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There's an interesting Sacramento vs. LA debate over what is called "realignment."
That's the term of art for the state's efforts to give local governments more responsibility for certain government functions – notably by sending thousands of state prisoners back to counties.
While decentralization is the stated goal, there's a very practical and legal reason: the state has to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce its prison population.
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Since policy is political, and since the political is personal, there's a personal political rivalry tied up in the debate.
Realignment has become a signature policy of Gov. Jerry Brown. It has been the target of criticism of many local officials, most prominently Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
This week the mayor and his police chief, Charlie Beck, complained that realignment has forced local law enforcement to take on the responsibility of managing people transferred from state prison – but without enough new money to do the job.
As a result, Los Angeles is shifting 150 police officers off the streets to help deal with the anticipated problems of the transfers.
This criticism of realignment, in turn, has opened up the mayor to criticism. Villaraigosa's complaint about realignment seem at odds with another criticism he has made of Brown: that the governor hasn't been bold enough in fixing the broken California governing system and taking on the politically impregnable Prop 13.
The Prop 13 governing system has centralized decision-making power in Sacramento.
So why is Villaraigosa now complaining about a "realignment" that is supposed to be decentralizing, in that it transfers some responsibilities to the local level?
Brown's political advisor, Steve Glazer, called out Villaraigosa on Twitter this week, noting the conflict – and poking at Villaraigosa's well-known ambition to be governor. Glazer's tweet read: "Gov2B Villaraigosa follows Prop 13 reform plank by thumbing nose @Supreme Ct prison redction order. Realignmnt avoids early release/lowers $"
Glazer has a point.
This transfer of prisoners outside state custody is better than simply releasing them out on the streets. It's cheaper to house prisoners in county jails or other facilities than it is to keep them in state prisons.
But the criticism is also misleading, for two reasons. First, it ignores the true nature of California's centralized system. Second, it glosses over the fact that Brown's "realignment" doesn't address the source of the centralization.
How's that?
The core problem in California's system is that local governments don't have the power – and thus the responsibility and the accountability – that comes with being able to raise taxes on their own.
Prop 13 centralized power not because it transferred programs to the state level – but because it eliminated the ability of local elected officials to set tax rates. Taxes now can be raised only in Sacramento – by a two-thirds vote of the state legislature – or by local voters (and then only by supermajorities).
True realignment would not merely dump costs and prisoners in the laps of the locals – which is what this realignment does. Real realignment would restore to local officials the ability to raise taxes to cover the costs of whatever programs are needed for prisoners.
But that kind of realignment requires taking on Prop 13's prohibition on local taxes. And Brown won't take on Prop 13 – or the kind of broader constitutional redesign the state needs. Which is why Villaraigosa is not hypocritical in his criticism. He's been consistent – and is doubly right.
The mayor's call for fixing the Prop 13 centralized system – and his criticism of "realignment" for dumping his city with more responsibilities without the funds to pay for them – are really two sides of the same coin.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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I thought she was just a comic book character. Or, at best, there was that one lady who played her in a movie. But no, here, before my eyes, is Ramona Flowers, in the flesh, taking her hammer out for a walk, perhaps to buy some milk, or the morning paper.
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I recently had the pleasure of reading Albert R. Mohler's new book, Culture Shift (Multnomah), in which the president of Southern Seminary takes a long, hard look at aspects of modern American life.
In chapter 11, entitled "A Coddled Generation Cannot Cope," Dr. Mohler takes aim at the way in which parents have developed the habit over recent decades of overprotecting their children. A generation is rising, he claims, which has been so coddled and protected by parents that it is incapable of taking its place in the real world but is doomed to remain emotionally dependent upon parents, and thus at a stunted level of emotional and psychological maturity.
The article is hard-hitting. As a professor and an academic administrator, I am quite used to the occasional student behaving like a five-year-old. Hey, I did it myself often enough when I was youngerbut there is a new phenomenon which I have come across recently and which I do not recall from my student days: angry parents, threatening to sue when a child in his twenties has behaved like a four-year-old. When I acted like an immature idiot, I didn't dare tell my father, knowing full well where he would have come down on the issue. Now it seems that blood is not only thicker than water, but also clogs up that part of the brain which sees the value in allowing children to grow up and stand on their own two feet.
Permanent, irresponsible adolescence permeates modern Western society, from those adults who spend more hours in the day on Xbox than they do talking to loved ones, through to those for whom the failure of a sports team is grounds for serious depression and even, in extreme cases, thoughts of suicide. At least in the West we live in a world where the battle simply for survival is, by and large, over, or at least not imminent. Few of us do not know when and whence our next meal is coming; there are no famines in Britain and America, as there have been in Africa; and ethnic cleansing is not something that many of us experience on a daily basis. We have plenty of material possessions and do not struggle in the way that even our grandparents may have had to do in the twenties and thirties. Yet we live in a world where anxiety levels are high, where suicide is not that uncommon, and where the national bill for antidepressants is awe inspiring.
Why is this the case? Mohler suggests, and I think he is right, that the coddling and overprotection of children has created a generation many of whose members have no sense of proportion, no ability to take responsibility for themselves, and no capacity for handling setbacks and contradictions. Just look at the blog world, where all kinds of crazy, extremist rhetoric is used about absolute trivia. Then just reflect on e-mails you have probably received, how rude and abrupt and extreme people are prepared to be electronically, compared to how sycophantic and spineless they often are face-to-face. The virtual world is a mirror of reality: a place where everyone demands to be heard on anything they want to speak about, yet where nobody has to take responsibility or face the consequences of their actions.
This coddling of children also explains why adults are so often childish. The indulgence of children is a form of idolatry. Yes, we are to love our kids and to care for them, but our primary function as parents is to raise them in a manner that allows them to take over from us, to become adults, to stand on their own two feet. But the Bible has some severe words for idolaters. Psalm 115, for example, makes it clear that those who make idols are doomed to become like them, and Romans 1 indicates that those who worship the creature rather than the Creator soon lose many of the characteristics that set human beings apart from other animals. It is no surprise, then, that a society that worships children is destined to remain permanently childlike in the worst sense of the word.
Sadly, the church is too often simply a function of the wider culture on this issue. If we are ever to be anything more than the emotionally stunted people that those outside the church claim we are, we must set our faces against this idolatry of the immature, put aside childish things, and grow up. Let your kids graze their knees, don't call the police when they tell you that the neighbors' son encouraged them to eat a worm, and teach them to take their bumps and bruises and grow up into the people God intended them to be. Amazingly enough, it will help you grow up too.
Adapted from the Monthly Record of the Free Church of Scotland, December 2008. The author teaches at Westminster Theological Seminary. Reprinted from New Horizons, February 2010.
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First spiritually scientific Symposium on female monasticism opens in the Zica monastery
In the Zica monastery, the endowment of Saint Sava and Saint Simeon (king Stephen the First Crowned) yesterday, on September 1, 2011 the first international spiritually scientific Symposium on female monasticism has solemnly commenced. The Symposium that began yesterday will last until September 4.
Continuing in our time on the spiritual path of Saint Sava and following his thought that spiritual learning is neither game nor a madness of human thoughts, but preached holy faith of God, the sisterhood of the Zica monastery gathered the most important theologians and clerics of Orthodoxy today.
Many guests from Russia, Greece, from Cypruss, from Israel, France, Poland, Romania, Syria, Georgia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Croatia and Serbia at first were welcomed by the president of the organisational committee of Symposium, His Grace Vicar Bishop Porfirije of Jegar, and then also by His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. The host of this gathering heugomene of Zica mother Jelena, the mayor of Kraljevo Mr. Ljubisa Simovic, president of the Serbian Academy of Sciencies and Arts Mr. Nikola Hajdin, president of Matica Srpska Mr. Cedomir Popov and the state secretary of the Ministry of faith and diaspora Mr. Predrag Tojic gave speeches to the assembled. Closing a ceremonial part, the guests were greeted also by competent Bishop Hrizostom of Zica.
The work of the Symposium, which will last until Sunday, began with a lecture of His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral on female monasticism today in Serbia, and the first session of the symposium was presided by vicar Bishop Porfirije of Jegar.


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"The images in this series are an attempt to capture human stories in everyday life, those that exist in the space between the odd and the ordinary." —Michal Chelbin
Two Athletes is from Michal Chelbin's Strangely Familiar series, a body of work that features sympathetic pictures of performers and wrestlers from small towns in the Ukraine, Eastern Europe, England, and Israel. Chelbin's most frequent subjects are children and adolescents, as in the case of Two Athletes. As she states, "My aim is to record a scene where there is a mixture of direct information and enigmas and in which there are visual contrasts between young and old, large and small, normal and abnormal. My playground lies between the private and the public, between fiction and documentary."
Michal Chelbin (born in Haifa, Israel, 1974) has lived in Brooklyn since 2006. Her work has appeared in solo shows in Israel, Los Angeles, and New York, and in group shows internationally, and is held in many collections, including Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy; Sir Elton John Collection; and Tel Aviv Museum of Art.


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I'm grateful to be included along with some of the best social media innovators in the Twin Cities in the July 2010 issue on Minnesota Business Magazine! This was a unique article as all of the interviewees were interviewed by Editor Drew Wood (@MnBizMag) via Twitter. Here is a brief bit of the article and a link to read the rest of it on the Minnesota Business Magazine website. Enjoy!
Social media is a valuable, oft-misunderstood business tool that will demand your attention sooner or later. So whether you're a novice looking to learn, an "expert" seeking more, or a bonafide skeptic, here's a comprehensive look at the brand-changing medium and how it can redefine your company.
A Case Study in Colossal Failure and Moderate Redemption
According to Greenpeace, Nestle has been less than ethical lately. It turns out that the company known for its wholesome cookies has allegedly been using unsustainably harvested palm oil, which has been documented to lead to deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions and endangered species loss. Not a good thing to do, especially when Greenpeace is watching–and they always seem to be watching.
And in true Greenpeace form, they launched into a full-on, make-a-public-example-out-of-you assailment of Nestle in the most grassroots form possible: the Internet.
But before I go any further into the story, and the true failure and subsequent redemption of Nestle–no, I am not here to pass judgment on their supposed use of illicit palm oil–I should probably tell you how I know all of this. Because it's not so much a first-hand, I'm following Nestle in the news sort of knowledge–I'm not–but the knowledge I've gleaned from looking at the repercussions via social media, specifically Twitter.
Now, although I did talk to a good amount of local social media thought leaders from all walks of business and communications for this story–whom you will hear from shortly–and have thus become somewhat elevated in the ways of social media by osmosis, I'm no social media expert. But that doesn't mean I can't tell you how Nestle's story makes it to me, with nary a published piece to do with it.


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Think about the Leonardo DiCaprios and Scarlett Johanssons in Hollywood today. They're on top of the world. Their movies are all hugely popular. They are great looking and they command millions of dollars for their movies.
Today's A-listers seem to have it all. What could ever go wrong?
They should enjoy the top now, because time marches on and looks are fleeting. More often than not, once a dreamy, popular actor or actress hits a bad patch of movies, their looks start to follow, and then it becomes a downward spiral.
Remember those celebrities of the '80s we all drooled over? Turns out reality hit a lot of them hard, and now we normal people can enjoy the schadenfreude of their crashing returns to Earth.
No. 5: Mickey Rourke
In 1986, Rourke starred in "9 1/2 Weeks." There was some sort of plot, I guess, but it was mostly to show off Rourke and Kim Basinger having freaky sex, and there's nothing wrong with that.
But that wasn't the only movie that benefitted from his sex appeal. He appeared in such movies as "Diner" and "The Pope of Greenwich Village." But, fame -- and apparently looks -- are fleeting.
His movies are not the draw that they once were. It wouldn't be until 2008's "The Wrestler" that he would regain his fame. Unfortunately, by then, he somehow convinced himself that plastic surgery was the way to go. Back on top as an actor? Sure. Looks? Not so much.
Now he looks more like the Cowardly Lion than the smooth impresario that we came to envy.
No. 4: Madonna
Back in the day, Madonna was a hottie. She was so hot, in fact, that we were even able to forgive her hairy pits in those Playboy pictures.
She was known not only for her singing but also for her dancing and stage performances. As such, she had to stay in shape, and that meant hitting the gym hard.
She's still fit. If she ever put out a fitness program and bombarded us night and day with its infomercial, she could buy another English castle. If she's so fit, what could be the problem?
She's spent so much time committed to being lean and trim that she's gotten down right sinewy. In fact, if she was ever adrift in a lifeboat, or crashed in the Andes, she'd be the last person the survivors ate -- she just looks too chewy.
No. 3: Kathleen Turner
1981's "Body Heat" introduced us to a super hot young actress named Kathleen Turner. Throughout the '80s, she got sexier and sexier (and her legs seemed to get longer and longer).
She famously lit up the screen in movies like "Romancing the Stone" and "Peggy Sue Got Married." And it didn't hurt that she had that deep, sultry voice either. And while Jessica Rabbit was sexily drawn, it was Kathleen's voice that really turned her into a cartoon bombshell.
But the years have not been good to her. Like so many other popular actors, her career started to slide, and her sexy looks just followed.
That deep, throaty voice isn't so sexy anymore. Now it just sounds like she has a cigarette in one hand and a slot machine handle in the other.
No. 2: Val Kilmer
Throughout the '80s and '90s, Val Kilmer was absolutely dreamy. He made his name to fame in 1986's "Top Gun", but there were plenty of movies before it that showed not only that his good looks, but also his acting skill.
Not the least of his accomplishments was to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in 1995's "Batman Forever." But, like so many others on this list, his fame peaked and started to nosedive. True, his slide was a lot slower than others', but he still tanked.
A few years ago, time caught up with him, and really started packing on the pounds.
Lately, the former Adonis appears to have spiked more donut holes than volleyballs on a Pensacola beach. These days, Iceman looks less like the Lizard King and more like a post-sex change Chas Bono.
No. 1: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a seven-time Mr. Olympia. For crying out loud, he even appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The Most Perfectly Developed Man in the History of the World.
"He transitioned that into an extremely successful acting career and even managed to marry a Kennedy. In the meantime, his business acumen turned him into a multi-millionaire, even before he became a highly bankable actor.
Everything was coming up Arnold! But, then he became the Governator and started to turn into a girly man.
Take a look at him now, and he's all soft and kind of puffy. And, like many mortal males, he has a belly.
Of course, we say this with all due respect, because we're sure he could still beat us up -- or at least know the guys to get the job done.


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I know this post is a little late, but it's a doozy. In the beginning of May we took a "double couples" trip to visit the green landscapes of Asturias and Galicia in the north of Spain. It was my first trip to either of these regions of Spain, and I found them absolutely different from the arid landscapes I am used to seeing in Andalusia. I believe I could live in Asturias or Galicia one day if I could get past the frigid winters.
I believe we visited about 12 different towns along our way, so I've listed them below with some descriptions. Of course, with so many places and a short period of time, we visited several for only an hour or two.
Our first stop brought us to Burgos, which is in Castile and León instead of Asturias or Galicia, but it was the perfect halfway point. We munched on their famous morcilla (blood sausage) and patatas bravas and strolled the city to admire the buildings. I really liked the windows in the older part of town. The closest English translation I can think of would be "bay windows", but I'm not certain they are the same.
Covadonga/Cangas de Onís
We spent the first night in Asturias at a small hotel called Casa Asprón. The hotel was wonderful and served a delicious breakfast. This area was my favorite part of the trip. We were surrounded by forests and even a waterfall.
The rural house is in Picos de Europa National Park and we could see the Basilica of Covadonga from our window. Covadonga is the patron of Asturias. In the 700s, the Christian Visigoth army made a stand against the Moorish army in the caves of Covadonga. It was reported that before the battle, the Christian commander prayed to a statue of the Virgin Mary which had been saved during the conquest. The Moorish commander died in the battle, and the rest of his army fled. After the victory, King Alonso I ordered a monastery and shrine to be built there. The shrine sits nestled in the mountain and is really a sight to see.
I've never seen anything like the Picos de Europa National Park. There is a trail which circles several lakes, forests, and mountains. Everything was super-green and we even found cows grazing on the hills.
At the end of our hike we had worked up an appetite, and the fog was so dense that we couldn't see any buildings. We ended up following our ears, and the sound of a generator, to find a small restaurant. We ate cheese, fabada, goat, arroz con leche, and strawberry cake. I'd be willing to go back to that area and park many times! (hint: other anniversaries)
Soto de Luiña
We spent the next night in a small town called Soto de Luiña. We stayed at Hotel Valle las Luiñas. There didn't seem to be very much to see in the town, but it was a short drive away from Cudillero.
Cudillero is a beautiful fishing village. It seems to get a lot of tourist traffic, but not completely overpriced. I think I found the best arroz con leche I've ever tried at a place called El Remo.
We stopped briefly in Luanco. The newer part of the city was not very lovely, but when you reached the water there were interesting buildings and a church on the waterfront.
Cabo de Peñas
"Cabo" means "cape" in Spanish. We enjoyed the views and lighthouse, but we struggled to get there. First, we parked the car in a tiny village called Viodo and asked one of the locals if it was possible to walk to the lighthouse. We should have known by her laugh and response not to try, but we finally found it after getting lost in the field a few times. It turned out fine in the end. Who doesn't like a little adventure!?
Another short stop in Candás allowed us to stretch our legs. We took a quick stroll to see the beach. While walking on the beach I saw many small, raised mud tunnels in the sand. When I tried to dig one that was moving up to discover the creature underneath I found nothing.
Luarca is yet another seaside town. We stayed less than an hour, but drove around a bit of the town and saw the port. Maybe one day we'll go back with more time.
Puerto de Vega
Puerto de Vega was another stop with marvelous views of the ocean.
Our next stop took us to Ribadeo in Galicia. This town is on the border of Galicia and Asturias. The next "Salimos el Sabado" will be about a great restaurant we visited called Casa Villaronta so I will make this section brief. There were some beautiful spots to see close to the city, such as, the Pancha Island lighthouse.
On the way back from our whirlwind trip, we stopped in Lugo to see its Roman walls, the Cathedral, and other sights of the city.
We needed to eat eventually so we stopped at Restaurante Serrano in Astorga for a delicious lunch. This small town had some surprising things like the Palacio Espiscopal which was designed by Gaudí.


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One of the Easter eggs from the most recent edition of "Top Gear" magazine was this little trinket: The Stig driving the snot out of the sonically altered BMW M5. Lucky for us, we get to hear the car from the outside.
This also appears to be the first footage revealed from the next season of Top Gear, and there's no better way to get ready for the holidays than watching the hoon pope shred the tires of his popemobile.


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Citing turmoil with town council members and police union officials, Kittery's town manager and police chief have resigned.
Town Manager Robert Markel and Police Chief Paul Callaghan submitted their letters of resignation during Monday night's town council meeting.
Callaghan became Kittery's police chief in January.
Markel said members of the police union secretly recorded a meeting he held with them on Nov. 5.
Regarding that meeting, Markel told councilors, "In my 31 years in government, I have never encountered more profane, disrespectful, and abusive behavior by a group of public employees."
He said the union refuses to make that recording public.
Markel also singled out three of the town's seven councilors whom he said "severely undermined" his ability to do his job by interfering in personnel matters.
"I came here to do serious work -- not hire friends of town councilors to protect family and business interests," he said.
Markel accepted Callaghan's resignation.
The town council accepted Markel's resignation by a vote of 4-3.
Councilor Jeffery Brake told News 8 that council members want the results of an independent inquiry into Callaghan's management style.
"Before he said he welcomed the report, it would exonerate him, whatever. Then, when it came back, he said, no, he wasn't going to release his part of it," said Brake.
Markel's resignation will take effect on Jan. 24.


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NEW YORK -- Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton has been suspended for 15 games, without pay, for punching an unsuspecting opponent, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik, and causing a serious injury during NHL Game No. 438 in Boston on Saturday, Dec. 7, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 11:06 of the first period. Thornton was assessed a match penalty for violating NHL Rule 46.15.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and, based on his average annual salary, Thornton will forfeit $84,615.45. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
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Students with citizenship outside EU/EEA, or Switzerland, are required to pay tuition.
Only students from our partner universities can come here as an exchange student and you need to be nominated by your home university, before you can apply here. The application is made online and the deadline is May 15th for the autumn semester and the whole academic year and November 15th for the spring semester. In your application you specify which courses you want to take.
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More California hotels, including several in Southern California, are being pushed into foreclosure as tourists and businesses alike scale back their travel plans and owners can't pay their mortgages, it was reported Wednesday.
Statewide, more than 300 hotels were in foreclosure or default on their loans as of Sept. 30 -- a nearly fivefold increase since the start of the year, according to an industry report cited by the Los Angeles Times.
The troubled properties includes the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, the downtown Los Angeles Marriott, the Sheraton Universal and the W hotel in San Diego, The Times reported.
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Most struggling hotels remain open, but industry experts believe many are likely to be closed down in the months ahead, even if they are not in foreclosure, because they are losing so much money, according to The Times.
In Southern California alone, there were at least 140 hotels in default or foreclosure in September, including 55 hotels in the Inland Empire, 33 in Los Angeles County and 30 in San Diego County, according to the report by Atlas Hospitality Group, The Times reported.
Statewide, 260 hotels were in default on their loans and 47 had been taken over by their lenders in foreclosure, the Atlas report said.
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David Spares Saul.* 1David then went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. 2When Saul returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, he was told that David was in the desert near Engedi. 3So Saul took three thousand of the best men from all Israel and went in search of David and his men in the direction of the wild goat crags. 4When he came to the sheepfolds along the way, he found a cave, which he entered to relieve himself. David and his men were occupying the inmost recesses of the cave.a
5David's servants said to him, "This is the day about which the LORD said to you: I will deliver your enemy into your hand; do with him as you see fit." So David moved up and stealthily cut off an end of Saul's robe. 6Afterward, however, David regretted that he had cut off an end of Saul's robe.b 7He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, to lay a hand on him, for he is the LORD's anointed."c 8With these words David restrained his men and would not permit them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way. 9David also stepped out of the cave, calling to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked back, David bowed, his face to the ground in homage, 10and asked Saul: "Why do you listen to those who say, 'David is trying to harm you'? 11You see for yourself today that the LORD just now delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I took pity on you instead. I decided, 'I will not raise a hand against my master, for he is the LORD's anointed.' 12Look here, my father. See the end of your robe which I hold. I cut off an end of your robe and did not kill you. Now see and be convinced that I plan no harm and no rebellion. I have done you no wrong, though you are hunting me down to take my life.d 13May the LORD judge between me and you. May the LORD exact justice from you in my case. I shall not lay a hand on you. 14As the old proverb says, 'From the wicked comes wickedness.' Thus I will not lay a hand on you. 15What is the king of Israel attacking? What are you pursuing? A dead dog! A single flea!e 16The LORD will be the judge to decide between us. May the LORD see this, defend my cause, and give me justice against you!"f
Saul's Remorse. 17When David finished saying these things to Saul, Saul answered, "Is that your voice, my son David?" And he wept freely. 18Saul then admitted to David: "You are more in the right than I am. You have treated me graciously, while I have treated you badly. 19You have declared this day how you treated me graciously: the LORD delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me. 20For if someone comes upon an enemy, do they send them graciously on their way? So may the LORD reward you graciously for what you have done this day. 21And now, since I know that you will certainly become king and that the kingship over Israel shall come into your possession,g 22swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants and that you will not blot out my name from my father's house."h 23David gave Saul his oath and Saul returned home, while David and his men went up to the stronghold.
* [24:1] The first of two accounts (see chap. 26) in which David spares Saul's life. The two accounts, which do not make reference to each other, are probably alternative versions of the same story.
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Woman's Extreme Diet Includes Nothing But Water, Tea and Light
Talk about your crash diet.
A Seattle woman has begun an unusual experiment in which she will try to live on only light, water and tea.
Navenna Shine has already gone a month with the new eating regimen and plans to keep it up for a total of four to six months. She's following a relatively unknown group of Yogis, who have allegedly lived on light. They are typically "breatharians" for their ability to get by on air and sunshine.
Shine is the founder of Living on Light, which seeks to:
bring into our Universe a whole different paradigm of living. In this paradigm of living, human beings do not have to eat or ingest any kind of food into their stomachs in order to thrive in this world.
At 'Living On Light' we propose that we have a nutritional source already embedded within our body/mind/Spiritual systems that can give us exactly what we need to be healthy and well."
Shine has already dropped more than 20 pounds. And to make sure she doesn't give in to temptation she has cameras in her house to keep tabs on her.
Shine seems to be aware of the enormity of her undertaking, saying, "I have the feeling that my body has reached a point where it has used up all its stored fats and is now looking around for what next to consume. I suspect this might be the point where it decides either to find and hook into the source where it is able to live on Light, or consume the body for sustenance."
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That cranberry butter looks fantastic. I love the color. I'm definitely going to give it a try! Thanks for the recipe.ReplyDelete
Wow!!! These look amazing. I have yet to cook with molasses since going gluten free -- I'll have to give this recipe a try. I am totally obsessed with anything pumpkin right now!!ReplyDelete
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Ooh, looks delish. Funny you mentioned anyone not liking goat cheese- I love goat cheese but hate blue cheese! heh hehe.ReplyDelete
I too will have to try the genius cranberry butter.
Your blog is pretty amazing. This recipe sounds pretty good I think I may try it this weekend....... have you ever had pumpkin butter? best ever!ReplyDelete
awesome recipe! I'm going to try it but don't have any molasses. Do you know if I could substitute brown sugar for the molases and would I need to add additional butter or milk?ReplyDelete
I bet you could sub brown sugar for molasses, just see if you think the batter is thick enough when you've added everything in, and if it looks too thick add some more liquid!ReplyDelete
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I don't digest corn very well so...was wondering if I could use all brown rice flour instead or go half with something else? What do you think?
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I made these muffins up as part of a wheat-free Thanksgiving meal (one of my close friends recently discovered that he can't eat wheat). I found them very tasty, but a bit dry, although when served with jam and coffee they were fine. (I assume this is why you choose to serve them with the cranberry butter, but since I already had homemade cranberry jam on hand I decided to just use that instead). I think next time I'll add a half cup of applesauce or a mashed banana to the mix to give it a bit of extra moisture, and perhaps some raisins or nuts for a little extra texture. Overall I was pretty pleased with your recipe, though.ReplyDelete


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The first ever Hope & Opportunity dinner for the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton was held last week at Colleton River Plantation.
The event was to honor Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka, award the club's youth of the year, Aaron Jenkins, hear how the Boys & Girls Club makes an impact in peoples' lives from guest speaker Brooks Harper, and to see a performance by club members, the Elite Steppers.
Molly Smith, unit director for the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton, introduced the mayor and recognized the staff, board, volunteers, sponsors and friends of the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton.


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Global Trends in Persecution
"The world is undergoing a geopolitical restructuring and human transition on a scale which has not been seen for perhaps a thousand years." Strategic analyst Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, 3, 2016.
But the turbulence we are experiencing did not come "out of the blue", nor did it develop overnight. Rather, this turbulence is the result of the confluence of some very significant 20th Century trends – mega-trends that were neither observed (missed on account of the trend towards micro-managing) nor understood (due largely to historical and religious illiteracy and ignorance). Having been mismanaged or simply missed, these trends have now converged to create a perfect storm.
Post-war 20th C trends include:
Rapid Population Growth
Due to industrialisation and developments in medical technology, the global population has grown from less than 3 billion in 1950 to more than 6 billion by 2000 – with most growth being in the non-Western world.
In 1950, around 30 percent of the global population lived in cities; by 2007 it was more than 50 percent (for the first time in world history). While the mega-cities of the developed world grew over centuries, the mega-cities of the developing world have grown within decades and without the infrastructure or institutions to sustain their populations. Consequently, the mega-cities of the developing world are largely lawless spaces, havens for criminals, where whole districts are ruled warlords, militias, mafias and terrorist organisations.
CASE: In 1941, Karachi (in Pakistan) was a fishing village, population 435,000. By 2014, Karachi was home to 23.7 million people, of whom 90 percent were immigrants (25 percent Pashtun) and 50 percent were slum-dwellers. Also home also to an estimated 40 million guns, Karachi – like most mega-cities of the developing world – is "de-developing", crumbling under its own weight.
Mass Migrations
This includes not only the mass migrations of mostly traditional and religiously conservative people from rural areas into modern/progressive urban centres, but migrations across ethnic-religious "fault-lines" – including predatory migrations.
Examples of predatory migrations across ethnic-religious fault-lines include: the southward migration of Muslim Fulani in Nigeria; Albanian Muslims into historically Christian Kosovo in the 1980s; Javanese Muslims into historically Christian Eastern Indonesia (includes Papua) from the 1990s . . . and many more . . . including (dare I say) today's mass migration of Muslims into historically Christian Europe. Predatory migrations are strategic, organised and driven by hostile forces with ambitions of their own.
These population trends converged through the latter part of the 20th Century to produce severe and escalating social tensions.
Meanwhile, the 20th Century also included several significant religious trends:
The Phenomenal Growth of Evangelical Christianity in the Non-Western World
In 1960s, the Church was around 80 percent white, middle class and Western. Most Christians lived in majority-Christian states with secular governments and a Judeo-Christian foundation (some fruits of which are security and religious liberty). These were safe environments, where Christians generally sat comfortably in the mainstream of culture.
Today, due primarily to the witness of indigenous believers throughout the developing world (the phenomenon of indigenous mission commences around 1960) the Church is now around 80 percent coloured, poor and non-Western. Consequently, there are now hundreds of millions of Christians (still tiny vulnerable minorities) living counter-cultural lives amidst Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist majorities and/or under totalitarian regimes, in states whose names are synonymous with repression, corruption, and human rights abuses.
The Rise of Religious Nationalism
Revival of fundamentalist Islam
Having allied with the Germans in WWI – after which the Allies carved up the Arab lands, and Ataturk dissolved the Caliphate – Muslims then allied with the Nazis in WWII only to suffer a second humiliating defeat. Through the 1970s, social tensions and mass disaffection converged with Islamic reformation to produce Islamic Revolution.
In February 1979, the Shi'ite Islamic revolution in Iran catapulted Shi'ite clerics from the margins into the centre of power. The Shia revival had begun! The attempted Sunni revolution in Saudi Arabia, though it failed — having been put down in December 1979 by French Special Forces — had much the same result. Since November 1979 the Wahabbi clerics have dictated policy from behind the benign facade of the US-allied House of Saud. The Sunni revival had begun!
The events of 1979 served to heighten Islamic zeal and widen the gap between Sunnis and Shi'ites; between Islamic traditionalists/ fundamentalists and modernisers/ liberals; and between Islam and non-Islam/infidelity. [This, not "Islamophobia", is the reason why so many long-peaceful blended communities and multi-cultural societies are now tearing apart.]
These religious trends converged through the latter part of the 20th Century to produce severe and escalating religious tensions.
As social tensions converged with religious tensions, competition for and conflicts over land, resources, jobs and power increasingly came to be expressed in religious terms and fought along religious lines.
The escalation of religious persecution and violence did not go unnoticed.
On 27 October 1998, the US Congress passed the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which tied international religious freedom to US foreign policy. The US IRF Act (1998) gave dictators a reason to reign in hostile elements and enact reforms so as to avoid US sanctions and facilitate US trade and aid.
But the US IRF Act (1998) only had teeth as long as the US had economic leverage. Thus the financial collapse of August 2008 seriously undermined, if not totally destroyed the power of the US IFR Act. No longer would human rights-violators and religious liberty-abusing dictators have any reason to risk aggravating their own increasingly-radicalised masses and fuelling domestic tensions in pursuit of US-appeasing reforms. The veil of protection that US economic and military leverage had provided had been stripped away leaving vulnerable religious minorities — especially the developing world's growing Christian communities — exposed and vulnerable before a rising tide of militant religious nationalism, intolerant Islamic fundamentalism, and brutal atheistic totalitarianism.
As the financial crisis spread around the globe, domestic unrest erupted as local economic distress took hold. Abusive regimes responded to the challenge in their usual way: by ramping up repression and cracking down on dissent, while scapegoating expendable elements (such as the Christian minority) and playing the religion card for political gain — all with complete impunity.
After a decade of restraint, the gloves are off!
These are days of Realpolitik and of asymmetric conflict (which relies on psychological operations and propaganda). Thanks to internet technologies, these are also days of unprecedented openness, when news can be followed in real time; when both information and disinformation can be spread in a heartbeat; and when rage can be spread, momentum built, and protests organised rapidly and effectively through social media.
The great need of the day is for discernment – and that requires knowledge and understanding of geography, history, religion, geo-politics, strategic trends, and the times in which we live.
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Video interviewing is going to take recruiting by storm if it hasn't already, and as a job seeker, you should make sure that you acclimate yourself to this interview style. However, with new technology comes a learning curve for those who use it. Fortunately, video interviewing is a breeze once you know the do's and don'ts!
As the job seeker, you can be in front of the hiring manager much faster with this interview style so you will want to make sure you set up properly and handle yourself in the best way to stand out among others that are interviewing for the same position.
There is a lot of competition right now so when you get the chance to be interviewed via video, don't blow it! Know how to ace the video interview by knowing what NOT to do.
1. Your laptop is a piece of junk. Many people use their laptop camera to connect for their video interview. Don't assume you can try your laptop camera out at the time of the interview. You should always test everything out before you need to use it and give yourself enough time to get it straightened out.
Many online interview companies have some valuable solutions for you to try if you are not set up correctly. It allows the video recording system to recognize various configurations and external webcams.
On top of this, make sure that you are in an area that has the bandwidth to conduct the video interview so you don't have to deal with a flaky signal. The employer will not be very happy that they took the time to interview you and you didn't take the time to test out the equipment to make sure it works well.
2. You look like a slovenly mess. One reason that companies are using video interviewing is to see how you present yourself. It offers them things that a phone interview can't such as non-verbal cues you use in your body language. You should treat this interview the same you would an in-person interview by dressing the part.
The difference between an in person interview and a video interview is that your surroundings represent you as well. If you leave the room behind you looking like a tornado went through it, then you will appear like you are a disorganized mess.
Clean up the entire area around you and set it up in the best way that will convey your personality to the interviewer. Perhaps sit in front of your computer and set it up as an at-home office with a picture of your degree in the background and pictures of you doing the hobbies you love, although choose ones where you are fully clothed, such as golf (not sun bathing!).
3. You failed to realize that the same rules and more apply to video as do in a regular interview. Not only should you dress the part, but you should find ways to stand out while on video just as you do in person.
Know your skills and abilities and if possible demonstrate them. For instance, if you are a web designer and you have your computer handy (aside from the one you're doing your interview on!), you can give a small demonstration of how you built the framework of a homepage or how you designed some of the images if you have a graphic design background.
Remember that body language and colors have an effect on how your interviewer reacts to you, so make sure to sit with your arms to the side and never cross them or point at the interviewer. Make sure that you dress professionally even in your own home. You don't want to look like you just stopped skateboarding to do the interview and plan to go right back as soon as you are done.
One last note that I will leave you with is to always look at the camera. That may seem like a given, but when you are nervous, you may look around, or downward, or even just at the computer screen (not the webcam) and it will seem awkward to the person on the other end.
If you can keep these things in mind, you should be well on your way to a successful video interview.
Have you tried video interviewing? What did you think?
Josh Tolan is the CEO of Spark Hire, which combines a video job board and online interviewing platform to enrich interaction between job seekers and employers. Connect with him and Spark Hire on Facebook and Twitter.
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Oak Bars (Blondies with Chardonnay) Recipe
- Yield:12 bars
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup chardonnay
- 1/2 cup chopped, toasted cashews, pecans, or walnuts
- 3/4 cup butterscotch chips
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Butter the paper and the sides of the pan, or spray them with nonstick spray. Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and the sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 or 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and the chardonnay. Gradually beat in the flour mixture just until combined. Stir in the nuts and the butterscotch chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until they are golden at the edges and just set in the center. Cool the blondies completely in the pan on a wire rack, then cut into squares.
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The New Year is a great time to assess the state of things, and I decided to take a look back at the charitable work in agriculture this past year. Not surprisingly, our industry always comes through big. Farmers across the country give big through their local churches, food pantries and other charitable organizations. And agribusinesses pool their resources for some extra giving around the holidays as well. Here are 12 such examples that the AgWeb editors spotted this Christmastime.
1. AGCO has donated a new Massey Ferguson tractor to Atlanta-based Piedmont Park Conservancy. The tractor, valued at nearly $50,000 including accessories, maintenance and training, will be used for park maintenance and improvements. Piedmont Park Conservancy is a popular urban green space that Atlanta residents have enjoyed for more than 100 years.
2. Syngenta extends its FFA jacket support to 2013. More than a half a million high school students representing all 50 states wear the iconic blue jacket today. Syngenta and its retail partners have been donating $500 at a time to various local FFA chapters since 2008. Over time, that money has added up in a big way—more than $2.6 million has been donated to date.
3. Farm Aid's grant program tallied up to $532,000 that benefited 67 different family farms in 2012. Farm Aid money is specifically raised to help farm families stay on their land and help build new market opportunities for them.
4. ArborGen donated 75,000 longleaf pine seedlings to the Dixie Plantation, a historic 881-acre property along the Stono River and the Intercoastal Waterway in South Carolina. The donation is expected to strengthen the plantation's rich ecosystem of longleaf pine forests, wetlands, savannahs and tidal marshes.
5. The Trees for Troops initiative also had a busy 2012. Donations go to providing Christmas trees for military families. This year, the organization delivered more than 121,000 trees to 62 military bases in the U.S. and Middle East, covering every branch of the armed services.
6. ADM employees donate more than 245,000 pounds of food in observation of World Food Day on October 16. Donations were made in 29 communities in six different countries. ADM also announced in October that it was contributing $1 million to Feeding America to fund 30 mobile food distribution units in 21 states.
7. Pork Checkoff's event trailer headed to the East Coast in November to assist in feeding victims of Hurricane Sandy. A total of 9,000 servings (200 boneless loins, 306 boneless half loins, 64 cases of brat patties and two cases of Italian sausage grillers) were distributed to New Jersey residents.
8. Many other companies made monetary donations to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Among the notable donations were Bayer CropScience ($150,000) and FMC ($75,000).
9. Burrus Hybrids purchased a raffle ticket to win a custom pink motorcycle named "Fight Like a Girl" for a fundraiser for Illinois-based Shelby Memorial Hospital. Shelbyville resident Steve Koontz constructed the bike for his co-worker, Vicky Wagner, as a fundraising idea for SMH to help offset some of Wagner's medical expenses when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Burrus beat the odds and won the raffle—and donated it to SMH, who sold it back to Koontz. "This is one of those situations that was totally unexpected, but really ends up making an enormous difference," president Tom Burrus says. "It's great to see the proceeds directly reaching people who really need the assistance, and need it right away."
10. Monsanto donated $3 million to the Missouri Botanical Garden this past summer. The money will be used to help the World Flora Online project develop the first-ever comprehensive, authoritative and accessible online resource for the world's approximately 400,000 known plant species.
11. Time is money, and nearly 22,000 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Earth Team volunteers gave time to private lands conservation last year, tallying more than 435,000 hours of service on America's farms and ranches. Translated into dollars, the value of those donated services totaled $9.3 million.
12. America's egg farmers gave nearly 10 million eggs to hungry Americans this past Easter. The fresh eggs were shipped to Feeding America's 78 food banks in 40 states. Since 2008, egg farmers have contributed 60 million eggs in total.


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WASHINGTON – The nation's state of economic uncertainty and the recent school shooting that struck the town of Sandy Hook just two weeks ago are having no affect on area gun sales. In fact, gun sales are booming and tickets to gun shows are a hot item.
"This is the Nation's Gun Show," says Annette Elliott, president of Showmasters Gun Shows.
Elliott and her husband are the organizers of the gun show currently taking place in Chantilly at the Dulles Expo Center – one of the biggest gun shows held in the D.C. area since the Connecticut school shooting.
Elliott says the gun show's attendance has doubled since the shootings and since recent conversations of gun control.
"Literally, the exhibitors are running out of merchandise. They are running out of ammunition. They are running out of assault weapons and the handguns are moving rapidly also," she says.
The rise in gun show customers is not limited to the D.C. area.
Last weekend, the couple organized gun shows in Salem, Va., and in North Carolina, where attendance was also double from what she saw last year at the same time.
"We're talking to promoters, there are two other large promoters in the nation and we're all seeing the same uptick," says Elliott, who added that prices for the guns have increased with the demand.
Laila Barakat waited in a long line to get into Saturday's Chantilly gun show. She wants to add to her gun collection and she is concerned about the talk of gun control.
"It hasn't worked in the past, but just in case," says Barakat on potential gun control laws.
Craig Van Gorder is an exhibitor at the gun show, where he sells and trades firearms. Comparing gun show crowds from last year to this year, he says he has seen a sizable increase.
"The amount of people waiting to get in – there were about 5,000 people (on Friday)," says Van Gorder. "The fear is that they are going to start banning our guns and people are worried about protecting their families."
Elliott agrees that people are worried.
"Since (the shootings), we've had four shows and each week it gets stronger and stronger," she says. "More people (are) coming and more people (are) buying – a lot of new customers, folks that realize that this could get real serious. What the average person perceives is that they're going to come take my rights away to protect myself."
The show has been running since Friday, Dec. 28, and ends Sunday, Dec. 30. Sunday's hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The next Nation's Gun Show in Chantilly is scheduled for Feb. 8, 9 and 10, and the show will grow in the future.
"This is 1,050 tables at the Dulles Expo Center. It will go up to 1,400 tables in September of 2013," says Elliott.
WTOP's Kathy Stewart contributed to this report. Follow @WTOP on Twitter.
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I need to record my band…November 4, 2008
Visiting studios can be a very costly affair, and usually just a couple of days will be spent on recording AND mixing something which simply takes a lot more time.
Since the early 90's Cubase, Pro-Tools and other Audio Sequencers have changed the face of how audio is edited. Computers are now so advanced that now even the most humble of modern home PC's can effectively run a fairly powerful workstation.
Combined with the ever growing range of Audio interfaces available and microphones at prices I previously only dreamed of, there is nothing stopping an interested musician/ engineer from running a full scale production from their rehearsal space or spare room.
Equipment round up
Edirol FA-101
The FA-101 is a feature-packed 10×10 audio interface that can handle a full 10 channels of input/output at 24-bit/96kHz. Record and monitor all 10 channels simultaneously in full duplex. Phenomenal audio power for the studio musician! In addition, the FA-101 offers 6-channel recording and playback at 24-bit/192kHz for performance at DVD-A quality.
This system is Ideal for live applications where the user requires multiple sends for live monitoring AND recording. This will do both excellently.
At an event, all of the band's hardware can be routed through the FA-101 to output to monitors and, at the same time, the show can be recorded. During the break, CDs can be burned to sell on the spot. The Performance DJ will rely on the FA-101's rugged metal chassis for reliable, club-tough operation. Back at home, the FA-101 will return as the centerpiece to the home studio.
M-Audio NRV10
The NRV10™ is a new breed of gear that combines an 8 x 2 analog mixer and a 10 x 10 24-bit/96kHz digital audio interface in one convenient package—the perfect tool for computer-based recording and performance. Route and record mixer channels discretely to individual tracks in Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3, Ableton Live 6 and other software studios. You can also return multiple discrete audio channels from your computer to the NRV10 for CPU-free mixing and monitoring complete with on-board digital effects—great for live performances. And that means you don't have to change settings like EQ and reverb in your files every time you play a new venue. Flexible monitoring options also make vocal/instrument recording and DJ-style audio previewing a breeze. And the included NRV10 interFX application allows you turn your NRV10 and host computer into a powerful live mixer with access to all of your VST effects. The NRV10 seamlessly integrates your computer with your studio—and bridges the gap between studio and stage as well.
Example set up using Alesis Multimix Firewire 16
Only 13 channels are used here
Alesis MultiMix 8 FireWire
The Alesis MultiMix FireWire 8 Mixer is part of the new line of MultiMix mixers featuring FireWire data connectivity. The MultiMix FireWire Series includes 3 different tabletop mixers, all featuring exclusive DICE II FireWire technology. Allowing for transfer of multiple audio data streams from mixer to PC using a standard IEEE-1394 interface, these mixers provide lightening fast connectivity to a wide range of PC-based audio production applications.
The MultiMix FireWire mixers are compact mixers featuring low noise analog electronics, 100 studio-grade 28 bit digital effects, and rock-solid construction. The mixer features high-gain mic/line preamps, phantom power, auxiliary send/returns, and on-board effects engine including reverbs, delays, chorus, flanging, 3-band EQ per channel with high/low shelving and mid band pass/reject.
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Samson 7kit – 7-piece Drum Mic Set
Everything you could want for micing drums. A complete set of our dynamic drum mics and a pair of C02 pencilcondenser mics for overheads or close-micing cymbals.
- Seven piece drum mic kit
- One Q Kick kick drum mic with mic stand swivel mount
- One Q Snare snare mic with rim clip
- Three Q Tom tom mics with rim clips
- Two C02 pencil condenser mics with shock-mount clips
- Gold-plated XLR connectors
- Road case included
Shure PGDMK6
A complete drum mic package. The PGDMK6 drum mic kit includes three PG56 snare/tom microphones, one PG52 kick drum microphone, two PG81 instrument microphones, three A50D drum mounts, six 15ft. (4.5m) XLR-XLR cables and a durable carrying case.
- The PG56 is a compact drum microphone for close miking.
- The PG52 is a high-performance microphone tuned to capture low-end punch.
- The PG81 is a sensitive, flat response microphone ideal for overhead and cymbal miking.
- The A50D drum mount can be used on most standard drum rims. The flexible, yet sturdy rubber construction provides stability and ease of installation.


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Rigotti Queen Reeds for tenor saxophone represent the finest in precision and playability. Hand picked and precisely cut, these reeds are consistent, focused and durable. Box of 10. Available in strengths 1.5 through 5.
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Rigotti owes part of their reputation to their materials. The canes of the Var, and Cogolin regions of France are among the best in the world. Grown alongside rivers and streams in an large area that is maintained all year round.
Rigotti Gold reeds are cut during a winter afternoon over four months from December to March. When the cane has reached maturity (after two years when it measures seven to eight meters with a diameter of 26cm to 32cm), it is cut left in the open for curing. The work on the reeds is split into stages: Rigotti disposes of all the excess and 'feathers', keeping only the 2 or 3 meters from the base (the rest is either burned or used as bamboo). Then the tubes are cut (from the base to the to, after which, each tube is calibrated to a particular instrument.


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What can I say about guitar strings? ---- There are lots of them.
We stock a wide variety of brands D'addario, Savarez, La Bella, Hannabach, Hauser, we could stock more, however there has to be a limit ☺
Strings range from traditional nylon to the more modern composites and each brand will offer a range which will hopefully suit most guitars and players.
For the average player Classical guitar strings have a musical life of around 3 months. Your choice of string will depend upon many factors and so experimentation is the order of the day.
Try different brands of Medium/Normal tension strings and within the first month of use write down your feelings for each brand, at the end of the year having used up to 4 brands review and select the most responsive.
Should you wish to try High/Hard tension strings by all means do however if there is not an instant musical benefit go back to Normal tension as High tension strings do not suit all guitars.
D'addario, Savarez, La Bella, Hannabach are string makers with a reputation for quality and in improving the design of their guitar strings to meet the demands of our modern instrument as well as keeping true to our musical heritage.


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To provide facilities, materials, services and programs that foster lifelong learning and a welcoming environment for community interaction, enhanced by staff dedicated to this vision and possessed of compassion, a cooperative spirit and strong communication and interpersonal skills.
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European nations will try to push the United States and developing countries to get more involved in a U.N.-led fight against global warming beyond 2012 at 189-nation talks opening in Nairobi on Monday.
NAIROBI European nations will try to push the United States and developing countries to get more involved in a U.N.-led fight against global warming beyond 2012 at 189-nation talks opening in Nairobi on Monday.
The Nov. 6-17 U.N. climate talks will also look for ways to help developing nations, especially the poorest in Africa, to adapt to feared impacts of climate change such as floods, erosion, drought and rising sea levels.
Kenyan Environment Minister Kivutha Kibwana will open the talks in Nairobi, to be attended by 6,000 delegates, a week after a British report warned of apocalyptic long-term costs of ignoring the problem.
Delegates say the talks will focus on how to widen a fight against warming beyond the Kyoto Protocol, capping emissions of greenhouse gases by 35 industrial nations until 2012, to include outsiders such as China, India and the United States.
"Nearly everyone agrees that the Kyoto Protocol, even if fully applied, would be just a little drop in the emissions' bucket," said Detlef Sprinz, a professor at the University of Michigan and researcher at Germany's Potsdam Institute.
The European Union wants wider participation from all in the longer term. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in London on Friday to work closely to build a strong international alliance.
Of the top four emitters of greenhouse gases -- the United States, China, Russia and China -- only Russia is bound by Kyoto. Washington pulled out in 2001, saying caps on emissions would cost U.S. jobs.
Developing nations say Kyoto countries should lead the way, arguing that they are mainly responsible for warming widely blamed on burning fossil fuels in power plants, factories and cars. But emissions in developing nations are surging.
"A global challenge needs a global solution," Finnish Environment Minister Jan-Erik Enestam said. Finland holds the current EU presidency. Kyoto nations account for only about a third of world emissions.
Thousands of environmental campaigners marched in cities including London and Sydney on Saturday to urge more action.
Nairobi looks likely to be a round of sparring with no major breakthroughs. Delegates seem unlikely even to set a deadline for working out a successor -- environmentalists favour 2008 to give investors time to adapt for new rules beyond 2012.
At last year's talks in Montreal, ministers agreed to fix new rules "as soon as possible" and to ensure no gap between the end of Kyoto in 2012 and the start of a new system in 2013.
The U.S. argument that Kyoto would be too costly came under challenge last week with a report that said the world could face an economic crisis on a par with the 1930s Depression by ignoring climate change.
"I hope the report will have a huge impact in Nairobi ... the contents are pretty frightening," Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said of the British study by former World Bank Chief Economist Nicholas Stern.
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Ben Forta started Developer Week with his introduction to the Adobe Flash Platform session on Monday this week. There were hundreds of attendees, and thousands more in sessions that followed. In fact, there have been over 3,500 attendees these past three days and we expect even more for the rest of the week.
Presentations have covered multi-screen and mobile app development, the Flex framework, new features in Flash Builder and much more. All of the sessions from the past few days have already been posted on the Adobe Developer Connection and the page will be updated daily as more sessions go on throughout the week.
Presentations for later this week include Advanced Features in Flex, AIR 2.0 development for the desktop, AS34J for Java Developers, and a lot more. If you have missed them, check out the recorded sessions.


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Real heroes don't wear flowing capes or iron suits or brightly colored tights.
More and more, it seems, they wear Scout uniforms.
Part of preparing boys for life means preparing boys to save lives if the unthinkable happens. And when a Scout or Scouter goes above and beyond in an attempt to save life, he or she is rewarded.
Enter the lifesaving awards (PDF). From 1977 to last year, there were three awards: the Heroism Award, Honor Medal, and Honor Medal with Crossed Palms. (There are also meritorious action awards for notable acts of service that don't involve lifesaving attempts.)
The Honor Medal goes to a Scout or Scouter who attempts to save life at some risk to self, while the Honor Medal with Crossed Palms is for a lifesaving attempt with extreme risk. Extreme risk and extremely rare — only 277 Honor Medals with Crossed Palms have been awarded since 1938, roughly four per year.
The third award, the Heroism Award, is presented for lifesaving with "minimum risk to self." And I learned this week that it's been discontinued. Here's how awards guru Bill Evans explained the change in an email to me today:
Originally there were two lifesaving awards for those who demonstrated unusual heroism: (1) the Honor Medal for those using "skill or resourcefulness in saving or attempting to save life at considerable risk to self;" and (2) the Honor Medal with Crossed Palms, for those using "extraordinary skill or resourcefulness in saving or attempting to save life at extreme risk to self."
In 1977 the National Court of Honor added a third award, now known as the Heroism Award, for "meritorious action."
After a review of the history of the lifesaving awards, including the application and actual processing of these three awards since 1977, it is the opinion of the National Court of Honor that the Heroism Award, should be retired, and the language of the Honor Medal and the Honor Medal with Crossed Palms be amended for the following reasons: (1) the current language of the three awards is confusing and unnecessarily overlapping; (2) the desire to recognize appropriate acts of heroism can be accomplished effectively using only the Honor Medal and the Honor Medal with Crossed Palms; (3) The Medal of Merit has been traditionally awarded where there is no risk to self.
Thanks to Bill for clarifying.
And more importantly, thanks to all the Scouts and Scouters out there who show us all that true heroism isn't found in comic books.
Well, unless you count "Scouts in Action" — one of my favorite Boys' Life features!
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