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This coming week our nation will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. As you may know I was elected Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. In that capacity I have published the following statement that I want you to read:
January 22, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the tragic U.S. Supreme Court rulings Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Without grounding in the Constitution, law or human rights, these decisions have made it legal for the past forty years in the United States to end the life of an unborn child. Since then fifty-five million children never had the chance to be born. The scope of this loss is staggering, yet the Court and many in our society relegate it to a matter of personal choice.
As part of the ongoing response to innocent children's lives being taken with the protection of the law, the U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a major pastoral initiative calling for prayer and penance to promote and build a culture of life, marriage and religious liberty.
The initiative includes "Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage" from January 19 to 27, 2013. I invite Catholics in the United States to join me in this novena. It includes daily prayer intentions for the healing and conversion of our nation, for elected officials who support abortion, and for all people whose lives have forever been changed by an abortion. The novena is available through social media, text messaging and email, to be helpful for youth and other pilgrims traveling to pro-life events and marches and for those wishing to participate from their parishes and homes.
Our nation greatly needs our prayers and personal sacrifices. The evil of abortion inflicts unimaginable pain, but Jesus offers us healing and renewal. He came not to condemn us, but to free us from the burden of the wrongs we have done so that all might be saved. His Divine Mercy knows no limits; we need only to ask his forgiveness. If you know of anyone suffering from the effects of an abortion experience, please encourage them to seek help.
It is our hope and prayer that our defense of human life and religious freedom, our witness to the dignity of each and every human person, our compassionate service and our prayers calling on the infinite love and mercy of God will spark a renewal of love and commitment to the true good of others. Only a love that seeks to serve those most in need, whatever the personal cost to ourselves, is strong enough to overcome a culture of death and build a civilization worthy of human beings created in God's image.
I encourage you to visit www.usccb.org/9days to receive daily prayers and reflections for the novena and learn how to promote them in your parish or organization. To see the help available after an abortion please visit http://hopeafterabortion.com and for more information on the Supreme Court's abortion decisions please visit http://endroe.org
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The New Year is a time when many people take stock of their lives and consider various forms of "self-improvement", such as quitting smoking or weight loss. I wonder, though, how many consider improving their spiritual lives? Fortunately, that is exactly what we are given the opportunity to do in this Year of Faith.
This week, I have asked Michael Lavigne, our Senior Associate to the Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization, to share some ideas with you about how we may take advantage of this special year designated by the Holy Father.
— Cardinal Seán
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The Year of Faith
by Michael Lavigne
"What the world is in particular need of today is the credible witness of people enlightened in mind and heart by the word of the Lord, and capable of opening the hearts and minds of many to the desire for God and for true life, life without end." (Pope Benedict XVI, Porta Fidei)
As we continue to celebrate the beginning of a new calendar year it is a good time to be reminded of another "year" worth celebrating: the Year of Faith. We are only a few months into this gift that has been given to us by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, which ends on November 24, 2013.
During this Year of Faith we are being invited to profess the faith with confidence, hope and joy! It is an invitation for each of us to encounter, grow and share.
This Year is an opportunity for all of us to deepen our friendship with the Person of Jesus Christ and encounter Him by participating in daily prayer, reading of Scripture and in the Sacraments, especially in Penance and the Eucharist.
Some ways we can encounter the Person of Jesus Christ include:
· Spend time with the Real Presence of Christ in Eucharistic Adoration and thereby grow in intimacy with Him.
· Be nourished by God's Word through the practices of lectio divina (Sacred Reading). The five step process includes 1. Read; 2. Meditate; 3. Pray; 4. Contemplate; and 5. Act.
· Encounter and experience His mercy and healing, especially through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
· Visit a Shrine in the Archdiocese of Boston or throughout New England with you family and/or friends.
· Reflect on the life of Mary, who is a model of faith, through praying the Rosary.
This Year is an opportunity to grow in understanding and knowledge of our beautiful Catholic faith, especially through reflecting upon the documents of the Second Vatican Council and studying the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Some ways we can grow in knowledge of faith include:
· View Fr. Robert Barron's Catholicism series. He gently and convincingly presents the Faith through the use of artwork, music, Catholic landmarks and moving narration. You can learn more about this compelling work at www.WordonFire.org.
· Pray the Nicene Creed each day. Recite the Creed as part of your prayer routine or as a family before or after a meal.
· Practice the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy (see Mt 25). In this way we, who live out our faith in action, can stand in communion with the Triune God and with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
· Participate in Catholic Faith Essentials: A Course for Adults During the Year of Faith. This exciting initiative that is being facilitated through a collaborative effort of the Office of the Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization, the Secretariat for Faith Formation & Evangelization, and the Secretariat for Catholic Media.
During this course, which is occurring from January 2013 through February 2014, we will reflect on "Is Faith the Transforming Power in Our Lives"; "Significant Themes from Vatican Council II"; "Significant Themes from the Catechism"; "Living the Catholic Faith"; and "Learning from the Church's Great Saints."
You can learn more about Catholic Faith Essentials by visiting www.YearofFaithBoston.org/CatholicFaithEssentials. It is not too late to join the hundreds who are already participating in this course. In fact you can catch up by viewing the first two sessions HERE.
This Year is an opportunity to provide witness: having drawn closer to Christ we can now be witnesses of God's love within us.
Some ways we can share and give witness to the gift of faith include:
· Read and reflect on Cardinal Seán's Pastoral Letter: A New Pentecost: Inviting All to Follow Jesus.
· Identify a family member or friend who is close to you to consider the mystery of the Person of Jesus as calling them. Begin by praying specifically for that person's conversion asking the Holy Spirit for guidance as to when and how you can witness to them.
· Invite a friend or family member to Mass, a retreat, a conference or host a viewing of Catholic Faith Essentials for friends and/or family. Consider beginning with a meal and have an ongoing conversation about the mystery of Jesus so as to share understanding of faith.
Through Divine Providence, this Year of Faith is occurring as the Archdiocese embarks into Disciples in Mission: A Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese of Boston. At the very core of this plan is the mission of the Church to evangelize – to share the Good News of the Person of Jesus Christ.
In fact this week members of the staff at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center kicked off the Stage 1 Training with a full day of learning about and reflecting on the mission to evangelize.
Imagine if all of us engage this Year of Faith with the special intention that the Holy Spirit prepares all of us to be instruments of faith, hope and love throughout the implementation of Disciples in Mission! It is not too late to do so – there is still approximately 310 days left in this blessed Year.
As we draw closer to the beginning of Lent it is an ideal time to commit or re-commit ourselves to entering into the celebration of this Year with courage, hope and joy. I invite you to visit our Archdiocesan website for the Year of Faith: www.YearofFaithBoston.org. The site offers a variety of resources, ideas and reflections for the Year of Faith.
Be assured of my prayers for you that your participation in this Year may bear tremendous fruit in your life and in the lives of all those who witness your love for Jesus Christ and His Church.


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HoneyLove wants to make bee-lievers out of Mar Vista & Del Rey
KPCC 89.3 FM article by Molly Peterson
"Science detectives say they're making progress toward solving the mystery of the disappearing bees. But bee enthusiasts aren't taking Colony Collapse Disorder lying down either. This summer the Madeleine Brand show covered a documentary on concerns about bee colonies disappearing, and the show's Jacob Margolis talked about his beekeeping setup.
Now backyard beekeepers are looking to expand territory in Los Angeles where their hives are welcome. (Right now, LA City code allows bee raising (apiaries) in zones A1, A2, MR1, MR2, M1, M2, M3.) I heard about Chelsea McFarland, who with her husband Rob has founded HoneyLove, a volunteer group on the west side of Los Angeles pushing for expanded rights in the city of Los Angeles areas of Mar Vista and Del Rey to keep bees. I traded some emails with her to learn more. (What follows is condensed and edited some.)
Can you tell me more about your urban beekeeping pilot program? Are you getting any funding support from anywhere?
[The idea is] that interested residents in the community would be given the opportunity to host up to two beehives on their property. Included in the program there will be an application/registration/inspection process and safe regulations in place. Our primary goal is to set up a handful of communities with these pilot programs across LA and then take it to the full city council to allow all of Los Angeles to be involved!
In terms of funding, we are in the process of getting our final tax-exempt stamp of approval on our 501(c)(3) non-profit HoneyLove. In the meantime we are a self-funded volunteer group of friends and family… a true grassroots initiative!
You're doing feasibility studies through the Mar Vista and Del Rey Neighborhood Councils. What are they intended to accomplish?
Essentially the studies are all about educating the council and the community about the concept of urban beekeeping, connecting with other cities who have legalized it (Santa Monica, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Denver, etc.), and engaging and addressing the interests and concerns of the individual communities.
The full results of the feasibility study and our petition will be submitted to the community councils October 11 and then published online at HoneyLove.org.
In Mar Vista, October 11th is the big day that the MVCC will vote to approve or deny our pilot program. We are hoping to get as many people as possible to come out to the council meeting to show their support for that vote!
Which came first, your love of bees, or your love of honey?
Hahaha… well Rob and I have always been animal advocates! We actually first met while working for the Orangutan Foundation International in Asia. The honey definitely started tasting sweeter after we fell in love with our fuzzy little bees.
Chelsea added that "HoneyLove is a resource for public meetings and events going on almost every week ranging from council and committee meetings to film screenings to our fun outreach events." Mar Vista, are you in?"


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Staying indoors during allergy season may seem like a good strategy when you have allergies, but indoor air can be just as irritating to allergies. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's website, "dust mites, animal dander and even cockroaches can cause problems indoors."
Dust mites are a chief culprit for allergy sufferers, affecting up to 8 out of 10 Americans. The best way to control dust mites is to minimize their effect by keeping all surfaces in the home clean, and by minimizing clutter. The AAFA recommends eliminating carpet altogether, or at a bare minimum to use only washable throw rugs or a low-piled carpet. The AAFA goes on to say that:
The single most important method is to put zippered allergen impermeable or plastic covers on all pillows, mattresses and box springs. Encasing mattresses works better than air cleaners to reduce allergy symptoms. Every week, wash bedding, uncovered pillows and stuffed toys in hot water (130 degree F.) to kill mites.
Animal dander is another culprit, impacting up to 6 out 10 people in the U.S. Doctors recommend not having pets if you are allergic to pet dander. If you must have a pet, first take a break from the animal, either by vacation, or keeping the pet out of the house for at least two months, since pet dander can linger in homes that long. The AAFA recommends slowly introducing the pet back into the home, and seeing if symptoms are attributable to the pet. If so, they advise carefully considering if the pet is worth the discomfort. They also recommend keeping the pet out of your bedroom, and perhaps choosing a pet without fur or feathers.
By vacuuming once or twice a week using a HEPA filter or double-bagged vacuum, some allergens can be controlled. Also cleaning dust with a damp cloth is another good method for keeping irritating particles at a minimum in the home.
Keeping moisture out of the home wherever possible can help control mold, which is another offending allergen. Also keeping only a few house plants and using a dehumidifier will help as well.
Cockroach debris is another culprit that reduces indoor air quality. Following recommended methods for controlling cockroaches can limit the effects of their debris.
Finally, running air conditioning in warm weather, recycling the indoor air, goes a long way to control outside allergens from entering the home. Window unit filters should be changed often. Also, air purifiers and cleaners can help to keep allergens at a minimum.


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RICHMOND, Va. – Towson University student-athletes Thomas DeNapoli and Joe Gunerman were honored as the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) announced its spring scholar-athletes. DeNapoli was the men's lacrosse honoree while Gunerman was the men's golf selection.
The CAA honors one scholar-athlete in each of its 21 championship sports. Nominees for the award must be a starter or important reserve on their team and must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25. Thewinners were selected by a vote of the sports information directors at each CAA institution.
DeNapoli earned his degree from Towson this past spring after posting a 3.36 GPA as a biology major. He was a USILA Scholar All-American and a member of the CAA All-Academic team in men's lacrosse. On the field, DeNapoli earned second-team All-CAA honors after leading the Tigers with 36 points on 17 goals and 19 assists. He scored at least one point in 13 of 15 games this season and scored two or more goals in a single contest five times. He corralled 26 ground balls on the season. DeNapoli was a Senior CLASS Award nominee and was a recipient of Towson's Doc Minnegan Scholarship. DeNapoli was a first-team All-CAA honoree in 2013, made the All-CAA second team in 2012 and was a member of the CAA All-Rookie squad in 2011.
Gunerman also earned his degree in political science from Towson in May. He graduated with a 3.71 grade point average (GPA). He was honored as Towson's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2013-14 season. He's expected to be chosen as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Nominee for the second year in a row. On the course, Gunerman earned a spot on the All-CAA second team for the second consecutive year in 2014. He ranked second on the squad in scoring average (73.7) and rounds under par (6) and posted individual victories this season at the Navy Fall Classic and the Navy Spring Invitational. Gunerman placed sixth at the CAA Men's Golf Championship with a three-round score of 220.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' knack for congressional redistricting helps them control the U.S. House, but it may be working against them on immigration changes that national GOP leaders see as critical to the next presidential election.
House Republicans generally represent far fewer Hispanics than Democrats do. And that leaves many GOP members representing white conservatives, many of whom oppose a path to citizenship for immigrants living here illegally.
The combination poses a high hurdle for passage of a comprehensive immigration overhaul in the Republican-controlled House. The Senate has passed such a measure, which includes an eventual pathway to citizenship, accompanied by greater border security.
A GOP-sanctioned study of Mitt Romney's November defeat concluded that the party must embrace immigration reform to stem its huge losses among Hispanic voters, a fast-growing group. But dozens of House Republicans have a far greater fear: inviting GOP primary challengers from the right by failing to appease their most conservative constituents.
"House members would clearly be taking a risk in supporting any kind of immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship," said Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz. "There's clearly a tension here between what would be in the interest of the Republican Party" — particularly in presidential races — "and what would be in the interest of individual Republicans, especially in the House."
Both Republicans and Democrats in many states have refined the art of congressional gerrymandering, in which they draw House districts to be as strongly conservative or liberal as possible. Adding to the partisan divide are decisions by millions of Americans to live among politically like-minded people. And partisan-tinged radio and TV programs shower lawmakers and constituents with ideological reinforcement.
While Democrats gerrymander districts too, GOP control of many state governments after the 2010 Census let Republicans draw an unusual number of House districts to their liking. Now, from a presidential election viewpoint, Republicans may be choking on their success.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the House's third-ranking Republican leader, notes the partisan disparity in Hispanic representation. The average Hispanic proportion of a Democrat's House district is 23 percent, he tells colleagues, while it's 11 percent for Republicans. Of the House's 234 Republicans, 106 have districts in which Hispanics make up less than 6 percent of all residents.
With conservative and liberal activists dominating Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively, lawmakers are being chosen by "very unrepresentative voters," said Mickey Edwards, a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma. If you're a lawmaker from a solidly partisan district, Edwards said, "you don't worry about the general election. You make sure you win the primary."
For many Republicans, he said, that means constantly veering right. On issues such as immigration, Edwards said, some Americans say, "'What's wrong with these people, they're irrational.'" In fact, he said, "the opposite is true. They are very rational."
At a meeting with constituents last week, GOP Rep. Justin Amash — whose Michigan district is about 7 percent Hispanic — heard sharp criticisms of the Senate immigration bill.
"Compromise is the crucifixion of conscience," said Terri Rogers, 66, of Cedar Springs, Mich.
She dismissed Amash's argument that the millions of immigrants living here illegally can't be rounded up and deported. "You break the law, you go to jail — or at least go home," Rogers said. She suggested the U.S. military handle the task.
Even in districts with more Hispanics than Amash has, they "generally aren't the voters that Republicans are counting on" to win the all-important party primaries, Abramowitz said. That's because most Hispanics lean Democratic, as President Barack Obama proved by winning 71 percent of their vote last fall.
John Feehery, a GOP strategist and former House aide, said he once thought anti-immigrant sentiment would run lower in areas with relatively few Hispanics. Instead, he said, it seems "the fewer Hispanics you have in your district, the more you're against immigration reform."
House members will vote the interests of their districts and their primary-election needs, Feehery said. "Members are worried about a tea party challenge," he said. "They're not going to worry about presidential politics."
Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma is close to House Republican leaders, and he agrees that immigration reform would help the party's presidential prospects. However, he said, "people feel so strongly about this issue that it's extremely difficult to fashion a bill that will get a majority of the Republicans and a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president."
When House Republicans see their re-election efforts conflicting with the party's presidential goals, Cole said, "their own race almost certainly is going to come first, every time."
Associated Press writer David Eggert in Michigan contributed to this report. Follow Charles Babington on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cbabington.


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Remember that scene in the movie version of Bridget Jones' Diary where Bridget, played by Renée Zellweger, is getting intimate with her playboy boss (Hugh Grant) and he remarks on her huge plain panties, joking that he's wearing similar ones? It's a classic scene that's hysterical to watch (see it here), but not so fun to experience in real life. I, like most women around the world, loved Bridget Jones. I rooted for her and cheered when she and Mark Darcy walked off into the sunset together but, really, there's no excuse for getting caught in boring underwear. It's not an issue of size, mind you. The movie played up the tent-like bloomers for comic effect but Bridget and Mark were fine with her curves, including her "wobbly bits." What I'm talking about is appreciating the role panties play in a woman's wardrobe and, I'll venture to say, her overall outlook. I'm not saying a beautiful panty will solve your problems but I feel very strongly that they contribute to a positive frame of mind like any piece of clothing can. Just as color is known to affect one's mood, a pretty panty with a delicate detail in a new shade you've never tried can freshen up your attitude. Witness the cute scene in the movie "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" where Cameron Diaz gleefully shakes her booty clad in Underoo-style bottoms. Her glowing smile as she wiggles in front of the mirror (alone, I might add) is an infectious moment of girly celebration. Her character was happy to be alive and took great pleasure in the simplest of moments. That, my friends, is the power of a cute panty. For this reason, Pink Slip is having a special Panty Week and we're offering a great deal for you to stock up on fresh styles that will look good, feel good and put a smile on your face. Here are just a few options I'd like to suggest from some of my favorite brands.
Hanky Panky thongs
No discussion of cute bottoms is complete without mentioning Hanky Panky, the brand known for comfort and flattering every figure. For 25 years, the Hanky Panky thong has been a staple in women's underwear wardrobes with an amazingly broad range of rises, fabrics, prints and colors to fit any day or mood. The colors alone remind me of delicious sherbert flavors. They all look so good, you can't own just one.
Cosabella Cutie thong
One of my favorite Italian brands, Cosabella, makes any woman feel like a Bond girl in their Cutie thong. It's incredibly comfortable in an ultrasoft, wide stretch lace with a seamless crotch that lays softly on the inside thigh. Molto bella, indeed!
Mary Green boy short
If thongs are not your thing, the boy short is a great alternative. I highly recommend the cotton hip hugger boy short by Mary Green. This elegant silhouette plays nicely with contrast by combining color with scalloped lace for a very artistic and feminine look. Treat yourself to several of the brand's cute, sexy and fun colors.
Cosabella Hottie boy short
Somewhere between a thong and a boy short lies Cosabella's Hottie, a lowrider boy short in a flirty Brazilian cut. It features scallop edges and reveals a bit more cheek for an extra sexy fit that flatters all body types. What else would you expect from Cosabella?
Eberjey Delirious French Brief
If you love romantic sheer underwear you can't go wrong with the Delirious French Brief by Eberjey. This dainty panty is sweetly sexy in a decorative pointelle mesh with delicate edging at the waist and legs. In a hip hugger silhouette with a "barely there" feel, it's bound to put a smile on your face.
Don't forget to check back later this week when I present some of my picks for panties with functional benefits and sexy styling.
XOXO, Margo


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This sticker is a part of our pride sticker collection, celebrating lgbtq pride and love and acceptance for all.
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Working with the Blaschka models, some of the Museum's most treasured objects, invigorated Miranda's interest in the history of Museum objects. These beautifully detailed glass models of marine invertebrates inspired Miranda to delve into the stories behind their creation. She finds the collections a source of inspiration and continues her research as Senior Curator and Collections Manager of Aquatic Invertebrates.
She fondly remembers her initial experiences of the Museum, both in visiting the public galleries as a child and being given a tour of the collections 'behind-the-scenes' at her first interview.
You can visit the Blaschka models in the Museum's Cadogan Treasures Gallery.
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"I was in the same moment confronted by an unbearable loss and also by the realization that there were people and community that were there to help me bear it." ~Kate Braestrup
My oldest child is a first-grade student, seven years old. My youngest five. The news out of Connecticut hits much too close to home.
The imagination reaches into the darkest caverns where a parent's mind dare not go. I have no idea what I might say to my boys, but, like many, I have gazed upon them with awakened eyes as they lie asleep tonight.
Our heartfelt condolences to all the families and the victims of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
In times like these, let us turn to some of our wisest elders for light, hope, and a way forward…
This passage from the Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hahn, is particularly poignant:
"…there is a seed of anger in every one of us. There are many kinds of seeds that lie deep in our consciousness, a seed of anger, a seed of violence, a seed of fear, a seed of jealousy, a seed of full despair, a seed of miscommunication, a seed of hate. They're all there and, when they sleep, we are okay. But if someone come and water these seeds, they will manifest into energy and they will make us suffer. We also have wholesome seeds in us, namely the seeds of understanding, of awakening, of compassion, of nonviolence, of nondiscrimination, a seed of joy and forgiveness. They are also there.
What we see, what we hear, what we eat, always water the seed of violence, the seed of despair, the seed of hate in us and in our children. That is why it's very urgent to do something collectively in order to change the situation. Not only educators, but parents, legislators, artists, have to come together in order to discuss the strategy that can help bring the kind of safe environment to us and to our children where we shall be protected from the negative watering of the seeds in us. The practice of transformation and healing could not be effective without this practice of seeking or creating a sane environment. When someone is sick, you have to bring him to a place where he or she can be treated and to heal.
If the human person is affected by the poison of violence and anger and despair, if you want to help heal him or her, you have to bring him or her out of the situation where she continues to ingest the poisons of violence. This is very simple. This is very clear and this is not only the job of educators. Everyone has to participate to the work of creating safe environments for us and for our children."
At this time, I also recall a moving story by Vincent Harding, a theologian and speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr., who recounted a grave moment when civil rights leader Bob Moses learned three protestors had been murdered in Mississippi and told a group of mostly white, college-age protestors that they could quit and return to their families:
"In group after group, people were singing:
Kumbaya. 'Come by here my Lord. Somebody's missing Lord. Come by here. We'll all need you Lord. Come by here.'
I could never laugh at kumbaya moments after that. Because I saw that almost no one went home from there. This whole group of people decided that they were going to continue on the path that they had committed themselves to and a great part of the reason why they were able to do that was because of the strength and the power and the commitment that had been gained through that experience of just singing together, Kumbaya."
On this final night of Hanukkah, these final two stanzas from a poem by Rachel Barenblat (@velveteenrabbi). She reminds us to rededicate our lives to the hard work of trusting and opening up — and "to the task of bringing light."
At last I light the lamp:
the glint, the glow
regenerating, the homefire
eternally burning.
Learn to trust again
that this oil is enough
to open my eyes
to God, already here.
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Hockey, as viewed through the eyes of Michael Dowse's Goon, is 60 minutes of fighting occasionally interrupted by moving a puck around on an icy surface. It shouldn't bother hockey aficionados or anyone else too much since the film is delightfully crass, painfully funny, and grounded by a cuddly performance from Seann William Scott. The movie has a big place in its heart for George Roy Hill's Slap Shot but it's not trying to upstage its predecessor or make itself the heir-apparent. It's just trying to make you hurt from laughing so hard.
Doug Glatt (Scott) is a kind-hearted bouncer whose can deliver concussions by the fistful. When he attends a minor-league hockey game with his hockey-crazed, foul-mouthed best friend (Jay Baruchel), he ends up knocking out a discourteous player who angrily attacks him while shouting homophobic slurs (Glatt's brother is gay, but you sense that Glatt would punch out any rude person). His one-punch victory gets the attention of the team's coach, he's recruited as the team's resident goon, and then he's moved up to higher league team, the Halifax Highlanders, (not the majors, but one league below—I don't know how hockey's farm system works) to protect former hot-shot scorer Xavier Laflamme (Marc-André Grondin). Three years earlier, Laflamme lost his mojo after a brutal hit from legendary goon Ross Rhea (Live Schreiber). As Doug "The Thug" becomes a bigger star and the Highlanders have a shot at the playoffs, his inevitable showdown with Rhea looms larger.
Goon is just the right mix of sweetness, vulgarity, and offbeat humor. Scott's breakthrough role was as the uber-jock Stifler in the American Pie movies, and it makes sense due to his physique and good looks. But he's also got a talent for selling a charming naivety. He used it to some effect in The Promotion but Goon makes much better use of that performance. Because the violence can be absolutely brutal (Dowse knows how to make punches hit so hard that the audience feels it) there needs to be some counterbalance and that's Scott. Glatt's penchant for hitting people could have come off as slightly monstrous but since the character always fights to protect people, to shut up rude people, or within the designated space of a hockey arena, we accept it. But without Scott's goofy grin and "Aw, shucks," demeanor, it may have been a reluctant acceptance.
Glatt's attitude also fits perfectly within the cast's great comic dynamic. While the quirky sports team is a staple of the sports comedy, the challenge is in making those quirks work together because teams need to have camaraderie. Dowse, Baruchel, and co-writer Evan Goldberg (Superbad) don't want to heal the psyches of Glatt's teammates or give them arcs (with the exception of Laflamme). They just want funny characters that play off each other well, and they get exactly that. Goon knows where to look for a laugh and it almost always finds one. If it means making "Gay Porn Hard!" a battle-cry, then so be it. If it means trying to sell the audience that Seann William Scott is Jewish, I admire the ambition.
The film even makes the smart and admirable move of making Ross a respected giant of hockey thuggery rather than a Class-A villain who must be defeated for the good of mankind (bonus points for not casting one of Slap Shot's Hanson brothers in the role since it would have been distracting and a direct claim to the throne). Schreiber provides not only the gravity of the veteran hockey goon, but the mischievous demeanor a character like that would have. The only major misstep is the unnecessary love story between Doug and a self-loathing hockey fan, Eva (Alison Pill). It's an underwritten role that's unworthy of Pill's tremendous talent, and the film could lose the subplot without missing a step.
Doug Glatt may be fighting for the title of hockey's biggest goon, but Goon is comfortable making fast comic jabs and throwing hilariously vulgar punches. It doesn't always connect and it gets a little bruised, but it eventually lands the knockout.
Rating: B
For all of our coverage of the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, click here. Also, here are links to all of my TIFF 2011 reviews so far:
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- The Artist
- A Dangerous Method
- The Descendants
- God Bless America
- The Hunter
- The Ides of March
- Melancholia
- Pina
- Restless
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Paul Wesley might just bare his fangs if you ask him for spoilers about "The Vampire Diaries."
"I will get decapitated and bludgeoned if I speak about anything," Wesley, who plays the 162-year-old nosferatu Stefan Salvatore on the CW's bloodsucking success, tells PopcornBiz before clarifying: "I will not get decapitated on the show, although that's perfectly plausible considering our show. I've been tortured before. "
But job security aside, a vampire can't resist a little teasing nibble: "There's a big werewolf aspect coming to the show, which I think is going to be a really big deal. They're bringing in supporting characters. There are a lot of sort of supporting cast coming in and guest stars that are going to be pretty pivotal. "
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Among the new faces will be an actor cast as Klaus, the as-yet-unseen mysterious, malevolent manipulator who emerged as the central villain of author L.J. Smith's novel series that inspired the show. "We don't know who's going to be playing Klaus, but that's going to be a huge thing," says Wesley. "He's going to be the big, evil bad guy ,and we're all really, really interested to see who they're going to cast because we think it's going to be a pretty big deal."


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Enigmatis: The Mists of Ravenwood is the sequel to the smash hit Enigmatis: The Ghost of Maple Creek. It is a detective story rich with horror, plot twists, and shadowy intrigue.
A year has passed since the events of Maple Creek. But for the past few months, our detective has been hot on the trail of the demonic preacher she fought one year ago. Yet he has managed to always stay one step ahead.
She hoped to bring an end to the chase in the redwood forests of Northern California. But like so many times before, the trail went cold...
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You can now try out the latest Android version — 6.0 Marshmallow — on your Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 all thanks to CM13 Nightly custom ROM. CyanogenMod is a very popular name in the custom ROM industry all due to the reliability their ROMs offer as well as the features. The new CM13 Nightly from CM brings in Android 6.0 Marshmallow and combines it with all the signature features we have come to love. Even though the hardware has aged, this ROM will give it yet another chance at life. Whether you use the Galaxy S3 as your secondary/backup phone or you use it as a primary one, CM13 Nightly wont disappoint. If interested in Android 6.0 for other phones, check out our new Custom ROMs section. You can update Galaxy S3 I9300 to Android 6.0 CM13 Nightly Marshmallow custom firmware using the tutorial below. This is not an official release by Samsung, but just a custom ROM which would require a custom recovery like ClockworkMod in order to flash the ROM zip and Google Apps zip files on your phone.
As you continue reading below, we will guide you through the entire process of how to install Android 6.0 CM13 Nightly Marshmallow on Galaxy S3 I9300 with complete steps. Don't forget to read all the tips below that you have to keep in mind before proceeding. Please make sure you backup all your data as given below because this tutorial will wipe your data. The following tips are important as they will help the installation procedure to go smooth without any issues. Let's get to the tutorial now.
Disclaimer: All the custom ROMs and firmwares, official software updates, tools, mods or anything mentioned in the tutorial belong to their respective owners/developers. We (TeamAndroid.com) or the developers are not to be held responsible if you damage or brick your device. We don't have you on gun point to try out this tutorial 😉
Android 6.0 CM13 Nightly Marshmallow ROM Details:
For those who are new to CyanogenMod, please read the following:
CyanogenMod (pronounced sigh-AN-oh-jen-mod), is a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices (See above for supported devices & how to install CyanogenMod on said devices). Based on the Android Open Source Project, CyanogenMod is designed to increase performance and reliability over Android-based ROMs released by vendors and carriers such as Google, T-Mobile, HTC, etc. CyanogenMod also offers a variety of features & enhancements that are not currently found in these versions of Android.
Here is a quick note for those who are going to install this release of CM13 for the very first time:
NOTE: Since this is not a final build, make sure you know that after installing this firmware update, your Android device can get FC errors, boot loops, several other bugs, apps might not work or worse, your phone might not boot. To fix, you will have to reinstall stock firmware or any other stable custom ROM.
Remember, this is not an official firmware update. This is a custom ROM, based on AOSP release of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
We haven't really found any major issues or apps that do not work with this Android 6.0 CM13 custom firmware.
There are tons of useful articles and how-to guides on Team Android for the LG G2 D802, but we think you might be interested in the following posts:
- Try Marshmallow on Computer: How to Try and Install Android 5.0 Marshmallow on Computer – Complete Guide.
- Android 6.0 Custom ROMs: For a complete collection of LG G2 D802 custom ROMs, click here!
Like this CM13 Nightly ROM based on the latest Android 6.0? We love it too and we know you are looking forward to install it on your phone now. Now please read below for important tips on how to make sure your installation goes smooth and you do not end up with any problems.
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Always backup your important data that you might need after you install a new custom ROM, an official software update or anything else. Make a backup for just in case, you never know when anything might go wrong. See below for some tips on how to backup data:
- Backup your Apps. How? –> How to Backup Android Apps.
- Backup your SMS messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore SMS Messages.
- Backup Contacts, Gmail and Google Data. How? –> Sync with Google Sync.
- Backup Call History. How? –> How to Backup Call History.
- Backup WhatsApp Messages. How? –> How to Backup/Restore WhatsApp Messages.
- Backup APN Settings: GPRS, 3G, MMS Settings. How? Note down everything from: Settings > Wireless & Networks (More…) > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.
Samsung users can also back up data using Samsung KIES. If you backup data manually, you get more options what to choose from and it is very easy to move data across Android devices from different manufacturers, i.e moving Samsung Galaxy Note backup data to HTC One X.
If you already have a custom recovery (ClockworkMod, TWRP etc.) installed on your phone, we strongly recommend a backup using that as it creates a complete image of your existing phone set up.
A few more optional tips that you should remember:
1. Having problems connecting your Android phone to the computer? You need to enable USB debugging mode. See here: How to Enable USB Debugging — for Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
2. Make sure your Android device is charged up to 80-85% battery level. This might help you: How to Check Battery Percentage. Why? Because, if your phone goes off suddenly while installing a custom ROM, flashing an official firmware update or installing mods etc. — your phone might get bricked or go dead permanently. No one wants that, right?
4. Most of the tutorials and how-to guides on Team Android are for factory unlocked Android phones and tablets. We recommend NOT to try our guides if your phone is locked to a carrier, unless we have specified the carrier name or device model.
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Nicholas has been very verbal which isn't always a good thing! Here are a few out of the mouth of babes....
- I needed a bra for Tyrene's wedding and Nick and I go to Beall's to shop around. Well that was an experience having my 2 y/o in the dressing room with me. Anyway Nick is calling all the bras "boobies". We picked out and purchased a boobie and go home. The bra is on a cute little hanger and I put it on a dining room chair so I want forget to take it with me for the dress fitting. The bra was on the chair for 1 week, nobody bothered it. Sunday roles around and I am trying to pack up for out WPB trek, where is the bra????? Its not on the chair! I start to tear apart the house looking in the laundry basket, the drawers, the laundry room, other dining room chairs. Now I am watching the clock knowing it will take an hour to get to WPB with no bra. I finally run in the kids room and ask "Have any of you seen mommy's bra that was on the chair" Nicholas says "I hung your boobies up in the closet!" Sure enough my "boobies" where in the closet in between my shirts, funny I didn't think to look there!
- If you can't hear it; make it up! That has always been an inside joke in our family which Nicholas has started doing. While we were in the car Nick asked if he could have toast for breakfast. I said sure and you can watch spongebob. He said No I don't ketchup. WhAt??
- Nick and I go to the stores while everyone is at school. We needed to run into Walmart to grab one last item for Dawn's babies. (This item is by the bath stuff, which is by the tampons and maxipads) I said to Nick do you want to walk or ride in the cart? He says walk. So we are speed walking to the aisle and right before we get to the bath stuff Nicholas stops in front of the maxipads/tampons puts his hands on his hips and says "MOM DO YOU NEED YOUR DIAPERS?" Needless to say we left Walmart and bought the bath toy in Walgreens!
- Nick and I went to BJ's and he asked for a pretzel, kinda hungry myself I get us a pretzel to split and 2 drinks. Nick and I do our shopping and check out. When we get to the car I notice Nick still has alot of the pretzel left. He asked if he could take it with him in the car. Sure! I get him all set up with his food, drink, quackers etc and start driving. After about 10 mins he says I don't want this anymore, so I ask him to put it in my gumby stretched hand and I said "honey did you bite this?" (Because I was still hungry), He says NOOOO! As I bite down he chimes in "I only licked it!"


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CLEVELAND -- Jon Lester has felt pride when slipping on his Boston jersey and cap. Never more than now.
Away from home and family members they worried about during some anxious moments on Monday, the Red Sox are hoping their return to the field Tuesday night will help their wounded city heal after the marathon bombings.
As always, the Red Sox will play for themselves -- and all of Boston.
"It really hits home," Lester said. "Boston's my home, just like everyone else in this clubhouse. It's obviously not a good situation, but hopefully like 9/11 we come together as a city again and as a nation and whoever did this make them realize we don't take kindly to things like this. It really hits home."
The Red Sox and Indians will wear black armbands to honor the victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon's finish line. Three people were killed and more than 170 were injured in the attacks.
The giant American flag flew at half-staff before the series opener with a moment of silence before Tuesday's first pitch.
Lester said there was never any discussion about not playing Tuesday's game.
"I think everybody just assumed we would take the field tonight and be proud to put on that Boston uniform, like we are every day -- but especially with everything going on," he said.
On Monday, the Red Sox had just beaten Tampa 3-2 on an RBI double by Mike Napoli in the ninth inning in the annual Patriots' Day morning game and were in a bus headed to the airport when they received the first reports of explosions near the finish line.
"We usually have a police escort and they took off without us," Lester said. "We started asking questions and it started from the front and went to the back."
Lester said players frantically called family members to check on their safety. Later, on the flight to Cleveland, players who normally pass the time by watching a movie or playing a game on their laptops, were glued to TVs showing the latest events in Boston.
Indians manager Terry Francona, who won two World Series titles during eight seasons in Boston, said he got word while he was Progressive Field filming a commercial. As he caught up on the tragedy, Francona was struck the familiar images appearing on the screen.
"It's personal for just about everybody," he said. "Some of those views, you could see the church where my daughter got married. It's very unsettling for everybody."
With the Bruins and Celtics having their homes games scratched because of the attacks, the Red Sox can bring some comfort to a region needing a break.
"When it comes down to anything in life, I know going back to my experiences with cancer," said Lester, who survived the disease. "The further you can get away from that and not think about it, it eases your mind and maybe we can do that by taking the field and easing some minds back in Boston. We can give them something other than news to watch for a couple hours and hopefully make people forget for a couple hours.
"Hopefully, we can bust our butts and keep playing hard."
One TV in Boston's clubhouse continued to show images of the bombings, which occurred on sidewalks many of the players have walked with their families.
Boston outfielder Jonny Gomes said he and his teammates have "heavy hearts" as they move forward. However, Gomes said it's not like anyone from that area of the country to quit at anything, and it's up to the Red Sox to do their part to make Boston whole again.
"We're trying to say the Boston Red Sox are not laying down for this," he said. "We're going to keep on trucking."


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Twitter is reportedly worth $1 billion but the San Francisco-based microblogging site didn't get there without friends.
The popular social networking site is closing a round of financing valued at close to $100 million, including investors Insight Venture Partners and T. Rowe Price, according to the New York Times. Early Twitter investors Spark Capital and Institutional Venture Partners are reportedly throwing money into the latest pot of funding as well.
The microblogging site has soared to astronomical popularity in just under four years of existence. Twitter boasted 54.7 million unique visitors as of August. To compare, Facebook has just over 300 million users. The company has used its popular to fend off overtures from tech giants Google and Microsoft.
The New York-based Venture Partners has raised more than $3 billion for up and coming companies. Its portfolio includes DataCore Software and Divx. T. Rowe Price has a long history in investing in companies and maintains over $315.6 billion in assests.
And it's not like the company is hurting for money.The Times reported Twitter raised $55 million and says it has only spent $25 million of that cash. The company has quadrupled its value in less than a year when it was last valued at $250 million in February. This while Twitter still does not have a clear cut revenue making plan.
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WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Hostess Brands Inc agreed in court on Monday to enter private mediation with its lenders and leaders of a striking union to try to avert the liquidation of the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder Bread.
Hostess, its lenders and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) agreed to mediation at the urging of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain of the Southern District of New York, who advised against a more expensive, public hearing regarding the company's liquidation.
"My desire to do this is prompted primarily by the potential loss of over 18,000 jobs as well as my belief that there is a possibility to resolve this matter," Drain said.
The 82-year-old Hostess was seeking permission to liquidate its business, claiming that its operations have been crippled by a bakers strike and that winding down is the best way to preserve its dwindling cash.
Hostess suspended operations at all of its 33 plants across the United States last week as it moved to start selling assets.
Heather Lennox, a lawyer for Hostess, said it would be hard for the company to recover from the damage it sustained due to the strike even if an agreement was forthcoming. Yet following the hearing, Hostess Chief Executive Officer Gregory Rayburn told reporters that there was always a chance Hostess could be saved.
"I think we have to see what unfolds. My impression is that the judge wants to understand the parties' positions and some of their logic, but it doesn't change our financial position," Rayburn said.
"I'm happy to have the help," he added, referring to Drain's urging of discussions following a breakdown of communication between Hostess and the union. "Maybe the judge will help. But can I handicap how it's going to go? No way."
Hostess faces several objections to its liquidation plan.
The U.S. Trustee, an agent of the U.S. Department of Justice who oversees bankruptcy cases, said in court documents it is opposed to the wind-down plan because Hostess plans improper bonuses to company insiders.
Several unions also objected to the company's plans, saying they made "a mockery" of laws protecting collective bargaining agreements in bankruptcy. The Teamsters, which represents 7,900 Hostess workers, said the company's plan would improperly cut the ability of remaining workers to use sick days and vacation.
Reporting by Nick Brown; Additional reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Writing by Martinne Geller and Brad Dorfman; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz, Bob Burgdorfer and Ciro Scotti


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Release date: 13 March 1995
Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) Planet Telex / The Bends / High and Dry (3/11/95, #73a US, #17 UK, #18 MR) / Fake Plastic Trees (5/9/95, #65a US, #20 UK, #11 MR) / Bones / Nice Dream / Just (9/2/95, #19 UK, #37 MR) / My Iron Lung (10/8/94, #24 UK) / Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was / Black Star / Sulk / Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1/22/96, #5 UK)
Sales (in millions): 1.5 US, 0.9 UK, 3.5 world
Peak: 88 US, 6 UK
Review: "The first half of Nineties rock was shaped by Nirvana, and the second half was dominated by Radiohead." RS500 Thanks to the success of the anti-hero song "Creep" and parent album Pablo Honey, Radiohead burst onto the scene as a sort of Brit version of grunge for alt-rock losers. That album, however, "in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends" AMG which "married a majestic and somber guitar sound to Thom Yorke's anguished-choirboy vocals, drawing on the epic grandeur of U2 and the melancholy of the Smiths." RS500
The Bends is what really led to Radiohead becoming "a blue chip band." AZ "Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey," AMG "The quintet honed its talent for bombastic Brit Rock, yet still preserved an edge of unpredictability." AZ They "create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair – it's cerebral anthemic rock." AMG
"If the CD proved anything, it was that Radiohead could find solid ground between pop experimentation and the tradition of born-in-the-bone, balls-out rock." AZ "Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh." AMG "The Bends is full of instantly catchy numbers, but a the same time, none seem fit for radio." DV This "is essentially Radiohead's way of creating a bridge between that initial wave of '90s angstery…what we've come to call indie rock." EK
"It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen." AMG The Bends "marries…ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible." AMG "Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music." AMG For example, "the truly demented My Iron Lung" AD is a song which has "a catchy hook that makes you bob your head...then they get all avant garde on you." DV
My Iron Lung
Planet Telex "explodes from the speakers with a depth to the sound that just wasn't there on Pablo Honey." AD "A sound like wind coming in through a crack in your window, the song bleeds into a trippy feedback squall." DV
High and Dry
Even as the group became experimental, they still maintained an ability to make inroads at radio. "Creep" could well have been a one-hit wonder for the band in the States, but songs like High and Dry and Fake Plastic Trees suggested Radiohead could find a home at alternative radio. An "emphasis on melodic hooks keeps things from getting as mushy as most mope-rock." DBW For example, Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was "has a grandeur about it, a wonderful ballad with a sad, lost atmosphere and great production and mixing." AD "The closing Street Spirit, which revolves around a fascinating repeating guitar figure and intriguing Thom Yorke lyrics, is almost worth the price of admission alone." AD
Fake Plastic Trees
"In addition, there are "tunes that rely on sudden dynamics changes…and get some energy going" DBW such as Just, whose "harder guitars…appealed to Radiohead's American fans" DV and "the extremely U2-like Bones." DBW That song and Nice Dream "are mood pieces, attempts at moving forwards ably supported by the excellent production of John Leckie, without whom neither song would amount to anything more than the prettier moments from the very un-acclaimed Pablo Honey." AD
Still, while The Bends was a leap forward from Pablo Honey, it is a record which has gained status with perspective. Songs like "Sulk and Black Star are coming from a band that was still trying to find their sound." DV When the follow-up album, OK Computer became one of the decade's game changers, "The Bends received its due for being that bridge, the changing space, between a young band with a fluke hit to a mature working group pushing the boundaries of rock music." JM By comparison to OK Computer, "The Bends is pretty gosh-darn conventional…There are places all through it that betray a distinct whiff of…classic rock." EK
Street Spirit
Resources and Related Links:
- Radiohead's DMDB Encyclopedia entry
- album page on DMDB website (even more in-depth look at album)
- AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- AZ Amazon.com review by Nick Heil
- DV Daily Vault review by Sean McCarthy
- AD Adrian Denning
- EK Eric Klinger Counterbalance series at PopMatters.com
- JM Jason Mendelsohn Counterbalance series at PopMatters.com
- DBW David Bertrand Wilson, Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
- RS500 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time


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How Defenders Of NSA Dragnet Surveillance Are Stretching A 1979 Ruling To Pretend It's Constitutional
from the not-quite deptDefenders of the legality of the NSA's dragnet approach to surveillance often point to the concept of the third party doctrine, and specifically to the case Smith v. Maryland, in which the Supreme Court said that it was okay for law enforcement to get phone records without a warrant because the information was held by a "third party" and the original caller had no expectation of privacy in data given to that third party. We've questioned the legitimacy of the third party doctrine for years, and folks like Al Gore and Alan Grayson have discussed why it's a stretch to say that the ruling applies to the NSA hoovering up all phone call data.
Jim Harper, who has spent more time than anyone I know thinking about the third party doctrine over the years, has a good post explaining some of the history and why it's a huge stretch to say that Smith v. Maryland means the NSA can scoop up all data:
More importantly, however, Harper points out that the Supreme Court's more recent decisions suggest that it is moving away from the third party doctrine as established in that Katz case that the court relied on for Smith v. Maryland:
On the question of whether surveillance of every American's phone calling is constitutional, Lee notes how the government and its defenders will rely on a 1979 case called Smith v. Maryland. In that case, the government caused a telephone company to install a pen register at its central offices to record the numbers dialed from the home of a suspected robber. Applying doctrine that emerged from Katz v. United States (1967), the Court found that a person doesn't have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in phone calling information, so no search occurs when the government collects and examines this information.
It takes willfulness of a different kind to rely on Smith as validation the NSA's collection of highly revealing data about all of us. Smith dealt with one suspect, about whom there was already good evidence of criminality, if not a warrant. The NSA program collects call information about 300+ million innocent Americans under a court order.
And the Supreme Court is moving away from Katz doctrine, having avoided relying on it in recent major Fourth Amendment cases such as Jardines (2013), Jones (2012), and Kyllo in 2001.In other words, the facts of the NSA dragnet are extremely different than the facts in Smith v. Maryland, and the Supreme Court itself appears to at least be less willing to immediately give the stamp of approval to any collection of "third party" data as somehow being immune from the 4th Amendment. Defenders of the NSA spying like to just say "Smith v. Maryland" and act like that settles everything. However, it's far from clear that it applies at all in this case.
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Everything Everything - Schoolin'&feature=channelThe latest from these guys, who are somehow quickly becoming one of my favourite bands despite having not even released an album yet (thanks again to JB for posting about them here!). Really just the freshest overall rock sound I've come across for a long time, and the first new British band I've got excited about in forever.
No, I got what little I have from UK Itunes. If you drop me a PM I could send you them though...?
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So I've slowly been reading my way through the COALESCED_ENG.txt file that has appeared on the web that was ripped from the demo and this came into my view.....
If I'm reading this right this means you'll have to pay for access to online play. :COnlinePass=ENABLE KOMBAT PASS
OnlinePassDesc=Enable New Kombat Pass.
RedeemOnlineCode=REDEEM KOMBAT PASS
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Kombat Pass to Unlock The Online Features In Mortal Kombat.
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Lawmaker has himself in mind on exemption for Bolivar land
Battle for a beach
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson vows not to enforce an exemption to Texas law that state Rep. Wayne Christian arranged for his Bolivar Peninsula vacation home
GALVESTON — Texas law prevents building on the public beach, but in the chaotic final hours of the legislative session state Rep. Wayne Christian helped craft an amendment that exempts an unlikely piece of land from existing law: his own beachfront property.
The amendment is narrowly tailored to exempt only properties on the Bolivar Peninsula, including Christian's and others on the beachfront. But it's the advantage gained by Christian — the right to rebuild his destroyed home on the beach — that's drawing intense criticism and charges of conflict of interest.
"It's a very special bill to benefit a state legislator and that is flat-out wrong," said Tom Brown, president of Texas Open Beach Advocates.
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has asked Gov. Rick Perry to veto the bill containing the amendment. The bill has not yet crossed the governor's desk, and he will not make a decision until he sees it, said Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger.
"I don't think building houses on the beach, with the waters of the Gulf beneath them, is a good idea or good public policy," Patterson said.
If the governor signs the bill, Patterson vowed that he would not enforce the amendment. "My option is just to say, 'Screw you, Wayne Christian,' because the Legislature didn't pass this, one guy passed this," he said.
Patterson said the Legislature would have to impeach him if lawmakers wanted the provision enforced.
The amendment was approved Monday, the last day of the legislative session, as part of a bill extending homestead exemptions to homes destroyed by Hurricane Ike until they can be rebuilt.
The approval came as members of the Senate and House hashed out a final version of the bill and amendment. Christian, R-Center, who does not represent Bolivar or any coastal community, was one of those members.
Christian said his vote for the amendment benefited other peninsula property owners and therefore was not a breach of ethics. "If I were to pass a law that affected only Wayne Christian, that would be a conflict," he said.
At least 12 of his neighbors want to rebuild but can't without the amendment, Christian said.
'I approved the concept'
The amendment will keep property on the tax rolls that otherwise would be taken off if left undeveloped, Christian said. He also insisted the amendment is "not mine," because it was put forward by Rep. Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, R-Mauriceville.
"I did sign with him because I approved the concept," Christian said. The amendment targeted the Bolivar Peninsula because it bore the brunt of the storm, he said.
He denied that it was improper to add the amendment to a bill so close to the end of the session. "This is not an unethical, deceptive method of doing anything," Christian said. "This is the way it's been ever since government was invented."
Christian's vacation house on Crystal Beach, assessed at $187,300 before Hurricane Ike, was erased by the Sept. 13 storm. It's now assessed at $100. The amendment will allow him to rebuild the house even if it's on the public beach.
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The law at issue is the Open Beaches Act, which prevents building on the public beach. Ike severely eroded the beach, placing many properties on the beach that were not there before the storm.
The Texas Constitution prohibits legislation tailored for a local area, requiring that new laws be for the benefit of the entire state. Legislators can circumvent the Constitution by writing a law that defines the locality without naming it, a practice known as "bracketing." The amendment "brackets" Bolivar by saying that it applies to houses on a peninsula in a county with more than 250,000 population and less than 251,000 population. The only area fitting that description is Bolivar.
Christian originally put the amendment in a stand-alone bill that applied broadly to all beaches without the bracketing language. That bill never received a committee hearing, but the languagewas added to the homestead exemption bill May 6 by Hamilton, whose East Texas 19th District abuts Christian's 9th District.
Senators stripped out Hamilton's language, but the provision reappeared in a conference committee during the session's final days, with language limiting it to Bolivar.
Hamilton also owns a vacation house in Crystal Beach, but it is too far from the beach to be affected by the amendment. Hamilton said he backed the provision because many of his constituents have beach houses on Bolivar. "Yes it does benefit (Christian), and I know it does, but I did it 99 percent for the benefit of my constituents," Hamilton said.
The report from the group of senators and representatives that hashed out the final bill and amendmentis signed by 10 lawmakers, including Christian.
One of those voting for the bill was state Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, whose district includes Bolivar.
Eiland said he supported the final version of the bill because it had a provision allowing residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Ike to keep their homestead property tax exemption for two years as they rebuild.
Lawmakers chided
Eiland said he had nothing to do with the provision pushed by Christian.
"The theory he expressed is that you're taking a lot of homeowners off the property tax rolls" if they are kept from rebuilding, Eiland said.
Brown, the president of Texas Open Beach Advocates, said other lawmakers should not have voted for the amended bill, even if other sections of the bill were good policy.
"They should have bitten the bullet and said we could not do this the way it is," Brown said. "It just seems blatantly immoral. This is legislation at its worst."


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Hey guys. Found a few bugs with bots during my trial run with them.
-They sometimes idle near the bounty rune spots for long periods of time
-They cannot use backpack properly (match scoreboard shows bots having complete items being wasted in their backpack
-They stack wards, keeps on purchasing them but not placing them anywhere which results in supports having 10+ wards near end game
Just some of the ones I've noticed thus far. I'll update this when I see more.


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Immigration Equality, the national organization working toward equality for LGBT and HIV-positive people under U.S. immigration law, with offices in New York and D.C., honored longtime D.C. activist Barrett L. Brick with the organization's Global Vision Award at their annual Capital Reception, held Sept. 13.
"I'm really touched that so many people think what I've been doing these past years is worthy of recognition," says Brick, known locally for a number of community involvements, particularly with the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA), where he served three terms as president, from 2006 to 2009.
"Barrett, whose husband is South African, is one of the most recognized, and revered, LGBT advocates in the D.C. community," Immigration Equality stated in release announcing the award. "He is also a longtime supporter of Immigration Equality and a consistent voice in speaking out on behalf of LGBT immigrant families."
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That sense of global activism, such as serving as the executive director of the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations, predates his own personal experience with such issues that followed meeting the man he would marry, Antonio Ruffini, at the 1999 World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, Australia.
Brick used that meeting as launching point for his Sept. 13 speech, telling those gathered at the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams furniture store on 14th Street NW for the soiree, "Many people think of science fiction as a straight male universe, but, like all things that seem on the surface to be ultra masculine, it is pretty gay. … But science fiction, at its best, is not about aliens or space battles. Good science fiction peers into our very lives and souls and examines who we are as a society and who we want to be."
Brick says that Immigration Equality is helping to take society in a direction he appreciates, particularly with the organization's lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, thereby barring Americans from sponsoring foreign same-sex spouses for immigration visas, a right routinely enjoyed by Americans sponsoring foreign spouses of the opposite-sex.
Beyond the worlds of sci-fi, right here on Earth, today, Brick says he and Ruffini manage to see each other about three times a year, whether in D.C. or Johannesburg, where Ruffini lives. Having married in South Africa in 2009, where marriage equality is law, Brick says he could apply for residency in that country as the legal spouse of a citizen. At the moment, however, Brick says both he and Ruffini are dealing with medical issues that have them focused on the present rather than the future.
Despite the legal complications that remain, however, Brick and Ruffini's marriage outweighs the obstacles. While those obstacles remain, Brick offers commonsense advice for anyone who may find himself in a situation similar to the one Brick did in 1999: "Follow your heart, but be aware of the all the legal ramifications."
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Would youlook at that ?
It's just incredible,isn't it ?
I stillcan't believe it
even though it's rightthere in front of me.
Yeah, it's just so...astounding.
Well, believe it,friends.
The impossiblehas happened...
Kenny has a girlfriend.
Yeah, a fifth-gradegirlfriend.
This is serious.
They've been going outfor almost two weeks now.
So wh-who is she ?
( Cartman )Her name's Tammy Warner.
She's the onlygirl in school
whose family is actuallypoorer than Kenny's.
It's really kind ofbeautiful, if you ask me.
You guys !
You guys, I thinkwe have a big problem !
What ?
Well, apparently Kennyhas a girlfriend !
Yeah, dude,Tammy Warner.
She's a fifth-grader.
Does Kenny like her ?
I guess so.
She's like his firstreal girlfriend ever.
Oh, no, oh, jeez !
Butters,what's the problem ?
I just talked toBrad Dixon.
Tammy Warner is bad news.
All the fifth graderscall her a slut
on a count of she gavethis kid, Dave Darski, a BJ
in the parking lot ofT.G.I. FRiDAY'S.
What ?
It's true !
Ask anybody infifth grade !
Tammy Warneris a total slut !
That bitch !
Kenny gave hisheart to her
and she's just gonnathrow it in his face !
Well, Kennydeserves to know, fellas.
If you guys found outmy girlfriend was
a raging whore,I'd want you to tell me.
All right, come on, guys.
Hey, Jimmy,what's a BJ ?
Hey Jimmy, What's a B.J.?
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The calendar says November, but it's beginning to look like July all over again at the Illinois Capitol.
The calendar says November, but it's beginning to look like July all over again at the Illinois Capitol.
Major financial issues face the General Assembly. There is no resolution in sight. And Gov. Rod Blagojevich is again threatening to call lawmakers into daily special sessions.
The 18th such session he's called this year passed quickly and quietly Thursday with lawmakers apparently no closer to agreement on a mass transit funding bill and a public works construction program that would be financed with money from expanded gambling. Both the House and Senate met only briefly on a day that was supposed to be devoted to dealing with those issues.
House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, sent representatives home with no firm plans to return until Jan. 9. However, he also warned them that they could be called back to Springfield before then if developments warrant.
Blagojevich, though, said the mass transit/capital funding issues must be resolved before Christmas, and he threatened to use his favorite tactic if things don't get moving.
"We are considering the possibility of daily special sessions if this process continues to drag on and we can't reach a consensus on a (mass transit) funding solution and a capital bill," Blagojevich said Thursday during a brief appearance before reporters. "There is the possibility we could have special sessions every day as we get closer and closer to Christmas."
Blagojevich made the same threat last summer when he began calling daily special sessions on July 5 to deal with the state budget. He kept it up for a little more than a week before giving lawmakers a day off.
Chicago-area mass transit systems need an infusion of cash to avoid service cuts and fare increases. Blagojevich arranged a temporary fix that will keep the systems running normally until mid-January, but lawmakers are still working on a permanent funding plan.
Complicating that is that downstate lawmakers from both parties in the House and Senate also want a capital bill that will finance billions of dollars in road and bridge, school and other public works projects. They are withholding their votes from a mass transit funding bill until a capital bill is approved, feeling that is the only way they can ensure a capital bill will get passed.
"I said from day one both of these issues are extremely contentious," Madigan said. "Taken separately, they're monster issues."
Madigan wants to keep the issues separate, but the other legislative leaders and Blagojevich say they are linked, making it that much more difficult to resolve both.
Before there can be a capital bill, lawmakers have to agree on a way to pay for it.
The only option under discussion is a massive and controversial expansion of gambling.
"I'm all for a capital bill, but the idea that the only way you get that is to turn Illinois into Las Vegas, I think that's a bad policy for the state and a horrible legacy," said Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, after House Democrats were briefed on the outline of a gambling-expansion plan that includes a Chicago casino, a new riverboat casino and expansion of existing casinos.
Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, a leading proponent of expanded gambling, said after the meeting that he senses Democrats acknowledge the need for it, but that many details still need to be hammered out.
"It takes a significant period of time to put it together," Lang said. "I think we have an opportunity to move a gaming bill in the House in the next weeks."
Madigan, Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson, R-Greenville, and House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, have been meeting to work out a capital/gambling package. Neither Blagojevich nor Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, have been part of the discussions.
"The plan was that we would meet and try to get some sort of consensus," Watson said. "That's what we are doing. They we'll take that back to (Blagojevich and Jones) and try to see if there is some agreement."
Blagojevich asked to meet with all four legislative leaders in his office Thursday. However, Madigan declined to attend, and Cross and Watson left quickly.
"We were there to tell the governor that there wasn't going to be a meeting," Cross said.
Blagojevich said he wants to resume negotiations with the four men in Chicago Monday morning. Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said the speaker is unable to attend at the time suggested by the governor and that they'll try to arrange an alternative time.
Bernard Schoenburg and Adriana Colindres of GateHouse News Service contributed to this report. Doug Finke can be reached at (217) 788-1527 or email@example.com.