex-wife of director Lasse Hallstrom was found dead by her male companion in a bathtub in Stockholm. The 63 year-old producer’s death is under investigation. No decision as to whether the drowning was accidental or the result of foul play will be announced until after an autopsy. Though it appears that Ms. Hallstrom fell asleep in the tub. Ms. Halstrom edited her ex-husband's feature film "ABBA: The Movie." The film dealt with a Brisbane disc jockey trying to con his way into an interview with the Swedish mega-Pop group during their 1977 tour of Australia. Ms. Hallstrom was very involved in producing shows for Sweden Television.
JEFFREY ROBBINS KANE Died Feb. 3, 2005
Renowned pastel and oils artist and former actor Jeffrey Robbins Kane died from AIDS at age 40. Mr. Kane’s artwork is found in the collections of a number of Hollywood celebrities as well as in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Metropolis in San Diego. Mr. Kane was a former actor. He appeared in the MJ McDonnell short film "The Big Bowling Ball," which costarred James Remar and the story’s author Anna Nicholas. Mr. Kane also appeared in HBO’s "Tales From the Crypt" and the Soap Opera "Another World." Prayers of comfort for his family and friends.
FRANK RIO Died Feb. 3, 2005
Vaudevillian turned talent agent Frank Rio died at age 80. Mr. Rio was part of the specialty act The Rio Brothers. He performed with his father Eddie Rio and Uncle Larry Rio. The trio appeared in several films during the 1930s and 40s. Their film credits include the short film "Will Bradley and his Orchestra Featuring Ray McKinley present Boardwalk Boogie" and the features "Paramount Headliner: The Star Reporter," "New Faces of 1937," "Casa Manana" and "Hollywood Varieties." Mr. Rio later worked with pwerhouse agency IFA, later to become ICM. He also worked for the William Morris Agency. His clients included Bob Hope, Henry Mancini and Whitney Houston.
OSSIE DAVIS Died Feb. 4, 2005
"The Client" was filmed in my home town. Actor Ossie Davis played a judge in the film. His courtroom scenes were filmed in Division 1 of Shelby County General Sessions Court. That was the courtroom my late father Jim White, presided over for 18 years. My father was touched by the generosity of spirit that Mr. Davis showed him. He also earned my father’s admiration for his valiant acts in the war for Civil Rights. Dad cherished the photo at right, taken during filming of "The Client." When my dad introduced me to Mr. Davis, I was struck by how tall he was. Mr. Davis towered over my dad and me and I’m not a short person. That’s the way Ossie Davis was on screen. He usually towered over the material and the other performers he worked with. Award-winning actor/writer/director Ossie Davis was found dead in his hotel room in Miami at age 87.
Ossie Davis appeared in nearly 200 films, TV shows and documentaries. He was a long-time activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Davis and his wife actress Ruby Dee also proved that a Hollywood marriage can last. The couple wed in 1948! They worked together countless times in film, on stage and the small screen.
Mr. Davis’s career started in the late 1930s. After a time out during which her served as a medical technician in WWII, Mr. Davis returned to the stage. He was one of the pioneers who paved the way for hundreds of Black actors and actresses to break free from the Hollywood half-wit stereotype of Black people.
Not only was Ossie Davis one of the most accomplished actors of his time, he also wrote and directed. Mr. Davis wrote the play "Purlie Victorious." He adapted his play to Broadway as the musical "Purlie." He received a Best Musical Tony nomination for his writing. Mr. Davis was also nominated for a Tony for his acting in the Musical "Jamaica." Mr. Davis was nominated for three regular Emmy Awards for his work in "King," "Teacher, Teacher" and "Miss Ever’s Boys." He won a Daytime Emmy for the children’s special "Finding Buck McHenry."
Among Mr. Davis’s credits as a film director are two of the best films to come out of the Blaxploitation era. Davis wrote and directed the groundbreaking "Cotton Comes to Harlem." The film introduced Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as police detectives Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. The movie spawned one sequel. Mr. Davis also directed Paul Winfield in "Gordon’s War," a tale of a Vietnam vet who takes on drug dealers and pimps in his neighborhood. Both films were unjustly lumped under the Blackploitation umbrella. In fact, they were excellent movies that still hold up today.
One of Mr. Davis’s first films is a personal favorite of mine: "Fourteen Hours." He played a cab driver watching the drama unfold as Richard Basehart’s character threatens to jump to his death off of the ledge of a New York hotel. That movie was also Grace Kelly’s film debut. Mr. Davis worked with director Spike Lee on seven films including "Do the Right Thing," "Get on the Bus," "Jungle Fever" and "Malcolm X." Mr. Daivs also did fine work in several TV mini series including "Roots: The Next Generation" and "Stephen King’s The Stand."
Other film credits include "Bubba-Ho-Tep," "Grumpy Old Men," "Joe Versus the Volcano," "Harry and Son," "Let’s Do It Again," "The Hill" and "The Cardinal."
GERARD GLAISTER Died Feb. 5, 2005
Writer/director/producer Gerard Glaister died at age 89. Mr. Glaister produced a number of BBC TV series during a 50-year-career. Among the 23 TV series produced by Mr. Glaister are "Colditz," "The Brothers," "The Long Chase," "Skorion" and "Howard’s Way." Mr. Glaister also wrote and directed episodes for a number of the series he produced. Mr. Glaister served his country in the RAF during WWII.
MERLE KILGORE Died Feb. 6, 2005
Composer and actor Merle Kilgore died of complications from cancer at age 70. Mr. Kilgore co-wrote the classic Johnny Cash hit "Ring of Fire" as well as "Woverton Mountain" and "Johnny Reb." Johnny Cash’s future wife June Carter wrote "Ring of Fire" with Mr. Kilgore. The song "Ring of Fire" has been featured in a number of films including "U-Turn" and "Roadie." Mr. Kilgore appeared in several films. His credits include Robert Altman’s masterpiece "Nashville," "Nevada Smith" and "Coal Miner’s Daughter."
ARMAND KAPROFF Died Feb. 6, 2005
Master cellist Armand Kaproff died of old age at 85. Mr. Kaproff was one of the most in demand cellist in Hollywood. He was part of both the CBS and NBC orchestras. He also worked of Disney. Mr. Kaproff worked with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Toscanini and Leopold Stokowski. Mr. Kaproff recorded for such varied pop and rock artists as Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Barbara Streisand and The Rolling Stones.
JOAN WEIDMAN Died Feb. 6, 2005
Joan Weidman died of cancer. The former cinematographer/producer was the president if International Film Guarantors one of the leading completion bond corporations in the entertainment industry. Ms. Weidman produced the films "Crack House" and "Natural Causes." She was the cinematographer on several films including "Goldy" and "Goldy 2." Ms. Weidman also provided additional photography on the Making Of documentary "SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back."
JOHN PATTERSON Died Feb. 7, 2005
Award-winning director John Patterson died of prostate cancer at age 64. Mr. Patterson won a DGA award and was nominated for two Emmy awards for his work on HBO’s "The Sopranos." Mr. Patterson directed 13 episodes of the groundbreaking cable TV series. He also directed each of the series season finales. Though he directed three low budget features, Mr. Patterson worked primarily in TV. Among his many credits are "The Rockford Files," "Eight is Enough," "ChiPs," "Hart to Hart," "Knot’s Landing," "Magnum P.I.," "Hill Street Blues," "MacGyver," "LA Law," "Law & Order," "Profiler," "Early Edition," "C.S.I." and "Six Feet Under." Mr. Patterson served his country in the USAF as a B-52 bombardier.
KEITH KNUDSEN Died Feb. 8, 2005
I guess the trend of famous rock stars dying didn’t end with January. Keith Knudsen, the drummer for The Doobie Brothers died of pneumonia at age 56. Mr. Knudsen joined the band in 1974 and played on many of their biggest hits. Mr. Knudsen appeared with the band on a number of TV shows including "Saturday Night Live," "What’s Happening" and "The Grammy Awards." Mr. Knudsen later formed the band Southern Pacific with ex-Dobbie Brother guitarist John McFee. Prior to his time with "The Dobbie Brothers," Mr. Knudsen recorded with Lee Michaels of "Do Ya Know What I Mean" fame.
LADA BABICKA Died Feb. 8, 2005
Animator Lada Babicka died after a lengthy career as a cel artist. Mr. Babicka’s credits include "The Little Mermaid," "Batman: The Animated Series," "The Adventures of Batman and Robin," "Oliver & Company" and "The Pagemaster." He worked for Disney, Filmation, Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera. Mr. Babicka was a member of The Animation Guild, Local 839.
ARTHUR MILLER Died Feb. 10, 2005
"I’m not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman!" Playwright Arthur Miller captured the frustration of American life, the slow grind to the grave like no other American author. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright died of heart failure at age 89. Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" is probably the greatest American play of the past century. Elia Kazan directed the original Broadway production in 1949. That play, along with Miller’s "The Crucible" won the Tony Award for Best Play. Mr. Miller won the very first Best Author Tony in 1947 for his play "All My Sons." He won his second writng Tony for "Death of a Salesman." In 1999, Mr. Miller was given a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. On the personal side, Mr. Miller was the envy of every hot-blooded man in America during the 1950s when he had the pleasure of Marilyn Monroe in his matrimonial bed.
Miller’s play "All My Sons" was the first screen adaptation of his works. Edward G. Robinson starred as the industrialist with a deadly secret that is coming back to haunt him. Burt Lancaster starred as Robinson’s son who discovers his father’s tragic flaw. "All My Sons" was remade as a 1986 TV movie starring James Whitmore and Aiden Quinn as the father and son. There was also a Made for TV version of the play in Sweden in 1965. Swedish TV also remade the play in 1979.
"Death of a Salesman" has been translated to the big screen and TV thirteen times! The first film version in 1951 starred Fredrick March and Kevin McCarthy as Willy Lomen and his son Biff. The movie was nominated for five Oscars. There was an Argentine TV version in 1957. 1961 saw TV productions of the play in Swedish and Finland. Lee J. Cobb was nominated for an Emmy for his performance as Willy Loman in the 1966 US TV version of Miller’s play. Miller Won an Emmy for this version. Actor Rod Steiger played the part in the UK’s 1966 TV version. Miller’s play was produced on West German TV three times: in 1963, 1968 and 2001. West Germany co-produced with the US the 1985 TV version starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich as Willy Loman and his son Biff. That version won three Emmy Awards and was nominated for a total of ten. A 1996 British TV version followed. In 2000, Brian Dennehy starred in yet another TV version. The year before, Mr. Dennehy won a Tony Award in the 50th anniversary Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman."
Miller’s other famous work was "The Crucible." The play was written at the height of the HUAC hearings. Miller’s tale of the Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s also dealt with the witch hunts lead by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. The play was filmed four times. The first version was a German/French co-production starring Simone Signoret and Yves Montand. Ms. Signoret won a BAFTA for her work in the 1957 film. An American film version was not produced until 1967. George C.Scott and Colleen Dewhurst were both nominated for Emmy Award for their work. The TV movie also starred a bewitching Tuesday Weld. The Brits produced a TV version in 1980. The Oscar-nominated 1996 film version starred Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen. Mr. Miller was nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA for his adaptation of his own play.
Mr. Miller’s most infamous film was "The Misfits." Written for wife Marilyn Monroe, the movie had a troubled production history. It was the final film of the King of Hollywood: Clark Gable. Gable died of a heart attack just a few weeks after shooting wrapped. Many contend that his death was brought on by the grueling stunts he performed as well as dealing with Ms. Monroe’s less than professional behavior on the set. Gossip and legend aside, "The Misfits" is still a good movie. Not a classic, but a very good movie. John Huston directed. The film also co-starred Montgomery Cliff, Thelma Ritter and Eli Wallach. Mr. Miller also did some uncredited work on his wife’s 1960 comedy "Let’s Make Love."
Miller and Monroe divorced in January 1961. In 1962, Mr. Miller wed photographer Inge Morath. They remained married until her death in 2002. The couple met on the set of "The Misfits." They had two children. One son was born with Down’s Syndrome. Miller put his son in an institution and never visited. His wife visited Daniel on a weekly basis. Their other child is actress Rebecca Miller, wife of actor Daniel Day-Lewis.
Mr. Miller adapted Kenrik Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People" to the screen. It was turned into a Made for TV movie and later, a little-seen theatrical version starring Steve McQueen. I actually saw the Steve McQueen version in a fleabag motel in Barstow California when my car broke down for several days on the way to Disneyland.
Miller won his second Emmy for writing the excellent TV movie "Playing for Time." Vanessa Redgrave starred in the 1980 movie which told the true story of Fania Fenelon, a Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz by playing music for the Nazis.
HUMBERT BALSAN Died Feb. 10, 2005
Actor turned producer Humbert Balsan committed suicide at age 50. Mr. Balsan specialized in producing films for Arab filmmakers, most noatably with Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. Mr. Balsan also co-produced several of the Merchant/Ivory films. Among his numerous credits are "Le Grand Voyage," "The Bathers," "Jefferson in Paris," "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge" and "Quartet." Mr. Balsan also acted in numerous films including "LouLou," "Chanel Solitaire" and "Lancelot du Lac." Prayers of comfort for his family and friends.
YABO YABLONSKY Died Feb. 10, 2005
Writer/director Yabo Yablonsky died of cancer at age 73. Mr. Yablonsky wrote and directed one of the most bizarre and inept films of all time. "The Manipulator" starred Mickey Rooney and 70s cult actress Luana Anders. Rooney is a loony tune who thinks he is a movie director from the 40s. He kidnaps Ms. Anders. This is the kind of film they will be playing in Hell. You will be strapped down and forced to watch it for centuries on end. Mr. Yablonsky stuck to writing after this misguided little film. His writing was not bad. "Revenge for a Rape" was an excellent entry in the ABC "Tuesday and Wednesday Movie of the Week" series. Mike Conners is great as a man who tracks down the three men who raped his wife. Mr. Yablonsky’s best-known film is John Huston’s "Victory." Despite a good story, great director and cast, the film left me feeling empty. Many other critics felt the same way. Mr. Yablonsky’s other credits include "Portrait of a Hitman," "Lena: My 100 Children" and an episode of the great TV series "Crime Story."
STAN RICHARDS Died Feb. 11, 2005
British TV actor Stan Richards died of emphysema at age 74. Mr. Richards had suffered from chronic respiratory problems for several years. Mr. Richards played Seth the Gamekeeper in the long-running British TV series "Emmerdale Farm." Mr. Richards was a regular on the series for 25 years! He left the series in 2003, but made a final guest appearance last December. Mr. Richards also had recurring roles on the TV series "Coronation Street" and "All Creatures Great and Small."
BRIAN KELLY Died Feb. 12, 2004
Actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia two days shy of his 74th birthday. Baby Boomers fondly remember Brian Kelly as Porter Ricks, the caring and strong dad on the hit TV series "Flipper." For four years Mr. Kelly raised his sons Bud and Sandy and led them on numerous adventures with the lovable dolphin Flipper. Mr. Kelly also appeared in the feature film "Flipper’s New Adventures." Mr. Kelly appeared in a number of other films and TV series before his acting career was cut short by a motorcycle accident that left him partially paralyzed. Mr. Kelly was set to star in the film "The Love Machine" but was replaced by John Phillip Law following the motorcycle accident. Mr. Kelly turned to real estate but kept his fingers in Hollywood. He was one of the executive producers of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic "Blade Runner." Mr. Kelly was once married to 60s actress Laura Devon. His nephew is the Tony nominated actor Brian d’Arcy James. Mr. Kelly served his country in the Marines during the Korean War.
HARRY BAIRD Died Feb. 13, 2005
Actor Harry Baird died at age 73. Mr. Baird was one of a number of talented Black actors who never really got his due. He appeared in a number of films and TV shows during the 50s, 60s and 70s. Mr. Baird co-starred in the BARTA Best Picture winner "Sapphire" in 1959. I remember him best as part of the ensemble cast in the superior original version of "The Italian Job." He made his film debut in "Third Man" director Carol Reed’s "A Kid for Two Farthings." He was a regular on the TV series "White Hunter" and "U.F.O." Mr. Baird had the distinction of starring in the little seen 1968 French film "The Story of a Three-Day Pass." That film was directed by American director Melvin Van Peebles. Van Peebles traveled to France in order to be treated as an equal among men. There he directed what was the first movie directed by a Black American! Mr.Baird’s other credits include "The Mark," "Tarzan the Magnificent," "The Road to Hong Kong" and Hammer’s "The Oblong Box."
LUCIA DE JESUS DOS SANTOS Died Feb. 13, 2005
In 1917, three children claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary at Fatima Portugal. The children said that the Virgin Mary appeared to them six times. The final vision was supposedly witnessed by nearly 50,000 people. Lucia de Jesus dos Santos and her two cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marta were the subject of worldwide speculation and adoration. Ms. Dos Santos became the Nun Sister Lucia. She died at age 97. Sister Lucia’s cousins died during the worldwide flu epidemics of 1919 and 1920. The Catholic Church beatified the two cousins in 2000, the last step before Sainthood. Actress Susan Whitney portrayed Sister Lucia in the Oscar nominated film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima." Actress Inis Orsini played her in the Spanish/Portuguese co-production "Our Lady of Fatima." The events were also the subject of the films "Aparicao" and "The Third Secret of Fatima."
DICK WEBER Died Feb. 13, 2005
The world’s greatest profession bowler, Dick Weber died at age 75. I can remember many a Saturday afternoon watching Mr. Weber bowl perfect games on ABC’s "Wide World of Sports." Fans of "Late Night with David Letterman" will remember Mr. Weber’s many appearances where he would drop bowling balls off of tall buildings into various items like watermelons or TVs. Mr. Weber won over 30 Bowling titles during his career.
JASON BYCE Died Feb. 13, 2005
Actor/teacher Jason Byce died of the incurable blood cancer multiple myeloma at age 60. Though Mr. Byce appeared on Broadway, TV and in films, he may be most recognizable for a Polander All Fruit TV commercial. Mr. Byce was the guy sitting at the fancy dining table with a group of society snobs who made the social faux paux of asking "Would ya please pass the jelly?" Mr. Byce taught musical theater at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. His film and TV credits include "The Program," "All My Children" and the TV series version of "In the Heat of the Night."
JOHN LYKES Died Feb. 13, 2005
Actor John Lykes died of undisclosed causes at age 60. Mr. Lykes appeared several films and TV shows during the 1980s. His credits include "Tapeheads," "Night Court," "Fame," "Moving Violations," "MacGyver," "Murder, She Wrote," "Alice" and "Home Improvement." Thanks to Artnet.com for the use of Mr. Lykes photo!
ALEC STALL Died Feb. 14, 2005
Extreme skier Alec Stall was killed by an avalanche while filming a scene for an up-coming documentary on the sport. The 23-year-old skier was knocked off of Mt. Mansfield in Vermont. The film was being shot by Meathead Films, a company started by several of Mr. Stall’s friends from college. Meathead Films has produced the extreme skiing films "Schooled" and "Epoch." Prayers of comfort for his family and friends.
OTTO PLASCHKES Died Feb. 14, 2005
Producer Otto Plaschkes died of a heart attack at age 75. Mr. Plaschkes was an Austrian Jew who fled the Nazis as a child. His love of film led him to seek work at Ealing Studios during it’s heyday. He began as a cutter. Mr. Plaschkes was an assistant director on Otto Preminger’s "Exodus." He was a production assistant on David Lean’s classic "Lawrence of Arabia." Mr. Plaschkes produced a number of notable films. His production credits include "Georgy Girl" and "Butley," both of which starred Alan Bates. "Butley" was one of the films produced as part of the American Film Theater series. Mr. Plaschkes was incolved in several films from that series including "The Homecoming," "Galileo," "In Celebration" and "The Sailor's Return." Mr. Plaschkes’s other credits include the hit comedy "Hopscotch," which starred Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, Robert Ludlum’s "The Holcroft Covenant," "The Bofur’s Gun," the 1984 version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles," the 1986 version of "The Sign of Four" and "A Separate Peace."
NAJAI TURPIN Died Feb. 14, 2005
Middleweight boxer Najai Turpin committed suicide at age 23. The young boxer shot himself in front of his girlfriend following an argument. Mr. Turpin was one of the hopefuls in the up-coming boxing reality show "The Contender." The show debuts on March 7. His episodes Mr. Turpin’s episodes will be aired and the producer is setting up a fund for his orphaned 2-year-old daughter. "The Contender" will be hosted by actor Sylvester Stallone. Prayers of comfort for Mr. Turpin’s family and friends.
PIERRE BACHELET Died Feb. 15, 2005
Composer Pierre Bachelet died at age 60 of an undisclosed illness. Mr. Bachelet composed the music for the erotic films "Emmanuelle" and "The Story of O." His score for "Emmanuelle" was used in nine of the sequels. Mr. Bachelet was nominated for the French Cesar Award for his score for "Les Enfants du Marais."
NICOLE DEHUFF Died Feb. 16, 2005
Actress Nicole DeHuff died of asthma, brochitis and an aggressive staph infection at age 31. Ms. DeHuff co-starred in the hit comedy "Meet the Parents." She played the sister of Ben Stiller’s girlfriend. Ms. DeHuff’s character was given a black eye by an over-enthusiastic Ben Stiller during a game of water volleyball. Ms. DeHuff’s other film credits include "Suspect Zero" and the upcoming "Unbeatable Harold." She appeared on several TV series including "C.S.I." and "C.S.I.: Miami." Prayers of comfort for her family and friends.
GERRY WOLFF Died Feb. 16, 2005
German actor Gerry Wolff died of heart failure at age 84. Mr. Wolff’s wife of 53-years died of heart failure last month. Gerry Wolff was a German born Jew who’s family escaped Hitler to the refuge of England. Mr. Wolff appeared in over 70 films and TV shows during his lengthy career. His best known film was "Naked Among the Wolves" which dealt with a group of prisoners hiding a small Jewish boy from the Germans at the Buchenwald death camp. He was the father of writer/director/actor Thomas Wolff.
HANK STONECIPHER Died Feb. 16, 2005
Construction coordinator Hank Stonecipher died at age 82. Mr. Stonecipher had a lengthy career behind the scenes in the TV industry. He worked on a number of popular TV series and Made for TV movies including "Hart to Hart," "Starman," several of the "Police Story" TV films," "Mike Hammer," "Switched at Birth" and "The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story." Ironically, Mr. Stonecipher died two days before the real Uli Derickson! He was a member of I.A.T.S.A. Local 44.
FRED CRAMER Died Feb. 16, 2005
BAFTA and Emmy nominated special effects coordinator Fred Cramer died at age 74. Mr. Cramer was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Special Effects for Rolland Joffe’s "The Killing Fields." His Emmy nomination came for the great HBO docudrama "The Tuskegee Airmen." Fred Kramer designed the flameguns used by the Sandmen in "Logan’s Run." The guns were actually functional guns that fired flames! Mr. Cramer added his special magic to a number of well known films including "The Deer Hunter," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Silver Streak," Blake Edward’s "10," "Inchon," "Twister," "I’m Gonna Get You Sucker" and the overlooked 70s gem "Mother, Jugs and Speed." He was a member of I.A.T.S.A. Local 44.
PETER FOY Died Feb. 17, 2005
Aerographer Peter Foy died of natural causes at age 79. Mr. Foy was the theater industry’s foremost expert on ‘flying’ actors with wire rigs. He founded the company Flying by Foy in 1957. Mr. Foy was the man who made Mary Martin fly in her famous run on Broadway in "Peter Pan." Mr. Foy’s harnesses and rigs have been used on such films and TV shows as "The Flying Nun," "Fantastic Voyage," "Superman" and "The Wiz." Mr. Foy served his country as a navigator in the RAF during WWII.
DAN O’HERLIHY Died Feb. 18, 2005
Oscar-nominated, Irish-born actor Dan O’Herlihy died of an undisclosed illness at age 85. Mr. O’Herlihy was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in Luis Bunuel’s "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." Last December I took the wife and lids with me to Atlanta to visit my daughter in the hospital. Thanks to modern technology we can watch DVDs in the care. The first movie we watched during the drive was the VCI release of "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." I never saw this version growing up. It is a spectacular film with a wonderful performance by Mr. O’Herlihy. This was also director Bunuel’s first English language film. Mr. O’Herlihy had some tough competition for the Oscar that year. He lost to Marlon Brando in "On the Water Front." Horror fans may remember Mr. O’Herliky as the demonic CEO in the flawed but worthwhile "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch." The film has nothing to do with Michael Myers. That may be why it is an object of scorn to others. Had the film been titled something else, it might have developed a greater fan base. In the film Mr. O’Herlihy plays a Halloween mask manufacturer with plans to destroy our children. It is a dark movie worth seeing.
Among Mr. O’Herlihy’s over 150 film and TV credits are a number of true classics. He played McDuff in Orson Welles 1948 version of "MacBeth." He worked with Bette Davis in "The Virgin Queen." Mr. OP’Herlihy gave a fine supporting performance in the 50s melodrama "Imitation of Life." In 1964 he appeared in one of the best thrillers ever made. "Fail-Safe" tells basically the same story as Kubrick’s "Dr. Strangelove." "Fail-Safe" is however a very serious film. It still packs a wallop today.
Among Mr. O’Herlihy’s other notable credits are "Robo Cop" and "Robo Cop 2," the excellent TV mini series "QBVII," "100 Rifles," "Twin Peaks," as FDR in "MacArthur," "The Last Starfighter" and as Joe Kennedy in "The Rat Pack."
ULI DERICKSON Died Feb. 18, 2005
Flight attendant/heroine Uli Derickson died of cancer at age 60. Ms. Derickson was on board T.W.A. Flight 847 on June 14, 1985 when two gunmen hijacked the plane. The terrorist shot US Navy diver Robert Stetham and dumped his body on the tarmac in Beruit. During the remainder of the ordeal, Ms. Derickson risked her life to prevent further bloodshed. Her heroic intervention led to the release of the remaining hostages unharmed. Ms. Derickson’s heroics became the subject of a made for TV movie starring Lindsay Wagner. "The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story" received five Emmy nominations including one for director Paul Wendkos.
KIHACHI OKAMOTO Died Feb. 19, 2005
Award-winning Japanese director Kihachi Okamoto died of throat cancer at age 81. Mr. Okamoto won the Best Director and Best Screenplay Awards of the Japanese Academy for his 1991 crime/comedy "Rainbow Kids." Mr. Okamoto directed over 50 films during his lengthy career. His crime noir film "The Big Boss" is generally considered his best work. Mr. Okamoto was drafted into the Japanese army in the middle of WWII. He returned to that trying time as a director. Mr. Okamoto directed several war films including "Desperado Outpost," "The Battle of Okinawa" and "Japan’s Longest Day."
RICHARD LUPINO Died Feb. 19, 2005
Writer/director/actor Richard Lupino died of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 75. Mr. Lupino was the cousin of actress Ida Lupino. He was a classically trained actor who appeared on Broadway as well as on many noted stages around the world. Mr. Lupino appeared in numerous TV shows dating back to the 1950s. His film and TV credits include "Father Goose," "Midnight Lace," "Never So Few," "Strategic Air Command," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "77 Sunset Strip," "Thriller," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "One Step Beyond." Mr. Lupino was also an author who wrote ten novels.
SANDRA DEE Died Feb. 20, 2005
Golden Globe winning actress Sandra Dee died of kidney disease. Some sources state that Ms. Dee was born in 1942 while others claim it was 1944. Ms. Dee was either 60 or 62 years old. Sandra Dee enjoyed a meteoric rise as a teen idol during the late 1950s. She was one of the top ten box-office draws during her heyday. Girls wanted to look like her and boys wanted to date her. Sandra Dee personified the wholesome girl-next-door in such films as "Gidget," "Tammy and the Doctor," "A Summer Place," "The Reluctant Debutante" and "Tammy Tell Me True." Occasionally she received roles that showed her range. She held her own opposite Lana Turner and Dan O’Herlihy in the Oscar nominated melodrama "Imitation of Life." Peter Ustinov cast her as Juliet in his Cold-War/comedy update of the Shakespeare play, which Ustinov called "Romanoff and Juliet." Despite her virginal screen image, Sandra Dee was a normal woman. She married actor/singer Bobby Darin. The couple appeared together in three films: "Come September," "If a Man Answers" and "That Funny Feeling." The marriage lasted a little over six years. Following her divorce, Universal Studios dropped her from her contract. Good girls don’t get divorces! What a hypocritical double standard. Especially in Hollywood! Sandra Dee continued to work sporadically, but her time on the top ended with her divorce. In 1970 she starred with Dean Stockwell in a so-so adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Dunwich Horror." During the 1970s Ms. Dee appeared in a couple of entertaining Made for TV movies. In "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe" Buddy Ebsen plays a mountain man who hires a hooker and two thieves to pose as his daughters in order to get around some homestead law. It was nice to see Ms. Dee play against type. Karen Valentine and Lesley Ann Warren played the other so-called daughters. The following year Ms. Dee appeared in the first film about the Apollo 13 disaster: "Houston We’ve Got a Problem." She also appeared in the pilot film for the TV series "Fantasy Island." Ms. Dee won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer in 1958.She gained exposure to a new generation through the Broadway play and film "Grease" because of the song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee."
We all have a movie that touches us, or which draws us back to a special time in our life. A reader in San Francisco named Janet shared her memories of watching Ms. Dee act in the film "Portrait in Black." I thank her for letting me share it with you:
Anyway, no one mentions it, but Sandra Dee was in a movie called "Portrait in Black" which was filmed here in San Francisco in 1960. I am especially fond of this movie because I was a 12-year old Sandra Dee fan when I saw it being filmed near my elementary school in Pacific Heights. Miss Dee was of course wonderful and my friends and I got a kick out of watching take after take of her trying to park a little sports car in front of the mansion where the movie was being filmed.
The film also stars Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Anna May Won, Lloyd Nolan, and John Saxon. It has some fine San Francisco scenery from the period, which brings back many memories of my fair city when I was growing up, much as "Vertigo" does for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Died Feb. 20, 2005
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson pulled his latest and last act as a wildman by shooting himself in the head. He was 67 years old. Dr. Thompson was the father of "Gonzo Journalism." His work focused on him as much as whatever subject he was observing. His best know work was the classic "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." He also wrote the excellent look at the famed California biker organization "Hells Angels." Actor Bill Murray played Dr. Thompson in the 1980 misfire "Where the Buffalo Roam." Thompson was an executive consultant on that film. His best known book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was filmed in 1998 and starred Johnny Depp. Dr. Thompson co-wrote the pilot film for the TV series "Nash Bridges" with his neighbor Don Johnson. He was the inspiration of Garry Trudeau’s "Doonsebury" character Duke. Dr. Thompson’s antics were too numerous and detailed to try and summarize in this small space. Read "Fear and Loathing." Prayers of comfort for his family and friends.
JOHN RAITT Died Feb. 20, 2005
Singer/actor John Raitt died of pneumonia at age 88. Mr. Raitt was a famed singer on Broadway. He starred in Rogers and Hammerstein’s "Carousel." He was the father of the excellent Bonnie Raitt. Mr. Raitt’s success on Broadway didn’t translate into a successful film career. He starred opposite Doris Day in "The Pajama Game." It was his only starring film role. Mr. Raitt appeared in small parts in several films during the late 40s and early 50s. He was, however a very popular guest on a number of TV shows during the 1950s and 60s. His TV credits include Ed Sullivan’s "Toast of the Town," "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" "Shirley Temple’s Storybook," "General Electric Theater," "Death Valley Days," "Shower of Stars" and "The Bell Telephone Hour."
TINA LEIU Died Feb. 20, 2005
Actress/DJ/singer Tina Leiu died of a pulmonary edema at age 29. Ms. Lieu co-starred with her husband/director Jon Hacobs in the up-coming movie "Hey DJ." Ms. Leiu was a regular on the HBO erotic series "Hotel Erotica." Ms. Leiu’s other credits include "Chained Heat III," "Hell Mountain," "Miami" and "Devil and Angel." According to Ms. Leiu’s website, she was a genuine Samoan Princess! Ms. Leiu had success in Germany with the club band "Spankox." Ms. Leiu fell ill with a virus that attacked her heart in 2003. She battled back from the life-threatening illness, but was left much weaker than before. Prayers of comfort to her family and friends, especially her young son.
GUILLERMO CABRERA INFANTE Died Feb. 21, 2005
Cuban novelist G. Cabrera Infante died of septicemia at age 75. Mr. Infante was an early supporter of Fidel Castro, but became one of his harshest critics. Mr. Infante had lived in exile in London for nearly 40 years. Though he is best known for his novels including "Three Trapped Tigers," Mr. Infante was also a screenwriter. Among his credits is the cult classic and personal favorite of mine "Vanishing Point." Mr. Infante adapted writer Malcolm Hart’s story of the last of the free spirits. "Vanishing Point" was an unusual mish-mass of fast car chases, religion, philosophy, drugs, sex and rock and roll. Mr. Infante’s other film credits include "Wonderwall: The Movie" and the upcoming production "The Lost City." Mr. Infante adapted the novel "Under the Volcano" into a screenplay in 1972. His adaptation was not the version filmed by John Huston in 1984. Mr. Infante’s papers including his movie scripts are located at Princeton University.
DR. GENE SCOTT Died Feb. 21, 2005
Pastor Gene Scott was not your run-of-the-mill televangelist. Being an insomniac, I’ve channel surfed across decades. I came across Dr. Scott’s show back in the early 1990s while I was going through my first divorce. While I can’t say that Dr. Scott’s teachings lifted my spirits, he sure was entertaining. Dr. Scott sat in the middle of his low tech set, smoking cigars and going on and on about how the mathematics found in the pyramids of Egypt could unlock the mysteries of the Bible. I liked the way he raised money. The guy would stop in the middle of a talk and say that he needed donations. He wouldn’t start talking again until a goal was met. Dr. Scott wouldn’t spend extra time pleading with the viewers for more money. He’d just sit there smoking his cigar until the goal was met. Once the money came in, he’d go back to his teaching. I can’t say that I agree with his take on Christianity, but Dr. Scott sure was a colorful figure. Famed director Werner Herzog’s documentary "God’s Angry Man" had Dr. Gene Scott as it’s subject. Dr. Scott died of complications following a stroke at age 75.
DON HIGGINS Died Feb. 21, 2005
Emmy Award winning sound editor Don Higgins died at age 80. Mr. Higgins won an Emmy Award for his work on the TV bio-pic "The Amazing Howard Hughes." He was nominated for another Emmy for the mini-series "Dallas: The Early Years." Mr. Higgins was a sound effects editor on Irwin Allen’s TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." His film credits include Ken Russell’s "Altered States," "Once Bitten" and "The Letter." Mr. Higgens claimed that he was the first editor to bring a computer in the editing room and was fired for doing so.
LEE EUN-JOO Died Feb. 22, 2004
South Korean model turned actress Lee Eun-joo committed suicide by hanging herself. Ms. Eun-joo was 25. Ms. Eun-joo first gained critical notice as a naïve screenwriter who falls for a manipulative ladykiller in "The Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors." She also starred in the hit drama "Bungee Jumping of Their Own." Ironically Ms. Eun-joo’s final screen appearance in "The Scarlet Letter" was as a woman who commits suicide. Ms. Eun-joo was a gifted pianist. Prayers of comfort for her family and friends.
HEATH LAMBERTS Died Feb. 22, 2005
Actor Heath Lamberts died of kidney failure and cancer at age63. Mr. Lamberts was primarily a stage actor. He created the role of Cogsworth in the original Broadway version of Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast." Mr. Lamberts’ film and TV credits include "Nothing Personal," "Ordinary Magic," "Tom and Huck," "Eerie Indiana," "Road to Avonlea" and "Law & Order." Mr. Lamberts costarred with Blythe Danner and Alan Alda in the overlooked thriller "To Kill a Clown." Lambert and Danner played a couple who are menaced by crazed Vietnam vet Alda.
MARY ETHEL GREGORY Died Feb. 22, 2005
Actress Mary Ethel Gregory died at age 79. The Utah actress appeared in a couple of my favorite films. She played killer Gary Gilmore’s aunt in the excellent TV mini-series "The Executioner’s Song." Actor Eli Wallach played her husband. Ms. Gregory also had a nice supporting role in the wonderful TV adaptation of Stephen King’s "The Stand." She played Alice Underwood, the grandmother of fictional rock star Larry Underwood played by Adam Storke. Ms. Gregory’s other credits include "Footloose," "Double Jeopardy" and the Ted Bundy TV mini-series "The Deliberate Stranger." Ms. Gregory was also active in regional theater in Utah.
TRUDE RITTMANN Died Feb. 22, 2005
Broadway dance and vocal arranger Trude Rittmann died of respiratory failure at age 96. She worked on most of the greats of the Broadway musical theater during the last century. She collaborated with Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Irving Berlin and others. Her film credits include "The King and I," "Camelot" and the 1960 TV version of "Peter Pan."
WILFRED LOEFFLER Died Feb. 22, 2005
Cinematographer Bill Loeffler died of cancer at age 74. Mr. Loeffler won an Emmy for his work on the HBO series "Inside the NFL." Mr. Loeffler was a cinematographer for NFL Films for over 30 years.
SIMONE SIMON Died Feb. 23, 2005
French actress Simone Simon died at age 94. The sexy actress was best known for her starring role in producer Val Lewton’s original "Cat People." Ms. Simon played the sexually frigid woman who feared she was turning into a panther. "Cat People" is among the best films of producer Lewton. Though great directors like Robert Wise and Jacques Tourneur actually directed Lewton’s films, the producer got top billing. His moody atmospheric films proved that true terror could be achieved through suggestion. Simone Simon was the most provocative leading lady Lewton ever featured. Ms. Simon made a cameo in the not quit as good sequel "The Curse of the Cat People."
Simone Simon was discovered at a sidewalk café in France. A chance meeting with director Viktor Tourjansky led to her being cast in his 1931 film "The Unknown Singer." Ms. Simon appeared in 15 films in Europe before coming to America. For two years she worked in American films, but did not achieve any real success. She played opposite Jimmy Stewart in "Seventh Heaven" and in five other films. Ms. Simon returned to France and starred in Jean Renoir’s "The Human Beast." She quickly reestablished her place as an European star. That success was short lived as German tanks overran Paris.
Back in the US, Ms. Simon appeared in her two best films. Ms. Simon garnered critical praise as the Devil’s seductress in "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Ms. Simon turns in an amazingly erotic performance, made all the more remarkable considering the constraints of the Production Code. Ms. Simon followed "The Devil and Daniel Webster" with "Cat People." Unfortunately Ms. Simon was never given another role in US films that utilized her talents. After appearing in several b-movies, Ms. Simon returned once more to France. She appeared in Max Ophuls’ Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning "La Ronde." She retired in 1956 except for a cameo in the 1973 film "The Woman in Blue."
JOANNE BROUGH Died Feb. 24, 2005
TV producer Joanne Brough died of throat cancer at age 77. Ms. Brough worked her way up in the TV industry from an employee of a local TV station to a network executive. She was a producer of such shows as "Falcon Crest," "Washington Mistress," "Dallas" and "This is Kate Bennett." Ms. Brough left the US in the early 1990s to produce TV shows in Jakarta, Indonesia. She left Indonesia in 1998 when political violence threatened outsiders.
EDWARD PATTEN Died Feb. 25, 2005
I believe it was the comic strip "Doonesbury" that had a running parody of Gladys Knight and the Pips. I remember one strip that focused on the Pips choreography. In the forth frame of the strip, the three guys perform a spin while one of the characters has a thought balloon that says "Here’s the money." I guess the idea of the cartoonist was that it was easy to be a Pip. Gladys did all the work and the Pips road her coattails. The truth was far from the comic strip image found in "Doonesbury." Edward Patten and his cousins Gladys Knight and William Guest were the core of Gladys Knight and the Pips. Mr. Patten was the man who did the choreography and made sure the bills got paid. He was the backbone of the Pips. Mr. Patten appeared as part of the group on a number of TV shows including their own short-lived variety series. Their credits include "The Gladys Knight and the Pips Show," "Soul Train," "The Flip Wilson Show," Ed Sullivan’s "Toast of the Town," "Benson" and "American Bandstand." The band had a number of hit songs including "Midnight Train to Georgia." Their music was used in the film "Claudine." Mr. Patten died of complications following a series of strokes. He was 65. Spin… take a bow!
PIERRE TRABAUD Died Feb. 26, 2005
French actor Pierre Trabaud died at age 80. Though he appeared in a number of films during a career that started in the 1940s, Mr. Trabaud was best known for his voice over work. He played the voice of Daffy Duck, Popeye and Lucky Luke in France. He also did voice work for the X-rated cartoon "Shame of the Jungle." The US version featured voice work by John Belushi and Bill Murray. Mr. Trabaud’s best know live action work was in the classic French children’s film "War of the Buttons." Mr. Trabaud was briefly married to "The Pink Panther" co-star Capucine.
BRANDON MILLER Died Feb. 27, 2005
Brandon Miller died at age 30. Mr. Miller was the former assistant to a number of notable industry figures. Her worked for director John Schlesinger during the late 1990s. Mr. Miller also was an assistant to actress Marsha Mason and worked with both Shirley MacLaine and Paul McCartney. Mr. Miller moved into the corporate world where he was an executive with Estyle, the company behind Babystyle. Prayers of comfort for his family and friends.
SHELLEY HULL Died Feb. 27, 2005
Producer Shelley Hull died of emphysema and pneumonia at age 85. Mr. Hull was the son of "Werewolf of London" and "Objective Burma!" star Henry Hull. Shelley Hull had a long and successful career as a TV producer. His numerous credits include such TV hits as "Starsky and Hutch," "Charlie’s Angels," "The Mod Squad," "The Rookies," "7th Heaven," "The Over the Hill Gang" and "The Guns of Will Sonnett."
CHRIS CURTIS Died Feb. 28, 2005
Chris Curtis, drummer for the 1960s band "The Searchers" was found dead at home at age 63. No cause of death was reported. Mr. Curtis was a member of British Invasion band "The Searchers." The band took their name from John Ford’s classic John Wayne Western. The band had a string of hits that included "Needles and Pins," "Don’t Throw Your Love Away" and "Sugar and Spice." The band appeared in 1963 comedy "Saturday Night Out." They also performed on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go." Curtis left "The Searchers" in 1966. In 1967 Curtis met organist Jon Lord at a party. Curtis told Lord his concept for a band. Curtis’s band was to be a three-man ensemble called "Roundabout." Curtis left shortly thereafter in a haze of drugs. John Lord and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore stayed together as the core of what would become "Deep Purple." Curtis moved on to producing records and eventually made his living as a civil servant. | <urn:uuid:ab36e9e7-9cb6-4971-aa46-9bf30cf0b3d9> | 2013-05-18T17:27:35Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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How the Short-Sword was the easier known when sought for by reason of the notch in the blade.
THORSTEIN Dromund was a mighty man, and of the greatest account; and now he heard that Thorbiorn Angle had got him gone from the land out to Micklegarth; speedy were his doings thereon, he gave over his lands into his kinsmen's hands, and betook himself to journeying and
to search for Angle; and ever he followed after whereas Angle had gone afore, nor was Angle ware of his goings.
So Thorstein Dromund came out to Micklegarth a little after Angle, and was fain above all things. to slay him, but neither knew the other. Now had they will to be taken into the company of the Varangians, and the matter went well as soon as the Varangians knew that they were Northmen; and in those days was Michael Katalak king over Micklegarth.
Thorstein Dromund watched for Angle, if in some wise be might know him, but won not the game because of the many people there; and ever would he lie awake, ill content with his lot, and thinking how great was his loss.
Now hereupon it befell that the Varangians were to go on certain warfare, and free the land from harrying; and their manner and law it was before they went from home to hold a weapon-show, and so it was now done; and when the weapon-show was established, then were all Varangians to come there, and those withal who were minded to fall into their company, and they were to show forth their weapons.
Thither came both Thorstein and Angle; but Thorbiorn Angle showed forth his weapons first; and he had the shorts-word, Grettir's-loom; but when he showed it many praised it and said that it was an exceeding good weapon, but that it was a great blemish, that notch in the edge thereof; and asked him withal what had brought that to pass.
Angle said it was a thing worthy to be told of, "For this is the next thing to be said," says he, "that out in Iceland I slew that champion who was called Grettir the Strong, and who was the greatest warrior and the stoutest-hearted of all men of that land, for him could no man vanquish till I came forth for that end; and whereas I had the good hap to win him, I took his life; though indeed he had my strength
many times over; then I drave this short-sword into his head, and thereby was a shard broken from out its edge."
So those who stood nigh said, that he must have been hard of head then, and each showed the short-sword to the other; but hereby Thorstein deemed he knew now who this man was, and he prayed withal to see the short-sword even as the others; then Angle gave it up with good will, for all were praising his bravery and that daring onset, and even in such wise did he think this one would do; and in no Wise did he misdoubt him that Thorstein was there, or that the man was akin to Grettir.
Then Dromund took the short-sword, and raised it aloft, and hewed at Angle and smote him on the head, and so great was the stroke that it stayed but at the jaw-teeth, and Thorbiorn Angle fell to earth dead and dishonoured.
Thereat all men became hushed; but the Chancellor of the town seized Thorstein straightway, and asked for what cause he did such an ill-deed there at the hallowed Thing.
Thorstein said that he was the brother of Grettir the Strong, and that withal he had never been able to bring vengeance to pass till then; so thereupon many put in their word, and said that the strong man must needs have been of great might and nobleness, in that Thorstein had fared so far forth into the world to avenge him: the rulers of the city deemed that like enough; but whereas there was none there to bear witness in aught to Thorstein's word, that law of theirs prevailed, that whosoever slew a man should lose nought but his life.
So then speedy doom and hard enow did Thorstein get; for in a dark chamber of a dungeon should he be cast and there abide his death, if none redeemed him therefrom with money. But when Thorstein came into the dungeon, there was a man there already, who had come to death's door from
misery; and both foul and cold was that abode; Thorstein spake to that man and said,
"How deemest thou of thy life?"
He answered, "As of a right evil life, for of nought can I be holpen, nor have I kinsmen to redeem me."
Thorstein said, "Nought is of less avail in such matters than lack of good rede; let us be merry then, and do somewhat that will be glee and game to us."
The man said that he might have no glee of aught.
"Nay, then, but let us try it," said Thorstein. And therewithal he fell to singing; and he was a man of such goodly voice that scarcely might his like be found therefor, nor did he now spare himself.
Now the highway was but a little way from the dungeon, and Thorstein sang so loud and clear that the walls resounded therewith, and great game this seemed to him who had been half-dead erst; and in such wise did Thorstein keep it going till the evening. | <urn:uuid:4ce8520e-5ac4-4cd0-bb4a-40d257ec922c> | 2013-05-18T18:08:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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An arms control activist places fake tombstones along the East river during the talks in New York. Photograph: Reuters
Foreign secretary says he hopes treaty is still a possibility after 170 countries fail to reach consensus in New York
The British foreign secretary, William Hague, has said he is disappointed by the failure of negotiations to secure a United Nations arms tradetreaty but hopes it remains a possibility.
More than 170 countries have spent the past month in New Yorknegotiating a treaty, which needed to be adopted by consensus, so any one country could in effect veto a deal. Instead, officials on Friday decided to take no decision on a draft treaty.
This leaves the door open for further talks and a draft arms trade treaty could be brought to the 193-nation United Nations general assembly and adopted with a two-thirds majority vote. Diplomats said there could be a vote by the end of the year.
One person every minute dies from armed violence around the world, and arms control activists say a convention is needed to prevent illicitly traded guns from pouring into conflict zones and fuelling wars and atrocities. They cite conflicts in Syria and elsewhere as examples of why a treaty is necessary.
While most states favoured a strong treaty, activists said there was a small minority of states, including Syria, North Korea, Iran, Egypt and Algeria, who opposed arms control throughout the negotiations.
But ultimately, arms-control activists blamed the United States and Russia for the inability to reach a decision on Friday, as both countries said there was not enough time left for them to clarify and resolve issues they had with the draft treaty. | <urn:uuid:8a46edc7-4b47-4f60-afa6-2a1370b398a2> | 2013-05-18T17:27:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Roland Piquepaille points out a news release from the University of Michigan where researchers are looking to birds and bats for insights into aerospace engineering. Wei Shyy and his colleagues are learning from solutions developed by nature and applying them to the technology of flight. A presentation on this topic was also given at the 2005 TED conference. From the news release: "The roll rate of the aerobatic A-4 Skyhawk plane is about 720 degrees per second. The roll rate of a barn swallow exceeds 5,000 degrees per second. Select military aircraft can withstand gravitational forces of 8-10 G. Many birds routinely experience positive G-forces greater than 10 G and up to 14 G. Flapping flight is inherently unsteady, but that's why it works so well. Birds, bats and insects fly in a messy environment full of gusts traveling at speeds similar to their own. Yet they can react almost instantaneously and adapt with their flexible wings." | <urn:uuid:057cd66a-5444-47c4-a917-238fea363035> | 2013-05-18T18:07:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Table o contents
Chai Nat is locatit in the flat river plain o central Thailand's Chao Phraya River valley. In the sooth o the province the Chao Phraya (umwhile Chai Nat) Dam impunds the Chao Phraya river, baith for flood control as well as tae divert water intae the kintra's lairgest irrigation seestem for the irrigation o rice paddies in the lawer river valley. The dam, pairt o the Greater Chao Phraya Project, wis finished in 1957 an wis the first dam constructit in Thailand.
Oreeginally the ceety wis locatit at Sankhaburi. In the reign o Keeng Mongkut (Rama IV) the main settlement o the province wis moved tae its present-day location. Durin the wars wi the Burmese it wis an important military base for confrontin the Burmese Airmy. As aw these confrontations wur successful the ceety gained the name Chai Nat, which means place o victory.
The slogan o the province is Venerable Luangpu Suk, Renouned Chao Phraya Dam, Famous Bird Park an Tasty Khao Taengkwa Pomelo.
Admeenistrative diveesions
Straw Bird Fair, Chai Nat’s Product Fair and Red Cross Fair (งานมหกรรมหุ่นฟางนกนานาชาติ งานของดี และงานกาชาดจังหวัดชัยนาท) This annual fair is organized bi makin guid uise o straw, a bi-product in rice farmin. Various species o huge straw birds will come perchin on elaborately decoratit floats durin the straw bird procession an the competition is held in front o Chai Nat Ceety Hall. The event is held annually durin Cheenese New Year in Februar.
Chai Nat Pomelo Fair (งานส้มโอชัยนาท) Chai Nat is ane o several provinces famous for producin exceptional pomelo. The best kent are o the Khao Taengkwa variety haein a well-roondit shape, smooth skin, thin peel, sweet-crispy taste an a little sour, but no bitter. The fair is held durin late August - early September in front o Chai Nat Ceety Hall an features mony activities such as pomelo contest, varieties o exhibitions bi provincial authorities, an young shoot an pomelo sales. | <urn:uuid:67520114-7420-40db-8b1d-23abdcbeb5e1> | 2013-05-18T18:06:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Ted Dunning 2012-08-28, 15:32
dexter morgan 2012-08-28, 16:04
-Re: best way to join?
Ted Dunning 2012-08-31, 15:41
Yes. I think you mis-understood.
My suggestion is that the few clusters near a point are very likely to
contain the nearest points. If you scan these clusters computing the
distance to your original point, you should be able to find a list of
points that overlaps with your desired result. Keep in mind that I am
suggesting that you use a LOT of clusters here, much more than is typical.
Typically, I recommend sqrt(N)/m clusters for this kind of work where m is
a small constant 1 <= m <= 30.
The basic idea for the method is that there are many points that are
obviously far from your query. You don't have to compute the distance to
these data points to your query since you can eliminate them from
consideration. Many of them can be absolutely eliminated by appeal to the
triangle inequality, but many more can be eliminated safely with reasonably
high probability. It is a reasonable heuristic that the farthest clusters
contain points that can be eliminated this way. Another way to state this
is to say that you should only search through the points that are in
clusters that are near your original cluster.
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:03 AM, dexter morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi Ted,
> First of all, i'd like to know how to make a map/reduce job that does join
> on the input-file it self.
> Second, maybe your clustering approach be usefull, i still think it's not
> Lets say i want to find the 10 closest points for a given point. Point:
> [120,90] for example.
> Clustering approach: which cluster has [120,90] as a node? answer: the
> cluster at [300,200]
> Now, if i understood you, i should get the 10 nearest neighbors of
> [300,200] (again, you didn't elaborate much on this or i didn't understand
> But i require the 10 nearest to [120,90] , not to [300,200]. Even if i
> know the distances from [120,90] to [300,200] and to the 10 nearest points
> to [300,200] it won't help me, because maybe the 10 nearest points to
> [120,90] are actually starting from the 5000th nearest points to [300,200].
> In the end my goal is to pre-process (as i wrote at the begining) this
> list of N nearest points for every point in the file. Where N is a
> parameter given to the job. Let's say 10 points. That's it.
> No calculation after-wards, only querying that list.
> Thank you
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Ted Dunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>> I don't know off-hand. I don't understand the importance of your
>> constraint either.
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:21 AM, dexter morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>> Ok, but as i said before, how do i achieve the same result with out
>>> clustering , just linear. Join on the same data-set basically?
>>> and calculating the distance as i go
>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Ted Dunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>>> I don't mean that.
>>>> I mean that a k-means clustering with pretty large clusters is a useful
>>>> auxiliary data structure for finding nearest neighbors. The basic outline
>>>> is that you find the nearest clusters and search those for near neighbors.
>>>> The first riff is that you use a clever data structure for finding the
>>>> nearest clusters so that you can do that faster than linear search. The
>>>> second riff is when you use another clever data structure to search each
>>>> cluster quickly.
>>>> There are fancier data structures available as well.
>>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:04 PM, dexter morgan <
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> Right, but if i understood your sugesstion, you look at the end goal ,
>>>>> which is:
>>>>> for example, and you say: here we see a cluster basically, that
>>>>> cluster is represented by the point: [40.123,-50.432]
>>>>> which points does this cluster contains? [[41.431,-
>>>>> meaning: that for every point i have in the dataset, you create a
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An anonymous reader writes "Australian surgeon Guy Hingston is suing Google in the U.S. for 'auto-complete' defamation. Typing in his name brings up 'Guy Hingston bankrupt' in the auto-complete. The association seems to have come about because Hingston purchased an aviation group CoastJet which went bankrupt two-and-a-half years later. Hingston himself was also bankrupted. Hingston claims this association has cost him customers and is suing Google for $75k, plus court costs. Google has often found itself the target of litigation over auto-complete searches. Are auto-complete results even useful? Should Google be policing the auto-complete suggestions?" | <urn:uuid:f94ced29-ead8-42aa-ab8d-f1ebf06a18d3> | 2013-05-18T18:05:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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VCP is VMware's most-successful and longest-running certificate. This entry-level certification requires the applicant to take an official VMware education course, either online or in-person.
The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) exam was once the only certification VMware offered, but now it is part of a larger certification matrix that includes cloud, data center and end user computing. In VMware's new certification matrix, the original VCP exam is now called the VCP in datacenter virtualization (VCP-DV). The vendor also offers VCP-Cloud and VCP-Desktop certifications.
Passing the VCP exam demonstrates an ability to install, configure and upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi, vSphere networking, vSphere storage and to deploy and administer virtual machines and vApps. A VCP is required to pursue the higher-level VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) and VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certifications. | <urn:uuid:7907c39e-dfc0-40fe-ac69-a3569421de5f> | 2013-05-18T17:17:53Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I am doing a project that needs device authentication with a gateway. What are some of the best ways of doing that ? Whether a certificate based mechanism is feasible in this case ?
Yes, you could use a SSL client certificate for this. Each device would receive its own SSL client certificate. The device could authenticate to the gateway by connecting over SSL and authenticating using its client cert. This would allow the gateway to allow access for authorized devices (those devices whose client cert is on an approved list, or those devices who cert is signed by an internal CA set up for this purpose). | <urn:uuid:1e065582-a1d6-49d9-8a9f-8744a27ef489> | 2013-05-18T17:20:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I have a number of time sensitive, embargoed pieces of information that I need to distribute over the Internet and have received at a precise time. I'm currently dealing with the problem by uploading to a shared Box.com folder at the time we wish to release, but since the data is large (100-200mb) and the receivers have varying levels of Internet access (from none to 1gbps+), this means that some people receive it hours later than our embargo time.
I have considered uploading the info early, but encrypted and emailing out the key at the last minute, but since not everyone has always-on Internet, that doesn't quite solve the problem (and getting to Internet access isn't always possible). Similarly, the volume of people receiving precludes a teleconference or similar where the password is given out (not to mention that sometime the data needs to be released at midnight).
Is there a method I can use to set up an encrypted archive on a time-release? Complicating matters; is there a method I can use that is relatively straightforward for non-technical users to set up on their own machines?
I'm wondering if there's a way to do this easily and relatively cheaply with trusted hardware, such as RSA tokens we can distribute, but not being able to necessarily trust the machines is a sticking point.
I only need granularity down to about the half-hour - this isn't financal market moving stuff. | <urn:uuid:32118e57-be4f-4e31-93ed-5d4678534df9> | 2013-05-18T17:38:14Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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IA technical specification I'm following requires me to send:
The Digital Signature must be in the form of a null content Digitally Signed message (i.e. a PKCS#7 object containing the signature but not the data that was signed).
To my understanding, this means a detached PKCS#7 signature, is that correct?
I couldn't find any definition of what a "Null Content Digitally Signed message" is. So a PKCS#7 detached seems the closest match.. | <urn:uuid:6a8f0de1-f848-4875-9638-d5d6944fecf6> | 2013-05-18T18:09:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This depends very much on the type of application you run. If you've got applications which are very trigger-happy WRT syscalls you can expect to see high amounts of context switching. If most of your applications idle around and only wake up when there's stuff happening on a socket, you can expect to see low context switch rates.
System calls cause context switches by their very own nature. When a process does a system call, it basically tells the kernel to take over from it's current point in time and memory to do stuff the process isn't privileged to do, and return to the same spot when it's done.
When we look at the definition of the write(2) syscall from Linux, this becomes very clear:
write - write to a file descriptor
ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
write() writes up to count bytes from the buffer pointed buf to the file
referred to by the file descriptor fd. [..]
On success, the number of bytes written is returned (zero indicates
nothing was written). On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
This basically tells the kernel to take over operation from the process, move up to
count bytes, starting from the memory address pointed at by
*buf to file descriptor
fd of the current process and then return back to the process and tell him how it went.
A nice example to show this is the dedicated game server for Valve Source based games, hlds. http://nopaste.narf.at/f1b22dbc9 shows one second worth of syscalls done by a single instance of a game server which had no players on it. This process takes about 3% CPU time on a Xeon X3220 (2.4Ghz), just to give you a feeling for how expensive this is.
Another source of context switching might be processes which don't do syscalls, but need to get moved off a given CPU to make room for other processes.
A nice way to visualize this is cpuburn. cpuburn doesn't do any syscalls itself, it just iterates over it's own memory, so it shouldn't cause any context switching.
Take an idle machine, start vmstat and then run a burnMMX (or any different test from the cpuburn package) for every CPU core the system has. You should have full system utilization by then but hardly any increased context switching. Then try to start a few more processes. You'll see that the context switching rate increases as the processes begin to compete over CPU cores. The amount of switching depends on the processes/core ratio and the multitasking resolution of your kernel.
linfo.org has a nice writeup on what context switches and system calls are. Wikipedia has generic information and a nice link collection on System calls. | <urn:uuid:a9517511-a43d-44ce-82db-595d7bc3aa42> | 2013-05-18T17:39:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I've answered a similar question elsewhere.
Constant cycling of the power on regular drives actually leads to premature drive failure. The drives are rated for only so many spinups/spindowns, and if you cycle them too frequently, the drive will start to exceed its rated capacity for this. Note that this assumes you're using desktop or server-style 3.5" drives, and not actual laptop drives, which are rated for a much-higher number of spin-downs.
If you plan on spinning up no more than a few times a week, you'll probably be fine. Constant spinup/spindown activity is what will kill them.
You could always go with laptop drives, which are more expensive and a bit slower, but the drives are designed with constant power cycles in mind, and can tolerate this much better than a desktop/server drive which was designed to be left on for extended periods.
Jure1873 is correct, hdparm will provide you with a tool to spin a drive down. You may also want to look at installing the smartmontools package as well, which allows the server to monitor the health of each drive (and notify you of an impending failure). Also look at the noflushd package. | <urn:uuid:bba4d769-ec79-418c-bda7-09b82e6a3319> | 2013-05-18T17:52:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Is there any need to call
at the end of an event receiver? Would this prevent memory leaks? Is this unnecessary? Is it best practice?
No, you don't need to dispose the properties, neither you need to dispose the
How: Let's have a look at the source code of the
Conclusion: So, you don't need to dispose the properties because the
You can also see some example event receivers examples on Technet for better guidance
The best practice for all .Net objects that implement
The only exception to this rule is if you are using objects that you did not create. In SharePoint, these are typically objects passed into your code or existing objects such as those off of | <urn:uuid:8a66eead-0425-4bfa-9d4d-1298466117b8> | 2013-05-18T18:07:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (JP)
n the aftermath of the great earthquake, one ruthless corporation stands ready to take over the devastated city of Tokyo with an army of synthetic monsters. Only a single band of female vigilantes opposes the monolithic power of Genom - but in this case, four women are all it takes!
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Series Fun Facts
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I had wanted to get to this year before our move. I knew that, whatever might transpire, it would be a watershed year and a good point to leave things off for the time being (no fear, we have every intention of continuing the campaign once we're settled in at our new place--we just have no idea how long that might take).
At any rate, the action kicked off with Herringdale once again finding himself back at Sarum Castle. This time was different, however; the castle and town were packed to bursting with thousands of knights, soldiers, nobles, and courtiers. King Uther was holding court at Sarum this year and the assembled army of Logres had come to answer his call.
Of course, terms like "holding court" were in this case to be used only in the loosest sense--Uther's languishing illness was growing steadily worse. Some whispered of a curse laid by Merlin. Others said it was a wasting disease and that he was near death. Herringdale (with a successful Intrigue roll) even picked up some indications of second-guessing and insecurity regarding the King's decision to offer battle to the Saxon horde currently making its way south from Lindsey. Surely it would be better to emulate the northern lords and hole up behind castle walls and let the invaders do their worst on the countryside?
While sitting contemplatively in a window alcove of the castle's north-west tower, looking out over a hundred trails of smoke rising up from campfires throughout the town as the sun was sinking low on a warm summer evening, Herringdale overheard the chatter of a group of ladies of the Earl's court as they came down the stairs. Among the voices he recognized Lady Gwiona, the Countess' second lady-in-waiting.
The subject of discussion seemed to revolve around whether it was safe to wait at Sarum or to make a run for it immediately. Gwiona chided the other ladies for their fear, reminding them that the King and all his knights were assembled right there.
"Do you think we have enough supplies set aside, in case we have to run for it?” said one lady as they passed Herringdale's perch, not noticing him.
“Well, I’ll say that I’m going to spend the night with that new squire if we’re that close to dying,” said another to a chorus of giggles.
“Listen, darlings," said Gwiona, silencing the tittering, "Uther may be ill, but it isn’t over yet.”
Herringdale stepped out into the stairwell as the ladies were about to disappear behind the bend.
"You are only too right, Lady Gwiona. The rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves for questioning the King's strength, or the ability of his men to fight in his name."
Chastened, the women bustled off. Herringdale remained in the stairway, his brow furrowed. Despite his strong words, he himself was beset by doubts. A part of him felt that Uther and Igraine deserved all the trouble they'd brought down on themselves. "A shame that the rest of us have to suffer for it as well," he thought.
With a heavy sigh, he began descending the stairs. The army was set to pack up and move east the next day and there was much to do.
And so we moved the clock forward. Sir Herringdale, now marching as part of Earl Roderick's personal guard, had been on the road with the army for several days. The dust, the clanking of armor, the neighing of horses, the cries of pack mules, the chatter of soldiers on the march, these had been his world since leaving Sarum.
The army was moving through the County of Rydychan and was coming down out of the Chiltern Hills, approaching the city of St. Albans. King Uther, despite his illness, had been riding with his men the whole length of the trip so far. Being under the Earl's banner, Herringdale had been riding in the royal battalion and had had ample time to observe the King--his complexion was wan and waxen, his movements slower, his beard streaked with gray. It was as if he'd aged decades in just the last couple years. But he had Excalibur at his side, and his advisers still seemed willing and able to follow his orders.
As the army was about to crest the last rise before entering the Tea River valley, a general halt was signaled. Duke Ulfius, leading the vanguard, had encountered a sizable group of peasants hiding in the woods near the road. They claimed to be from St. Albans and surrounding villages and bore shocking news: the Saxons had come upon the city the day before and had taken it in a surprise assault. The garrison and many of the townsfolk were slaughtered in the assault, and now the foreign barbarians sheltered behind the city walls!
Uther took his battalion up to observe the lay of the land. Reaching the crest of the rise, the walled city could be seen about a mile off, sitting on the banks of the Tea. Something was immediately obvious to everyone who looked upon the deceptively bucolic scene: the gates of the city stood open! Uther immediately ordered a banner of knights forward to seize the gateworks.
Herringdale watched in suspense as the knights galloped across the mile of open country towards the city. No sign of alarm or defense could be seen on the city walls. So far so good... Uther ordered several regiments of archers and footmen forward to support the knights, and they began marching out as the horsemen neared the gates. Then the Saxons sprang their trap. As the knights passed through the gates, Herringdale watched in horror as the gates were shut behind them!
Throughout the rest of the day, archers peppered the city walls and foot soldiers launched futile attacks that cost many lives. Of the knights who passed through the city gates, none returned. It was a disastrous start to the battle, and left many knights, Herringdale included, in a melancholic mood and made for fitful sleep that night.
The next morning at dawn, the sound of trumpets signaled the assembly. As the army of Logres formed up, the gates of the city opened once again and the Saxon army of 9,000 men marched out. To oppose them stood Uther's army consisting mostly knights and men of Logres, but a few kingdoms had sent allied contingents. Somewhere in the left battalion, Herringdale knew, was Sir Alain de Carlion and a small unit of knights from Escavalon. It was the most King Nanteleod had been able to spare, having his own hands full with containing a wave of Irish raids in the wake of the destabilizing collapse of Estregales. In all, the total strength opposing King Octa's Saxons was some 1,500 knights and 5,000 footmen.
We broke out the Book of Battle and the Battle of St. Albans got under way. Charging under Earl Roderick's banner, Sir Herringdale smashed into the Saxon lines, colliding with a unit of spear-wielding heorthgeneats. The force of the charge carried Roderick's banner through to the Saxon 2nd rank after an hour of fighting. Feeling saucy and looking for the big kill, Earl Roderick ordered an "Attack versus Two" maneuver. With Howling Warriors and richly-accoutered Saxon nobility facing them, Herringdale and his comrades in arms fought their opponents to a standstill.
Despite not having made any headway, the boldness of Earl Roderick's attack had thrown the Saxon lines into confusion. Levy archers were ordered forward to pepper the knights with arrows, but their fire was largely ineffective. Sensing an opportunity, Earl Roderick ordered his unit to start moving against the exposed flank of an enemy unit. Despite not encountering any resistance, the maneuver in the heat and crush of melee proved too much, and Herringdale found himself in a confused and Disordered morass, now vulnerable to counter-attack.
Despite suffering from Disordered status, however, Sir Herringdale weathered the Saxon assault. More arrows rained down and warriors armed with 2-handed axes charged in, but Herringdale came through with only a couple bruises and a minor scratch. (Des kept rolling successes, so Herringdale was enjoying his shield bonus even when he lost the combat.) As the axemen attacked, however, Herringdale caught sight of Earl Roderick getting hauled down from his horse! Unable to lend assistance, he heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Sir Bar ride to the Earl's rescue, driving off his assailants long enough to give the Earl a chance to remount.
As the sixth hour of battle wore on, Earl Roderick caught sight of Sir Elad's banner over the heads of a mass of seething, frothy-mouthed Saxon warriors. The Earl ordered his herald to blast a signal on his trumpet that would alert Sir Elad to simultaneously attack the Seething Warriors Full of Hate. Invoking his Hate (Saxons) passion, Herringdale charged in and nearly clove a warrior in two.
Although they had been holding their own, Earl Roderick's men had failed to make significant headway. At this point, Roderick ordered an orderly withdrawal to form up and charge in again. Successfully disengaging from the Howling Warriors, Roderick's men made their way back towards their lines. As he formed up for another charge, Herringdale was able to get a better idea of the bigger picture. He could hear Saxon war horns blowing the signal for the general retreat and could see units starting to disengage.
"Come on men, now is the time to strike! For God and St. George!" yelled Earl Roderick.
The charge was signaled with a blast of trumpets and Herringdale was off again. A unit of hapless ceorl archers had been ordered forward to cover the Saxon retreat, and Roderick's men cut through them like grass. The Saxon retreat quickly turned into a rout as other British units charged ahead alongside the Earl's banner. As the mass of battle turned into a dozen smaller pursuits, Herringdale brought his horse up, looking around for his young squire, Beleus. In his first battle, Herringdale's young ward had come through fine up to this point, even lending Herringdale his own rouncey at one point when Herringdale was knocked from his saddle by the force of an axeman's blow. But now he was nowhere to be seen.
Making his way back towards the rear areas, Herringdale searched among the wounded. He was startled to find both Sir Brastias and Sir Ulfius being tended to in their tents, both grievously wounded. Eventually, he found Beleus being tended to among the footsoldiers, wounded by an arrow to the shoulder. Herringdale used his superior First Aid skill to tend to Beleus on the spot, and the two were soon on their way. News soon reached Herringdale's ears: the British victory had been nearly total! Uther himself had slain King Octa and the Saxon army had melted away like snow falling on warm ground. An overwhelming sense of jubilation began sweeping through the British ranks.
Cut to later that night, within the city of St. Albans. Streets still littered with the detritus of the brief Saxon occupation, all energy and attention had turned towards celebrating the great victory. A great feast had been declared and the entire British army was in attendance. So large was the feast that only the assembled high nobility, plus notable heroes of the battle like Sir Bar, would fit within the city citadel's hall. The remainder feasted out in the bailey under the stars.
Sir Herringdale made his way across the bailey, picking his way through the thronging crowd of knights, squires, ladies, and entertainers. Several times his name was called, and he'd answer with a wan smile and a hoisted goblet, but he wasn't feeling terribly social. He was elated, perhaps even surprised, by the victory, but he did not feel fulfilled. Then he spotted a familiar face, and for the first time that evening he flashed a genuine smile.
Sir Alain de Carlion strode through the crowd and clapped Sir Herringdale in a deep hug. He was clearly already into his cups. Des rolled her Chaste--and failed. Then she rolled her Lustful--and Critted. As Sir Alain broke from the hug and gave Herringdale a kiss on both cheeks, Herringdale planted a third kiss directly on Alain's lips.
A moment passed as Alain looked at Herringdale in surprise. Then the two knights looked around somewhat guiltily, but it appeared the kiss had gone unnoticed. Motioning, Sir Alain led Herringdale off to a nearby cow barn...
They passed the evening in a pleasant manner and gradually dozed off. Around midnight, Herringdale was shaken from his sleep by an unearthly scream originating from the castle keep, where the nobles had gathered. Shaking Sir Alain awake, Herringdale grabbed his sword and ran out into the bailey in his skivvies. The bailey looked like a tornado had swept through; it had clearly been quite the party. Some knights were splayed out, drunk and snoring, on benches, tables, and the ground, half-naked serving girls snuggled in their arms. Others with more Herculean appetites had clearly still been engaged in feasting and drinking, but now they too were half-standing from their seats, swords in hand, looking warily up at the keep.
"Come on!" Herringdale yelled, and he began vaulting up the stone stairs leading to the keep's second-floor entrance. Just as he was about to reach the iron-bound oak door, it flew open and Herringdale stood in shock as he saw his friend Sir Bar come stumbling out, his face purple, bloody foam pouring from his mouth. Vomiting one last torrent of blood, Sir Bar's eyes rolled back in his head and he fell off the stair landing, crashing onto a table in the bailey below.
Warily, Sir Herringdale led the way into the keep and thence to the great hall. The scene that greeted the knights was one straight out of the bowels of Hell.
The air of the hall hung thick with the smell of vomit and blood. Not a single body stirred. Spread like a horrific tableau were over a hundred noblemen, some face down in their trenchers, others splayed across tables and benches in a bloody mockery of the drunken revelers below. Anxiously, Sir Herringdale proceded into the hall, silent tears streaming down his cheeks. Here was Sir Elad, his beard flecked with blood, eyes staring lifelessly at the rafters of the hall. And here--here was Earl Roderick! Dead. And up at the high table, still seated in his throne, was King Uther, slumped and staring, blood and vomit running down his chin onto his fine silk tunic.
The nobility of Britain was dead. Logres was leaderless.
Remembering the panic and warring that soon gripped Estregales during his mission there the previous year, Herringdale's first thoughts were for his family. Pushing past panicking serving maids who had come in from the kitchen and sobbing knights, he found Sir Alain.
"Ride for your manor," Alain said. "I will ride for Carlion this very night and carry this grim news to King Nanteleod."
Herringdale nodded and without a second's hesitation headed out of the Hall of the Dead, not daring to look back. Grabbing his clothes and armor, he found Beleus and was galloping down the western road within 10 minutes. The cries and lamentations arising from St. Albans could be heard for miles, or so it seemed.
After several hours of riding, Beleus volunteered that they could find rest at Dorchester, where his great aunt, the Countess of Rydychan, was holding court. And so they spent the night and the following day in that town on the edge of the Forest Sauvage, bringing tidings of woe to the Countess' court. The Countess opined that this tragedy was clearly the work of Saxon fiends--she brought up the infamous Night of Long Knives in which similar treachery had been perpetrated at the hands of Vortigern's Saxon lackeys. Herringdale's own grandfather had met his end at that feast, and it was in that event that the family hatred of Saxons was born.
The next day, they pressed on, reaching the borders of Salisbury at dusk. Riding through the night, Herringdale arrived at Broughton Hall around midnight. At Dorchester he had hired a messenger to gallop on ahead to convey news to Lady Elaine, and he arrived to find the gates to the manor sealed shut. He was quickly recognized and let in, and there he met Elaine, who was dressed in mourning black. She tenderly stroked her husband's cheek, relieved that he had survived the massacre.
"Come, there is much work to do to secure our lands," said Herringdale, sparing his wife a brief smile.
Meanwhile, a hundred black-shrouded caskets began to make their way out across Logres from St. Albans. Earl Roderick and King Uther traveled together one last time. Roderick was to be buried at Sarum Cathedral, Uther at Stonehenge alongside his brother and son. Herringdale attended both funerals.
At Stonehenge, turnout was light. So many noblemen were dead, and those that survived had relatives of their own to bury. Nevertheless, hundreds of commoners had turned out along the route back from St. Albans to watch the King's procession. Even at Stonehenge, a group had gathered at a respectful distance to watch the proceedings. Closer in, among the menhirs, Herringdale watched as Queen Igraine, dressed in black, sobbed while Uther's coffin was laid in the ground. Perhaps she cared for him after all? Or perhaps she was simply scared to be once again without a protector. Rumor had it that she would soon be entering Amesbury Abbey, retiring to live out the remainder of her life as a nun. She was to take her daughter Morgan with her until such time as a suitable husband could be found for the young teenager.
At Sarum, the ceremony laying Roderick to rest was similarly subdued. Afterwords, in the shadow of the cathedral spires, knights of the Earl's court gathered around to talk. The Earl's heir, Robert, was a mere boy of three; his mother, Countess Ellen, would have to rule in his stead until his majority. Sir Lycus, that old hot-head, was of the opinion that the knights owed nothing to the Countess and that their loyalty, particularly in uncertain times, should be based on martial prowess. Sir Leo, on the other hand, swore that he would protect the Countess and provide a role model for the young Earl.
Sir Herringdale sided with Sir Leo. "Who else are we going to serve if not the Countess?" he argued. Reluctantly, Sir Lycus agreed.
Later that day, Ellen gathered her vassals in the hall of Sarum Castle. There, as one, they swore loyalty to her and to young Earl Robert. She then called Sir Herringdale forward.
"Sir Herringdale," she began, "as one of my husband's most valorous and honorable knights, I would like you to take up the office of Marshal of Salisbury. Do you accept this duty?"
"Of course, my lady," said Sir Herringdale, bowing. Internally, he thought differently. Such responsibility being thrust upon him! He was now elevated from vassal to banneret, and as such would have knights serving under him. In battle, he would now lead rather than merely follow, and as Marshal it would be his duty to see to the security of the county's borders and to the peace within.
Countess Ellen bequeathed Sir Elad's old vassals to Herringdale along with permission to further fortify his manor as he saw fit. That Winter Phase, Herringdale did build a couple new improvements; first, foreseeing possible need of it, he had a hospital constructed near his guesthouse. Second, he commissioned an old Roman master to create a mosaic in his private chambers. The design of the mosaic, depicting a knight riding in triumph, mace held high, was very specific in its instructions as to the appearance of the warrior's face. Although no one locally would think one way or other of the handsome mosaic knight staring up at them, any visitor from Lincoln would instantly recognize the knight as the Duke's old chamberlain, Sir Jordans... | <urn:uuid:bc324be7-248b-4c4e-b09c-dab05741a55f> | 2013-05-18T18:06:11Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Hello out there, my name is Evan and I am 19 years old. I live in New York but go to Ringling College of Art and Design down in Florida to major in filmmaking. I just like people in general, I guess. In hindsight, I'm really not all that interesting. But I post a lot of pictures; that counts for something, right? | <urn:uuid:db355608-22b1-469e-abe7-dd0a34913967> | 2013-05-18T18:06:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|Type of Decision:||Indictment (Amended)|
|Date of Decision:||31-07-1998|
|Heading:||Statement of the Facts|
|Reference to case-law:|
5.1 From late 1990 until July 1994, Théoneste Bagosora, Augustin Ndindiliyimana, Augustin Bizimungu, Aloys Ntiwiragabo, Gratien Kabiligi, Protais Mpiranya, Aloys Ntabakuze, François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, Anatole Nsengiyumva, Augustin Bizimana and Tharcisse Renzaho conspired among themselves and with others to work out a plan with the intent to exterminate the civilian Tutsi population and eliminate members of the opposition, so that they could remain in power. The components of this plan consisted of, among other things, recourse to hatred and ethnic violence, the training of and distribution of weapons to militiamen as well as the preparation of lists of people to be eliminated. In executing the plan, they organized, ordered and participated in the massacres perpetrated against the Tutsi population and of moderate Hutu.
5.2 In a letter dated 3 December 1993, certain FAR officers revealed to the UNAMIR Commander the existence of what they called a "Machiavellian plan" conceived by military who were mainly from the North and who shared the extremist Hutu ideology. The objective of the Northern military was to oppose the Arusha Accords and keep themselves in power. The means to achieve this consisted in exterminating the Tutsi and their "accomplices". The letter indicated moreover the names of political opponents to be eliminated. Some of them were in fact killed on the morning of 7 April 1994.
5.3 On 10 January 1994, UNAMIR was informed by an Interahamwe leader of the details of a plan to exterminate the Tutsi population and its "accomplices".
Speeches and Incitement
5.4 The incitement to ethnic hatred and violence was a fundamental part of the plan put in place. It was articulated, before and during the genocide, by elements of the FAR on the one hand, and by members of the Government and local authorities on the other.
5.5 On 4 December 1991, President Juvénal Habyarimana set up a military commission. The commission was given the task of finding an answer to the following question: "What do we need to do in order to defeat the enemy militarily,in the media and politically?" Lt. Col. Anatole Nsengiyumva and Major Aloys Ntabakuze were members of this commission, presided by Colonel Théoneste Bagosora,
5.6 In a letter dated 21 September 1992, the General Staff of the Rwandan Army ordered that an extract from the commission report be circulated among the troops. The letter came from the office of the Chief of Intelligence (G-2), namelyLieutenant Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva. The extract defined the main enemy as follows: "The Tutsis from inside or outside the country, who are extremists and nostalgic for power, who do not recognize and have never recognized the realities of the Social Revolution of 1959, and are seeking to regain power in Rwanda by any means, including taking up arms." The secondary enemy was defined as: "Anyone providing any kind of assistance to the main enemy". The document specified that the enemy was being recruited from within certain social groups, notably: "the Tutsis inside the country, Hutus who are dissatisfied with the present regime, foreigners married to Tutsi women...". Among the activities the enemy was accused of, the document mentioned "the diversion of national opinion from the ethnic problem to the socio-economic problem between the rich and the poor".
5.7 The document and the use made of it by the senior officers aided, encouraged and promoted ethnic hatred and violence.
5.8 As from 1993, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora and Aloys Ntabakuze made statements wherein they identified the enemy as the Tutsi, and their sympathizers as the Hutu in the opposition.
5.9 As part of the negotiations for the Protocol on integration of the Armed Forces under the Arusha Accords, the officers from the North saw their powers eroded. This reality they could not accept made it opportune for to them to exacerbate the discourse of ethnic hatred and violence.
5.10 Colonel Théoneste Bagosora participated in the Arusha talks, and openly manifested his opposition to the concessions made by the Government representative, Boniface Ngulinzira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the point of leaving the negotiation table. Colonel Théoneste Bagosora left Arusha saying that he was returning to Rwanda to "prepare the apocalypse". On 11 April 1994, Boniface Ngulinzira was assassinated by the military. His death was announced on RTLM in these terms: "We have exterminated all the accomplices of the RPF, Boniface Ngulinzira will no longer go and sell the country to the RPF's advantage in Arusha. The Peace Accords are only scraps of paper, as our father, Habyarimana, had predicted".
5.11 At the time of the negotiation of the Arusha Accords, several meetings of Army officers including Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, Lt. Col. Anatole Nsengiyumva and Major Aloys Ntabakuze were held notably at Kanombe military camp . During the same period,Aloys Ntabakuze and Théoneste Bagosora urged the military to reject and show their disapproval of the Arusha Accords. In August 1993, Aloys Ntabakuze even ordered his men to abduct the Prime Minister and bring her to Kanombe Camp. The operation was cancelled while it was under way on the orders of the Chief of Staff, General Déogratias Nsabimana.
5.12 Several senior officers in the Rwandan Army, including Théoneste Bagosora, Gratien Kabiligi and Aloys Ntabakuze, publicly stated that the extermination of the Tutsi would be the inevitable consequence of any resumption of hostilities by the RPF or if the Arusha Accords were implemented. Furthermore, on various occasions, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora declared that the solution to the war was to plunge the country into an apocalypse in order to eliminate all the Tutsi and thus ensure lasting peace. These statements were often made in the presence of senior officers, includingAnatole Nsengiyumva. The latter stated moreover that the implementation of the Arusha Accords would unleash war.
5.13 On 4 April 1994, three days before the beginning of the genocide, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora reasserted that the only solution to the political impasse was to eliminate all the Tutsi.
5.14 Towards the end of March 1994, in the presence of a group of Belgian Army officers, the Chief of Staff of Rwandan Army, General Deogratias Nsabimana, and Colonel Gratien Kabiligi spoke of the possibility of eliminating the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) and the Tutsi within a short time. Moreover, during the genocide, Gratien Kabiligi expressed his satisfaction with the crimes perpetrated by the Interahamwe militia against the civilian Tutsi population.
5.15 The characterization of the Tutsis as the enemy and of members of the opposition as their accomplices was echoed by politicians, notably by Léon Mugesera, MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi préfecture, in a speech he made on 22 November 1992. Broadcast on the state radio and therefore reaching a much larger audience, Léon Mugesera's speech already at that time was an incitement to exterminate the Tutsi population and their "accomplices".
The Militia Groups
5.16 The creation of the youth wings satisfied two of the political parties' concerns: to mobilize young people and to sensitize them to politics. The MRND and CDR followed the example of the MDR and RPF, which had already institutionalized their youth movements. Political rivalries during the multi-party period exacerbated tensions. The "Interahamwe" and "Impuzamugambi" began to be drawn astray from the time they were used to oppose with violence the political demonstrations organized by parties of the opposition.
5.17 In order to ensure that, when the time came, the extermination of the enemy and its "accomplices" would be carried out swiftly and effectively, it was necessary to create a militia that was structured, armed and complementary to the Armed Forces. For the militia to be represented nationally, Interahamwe committees were created at prefecture level.
5.18 As from 1993, and even before that date, anxious to radicalize the Interahamwe movement, the leaders of the MRND, in collaboration with officers of the FAR, decided to provide military training to those members most devoted to their extremist cause and to other idle youths. Furthermore, weapons were distributed to them.
Training of the Militia Groups
5.19 The training was supervised by military, includingProtais Mpiranya, Aloys Ntabakuze, Anatole Nsengiyumva, Léonard Nkundiye, and civilian authorities. Training was conducted simultaneously in several préfectures around the country: Kigali, Cyangugu, Gisenyi and Butare, as well as in the Mutara sector. Training also took place in military camps, notably Gabiro, Gako, Mukamira and Bigogwe, as well as around these camps or in neighbouring forests.
5.20 In the Mutara sector, Colonel Léonard Nkundiye supervised the training of the MRND militia, the Interahamwe.
5.21 Moreover, in 1993, the implication of Colonel Léonard Nkundiye's men in the training given was confirmed by internal inquiries which were ordered following a telegram sent to various units, as well as to the General Staff, by the Commander of the Rwamagana military camp. The telegram revealed the implication of soldiers from the Mutara sector in the training in question.
5.22 In Kigali préfecture, Protais Mpiranya and Aloys Ntabakuze supervised the training of the MRND militia, the Interahamwe.
5.23 In Gisenyi préfecture, between June 1993 and July 1994, Anatole Nsengiyumva supervised the training of the MRND militia, the Interahamwe, and that of the CDR militia, the Impuzamugambi.
5.24 On 10 January 1994, a leader of the Interahamwe militia informed UNAMIR that 1,700 militiamen had undergone training and that they could eliminate 1,000 Tutsis every twenty minutes.
5.25 The secret training of the militiamen became more and more notorious. They could on some occasions be seen training in public places or on their way to the training sites, while chanting slogans inciting the extermination of the enemy.
Distribution of Weapons
5.26 In order to implement the plan for the extermination of the enemy and its "accomplices", the militiamen were to receive weapons, in addition to military training. Hence, the military and civilian authorities distributed weapons to the militiamen and certain carefully selected members of the civilian population in various préfectures of the country.
5.27 In 1993, President Habyarimana declared in Ruhengeri that the Interahamwe had to be equipped so that, come the right time, "ils descendent".
5.28 Before and during the events referred to in this indictment, Augustin Bizimana, Théoneste Bagosora, Protais Mpiranya, Anatole Nsengiyumva, Aloys Ntabakuze and others distributed weapons to the militiamen and certain carefully selected members of the civilian population with the intent to exterminate the Tutsi population and eliminate its "accomplices".
5.29 In February 1993, without the knowledge of the Minister of Defence, James Gasana, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora arranged for weapons to be distributed to the bourgmestres of Gisenyi. The weapons were taken from the Army's logistics base in Kigali and were then distributed by the bourgmestres to certain carefully selected civilians in Gisenyi.
5.30 From July 1993 to July 1994, the Minister of Defence, Augustin Bizimana, who replaced James Gasana, encouraged and facilitated the acquiring of weapons for MRND militants by openly asserting that the Ministry of Defence was a Ministry of the MRND. He personally received several influential members of the MRND, the CDR and Interahamwe in his office.
5.31 From June 1993 to July 1994, in Gisenyi, Military Commander of the préfecture, Anatole Nsengiyumva and his subordinates participated in the distribution of weapons to the militiamen.
5.32 Towards the end of 1993, in an open letter broadcast on national radio, the Bishop of the diocese of Nyundo, in Gisenyi préfecture, denounced the distribution of weapons in that prefecture.
5.33 Due to the proliferation of weapons in Kigali-ville préfecture, UNAMIR put in place a disarmament program, titled Kigali Weapon Security Area (KWSA). The program came into effect in early 1994. Concurrently, in cooperation with the Chief of Staff of the Gendarmerie, Augustin Ndindiliyimana, UNAMIR organized search operations in Kigali. The effectiveness of the operations was compromised by General Augustin Ndindiliyimana, who gave advance information on the locations targeted in the searches to Mathieu Ngirumpatse, MRND Chairman. The latter passed the information on to the Interahamwe, who immediately moved the weapons.
5.34 On 7 January 1994, Mathieu Ngirumpatse, Augustin Bizimana, Augustin Ndindiliyimana, Déogratias Nsabimana, Robert Kajuga and other influential MRND members participated in a meeting at the MRND headquarters in opposition to the disarmament program. It was decided at this meeting to use all possible means to resist the implementation of the disarmament, and also to hide weapons at various locations.
5.35 On 10 January 1994, UNAMIR was informed by an Interahamwe leader of the existence of weapons caches in Kigali and a plan to eliminate the Tutsi population. It instructed one of its officers to uncover the exact locations of the weapons. That officer identified several caches throughout Kigali, in places controlled by members of the MRND, notably at the party headquarters in Kimihurura, in a house belonging to General Augustin Ndindiliyimana. During the search of that house, the UNAMIR officer discovered several firearms and cases of ammunition. The informer asserted that, as regards the military aspects of his duties, he was under the orders of MRND Chairman, Mathieu Ngirumpatse, and the Army Chief of Staff, Déogratias Nsabimana. Moreover, he informed UNAMIR that the weapons that had been distributed came from the Army.
Establishment of Lists
5.36 Having identified the Tutsi as the enemy and the members of the opposition as their accomplices, members of the Army General Staff, civilian authorities and militiamen established lists of people to be executed.
5.37 In 1992, at a meeting, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora instructed the two General Staffs to establish lists of people identified as the enemy and its accomplices. The Intelligence Bureau (G-2) of the Rwandan Army established the lists under the supervision of Anatole Nsengiyumva. The lists were regularly updated under the authority of Anatole Nsengiyumva and afterward of Aloys Ntiwiragabo.
5.38 In 1993, following a traffic accident, a list of the type described above was found in the vehicle of the Chief of Staff, Déogratias Nsabimana. During the events, some of the people on that list were killed.
5.39 On 10 January 1994, an Interahamwe leader informed UNAMIR that he had received orders to establish lists of Tutsi to be eliminated.
5.40 From 7 April to late July, military and Interahamwe massacred members of the Tutsi population and moderate Hutu by means of pre-established lists, among other things.
Precursors Revealing A Deliberate Course of Action
5.41 The political and ethnic violence of the early 1990s was characterized by the use of the elements of the strategy which achieved its finality in the genocide of April 1994. The massacres of the Tutsi minority at that time, including those in Kibilira (1990), in Bugesera (1992), and those of Bagogwe (1991), were instigated, facilitated and organized by civilian and military authorities. On each occasion, a campaign of incitement to ethnic violence, conducted by local authorities, was followed by massacres of the Tutsi minority, perpetrated by groups of militiamen and civilians, armed and assisted by the same authorities and by certain military personnel. On each occasion, these crimes remained unpunished and the authorities implicated were generally not taken to task.
5.42 Cooperation between the Interahamwe and certain military personnel, particularly those in the Presidential Guard and the Para-Commando Battalion, was manifested in early 1994 in opposition to the implementation of the institutions provided for under the Arusha Accords. On 5 January 1994, at the time of the swearing-in ceremony of the Broad-Based Transitional Government, the Interahamwe organized a demonstration in cooperation with members of the Presidential Guard. They prevented political opponents from entering the Conseil national de développement (CND). The swearing-in of the members of the Government did not take place. In the end, only the President, Juvénal Habyarimana, was sworn in.
5.43 On 8 January 1994, Interahamwe, in complicity with elements of the Presidential Guard and the Para-Commando Battalion dressed in civilian clothes, again organized a demonstration near the CND. On that occasion, the Interahamwe had hidden weapons very nearby and were equipped with radios provided by the Presidential Guard. That demonstration was intended to provoke and cause injury to the Belgian UNAMIR soldiers.
5.44 Finally, as of 7 April 1994, throughout Rwanda, Tutsis and certain moderate Hutus, began to flee their homes to escape the violence to which they were victims on their hills and to seek refuge in places where they had traditionally felt safe, notably churches, hospitals and other public buildings such as commune and préfecture offices. On several occasions, gathering places were indicated to them by the local authorities, who had promised to protect them. For the initial days, the refugees were protected by a few gendarmes and communal police in these various locations, but subsequently, the refugees were systematically attacked and massacred by militiamen, often assisted by the same authorities who had promised to protect them. During the numerous attacks on the refugees throughout the country, personnel of the FAR, military or gendarmes, who were supposed to protect them, prevented the Tutsi from escaping and facilitated their massacre by the Interahamwe. On several occasions, these FAR personnel participated directly in the massacres.
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We live in the age of information. It pours upon us from the pages of newspapers and magazines, radio loudspeakers, tv and computer screens. The main part of this information has the form of natural language texts. Even in the area of computers, a larger part of the information they manipulate nowadays has the form of a text. It looks as if a personal computer has mainly turned into a tool to create, proofread, store, manage, and search for text documents. Our ancestors invented natural language many thousands of years ago for the needs of a developing human society. Modern natural languages are developing according to their own laws, in each epoch being an adequate tool for human communication, for expressing human feelings, thoughts, and actions.
For the last two centuries, humanity has successfully coped with the automation of many tasks using mechanical and electrical devices, and these devices faithfully serve people in their everyday life. In the second half of the twentieth century, human attention has turned to the automation of natural language processing. People now want assistance not only in mechanical, but also in intellectual efforts.
The most-used language on the Internet according to Wikipedia is English. Although the total number of native English speakers in the world is about 322 millions, which is only around one fifth of the total internet users; the amount of English web content approaches 80%.
Generally speaking, when a language has got the position of a universal language, the position tends to be affirmed and extended by itself. Since "everyone" knows and uses English, people are almost forced to learn English and use it, and learn it better.
Besides the importance of the Internet grows rapidly in all fields of human life, including not only research and education but also marketing and trade as well as entertainment and hobbies. This implies that it becomes more and more important to know how to use Internet services and, as a part of this, to read and write English.
But English is changing fast too. There is no area of the culture that collision's more intensely than that, for the web has changed English more radically than any invention since paper, and much faster. According to Paul Payack, who runs the Global Language Monitor, "there are currently 988,974 words in the English language, with thousands more emerging every month". By his calculation, English will adopt its one millionth word in late November. To put that statistic another way, for every French word, there are now ten in English.
So far from debasing the language, the rapid expansion of English on the web may be enriching the mother tongue. Like Latin, it has developed different forms that bear little relation to one another: a speaker of Hinglish (Hindi-English) would have little to say to a Chinglish speaker. But while the root of Latin took centuries to grow its linguistic branches, modern non-standard English is evolving at fabulous speed. The language of the internet itself, the cyberisms that were once the preserve of a few web boffins, has simultaneous expanded into a new argot of words and idioms: Ancient or Classic Geek has given way to Modern Geek. | <urn:uuid:61d55ecc-471a-4492-8bd4-77a8666a7087> | 2013-05-18T17:37:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Pictures by Patrick Shrier, text by Mark R. Hatlie
These pictures were taken at Fort Bragg in April, 2008. This memorial is in front of the museum directly adjacent to the Vietnam memorial and the memorial for the fallen in the Global War on Terror.
|The stone reads, "Dedicated to the memory.of the men of the 328th Infantry 82nd Division A.E.F. who made the supreme sacrafice for America in the World War".|
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Dykstra charged with multiple felonies
By Sports Network
|Former Mets star Lenny Dykstra. (BILL KOSTROUN/Reuters file photo)
LOS ANGELES - Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra was charged with multiple felonies, including grand theft auto and drug possession, on Monday.
According to the indictment, submitted in Los Angeles County superior court, Dykstra is charged with eight counts of making false financial statements, five counts of attempted grand theft auto, four counts of identity theft, three counts of grand theft auto, and three counts of possession of a controlled substance.
All of those counts are felonies.
Dykstra, 48, was also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor count of unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle.
Most of the counts center around alleged attempts to obtain luxury automobiles.
According to the Los Angeles Times, prosecutors allege Dykstra and two co- defendants -- Robert Hymers, his accountant, and friend Christopher Gavanis -- attempted to lease cars in January by using fraudulent personal information and a fake business to claim credit.
Dykstra and Hymers were not approved for leases at two dealerships after allegedly using the identity of a man they said was a co-signer, the paper reported.
But prosecutors told the paper Dykstra, Hymers and Gavanis did allegedly drive off in three cars at one dealership after using fraudulent information.
Dykstra is charged with felony possession of cocaine and Ecstasy, and misdemeanor possession of Somatropin -- synthetic human growth hormone. Police allegedly found them April 14 while carrying out a search warrant of his home, the Times reported.
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Also important to note, the gun-toting protestor was holding a sign referencing the Jefferson quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants." It's a well known quote from one of the archetypal founding fathers. And in itself it's part of the American heritage, something that echoes with Jefferson's always ambivalent and frequently dilettantish attitude toward political violence. But in the context of these townhall excesses and while carrying a firearm at a presidential event, it's quite a menacing statement, in as much as it is about the need to kill tyrants
I don't give a damn how "legal" it is, President Obama's life has been threatened over and over. Somebody needs to remove that guy IMMEDIATELY!!!
Update: Meet wingnut Paultard, William Kostric, who thought it was a good idea to bring a loaded gun to the townhall event.
"You brought a sign that said the tree of liberty has to be watered with the blood of tyrants and you're carrying a goddamn gun at a Presidential event...."
When Tweety is on, he's on.
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Known as Cricket, she was introduced by her photographer cousin Joe as a teen model at Jabot Cosmetics. She began her long career of saving people in distress by lecturing a pregnant Nina Webster about how to live her life. She was engaged to Phillip Chancellor III until she caught him in her own bed with her best friend Nina.
Cricket was date raped by Derek Stuart, who met his end jumping out a window to avoid prison. This experience turned her from modeling to becoming a lawyer and returning to her given name of Christine. Sexually harassed by Michael Baldwin when they were attorneys together at the prestigious Whitman, Walker, and Wilson law firm, she trapped him by taping their conversations, which caused Michael to be fired. He then stalked her, dug through the wall from the apartment next door, and held her captive. Paul Williams and Nathan Hastings saved her, and Baldwin was put in prison. Chris became engaged to Scott Grainger until she found out they had the same father.
Christine married longtime friend, rock star Danny Romalotti. She divorced Danny when he had an affair with Phyllis Summers, and supposedly got Phyllis pregnant. Chris often worked on cases with Paul Williams, such as the time they flew to Vietnam to find Jack Abbot's long-lost son, Keemo. She helped Margaret and Miles fight their slumlord, and win decent housing for Rainbow Garden's tenants. Chris and John Silva defended April Lynch, who was accused of murdering her abusive husband. She also discovered Victor's shooting assailant, Mari Jo Mason, but was kidnapped by her. Christine enjoyed working as a legal aide attorney, assisting victims of rape, spousal abuse, and bad landlords. She also represented Victor Newman in his divorce from Diane Jenkins, and Sharon Newman with regaining custody of her child Cassidy.
On Chris and Paul's wedding day, Phyllis Romalotti ran them down with a car, leaving Paul impotent. Once Paul recovered, the postponed wedding still almost never happened after Paul walked in on Chris and Danny's sexual encounter. Chris managed to choose between them, and married Paul. They agreed they both wanted children but had trouble conceiving once they finally put her career aside long enough to try.
Michael Baldwin convinced Christine that he was a changed man, so she testified for him and he was paroled under Chris's watchful eye. The cocky and very successful Michael was a constant thorn in Christine's side, but somehow convinced her to join him in starting a law practice together. The practice was so successful that she again put having a family on hold, causing a great rift in her marriage. In a desperate attempt to mend their marriage while still furthering her career, Christine took a case in Hong Kong, which would mean moving there for months. Paul first balked at the idea, then decided to "do it for them," put his career on hold, and move. But at the last minute, Paul backed out, so Christine lived in Hong Kong for months on her own with very little contact. Christine was offered a case in Australia when the Hong Kong case was finished, but she turned it down and was determined to go home to Genoa City and try to mend her shattered marriage. She arrived at the apartment only to find Paul in the arms of his new client Isabella. Without a word to Paul, she accepted the case in Australia and filed for, and was soon granted, a divorce.
Isabella didn't want to tell Paul that she was pregnant because she felt that he was too hung up on Chris, so she had a brief affair with Michael and told him that he was the father. Michael was outraged at first, even drew up legal papers for her sign. But Isabella had something on Michael from the past, so he backed down and went along with her demands of rent, baby furniture, and everything she needed to live until the baby was born. Michael also arranged for a job for her in another town for afterward. Just as Michael was softening to the idea of a child and a future with Isabella, and Paul was getting involved with former wife Lauren Fenmore, Paul found out about the baby's paternity and wanted to be a father to the child. With this major lie Isabella fell out of grace with both Michael and Mary. Paul moved in with Isabella and she continued to use her manipulating ways to keep him under her thumb as tightly as possible. Paul's mother, Mary, went to great lengths to try to convince him that Isabella was all wrong for him and would ruin his life, and to convince Isabella to go away to a home for unwed mothers-all despite the fact that Isabella was providing Mary with the grandchild, and Paul with the child, they both had always wanted. Mary even begged for help from unlikely sources in Lauren, Christine, and even Michael-all of whom she disapproved as well, but had had no luck at all. But Paul moved out of his own volition when Isabella started pressuring him to get married. Their baby boy, Ricardo Carl Williams, was born, but unlike Isabella's delusions, Paul was not willing to become one happy family with her. Complicating things was the sudden return of Christine, who rebuffed him for the baby's sake, although she still had feelings for Paul. Paul's response was to marry Isabella.
Christine spent long hours working with Michael Baldwin and they became closer, sharing dinners and their feelings together. They finally broached the subject of their past, and although Chris agreed Michael was a changed man, it still haunted her. That and her still lingering feelings for Paul made it rough on Michael. But Christine decided to put the past behind her and accepted Michael's marriage proposal. Paul invited Isabella's estranged father, Ricardo, to Ricky's christening, and they happily reunited. Michael showed up, asked Ricardo not to mention they knew each other or Isabella's past, then announced his engagement to Chris, much to Paul's rage. Paul attacked Michael, who left with a black eye. Paul showed up at Chris's apartment and forced himself on her. At one point she reciprocated, cut to commercial, then we saw Paul leaving a devastated-looking Christine, saying he was sorry about everything. Was it rape? (She never said no, just "We shouldn't.") Or was it two people who loved each other, but had screwed up their lives to the point where they could not be together? The next morning Christine tracked Paul down to a deserted beach in L.A. where she initiated sex herself. Later Chris disappeared, leaving both Michael and Paul wondering. Chris was gone for months when the guilt got to Paul, and he told Isabella that he and Chris had sex that night. Isabella left him, only returning occasionally to see Ricky.
Chris returned in disguise as the dark-haired mysterious Kelly Simmons, bent on getting the goods on Isabella. Paul saw through Chris's disguise, and they came to an understanding about the "rape," but Paul chose Isabella and his son. Paul took Ricky to Isabella's parents in Los Angeles, leaving her to finish packing for their move there. Just before they were to be married, Michael confessed to Chris that he set up Isabella to meet Paul so she and Paul would split for good, then Michael could have Chris. Chris exploded, walked out on Michael, and flew to L.A. to tell Paul the whole story. She found Paul camping on a beach, told him the truth, and they ended up making love in the sand. Upon their return to Genoa City, Paul moved back into their former apartment with Chris, while Isabella plotted revenge
One night Isabella called her only friend Diane, who was with Michael, telling them someone was breaking in then screamed. When Michael arrived he found what appeared to be a bloody murder scene and Isabella missing. Christine woke up unconscious in her car in the woods and told Michael and Paul of her only memory-Isabella screaming not to hurt her, of blood, and a boat. Michael tracked down the boat, which was covered in blood, and destroyed the evidence against Chris. The night before Chris was to be arrested for Isabella's murder, she was attacked in her bathtub by a very much alive Isabella, who told, while wielding a butcher knife, her how she had set her up by drugging her wine. Paul arrived in the nick of time, slugged and knocked out Isabella. As he was reviving the nearly drowned Christine, Michael arrived and saved them both from the crazed Isabella. The cops arrived and hauled Isabella away. She was committed to a mental hospital, and Paul and Chris were free to be together once again. Michael apologized to Chris for all the misery he's caused her, she forgave him, and they remained close friends.
Paul moved in with Christine, and soon proposed. Christine laughed and didn't take it seriously, so Paul moved out. Not long afterward, ex-husband Danny returned to Genoa City to lend moral support to help Gina get her life back together after the devastating loss of her restaurant by arson. Of course the first person he visited was Christine. They were seeing a lot of each other again, while Paul was seeing his ex, Lauren Fenmore. Christine had to break up the law partnership when she went to work as an Assistant DA on the recommendation of Victor Newman. Who did her first case turn out to be? Prosecuting Victor Newman for commercial bribery with Michael as his bagman. Although Michael offered to take the rap, Victor insisted he make a deal with the DA's office to hopefully save Michael's legal career. Michael did, and Victor was arrested and jailed the day before Christmas and refused bail. Victor was found guilty and in a last-ditch attempt to keep from going to prison, offered Jack $75 million to settle. Jack laughed in his face, as it was nowhere near what they lost. Victor was sentenced to do some major community service. Victor was told to come up with something spectacular for his community service project. He found a derelict former paint factory in a seedy part of town, and financed and supervised its renovation into the Market Street Recreation Center with the help of neighborhood volunteers and young adult children of the Genoa City wealthy. Christine finally realized she wasn't cut out to be a prosecutor, and went back into partnership with Michael Baldwin, and on a whim, asked Paul to come into the firm with them as their in-house investigator. Paul, who was getting along much better with Michael, accepted, and so began Baldwin, Williams, and Associates.
Daniel Romalotti returned to Genoa City, a 16-year-old with raging hormones, to visit his father Danny for spring break. Phyllis ran into Daniel at Crimson Lights, realized who he was, and began making contact. She told Daniel she was his mother, and eventually he asked her to tell him the truth about his family. Once Daniel heard Phyllis' side and discovered that Danny was not his real father, he took off to confront Danny and Christine, who had resumed their romance. Daniel decided he and Phyllis should move in together so they could bond. Unable to find a suitable apartment, Phyllis and Daniel moved into Victoria Newman's house on the Newman Ranch. After being exposed as a neglectful parent who dumped the kid in boarding school his entire life, Danny went back on tour.
Through a tragic turn of events, [see Cassie Newman profile] Daniel was charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of Cassie Newman, and Christine was his attorney. Both Christine and Phyllis contacted Danny about it. But when Daniel and Lily Winters ran away together, Danny stayed put in case they fled to him. Lily was out on bail, and Daniel went on trial for vehicular manslaughter where Christine and Paul failed to prove that Cassie was driving the car. Daniel was in contact with Danny by phone and begged him to stay away. But in a last minute save, Nick Newman turned over the evidence he'd been withholding-the clothes Cassie was wearing that fateful night. The boot she was wearing matched a piece of a heel found under the accelerator, and the judge let Daniel go free. Lily's parents made a deal to send her away to boarding school in New Hampshire to get the DA to drop the charges against her.
In July 2010, after months of dating, and just as Paul and Nina’s newfound romance began to heat up and they made love for the first time, Christine, in town for a visit, came knocking at Paul’s door. Chatting with Nina, Chris said she had been emailing with Phillip and knew all about his return from the dead and Chance being engaged. Chris gave Nina and Paul her blessing, but as she left, it appeared she had expected a reunion with Paul instead. Chris later told someone by phone, that a female she had not visited yet was in grave danger. After some reminiscing by Nina, Paul, and Chris that touched on Nina’s stolen first baby, Paul volunteered to search for him again.
A small party was held at the Chancellor estate for Nina’s son Chance to announce his engagement to Chloe Mitchell. Police detective Chance’s new partner, Ronan Malloy, arrived at the party and became friendly with Chloe who was very suspicious of him. Chance and Assistant District Attorney Heather Stevens were working on a drug ring case that appeared to involve dirty cops on the force. Chance had gotten too close to the truth and was set up for drug possession, and he and Chloe had been shot at a few times. Heather had also been the victim of attempted murder when a bomb exploded her car, but she escaped with Chance’s help. So Chance was assigned to be Heather’s bodyguard. Chloe was jealous and proven right, when after a disappointing turn in their case, Heather and Chance commiserated and ended up making love. Afterward Heather called Pomerantz about her suspicion that Ronan was a dirty cop, and later they found the bug that Ronan had planted in their apartment. Chance tried to arrest Ronan for illegal surveillance, but their boss Sid Meeks intervened and took Chance off the case and replaced him with Ronan as Heather’s bodyguard. Meeks was seen talking with D.A. Owen Pomerantz, and they appeared to be the leaders of the drug ring. Later Chance was again arrested for drug possession when he tried to get fellow-officers to turn on Ronan. Ronan admitted to Heather that he planted the drugs to get Chance out of the picture for his own protection, then he got her fired.
Christine told Ronan, who was actually working undercover with her for the Justice Department, that Nina and Paul were searching for Nina’s first son, who was stolen at birth. Christine was afraid that they might discover that Ronan was that son. Chris was unable to disclose Ronan’s identity to anyone or she would jeopardize the case. Chloe figured out that he was Nina’s son by his birth date, and confronted Ronan with his real name, Aiden Lansing. Ronan admitted he was working undercover and shared with Chloe that two parents, the Lansings, had raised him and sacrificed everything for him. Chloe hoped to get Ronan to warm up to Nina and Chance after the case was closed. But Ronan was reluctant, saying that working undercover, he enjoyed getting into another persona, which appealed to the part of him that felt like something was missing. He said that he could never have a personal life – there was just too much risk. Chloe and Ronan eventually had sex together, but afterward Ronan said it could never happen again.
Meanwhile, Paul tracked down Pete Bender, (the man who drove the van and kidnapped Nina & Chris when they were teenagers), to the prison hospital in Waupun. Bender gave Paul the name of the family who bought Nina’s baby, and Paul found the information he gave to an ecstatic Nina - that her son had been named Aiden Lansing, grew up in South Lakeland, went to Lakeside High, was an honor student, senior class vice president, a football star, went to college in California, and that his parents, the Lansings, were dead. Paul’s contact faxed them a newspaper photo of Aiden with his grade school football team, which Paul got someone to enhance and do an aged sketch of what the boy would look like grown up.
Because she and Paul were getting too close again, and out of respect for her friend Nina, Chris prepared to return to Washington, D.C. But before she left town she stopped at Jimmie’s Bar for a drink and ended up necking with Nick Newman in a booth. Nina, well aware of their undying love and attraction, tipped Paul that Christine was leaving. Paul caught up with her, but Chris said she felt that things were the way they were meant to be, and she was spoiling it so she left Genoa City.
Ronan convinced Sid Meeks he was on Sid’s side, which got him a meeting with the ring leader, who turned out to be D.A. Owen Pomerantz. Pomerantz told Ronan they would not trust him unless he killed Chance, and Ronan agreed to do it. Meanwhile, Chance confronted Chloe about trusting Ronan enough to sleep with him, and Chloe had to tell him that he and Ronan were brothers. At the same moment, Paul and Nina got their first look at an aged sketch of what her son would look like grown-up, which was made from a newspaper photo of Aiden and his grade school football team.
Ronan told Pomerantz that he had set up a meeting with Chance in order to kill him. Later Chance confronted Ronan about their being brothers, and off-screen made plans to trap Pomerantz and Meeks. Just in case things did not go as planned, Chance made sure to spend quality time with his loved ones. Chloe realized what he was doing and begged Chance not to go through with the meeting. Chance left to make amends with Heather. She admitted that she loved him, and he refused her offer to call her father, Paul, to back him up.
Ronan, armed with the untraceable gun Meeks and Pomerantz had given him, met them with their suitcases of drugs at a warehouse. They checked Ronan for a wire and warned him that if he didn’t kill Chance, they would kill both Chance and Ronan. Chance arrived at the warehouse and drew his gun on Meeks, Pomerantz and another dirty cop, telling him they were headed to Internal Affairs.
Back at the Chancellor mansion, Nina, Chloe and Heather were gathered with Paul to trace Chance’s location by his cell phone’s GPS. Nina expressed her distrust of Ronan, so Paul decided it was time to tell her the truth - that Ronan was an FBI agent working undercover in Genoa City, and that Ronan would be there to protect Chance. Heather added that they had not told Nina before because they'd been sworn to secrecy. Chloe then exposed to everyone that Ronan was Chance’s brother, and Nina’s stolen son. Nina was stunned as Paul received word of Chance’s location, and they all left to find him.
At the warehouse, Ronan appeared behind Chance, his gun pointed at his brother, and Paul and Nina burst in just as Ronan shot Chance in the chest. Medics arrived and pronounced Chance dead. Heather and Chloe sobbed while a grief-stricken Nina attacked Ronan for killing his own brother. Meeks and Pomerantz directed the police to arrest Ronan for Chance’s murder. As Chance was being wheeled out, Nina realized that he had been saying goodbye to everyone all that day. Back at the mansion, Nina ran upstairs in tears and Paul was left to break the news to Chance’s father, Phillip; his grandmother, Jill; Kay; and Murphy. Phillip comforted Nina as she realized that Chris must have known that Ronan was her son all along. When a stunned Chris arrived at Nina’s door, Nina slammed the door in her face. Chris tried to justify her actions to Paul, but he rebuffed her as well. Later a uniformed Army officer arrived at the door to help the family make arrangements. He showed Nina his prosthetic leg, and credited Chance with saving his life in Afghanistan.
At the police station, Heather confronted Ronan who claimed he had shot Chance in self-defense. Then Heather demanded that Pomerantz rehire her so she could prosecute Ronan since it was due to Ronan’s claims that she had been fired.
A wake was held at the Chancellor mansion the night prior to Chance’s military funeral, with his ashes later interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Brock returned to Genoa City to officiate at Chance’s funeral and Traci Abbott sent flowers and a note. Chance’s parents, Nina and Phillip followed the flag-draped closed casket carried down the aisle by an honor guard, and were followed by Grandmother Jill with Billy and Cane on each arm, and Katherine and Murphy. Phillip gave a very touching eulogy about how even though he had abandoned Chance when he was a baby, Chance forgave him as an adult. Jill said that Chance had gotten the best of all of those who were around him growing up, from Phillip’s warmth and good looks, Nina’s devotion and strength, Brock’s generosity and forthrightness, Katherine’s zest for life, and Esther’s loyalty, to her own determination and stubbornness, creating a whole that was better than the sum of his parts. Katherine said a few words about how Chance had enriched all their lives. The folded flag was presented to Nina while a rifle salute and Taps played. Then all who loved him placed a red rose on the casket. Suddenly Nina cried out, “How dare you!” as Christine arrived with Ronan. Ronan showed his FBI credentials and arrested Pomerantz, Meeks, and their cohorts, explaining that Chance was the one wearing the wire, and the FBI arrived and took them away. The funeral turned into a screaming match with Nina calling Chris and Ronan disrespectful and sending them away.
Meanwhile back at the Chancellor Estate, the stress got to Kay, she fainted, and was taken to the hospital, but after a few tests she was declared okay, and they let her return home. After the Attorney General heard Pomerantz on tape giving Ronan orders to “End this, kill him now,” he began an investigation of cases in which Pomerantz was involved and made Heather Interim District Attorney until the next election. Paul congratulated her, she asked him to be her Investigator, and he accepted. Later Victor Newman found out and offered to bankroll her campaign if she would go after Adam and see that he paid for his crimes.
Christine arranged for Phillip and Nina to be taken by an FBI man to an out of the way location where they met her and Ronan. Then Chance emerged from the shadows, very much alive. Nina and Phillip hugged him while Chris and Chance disclosed that it was all a setup, and that Chance would be going into the witness protection program, very possibly to never be seen or heard of again. But this was the only way to protect him and keep him alive, and Nina and Phillip had to keep the secret, and no one else could ever know the truth. Nina and Ronan exchanged some heartfelt words as he told her that he had found out she was his mother back when the FBI background check disclosed his illegal adoption as a black market baby, and read her book and knew of the ordeal Nina went through ever since. Sadly, Ronan told Nina that he had to leave with Chance and would be going back undercover, and unable to see her, but he did promise to keep in touch by phone. Phillip told Chance he was very proud of his son, and hugged him goodbye. Chance and Nina parted, agreeing to keep in touch the way they had when he was deployed, to look at the moon at 9:00 PM each night, and know that the other was safe and missing them. Ronan and Chance drove away, and Nina, Phillip, and Christine returned to the Chancellor mansion, and did not say a word about what had happened. But later, thinking that Katherine’s health was endangered because of it, Christine told Katherine the truth.
Months later, Ronan blacked out and Heather took him to the hospital where the diagnosis he’d gotten in Boston of hereditary amyloidosis was confirmed; the same disease his father had died of at about the same age. Ronan refused to tell his mother of his condition, so Heather told her. Nina went to Ronan and assured him that they would fight this together. Because Heather was subpoenaed to be a witness at the former D.A.’s trial, she and Paul listened to a copy of the tape made the night that Chance was killed. Paul recognized the gunshots as blanks, and further investigation revealed that the paramedics who took Chance’s body away were fakes. So Heather went to Ronan with their theory that Chance was still alive, causing Ronan to have to admit that he was in witness protection. When Christine found out what Heather knew, she fired Ronan for mishandling the case. Nina was tested, but was not a match to donate part of her liver to help Ronan, so she convinced Chris to tell Chance. Paul was there when Christine and Heather arrived so Nina told Paul that Chance was still alive. Christine told them that Chance was being tested, and if he was a match the donation would happen after Chance testified at the former D.A.’s trial. Ronan tried to leave town, but Nina caught him at the bus station and talked him into staying and fighting this together with her, Heather, and Paul.
One last time, Ronan passed out, and was taken to Genoa City Memorial, where he was told that he needed the liver transplant soon or he would die. Christine showed up to announce that Chance was a match, and that he was in town to testify. Meanwhile, Jill, who was mourning the death of her “son” Cane, was taken to her room to rest by Nina, and there stood a bearded and very much alive Chance. Chance said he was there to help Jill get over Cane, and to help Ronan. Jill was miffed that everyone seemed to know that Chance had never died but her, but was just relived to have him back.
Nate Hastings, a Rheumatology specialist practicing in Boston, returned to Genoa City to perform the partial liver transplant on Ronan, using part of Chance's liver. In the waiting room were Jill, Paul, Heather, Nina, Phillip who had arrived from his home in Australia, Kay with Murphy who had just been told about Chance, and Chloe, who was told when she arrived wondering why everyone was there. Chance came through the surgery fine, but as soon as Ronan's surgery was finished, Ronan was taken away by an unmarked helicopter under orders from the FBI. Nate was shocked and very concerned for his patient, saying it was very dangerous for Ronan in his condition. Chris knew nothing about the transfer, and her superiors were not answering their phones. Chance was released from the hospital and was taken back to the Chancellor Estate to recuperate. After Chris got confirmation that Ronan had ordered his own transfer, only Nina still had faith in Ronan. Afterward, Chris shared a beer and commiserated with Nick about people they trusted who had let them down.
Months later, Christine returned to Genoa City as prosecutor in the trial of Pomerantz and Meeks. The trial began and Chance was announced as the first witness. As Chance approached the stand in his dress blues, he got a text message telling him that his girlfriend would be killed if he testified. Chance faked a severe pain to get a recess to discuss the situation with prosecutor Christine, Paul, and his parents. Paul noticed the call had come from his daughter Heather's phone, and Christine got the FBI to try to track it.
Meanwhile Heather was tied up and blindfolded at the boarded-up Treetop Taxidermy Shop, taken and held there by Angelo, the same thug who was threatening Jeffrey over money owed a bookie. Back outside the courtroom, Paul told that he knew what he had to do, and Chance bravely continued his testimony against Pomerantz and Meeks while they glared at him. Chance testified how he had investigated the drug ring, how it had led to the defendants, how he was setup for drug possession, and how people had started getting killed once they knew he was onto them. Chance then told how he and Ronan had set up the sting in which he had faked his death. The recording from that night was played including Pomerantz's orders, the gunshot, and Chance's supposed death. After his testimony, Chance confronted Pomerantz telling him that he would not get away with it, and Owen said that Chance had just killed his girlfriend. The bailiff called Angelo, and Angelo told Heather that she would be killed, but that he was leaving, and someone else would do the job.
Back at the courthouse, the FBI man announced that the van in the surveillance video of Heather's abduction was last seen traveling west on route 12. Chance admitted that he was in love with Heather as he and Paul left vowing to find Heather alive, leaving Phillip and Nina to console each other.
Heather found a knife and was able to cut herself loose, but was unable to get out of the building. In her desperation to get out before her killer arrived, she started the place on fire. Chance and Paul saw the fire from the highway and got her outside where she came-to. As they waited for the ambulance to arrive, Chance told Heather that he loved her, and that she was the one. Later Pomerantz and Meeks cut a deal, and were sentenced to Walworth Prison.
Christine returned to town in November 2011, she confronted Ronan about his disappearance following the liver transplant, and why he returned to Genoa City where he knew he'd be questioned. When he still refused to tell them anything, Nina told him she was finished trying to build a relationship with him, but if he ever wanted one, he knew where to find her. Teary-eyed, Ronan smashed his fist into a display board and ran out of his office, even past Phyllis. Over coffee, Chance and Christine congratulated Nina for her decision. Phyllis followed Ronan home, and they connected through their mutual screwed up family lives as well as sexually. Ronan admitted that he owed his family his life, but he didn't know how to deal with it. Christine also finally got to meet Paul's son Ricky, who was a journalism major in his twenties.
In May 2012, Christine arrived back in Genoa City on business. Danny was in town to see his son Daniel, and they met and hooked up again during his short visit. They agreed that their connection was still there and stronger than before. Danny asked Christine to be together as they were always meant to be, to on the road with him, and maybe they could finally get it right. But Christine convinced him of how unrealistic that was, that they both had other priorities. They tearfully kissed and promised to see each other again soon. Afterward, Christine reminisced with Michael about what might have been with her and Danny, and mentioned the car that tried to run her down in 1994 which changed her life.
Happening upon Paul at the athletic club, Paul shared his fears that his son Ricky might be psychotic like his mother Isabella and his aunt Patty. Paul had just discovered that Ricky's former girlfriend, Rachel, may not have committed suicide as assumed, and that Ricky may have been responsible for her death as well as the death of an informant who had not shown up to discuss the case with Paul. Christine begged Paul to turn the case over to someone else, not to investigate his own son.
As part of her investigation of Genevieve Atkinson for illegal activities, Christine wanted Cane Ashby to help bring down his mother and threatened deportation back to Australia if he didn’t. When he refused, Cane was subpoenaed as a grand jury witness against her. When Genevieve found out, she turned herself in rather than destroy Cane's life. Genevieve cut a deal with Christine, admitting that she had used Colin's mob money to buy Beauty of Nature, so Genevieve's assets were confiscated, leaving her penniless. But unknown to the Feds, she had a Swiss bank account.
Her work done in Genoa City, Christine said goodbye to Paul and wished Michael well with his new position as interim district attorney.
In June 2012, Paul had to shoot and kill his son Ricky when he discovered Ricky about to kill Eden. Due to the conflict of interest with ADA Heather and DA Michael, Ronan took over as the lead investigator for the DA's office on the case. The police were skeptical of Paul's story since no knife was found, and Eden had suffered a head injury so had been unconscious at the time, and later could not even remember why she had been in Ricky's apartment or why she had texted Kevin. Paul turned himself in, Avery became his attorney, and Paul told his story. Ronan let them know that due to the lack of corroborating evidence, it appeared to be premeditated murder. Daisy's wallet and cell phone were found to have been dumped by Ricky, but it still did not exonerate Paul. Christine arrived and offered to take a sabbatical from the FBI to defend Paul, and he accepted her offer. Paul was released to attend Ricky's funeral. Afterward, Paul was arrested by Ronan for first degree murder and jailed without bail.
Among Ricky's belongings Christine found Phyllis' psychiatric file from Dr. Tim including the rental car receipt, and realized that Phyllis had been the driver of the car who run them down in 1994. She showed it to Paul, and Paul told Nina and Heather who were shocked. Roman and Michael found a copy of the receipt in Daisy's wallet, and verified that the VIN number matched the rental car used in the hit and run. Both Chris and Michael confronted Phyllis, who denied trying to kill them. Although the statute of limitations had run out, Christine remembered that she had been working on a federal case at the time, therefore Phyllis was arrested for attempted murder of a federal agent.
Avery offered to help Phyllis, who lied and told her that she was innocent. But Avery saw through her, using same evasions that their father had. Phyllis finally confessed to Nick, saying that it was a mistake which she regretted.
Phyllis was arrested at Crimson Lights in front of her family. Avery offered a deal for aggravated battery with two years probation, but Christine refused to consider anything without prison time, and offered five years. Avery got Phyllis released on bail. Paul wanted to plead guilty, which Christine and Heather refused to accept. Michael told Paul in confidence that he should not plead guilty, and that he knew Paul only had a misguided sense of penance. Paul did not plead guilty and told Chris to be his friend and go back to D.C. until the trial. After Avery quit representing Phyllis, she became Paul's lawyer, and Christine went back to Washington D.C. She returned to Genoa City a month later after Daisy turned up alive, followed by Danny. Digging more into the case files, Christine discovered that Kevin had been stopped by the police while throwing a stained carpet into a dumpster, but that Ronan had intervened, the rug had disappeared, and Kevin was allowed to leave.
The judge was taken ill as Phyllis' trial began, and he was replaced. After looking over the case file, the new judge dismissed the case, citing the fact that Christine was not a Federal agent at the time; therefore the statute of limitations had run out, and Phyllis was set free. Christine tried to enlist Paul's help in getting even with Phyllis, but Paul wanted to let it go and let everyone get on with their lives. Michael accused Christine of a going on a witch hunt.
Eden had a dream where Ricky chased her down a dark alley, cornered her, and said crazy nonsensical things which she wrote down after she woke up. Paul, Christine and Heather analyzed them with Eden and believed they were clues to the location of Ricky's video of him killing Rachel. Because Paul could not leave the state, Christine volunteered to investigate the clues which were mostly in California. Heather took a leave of absence from the DA's office and accompanied her.
Christine returned with the video on her laptop, fearing that it was not enough to get the charges against Paul dropped. As she apologized to Paul for not coming through for him, he hugged her, and they ended up in a passionate kiss – just as Nina walked in. Later Paul tried to apologize to Nina, but she said goodbye and returned to Los Angeles, saying that she would not be returning. But after seeing the video, Michael presented Paul with acquittal papers, and Paul dumped all the cards and letters he had saved from Ricky into the trash. Later over drinks, Paul admitted to Chris that he still had feelings for her, as she did for him, and they both admitted that they needed a change from courtrooms and crime. Christine left for New York City to inform Danny that they were over, and she was getting back together with Paul.
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In 1863 Bill Fairweather and his party discovered gold in southwestern Montana. They were on their way to Yellowstone Country from Bannack but were waylaid by a band of Crows. While hiding from the Indians in a gulch they found gold. They named the gulch after the alder trees lining the gulch. Alder was one of the great gold producers of all time. The site of the largest placer gold strike in world history. It produced $10,000,000.00 during the first year.
A year later the boom town of Virginia City had a population of 10,000. People lived in makeshift tents and shacks and every third construction was a saloon. The site gave birth to two of Montana's most famous towns: Virginia City and Nevada City.
The discoveries at Alder Gulch drew people away from Bannack, reducing the population, making Virginia City the territorial capital from 1865 to 1875.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) and unrelenting fatigue (UF) that have been taken from our on-line survey results..
Q. Will it ever go away?
A. For many patients, comprehensive treatment of the underlying causes can completely eliminate many of the symptoms and if not eliminate, then substantially reduce the severity and frequency of symptoms. It is possible for patients to achieve this level of success and lead more normal, active, and fulfilling lives. Your goal and the goal of your health care provider should be to first identify and address all the causes of your pain and fatigue. This goal can be achieved by working with a specialized physician.
Q. Is the pain that other FM patients experience as severe as mine, and do they take as many painkillers as I need to take to simply survive from one day to the next?
A. Severe insistent pain is the most common symptom of fibromyalgia. Patients often describe it as experiencing the worst flu they ever had and then getting hit by a truck. Many patients take relatively high doses of pain medications in order to physically manage simple day-to-day tasks. Keep in mind the painkillers simply mask the symptoms and do not address the physiological and underlying problems that are causing the pain. Painkillers are commonly used to relieve the symptoms. The temporary relief achieved by using painkillers is helpful as a short-term stabilizer, but is never acceptable as a long-term solution.
Q. Could this become fatal?
A. Fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) and unrelenting fatigue (UF) are not known to be the specific cause of death to date. However, underlying etiologies that may be present in FM/CFIDS/UF patients can increase the risk for life-threatening illnesses. An example of an underlying etiology is a suppressed immune system, which may cause FM/CFIDS/UF patients to develop illnesses such as staph infections, pneumonia, and viruses that can affect vital organs. An inability to adequately fight off these illnesses or keep them in check, can lead to very serious consequences. Another common problem for FM/CFIDS/UF patients is that their symptoms can mask symptoms of a serious condition. For instance, FM patients often experience tightness in the chest, pressure on the upper torso, tingling, and numbness in the arms or on one side of the upper body. These symptoms are similar to those experienced during a heart attack or stroke. FM patients are warned not to take these masked symptoms lightly and to seek medical assistance if they occur.
Q. My doctor thinks my FM is caused by emotional problems. Can this be true?
A. While researchers and specialists in this field are making great strides to educate health care professionals, many practitioners still think that FM, CFIDS, and UF are manifestations of psychological problems and not physiological problems. High levels of stress can be a trigger for the onset of FM/CFIDS/UF; therefore, health care professionals often diagnose patients with depression. These practitioners often prescribe anti-depressants or mood altering medications, which temporarily mask the symptoms and do not lead to a long-term solution. In reality, anger and depression are often symptoms of living with chronic pain and a lack of compassion and understanding. The key to overcoming this is to find a health care provider who understands the complexities of these conditions and acknowledges that they are real diseases that are based in your body, not in your head.
Q: Are there any support groups in my area that I can contact?
A: We encourage patients to become a part of a local support group. There are several national organizations that we recommend. Please visit their websites or call for more information:
National Fibromyalgia Association: 714-921-0150
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HAVANA: Fidel Castro threw his first punch at President Barack Obama after several weeks of praise for the new leader, demanding the US return
Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba and criticizing the US defence of Israel.
Castro's latest essay, published on an official Web site on Thursday, came one week after he called Obama "intelligent and noble" and said he would cut back on his writings to prevent interfering with Cuban government decisions.
The missive raised new questions about what role he maintains in policy-making, especially coming while his brother, President Raul Castro, was in Moscow on an official visit.
The ailing 82-year-old former president wrote that if the US doesn't give the US base at Guantanamo back to Cuba, it will be a violation of international law and an abuse of American power against a small country.
The US president must "respect this norm without any condition," Castro wrote.
Obama has ordered the prison for terror suspects on the US base to be closed within a year, but Cuba also demands the return of the 45-square-mile territory the base occupies in the island's east.
Raul Castro and other government officials have called for the return of the base, but with less critical words and tone.
The US, which acquired Guantanamo more than 100 years ago, considers it strategically important to maintain. The treaty granting its use remains in effect unless both Cuba and the US abrogate it or the US abandons the base.
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David Beckham was the most notable inclusion when Great Britain's 35-man provisional Olympic squad was submitted on Friday.
It represented the latest stage in a process that will end with the announcement of Stuart Pearce's final 18-man squad on July 6.
There has been a huge amount of debate around who will be the three overage players in Pearce's squad.
Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard have all been mentioned as potential candidates.
Beckham's name has been a constant though, mainly due to the influential role he played in getting the Olympics to London in the first place.
The 37-year-old's popularity remains undimmed, even though he has not played his club football in England for nine years now.
He was greeted with rapturous applause at Wembley on Saturday when given a special award for reaching 100 caps by UEFA, and Press Association Sport understands the former Manchester United midfielder remains among the players Pearce has submitted.
There is little doubt Beckham's presence would help sell tickets for the football event, which features Great Britain's group matches at Old Trafford, Wembley and the Millennium Stadium.
It is yet to be decided whether the Football Association will formally announce the 35-man squad.
However, it is also believed young goalkeeper Jack Butland remains in the squad.
Although they had previously stated no player who was selected for Euro 2012 would be involved in the Olympics, it is thought Pearce would be willing to bend the rules for Butland, who has been elevated to England's third-choice keeper.
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Cam Newton: 'I did it the right way'
Newton's father, Cecil, was found by Auburn and the NCAA to have asked for money from Mississippi State in exchange for a letter of intent from his son, a violation of NCAA rules. Cam Newton said, "Everything I've done at this university, I did it the right way," in an interview Thursday with ESPN's Chris Fowler.
Newton was reinstated Dec. 1 by the NCAA "without conditions" and allowed to play for Auburn, a day after the school had declared him ineligible.
The NCAA had concluded a violation of Newton's amateur status had occurred, but "based on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time, we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of this activity, which led to his reinstatement," Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs, said in a statement.
ESPN.com reported Nov. 4 that a man, later identified as former Mississippi State football player Kenny Rogers, had called former teammate John Bond in 2009 and said he was representing the Newtons. Bond said Rogers solicited a six-figure payment to secure the quarterback's signature on a national letter of intent to Mississippi State.
Rogers has worked with sports agent Ian Greengross and has a company called Elite Football Preparation.
On Nov. 9, two sources who recruit for Mississippi State told ESPN of a pay-for-play scheme to gain Newton's services. The sources told ESPN that prior to Newton's commitment to Auburn, Cecil Newton told a recruiter that it would take "more than a scholarship" to get his son, then in junior college, to Mississippi State, a request the sources said the school would not meet.
Mississippi State turned its information over to the Southeastern Conference in January 2010.
The NCAA ruling said Auburn and the NCAA enforcement staff agreed Cecil Newton and the owner of a scouting service worked together on a pay-for-play idea. It did not formally name Rogers, who nonetheless was banned by Mississippi State in a letter from the school to his lawyer.
"During that time, the only thing that I could do and the only thing that I did was tell the truth ... the truth will come out," Cam Newton said of his meeting with the NCAA.
Newton was asked about his interaction with both Mississippi State, which he visited in late November, and Auburn, where he signed a letter of intent on Dec. 31, 2009.
"I had no dealings with nobody at Mississippi State during the time that I came to Auburn," Newton said. "But Mississippi State knows it was between Mississippi State and Auburn. And if you've been following this, there's no secret. But I felt that, as a whole, Auburn possessed what's best for Cam Newton, and that's why I decided to come here on my decision."
Newton told ESPN he hadn't directly asked his father what transpired between him and Mississippi State, but "at the end of the day, I can look him in the eye and know he has my best interests at heart."
He said telling Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen -- who had been an assistant at Florida when Newton went there two years prior -- he would be going to Auburn was difficult. ESPN reported Nov. 9 that Newton had told a Mississippi State recruiter that his father had chosen Auburn because "the money was too much."
"I'm not here to talk about any reports," Newton said.
"I called Coach Mullen. I told him what I had in my heart at the time. I talked to him and his wife, Miss Megan, and we had an excellent conversation. They wished me the best, and I wished them the best."
He described the conversation as "emotional," but added: "I wouldn't have been able to go to sleep at night without me saying I called Coach Mullen, man to man, not hiding behind anything, and being able to say I called him because of the respect I have for him."
Newton was asked whether anything could have been misunderstood in his conversations with Mississippi State after he decided to go to Auburn. "Through my eyes, I feel like nothing was misunderstood ... I'm clear with everything I said during that conversation," he said.
Cecil Newton has not commented publicly since the NCAA ruling was issued but released a statement Thursday through George Lawson, the Atlanta-based Newton family attorney, stating that he will not attend the Heisman Trophy award ceremony.
Cam Newton is the favorite to receive the Heisman Trophy on Saturday in New York.
"For all of my 50 years of life, coupled with 25 years of marriage, I have made an exhausting attempt to be a good husband, father and generally a good person of integrity," Cecil Newton said. "The past 60 days have caused all that my family worked to accomplish to come into question.
"So that my son Cam Newton can receive all the honors and congratulations that he has worked so hard to accomplish without distraction, I have decided not to be in attendance at the ceremony as it will perhaps rob Cam and the event of a sacred moment."
Lawson said Cecil Newton cooperated with the NCAA throughout the entire process.
"Cam's father participated in the investigation truthfully and honestly in terms of what he knew and what he didn't know, regardless of the consequences," Lawson told WSB-TV in Atlanta.
Cam Newton was asked whether he thought his father had done anything wrong in the process. Newton said: "It's not for me to say, but I know if I pick up the phone, Cecil will be there."
"My love for him is unconditional," Newton said. "This situation can split a family, can split a team, can split any person's situations with anything, or it can bring a person together. Whatever me and my father have, it's me and my father. I respect him as a man; I respect him more being my father."
He said he and his father have not discussed the situation that ended with the NCAA ruling that his father had broken its rules.
"That's not something that I'm trying to get clarity of because I really don't care," Newton told Fowler. "At the end of the day, I can look him in his eye and he can look me in my eye and I can know that he has my best interest [in mind]."
He also said: "I'm not sitting up here saying that we all are prefect. Everybody's made mistakes. I'm not sitting up here saying what he did or what he did was wrong. Who am I up here to say that what he did is true or not. But I know that if I can call Cecil Newton right now, he'll pick up the phone."
Newton credited his teammates and Auburn coach Gene Chizik with helping him through the 24 hours between when he was ruled ineligible and then reinstated. "It was crazy for me," he said.
Newton, who was quoted earlier this season in Sports Illustrated as saying his father decided on his college choice, told Fowler he made the call himself.
"There are a lot of things we talked about; he was bringing up a lot of decisions, a lot of situations," Newton said. "But at the end of the day, I was still the one making the decision."
The NCAA and state officials continue to investigate the payment scheme, trying to determine who knew what and whether laws were broken.
Two lawyers from the Mississippi secretary of state's office met with Rogers and Doug Zeit, his attorney, for more than four hours Thursday afternoon in Waukegan, Ill.
Zeit said the discussion at his office was a "fact-finding mission" centered around an alleged conversation Nov. 27, 2009, when Rogers says Cecil Newton asked for up to $180,000 from two Mississippi State assistant coaches in exchange for his son's commitment to the Bulldogs.
Zeit said the two sides also discussed Rogers' phone calls made to Bill Bell and John Bond, two other former Mississippi State players who have been involved in the Newton saga.
"We basically talked about the same things we've been talking about for weeks -- Cecil Newton's solicitation and Kenny Rogers' involvement relaying that message," Zeit said. "We don't believe Kenny Rogers broke any laws and are looking forward to this situation being over."
Cam Newton was in Florida on Thursday for The Home Depot College Football Awards, where he picked up the Maxwell Award, given to the national player of the year, and the Davey O'Brien Award for the top quarterback. Earlier in the day, he won the Walter Camp player of the year award.
He was the SEC offensive player of the year after accounting for a nation-best 49 touchdowns and setting school records for both passing and rushing touchdowns in a season.
Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Real Sociedad's next stop in their challenge for Spain's final Champions League place is at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. Can the Basque country side stay ahead of Valencia with victory over Sevilla?
With Lille snapping at their heels, Lyon cannot afford any slip-ups against hosts Nice in the race for third spot in Ligue 1 and the guarantee of Champions League football next season.
A win for Spurs against Sunderland will ensure fourth place and secure the riches of Champions League football next season - but only if chief rivals Arsenal drop points against Newcastle.
Sevilla clash with Sociedad in the race for fourth spot...
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Beyond recovery: The story of Adam Sargent and Notre Dame
Beyond recovery: The story of Adam Sargent and Notre Dame (cont.)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- In May of 1997, Notre Dame lacrosse star Adam Sargent drove his roommate's beat-up Datsun to nearby St. Mary's College for an 8 a.m. exam. Sargent ran a red light at the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Angela Boulevard, and an oncoming car smashed into the driver's side door.
The collision launched Sargent, who wasn't wearing a seat belt, through the passenger side door and across the street, where he landed against a telephone pole, atop a pile of mulch.
When the 21-year-old Sargent awoke from a fog of steroids and pain medication a week later, he had 48 staples in his head and no feeling from his chest down. For the next three months, he resided in a Chicago rehabilitation center where he began to develop the skills necessary to cope with the paralysis that would leave him bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Sargent had been a larger-than-life figure on the South Bend campus. His personality was so vibrant that coach Kevin Corrigan often entrusted the Irish's most important recruits with Sargent, even though he infamously misplaced one during an official visit. On the field, the 6-foot, 200-pound All-America-caliber defenseman played with such physicality that he was part of a tandem known as the "Bruise Brothers."
"The sadness was very deep and profound," recalled his mother, Roberta, of the time directly after the accident. "And I remember saying to God, 'If you don't give him his legs back, would you give him back his joy?'"
Nearly 15 years later, Adam Sargent still looms as a larger-than-life figure at Notre Dame. And the same spirit that once infused his life as a student and athlete now resonates through the school's administration and athletic offices. It even extends to the BCS title game on Monday night.
Sargent, 36, serves as the associate director in Notre Dame's Academic Services for Student Athletes office. It's a position of such importance that few people spend more time with Fighting Irish football players. And his role is one that's earned national acclaim, as Sargent has played a key part in helping Notre Dame pull off the rarest of double feats: The Irish are ranked No. 1 in both the polls and in Graduation Success Rate, the first college football team to achieve that in the BCS era.
"The dynamic there is so powerful because who he is and his story," said Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. "But none of it would matter if he were a disorganized, inattentive guy that didn't get it. He's got that, and his story and it makes for, well, the kind of graduation rates that we have."
At a school where the average SAT score of football players is 400 points below that average students, Sargent spends much of his time administering "choice therapy," persuading players that their academic goals should transcend eligibility and challenging them to make mature decisions. Notre Dame faculty athletic representative Patricia L. Bellia calls Sargent part "cajoler-in-chief" and part "drill sergeant."
Sargent's job also includes roles as life coach, therapist and motivator; he tracks players' classes, reports to coaches when any are slacking and arranges tutoring.
"Without Adam Sargent," said star linebacker Manti Te'o, "there would be no Notre Dame football."
Colleagues and administrators say that Sargent has rocketed to the top of his field, and Irish players say they receive a much greater appreciation of Sargent's role in retrospect than in real time. Players joke that he leads the nation in ignored phone calls, and fifth-year senior lineman Kapron Lewis-Moore recalled Sargent "always annoying me." Fellow senior Robby Toma called Sargent "irritating."
But all of the Irish upperclassmen come to the same conclusion of tailback Theo Riddick once they graduate: "I don't know where I would be without him."
The same spirit Sargent once infused into Irish lacrosse practices now permeates the Irish football program. Sargent meets with varied, younger versions of himself daily, so he knows exactly why every Notre Dame football player needs a graduate-level course in tough love. He says he's often least appreciated when he's doing his best work.
"He loves these boys," said Sargent's wife, Jenn, "like a parent loves them."
Athletic director Jack Swarbrick says no staff member is thanked more frequently and vigorously at postseason banquets. Former AD Kevin White called Sargent "the best of the best in my 31 years of administration."
Notre Dame takes pride in the fact that its Academic Services for Student Athletes is separate -- both physically and in reporting structure -- from its athletic department. But Sargent and his co-workers still maintain a bit of the locker room vibe, as Sargent curses enough that a "quarter jar" for swearing recently appeared in the office. Most importantly, Sargent is successful enough that the co-workers and students who deal with him on a daily basis don't think to view him through the prism of his accident.
Former Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis busted his chops, Jersey-style, because he quickly realized Sargent didn't want to be treated differently than anyone else. So when Sargent broke the news to Weis that he got engaged a few years ago, Weis immediately fired back, "Is she blind?" Sargent has limited use of his hands, so Weis would tease him for being lazy at lunch when he unwrapped his sandwich for him. Weis stressed that players didn't look at Sargent as a rolling cautionary tale.
"My eyes are of a parent with a kid with special needs," Weis said, referencing his daughter, Hannah, who is globally developmentally delayed. "I'm inspired by fact that the players looked at Adam with respect, like he was completely normal. Even though he was an athlete and had a freak injury, he never used that as a crutch. He wasn't acting any different than anyone else."
And that's the way Sargent wants to be treated. He doesn't tell his story unless he's asked, and he doesn't use his experience to motivate players or seek special treatment. He's reciprocated the embrace of the university. Along the way, he's become part of its identity.
"The accident had a part in shaping who I am, obviously," Sargent said. "But that's not what drives who I am. It was a defining moment in my life, but it by no means defines me."
Corrigan can pinpoint the moment when he knew Sargent would be okay. Corrigan visited Sargent repeatedly during his three-month rehab stint in Chicago. On one trip, he brought along his five-year-old son, Will, who was at that impressionable age where his father's players loomed as heroes. Like any parent, Corrigan worried how little Will would handle seeing Sargent immobilized.
Will walked into Sargent's room. Without hesitation, he popped up on his hospital bed and began chatting.
"It didn't mean anything to him," Corrigan said of Will, who is now a sophomore midfielder on Notre Dame's lacrosse team. "To him it was Sarg. I felt better from that point. It's Sarg. He's just not going to be walking."
Sargent said that the hardest part of his recovery was leaving the rehabilitation center, where the quest to return to normalcy is normal. Back in Rochester, he completed outpatient rehab and continued to confront a lifetime of re-learning simple tasks. Suddenly, basic things like the weight of a door, the shape of a doorknob and the cracks in the sidewalk became obstacles. Sargent's strong upper body and use of his arms allows him to wheel around, but he needed to develop a new awareness of the height of tables, the width of aisles and the location of bars underneath tables. He quickly discovered "what it meant to be a minority in this country."
After a few months at home, Sargent went back to Notre Dame in the spring semester of 1998. His girlfriend at the time found a suitable apartment with a spacious enough bathroom, wide enough doors and flat carpet that made it easy to wheel around. Sargent craved independence, and he achieved it thanks to hard work and a close-knit group of friends who offered help when needed. One of the biggest challenges Sargent encountered upon his return to Notre Dame was managing the reactions and emotions of others who were seeing him for the first time.
"It was something where you could see the sadness in their eyes," he said, "and it becomes your responsibility, in a lot of ways, to make them feel better about it."
His identity transformed from student athlete to former student athlete. His focus shifted drastically from athletics to academics, as his post-college plans before the accident had revolved around becoming a ski bum in Colorado for a year.
"So much of what I dealt with was like a recognition of our own mortality that 22 years olds don't, thankfully, normally have to face," he said of his return to campus. "It wasn't a momentary thing, it wasn't brush with something. It was my life now. I was dragging around a body that didn't work well."
Sargent had always been a decent student, the kind of athlete who liked to attend class lectures and realized he needed tutoring to compete. And even before the accident, Sargent would return home during the summer and on breaks and notice the difference between his mindset and that of many of his friends.
"I was growing in ways that my buds who were not in college or in other places weren't," he said.
That growth only accelerated when his focus shifted from weekend parties to becoming independent in his new body. He admits that he would've never have gotten a sniff at a school like Notre Dame without athletics, and suddenly he became even more grateful for the educational opportunity it provided.
"I came back with a very acute sense of urgency related to preparing myself for the rest of my life," he said.
Sargent graduated with a double major in history and anthropology and was accepted into a graduate program at Virginia. Even before the accident, Sargent was considering some type of educational career path. So when an internship opportunity opened up in the Academic Services for Student Athletes office, Sargent decided to sample a career before the absorbing the expenses of graduate school.
That internship led to a job, which led to a passion and, indirectly, a way for him to show his appreciation for the place that provided him with an education and nurtured him in a time of need. Notre Dame, the lacrosse program and alumni across the country overwhelmed the Sargent family by raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for everything from medical costs to a customized van.
"I was forced to grow up very quickly and recognize not only that life is finite and fragile, but that there's no guarantees," said Sargent. "If I had not had the foundation of education that Notre Dame provided me, my guess is that I would have had very different options available to me."
Former Notre Dame linebacker Brian Smith's academic career arc is a testimonial to the depth of Sargent's influence. Early in Smith's career, he hated Sargent. "Whenever you would see Adam call," Smith said with a laugh, "you check your phone and put it right back in your pocket."
Sargent didn't think Smith was a serious enough student to partake in a summer program in London after a professor complained about his goofing off in class. Smith was irate with Sargent for reporting him late for study hall, which led to the former being forced to participate in grueling 5 a.m. "breakfast club" punishment workouts.
But by the end of Smith's academic career at Notre Dame, he'd taken Sargent's advice to heart. In his junior year, Smith took a course with the professor who had led to his London junket getting cancelled. The professor wasn't happy to see Smith's name on the class roll, but Smith took one of Sargent's challenges to heart -- he pushes players to become closest to the professors they like the least.
Smith ended up with an A- in the class. And while driving a teammate to an airport in Chicago, Smith actually decided to pick up one of Sargent's calls. "You crushed it this semester, congratulations I'm so proud of you," Smith recalled Sargent telling him.
Smith got picked up late this season by the Buffalo Bills, but remains a fringe player. To this day, he lights up when recalling that call from Sargent.
"That was one of my most proud moments," he said, "at Notre Dame as a student."
Sargent's role at Notre Dame is a critical one. NCAA schools spend tens of millions of dollars each year on shiny academic centers, robust staffs and dozens of tutors to ensure their athletes can remain eligible. At Notre Dame, the mission is slightly different. Sargent meets with all recruits when they visit, and he stresses that Notre Dame isn't for everyone -- that there are no puff majors and the academic component is very real. Colleen Ingelsby, a senior academic counselor who shares overseeing the football team with Sargent, said, "Eligibility is the basement -- we're not even talking about that. Guys will come in here and say, 'I just want to get Cs.' It's like, 'Come on, what are you getting out of here?'"
Early in his career, Sargent had a transformative moment. Still the same chatty and social Sarg, he developed strong relationships with all of his students. A female swimmer came into his office one day to tell him about a friend who'd committed suicide.
"I remember thinking, 'Oh my God, she came to me,'" Sargent said. "At that point, I knew it was time to develop my skills more than I had."
Sargent took a two-year masters program in counseling at Indiana University-South Bend, specializing in mental health. He completed the program while working full time, and he paid for it on his own while developing an entirely new skill set.
Sargent's advantage early on in his career, while working with the hockey and lacrosse teams, was that he'd once been a student athlete. And the same free spirit who was flighty enough to lose track of a recruit found himself keeping track of athletes just like him.
"You can't BS him," laughed Corrigan, who gleefully recalls Sargent giving him quite a bit of guff as a player. "There's nothing they're doing he doesn't really understand. At the same time, he's smart as hell and people smart."
The counseling degree provided Sargent with a way to better reach kids by challenging them to focus on their role in their academic issues. This occasionally prompts a deposit in the swear jar. But Sargent stresses that he relies a lot on his counseling background and rarely uses his own life experience.
"What we do here is not a social engagement," he said. "Maintaining good rapport is critical, but this is not a social endeavor. I'm not here to make small talk and chuckle. This is about getting to the core of the issue as quickly as possible. Counseling is asocial -- you get to the crux of what isn't going well and it's uncomfortable."
Sargent's blunt style resonates well with coaches. Weis thought enough of Sargent that when he couldn't attend his wedding, he called the reception hall and picked up the bar tab. Sargent meets with every recruit -- and his family -- when each comes on campus; he's with kids from the first time they step on campus to the time that they graduate. Kelly points out that when a Notre Dame recruiting class is signed, Sargent deserves a lot of the credit for pitching the academic aspect.
"I think his story talks about what we talk about with our kids, 'Notre Dame is going to take of their own,'" said running backs coach Tony Alford. "And he's living proof of that. I'd say that Notre Dame has taken care of him, but he's taken care of them, too."
The joy that Roberta Sargent prayed would return to her son has not only come back, but can be quantified in the joy that he brings to others.
Sargent met his wife, Jenn, online through Yahoo's dating site about four years ago. On their first date, the staff at Papa Vino's, a local Italian restaurant, began shooting them dirty looks as their dinner passed the three-hour mark and they cleared off the empty tables around them. Neither wanted to leave, as Jenn insisted it "felt like a minute."
The couple was engaged within five months and married near the one-year anniversary of that first date. As Jenn introduced her friends to Adam, one after another repeated the same thing, "You spend two minutes with him and don't realize that he's in the chair."
Jenn added: "The accident is an enormous part of his life and changed a lot of things for him. In typical Adam fashion, in the very best ways."
The joy can also be seen in the Coleman-Morse Center, where Sargent's few-octaves-too-high volume can be heard echoing throughout the building's first floor. His boss, Academics Services for Student Athletes director Pat Holmes, occasionally reminds him to close the door because of the confidentially of their subject matter.
"I've never seen a day that he doesn't come ready to work," said Holmes, "and ready to bust someone's chops."
The atmosphere in Academics Services for Student Athletes is so tight-knit that it's almost hokey, with Sargent referenced exclusively as "Sarg" by his co-workers and the players. Sarg and Colleen are so close that Jenn serves as the nanny for the Ingelsbys' twin three-year-olds, Will and Kate. Colleen is married to Notre Dame basketball assistant coach Martin Ingelsby, whose job comes with an inherently inconsistent schedule. Colleen says she's unsure how she'd juggle her own hectic job and family without Jenn, who has a complete understanding of Colleen's schedule because of Sarg. That leaves the Sargents and Ingelsbys in contact about 18 hours a day.
"It's odd," Colleen said. "From the outside looking in, people are probably like, 'You guys are crazy.'"
But it works. Colleen and Sarg share responsibility for the football team, and the Notre Dame players describe them as a good-cop, bad-cop tandem. Still, both deliver the same message, just in different ways. "Colleen is like the mom, and Adam is the jerk," said Weis.
Collen and Sarg communicate so much throughout the day that they often joke about cutting a hole in the wall of their adjoining offices to avoid all the back-and-forth screaming. They sheepishly admit they could start a scholarship fund if they religiously deposited quarters in the swear jar.
When Sarg and Jenn recently decided to adopt, Colleen wrote the following about Adam in her recommendation: "He is honest, open-minded and reflective. He is strong, sincere and values integrity. He listens. He works tirelessly to support the students he works with, holds them accountable and cares for them deeply."
The same realization that Corrigan had in that Chicago rehab center 15 years ago, when his son climbed on Sargent's hospital bed, has happened over and over again across campus. After a few minutes with Sarg, his spirit, energy and joy overtake any thoughts about that the accident changed him.
"He's one of the best human beings I've ever met," said former Notre Dame basketball player Zach Hillesland, who interned in the Academic Services for Student Athletes office for a year. "He's so wise and grounded, he had a keen understanding and awareness of the process of growing up."
That's because Sargent grew up fast and yet still maintains a sincere appreciation for exactly what his students are going through. He insists they don't care what he's gone through.
"Self-disclosure is highly overrated in terms of generating incentives in others," he said. "Students don't' care about my life. They don't. People don't care about that I learned this lesson, so you should learn it."
Many Notre Dame administrators beg to differ. They say that Sargent -- simply by living his life every day -- offers enough of a lesson. And nearly 15 years after his life nearly ended in a freak accident, Sargent is still bringing joy to the place that nurtured his recovery.
"I don't know the man that Sarg would have become," Corrigan said. "But I can't imagine he would have become any better of a man than he has."
He added: "I have a hard time to think of him without Notre Dame, or Notre Dame without him." | <urn:uuid:86bbd32b-c561-4288-88dd-dec4694a226d> | 2013-05-18T17:48:11Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Use this panel to setup your database problem (CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and whatever other statements you need to prepare a representative sample of your real database).
Use "Text to DDL" to quickly build your schema objects from text.
Use this panel to try to solve the problem with other SQL statements (SELECTs, etc...).
Results will be displayed below. Share your queries by copying and pasting the URL that is generated after each run. | <urn:uuid:34c610dc-3c9a-42c2-8650-756d915496a9> | 2013-05-18T17:26:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Re: order of evaluation
*Sebastian Egner <sebastian.egner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| What is the rationale for fixing a specific order of evaluation?
The expressions for LET bindings are evaluated sequentially from left to right
implicitly in most implementations and explicitly in a certain implementaton,
though R5RS said explicitly `in some unspecified order'. This can make users
to involuntarily (or by necessity) write programs that rely on the sequential
ordering of evaluation. So, the expressions for ALET bindings are evaluated
in sequence from left to right like ALET* and LET*.
As I don't think that the <some unspecified order> of LET means a pure random
order that is neither sequential from left to right nor sequential from right
to left, I wonder what the rationale for <unspecified order> evaluation of LET | <urn:uuid:edc14c45-07ee-4fe5-90db-e625eafd6625> | 2013-05-18T17:27:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Thanks in advance
You cannot do this in plain HTML or CSS. You can do this with JS/HTML Canvas, but there is probably a much easier and more compatible solution than JS/HTML Canvas for performing image manipulation.
Depending on what you are trying to do, you may just want to create a second image that you swap out with the first. There are also some decent image manipulation packages in server-side languages like PHP, if you need to do something more dynamic.
If you are set on using js, the code below is modified from your example.
Using your example:
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You haven't explained why you aren't just using Photoshop to do it, but I assume you have your reasons.
I'm not sure how well it works with transparent
Here's a demo of the "Invert" effect: http://www.pixastic.com/lib/docs/actions/invert/
You've lucked out with the browser support for "Invert" - it works in even IE:
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To the people of the ancient world, every bright star had a personality. Some stars were welcomed into the dawn sky like a lost child, while some were treated more like a mother-in-law packing a month's worth of luggage. And sometimes, a single star could bring both responses.
A prime example is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. It's lost in the twilight now, but it'll start popping into view before sunrise within a few days or weeks, depending on your location.
Thousands of years ago, the star made its first morning appearance a little earlier in the year. From ancient Greece and Rome, it showed up at the start of summer's heat -- a time that could bring disease and famine. Since Sirius is known as the Dog Star, this time of year was known as the Dog Days -- a time that hardly brought rejoicing.
Even earlier, though, the star did bring rejoicing to the people of Egypt. Sirius first appeared around the time of the annual Nile floods, which deposited fertile soil on the fields. This time was so important that the first appearance of Sirius marked the beginning of the Egyptian year.
Because of its role in resurrecting the land, the star itself represented the goddess Isis. In Egyptian lore, she resurrected her husband Osiris, and bore their son, Horus, who united Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom. So Sirius was a welcome presence in the morning sky -- a star with a pleasant personality.
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Just now when I was picking laundry off the floor of my girls' chronically disheveled room, mentally giving the lecture about how their room could be clean all the time if they would simply put each thing back where it goes instead of dropping it on the floor, I had a sudden flashback that made me chuckle.
I was at an overnight birthday party of a newish girl in our neighborhood. Her mother was sharing a few "get-to-know-you" facts about the birthday girl, including that she always kept her room clean. My 8-year-old self was completely awed by this bit of information. I think I incredulously asked her, "Really? Your room is always clean?" I remember her shrugging and saying yeah, it was pretty easy. I was just blown away. As in, "Who is this strange wunderkind who is come among us, who is able to do this thing?"
I guess my girls come by their messiness honestly. When I started this post, I was thinking I could include a photo of their room in its current state as an illustration. Then I realized that wouldn't be fair unless I was also willing to post a current photo of my own room, and well, yeah.
I love, long for, and strive for cleanliness, order, and tidiness. Sadly, maintaining them has never come naturally to me.
I have a friend who says she tells her husband, "Please, if I die, don't let people come over to help clean and get things in order. I'd just be humiliated for people to see my house when it's dirty. You guys clean everything before you let anybody come over."
I, on the other hand, have told Peter that if people want to come and help him clean up and clear things out when I die, then that can be my dying gift to humanity: to let them see how I really lived, and feel better about themselves by contrast. | <urn:uuid:73e968b0-34e3-4641-bec6-ced30eaf5afc> | 2013-05-18T17:27:18Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Flash - Listen with just your browser!
Welcome to the WPKN streaming audio site. If you would like to immediately listen to the live WPKN stream, click the WPKN logo below!
High Fidelity - Listen with iTunes (or another application)
Click on the link below to listen now using an application such as iTunes, winamp, Windows Media Player, etc.
WPKN also maintains a complete archive of all broadcast content. To listen to WPKN programming which has already aired, click here | <urn:uuid:12c85524-5ba4-4812-b09d-4baa9c46a139> | 2013-05-18T17:48:54Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Strips on topic
Win a T-shirt
The end of the world
When can we expect the ultimate destruction? How will it happen? Who will be the man pulling the trigger? Will we have enough time and skills to escape to another planet? Are we the nastiest virus ever made?
Submit your strips on this topic by including the tag the end. Create a strip on topic now! | <urn:uuid:ed7c3a12-4d1a-4937-90a3-2e32289d5f5f> | 2013-05-18T17:41:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I am habituated to use Winamp for my music needs. Now, I am using Windows Media Player, as I can not install Winamp on my office machine. I want to be able to control Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Previous, Volume Up/Dowm with keyboard irrespective of having or not having focus on Windows Media Player.
Is there any way to do it? Prefer not to install any extra software. I am using Windows XP and WMP 11. | <urn:uuid:57170a1f-d91e-4670-857d-fc9122e4cebf> | 2013-05-18T17:30:44Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In these pictures, a female look-alike of actress Namitha is shown having sex with a male model. This scene runs on for nearly 2 minutes. In another MMS, a topless girl who looks similar to Malavika has been shown kissing a man. These videos are now available on some websites as well.
When asked about such videos, Namitha told us that these are all fake images involving a lot of graphic work, and have been done in cheap taste. "I will go to the police if necessary to prevent the broadcast of these fake videos. The culprits behind these videos think that actresses are willing to compromise on anything. This is a wrong assumption. Every actress has self respect and individuality like any common family girl", Namitha said.
As Malavika is currently on her honeymoon in South Africa, her manager Munusamy came forward to give the required explanation about the picture. "Malavika' is a bold lady. She can never get involved in such kind of an ugly activity. A few days ago, some portals published her marriage reception photos, which were also done in a similar bad taste. She will never appear anywhere in such an abusive posture".
A few months ago, some portals continuously kept publishing some nude pictures of several actresses, including Sneha, Trisha, Swarnamalya, and Reema Sen. But after receiving complaints from these actresses, the cyber crime wing took necessary action to curb the spread of such videos. | <urn:uuid:70827b04-cf66-4392-b06b-7b43b253f466> | 2013-05-18T17:37:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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See here for an explanation of the bengali transliteration scheme used
Before discussing bengali history, it is useful to define the scope of the investigation. In these pages, Bengal, as a historical entity, refers to the land bounded on the north by himAlaya and the lands of nepAla, sikima, and bhoTAna; on the north east by the brahmaputra river and its highlands; extending to the northwest along the northern plains of bhAgirathi upto dvArbhAGga; bounded on the east by the gAro, khAsia, jaintiA, tripurA, and caTTagrAma ranges; and on the west by mountaineous forests of rAjamahala, sA~otAla parganA, choTanAgpura, mAnabhUma, dhalabhUma, keoJjar and mayUrabhaJja. It thus extends beyond the combined region comprising the present state of West Bengal in India and the country of Bangladesha; and is a people united by a common language, Bengali, a common social structure, a common religious mixture of Hindus and Muslims, and a largely shared history.
Little is known about the prehistory of Bengal, or the origin of the name itself. The name may be of Austrasiatic or Dravidian origin, which form a substratum to the predominantly Indoeuropean Bengali language. Archaelogy shows that parts of this land supported an agricultural culture since at least 1250 B.C. However, the identity of these people can only be guessed from anthropological and linguistic evidence. The historic period of Bengal is usually classified into the Ancient, Medieval and Modern periods: as opposed to the custom in Indian history, the customary beginning of the medieval period in bengal starts with the period of muslim domination.
You are visitor number since I started counting.
For other pages discussing Bengali history, you can also look at NOVO's page and Bongoz' page about the history of bengal. Palash Biswas's blog often cuts and pastes information about Bengal: see this as an example. The official pages of the West Bengal government also have a short history section. Finally, there is a site giving a timeline of Indian history in general.
Among the various sources, I should especially acknowledge extensive help from the classic work by nIhAraraJjana rAYa, a book by Irfan Habib, and the textbooks by ramezacandra majumadAra. Research by various individuals and/or their views have often been consolidated into my understanding, and that understanding or lack thereof is represented in these pages. At this stage of this project, I do not provide references to the original articles as I am concentrating more on finishing an overview. This lack of verifiable references to the original sources means one should not take these pags as serious historical writing, just my musings on the origins and development of a culture and a people.
It would probably be remiss of me to not mention my views about the epistemology of historical truth, and my views about history in general. So, I state my views in brief here. | <urn:uuid:30e03f8f-fea3-4a84-b477-cdae43a0429e> | 2013-05-18T17:27:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Where would one put general requirements for plasmoids? For example I think that a plasmoid should be able to glue itself to a normal window, e.g. a kopete chat-window and act as "plug-on", i.e. communicate with the chat-window and e.g. display the buddy-icon of that chat-partner or contact-details, such as new email received by kmail etc.
So plasmoids would have to be able to start automatically when a new chat-window opens and glue themselves to it.
I don't know where to report this so I'll do so here: the notice on http://plasma.kde.org/ that links to this wiki links to "Projects/Plasma/" (note the trailing slash), which is a non-existing page, the right one being "Projects/Plasma".
I think a plasma desktop should be come with an essential group of plasmoids. I suggest the following:
1- Todo list or say Tasks a nice place to reminding you what you should do. 2- Calender No need to more explanations
3- Clock a small and eye candy clock on the system tray
4- Weather Forecast or information to alter you what are happing outside your room.
5- Connections information to visualize the connection you have. Well, let say this plasmoid answer this question: " Does my computer connected to the net?"
You can add more if you wish
Best regards Zayed Al-Saidi | <urn:uuid:387570cb-63d8-4a4b-89aa-3ca5abaa503b> | 2013-05-18T18:07:05Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Tasks That Complete Successfully Are Marked As Failed
Updated: May 18, 2011
Applies To: Windows HPC Server 2008, Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Some tasks are marked as Failed even when the command ran successfully. This can cause problems with troubleshooting, chargeback, service license agreements, and cluster reporting.
When this occurs, you may see an error message such as:
Task failed during execution with exit code 1. Please check task’s output for error details.
The HPC Job Scheduler Service interprets a non-zero exit code as a failure. If the task’s command line returns a non-zero exit code, the task is marked as Failed. However, some applications return a non-zero exit code even when they succeed.
If your application returns non-zero exit codes for success, you can include an evaluation statement in the command line to check for successful exit codes. You can use the %ERRORLEVEL% environment variable to evaluate the application’s exit code, and in the case of success, return a value of 0 to the HPC Job Scheduler Service. Alternately, you can modify the command to ignore all exit codes.
For example, Robocopy.exe returns exit codes 0 and 1 for success. If you submit a task that specifies the command “robocopy c:\dirA c:\dirB *.*”, the task may complete successfully but be marked as Failed by the HPC Job Scheduler Service.
To check for successful exit codes (less than or equal to 1), you can modify the command as follows:
robocopy c:\dirA c:\dirB *.* ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% LEQ 1 exit 0
To ignore exit codes, you can modify the command as follows:
robocopy c:\dirA c:\dirB *.* ^& exit 0
Modify the command line of a failed task with an evaluation statement or with the simple exit statement, and then resubmit the job. Verify that the task status upon completion is Finished. | <urn:uuid:e684010f-253e-4553-8387-88b48b5aa1c0> | 2013-05-18T17:31:23Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Deploying an Analysis Services Project
To view the cube and dimension data for the objects in the Analysis Services Tutorial cube in the Analysis Services Tutorial project, you must deploy the project to a specified instance of Analysis Services and then process the cube and its dimensions. Deploying an Analysis Services project creates the defined objects in an instance of Analysis Services. Processing the objects in an instance of Analysis Services copies the data from the underlying data sources into the cube objects. For more information, see Deploy Analysis Services Projects (SSDT) and Configure Analysis Services Project Properties (SSDT).
At this point in the development process, you generally deploy the cube to an instance of Analysis Services on a development server. Once you have finished developing your business intelligence project, you will generally use the Analysis Services Deployment Wizard to deploy your project from the development server to a production server. For more information, see Multidimensional Model Solution Deployment and Deploy Model Solutions Using the Deployment Wizard.
In the following task, you review the deployment properties of the Analysis Services Tutorial project and then deploy the project to your local instance of Analysis Services.
To deploy the Analysis Services project
In Solution Explorer, right-click the Analysis Services Tutorial project, and then click Properties.
The Analysis Services Tutorial Property Pages dialog box appears and displays the properties of the Active(Development) configuration. You can define multiple configurations, each with different properties. For example, a developer might want to configure the same project to deploy to different development computers and with different deployment properties, such as database names or processing properties. Notice the value for the Output Path property. This property specifies the location in which the XMLA deployment scripts for the project are saved when a project is built. These are the scripts that are used to deploy the objects in the project to an instance of Analysis Services.
In the Configuration Properties node in the left pane, click Deployment.
Review the deployment properties for the project. By default, the Analysis Services Project template configures an Analysis Services project to incrementally deploy all projects to the default instance of Analysis Services on the local computer, to create an Analysis Services database with the same name as the project, and to process the objects after deployment by using the default processing option. For more information, see Configure Analysis Services Project Properties (SSDT).
If you want to deploy the project to a named instance of Analysis Services on the local computer, or to an instance on a remote server, change the Server property to the appropriate instance name, such as <ServerName>\<InstanceName>.
In Solution Explorer, right-click the Analysis Services Tutorial project, and then click Deploy. You might need to wait.
If you get errors during deployment, use SQL Server Management Studio to check the database permissions. The account you specified for the data source connection must have a login on the SQL Server instance. Double-click the login to view User Mapping properties. The account must have db_datareader permissions on the AdventureWorksDW2012 database.
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) builds and then deploys the Analysis Services Tutorial project to the specified instance of Analysis Services by using a deployment script. The progress of the deployment is displayed in two windows: the Output window and the Deployment Progress – Analysis Services Tutorial window.
Open the Output window, if necessary, by clicking Output on the View menu. The Output window displays the overall progress of the deployment. The Deployment Progress – Analysis Services Tutorial window displays the detail about each step taken during deployment. For more information, see Build Analysis Services Projects (SSDT) and Deploy Analysis Services Projects (SSDT).
Review the contents of the Output window and the Deployment Progress – Analysis Services Tutorial window to verify that the cube was built, deployed, and processed without errors.
To hide the Deployment Progress - Analysis Services Tutorial window, click the Auto Hide icon (it looks like a pushpin) on the toolbar of the window.
To hide the Output window, click the Auto Hide icon on the toolbar of the window.
You have successfully deployed the Analysis Services Tutorial cube to your local instance of Analysis Services, and then processed the deployed cube. | <urn:uuid:82d173cc-4260-4476-9e08-ff408e7386c5> | 2013-05-18T17:40:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Lawyer Says Patient Injected With Green Clothing Dye
The attorney for a Elijah Goodwin claims he was injected with a green dye normally used for dyeing clothing while at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Labeling the procedure as “a fiasco”, the lawyer said he could not comprehend how no one in the operating room questioned the injection.
During a post-operative angiosperm, doctors accidentally used “Brilliant Green dye” which is typically used to color silk, wool and other fabrics, according to the lawsuit. And moreover, this dye is “extremely poisonous.” The hospital is alleged to have the dye in the pharmacy because it is “on occasion used in medicine as a topical anesthesia.” The attorney said the consequences of the procedure was “really bad.” These “really bad” consequences allegedly include: permanent damage to his lungs caused by permanent scarring, a seizure disorder that shuts down his kidneys for a time, and coughing spells in the middle of the night.
The lawyer said that “the drug they administered didn't have any FDA packaging” on it. The drug that the doctors wanted to use is called “IC Green,” a florescent dye used in angiograms. According to the attorney, IC Green comes in powder form, while the chemical dye for coloring clothing comes in a liquid form. He concludes that ”it was a really, really horrible mistake.” | <urn:uuid:7a40790a-b202-4719-8881-2a4543edd182> | 2013-05-18T17:49:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Yea, Kaspersky antivirus does have better detection rates than MSE (especially when it comes to detect currently "unknown" malware, using heuristics engine) or majority of other paid and free antivirus programs, but it is also notorious for random performance issues (and is very "sensitive" to the "leftovers" of previous antivirus programs). The random slowdowns don't happen for majority of users, though, and they do try to eliminate these issues with each new release. It's also highly customizeable - for example, in latest version there's "game mode" which, when enabled, can supress some warnings and some actions if you are currently playing some game, or another setting where you can tell the antivirus to start the auto-update only when your PC is idling. Plus it has a 30-day trial mode during which you can fully test the antivirus to see if it can cause performance issues on YOUR particular system.
Edit: here are the screenshots I made from latest version of Kaspersky Antivirus - with all those options enabled, you should have no significant "slow-downs" of your PC, like with previous versions of this antivirus: | <urn:uuid:20e3ab99-9b28-4678-8de2-00d92db70934> | 2013-05-18T17:51:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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" A hologram is a flat surface that, under proper illumination, appears to contain a three-dimensional image. A hologram may also project a three-dimensional image into the air—a lifelike image that can be photographed although it cannot be touched. Because they cannot be copied by ordinary means, holograms are widely used to prevent counterfeiting of documents such as credit cards, driver's licenses, and admission tickets. The word hologram comes from the Greek roots holos meaning whole and gramma meaning message. The process of making a hologram is called holography. When a hologram is made, light from a laser records an image of the desired object on film or a photographic plate."
Each cell of a hologram contains the whole message--the entire picture. When light is shined on it, it reaches into a new dimension (e.g. a two dimensional picture becomes three dimensional).
In a normal photograph, each cell contains a portion of the picture. In a hologram, each cell contains 'the whole message.'
Sheep follow the leader. They go unthinkingly where the leader goes. If the leader is bad, the sheep will follow him to their destruction.
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.
Only the good shepherd leads the sheep in the paths of righteousness.
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yet, the object is not to remain sheep but to grow up into the head of Christ. The object is for each cell(person) to become a complete image of Christ, as in a hologram. The object is for each part of the body (each person) to become complete and perfected.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
It is my hope that when this happens to enough people (a critical mass?) , the light of Christ will shine on the hologram, showing a picture of Christ that will fill the whole earth, and our prayer will be answered--on earth as it is in heaven. It is my hope that truth will fill the whole earth, bringing down the kings of satan whose feet of clay (lies) is their fatal flaw. The sons of God will stand for truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. | <urn:uuid:5be61697-3124-46cc-b004-3abfe261f3cb> | 2013-05-18T17:19:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Cold weather can be tough on everyone, but it is particularly tough for the older population.
The snow looks pretty, but winter can be a scary season due to increased chances of falling on snow or ice.
But there are a few things you can do to help prevent falls besides being homebound or packing up and moving to warmer climate.
Take a moment to look at your shoes and boots.
Are they worn smooth? If you can answer "yes" to this question, then it is time to purchase a new pair.
Shoes with better traction will grip the ground better; you might want to avoid dress shoes as they tend to be quite slippery.
Remember to wear proper foot wear for the winter, which should include winter boots or similar winter shoes.
If you have stairs with a railing leading up to the entrance of your home, have your railing checked to make sure it is sturdy.
You may ask yourself this question would it hold you if you were to slip? Could the railing catch you?
Shovel and Salt
Keep your shovel and salt in your home so it is available for you to use. What good is your shovel and salt when it is in your garage away from your home and you have to walk through the snow and ice to get to them?
Cellphone or Emergency Response System
Yes, the older population should have and carry a cellphone. If you do not have a cellphone you may want to consider getting an emergency response system installed. One may slip and fall; it can sometimes be difficult in getting back up. Carrying your cellphone or wearing an emergency response system personal help button, can give you peace of mind, knowing that you can call for assistance.
Modification of Cane
If you need a cane to assist you with walking, you can modify your cane by adding a metal grip to the bottom of your cane. The metal grip will help increase stability. In addition, you may want to take a look at the handle grip. If it is worn, take a moment to replace it, this will help you maintain your balance especially if you walk on patches of snow or ice.
The weather can change in a matter of a few minutes. If you are walking out of a restaurant, shopping mall, church, etc. and the parking lot has turned into an ice rink, you should ask for a steady arm to help guide you. This could be a friend, a family member, employee or even a passerby walking in your direction. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
What's your plan?
During the winter months you need to think about where you are going and ask yourself, "If I were to fall, what would I do? Did I remember my cellphone? If I'm close to my home, do I have my personal emergency response help button on me?"
When running behind scheduled you may end up hurrying and sometimes pushing the limits of what you can handle. Allow extra time getting to your appointments, especially in inclement weather. If you are a little late it's better than rushing and causing a fall and a potentially serious injury.
What can you do to help strengthen your leg muscles so you can catch yourself before you hit the ground? Exercising your leg muscles regularly should be done to keep them strong.
A few simple exercises you can do help strengthen your leg muscles would be to walk up and down the stairs repeatedly and/or getting up out of a chair. The best thing to strengthen your legs is use them other wise you will loose them.
Remember falls can affect seniors in many ways. If a senior falls and is injured, this can limit their confidence and ability to live independently.
My hope for each senior after reviewing these winter safety tips is that they are able to reduce if not avoid their chances of any falls.
Wayne L. Shepard is director of the Delaware County Office for the Aging. 'Senior Scene' columns can be found at www.thedailystar.com/seniorscene.
Cold weather can be tough on everyone, but it is particularly tough for the older population.
Why did you serve?
Numerous local residents have spent time in service to our country in the military. Some joined out of a duty to our county, others were pressed into service through the draft, still others wanted to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. In honor of their service and Armed Forces Day on Saturday, we asked our readers why they served and what they took away from their service.Continued ...
Fitness key during pregnancy
Women have been having babies since well before time has been recorded by humans.Continued ...
Beyond the stacks: Local libraries offer everything from history to technology
The local libraries within the Four County Library System still make information available to their patrons in the traditional way -- books. They are also storehouses of local history: old photos, newspapers, genealogy records, diaries and letters.Continued ...
Romantic times at Fenimore
When one thinks of the romantic, usually one ponders wistfully the early days of a courtship and marriage.Continued ...
Prom fashions bright, blingy, different
Prom night can be one of the biggest events of a high school student's life. It is the last bash before college for many, and the memories are often recorded. That is why prom fashion is so important to high school seniors.Continued ...
- Why did you serve?
- Around The Arts
Local programs help children's creativity grow
I am not a stage mom. But, the other day I ended up in the middle of a discussion with a stage dad who, for many years, has designated a great deal of his time and resources to support his teenage son’s performing career. The cry of the stage parent: chauffeuring from one rehearsal to the next, scouting costumes, building sets, selling tickets and program ads, and, of course, sitting in the audience for the entire production run. Then, without a breath, off to the next one!Continued ...
An artist label can be placed on many types of people
"You are such an artist."Continued ...
Dip your toe in the art world through Pinterest
I am a magazine ripper. I always have been. I have shoesboxes and file folders filled with decorating ideas, recipes and other miscellaneous projects. No matter how hard I've tried, I can never seem to organize or tame the scraps of inspiration floating around my house.Continued ...
Arts encompasses so much more than visual, performing, musical things
This column was due when I was in the throes of our season at The Glimmerglass Festival, when all we are thinking about is the arts -- how to make people more aware of the arts, to engage in the arts. And -- what exactly do "the arts" entail?Continued ...
School may be out, but there's lots to do to keep kids busy
By June Dzialo Now that school's out for the summer, my daughter is proclaiming that we are, "the most boring family on Earth."Continued ...
- Local programs help children's creativity grow
- Music Beat
Music Industry Tips About Professional Musicians
Musicians know that every performance they play is an audition for their next engagement.Continued ...
Practice really does make perfect for professionals
Shortly after I was hired at the age of 25 to work in the Music Department at State University College at Oneonta, I played a concert for members of this community. At the end of the concert, a young audience member said to me, “How many years have you been playing the cello and do you still have to practice?�Continued ...
Stepping on the flag, and other memories
If we are to be defined all our lives by our high school mascots, then I suppose I am a Viking. But I'm also a Panther, having transferred schools after my freshman year.Continued ...
From SUNY Oneonta to CBS Sports
Some people say the music business is failing, but I don’t agree with that point of view. Neither does Joseph Miller.Continued ...
- 12 Music Industry Tips from Joseph Miller
- Music Industry Tips About Professional Musicians
- Parenting Imperfect
I'm relieved it's not just me
For the last few years, I've been convinced that I'm just harder on things than other people are.Continued ...
A tactical error in the handoff
My kids are lucky enough to have half of their grandparents within a three-hour drive.Continued ...
A potentially quiet afternoon interrupted by a dog and a balloon
The kids spent most of Martin Luther King Jr. Day bickering.Continued ...
The dog is a getting to be an expert at training
This sentence took 20 minutes to type.Continued ...
Bad things can happen when trends are no longer trendy
When I was a kid, it used to drive me bonkers that my mom didn't know anything about the most important things in my world. She had no idea what a friendship pin was or how you'd make one. She couldn't name any good band, i.e., the ones a pre-teen would listen to like Duran Duran or Wham. And she didn't find Robert Downey Jr. nearly as dreamy as I did.Continued ...
- I'm relieved it's not just me
- Senior scene
Looking Back: A sad ending for adorable, sweet Taffy-toes
Another unwanted drop-off? Yes and so I must write this.Continued ...
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At age 76, I find myself incontinent. Actually the problem started well before that date but now it has gone beyond "a problem," to "holy smoke the dam broke."Continued ...
- From the Office: Try spring cleaning, organizing for stress release
Looking Back: Take your time, think ahead before making decisions
A lifetime may seem forever for some, especially when we were young and couldn't wait to grow up and get to do all things we saw the adults do. Come to think of it, perhaps that wasn't too good.Continued ...
As Time Goes By: Getting sick in the southern sun
I went and did it - I have heard about southern hospitality so much that I thought I would see if it extended to the hospitals as well.Continued ...
- Looking Back: A sad ending for adorable, sweet Taffy-toes
- Tech, GP
Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
Well, I'm almost ready to let out a cheer.Continued ...
Businesses need backups for their computer people, systems
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to let you know that I have taken a new position, professionally. I recently joined Eastman Associates, a local general contractor, to do its IT work, as well as taking care of some other functions of the business.Continued ...
Windows 8 seems to be made for the good of Microsoft, not the user
By Bruce Endries The software company everybody loves to hate, Microsoft, recently released what it calls a "consumer preview" of their next operating system, Windows 8.Continued ...
The Granite State got it right on software purchases
Believe it or not, I have found a bright spot in the political landscape, amid all the vitriolic partisan fighting.Continued ...
Visit a construction site and you'll probably find an iPad
It was just about two years ago now, that the iPad came out, and I wrote a column about it. At that time, I went out on a limb and said that thought it was a product which would fill certain niches very well, but that it wasn't very likely to fill in for what is normally considered a computer.Continued ...
- Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
- Teen Talk
On the Go: Patriotism doesn't mean keeping status quo
I've been labeled many things, but when anti-American and unpatriotic came into the picture recently I was surprised. I know I have some controversial opinions, but since when does that equate to not loving America? I'm a born and raised American kid, and I love America.Continued ...
Luhrmann brings Gatsby new life
Sure, you would think that being a college student and having finals rapidly approaching would equate to my growing anticipation for the summer and being done with my first year of college.Continued ...
Teenhood Today: Only you can determine your impact
The question I am most often asked is, "What do you want to do with your life?"Continued ...
A Word of Advice: Just do something
If you're not going upward, the only direction you can go is down. To stagnate is to surrender; to do nothing for yourself; to give up on a better day completely. If we sit around feeling good enough in all aspects of life, or just too lazy to fix them, well, as Albert Einstein put it, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."Continued ...
On the Go: Life is like the Cliff Walk
Over spring break, my family and I spent time in Newport, R.I. While we were there, we walked a path known as the Cliff Walk. This walk is nestled between some Newport mansions and some cliffs overlooking the ocean. While we were walking, my sister and I noticed how this path was a perfect metaphor for life and the journey it is.Continued ...
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Westerly — Police arrested a Westerly man who they say stole a large amount of prescription drugs from the CVS pharmacy on Granite Street.
Police said at about 2:57 this morning Officer Jed Giguere was on patrol on Granite Street when he saw a man running through the CVS parking lot towards John Street.
The man was wearing a knit hat, sunglasses and appeared to have clothing covering his face. The man refused to obey Giguere's commands to stop. Giguere saw a large plastic bag drop from under his sweatshirt.
After a brief chase, Giguere apprehended the suspect. While placing the man under arrest, a female employee ran out of the CVS and reported that the store had just been robbed. The bag was found to contain a large amount of prescription narcotics.
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Did you know that prior to her career breakthrough as a recording artist, Minnie Riperton was popular for singing radio jingles?
Riperton was classically trained in Opera, and quite skilled at performing Pop, R&B, Soul and even Rock music. However, it took some time before her solo career became successful so in addition to joining a singing group known as The Gems, Riperton crafted commercial jingles for radio.
Among the brands that Riperton supported were Dial soap and Butterfinger candy bars. Watch her talk about her early career and even perform some of the jingles in one of the last interviews before her death in 1979 below (starting at 2:20):
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The spectator then complains that that's not right he had picked out the 6-6 domino card.
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LONDON (AP) — As Oscar Pistorius offered his first defense against a murder charge, the head of the Paralympics was trying to reassure members Tuesday that the organization has a strong future even without its star athlete.
International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven told The Associated Press he has been in a state of "shock and disbelief" since Pistorius was arrested Thursday in the shooting of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Having been central to plans to maintain the momentum from the record-breaking Paralympics last year, Pistorius has now been forced to pull out of all future races.
The South African helped to generate unprecedented interest in disability sports by becoming the first double amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics. Now Craven is acting quickly to ensure the Paralympics' progress is not damaged by the fallout from Pistorius' high-profile case.
"We've got so many stars coming through that this will not be an issue," Craven said.
"Even since this tragedy happened, it's still been 'London, London, London' and what happened there — a unique moment in times that still continues in the hearts and minds of people."
And in a letter to IPC members on Tuesday, Craven sought to shift attention from the "difficult and traumatic day" regarding Pistorius to remind how the London Paralympics succeeded in creating "a whole host of young world-class, medal-winning athletes."
Craven pointed to British sprinter Jonnie Peacock, who deposed Pistorius as 100-meter champion at the Paralympics, and Alan Oliveira, who took the 200 title in front of a crowd of some 80,000 in the London Olympic Stadium.
"It's upon their shoulders that the Paralympic movement will be moving forward and it's still continuing to be the most exciting times after London," Craven said by phone from the IPC winter sports championships in Spain.
Craven has experienced a "roller-coaster of emotion" since he was awakened Thursday with the news of the killing. Pistorius said at a bail hearing Tuesday that he mistook his girlfriend for a robber and the shooting was an accident, not premeditated murder. Continued...
"Shock and disbelief," Craven recalled of his initial thoughts. "I could not believe what I was hearing ... because of this total difference between Oscar, the person I knew — I won't say very well but I had interacted with him on many occasions in press conferences etc. and seen him compete — and the Oscar we were hearing about now in the media and with what happened."
Craven said he had not witnessed any change in Pistorius' mindset at the Paralympics even when the runner created a storm by suggesting rival Oliveira was gaining an unfair advantage by using lengthened blades.
"In the heat of competition — I remember when I was a wheelchair basketball player — the redness would come down particularly if I didn't agree with certain refereeing decisions, and I've seen it in other athletes," Craven said. "I think it's something that happens all the time in athletic competitions.
He said the dispute about the blades didn't bother him, and "didn't make me think there was anything different in London (with Pistorius) to what there had been before."
Craven has not made contact with the 26-year-old Pistorius since the Valentine's Day arrest. The Paralympic chief has expressed the organization's condolences to the family of Steenkamp, the model and law graduate who was cremated Tuesday at a memorial service in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Craven wants IPC members to "respect" the justice system.
"This is a police case and we have to remain impartial at all times," he said. "The South African law courts will decide Oscar's fate over the coming months and only then will the full story of what actually happened emerge."
The case has delayed planned announcements on television rights sales for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The IPC has yet to find a U.S. network to show its competitions live after NBC was criticized for broadcasting only 5 1/2 hours of Paralympic highlights from London.
"Meetings have taken place with U.S. television stations with a view to things being put right, definitely by Rio, if not by Sochi," Craven said.
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The fifth saying of Jesus as He hung on the Cross, living up to His Name, which was to save His people from their sins was a request in which Jesus expressed a need. His saying was ‘I thirst’ (John 19:28). Though cursorily it may seem like an expression of his physical condition, is there more to this than what is evident.
One of the dictionary definitions of the word, ‘thirst’ is an ardent desire, craving or longing. Interestingly, one can go without food for days, but not without water. Thirst is a physical condition that can bring the strongest of the strong to their knees, some even to the point of death. Samson the strong after killing a thousand warriors in battle cried to the Lord when he felt thirsty, questioning, now shall I die of thirst? (Judges 15:18-20). The grumbling Israelite pilgrims questioned Moses, if he had led them out of Egypt to kill them and their children and cattle with thirst (Exodus 17:3). When no water in the desert of Beersheba was found, Hagar, unable to bear the possibility of her son, Ishmael dying of thirst, goes a bow shot length away until God miraculous opens her eyes and she sees a well (Genesis 21:14-16). So thirst can make the strong weak, and the living dead.
And here we hear Jesus saying that He thirsted. Why did Jesus say that he thirsted?
The logical human explanation was that He experienced a human physical condition and that is certainly plausible. Jesus hungered (Matthew 4:2), slept (Mark 4:38), grew (Luke 2:42), groaned (John 11:33), wept (John 11:35) and so in his Humanity also thirsted (John 19:28). Now if this was merely a personal physical need to be satisfied, isn’t it interesting that Jesus only asks for being quenched after he accomplished all the things He knew He had to fulfill (John 19:28). Jesus’ personal needs came only after doing what God wanted Him to do. He satisfied God before He prayed to be satisfied himself. We must have the same attitude as well.
But the scripture gives us evidence that there is more. Jesus said, ‘I thirst’ so that the scripture may be fulfilled (John 19:28). Jesus came to fulfill the scripture and fulfilled it (Psalm 69:21). Jesus, who knew no sin was made sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21) and the imputation of our sins on Him made him experience a separation from God the Holy Father as expressed by the prophet Isaiah who said “… your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2) . So Jesus’ relationship with God the Father had been broken because of our sins. This is further substantiated by the fact that Jesus addressed God, in His previous saying as My God, my God (Eloi, Eloi) and not as Father (which is how He addressed God in the first saying from the Cross). Jesus very well could have thirsted for the oneness He had with God the Father (John 10:30). Another explanation as to why Jesus thirsted is that he experienced the thirst of hell. Acts 2:27 and 31 are very explicit that God would not let soul of his Holy One (Jesus) in hell. In Matthew 12:40, we hear Jesus saying that “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly: so shall the Son of man (Jesus) be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ” Revelation refers to hell as the bottomless pit or abyss (Revelation 9:1-2). Ephesians 4:9 tells us that Jesus ascended into heavens, but that he also first descended into the lower parts (heart) of the earth.
So Jesus descended down to hell on our account, but what is the state of affairs in hell? An overbearing need to be quenched. We see this in the parable that Jesus told about Lazarus and the rich man. The rich man died and was buried and in hell he was tormented by thirst. (Luke 16:19-31). So it is not implausible that when Jesus’ soul descended to hell, he thirsted as well.
But in hell, the thirst that is to be quenched is not physical as the rich man describes but more in the spiritual realms. Jesus spiritually thirsted that his desire to bring many sons unto glory be quenched (Hebrews 2:10); that all are saved and none perish (2 Peter 3:9); that God’s eternal wrath would now be quenched as he accomplishes his task of saving all men and women in totality and that all will drink of Him (Jesus) and receive from Him living water (the Holy Spirit – John 7:38-39) so that they will no longer be thirsty.
Finally, when the curtain falls, we can find ourselves in only one of two states – eternally thirsty or eternally quenched and this depends on whether we agree to drink of (believe) Him, Jesus Christ, who with a craving, a longing and an ardent desire said, ‘I thirst’ [for you].
Filed under: Christian, Seven Sayings | Tagged: I thirst, Jesus in hell, Living Water, Seven last words of Jesus Christ, Seven Sayings of Jesus from the Cross, The power of thirst, The source of Living Water, The state of affairs in hell, The two states when we die, What did Jesus thirst for?, Who is the living water?, Why did Jesus say I thirst? | 2 Comments » | <urn:uuid:0dad2079-7712-46ca-a156-851996b910a5> | 2013-05-18T17:17:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"Conbini" (コンビニ) comes from the english word "convenience", of course abbreviated, as the Japanese like so much to do!
A conbini is a kind of store/supermarket that sells a little of everything. It has everything you might need for your daily life. You can buy food, drinks, cleaning and hygienic products, magazines, school material, and a ton of more stuff. Every one of them has an ATM machine, a copy machine, and some even have special machines that allow you to make online payments, buy tickets, charge your mobile, and so on. You can use a toilet for free in every one of them, and not to mention every one of them is open 24 hours a day!
They are really a life saver. But of course the prices might get a little expensive sometimes. After all, it's convenient. So I recommend you to use a normal supermarket where you can get cheaper stuff, and use the conbini only at critic times or if you find some cool discount or point campaign!
There are 6 main conbini stores in Japan (please correct me if there are more), here are their pictures!
I personally think the first three have the best services! | <urn:uuid:1561abca-b890-46f0-ab1d-20e7821008d9> | 2013-05-18T17:27:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The treatment of so-called "student-athletes" has reached a new low.
On Friday night, tornadic winds ripped through downtown Atlanta and ripped off sections of the Georgia Dome, site of the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament, forcing postponement of the Kentucky-Georgia quarterfinal round game until Saturday.
The game has now been moved to Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Coliseum, which is understandable given the damage to the Georgia Dome and downtown Atlanta. Tipoff is set for 9 a.m. (Eastern).
Later Saturday night, the winner of the Kentucky-Georgia game will return to the court to play Mississippi State in a semifinal game.
Two games in one day? Are there no labor laws in Georgia? If I'm Kentucky's Billy Gillespie, pictured with this post, or Georgia's Dennis Felton, I go ahead and forfeit the second game in protest. And if I'm in Las Vegas, it would be time to take a hard look at Mississippi State to advance to the title game by burying what will be an exhausted Wildcat or Bulldog squad.
There's no way in hell a team should be playing twice in one day. No way.
Conference tournaments are nothing more than a money grab to begin with. If officials were truly concerned about "student-athletes," they would do the right thing and push the tournament back a day. But then that would interfere with Selection Sunday, wouldn't it?
Where is the outrage over this? The kids are being treated like table scraps. | <urn:uuid:3bc575cd-17fa-4038-9d65-af08f1cf8d7a> | 2013-05-18T18:05:47Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The late morning sun blazes overhead as the dancing partners face off on the dry river bed. Standing tall and straight across from each other, he begins by bowing deeply and gracefully to his would-be-bride and waits anxiously for her reply. She hesitates and then demurely turns her head to the side with her eyes cast to the ground, signaling for him to begin. He raises his right leg and slams it hard to the ground as the dust begins to whirl around them. Then, in a feat of acrobatic majesty he leaps in the air and soars several feet above her head with his arms outstretched beckoning her towards him before he lightly touches back down on the ground. She responds by rising almost as high and letting out a cry as she reaches her apogee. There is so much riding on his next turn: he jumps high and twirls around in a full circle before coming back to face her as he lands. She bows her long neck and leaps again, grey feathers fluttering on the windless plain. And so it was as I saw the cranes dancing in the early summer sun just below the Taj Mahal. The spirit of Shah Jahan and his Mumtaz so permeates this place that the cranes continue to dance as the lovers did in these gardens so many hundreds of years ago. Or perhaps the humans just did the same dance as the cranes have always done - an age-old dance that transcends species, class and kingdom.
From the moment one steps off the plane, India overwhelms the senses. Within her borders I have witnessed some of the most beautiful and some of the most tragic scenes I have ever encountered on my travels. From tigers on the prowl at Corbett to a roadside drama in which a driver chose to sacrifice the lives of a woman and her child instead of that of a cow, India tempts you to revel in her beauty and then rebukes you when you come too close. She is a harsh mistress, but one to whom you return time and again for comfort.
My experience of food in India spans the range of possibilities: from dining in good restaurants to Kashmiri takeout around intricately inlayed octagonal tables in someone's home, to a lunch lovingly prepared by a friend to tea with bread and pickles in a country garden with peacocks strutting and rattling their tail feathers on the walls around us. Food is everywhere and the experience of sharing a meal held in high regard across the classes, castes and peoples of India.
Far and away the most surprising meal I've ever had in India was on the Delhi-Agra train. Dinner on the train - train food - served in disposable aluminum containers that are kind of hefted at you as the waiter walks by your seat. Growing up in New York, one becomes used to good food sometimes being available in strange, inelegant surroundings. Still, on the train, where passengers roughly push past each other to quickly get to their reserved seats, I was not expecting to be served the best Lamb with Onions (do Piaz) I had ever had. To say that this curry was good was an understatement, the meat was buttery and the onions dripped off the fork into the dark, spicy, cumin and clove-laden sauce.
Interestingly, what we so blithely call "Indian cuisine" today is really the product of thousands of years of cultural evolution, foreign contact and trade from far-away shores. Archaeological evidence from the early Indus Valley civilization reaching back nearly 5000 years shows that beef, eggplant and sesame were important parts of the early Indian diet with development of the basic concepts of Ayurvedic dietary practices taking place at this time. Briefly, Ayurvedic practices divide foods into six tastes - sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. It also assigns specific roles to ingredients and their combinations to cure the ill and preserve health and balance. Towards the end of the Indus period, differences began to develop between northern and southern cuisines as more people migrated south and as we move into the Harappan civilization, evidence for the use and later cultivation of turmeric, cardamom, black pepper and mustard become more common.
During the Vedic period, major differences in the diet between the classes or castes also appeared, with vegetarianism popular amongst the Brahmin. Vegetarianism was further augmented by the rise of Buddhism in India around 600 BCE and spread of the religion across Asia over the next several hundred years, heightened cultural contacts with foreigners who traveled and traded along the Silk Road. Regular contact with Muslim traders was well established by around 1000 CE and a long period of Muslim rule began by 1300 that lasted until the mid-nineteenth century. Ibn Battuta the great Moroccan explorer of the 14th century describes a meal served to him by in the court of Mohammed Bin Tughluk - one of the Northern Sultans - that included flatbread; large slabs of mutton and lamb; round dough cakes stuffed with sweet almond paste and honey - like the halva that is still enjoyed at the beginning of some meals in Central Asia; meat cooked with ghee, onions and young ginger; triangular pastries made of meat, nuts, onions, and spices - like modern samosas; rice pilaf with chicken - possibly a biryani; and lots of sweets for dessert. Battuta also states that rice, oranges, wheat, chickpeas and lentils were widely cultivated.
Europeans arrived as early as 1498, with the Portuguese leaving elements of their cuisines - such as the use of vinegar and lots of onions all along the western and southern coasts of the country. New World produce such as tomatoes, potatoes and chili peppers were introduced at this time. During the Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), we see Persian elements such as the addition of nuts like almonds and cashews and fruits such as raisins, apricots and dried plums to Indian food as well as the rise of kebabs and a much wider use of saffron. So you see, the next time you bite into a samosa to enjoy its spiced potato and pea combination or the next time you eat a fiery vindaloo, know that you are enjoying thousands of years of history in addition to some really delicious food.
Whenever I arrived in India - passing through the mausoleum-like Gandhi airport on the way to somewhere else not included - I was usually coming in from a very rural area elsewhere on the subcontinent. Arriving in India always felt like going home to me. When friends met me at the airport, they always brought along garlands of flowered necklaces to welcome me. I'd turn my head to one side or another and revel in the fragrance of the flowers as we tooled around the city in an open jeep. Marigolds, tube roses and heavenly jasmine lay around my neck as I put up in my favorite hole-in-the wall hotel in Connaught to rest.
Fate or an unusually vengeful god always placed me in India before the rains liberated the country from its oppressive summer heat. Some mornings it would be 110 degrees Fahrenheit before the sun cleared the canopy and throughout the day, heat was likely to play tricks on your perception. One afternoon at Fatehpur-Sikri, the ancient Mughal capitol I was looking down on the giant pachisi (ludo) board from Akbar's vantage point and out of the corner of my eye, it seemed as if a courtier jumped a square out of turn. I wandered through the rest of the red-rock ruins but kept on circling back to the board to see if the game was still on. Although difficult, the times before the monsoon are filled with expectation: the expectation of rain, expectation of release and the expectation of renewed life. Unconsciously, people place many of their hopes on the renaissance that comes with the rain. People are not the only ones who hope for the rains though - the cranes do too.
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December 25, 1969
"Where is he?" screamed Amy.
She needed John by her side.
"We're losing her. The baby is..."
Michael John Wilson was born into a world where no one welcomed him. No one held him, and told him, all would be well.
December 25, 1969
Molly waited for him. She had her savings for med school in a brown paper bag next to her. She just wanted this to be over. She waited until the storm subsided and knew he wasn't coming. She white knuckled her way hoe through a snow covered road, narrowly missing the ambulance wailing across the train tracks.
"Damn Midwestern weather." John sat on a bar stool and through a smokey haze, watched the snow fall. He hated coming back here. Hated the smell, the cold, the always friendly grins. But, the baby was due any day now. He promised her he was going to take care of her. Just had to go back home and see someone, he had told her. Just one more drink before he had to go out there. He drank his whiskey and listened to the freight trains moan like ghosts to their destinations. He smiled as he thought of all that money and a baby.
"This is fun, Frankie," said Lily Bean. "I never saw so many buttons in one place."
"I'm glad you are having a good time. These shoes are going to look spiffy. We our going to be the Belles of Manoomin when we parade around town, don't you think so, Lily Bean?"
"Indeed," agreed Lily Bean. "You know what I like about you, Frankie? You don't treat me like a kid."
"How nice of you to say," smiled Frankie.
"Now, how about we crack open a can of dad's Fat Squirrel from the fridge?"
"Nice try, but, no."
"Hey, Frankie, do you have a secret door in your basement?"
"Hmm...it's possible, but I haven't seen one. That rat went somewhere, though. Do you have a secret door?"
"Yesterday, I heard Mom and dad downstairs, so I went down there, and they jumped ten feet and yelled at me for creeping up on them. They were acting weirder than usual, so I snuck down after they had gone upstairs and looked around where they were standing and I saw a keyhole."
"A keyhole without a door," mused Frankie."
"I didn't see no doorknob or nothing." Mom yelled at me again and told me to feed Fred, so I haven't been down there. Wanna look, Frankie?"
"Well, a keyhole without a door is a puzzler. Let's finish our shoes and if we have time, we'll take a look."
"I love when you sit with me, Frankie. Can we blow up marshmallows in the microwave, later, too?"
After creating their awesome button shoes, and had sticking their tongues to frozen Popsicles, Frankie and Lily Bean went downstairs and found a door that belonged to a keyhole.
They peered inside the keyhole and saw- darkness.
"This is odd," frowned Frankie.
"I though so," replied Lily Bean.
"It smells like dirt, rat hair, and Chanel #5," sniffed Frankie.
"Good thing you went to college and learned how to sniff stuff."
"You try it, Lily Bean. Close your eyes and take a whiff."
Lily bean pushed her nose to the peephole and inhaled. She looked at Frankie and said, "Smells like my dad."
Before they could sniff some more. they heard noises above and heard Lily Bean's parents arrive.
"Our secret, right Frankie?"
"For now. Don't explore alone kiddo, hear me?"
"Done deal." And they clasped pinky fingers and shook.
Frankie looked at her books and wanted to cry. Someone had violated her space, thrown every one of her books to the ground and left a room full of fear.
Frankie moved from room to room (with a cheerleading baton, of course) and checked for any more damage. All the rooms were as she had left them. All but her own room.
"Long time, no see, Johanna MacGillicuddy. I see you got a mess here. What happened, have a tiff with your girlfriend, Leslie?"
"Bobby Lee Bing. How did they allow you to carry a gun? Let's cut the small talk. Someone was in my house, and it had nothing to do with Leslie, got it?"
"I'll ask the questions, MacGillicuddy. Where were you tonight? What was taken? Were the premises sealed tight? Where's Molly and Angus? Why did you ditch me at Homecoming? I waited and waited..."
"Officer Bing, I'm reporting a break in. That is all. Don't you want to take fingerprint samples or at least a few pictures?"
"Who have you ticked off lately? Did you break a boy's heart? Looks like a personal issue, as nothing else was touched. So, where's the 'rents, Fr...,Johanna? Molly hasn't left this house since I known her. Where is she?"
"Molly is fine. They are traveling with the TLC's. They are a traveling troupe of singers and storytellers who try to bring a little happiness to the weary."
"The TLC's? Spell that, and give me a number."
"T-L-C. Why don't you google them, or use your officer privileges to verify their existence? Right now, i have left a message with Angus. i don't want them to worry, and I'm sure they will call me as soon as they can."
"What's the number, then? I'll talk to Angus myself just to make sure they are where you say they are." Bing licked the pencil tip and waited for Frankie to recite the number.
"Well, what is it? Don't shake your head at me, Frankie. You are obstructing an investigation. What are you hiding? Are they down in the basement, covered in a layer of cement?"
"Okay, Officer Bing. I'll make a call."
Bobby lee gestured to say, 'go ahead' and Frankie punched in some numbers.
"Hi, this is Frankie. oh, just fine. How are you?"
Bobby Lee gave her a look of impatience and mouthed, "Hurry up."
"Bobby Lee is here and wants to know if I killed my parents. Someone trashed my bedroom and..."
"Give me the phone." Bobby Lee grabbed the phone from her hand. "This is Officer Bobby lee Bing, of the Manoomin Police department and I'm just trying to verify the whereabouts..." Bobby Lee's face turned a beet red as he aimed his bloodshot eyes on Frankie.
"Ma. Ma. I'm on official business. I ain't bothering Frankie! Ma. Ma. I don't care about your whereabouts. Aawww, come on, Ma, don't throw my tidies with my fuchsia shirt. It's not pink, Ma! No, Ma, I..." Bobby Lee turned purple and handed the phone back to Frankie.
"Yes, Mrs. Bing. oh, no problem. Molly and Angus are just fine. (laugh) I'd love to. Night, Mrs. Bing."
""Your ma say to get home or she's going to throw out your nudie magazines you have hidden behind the toilet tank."
"Same old Frankie. You think you can treat me like this? You're gonna pay for this, girlie." Bobby less placed his hand over his gun belt, then turned around and stomped down the stairs and slammed the front door.
Frankie tried to stay calm as she picked up books.
Frankie and Jack
"Eeeeeeeewwwwaaaaaahhhh, the world's full of sausages. Would you like some of mine? Let's get naked and eat what's in the fridge, Ooooooooooohhhhhh, so tasty and deviiiiiiAAAAAAHHHH!"
Frankie giggled. "Don't you ever get serious, Jack?"
"You can laugh or you can cry. The outcome's just the same. OOOOOOOhhhh, yeahah. It's just life with some tricky bits, sort of like a gaaaaaaaaaaaammme."
Jack and Frankie danced around her bedroom.
Everyone was asleep, except for one.
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- The Flight of Moses to Midian. Moses made the first effort to Emancipate his enslaved brethren. At the age of forty he forsook the Court of Pharaoh and attempted to ally himself with the chosen people (Exodus 2:11,12; Acts 7:22-25; Hebrews 11:23-27). His brethren understood him not; his efforts on their behalf were futile, and he was compelled to flee For Midian for his life (Exodus 2:11-15).
- Sojourn in Midian. Moses spent forty years in Midian (Acts 7:29,30). He married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a descendant of Abraham by his wife Keturah (Genesis 25:1-3; Exodus 2:16-25), and became the father of two sons (Exodus 2:22; Exodus 4:20; Exodus 18:1-4).
- Moses Commission'. While in the land of Midian, Moses led the Quiet and peaceful life of a shepherd (Exodus 3:1). The angel of the Lord appeared to him in the burning bush and commanded him to return to Egypt and lead his brethren out of their bitter bondage (Exodus 3:2-10 Acts 7:30-35). Moses declined to go because of
- his insignificance, (Exodus 3:11,12),
- the fear that his brethren would not believe him (Exodus 4:1),
- and his inability to speak with fluency (Exodus 4:10-12).
- Aaron Chosen. The Lord met every objection urged by Moses, but Still he persisted in his desire to shrink from the task (Exodus 3:2-22; Exodus 4:1-13). Aaron was therefore selected to assist him and to be the Spokesman (Exodus 4:14-16).
- The Return to Egypt. Moses departed from Midian, taking his wife And two sons with him. On the way the Lord met him and was about to Take his life, but this calamity was averted by Zipporah, who took a Sharp stone and circumcised her son (Exodus 4:18-26).
- Brothers Meet. Moses and Aaron met at the mount of God. After an Affectionate greeting Moses communicated to him the word of the Lord And showed him the signs that had been given him (Exodus 4:27,28).
- Arrival in Egypt. They arrived in Egypt and informed the elders Of Israel of the revelation from God, and the people believed and bowed Their heads in worship (Exodus 4:30,31).
- Demand on Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron approached the king and in The name of God demanded the release of his children. Pharaoh Insolently and rebelliously refused the request, and the great contest Between the King of Heaven and the mighty earthly potentate began (Exodus 5:1-6).
- Ten Plagues. The Lord plagued the Egyptians in order to multiply His signs and wonders, and that they might known that He is God (Exodus 7:1-5). The first nine plagues were
- the waters turned to blood (Exodus 7:15-25),
- frogs filled the land (Exodus 8:1-14),
- lice afflicted people and beasts (Exodus 8:16-19),
- flies filled the land (Exodus 8:20-24),
- murrain destroyed the cattle (Exodus 9:1-7),
- people afflicted with boils and blains (Exodus 9:8-14),
- hail smote the growing crops (Exodus 9:13-35),
- locusts filled the land (Exodus 10:13-15),
- and darkness covered Egypt (Exodus 10:21-23).
- Special Command to Moses. The Lord commanded Moses to tell the People to borrow of their Egyptian neighbors jewels of silver and gold (Exodus 11:1,2). The justice of this command can be seen in the fact that they had served the Egyptians many years without remuneration (Exodus 1:6-14; Exodus 5:1-19).
- Harmony of Exodus 9:6,19,25. It is asserted that all the cattle of Egypt died. But is is plain that only the cattle died that remained (Exodus 9:3) in the field during the murrain. The cattle that were destroyed by the hail-storm were those that were saved from the murrain (Exodus 9:17-25).
- Explanation of Exodus 9:16; Romans 9:17. The Egyptians were idolaters (Exodus 5:1-3; Exodus 9:30; Exodus 14:18). Pharaoh was "raised up" in order that God might manifest His power and glory. "Raised up" has no Reference to his birth or his elevation to the throne of Egypt. It Means "roused up" or "made to stand." When Moses and Aaron demanded the Release of the Hebrews he wickedly, rebelliously, and insolently denied The true God and refused to let them go (Exodus 5:1-3). He had already made himself a vessel of wrath fitted for destruction (Romans 9:22). God listened to the cries of his people and endured for a while this vessel fitted for destruction, and at last, when the time Came, unloosed the burning fires of judgment, roused Pharaoh up from His infidelity, and proclaimed his name throughout Egypt, and in the Ears of Israel (Exodus 7:5; Exodus 14:17,18,31).
- The Passover. The Lord commanded Moses to speak unto the Children of Israel and command them to select a lamb for each household On the tenth day of the month, assuring them that this should be to Them the first month of the year (Exodus 12:1-5). They were to keep the lamb until the fourteenth day of the month and kill it at the going Down of the sun. They were to strike the posts of the doors of their Dwellings with the blood. They were to roast the flesh and eat it in Haste, with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (Exodus 12:6-20). On that night the Lord passed through the land and smote the firstborn of Man and beast (Exodus 12:21-29).
- The Emancipation Proclamation. When Pharaoh heard the mighty Cry he called for Moses and Aaron and gave them permission to depart And take their property with them (Exodus 12:30-33).
- The Departure. The children of Israel departed from Rameses 2513 Years after the creation of Adam (Genesis 5:3-32; Genesis 7:6; Genesis 11:10-32; Genesis 12:4,5 Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 41:46,53,54; Genesis 45:4-6; Genesis 47:9; Genesis 50:26; Exodus 7:7; Exodus 12:40,41; Galatians 3:17). There were six hundred thousand men. Allowing one woman to each man, And two children to each family, the population was at least two Million four hundred thousand (Exodus 12:37).
- Sanctification of the Firstborn. In memory of the preservation Of the children of Israel during the last night in Egypt, the Lord took Unto himself the first born of man and beast (Exodus 13:1-16).
- The Precious Burden. The triumphant host of Israel carried the Remains of their great benefactor Joseph with them (Genesis 50:24-26 Exodus 13:19).
- The Great Leader. As they departed from Egypt the Lord went Before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13:20-22).
- At the Red Sea. Moses and his mighty host encamped by the Red Sea. Pharaoh and his army drew near. The people were afraid, but Moses Commanded them to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, Assuring them that they would see the Egyptians no more, for the Lord Would fight for them, and they should hold their peace (Exodus 14:1-18). The angel of the Lord took his position between the two camps, Appearing as darkness to the Egyptians and light to the children of God. The Lord opened the sea, and the children of Israel went forward On dry ground, but the Egyptians following were drowned (Exodus 14:19-31).
- Apostolic Endorsement. This mighty historical event was Endorsed by the apostle Paul (1 1 1 Corinthians 10:1-12).
- Salvation of Israel.
- The Lord saved the children of Israel by opening up the way for them;
- and they saved themselves by using the means placed within their reach; God opened the way, and they passed through!
of the Israelites from Egypt. the common chronology places the date of this event at B.C. 1491, deriving it in this way: --In (1 Kings 6:1) it is stated that the building of the temple, in the forth year of Solomon, was in the 480th year after the exodus. The fourth year of Solomon was bout B.C. 1012. Add the 480 years (leaving off one years because neither the fourth nor the 480th was a full year), and we have B.C. 1491 as the date of the exodus. This is probably very nearly correct; but many Egyptologists place it at 215 years later, --about B.C. 1300. Which date is right depends chiefly on the interpretation of the Scripture period of 430 years, as denoting the duration of the bondage of the Israelites. The period of bondage given in (Genesis 15:13,14; Exodus 12:40,41) and Gala 3:17 As 430 years has been interpreted to cover different periods. The common chronology makes it extend from the call of Abraham to the exodus, one-half of it, or 215 years, being spend in Egypt. Others make it to cover only the period of bondage spend in Egypt. St. Paul says in (Galatians 3:17) that from the covenant with (or call of) Abraham the giving of the law (less than a year after the exodus) was 430 years. But in (Genesis 15:13,14) it is said that they should be strangers in a strange land,a nd be afflicted 400 years, and nearly the same is said in (Exodus 12:40) But, in very truth, the children of Israel were strangers in a strange land from the time that Abraham left his home for the promised land, and during that whole period of 430 years to the exodus they were nowhere rulers in the land. So in (Exodus 12:40) it is said that the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was 430 years. But it does not say that the sojourning was all in Egypt, but this people who lived in Egypt had been sojourners for 430 years. (a) This is the simplest way of making the various statements harmonize. (b) The chief difficulty is the great increase of the children of Israel from 70 to 2,000,000 in so short a period as 215 years, while it is very easy in 430 years. But under the circumstances it is perfectly possible in the shorter period. See on ver. 7 (C) If we make the 430 years to include only the bondage in Egypt, we must place the whole chronology of Abraham and the immigration of Jacob into Egypt some 200 years earlier, or else the exodus 200 years later, or B.C. 1300. in either case special difficulty is brought into the reckoning. (d) Therefore, on the whole, it is well to retain the common chronology, though the later dates may yet prove to be correct. The history of the exodus itself commences with the close of that of the ten plagues. [PLAGUES, THE TEN, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS] In the night in which, at midnight, the firstborn were slain, (Exodus 12:29) Pharaoh urged the departure of the Israelites. vs. (Exodus 12:31,32) They at once set forth from Rameses, vs. (Exodus 12:37,39) apparently during the night v. (Exodus 12:42) but towards morning on the 15th day of the first month. (Numbers 33:3) They made three journeys, and encamped by the Red Sea. Here Pharaoh overtook them, and the great miracle occurred by which they were saved, while the pursuer and his army were destroyed. [RED SEA SEA, PASSAGE OF]
1841. exodos -- a departure
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... EXODUS. ... i.19). It may therefore originally have stood after Exodus 34:9 or before
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... The Exodus. A Sermon (No.55). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 9, 1855,
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Exodus iii. 6
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... Book I. Chapter XXXV."The Exodus. "After this, Moses, by the command
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Who is on the Lord's Side? Exodus 32:26.
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Who is on the Lord's Side? Exodus 32:26.
... Who is on the Lord's side? Exodus 32:26. Last Friday evening, you will
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Lii. Manna. Exodus xvi. 4.
... LII. MANNA. EXODUS xvi. 4. I."Manna like salvation, because undeserved.
The people murmured at the very first difficulty. If they ...
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... For the Outline Study of the Bible by Books. * * * * Chapter II. Exodus. Chapter
2. Exodus. Name. The name Exodus means a going out or departure. ...
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It is Proved that Jesus was the Name of God in the Book of Exodus.
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The After Life
The Age of Accountability
The Age of Earth
The Alabaster Box
the Amorites Amorite
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Light
The Appearance of Evil
The Ark of Covenant
The Armor of God
The Babylonish Captivity
the Baptize John
The Battle is the Lords
The Bermuda Triangle
The Big Bang Theory
The Birth of Christ
The Blood Covenant
The Blood of Jesus
The Body of Christ
The Body of the Church
The Book Of
the Book Of Daniel
the Book Of Enoch
the Book Of Esther
the Book Of Jeremiah
the Book Of Judith
the Book Of Micah
the Book Of Nehemiah
the Book Of Numbers
the Book Of Proverb
the Book Of Psalms
The Book of the Secrets Of
the Book Of Zechariah
The Bride of Christ
the Brook Besor
the Brook Cherith
the Brook of The Willows
The Canon of Scripture
The Christian Family
The Christmas Tree
The City Underwater
the Cliff Of Ziz
The Color Blue
The Color Purple
The Color Yellow
The Consequences of Sin
The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost to Follow Jesus
The Daniel Fast
the Day Of Atonement
The Day of Judgement
The Day of Pentecost
The Earth Orbiting the Sun
The End of Days
the Epistle Of James
the Epistle of Paul To Philemon
the Epistle To The Colossians
the Epistle To The Ephesians
the Epistle To The Galatians
The Ethiopian Eunuch
the Feast Of Tabernacles
the First Epistle General Of John
The First Resurrection
The Five Senses
The Fivefold Ministry
The Four Seasons
The Fruit of the Spirit
The Fullers Field
the Garden Of Uzza
the General Epistle Of James
The Great Commission
the Great Synagogue
The Great Tribulation
The Greek Language
The Hebrew Monarchy
the Hill Gareb
the Hill Hachilah
The Holy Land
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Trinity
the House Of Millo
The Ice Age
the Jews of The Dispersion
The Kingdom or Church of Christ
the Land Of Benjamin
the Land Of Canaan
the Land Of Shalim
the Land Of Shalisha
the Land Of Shual
The Last Supper
The Law of Moses
the Lord Of Sabaoth
the Lords Brother Judas
The Lords Day
the Man of God Moses
The Moabite Stone
The New Jerusalem
The Number 10
The Number 12
The Number 30
The Number 5
The Number 7
The Number One
the Plain Of Tabor
the Pool Of Siloah
The Potters Field
The Power of Prayer
The Prodigal Son
The Prophet Isaiah
The Red Heifer
the Rock Etam
the Rock Oreb
The Rose of Sharon
the Salt Sea
the Sea Of Tiberias
the Second and Third Epistles Of John
the Second Book Of Esdras
the Ten Plagues
the Three Taverns
the Tribe Of Benjamin
the Tribe Of Gad
The Twelve Apostles
the Two Thieves
the Valley Eshcol
the Valley Of Charashim
the Valley Of Elah
the Valley Of Rephaim
the Valley Of Zared
the Waters Of Shiloah
the Wife Of Pharaoh
The Wisdom of Solomon
the Wood Of Ephraim
The World Ending
The Year 2012
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The United States Supreme Court's decision to review Grutter v. Bollinger could have long-term consequences in how our society approaches issues of race, affirmative action, quotas and diversity as we enter this new millennium.
The case began when Barbara Grutter, a 43-year-old white woman, sued the University of Michigan law school for racial discrimination when it denied her admission while accepting many other applicants with objectively inferior academic credentials.
The school admitted that it considered the applicant's race as one of many factors in its admissions decisions but denied that it used quotas. It sought to justify its consideration of race to promote diversity, which it contended created a better educational environment.
The United States District Court didn't buy the school's arguments. While the Court didn't find that the school was using quotas per se, it did reject the school's attempt to downplay race as a factor in its admission decisions. The Court found "the evidence indisputably demonstrates that the law school places a very heavy emphasis on an applicant's race in deciding whether to accept or reject."
Such "racial classifications," by a state-funded institution, according to the Court, can only be justified under the law if they serve the "compelling state interest" of remedying past discrimination committed specifically by that institution. Promoting diversity, in other words, was not a "compelling state interest" to warrant this "reverse" discrimination. Since there was no proof that the law school had ever discriminated against the favored groups: African-Americans, Native-Americans or Hispanics, the Court ruled that the school's admissions policy was unconstitutional and in violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals reversed the District Court, holding that a race-conscious admissions program could be justified for reasons other than to remedy past discrimination and promoting diversity is one of those reasons. The United States Supreme Court, presumably, will tell us which court is correct.
How will the Supremes rule? Well, there seems to be a consensus that the 1978 Bakke case (Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke) outlawed quotas. But what about the use of racial classifications that don't quite rise to the level of quotas? Can such classifications ever be justified in the absence of evidence of past discrimination by the specific institution involved?
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment has been interpreted to mean that the "Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." But the actual decision in this case will turn on the exceptions to that principle. The Supreme Court will have to decide whether the goal of promoting diversity will become another exception (along with the goal of remedying past discrimination) to the rule against racial discrimination.
When it's all said and done, the Court's decision will likely be based more on policy than legal considerations. It will involve value judgments having little to do with the law. Sure, the decision will be couched in esoteric legalese, but it will ultimately be a question of whether the Court determines that diversity is an essential policy.
The Supreme Court in these types of issues, like it or not, often becomes a super legislature. If it were merely an interpreter of the law -- strictly a judicial body as I believe it was intended to be -- it would be hard pressed to carve out exceptions to the constitutional and statutory prescriptions against racial discrimination.
It is clearly the Court's prerogative to decide whether racial classifications violate the Equal Protection Clause in the first place. But once that decision is made, the Court crosses the line when it invents exceptions, no matter how socially desirable it deems them to be.
But while we're talking about these value judgments, I remain firmly convinced that our society is thinking way too much in terms of groups and classes than individuals. This is not only foreign to the American ideal of equal opportunity, but is insulting and destructive to the individuals comprising these favored groups and classes, as well as damaging to race relations overall.
America will be a better place in the long run if it resists the temptation to yield to societal pressure to impose politically correct value judgments and musters the courage to adhere to colorblindness. | <urn:uuid:99b1abb2-edda-4023-8d3f-495b936c6323> | 2013-05-18T17:41:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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PANAMA CITY (AP) — A shootout between suspected Colombian rebels and Panamanian border police at the two countries' border has killed one rebel and left seven captured.
The director of Panama's border agency tells local media that no Panamanian police were injured in the confrontation.
Frank Abrego said Friday that the clash occurred in Panama's southern province of Darien. There have been incursions in that area in the past by guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Abrego says police seized two assault rifles and 20 sacks apparently containing cocaine from the suspects. | <urn:uuid:950fd0e6-ba18-47dc-b4bc-aaa6f9ad50f4> | 2013-05-18T17:52:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Tue December 11, 2012
Delta Makes Deal To Buy 49 Percent Of Virgin Atlantic
Looking to grab more of "the lucrative New York-to-London market," Delta Air Lines said today that it plans to spend $360 million for a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic.
"The deal would give Delta greater appeal to premium-paying passengers doing business across the Atlantic. 'There's no question the whole focus of this deal ... was helping Delta get more access to London,' said travel analyst Henry Harteveldt. 'It's the most important international business market outside North America.' "
According to The Wall Street Journal, "Delta's deal with Virgin will enable its passengers to connect to Virgin's long-haul routes out of London and take advantage of some new domestic short-haul flights the U.K. carrier plans to add next year."
The New York Times adds that "Delta and Virgin Atlantic said they would apply for antitrust immunity from American and European competition authorities in order to coordinate fares and flight schedules, as well as offer seats on each other's planes."
It's not easy to get more landing and takeoff rights at London's Heathrow Airport, as the Times notes:
"British Airways dominates Heathrow, with 53 percent of the slots, followed by Lufthansa of Germany, with 5.6 percent, and Virgin with 3.3 percent. American and United each have 2.3 percent. British Airways' hold on the airport actually increased in the last year after it completed the acquisition of British Midland International from Lufthansa."
The Delta-Virgin deal will need to get OKs from U.S. and European aviation regulators. | <urn:uuid:c9827f7b-10a0-42f8-a319-d1c60cec5650> | 2013-05-18T17:20:35Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Ticket #22 (closed todo: wontfix)
Re-evaluate max. number of get_args values
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In compilers/imcc/pcc.c, in the function pcc_get_args, there is a #define for the maximum number of get_args values:
#define PCC_GET_ARGS_LIMIT 15
The comment that goes with it says:
/* Avoid allocations on frequent number of params.
- Arbitrary value, some fine tunning may be good. */
The number of 15 seems indeed to be arbitrary, and is certainly a limitation. This ticket then is to pick one of the following options:
1. leave it to 15. 2. increase it to some higher number 3. make it flexible, allowing any number of get_args values.
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Friday, September 30, 2005
Dworkin examines Roberts' constitutional philosophy as resulting from previous opinions and Senate hearings, and his conclusion is that: " Roberts succeeded in leaving it entirely unclear [...]." Dworkin blames both Roberts, for his failure to disclose his broader constitutional views, and the Senate, for not pressing harder on these important issues. Dworkin then concluded that:
We must hope that it has learned from its failures in the Roberts nomination. It should demand to know the new nominee's constitutional philosophy. If he or she refuses to disclose it, or claims that it is only to respect the rule of law and adds nothing more helpful about what that means, then its constitutional duty is to advise the Senate to reject that nominee as either disingenuous or incompetent.
Interestingly, Dworkin's main worry does not concern cases such as Roe v Wade, or other controversial precedent of the US Supreme Court on matter of civil liberties as applied to US citizens. Instead, he worries that the main source of worries will come from the issue of the 'President's power to conduct his war against terrorism without regard for either international law or the traditional rights of prisoners.'
According to Dworkin, Justice Roberts record is worring because 'Roberts joined an opinion declaring that the courts must show great deference to the President's opinion that international treaties, including the Geneva Conventions, do not protect the Guantánamo prisoners.'
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
This type of institutional design makes it easier for members the political class to protect a piece a legislation they fear would be found unconstitutional by the judges. In order to keep a bill out of reach of the Constitutional Court, a very large majority of the parliamentarians is however required as 60 of them are enough to start the procedure. It is now very rare that, on controversial issues, this number isn’t reached and thus the Constitutional Court is able to check the important bills. It has happened in latter years that a popular bill was promulgated without being reviewed because the opposition didn’t want to take the responsibility of starting the procedure that would end with the invalidation of key provisions. In those rare occasions, constitutional scholars and journalists denounced a secret pact between majority and opposition to do away with fundamental rights. In other terms the strategy was never reviled by the political actors themselves.
Three days ago, the Minister of Justice, out of all Ministers, publicly advocated this strategy. In fact he tried to force the pact on the left wing opposition more than he proposed it. The Parliament is about to adopt a bill on recidivist sexual-delinquents which will impose them to ware an electronic bracelet. In apparent contradiction with the constitutional principle of non retroactivity of legislation, this new rule would be applicable to delinquents who have already committed these types of facts. Acknowledging that there was “a risk of contradiction with the constitution” he explained that he was willing to run it and that “all members of Parliament could run the risk with him by not asking the Constitutional Council to review this piece of legislation and that those who would demand it would be taking the political and human responsibility of impeding the application of the new bill to the stock of imprisoned sexual delinquents.”
Now the President of the Constitutional Council it self has spoken up arguing that respecting the constitution is not a risk but a duty. The oppositions had to claim that this is an unacceptable unconstitutional behaviour etc. And now it has really no choice but to send the bill before the Constitutional Council.
What conclusions can be drawn from this amusing episode? If the opposition intended not to demand the review of the bill, then the comments of the Minister of Justice were not the smartest things to say. If on the contrary it had its mind set on demanding the review, then the Minister’s comments makes it easier as it is now possible for members of the opposition do it proudly without risking to put off the voters even if the bill is popular (which I don’t know that it is) because they will appear to be heroes who will stop at nothing to protect the constitution against the barbaric members of Government.
In all cases then, Monsieur Clément miscalculated his move. He is one of Sarkozy’s buddies and I hope that he will make many more mistakes of the kind before the presidential elections.
As noted by the Washington Times, this was Roberts' response to questions regarding the use of foreign law as precedent:
Judge Roberts also indicated he would firmly oppose the movement - aggressively supported by several current justices - to look to foreign law as a guide to interpreting our own Constitution. This use of foreign law, Judge Roberts pointed out, "allows the judge to incorporate his or her own personal preferences, cloak them with the authority of precedent - because they're finding precedent in foreign law - and use that to determine the meaning of the Constitution."
I think this is a hard argument to rebut. There is ample evidence that when given the opportunity to support an otherwise flimsy argument that judges will use any device available to them to prop that argument up. Legislative history has been a battle ground in this sense for quite a long time, but it now seems that the use of foreign law precedent is the wave of the future.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Despite the fact that the IRA has called an end to its paramilitary activities, and has decommissioned its weapons to the full satisfaction of both the independent commission set up to oversee the process by the Good Friday agreement, and two appointed clergy men (one from each "side": a protestant minister and a catholic priest), the leader of the DUP Ian Paisley has claimed that there has been a "cover up", and has refused to even countenance re-entering into devolved government with representatives from Sinn Fein.
The commission's report concludes "In summary, we have determined that the IRA has met its commitment to put all its arms beyond use in a manner called for by the legislation". Both witnesses have expressed in the strongest possible terms their satisfaction with the process. Paisley, however, will not accept this; and this should come as no surprise. He has nothing to gain, and everything to lose, if the peace process in Northern Ireland should come what most of the rest of us regard as a successful end: the removal of paramilitary violence from the political sphere. Much of Paisley's popularity rests on the fact of that conflict; he has thus a vested interest in not allowing it to end.
In this regard, the reaction of the UUP to this is encouraging; one Assembly member described Paisley's attempt to cast apsertions on the integrity of the decommissioning committee as "sad". In terms that also echoed the conclusions of the report, the UUP also called for similar action from the Loyalist paramilitary groups, who had claimed they would disarm should the IRA do so. Paisley, predictably, has had nothing to say on this.
It is tempting to view Paisley's invective as simply the ravings of an anachronism who knows that his time has, finally, come, and thus ignore them. To do so, however, would be to overlook the fact that, as of earlier this year, the DUP became the biggest Unionist party in Northern Ireland (Sinn Fein became the biggest nationalist party). While someone like Paisley remains in a position of such power, the prospects for the region, in particular in terms of the reinstatement of devolved government at Stormont, look bleak indeed.
Monday, September 26, 2005
1- Will he keep his promise? Tony, in the past, has announced many things that have never come true. One example? The referendum on the euro...
2- Who will be his successors? Gordon Brown is obviously in pole-position but many have voiced their disappointments especially after Brown declared that he will stick to the implementation of the Constitutional reforms Blair initiated. (Frankly, the criticism against this idea are laughable. Can Brown depart in any substantive way from the path taken by HIS government?)
3- What will Tony do afterwards? He is still very young and ambitious, so we really wonder what he has in mind. Is he thinking at the European level or at the international level. Will he do like his friend, Bill Clinton?
Here we have a number of exciting questions that will be answered on this blog!
Saturday, September 24, 2005
The Guardian reported that, after the incident, the locals took to the streets with loudspeakers, demanding that the men be detained an put on trial. The UK military then took the apparently astonishing decision to storm the jail in which the men were being held, and liberate them by force from the Iraqi authorities. Small wonder that those same authorities have since decided to cease cooperation with UK forces.
The row caused by this action, which, incidentally, was staunchly defended by the UK government as "swift and decisive action in very difficult circumstances", has been reignited now by the reissuance by an Iraqi judge of warrants for the arrest of the two men. The UK military continue to claim that, under the terms of an agreement between the two governments, British soldiersn are immune to prosecution. Interestingly, the judge in question has told the BBC that there is reason to doubt that the men in question are, in fact, British; this, he claims, is sufficient to give Iraqi courts jurisdiction rationae personae over them.
An interesting development, all things considered. The decision by UK forces to storm the prison to free the men seems astounding, both in terms of increasing difficulties with the local population, and also, of course, given that Iraq is, nominally at least, a "sovereign state". The reaction from the local authorities would seem to suggest that they are not, however, going to let the occupying forces have absolutely everything their own way. We'll see how things pan out, though...
Friday, September 23, 2005
The international credibility of this government, if there was any left, is completely jettisoned. The president of the Italian central bank, Fazio, who was in the eye of the storm during the summer, is at this very moment in Washington for the yearly meeting of the IMF. Berlusconi has just declared that Fazio does not have the support of the government anymore. His legitimacy has been put in doubt.
As a consequence, Italy is now represented in Washington by a person who is in conflict with the government; moreover, he is also in an open conflict with Giulio Tremonti, the newly appointed minister of Economic Affairs, who had been dismissed in the past from Berlusconi's government precisely because of the pressure exercised by Fazio.
The two men, Fazio and Tremonti, are in Washington at the IMF to defend the interests of Italy. Could something similar happen anywhere else in the world?
Thursday, September 22, 2005
A very interesting article by Thomas Nagel has just been posted on the following issue: 'Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament.'
There are only eight months left before the elections. No budgetary law at this point is likely to redress the poor italian economy. Hard choices should be taken, but this is not possible at the moment. Hard choices do not sell well with the electorate.
Italy is prisoner of a government whose death is dragging the country in a black hole. Elections should be held NOW!
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
In France, the leaders of the Parti socialiste believe that they failed in the presidential elections in 2002 and at the referendum on the European constitution last spring because of those small radical left wing parties who drew the votes which made them win before. Afraid that it will lead to more defeats in the future, the leaders of this party have realized that time had come to reposition themselves clearly on the political scale. There are those who would move in the direction of the radicals (Fabius/Mélanchon and Nouveau parti socialiste/Emmanuelli) and those who would move further away from them (Hollande, Aubry, Jospin, Strauss-Kahn). The strategy of the first group is clearly to regain the votes lost to the little parties and eventually make alliances with them. The strategy of the second group is seemingly to regain the votes lost to right wing parties and maybe to fulfil the old dream of winning over the “center”. In two months time, a congress will take place in which the Parti socialiste will decide the direction it will follow in the coming years.
Some can be scandalized that small radical parties are able to force large and respectable institutions such as the PS into tensed decision making. I think that it is great. Deciding clearly on the ideological orientations of a party cannot be bad. No matter which way it goes, it is a first positive consequence for the left wing, of the rejection of the European constitution. It might happen in Germany as well.
What is worse is that German elections identify a common European problem and dismiss it at the same time as not-too-important. The problem is that we are struggling in order to find answers to european crisis, especially related to the job market. Jobless people are obviously unsatisfied and frustrated. The problem is that they do not want to take the medicine, that is a robust reform of the european social sphere. The reason is that they feel they are doing well, after all.
This is the worse possible feeling. Our standards are lowering, but we are waiting until dramatic conditions will arise before taking responsibilities. Deterioration of the European social and welfare sphere will happen, unfortunately. It is time to act now, we cannot wait anymore.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The UN World Summit has been largely regarded as a failure: as one Guardian leader noted, it was "little more than a heavily spun restatement of its [the UN's] loftiest ambitions". This, although real grounds for criticism, cannot have been much cause for surprise. The definition of "terrorism", for example, has for years proved to be quite as intractable an issue as the definition of "aggression"; for, most likely, fairly similar reasons (any definition will almost inevitably appear both under- and over- inclusive to most states). However, most reports have agreed that one real, substantive advance has been made in the field of humanitarian intervention.
I, for one, have found these reports a little confusing. I assumed, on the basis of a few articles and news bulletins, that some notion of an individual right to armed intervention to defend populations suffering grave human rights abuses had been agreed. The same Guardian piece, for example, applauded the "one real shift: recognition that the world body has a 'responsibility to protect' - to ensure that genocide, ethnic cleansing and other war crimes should not be ignored in the name of state sovereignty."
Just how much of a shift is this, though? Certainly not as much as the Guardian piece suggests. The Security Council has already shown itself willing (albeit only very occasionally) to view such serious human rights abuses as "threats to international peace and security" - the "trigger phrase" for enforcement action under Chapter VII. They have thus already acknowledged that state sovereignty in this field can be overridden by the International Community acting through the Security Council.
Perhaps, though, it could be argued that, for the first time, the United Nations has accepted an obligation to intervene in cases of genocide, ethnic cleansing or other crimes against humantiy. Perhaps it has learned its lessons from Rwanda after all. I'm not so sure, however: here is the relevant section from the World Summit outcome:
Responsibility to Protect Populations from Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes against Humanity
138. Each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. This responsibility entails the prevention of such crimes, including their incitement, through appropriate and necessary means. We accept that responsibility and will act in accordance with it. The international community should, as appropriate, encourage and help States to exercise this responsibility and support the United Nations in establishing an early warning capability.
139. The international community, through the United Nations, also has the responsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means, in accordance with Chapter VI and VIII of the Charter, to help protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. In this context, we are prepared to take collective action, in a timely and decisive manner, through the Security Council, in accordance with the UN Charter, including Chapter VII, on a case by case basis and in cooperation with relevant regional organizations as appropriate, should peaceful means be inadequate and national authorities manifestly failing to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. We stress the need for the General Assembly to continue consideration of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity and its implications, bearing in mind the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. We also intend to commit ourselves, as necessary and appropriate, to help states build capacity to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and to assist those which are under stress before crises and conflicts break out.
Does this really constitute the "unambiguous acceptance by all governments of the collective international responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity" breathlessly proclaimed on the UN website? I have serious doubts. (See also the post on the Carpterbagger Report for an interesting view in this regard, noting that, in respect of genocide at least, such responsibility to protect already existed under the Genocide Convention). The language, when it comes to the role of the international community, and even more so when it comes to the use of force, is decidedly less than mandatory.
Thus, the international community "should, as appropriate, encourage and help States to exercise" their individual responsibilty to protect their own populations from these serious human rights violations. It also has the responsibility to use "diplomacy and other appropriate peaceful means to help to protect" populations from genocide. In terms of the use of force under Chapter VII, no obligation at all is accepted; it is nothing more than a restatement of what we already new: "we are prepared to take collective action, in a timely and decisive manner, through the Security Council, in accordance with the UN Charter, including Chapter VII, on a case by case basis".
There is, to my mind, nothing here for proponents of humanitarian intervention to get in the least excited about; indeed, there seems to be little, if anything, that is new at all. Any action must still got through the Security Council; and Security Council paralysis will not lead to any right to act unilaterally (except to the extent that such a right can be said to exist already under customary international law). Not that those who are deeply uneasy about the proposed customary right to unilateral humanitarian intervention, relied on by the UK as the legal basis for the Kosovo bombings (according to Lord Goldsmith; see my post here), to get excited about; this was a real opportunity missed, for both sides. Those in favour could have seen much of the controversy over the proposed right removed; more importantly, from my own point of view, those uneasy could have seen the potential for such a right - the acceptance of which now seems more and more likely - to be used in an absolutely arbitrary manner could have seen some much needed specifications, thresholds and safeguards put into place. At least the legal categories of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are a little more specific than Lord Goldsmith's formulation of "the use of force to avert overwhelming human catastrophe".
to its Of course, it is perhaps naive to hope for an individual right to humanitarian intervention to be specified within the framework of a UN summit. However, if the Charter can make exceptions for self-defence, why not for humanitarian intervention? Would it be so different from the domestic analogy, in which a right to defend others is often inferred from the right to self-defence (particularly now, when the focus of international law has shifted from its subjectsobjects)? Arguments in favour of such a right seem to me to have a very sound basis in ethical theory (and not merely a foundationalist ethical theory); however, they are currently outweighed by the danger created by the lack of ex post accountability generally in international law, exacerbated by the current situation of single power hegemony. The summit would thus have been an ideal opportunity to provide some delimitation of the "right" to humanitarian intervention, so that this ethically sound but practically extremely dangerous doctrine could begin, at least, to shed some of its controversy and begin to aid those most in need with a much reduced risk of cynical appropriation for individual interests.
In this, however, as, apparently, in everything else, the best that the leaders of the world could muster was a rhetorically fudged restatement of the status quo.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Please have a look here for one of his recent article posted to the SSRN (Social Science Research Network), and published on the European Law Journal.
"But it was in the second major civil rights battle of the early Reagan administration that Roberts, winner of an undergraduate history award at Harvard College, revealed a surprising ignorance of America's racial past. The issue in 1981 was whether Congress should renew key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and overturn a 1980 Supreme Court decision that threatened to undermine the gains that African-Americans were making in securing their right to vote.
The history of discrimination was unambiguous. Despite the guarantees of the Fifteenth Amendment, from the end of Reconstruction in the late nineteenth century through the early 1960s the states of the Old Confederacy kept black people from registering to vote by a variety of strategies. As the Supreme Court struck down one device after another for disenfranchis-ing blacks as violating the Fifteenth Amendment, states replaced them with others, finally resorting to primaries limited to white people. These practices were reinforced by racial violence. Many local black leaders who were organizing people to vote were murdered by members of the Klan."
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Giovanni Sartori, an eminent political scientist, and world expert on electoral reforms (he's italian after all), condemns the reform here, on the Corriere della Sera.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
On behalf of all (the rest) of us at the Transatlantic Assembly, I'd like to extend our warmest congratulations to Srdjan, who today became the latest member of our group to successfully defend his doctoral thesis (on, if memory serves me well, the theory of open borders and the liberal state) at the European University Institute in Florence.
Feeling the pressure, Raph? I know I am...
Congratulations, Dr Cvijic!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
The storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort. When those coastguard choppers ... were pulling people off roofs, they didn't check the colour of a person's skin.
We can only hope that this kind of deliberately obtuse comment fails in its goal, which is to close once again the eyes of the American public, and indeed the world, that have been so dramatically opened to the current reality of perhaps the most difficult and persistent issue in the history of the US. The idea that "race was not an issue" in the Katrina disaster is, quite simply, intellectual dishonesty of the lowest order.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Very many appalling, and deeply moving, images and stories that have come out of New Orleans in the last week or so, the most memorable of which have focused upon the most vulnerable members of society, such as children and pensioners. At the same time, the most commonly expressed sentiment (after, perhaps, grief and outrage) has been astonishment: how could this have happened, have been allowed to happen, in the richest, most "modern" country in the world?
Many fingers have been pointed in an attempt to answer this question; the politics of blame have been in full swing since the scale of the disaster became apparent. None of these, however, from allegations of incompetence to more sinister suggestions, are as disquieting as that offered (admittedly in another context) by the French author, Michel Houellebecq. In his recent novel, La possibilité d’une île, one character discusses the heatwave in France in 2003, which claimed the lives of some ten thousand people in two weeks. Noting the reaction in the press in the days and weeks that followed this, he talks of the series of appalling images and reports that appeared, containing scenes worthy of concentration camps, and the apparent lack of compassion that allowed things to reach this stage. He then goes on to discuss, in the following terms, the prevailing response to these:
“Des scènes indignes d’un pays moderne”, écrivait le journaliste sans se rendre compte qu’elles étaient la preuve, justement, que la France était en train de devenir un pays moderne, que seul un pays authentiquement moderne était capable de traiter les vieillards comme de purs déchets, et qu’un tel mépris des ancêtres aurait été inconcevable en Afrique, ou dans un pays d’Asie traditionnel.
There are, of course, significant differences between the French canicule of 2003, and what we are now witnessing in New Orleans. The basic point, however, remains both salient and deeply disquieting: that the "modernity" that we trumpet, and from the standpoint of which we express our utter disbelief at our own reaction to catastrophe (again, and again, it seems), may, in fact, be in some way causally implicated in that reaction. Could it be, in fact, that it is only in times of catastrophe that we are forced to confront the alienation that in fact characterises la vie quotidienne?
Thursday, September 08, 2005
I just want to say that people have said without fail that the United States is a compassionate country that has helped so much when there has been devastation around the world that they want give back to the United States. And that should make us feel good as Americans to know that people acknowledge how much we have been able to help and that they now want to help us.
It is NOT because the US is a compassionate country that the world is giving an aid. Facing a human tragedy of those proportions, everyone feels bound to help. But it is not a 'do ut des' type of aide. That is to say, it is not a pay back. It would happen with any country in the world, with no discrimination, and this for the simple reason that we all have a moral duty to help those who have been struck by a lethal blow.
The United Nations has mobilized their disaster experts. I want to thank Secretary General Kofi Annan for that. Their people are sitting with our people in Washington to plan out UN support. So there's just a lot.
Oh all of a sudden, Kofi boy becomes a good old friend. And the UN a great, supportive, institutions. This is ridiculous.
And if I could just close with one story that is particularly heartening to me, the small country of Sri Lanka, which has just gone through its own devastation because of a tsunami, is one of the cash contributors to this effort. And that says something about the heart of the world as well as the heart of America.
This should be taken as a lesson and not as a fairy tale. Sri Lanka is simply giving an example of (international) solidarity. A word, that the Bush administration can barely comprehend. Bush and Rice say that because of their compassionate attitude, the world is now showing solidarity. The truth is that the world is showing international solidarity precisely because of the lack of domestic solidarity seen in the US. We know Bush's administration had the financial means to cope with the tragedy. This is not the issue. Bush' s administration lacked the will of showing strong, immediate, domestic solidarity. Sri Lanka gave a moral lesson to the Bush administration.
How does the story end? Today (??) Bush is asking the Congress to give money for relief...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Recently, while attempting to do this sifting I ran across this (names omitted to protect the guilty).
With respect, I think you are mistaken: politics cannot be
from the law in any context. Further, neither law nor politics can
from ethics, logic, or linguistics, among other
And to whatever extent politics is thought of as being separate
or vice versa, to that extent we are not discussing politics or
law, but TYRANNY
You can't separate anything from its
purpose, and the results matter:
Katrina was an act of god, but our response
to that act was ours and ours alone.
Wars happen because we instigate and
permit them; poverty and famine are
entirely the result political and legal
We have had the
capacity to live a "civilized" existence
for something like 4,000 years now, and
in all that time we have yet to
achieve it. That fact is entirely our fault, and
that fact could literally
be changed overnight by simply choosing to change it.
The only thing
stopping us is the fact that so many of us think being an
ignorant savage is
just a good idea.
It is enormously frustrating to hear such yip yap as a crisis still rages. I can only hope that the high handed arrogance of such individuals fades with experience.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Things, however, cannot be as easy as a simple amendment of the Human Rights Act. Firstly, because this Act was intended to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, and the UK Government will still have the same obligations under that convention regardless of what it does to its domestic law. More interestingly from my own point of view, however, there is also the issue of the UN Convention against Torture. In this regard, it is worth bearing in mind that this Convention was at the centre of one of the most high-profile House of Lords judgments of recent times, in the Pinochet case.
Article 3(1) of the Torture Convention is very clear on the subject of deportations.
No State Party shall expel, return ("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
This, however, seems little more than a logical extension of the general definition of the crime of torture included in Article 1:
For the purposes of this Convention, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
It is also interesting to note the striking language used in Article 2(2) of the Torture Convention, particularly in the context of the deportation of those who are seen to encourage terrorism:
No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat or war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.
It certainly may be argued that knowingly returning someone to a country in which"there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be subject to torture" would constitute the "consent or acquiescence of a public official" under the meaning of Article 1. The wording of Article 4(1) of the Convention also seems to support such a reading:
Each State Party shall ensure that all acts of torture are offences under its criminal law. The same shall apply to an attempt to commit torture and to an act by any person which constitutes complicity or participation in torture.
If, therefore, we can coherently argue that deporting someone to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing that he may be subjected to torture can be described as the "consent or acquiesence of a public official", and, if such consent or acquiesence can be viewed as "complicity" in the sense of Article 4, then those responsible for the extradition could themselves be guilty of under international law of any torture that does, in fact, result, an "international crime in the highest sense", according to the Pinochet judgment, and one which, due to its jus cogens nature, "justifies states in taking universal jurisdiction over torture wherever committed" (Lord Browne-Wilkinson). Nor is this chain of reasoning particularly outlandish; the "consent or acquiesence of a public official" is what is required to make any torture an international crime; thus, it seems sensible to suggest that the official who provides such consent is guilty as "complicit", regardless of whether they were directly involved in the actual act.
Blair may well, thus, win the current battle, forcing reluctant courts to accept the controversial plans to deport those suspected of preaching terror to countries in which they face the risk of torture. This might not, however, be the end of the affair; if my reasoning here is sound, then he may risk incurring personal international criminal liability for any torture that does, in fact, occur. Nor, of course, after the Pinochet judgment, would he enjoy any immunity rationae materiae in respect of such allegations, and as such had better choose his holiday destinations with care when he eventually steps down in a couple of years' time...
An excerpt: "Chief Justice Rehnquist's goal of weakening the checks on presidential power happily met decisive opposition within the court, although I worry that the seeds he planted to that end might yet bear dangerous fruit. No pleasure in argument could overcome my sadness at the Supreme Court's performance in the 2000 election, or my disappointment at how far the chief justice succeeded in his goals of lowering the wall of separation between church and state, shrinking Congress's power and reducing the protections accorded the mostly poor people of color who are suspected or accused of crime."
Monday, September 05, 2005
However, as this interesting BBC article, provocatively entitled "Can aid do more harm than good" argues, as other news pushed Niger from the front pages, some aid and development experts are suggesting that Tandja may have had a point. The article, well worth a read, raises the prospect that dramatic aid appeals can actually be counter-productive, focusing attention away from chronic, long term structural problems in favour of short term solutions; not to mention the sometimes perverse incentives for aid agencies to simplify and exaggerate situations for their own ends.
Again, this is not to cast aspersions on the worthiness of the goals that aid agencies pursue; it does, however, as I have suggested before, provide us with another reason not to accept the image of aid and development that we are so accustomed to, and comfortable with, without a good deal more critical inquiry.
His article on 'Katrina' makes a vwery similar point as Srdjan's post on Friday.
Compare the two and judge for yourself!
"A transatlantic race to see who can create in the next ten years the most powerful eye to scrutinise the universe in the hope of making spectacular discoveries. European scientists are planning a telescope as much as one hundred metres in diameter"
"Hopes of photographing a planet similar to our own in orbit around some far-off star are hidden under the terraces of the stadium in Tucson, Arizona.This is the home of the Mirror Lab, and the stamping ground of lanky, greying Roger Angel, the wizard who dreamed up a new way to manufacture telescopes. It is here that a very special mirror, 8.4 metres in diameter, is under construction. With seven similar mirrors, it will be part of the world’s largest observatory. The final seven-mirror telescope, known as Giant Magellan, will be able to explore the furthest reaches of the cosmos with the precision of a single, much bigger mirror 23 metres across. Current technology cannot produce mirrors that broad, but the problem has been sidestepped by combining several smaller ones. The project will cost half a billion dollars, and the seven American promoters, including Boston’s MIT and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, have yet to find the necessary funds."
Friday, September 02, 2005
In the case of Katerina, the US Government proclaimed the state emergency, urged the population to evacuate the area of New Orleans but did nothing substantial to facilitate their retreat. One cannot escape the images on one hand of the middle class New Orleans leaving the city in their cars well before the Hurricane and on the other hand, poor, almost 100% African-American population that had nowhere to go, that remained in the city to the mercy of the scarcely efficient relief effort.
Would it be different in European states with a more entrenched culture of the extensive state? I believe so, at least the state would have much less to worry about in the case of forceful removal of the population from the areas threatened by natural disasters. Moreover, it would be much easier to spend and justify money employed for such an action. Once upon a time a close friend of mine, a convinced libertarian from the US, told me provocatively, referring to the penal code in most of the Continental European Countries imposing the Good Samaritan behavior on the citizens in cases of emergency where the life of others is under threat, and the absence of such legislation in the US, “no one needs to tell us Americans to help our neighbor”. Coming back to the case of state reaction in the case of natural disasters I wish to advance a provocative claim that a libertarian state lacks the culture and instruments able to deal with natural disasters in an adequate manner.
This is not to lead one to the logical conclusion that undemocratic totalitarian states deal perfectly with natural or other types of disasters (look at the reaction of the Soviet Union post and prior to the Chernobyl catastrophe). It is just to argue against the arrogant libertarian conviction that a minimal state is better than a more extensive one in absolute terms and that the invisible hand of the market has the propensity to mend everything. At the end of the day, if nothing else, the disaster caused by the Hurricane Katerina de-masked the nature and structural weakness of the American deeply socially and economically divided system. More extensive state does not necessarily react better in such situations but it has a positive effect on human solidarity, to express myself bluntly, people are more used to be forced to give to the others, in such states individual citizens do not need to write signs such as “Keep away or die”, and at the end of the day there are much less weapons around, so the state comparatively easier job of dealing with the vacuum of law and order.
Italy, sadly, is able to turn every comedy into tragedy and, happily, every tragedy into a comedy. Berlusconi's slow decline belongs to the former category.
With elections coming up next April, Berlusconi is desperately striving to maintain his position. He has to fight against the opposition and against his own 'comrades,' who are desperately trying to get rid of him as a leader of the center-right coalition. The problem is that, as Berlusconi controls the vast majortiy of italian media plus a good slice of italian companies, he is planning to use all its 'artillery' to fight back and avoid defeat.
This macabre show is all the more sickening when looked at from the viewpoint of small/medium dignitaries of Berlusconi's party who, in a very italian way world wide known as 'trasformismo', are quitting the ranks of Berlusconi's party to join the opposition in view of forthcoming elections.
Berlusconi declared once that he made the transition from 1st to 2nd republic possible. The spectacle we are witnessing these days, however, reminds us of the early days of the italian republic, if such thing has ever existed.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
This issue tells a lot about the depressing state of conservative politics in the UK. For those who weren't aware, Clarke has stood as a competitor for the post in the past 3 internal elections.
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Rediscovered Book II -- The Light People by Gordon Henry
Gordon Henry, a member of the White Earth Band of Chippewa and professor at Michigan State University, published "The Light People" in 1994. The book is a collection of vignettes featuring Anishinaabe people. One vignette, "Requiem for a Leg," is about the discovery of an Ojibwe leg in a Minneapolis museum, frozen and preserved for all time. The story is about the discovery of the leg by members of the leg's family, so to speak. They make a demand for the leg and the museum denies the claim. A federal trial ensues.
The story of the leg had already been told earlier in the book in a chapter titled, "Oshawa's Uncle's Story." The leg came from a guy named Moses Four Bears around in the early 20th century. He had the leg amputated as a result of frostbite. He ordered younger family members to dress the leg in his best regalia and bury it. Of course, it was during a fierce blizzard and the leg was lost in the white blindness.
During the trial in "Requiem," the anthro who discovered the leg floating downstream in the spring brought the leg to the museum. All the anthros opined that is was evidence of ancient culture and was hundreds of years old. This portion of the trial is hilarious. The defense attorney for the museum is named Nugush. I can't repeat here what my grandmother told me that word means.
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Ernest Vessiot's father was a school teacher, then later he was appointed inspector general of primary schools. Vessiot therefore came from an academic background. He attended the lycée at Marseilles, then sat the entrance examination for the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
In the entrance examination Vessiot was placed second to Hadamard and thereafter he studied in the same class as Hadamard. After graduating from the École Normale Supérieure, Vessiot accepted a teaching post at Lyon in 1887.
In 1892 he submitted his doctoral dissertation on groups of linear transformations, in particular studying the action of these groups on the independent solutions of a differential equation.
After the award of his doctorate, Vessiot taught in a number of places, Lille, Toulouse, Lyon and finally Paris in 1910. He was appointed to the prestigious post of Director of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and he continued to hold this post until he retired in 1935. In his role of director he supervised the construction of new physical laboratories at the École Normale Supérieure.
Vessiot applied continuous groups to the study of differential equations. He extended results of Drach (1902) and Cartan (1907) and also extended Fredholm integrals to partial differential equations.
Vessiot was assigned to ballistics during World War I and made important discoveries in this area. He was honoured by election to the Académie des Sciences in 1943.
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Part 2 - My Fourth of July Vacation: A
ride through the Midwest during that patriotic
time of year. (Jerome A. Holst © 2005)
In Part 1 of my "Fourth of July Vacation" story,
I had traveled to the town of Metropolis,
Illinois to see the Hometown of Superman, a.k.a.
"The Man of Steel" from the DC comic book tales.
My next stop were the cornfields of Illinois.
However, after miles and miles of cornfields, I
decided not to travel to Riverside, Iowa, the
future home of Captain James T. Kirk from the
Star Trek series and instead headed south to
Interstate Route 50 and Vincennes, Indiana, the
birthplace of comedian Red Skelton.
Red Skelton Bridge on Highway 50
As I neared the town of Vincennes, Indiana I
crossed over a bridge dedicated to the late
comedian. Called the "Red Skelton Bridge" it
traversed the watery Wabash River which ran
through the town of Vincennes and divided the
states of Illinois and Indiana.
The Fourth of July is, of course, an appropriate
time to visit Red's hometown because Red was
famous for his patriotic recitation of
Pledge of Allegiance" in which
he explained the meaning of each word.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
Of the United States of America,
And to the Republic for which it stands:
Nation under God, indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.
Other Red Skelton landmarks in the area are the
"Freddie the Freeloader” bench at the
Vincennes-Sun Commercial that was dedicated on
July 18, 1981 by Vincennes Mayor William Rose;
Red's Eisenhower military jacket from World War
II that rests on permanent display at the
Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, and the
Museum and Performing Arts Center
created to honor Red's memory.
Richard "Red" Skelton was born in
Vincennes at 111 Lyndale Avenue on July 18,
1913. At age 10, Red joined up with a traveling
medicine show and eventually climbed up the
ladder of the entertainment industry by
performing in minstrel and tent shows, circuses,
burlesques, Mississippi show boats, vaudeville,
radio, motion pictures and television. Red is
best remembered for his twenty year run on the
CBS program THE RED SKELTON SHOW from 1951-1971.
He received a Life Achievement Award from the
Screen Actors Guild in 1988.
Red Skelton died of pneumonia on September 17,
1997 at 7:48 AM at his home in Rancho Mirage,
California and was buried at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Taking a Taco Bell break, I pulled off the
Highway 50, ordered my meal of a Chalupa (can
you say "Chalupa?") and a diet cola drink at the
drive-thru window. As I sat in my car chewing on
my Chalupa, I spied an amusing billboard that
proclaimed "It's Hip to Snip." The ad advocated
spaying of dogs, and the dog in the billboard
was just a little too happy about the whole
thing, if you ask me.
My stomach filled with food, I took a quick nap,
making sure to roll the windows down. The
weather had been in the 90 degree range the
whole trip and I didn't want to wake up and find
that I had baked myself like a burrito in the
I awoke from my nap feeling refreshed and head
to downtown Vincennes to see the monument to
George Rogers Clark. Constructed in 1932, the
massive granite structure pays homage to the
Conquest of the West.
The monument is part of the National Park that
sits smack in the middle of downtown. A museum
is dedicated to the history of the region and
displays photographs of the military fort built
by the British and captured by George Rogers
Clark and his band of freedom fighters in the
Inside the museum, you can see artifacts like
muskets, bayonets, cannonballs and mannequins
depicting revolutionary soldiers and the local
red-skins (Oops, I mean Native Americans).
However, the Indian, I saw did have his face
painted with bright red markings.
Back in Metropolis, Illinois, another monument
to the heroism of George Rogers Clark at the
Fort Massac State Park relived the tales of
Colonel George Rogers Clark who led his "Long
Knives" regiment in 1778 in to Illinois at
Massac Creek and captured Kaskasia, 100 miles to
the north, allegedly without firing a shot. He
and his men went on to take the entire Illinois
Taking a few moments to wander through the
Vincennes park, I walked under the large bridge
that crossed the Wabash. Under the bridge,
hundreds of mud swallows constructed their nests
and hurriedly retreated from the area when I
approached. Hey, couldn't they tell I didn't
have wings. There's no way, I'd catch any of
them. My main concern at the moment was doing
any possible dropping hat might generously fall
from the sky in the frenzy. Luckily, I was
Along the riverbank, I came upon a plaque. It
stated that, here, sometime in the past, a young
Abraham Lincoln crossed over this river and made
his way into Illinois. I stopped to contemplate
the event in my mind's eye. For a moment I stood
humbled in the light of such a simple and yet
profound historical event. I thought of how he
grew to manhood, managed the strife between the
North and the South during Civil War and
eventually gave his life for his country at the
hands of an assassin.
It was time to move on. I bid good bye and God
bless (as Red Skelton was fond if saying) to
Boat with local fishers floats beneath the
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