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Assalamu Alaikum
I have been practicing Islam for a while now and I want to insha-Allah
embrace it but there are serious problems that I am encountering. My
husband and I have been having marital problems for a while now and
even though things are going alright I don't trust that it would be like this
forever because he has these violent ourbursts of rage and I have seriously
considered divorcing him after I was advised to do so by our councellor.
The problem is that I don't love him anymore and moreover he won't
allow me to embrace Islam and he refuses to embrace it as well. He said
that we would rather break up rather than me becoming Muslim. The other
problem is that I have two daughters who are attending a Hindu School
and what does the Sharia say about what happens after I convert with
regards to my daughters. I have met a wonderful Muslim man and we love
each other very much and he asked me twice already to marry him. I did
not go to bed with him and that is not our intention. We love each other
for who we are and he is willing to accept my children if they convert as
well. He said that he will wait until the end of the year before he goes on
with his life because there are other women who he can settle down with
but I am his first preference.
Please advice me and in English please because I do not understand
Arabic. I need to take action about so many things, yet I feel guilty and I
feel sorry for my husband because he is trying to make our marraige to
work. Unfortunately the religion is a big problem.
Your urgent help and co operation will be highly appeciated.
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Herschel and Planck talk to Earth
At 15:49 CEST today, just under 40 minutes after liftoff, Herschel and Planck sent their first radio signals to Earth, confirming that they separated successfully from the launcher and are alive.
Herschel, the upper passenger, was the first to separate from the upper stage of the Ariane 5 at 15:38 CEST at an altitude of about 1150 km over the east coast of Africa. About 1.5 minutes later, the Sylda support structure that enclosed Planck came off and separated. It was followed by Planck at 15:40 CEST at an altitude of about 1700 km slightly East of the east coast of Africa.
The satellites switched on their attitude control and telecommunications systems right after separation, to re-orient themselves and establish contact with Earth for the first time from space. The signals were received by ESA's 35-m deep space antenna at New Norcia in Australia.
The mission control teams will continue to receive telemetry from Herschel via New Norcia, and for Planck via ESA's antenna at Perth, also in Australia. Spacecraft Operations Engineers at the Mission Control Centre will use these data to assess the overall health of the satellites after launch.
Almost immediately after telemetry reception starts, engineers will determine the actual trajectory of each satellite so that it can be fine-tuned for planned trajectory correction manoeuvres.
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DescriptionFrogs vs. Storks is a turn-based strategic puzzle game where frogs need to be guided to a safe location. It is played from a top-down view on a map shaped like a board game that consists of six rows and seven columns of water lilies. One or more frogs start on orange lilies near the bottom of the screen and they need to reach the yellow ones near the top. Each level has one or more storks that attempt to catch the frogs. The game is played in turns but the player controls both frogs and storks at the same time. Frogs can move over one lily at a time, horizontally or vertically. Every move is however immediately mirrored by the storks in the opposing direction. If a frog moves left one lily, the stork moves one right. When a stork reaches the edge of the board, further movement will make it appear on the other side. That way the player needs to outsmart the storks by his own decisions as there is no computer intelligence at all.
Gradually, a number of bonuses and hazards are introduced. Frogs receive extra points for catching flowers of flies, but when a stork gets them first, points are lost. Storks sometimes leave behind eggs that are worth points. A number of hazards can be used to the player's advantage. Water on top of a lily doubles the movement and broken ones cause the frogs or storks to reappear at the starting positions. Using these is often required to get out of an impossible situation. Although the difficulty increases with each level, every environment is randomly generated for each game, but based on the same variables that determine the difficulty.
Later levels become more complex when more than five frogs are controlled. The player needs to select them individually and only one can be moved per turn. Reaching the safe haven with a few is not sufficient, as they remain vulnerable until all frogs have reach the yellow lilies. There are often multiple storks and in some levels their movement is doubled. Another aspect of difficulty is the lazy frog. It cannot be moved by itself, but needs to be pushed around by a regular frog. The player has however an unlimited amount of tries.
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I've learned that there is no authoritative dictionary for English. I wonder on what juristic basis students are corrected when making mistakes in an English class. How can someone say that whatever the student did wrong is not considered correct English by other people.
In German schools, students may only be "punished" (by getting a bad mark) when they had the chance to know better. For example when they have violated a rule in the official German dictionary. That is impossible when there is no official dictionary.
How do schools in Britain or the US handle that issue?
Note: There is no official reference of the German language either. However, authorities in Germany are advised to use the German language as specified in a dictionary called "Duden". Pupils in Germany are graded using the "Duden" dictionary. Other German-speaking countries may use other dictionary.


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I never would have thought I'd put Brad Pitt and Fontrum in the same sentence though I suppose before the Oscars, I never would have thought I'd put Angelina and Try in the same sentence either but then she stuck her leg out and became a punchline and now it seems like it's his turn.
There's probably a Tumblr parody for this already.
Have you seen it yet? Brad Pitt's highly anticipated ad for Chanel No5? Watch, then meet up with me after the video.
Pretentious arty sh-t, yes.
And so f-cking embarrassing.
I am embarrassed for him.
I am embarrassed that he's looking off into the distance and talking about… THE WORLD TURNING AND WE TURN WITH IT….
Why is Brad Pitt gazing out to the nether-yond like all fake-pensive?
Why can't he close his mouth?
Why couldn't he have just said to camera "the renovations on my French chateau, Miraval, are really expensive" and let it go at that?
I would have preferred that.
I would have preferred the straight up money grab instead of this -- a lame attempt at profundity…over PERFUME.
This is so shockingly off-brand, I almost don't understand how he could have agreed to it except I do. I do because Brad Pitt would have had the power to kill if it he had wanted to kill it. And the reason he didn't kill it is because this is what he has in common with James Franco - an "artist's sensibility" is what he'd call it; an "artist full of eye-roll" is what we'd call it. This is his definition of high concept. This is our definition of his sh-t to Jennifer Aniston's Smartwater diarrhoea... to say nothing of the weird timing of it all.
Just the other day, Pitt was in LA promoting the documentary The House I Live In, crusading for change in the war against drugs. So on one hand he's speaking articulately in service of an important cause - click here to read - and on the other he's staring off at the moon and stars, delivering a soliloquy to a fragrance. I don't understand why they couldn't have left it at this.


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It didn't take long for pandemonium to break out once the Super Bowl XLVII victory parade commenced in Baltimore just before noon local time Tuesday.
Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed stole the show early on, serenading the crowd with Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise" before eschewing his float to walk the parade route. With a microphone pilfered from a local television reporter and a camera strapped to his head, Reed carried the Lombardi Trophy through the streets of Baltimore, allowing fans to reach out and touch the grand prize.
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We've just launched version 3.0, which displays tags in the task list. :) Please see the blog post for more details.
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If only one is possible, we should be able to globally switch between displaying listname or the list of tags.
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this would make the tags feature much more useful
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Showing the tags on the Android app was evidently a valuable feature, since it is part of the app. This feature should be added to the iPhone app, at least as an option.


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Where Air Meets Water (Eagle & Killerwhale) Plate
Corrine HuntRESERVED
Recycled Glass
Plexi-glass display stand not included
The concept for this design is based upon the physical depiction of air meeting water – a droplet of water which creates a swirl as the air affects its surface. The whorl-shape created by this abstract notion has produced the forms of an Eagle, on the left side of the design, and a Killerwhale; it's body elusively curving around the right side. Corrine has continued to play with the whirlpool concept by introducing echoing shapes and forms that reflect across the surface of the material and invite the viewer to explore the "water's" surface.
$50 Gift Card
Coastal Peoples Gallery$50.00 CAD
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Hecate Strait Scarf – State I
Susan Point$420.00 CAD
100% Silk; Limited Edition of 100
Exclusively available through Coastal Peoples Gallery
"Hecate Strait is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) and the mainland of British Columbia. Hecate Strait, because it is so shallow, is especially susceptible to violent storms and weather; therefore, has always been revered by the Northwest Coast First Nations Peoples.
The shallow waters make it an abundant place for marine life, especially for spotting Orcas and Humpback Whales breaching.
In this scarf design, I've illustrated the turbulent waters, abundance of Orcas, and Salmon.
Orcas are great guardians of the ocean, with Seals as slaves and Dolphins as warriors. Orcas are closely related to humans; I was told many legends as a child of the whale people and their villages beneath the sea.
Salmon are a symbol of abundance, wealth and prosperity because Salmon are the primary food source for the people of the Northwest Coast. It is also symbolic of dependability and renewal representing the provider of life. Salmon in pairs are good luck."
– Susan Point, 2018
Hummingbird Earrings
Trevor Angus$150.00 CAD
Sterling silver, Laser Engraved
Beau Dick: Revolutionary Spirit
Darren J. Martens$40.00 CAD
Published in 2018
Audain Art Museum
$500 Gift Card
Coastal Peoples Gallery$500.00 CAD
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Killerwhale Shawl Blue
Dorothy Grant$200.00 CAD
50% Silk 50% Merino Wool
Susan Point: Works On Paper
Gary Wyatt$29.95 CAD
A gorgeous collection of prints by one of the Northwest's leading artists
Over the past thirty years Susan Point has become the preeminent Coast Salish artist of her generation, exploring many different modern and traditional themes in a wide variety of media. She has received major public commissions in her home province of British Columbia as well as throughout the Northwest coast, the traditional territory of her people, creating extraordinary monumental sculptures that grace important public buildings. Her glass sculptures are collected around the world.
This is the first book devoted exclusively to her works on paper. Over the past thirty years Point has been an innovator in printmaking, adapting traditional Coast Salish themes to modern art techniques, translating the heritage of her culture to the wider world while creating a body of work that appeals to art collectors from around the globe. Her synthesis of contemporary and traditional styles has resulted in a formidable artistic accomplishment. This beautifully designed volume collects 160 of her prints together for the first time and is sure to inspire and amaze those who see it.
Published in 2014
The Way Home: David Neel
David Neel$32.95 CAD
David Neel was an infant when his father, a traditional Kwakiutl artist, returned to the ancestors, triggering a series of events that would separate David from his homeland and its rich cultural traditions for twenty-five years. When he saw a potlatch mask carved by his great-great-grandfather in a museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the encounter inspired the young photographer to rekindle a childhood dream to follow in the footsteps of his father.
Drawing on memories, legends, and his own art and portrait photography, David Neel recounts his struggle to reconnect with his culture after decades of separation and a childhood marred by trauma and abuse. He returned to the Pacific Coast in 1987, where he apprenticed with master carvers from his father's village. The art of his ancestors and the teaching of the people he met helped to make up for the last years and fuelled his creativity. His career as a multi-media artist also gave him the opportunity to meet and photograph leading artists, knowledgeable elders, and prominent people from around the world. In time he was a recognized artists, with his artwork presented in more than forty solo and sixty group exhibitions.
The Way Home is an uplifting tale that affirms the healing power of returning home. It is also a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome great obstacles, and to the power and endurance of Indigenous culture and art.
Butterfly – Blue
Karla L. West$120.00 CAD
Serigraph, Edition of 200
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Eagle in Flight Scarf (Turquoise)
Dorothy Grant$75.00 CAD
100% Silk
Owl Pendant
Lyle Wilson$56.00 CAD
Sterling silver, Cast
Killerwhale Shawl Red
Dorothy Grant$200.00 CAD
50% Merino Wool 50% Silk
Finding A Voice: The Art of Norman Tait
Vickie Jensen$85.00 CAD
This catalogue was published by Nisga'a Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Finding A Voice: The Art of Norman Tait held at Nisga'a Museum from May 30 to August 29, 2015 and at the West Vancouver Museum from October 14 to December 5, 2015.
Norman Tait (b. 1941) has been devoted to art since childhood. Imbued with a deep connection to his Nisga'a heritage and family, Tait has utilized his artistic gifts and transcended the quotidian to create the extraordinary. Self-taught, this self-critical and highly engaged artist has, over the past five decades, researched and explored his Nation's rich cultural heritage and forged a voice for himself that speaks through his myriad of sculptural and two dimensional works. This voice is driven by a passion to reinvent traditional narratives within a contemporary context and provide ways in which to connect his ancestral heritage to today's fast paced and changing world.
Karen Duffek is the Curator of Contemporary Visual Arts & Pacific Northwest at the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA). Her research focus lies both in the history of Northwest Coast Aboriginal collections―including connecting and documenting historical objects, particularly those made and used during the period of potlatch prohibition, with descendants and originating community members―and in the relationship of contemporary art to cultural practice. Among her many exhibitions are Projections: The Painted Art of Henry Speck, Udzi'stalis (co-curated with Marcia Crosby, 2012) and a collaboration with artist Peter Morin in Peter Morin's Museum (2011), both at MOA's Satellite Gallery; Border Zones: New Art across Cultures (MOA, 2010); Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge (MOA, with tour to the National Gallery of Canada, 2044-2007); and with Tom Hill, the now historical Beyond History (Vancouver Art Gallery, 1989). Her publications include the webzine borderzones.ca (2010) and the books Bill Reid and Beyond: Expanding on Modern Native Art (co-edited with Charlotte Townsent-Gault, 2004), Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge (2004), and the Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations (co-authored with Bill McLennan, 2000).
Vickie Jensen is a Vancouver-based photographer and author who began photographing Norman Tait's work in the mid 1980s. She wrote her first book, Where the People Gather: Bringing a Log to Life, (reprinted in paperback as Totem Pole Carving), based on three months of intense collaboration as Tait and his crew carved a 42-foot doorway pole. "We talked, discussed the photos I was taking, shared the meals I cooked―it was a transforming experience in my life. And getting to know Norman's family was an unexpected bonus. " Jensen also wrote about this pole in the children's book Carving a Totem Pole and has featured Tait's work in a third book, The Totem Poles of Stanley Park, expanded and re-titled in 2015 as Totem Poles and the Lure of Stanley Park. As of 2005 her extensive text and photo documentation of Norman Tait's career is part of the Jensen-Powell Fonds housed in the Museum of Anthropology Archives.
Darrin Martens is currently the Chief Curator of the Audain Art Museum. Prior to this position he served as the Director of the Nisga'a Museum and Director/curator of Burnaby Art Gallery. Martens has a Master's degree in Art History from the University of British Columbia with a focus on Critical Curatorial Studies. He is also a fellow of Claremont Graduate University's J. Paul Getty Foundation's Museum Leadership Institute. Prior to his studies at UBC he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Regina. Marten's passion lies in exploring Canadian art history and in particular artists of First Nations heritage. He has curated over 50 exhibitions and contributed to over 30 publications.
Shirley Morven, whose Nisga'a name is Angaye'e, was born in Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia. She is one of the members of the Gitwilnnaak'il' Wolf clans from that ancient community. She is currently the Chairperson for Nisga'a Lisims Government's Council of Elders and where she is one of the four national officers. She is also charged with the oversight of Collections and Exhibitions on the Nisga'a Museum Advisory Committee. She has served in several other capacities over her lifetime, always with a focus on formal and traditional Nisga'a practices. She has functioned as District Principal for Nisga'a Language and Culture for School District # 92. In addition she was chairperson for the Nisga'a Valley Health Board for 1 ½ terms just at the turn of the century, and on the New Aiyansh Band Council for two terms prior to the Nisga'a attaining their autonomy.
Published in 2015
Guide to Cape Dorset Artists
Kyra Vladykov Fisher$35.00 CAD
It is intended, as the name implies, to guide readers through the Cape Dorset art world, giving just a brief overview of each artist included. It is about the present situation in Cape Dorset and focuses deliberatly on showing the broad spectrum of age, gender, experience and type of art among these artists and the diversity of what is being made in Cape Dorset today.
Published in 2008
Moon Pendant
Philip Janze$65.00 CAD
Sterling silver, Cast
Jump-Ring Bale
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Khowutzun Legend (AP)
Joe Wilson$225.00 CAD
Serigraph, Artist Proof, Edition of 25
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Abstract Earrings
Trevor Angus$150.00 CAD
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Trevor Angus$150.00 CAD
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Trevor Angus$180.00 CAD
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People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point
Robert D. Watt$50.00 CAD
Susan Point's unique artworks have been credited with almost single-handedly reviving the traditional Coast Salish art style. Once nearly lost to the effect of colonization, the crescents, wedges, and human and animal forms characteristic of traditional Coast Salish art can now been seen around the world – reinvigorated with modern materials and techniques – in her serigraphs and public art installations, as well as the works of a new generation of artists that she's inspired.
While the images and symbolism of Point's work are often informed by surviving traditional Salish works and the Traditional Knowledge of her Musqueam family and Elders, she has developed a unique and contemporary style that continues to evolve.
People Among People beautifully displays the breadth and depth of her public art, from cast bronze faces in Whistler to massive carved cedar portals in Stanley Park to moulded polymer murals in Seattle.
Through interviews and archival access, Robert D. Watt gathers the story of each piece, often in Point's own words, to illustrate the vital role she has played in revealing the re-establishing the "Salish footprint" in the Pacific Northwest. An artist's statement by Point and an essay by Dr. Michael Kew complete this portrait of a profoundly moving collection of artworks.
Sun Earrings
John Lancaster$60.00 CAD
Sterling silver, Engraved
Eagle Ring
William (Billy) Cook$200.00 CAD
Sterling silver, Engraved
Sterling silver Rails
Width: 3/8″
Size: 6.75
Unikkaaqtuat: An Introduction to Inuit Myths & Legends
Neil Christopher$24.95 CAD
In this exhaustive story collection, the rich tradition of Inuit storytelling becomes accessible to the rest of Canada for the first time. Unipkaaqtut is the Inuit word meaning "to tell stories."
This definitive collection of Inuit legends is thoughtfully introduced and carefully annotated to provide the historical and cultural context in which to understand this rich oral tradition.
Read about the origin of thunder and lightning, the tale of the man who married a fox and many animal fables from the North. Fascinating and educational, this little-known part of Canada's heritage will captivate readers of all ages. As a work of historical and cultural preservation, this text will be invaluable to those studying Inuit.
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So I've been preparing 10 of my quilts recently.....
....to be on display at the Quilt and Craft Expo at Blackburn this weekend, eeek! As well as my quilts there will be a pile of quilts from Michelle Yeo, and many others.
I feel very privileged to have some of my quilts on show.
If you would like to attend the Expo is being held at the One Community Church - 184 Surrey Road Blackburn (Victoria) from 9am - 3pm.
Entry is $7.50 ($5 conc) and there will be scones and slices, tea and coffee served all day.
The Expo will display quilts as well as other home made crafts.
Hand made items will be for sale, fabrics, soaps, jewellry, cards, jams and more.
All monies raised will go to the Prison Network Ministries (PNM) for work amongst women in prison (Victoria).
It sounds like a fabulous day! xo


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"Every minute counts for people with Alzheimer's disease," said Eric J. Hall, AFA's president and chief executive officer. "By fast-tracking the process to obtain benefits, the Social Security Administration is assisting countless younger individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their families whose quality of life depends on this type of support. The Compassionate Allowance will make an enormous difference in enabling affected individuals to move toward managing their diagnosis and planning for the future."
Early-onset Alzheimer's disease is a rarer form of the brain disorder in which symptoms appear prior to age 65, even occurring in individuals in their 30's and 40's. More commonly, Alzheimer's disease affects individuals 65 and older.
Last September, in a comment letter to the Social Security Administration, AFA had pressed for fast-tracking in light of the significant number of individuals with early-onset Alzheimer's disease as well as the additional issues they often face due to their younger age. For example, AFA had noted, they are less likely to be diagnosed because healthcare providers generally don't look for this brain disorder in younger people; and many who are still employed when symptoms emerge are forced to give up work and other responsibilities due to their declining cognitive function.
In its announcement today, the Social Security Administration said that it is adding 38 conditions, including early-onset Alzheimer's disease, to its list of Compassionate Allowances—a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that clearly qualify for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits. It allows the agency to electronically target and make speedy decisions for the most obviously disabled individuals. Electronic identification of the additional conditions begins March 1.
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The Level Editor is our own application to build maps for HPL2-based games. It is comprised of a set of basic object creation and edition modes which make the building task a lot easier.
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Each part of the screen has a specific function, as follows:
Not listed above are some special windows, used pretty often here:
This is a menu bar, just like in any other windowed application. Available options for this particular editor are as follows:
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BOULDER — Boulder County's election judges should be announcing the name — loudly enough for bystanders to hear — of every voter casting a ballot at a county polling place, argues County Libertarian Party chairman Ralph Shnelvar.
Shnelvar charged Friday that Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Hillary Hall has been violating state law by not having the county's early-voting polling-place election judges call out each voter's name. He said Hall would be continuing to violate that law if the precinct polling-place judges fail to audibly identify voters on Election Day.
But Brad Turner, a spokesman for the county clerk's office, said its election division is in substantial compliance with the state conduct-of-elections law.
And deputy Boulder County attorney David Hughes said a check with the Secretary of State's Office ascertained that a majority of Colorado counties don't require their election judges to announce voters' names when those people complete their voting.
Changes and rewrites of state election laws over the past five years have led to an inconsistency in current statutes, Hughes said Friday afternoon.
State law no longer requires election judges to announce the names of voters who've cast ballots on voting machines, Hughes said, but the law still includes the requirement in voting systems like Boulder County's, where voters fill out paper ballots in polling-place voting booths.
However, "We're not going to start doing it" on Election Day, Hughes said.
He said the Secretary of State's Office advises that Colorado counties have to be uniform and consistent in their conduct of elections, and he said Boulder County's practices are consistent with what other counties are doing.
Shnelvar and Longmont Libertarian Paul Tiger, who called the situation to Shnelvar's attention, cited a section of current Colorado law about the conduct of voting when paper ballots are used.
That law states that when a voter has completed filling out a ballot and leaves the voting booth, the voter "shall give his or her name to one of the election judges, who shall clearly and audibly announce the name in a loud and distinct tone of voice."
The provision appears to stem from an era — before mail-ballot voting and early polling-place voting — when political parties' and candidates Election Day poll watchers used the announcements to track who had cast ballots, and who needed to be reminded to show up to vote.
Tiger, a former poll watcher and election judge, said Friday that he first noticed during the 2010 election that judges weren't calling out people's names and was later assured by a county elections official that the requirement would be made known to election judges for future elections.
But Tiger said that when he early-voted this week, he found that election judges still weren't calling out voters' names.
Tiger said state lawmakers may have intended to remove the requirement for announcing the identities of people casting paper ballots at polling places when they also deleted the requirement for people voting on machines, but "the fact is that the law is on the books, and they're not following it" in Boulder County.
Shnelvar asked Hughes in a Friday morning email to "please advise the county clerk that she is in violation of statute and should correct this violation of statute as quickly as possible."
When told on Friday afternoon that Hughes had said Boulder County would continue its current practice on Election Day, though, Tiger said that "I think there's value in pursuing" the issue, but that with Election Day only days away, "this isn't the time."
Shnelvar sued Hall last month in a dispute over whether Boulder County was violating state law by denying authorized election watchers the ability to observe the handling of mail ballots and ballots returned by members of the military and citizens living overseas. That lawsuit was settled on Monday when Hall agreed to allow observers more access to the process.
When the Times-Call asked Shnelvar on Friday afternoon how or whether he'd pursue his latest complaint — about Boulder County election judges not calling out the names of polling-place voters — he said, "I don't know. I have to confer with the other activists."
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Petals of Blood is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independence, the story follows four characters – Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega – whose lives are intertwined due to the Mau Mau rebellion. In order to escape city life, each retreats to the small, pastoral village of Ilmorog. As the novel progresses, the characters deal with the repercussions of the Mau Mau rebellion as well as with a new, rapidly westernizing Kenya.
The novel largely deals with the scepticism of change after Kenya's liberation from the British Empire, questioning to what extent free Kenya merely emulates, and subsequently perpetuates, the oppression found during its time as a colony. Other themes include the challenging of capitalism, politics, and the effects of westernization. Education, schools, and the Mau Mau rebellion are also used to unite the characters, who share a common history with one another.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independent registered investment advisors (RIA) are sharply divided in their investment outlook for the next six months, according to Charles Schwab's latest survey of over 900 RIAs representing $207 billion in assets under management. When asked to classify their six-month stock market outlook, 37 percent of advisors classified themselves as "bulls", down from 56 percent in January, while 22 percent saw themselves as "bears," up from 10 percent in the previous study in January. However, 41 percent of advisors surveyed said they were "neither" bull nor bear, compared to 35 percent in January.
The number of advisors who think a double-dip recession is likely (28%) remains unchanged from one year ago. In fact, over half of advisors (52%) believe a double-dip recession is unlikely, down from 59% of advisors who responded in July 2010, the last time this question was asked.
Nearly three-fifths of advisors surveyed (58%) expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months, down from the 77 percent reported in January 2011, but more in line with advisors' outlook of July 2010 when 63 percent expected the S&P 500 to rise.
"Clients turn to their advisors as trusted guides in difficult markets," said Bernie Clark, executive vice president and head of Schwab Advisor Services. "More than 90 percent of the advisors surveyed reported winning new assets during the past six months, and we know that RIAs who custody with Schwab report a client retention rate of 97 percent.1 Their reasoned perspective and steady approach will provide clients with thoughtful choices as we move ahead."
Independent advisors also have a mixed outlook about a number of economic and market indicators. Fifty-eight percent of advisors think inflation will increase in the next six months, compared to 64 percent in January. Forty-seven percent surveyed believe that consumer savings will increase, compared to 43 percent in the previous study in January. Only 36 percent believe that consumer spending will increase, compared to 68 percent in January, and 39 percent expect that unemployment will increase, up from 17 percent in the last study. Looking at energy prices, 23 percent of advisors surveyed expect them to soften, compared to only 8 percent in January.
In a first for this study, advisors were asked to identify factors that they believe will improve and pose risks to market performance over the next six months. The leading factors that advisors expect to improve performance are:
- higher corporate earnings expectations (52% of advisors);
- a decrease in the unemployment rate (43%);
- an increase in corporate spending (37%); and
- stability in the European debt crisis and increase in consumer spending (both 36%).
In contrast, advisors said that these factors would pose risks to market performance over the next six months:
- an increase in the unemployment rate (57%);
- continued European debt crisis (47%);
- higher energy and other commodity prices (36%); and
- a decrease in consumer spending (35%).
"As a category, independent investment advisors continue to be among the fastest growing financial services segment due to the personalized service and trustworthy guidance they give their clients," said Mr. Clark.
Advisors' Focus Split Between Large Cap Investments and Increases in Fixed Income and Cash
The increasingly mixed opinion about investing over the next six months is also reflected in advisors' attitudes towards asset classes. Overall, RIAs still have a bias to equity investing with 32 percent likely to invest more in domestic large cap compared to 39 percent in January 2011. Looking abroad, 21 percent of advisors are planning to invest more of their clients' portfolios in international large cap in emerging markets, while 17 percent plan to increase investment in international large cap stocks in developed markets. Reflecting a more conservative outlook, 15 percent of advisors plan to increase their investment in cash and 12 percent expect to invest more in fixed income.
As in January, 43 percent of advisors see energy as the best performer of the next six months followed by information technology (42%). Advisors also had a marked enthusiasm for other top-performing sectors, with 33 percent choosing health care (a 10 percentage point increase over January), 28 percent choosing consumer staples, and 22 percent picking utilities, both of which showed 13 percentage point increases compared to their position in the January survey.
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) continue to be the investment vehicle of choice for independent advisors, with 26 percent of those surveyed saying that they will likely invest more over the next six months, the most of any instrument. Alternative investments ranked second among advisors as the investment vehicle where advisors expect to invest more (20%), followed by actively managed mutual funds (15%). Ten percent of advisors said they expected to invest more in gold, the only investment vehicle that showed a significant increase.
Municipal bonds and actively managed mutual funds also rank high among the majority of independent advisors surveyed, with 55 percent of advisors indicating they will keep at current levels for their client portfolios.
Clients Holding Steady
According to the advisors surveyed, the percentage of clients needing reassurance (23%) is unchanged from the survey earlier in the year, and lower than the number of clients needing reassurance in 2010 and 2009. Looking at the next six months, 59 percent of advisors reported that they believed it would be difficult to reach their clients' investment goals in the current market environment. While this is an increase from the 39 percent reported earlier this year, it is about the same as the levels reported in surveys in January 2010 and July 2009, and down significantly from the 84 percent reported in January of 2009.
Advisors report a more conservative financial posture among their clients. Forty-one percent are reducing expenses, compared to 34 percent in January, while 20 percent are drawing down on existing savings and assets, compared to 13 percent in January. In the most conservative finding, advisors say that only 8 percent of their clients are spending money on discretionary items, compared to 22 percent in January.
About half (46%) of clients are maintaining their existing portfolios without making contributions, nor taking gains or withdrawals. However, nearly one-fifth (19%) are adding assets to their portfolios, and another 17 percent are drawing down on their portfolio's existing principal.
Exploring financial risk and age, advisors reported that 54 percent of their clients under 50 are more financially aggressive than clients over 50, while 23 percent of those under 50 have a similar profile to clients over 50, and only 16 percent are more conservative. In their retirement planning, most advisors are helping clients with a retirement income plan (77%) or an overall financial plan (72%).
Advisors reported that new assets coming from former DIY investors grew to 25 percent of total new assets compared to 22 percent reported in January. Clients who left a full-service brokerage firm reported that they did so for more personal advice (66%) and having lost trust in their previous firm (57%).
Industry Outlook
Advisors anticipate continued changes in the RIA industry over the next five years, including:
- More companies developing products and services for RIAs as the industry grows (88%);
- Greater use of outsourcing so that RIAs can focus on what they do best (75%);
- More consolidation among RIAs (73%);
- Clients seeking more transparency into investment decisions in their portfolios (67%).
Advisors report that the two biggest pressures on their firms' profitability will be the costs to meet changing regulatory requirements (33%), and the costs for finding and retaining quality employees (19%).
Charles Schwab is a leading provider of custodial, operational and trading support for nearly 7,000 independent RIAs.
Methodology for 2011 RIA Benchmarking Study:
Responses were collected during February and March of 2011 and is provided for general informational purposes only. All data is self-reported by study participants and is not verified or validated. Each participating advisory firm submitted only one set of responses.
About the Charles Schwab Independent Advisor Outlook Study
The Independent Advisor Outlook Study, conducted for Schwab Advisor Services by Koski Research, has a 3.31% margin of error. Koski Research is not affiliated with nor employed by Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Detailed findings can be found at www.aboutschwab.com/press/research/advisor_research. All data is self-reported by study participants and is not verified or validated. Advisors participated in the study between July 26 and August 5, 2011.
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices and 8.2 million client brokerage accounts, 1.44 million corporate retirement plan participants, 754,000 banking accounts, and $1.65 trillion in client assets as of July 31, 2011. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, www.sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through its Advisor Services division. Independent investment advisors are not owned, affiliated with or supervised by Schwab. Its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides banking and mortgage services and products. More information is available at www.schwab.com and www.aboutschwab.com. (0911-5826)
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President Barack Obama will visit Chicago on Friday, when he will discuss gun violence as he focuses on his economic message from Tuesday's State of the Union address, according to the White House.
Obama will "talk about the gun violence that has tragically affected too many families in communities across Chicago and across the country," a White House official said in a statement.
The president's visit answers calls from Chicago anti-violence activists that Obama talk about the recent spate of gun violence in the city, several of the activists said.
"This is an important issue," said Cathy Cohen, founder of the Black Youth Project, which attracted about 45,000 signatures by Sunday night in an online petition that urges Obama to speak up. "We think of this as a victory for all of us."
The group posted the petition on change.org shortly after Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was shot to death last month at a South Side park. The King College Prep student was slain about a week after performing with her school band at Obama's inaugural festivities.
Since Hadiya was shot about a mile from the president's Kenwood neighborhood home Jan. 29, during the deadliest January for Chicago since 2002, pastors, parents and activists have demanded that more be done about the city's violence.
First lady Michelle Obama attended Hadiya's funeral Saturday. Hadiya's mother, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, will also attend the president's State of the Union speech on Tuesday, family spokeswoman Shatira Wilks said late Sunday.
Hadiya's godmother, LaKeisha Stewart, said she hasn't heard whether the president will spend time with the Pendletons during his trip to Chicago.
Stewart said she's happy about Obama's plans. "Any awareness that can be brought to this issue that can prevent any family from ever feeling the pain that we as a family have felt … is awesome," she said. "This city is in pain right now."
Nathaniel Pendleton, Hadiya's father, said his family didn't know much about the president's Chicago trip, but "if he decided to speak with us, we'll be more than happy."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said the president's remarks in Chicago will play a different role than Michelle Obama's attendance at Hadiya's funeral. The first lady didn't speak publicly about the events surrounding the teenager's death.
"Her being there is very important since it was her neighborhood," Jackson said. "I think the president's coming is important because she did not deal with the politics. … She dealt with the calming concern for a broken-hearted family," he said.
Jackson made a public appeal this month for the president to speak to the bloodshed in Chicago.
Because of the upcoming visit, parents of children who have been shot to death in the city will finally feel heard by Obama, said Annette Nance-Holt, who lost her son Blair Holt in 2007 after he was shot on a crowded CTA bus.
"This sends a message to the parents here that their kids are important too," Holt said. "It may not have been a big shooting with an assault rifle. But to see (Obama) come and hopefully rally some support here means a lot."
The White House said the president's visits to Asheville, N.C., Atlanta and Chicago this week will also press issues that he will raise in his State of the Union speech Tuesday.
"The president will travel to Chicago for an event amplifying some of the policy proposals included in the State of the Union that focus on strengthening the economy for the middle class and the Americans striving to get there," a White House official said in a statement.
Clergy on Sunday praised Obama's decision to speak in Chicago, arguing his speech could bring greater attention to the killings plaguing communities here.
"Hopefully and prayerfully, his coming will make a real impact," said the Rev. Kenneth Giles of Second Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in the South Austin neighborhood. "Now that the nation is focused on (gun violence), maybe they will hear his voice and hear what he has to say."
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of the South Side's St. Sabina Catholic Church, said he's grateful the president is "zooming in" on the issue.
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CLOSUP Policy Research Grants Program
Prior Awards
The links below provide short descriptions of awards previously made under the CLOSUP Policy Research Grants Program, as well as awards made under two earlier CLOSUP funding programs: the Major Projects Program and the Small Grants Program (both of which were combined into the current Policy Research Grants Program). For more information about these projects, please contact the project directors, or the CLOSUP staff.
The CLOSUP grant program is not currently active. For more information on the CLOSUP Policy Research Grants program, see the program overview.
Awards made:
Fiscal Year 2012 Awards (note: no awards made in FY11)
- The Effects of Participation in Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program on Postsecondary Intentions, Enrollment, and Achievement
- The Role of the Prosecutor in Criminal Justice Outcome Disparities
Fiscal Year 2010 Awards
- Public Opinion Amid Science and Policy Controversy: The 2010 National Survey of Public Opinion on Climate Change and the Case of Michigan
- Seeking Michigan's Economic Transformation: Lessons from Pittsburgh and Beyond
- The Relationship Between Perceived Economic Inequality/Discrimination and Policy Preferences
Fiscal Year 2009 Awards
- Responding to the Collapse of Lake Huon's Chinook Salmon Fishery: Using an Integrated Assessment to Improve Decision Making and Enhance Resiliency
- Informing the Michigan Neonatal Biotrust
- Barriers to Medicaid Participation Among Immigrants
- The National Survey of Climate Change Opinion
Fiscal Year 2008 Awards
- Community Benefits Agreements: Advancing Ecological Democracy in Land Use Planning
- Improving Quality of Life Estimates Across Cities: Are Cities Really Too Big?
- Remaking the City After Abandonment
- The Tax Incidence of Sales Tax Holidays
Fiscal Year 2007 Awards
- Are Permit Market Outcomes Independent of Permit Allocation? Empirical Evidence from Electricity Markets
- The Climate of Opinion: Public Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Policy Alternatives in Michigan and Pennsylania
- The Kalamazoo Promise
- The Demand for E85 Ethanol
- Community Context and Prisoner Reentry
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This video is interesting :
The machine isn't taxed much, but it seems OK.
And a picture from an early prototype :
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Here we go again ...
sickgut wrote:
i havent made an OS for the raspberry, only for my android tablets and i can only comment on those. One of them is the superpad 2 or flytouch 3 with 1ghz cpu.and 512mb ram. you commented that you dont buy the absolute cheapest hardware, but this is a thread about running linux on a 25 USD computer, that is a buget ARM device it isnt a $300 or whatever galaxy slate.
You have to look at where the money was spent when making the device.
I was hoping my link would have helped with that.
Clock speeds are deceiving.
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from what i understand the raspberry has a decent gpu and this can run games, thats fine. Other games devices have an ARM cpu such as the nintendo ds. Its a different story when you use the same systems to run linux. The raspberry has a ARM cpu that i s said to be similar in performance to a PII300, well the playstation 2 also has a CPU that is similar in performance to that, and running linux on it is a terrible experience.
The CPU in the PS2 was a completely different kettle of fish.
That really was only designed to run games ...
And even game devs had trouble getting the most out of it.
The ARMv6 is a bit more general purpose.
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Altho good performance can be achieved from the ARM cpu such as what we see in gaming devices, it is only attained via the absolute optimization of everything. The game itself always talks to the cpu at the most low basic level. As soon as you put layers and layers between the running program and the CPU via the use of a multitasking OS like linux, you loose performance immediately and drastically. Android is optimized for the ARM, but even if you compile a normal linux like debian or whatever maybe puppy, yeah sure it works on the ARM but it isnt optimized for it in the same way that Android is.
My experience is the opposite, Android never performed as well as plain Linux for me on the FreeRunner.
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if you built puppy with an android kernel, then yeah maybe you could get around some of the performance issues. I think your best bet is customize your android to be more like puppy or wait till there is a new linux kernel that performs well on ARM devices.
I suspect you have never build an Android kernel ...
It contains a whole load of extra crap which we would not want.
Other than that it is no more optimized for ARM than a regular Kernel.
(Take a look)
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Before there is a slew of remarks about how crap my skills must be to make an OS that is so slow, please know that for a long time i have been setting up debian linux to be similar in speed and size to puppy. I am using debian because i know more about that than i do Puppy. My Pussy linux which is a debian that tried to work in the same way and contain the same apps as Puppy has been a success and it is actually faster than Puppy if you load from a live cdrom and compare the 2 OSes. The same things I used to attain this kind of speed i have used in my debian ARM experiments., i am not a newbie at this.
I know that, which is why I find your rabid naysaying the more perplexing.
There are a whole host of factors that could be influencing the performance of your port on your tablets.
I am pretty sure that the Raspberry Pi will perform a lot better, specially given all the demos I have seen.
I am assuming you recompiled everything for ARMv6 (ARM11) ?
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If this OS actually was usable then i would have released it months ago and the only reason it isnt usable is because its so slow, and if released as a puppy it would give puppy a very bad name.
It would nice if you shared some of it with us, as we should be able to re-use most of it.
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Who likes Python?
Python is the language Pi are promoting but we have other possibilities. Murga Lua, Vala, Bacon or we could just stick with C . . .
We will need (for Puppy on Arm)
C and then Ash/Bash (script)
There is I believe a Puppy IDE for Vala from MU (Mark Ulrich)
Python because of the library size is not used much in Puppy?
The only program that I would like is Openshot - that uses Python but it would be slow I should imagine - we will see . . .
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once you have debian arm installed you can apt-get anything you want still as the debian "main" repo is all available for ARM aswell. There isnt a need to recompile anything and you can slim everything down manually as well as have your main filesystem in a compressed squashfs if you like, doing this is reasonably quick and if there is a debian available with the raspberry as i read on their site it will be made available , a day uninstalling all the crud and slimming it and then apt-getting what you need then slimming it should be a simple affair, and distribution of the OS could happen with compressed .img file that is gzipped to save space and download size, and to install you ungzip then use dd to image it to the sd card, you could include all the bootloader etc that comes with the raspberry in the image file so the user can just image the sdcard and not worry about partitions etc
i can do this and will do it if yall think its a good idea. I have made debian for arm to try to be like puppy before with serious performance issues but...
...maybe the version of debian that comes with the raspberry is more optimized than the usual kind you or i could install, whatever the case it can be turned into something that resembles Puppy, well kind of like something similar in size and features and it would probably only take a day to do this. This will give you a good gauge to measure its performance and whatever measures can be taken to make it less intensive, but i fear the performance issues will restrict quite alot when it comes to the gui part of it. And if this is the case it can still be made to be reasonably useful running programs at the console etc but if performance is that bad that we have to do that then the Puppy that is made for it wont really resemble puppy much at all in the GUI sense.
whatever happens, ill release a small linux OS for the raspberry, using the debian that can be provided with it as a base, and make it as puppy like as i can... altho this isnt a puppy it will give you all a guide , like a preview of the kind of performance you can expect from the hardware, and if performance is an issue you can plan around that.
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It is interesting that Linux struggles to provide multitasking on ARM11, when slower chips have allowed multitasking with older OSs.
Sickgut warning of speed seems reasonable - see interview with Eben of RasPi:
. . . I expect that a $200 x86 box will give you more compute than 8
Raspberry Pis
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Eben Slashdot Interview
I wonder if this is because we expect a lot more of an OS today and/or the way OSs work - Mac OS 9, Windows 3 and Risc OS use co-operative rather than preemptive multitasking.
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Puppy Linux as a small OS is not alone in looking at ARM for to expand usage.
Bodhi Linux are also into ARM. Them have already for Archos 8" tablet.
Bodhi is a kind of Ubuntu remix. I boot it even frugally on my ntfs now thanks to kind help by d4p member of the forum.
Very few Ubuntu versions seems to allow for boot on old grub4dos.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Again, this video looks promising :
It is a shame that there is no interaction to see how laggy it is.
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i apollogize if my posts seem overly negative, i am excited about puppy running on raspberry and other ARM devices such as the cheapo android tablets, as that is like the ultimate.... can you imagine drawing with your finger using gimp on a tablet PC?
when running linux on ARM its fast enough with be usable when you are running your programs in the console at the commandline, its when you start messing with an X server and a WM and a file manager and a browser that it really bogs down.
puppy for ARM is possible but the GUI part will have to be much much lighter than the current xorg roxfiler jwm or openbox and firefox/ seamonkey/ chrome/ midori browser setup. But without these things is it really a puppy? <---- that right there is my only concern.
but i am sure that right here in this thread are all the people we need to make a sweet light but functional linux that has the right mix of applications and speed and charm that can be made for the raspberry. Hopefully we can do for ARM what puppy did for the the intel x86, or at the very least modify the OS that can ship with it to do the same.
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there are other distros ready to go for rasberrypi maybe a puppy could be built using one.I am on the preorder list hoping to use puppy on this little beauty. I have been using puppy for a long time but I am only a user and do not know how to write script or port, or I would gladly take on this project.The link here is for the available distros.
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Dweomergod wrote:
I have been using puppy for a long time but I am only a user and do not know how to write script or port, or I would gladly take on this project.The link here is for the available distros.
Tsk, tsk. Lack of ability and knowledge is easily remedied.
We will put you in charge of this project and give you 6 weeks to save the multiverse:
It is amazing how fast you can learn given the right sardines . . .
Order a board. Put Debian on SD.
Then . . . well how should I know . . . until I find out . . .
We are Puppy. We are Doacracy.
Ignorance is futile.
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