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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York comforts a mourner after a funeral for teacher Anne Marie Murphy at the St. Mary Of The Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, Murphy was killed when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A single bell tolled Thursday at the Connecticut funeral of a 6-year-old girl killed by a gunman at her elementary school, while a cardinal in New York compared a slain teacher to Jesus for giving up her life to protect others.
In Newtown, the site of the shooting rampage, grim-faced mourners hurried through the packed parking lot of St. Rose of Lima Church to attend the funeral Mass for 6-year-old Catherine Hubbard.
Catherine's family said in her obituary that she would be remembered for her passion for animals and her constant smile.
Catherine was among the 20 students and six teachers killed when Adam Lanza, armed with a military-style assault rifle, broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14 and opened fire. Lanza killed his mother at her home before the attack and committed suicide at the school as police closed in.
Funerals were also scheduled in Connecticut on Thursday for 7-year-old Grace McDonnell and 6-year-olds Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, Jesse Lewis and Allison Wyatt, and a memorial was held for teacher Lauren Gabrielle Rousseau.
In New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan told mourners at the funeral of 52-year-old Anne Marie Murphy that the teacher "brought together a community, a nation, a world, now awed by her own life and death."
Murphy's father, Hugh McGowan, said authorities told him that she died trying to protect her young pupils. Her body was found covering a group of children's bodies as if to shield them, McGowan said.
Dolan underscored her sacrifice.
"Like Jesus, Annie laid down her life for her friends," Dolan said. "Like Jesus, Annie's life and death brings light, truth, goodness and love to a world often shrouded in darkness, evil, selfishness and death."
About 15 people arrived at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y., in a yellow school bus with "Newtown" written on its side. The church quickly filled and about 100 mourners waited outside.
Janelle Wingert, of Wyoming, said in an email interview that she met Murphy when they were involved in the same faith-based community service activities in the Newtown area. She said Murphy asked her after 9/11 what she would do if someone attacked a school where she was working.
"She was serious and so intense in the question," Wingert said in a Facebook post. "She died doing exactly what she said she would do — put herself between the gunman and her little ones, who she saw as the most precious of all in God's heart."
Trinity Episcopal church on Newtown's Main Street was filled to capacity for the funeral of Benjamin Wheeler, and scores of mourners who couldn't get in milled about outside. The service for a child described as a lighthouse buff, budding musician and Beatles fan included a rendition of "Here Comes The Sun" and the hymn "Amazing Grace."
Benjamin's five uncles acted as pallbearers. About two dozen Boy Scout leaders lined the front pathway to the church in honor of the former Cub Scout.
In downtown Danbury, mourners filed into the ornate white-pillared First Congregational Church for a memorial service for teacher Lauren Rousseau. The congregation in the packed church sang "Morning Has Broken" and "Let There Be Peace On Earth."
Friends wept on the altar as they remembered the spirited, hardworking, sunny-natured young woman who loved children and animals, especially cats, and who had always wanted to be a teacher. They spoke of how the 30-year-old brightened their lives with her silliness and gave them all nicknames.
A U.S. Justice Department official told The Associated Press that Attorney General Eric Holder would travel to Newtown on Thursday to meet with first responders and law enforcement officials. The trip comes after Holder met with Vice President Joe Biden, who is tasked with leading an administration-wide effort to create new proposals for reducing gun violence.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the trip hadn't been publicly announced.
In addition to the services, the families of 6-year-old Olivia Rose Engel, behavioral therapist Rachel Marie D'Avino and school psychologist Mary Sherlach have calling hours Thursday.
At least nine funerals and wakes were held Wednesday, and more are set for Friday and Saturday.
Associated Press writer Frederic J. Frommer in Washington, Jim Fitzgerald in Katonah, N.Y., Christina Rexrode in New York, Helen O'Neill in Danbury, Conn., and Eilleen AJ Connelly and Tom Hays in Newtown contributed to this report.

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Adobe is proud to extend its touch based applications today by releasing a phone version of it's already incredible and successful Photoshop Touch application. Whilst the tablet version (Android and iOS devices) has been designed for a distinct style working, the phone version enables you to work on your creations whilst on the go in a more run-and-gun workflow. Photoshop touch for phones is an amazing application that will enable you to create, enhance and edit Photoshop imagery using the tools you already know, whilst on the go. Now you will never loose the creative thought.
The application boasts the same feature set as the tablet version and equally enables you to create a new Photoshop Touch canvas from various sources (Empty, an asset from your Creative Cloud storage, the phone photo roll or the camera itself). Once a canvas has been created, the application provides a way to turn on and off layers within the image as well as a variety of effects and enhancements (including Sepia toning, Soft Skin, various Blur Filters, Gradient Maps and more).
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Id like to start a discussion about why the U.S. has always treated the LT property so poorly. The series started out well on Nickeolodeon via Viacom. It aired daily, had merchandise and was gaining steam....then.....it all went south. Nick rarely aired season two, if they did it was always at irregular times or not at all (how many eps did they not even bother to show?) Merchandise of which there honestly wasn't much, only could be found in K-Mart and smaller chains. While Walmart had dvds, I don't believe anything else came there. Little to no advertising of the show ever happened in magazines stateside or any mainstream exposure.
Magnus even mentioned in an interview once how things were not working out with Viacom or something to that effect....so my question is, WTH happened!? Nickjr promoted the hell out of their other series. The strange nature of LT wasn't marketable? Restrictions on merch? (I know magnus was particular about what food, drinks, and toys could have LT branded on them). Was the risque memes a concern? (The staff had admitted being aware of them and season two sure seemed to change Stephanies outfit a lot).
Then Turner made two seasons, aired them.....then....nothing. A very expensive property they are deciding to just sit on? Surely the U.S. market must have SOME potential to them besides a quick airing of the episodes, a Youtube channel. Does the international market truly bring them enough profit for the property?
I'm just baffled by it all. We never even saw a Blu-ray release. This is one of the most High Quality children shows ever produced...and, Nothing!? Is it even on Netflix anymore?


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Spotlight on Houston apartment fire shifts to construction worker's daring escape
While Houstonians were enthralled by the massive flames and smoke emanating from an unfinished apartment complex in Montrose, national media outlets turned their attention toward this:
A YouTube video surfaced of a construction worker who managed to successfully flee the hellish scene on West Dallas around noon Tuesday. That video has since garnered over half a million views and is being shared around the internet by outlets like Gawker and BuzzFeed.
As the fire raged on, the worker jumped from the top floor of the complex to a balcony directly below. When firefighters moved in with a ladder, the worker made one last desperate leap to safety.
Right then, a large section of the top floor collapsed behind them. The still-burning wall fell to the ground.
The fire reached five-alarm status before Houston firefighters finally managed to control it around 3 p.m. As of Wednesday morning, there were still a few hotspots remaining at the smoldering complex.
Prior to its destruction, the apartment was hotly contested because of its proximity to a cemetery. Columnist Lisa Falkenberg spoke to one of the more prominent opponents who said she would feel terrible if someone had burned the complex down because of her views.


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It's been a busy two weeks of pomp, circumstance, and fact-checking as the country's two major political parties have been holding their conventions. One of the most hotly contested speeches of the week was that of Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan, who apparently gave a speech that kept fact-checkers busy. But the one untruth that people have clung to is the fact Ryan grossly exaggerated a marathon time, something he says was a mistake but anyone who has ever run a marathon will tell you is hard to do because you remember every miserable mile. (I've run three and can vouch for that.) So the Internet has responded in kind and given us the Paul Ryan Time Calculator. Just plug in your time, select the distance you've run – anywhere from 100 meters to an Ironman triathlon – and boom! The calculator uses a Paul Ryan formula of time and space manipulation to give you your new Paul Ryan-approved marathon time to impress friends and fellow cocktail party attendees the world over. Just don't go bragging too much about it. (And yes, if there's a reasonably entertaining analog that disses a Democrat, we'll run that, too. Great Job Internet! is a non-partisan machine.)
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I doubt that I could.
But some fundamentalist Christians appear to believe that becoming gay is merely a matter of choice ie bad or foolish morality rather than something with a genetic cause.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Atheism- ... 1873982784
"Why would God create a human being already determined that they have to have intimate relationships with their own sex, instead of their opposite. God wouldn't do that."
"Thank you! Dr. Neal! That makes so much sense! Since that song from Lady GaGa came out Born this Way, a lot of people are believing it. Just mind blowing propaganda from the dark side." - Teresa Daniel Sigler"
They then link to this: https://www.facebook.com/HeterosInspiringPride
They also quote a Dr Neil Whitehead as claiming:
"In a nutshell, if you take pairs of identical twins in which one twin is homosexual, the identical co-twin is usually not homosexual. That means, given that identical twins are always genetically identical, homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. No-one is born gay."
I believe the available evidence more widely does suggest that some people are born gay (though nurture factors might come into play in some cases too I imagine).
Is this yet another case of YEC science denial and an alternative 'biblical' explanation being offered?
One result of a google search was this page:
I also found this blog about Whitehead's recent work, written by a Christian pastor (it's informative - other than failing to link to any recently published research paper written by Whitehead, thus I cannot read any Abstract):
The findings do appear to show that sexuality is complicated and that some people who think of themselves as gay/bisexual do succeed in moving away from that lifestyle and towards heterosexuality.
I do not know whether or not Whitehead is a fundamentalist Christian.


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Happy day to you. We hope you have had some amazing experiences and are gearing up for an action-packed summer, wherever you are. We at Ad Hoc Art have been busier than ever and these are very interesting times in which we are living, to say the least! #Occupy Everywhere/Everything is in full effect and the timing for a solid art fest could not be more ripe.
We will be dropping more info soon, but we wanted you to have the head's up that the 3rd Annual Welling Court Mural Project will be debuting on Saturday, June 16th. Be prepared for more sublime art, music, food, and community with some of our solid state heavy hitters and brand new maestros.
Come one, come all as we forge a better future, together…
– An Art Event Celebrating the Streets, Solidarity, Community, and Culture –
WHAT: The community of Welling Court in Queens, New York first asked Ad Hoc Art to help them spruce up their neighborhood in 2009. Ad Hoc Art was honored to do so and rose to the occasion in May 2010 organizing a project fitting for the diverse, enthusiastic, and energetic inhabitants. A year later, Ad Hoc assembled another crew of legendary and groundbreaking artists spanning more than 50 years of activity for the 2nd Annual Welling Court Mural Project.
This year's 3rd Annual WCMP will be returning to cultivate all the great things art, music, and community bring out of people, plus some new artists and surprises to keep you on your toes.
As before, the Welling Court community's annual block party coincides with the project's opening featuring cuisine and music from the ethnically diverse and talented hosts. Whereas this neighborhood is providing some major hospitality, it cannot provide for thousands of people, so please:
* think of it as a big social picnic/potluck of art fun action. Bring some of your favorite tasty foods, beverages, or other contributions to share with your fellow revelers.
** if you would like to offer help or assistance to the artists, items always useful are: exterior bucket paint, paint rollers/brushes, spray paint, acrylic paint, exterior primer, etc.
*** if neither of those options works and/or you would prefer to contribute some funds for supplies, you are more than welcome to do so.
The project transforms several city blocks into a 24/7 street-level gallery, bringing artist from around the world directly to the heart of this community. Renowned artists with deep roots in the street movement have created custom works for this project. This new array of visual experiences provides fresh contexts for how people working, visiting, and living in this diverse cultural gem of Queens think about and interact with their environment.
Artists Include:Alice Mizrachi, Alison Buxton, Beau Stanton, Billy Mode, Brian Life, Caleb Neelon, Celso, Cern, Chris Cardinale, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, CR, CRASH, Cycle, Dan Witz, Darkclouds, Deborah Yoon, Don Leicht, Ellis Gallagher, Free5, Fumero, Gaia, Garrison Buxton, Greg Lamarche, Hell Bent, Joe Iurato, John Breiner, John Fekner, Katie Yamasaki, Kimyon Huggins, Lady Pink, Logik One, Lmnop, Mare139, Mensen, Michael Alan, Mint & Serf, Mr. Kiji, Never, Pablo Power, Peat Wollaeger, Queen Andrea, R. Nicholas Kuszyk, Rene Gagnon, ROA, Royce Bannon, Sheryo, Sinned, Skewville, Sofia Maldonado, Spaze, Stormie Mills, Subtexture, The Wretched Rapture Crew, The Yok, Thundercut, TooFly, Veng RWK, Zam, Zéh Palito, & more….
In addition to the murals and festivities, there are special events and artist's projects happening throughout the day.
We will have DJ's Sleptember & Kimyon spinning block party beats to move your feet and keep you smiling. Bring your dancing shoes.
WHEN: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 from noon until 9pm.
WHO: Artists + The Community of Welling Court, Queens + You + Ad Hoc Art + Good Peeps
WHERE: 11-98 Welling Court {@ 30th Ave & 12th Street}, Astoria, Queens 11102
* By Public Transit: Take the N or W train to 30th Ave and then walk or take the Q18 west down 30th Ave to 12th St. You are there!
* By Bike or Car: Here is a link to the street locations on Google maps: http://tinyurl.com/2e7whgo


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Crash of the cottonwoods
Iconic trees decline on the West's overtaxed rivers
On a June morning, Gabrielle Katz walks a six-mile stretch of Arizona's lower San Pedro River called Three Links Farm and counts the plants growing there. The diminutive Appalachian State University geographer pays special attention to the cottonwoods, common fixtures of Western streams and rivers that figure prominently in Native American legends and pioneer accounts. Because they need seasonal floods and access to groundwater to reproduce and thrive, the trees have a lot to say about the health of the river and its water supply. Here, cottonwood seedlings dot the riverbed and a few adolescents rise from the shores and sandbars alongside older trees. The mixture suggests that natural flows are intact and the river is doing well.
But on drier reaches, the trees tell a different story. A century of overgrazing, logging and pumping for agriculture and urban development has depleted and reshaped the San Pedro -- killing mature cottonwoods in some areas and preventing the germination of new seedlings to replace them. The river owes its healthy stretches to "an amazing array of projects and policies'" put in place to preserve it, says Holly Richter, director of The Nature Conservancy's upper San Pedro program. "But there's still more to do,'" she adds, and as declining cottonwood stands on rivers across the West show, restoration here and elsewhere will be an uphill battle.
Streamside stands of cottonwoods, willows and other trees comprise less than 2 percent of the land area in the Western U.S., but they do essential work anchoring riverbanks, stabilizing soil and filtering much of the West's water. Cottonwoods shade and cool insects and larger animals, and they offer migratory birds dependable habitat from Mexico into Canada, according to U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Michael Scott.
The resilient trees can adapt to harsh conditions and fluctuating water supplies, says Scott, who has studied and admired them for 20 years. Even so, a slew of factors is killing off the trees and endangering the habitat they provide. Dams and diversions for hydroelectric power, agriculture and urban development alter or eliminate the seasonal floods the trees depend on, and often salinize the water. When floodplains are cleared for agriculture or development and riparian areas are overgrazed, the trees' vulnerable seedlings face erosion, trampling livestock and hungry browsers. And pumping groundwater lowers the water table below the cottonwoods' roots, further shrinking the trees' chances for survival.
Each of these forces has acted on the Truckee River in California and Nevada, says cottonwood research pioneer Stewart Rood of the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Since the early 1900s, the river has been straightened, dammed and diverted for agricultural and municipal use, and by the early 1990s, it had lost approximately 90 percent of its cottonwoods and 42 bird species between Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada's Pyramid Lake. The Saint Mary River, which flows from Montana's Glacier National Park into Alberta, lost 95 percent of its cottonwood stands after damming abruptly ended its spring floods in the 1950s. From the badlands of North Dakota to the Milk River floodplain of northern Montana, cottonwoods along the vast Missouri River, home to the threatened bald eagle and other riparian fauna, are also slowly disappearing.
Climate change further stacks the odds against the trees. A study published in the journal Science last spring predicts that global warming will prolong the West's current drought indefinitely. The combination of diminishing water, drier seasons and rising temperatures will render riparian areas more susceptible to intense fires. Invasive species like tamarisk will thrive, because they cope better with high-intensity fires and saline water.
As the cottonwoods die, they feed the cycle of destruction: Sunlight filters through the holes in forest canopy left by dying trees, drying the soil below and fueling the growth of non-natives and the likelihood of fires.
"If it were climate change alone, I wouldn't worry for cottonwoods, because they've shown such adaptability,'" says Scott. "The problem comes when you throw climate change into the mix of all these other changes we've made.'"
The combination of factors makes restoring cottonwood habitat hard. "Because changing water management is too controversial, people try to just plant them,'" says Scott, and many efforts fail.
Restoration efforts that do tackle the underlying causes of riparian decline have more success. On the Truckee, a water-management system that alters the river's water level gradually to mimic natural flow patterns -- a system partly based on Stewart Rood's models -- more than doubled the river's cottonwood cover in places. It also helped preserve Pyramid Lake's endangered cui-ui fish and the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout.
Three Links Farm is another lucky place. After a century of clearing and logging stripped the river's shores of cottonwoods and other plants, The Nature Conservancy purchased the land in 2002, removed roads, fences and grazing animals, cut agricultural water use by 90 percent, and let the river recover on its own. Katz's counts monitor the project's success, and although her findings are not yet conclusive, the cottonwoods are making a slow return, says Conservancy project manager Barbara Clark, along with southwestern willow flycatchers, migratory songbirds listed as endangered in 1995.
It took the prospect of losing the cui-ui and the flycatcher to garner support for those restoration efforts, and that, according to Scott, may be the greatest obstacle for a familiar tree like the cottonwood.
"Our laws are such that something has to be rare and endangered for us to recognize its value,'" he says. "We ignore the value of the common.'"
The author is a freelance writer and photographer in Tucson, Arizona.
This article was made possible with support from the William C. Kenney Watershed Protection Foundation and the Jay Kenney Foundation.


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Effie Trinket notwithstanding, Elizabeth Banks doesn't always need to layer on the hair and makeup to disappear into a character.
After spending the past several years as something of a stealth weapon deployed by Hollywood across all genres, Banks has enjoyed a major star turn in 2012 with a trio of wildly disparate performance that have left no question about her expansive range: Bizarre, but compelling and moving? "The Hunger Games" – check. Flat-out funny? "What to Expect When You're Expecting" – check. Struggling, stressed out and recognizably real? She's got that down, too. In "People Like Us," Banks plays Frankie, a single mom/cocktail waitress dealing with her smart but troubled son. Adding to her emotional load is news of the passing of her own absentee father, but she finds solace in the company of the new friend she doesn't know is actually her brother (Chris Pine).
Reflecting for PopcornBiz on her succession of worlds-apart roles, Banks reveals how she fell in love with acting, literally keeping it real and making Effie Trinket something more than the sum of her cosmetics.
Were you looking for something that would test yourself as an actress, because you really get to play across the whole spectrum with this character?
Well, it's an amazing role. I'm always actively looking for great roles, that's for sure. This fit the bill a hundred fold. It was just a beautiful script, beautifully written. She's an amazing character. I felt very connected to her from the get-go. It's a real gift to an actor when you read something and you feel like you know what to do: you feel a connection, like you understand the character in the right way. I felt all of that with Frankie. But people ask me if this was some sort of conscious decision to do something different. I'm always just looking for great roles. I feel like I'm trying to bring real humanity to everything that I play, even if it's someone who's in a really funny movie and in a funny situation.
When did your passion for acting really ignite?
I always had a passion for it. I've been doing it since I was 12 years old. I did a middle school production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and played Pontius Pilate and I was bit way back then. I was in an amazing high school production of 'Man from La Mancha,' which I still think about. Then I went to drama school, but I never thought…I didn't know that it was a real job. People from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, do not move to Hollywood and become movie stars! I didn't have any reference point – unlike Chris Pine, who grew up here, whose father was an actor. He knew what the working life of an actor was. I had to go to drama school after college because I did not understand how to get an agent. I didn't understand the first step to doing this as a job. I literally didn't know how you made this a career. I had no idea. I know how to become a lawyer. I know how to become a doctor. I know how to become a firefighter. I did not know how to become an actor. So when people started paying me to do it, it was like, 'Oh, this is your job. This is how you make a living.' That's what convinced me, honestly. It was really those first paychecks. I thought, 'Oh, wow. I can do this. People will pay me to do something that I like doing, something that gives me self-worth.'
You drew on your experience as a waitress in real life for this role. How do you keep that authentic take on characters as fame encroaches on your artistry?
I think you have to go out and live a real life. The only advice – and I don't give a lot of advice, now or ever – but when younger actors ask me about doing this a long time and still doing it, like, 'How do you do that?' I think, especially for young actors, this is a very isolating world and you have to step out of it and you have to live a real life. You have to go see what's going on out there. You have to observe people. I have a very large family and I'm with them very often and they keep me very grounded, and they're all real people, working class people. They all have regular jobs and they're teachers, they're selling insurance. They've got real jobs. That's what I bring to my work. Your life is what you bring to your work, and if you don't have a full and rich and interesting life, your work is not going to be as good.
Was there anything that director Alex Kurtzman shared with you from his real-life experience discovering his own sister that helped inform what you were doing in this character?
Well, he was very generous with his story and also he let me speak to his sister, which was really amazing. It was really interesting because they don't have the exact same take on what happened to them, so it was really great for me to get her perspective. He didn't have to set that up. He could've held onto that a little tighter and played it a little closer to the vest, but he didn't. He was very generous with his own story and the sort of larger questions that it brought up for him and why he and his sister now have a great relationship.
What's been eye-opening about moving into producing films with "Pitch Perfect"?
Producing is the hardest I've ever worked, maybe in my life. It's managing a lot of moving parts. When you're an actor you're only responsible for your role and as a producer you're responsible for the whole thing. It's been very, very gratifying. I love all the people that have worked on our film. We were just gearing up for 'Pitch Perfect,' which is a Universal movie that comes out October 5th. The trailer is out now. So, you can check it out, and there's a pitchperfectmovie.com page. So, if you want to hear what the movie is about you can check that out. It's very hard work.
Now that 'The Hunger Games' is out there, what burning questions do diehard fans come to you with the most?
It's all about taking photos. 'Can I have my picture with you,' is number one. It's funny, I still get a lot of…it's more of a conversation. I think that Effie really surprised people because she was more layered in the movie, I think, than people realized from just reading the book. That's really the main response that I've gotten, like, 'Ooh, I thought you were going to be meaner,' or 'I thought you were going to be funnier and then you did X, Y, Z instead.' If I had any element of surprise as the character in the movie, that's what's been the most fun in talking to people about her, how I changed their idea of who she was.
Have you encountered any fans that have recreated the look of your Effie?
I have seen a lot of pictures online, some great, great recreations on Facebook and people have Tweeted things to me. We had a contest on elizabethbanks.com where people sent us their Effie-inspired art, which was pretty incredible. Everyone has been very inspired by the movie, in general. It's been incredible.
'People Like Us' Star Elizabeth Banks Building Characters From More Than Makeup
The Odds Of Delivering a Memorable Performance Are Ever In Her Favor
Effie Trinket notwithstanding, Elizabeth Banks doesn't always need to layer on the hair and makeup to disappear into a character.


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Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there's data to confirm them. See Greene, Brian, Mind Over Matter, Smithsonian Associates. Smithsonian. Washington: Smithsonian Associates, July/August 2013, page 27.Even though this article deals with the discovery of the Higgs boson, the statement has relevance to genealogical research also. Unfortunately, there is no "mathematics" of genealogy. I have suggested in the past that we need to develop a standardized genealogical metadata that would serve approximately the same purpose, but have had little or no response to the idea.
If you think about it, much of what we posit as genealogical researchers falls in the category of theory. Although we may personally accept the evidence we have accumulated as "proof," there are no absolutes and, as I have posted recently, it is unlikely that any historical research, including genealogy, can achieve a significant measure of absolute truth on historical subjects. The statement above gives an insight into the workings of physical science that parallels the processes of historical inquiry. Just as in physics, stories and personal views of the past can become entrenched before there is adequate data to support them.
In the case of the mathematical equations that demonstrated the existence of the Higgs Field and ultimately resulted in the discovery of the Higgs boson, it took fifty years or so of research before the final confirmation. As is common in science, the initial theory was widely rejected and then slowly gained acceptance. As genealogists, we need to realize that some of our most cherished stories from the past may have no factual basis. In the case of the posited theory in physics, there is a peer review and publication mechanism for establishing valid theories. In genealogy, a similar process exists, but it is closed to all but a very small minority of genealogists. If I were to try and write an article, any article, for one of the established genealogical journals, it would likely be rejected out of hand. What is this?
Physics, unlike genealogy, is an established academic discipline. Publication is the way of advancing in the academic world. I am speaking from experience having participated in the process of publication in the field of Linguistics in the past. But genealogy has no established academic system. The accredited and certified genealogists have created their own closed system that is only very partially acknowledged and accepted generally among all genealogists. As a matter of fact, very few genealogists are even aware that such a system exists. The contrary is true in a physical science such as physics. All physicists are part of their own system. Because genealogy has no such centralized culture, the accredited genealogists act more like a social club than an academic culture.
Why would anything I wrote be rejected? Likely on purely formatting and stylistic grounds. So can genealogy achieve a breakthrough like those in physical science? No. Simply because there is no mechanism for this to happen. A widely related and repeated story, no matter how baseless, will never be corrected in genealogy.


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LONGMONT — Although much of the junior class that currently comprises the bulk of the starting lineup for the Silver Creek football team did not see the field during last year's Class 3A state championship game, they certainly remember the aftermath well enough.
It was a dispiriting scene the Raptors would rather not repeat.
Silver Creek will enjoy an opportunity to make up for last year's disappointment as the 10th-seeded Raptors take on top-seeded Rifle on Saturday in the Class 3A title game at Legacy Stadium in southeast Aurora. Although they are the proverbial underdogs this time around against a Rifle team that has rolled through its opponents en route to a 13-0 record, a favored Raptors squad suffered a 14-7 loss against Windsor in last year's finale.
"After the state game and seeing how depressed they were, it has fired me up even more to play harder and play for them," junior running back Josh Quiroz said. "It meant the world to them. They grew up playing together and now they're not with each other anymore. It pumped me up. I know what I have to do to keep winning and keep on chugging."
The youthful Raptors have grown up in a hurry since a midseason lull that saw Silver Creek (11-2) suffer its only losses in consecutive weeks — a 29-28 loss against Skyline and a 21-14 setback against Roosevelt.
Since then the Raptors have strung together five consecutive wins behind a balanced offense and a defense that has grown increasingly stingy. During its winning streak, Silver Creek has allowed only 9.2 points per game. The Raptors are coming off an excellent defensive game in their semifinal round win against Conifer, and they will need an even better effort against Rifle and its standout running back, Ryan Moeller.
Moeller leads Class 3A with 2,857 rushing yards, which ranks second overall in the state. He has scored 41 rushing touchdowns and 48 total, adding three as a receiver and two apiece on punt returns and interception returns. No player in Colorado in any classification has scored more touchdowns than Moeller.
"We have to stay disciplined and be really physical with him," Silver Creek junior defensive lineman Jared Jacobson said. "We can't get pushed around. We have to stop their running game. We each trust each other to do our jobs, and we had a good defense set up (against Conifer) with a five-front, so we really shut down their gaps. We held the line of scrimmage. We have to win the line of scrimmage again and hopefully stop that fast running back of theirs."
Silver Creek limited a Conifer rushing attack that had been averaging about 328 yards to just 94 during the Raptors' victory in the semifinals. A similar defensive game plan stacked against the run will have to be executed even more perfectly on Saturday in order for Silver Creek to secure its first football state title.
"Without a doubt, all three weeks we've had good rushing teams that we've seen in the playoffs," Silver Creek coach Mike Apodaca said. "This is another one and it just happens to be the best of them all. I think 'shutting down' isn't as important as keeping them off the scoreboard. They're going to get some yards and that sort of thing. At the end of the day we have to keep them out of the end zone. That's the important thing."
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As I stated the history of our Woodhaven Business Improvement District (WBID) last week, I will continue with this additional information about your Avenue and its evolvement from the bad old days, since the inception of the WBID.
Your WBID, from Dexter Court to 100th Street only on Jamaica Avenue, pays for all of these services. They are sanitation and graffiti removal.
Your WBID cleans the sidewalks and streets seven days a week and removes the graffiti-vandalism (98 percent vandalism free). We also have our newly added service of pigeon poo removal.
We engage security for our promotions, marketing and promotion, also Christmas promotions and decorations all along our 25-block length of our Avenue. We are the only commercial strip that lights the complete WBID.
So we encourage you to shop locally on our "Everything" Jamaica Avenue WBID, where we are "Taking Care of Bidness."
Our Businesses need you as their customer; the economy is not as good as you know, so please shop locally.
The prices are right, and the stores and businesses care about in Woodhaven, for they are willing to pay for all of the Services on our WBID for you and your families.
The WBID is the only BID in Community Board 9 and the only BID outside of the three in Jamaica in Southwest Queens.
Next week there will be some of the history of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation, which offers graffiti vandalism removal and assistance to all businesses and stores and apartment buildings off of Jamaica Avenue and our Forest Parkway Plaza area.
The WBID also has a very low vacancy rate.
Also, don't forget to water our street trees, and please leave your porch lights on. You can call our Office at 718 805-0202, our website is www.woodhavenbid.com, or on our Facebook page, facebook.com/woodhavenbid.
Collage of Pictures:
The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation contributed a collage of pictures of the NYPD officers killed on September 11 to the office of Queens Borough South at the 107th Precinct.
This picture will be placed on display with the other important NYPD pictures and memorabilia on display there.
It was made by GWDC director and photographer Gene McCauley. One of the two is on display at the Woodhaven's 102nd Precinct -- presented to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Patrol Borough South Queens Galen Frierson.
This historic NYPD memorabilia display of artifacts and pictures was originated by P.O. Joseph Marino, a fourth generation NYPD officer, and Sgt John Schroeder, a second generation NYPD officer.
This is truly a historic display of the NYPD uniforms, pictures and even badges through the years, but also sadly, the poignant pictures of every police officer killed in the line of duty.
Woodhaven WBID:
Since the Make Music New York was such a success, the WBID will sponsor an evening of music on Sat., Aug.16, 2014 from 6-8PM at the Forest Park Plaza Area. So come out and enjoy the live music of Plastic Soul.
Sadly a member of the GWDC Board of many years ago at its beginning, Peter DiAgostino has passed away.
Our prayers go out to his family.
Fly our American flags proudly above all others and wear your American flag lapel pins.
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Researchers have confirmed the first case of complete lunglessness in a frog, according to a report in the April 8th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. The aquatic frog Barbourula kalimantanensis apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin.
Previously known from only two specimens, two new populations of the aquatic frog were found by the team during a recent expedition to Indonesian Borneo.
"We knew that we would have to be very lucky just to find the frog," said David Bickford of the National University of Singapore. "People have been trying for 30 years. But when we did and I was doing the initial dissections--right there in the field--I have to say that I was very skeptical at first [that they would in fact lack lungs]. It just did not seem possible. We were all shocked when it turned out to be true for all the specimens we had from Kalimantan, Indonesia.
" The thing that struck me most then and now is that there are still major firsts (e.g., first lungless frog!) to be found out in the field," he added. "All you have to do is go a little ways beyond what people have done before, and--voila!"
Of all tetrapods (animals with four limbs), lunglessness is only known to occur in amphibians. There are many lungless salamanders and a single species of caecilian, a limbless amphibian resembling an earthworm, known to science. Nevertheless, Bickford said, the complete loss of lungs is a particularly rare evolutionary event that has probably only occurred three times.
The discovery of lunglessness in a secretive Bornean frog supports the idea that lungs are a malleable trait in amphibians, which represent the evolutionary sister group to all other tetrapods, according to the researchers. Barboroula kalimantanensis lives in cold, fast-flowing water, they noted, so loss of lungs might be an adaptation to a combination of factors: a higher oxygen environment, the species's presumed low metabolic rate, severe flattening of their bodies that increases the surface area of their skin, and selection for negative buoyancy--meaning that the frogs would rather sink than float.
The researchers said that further studies of this remarkable frog may be hampered by the species's rarity and endangerment. They therefore strongly encourage conservation of the frogs' remaining habitats.
" This is an endangered frog--that we know practically nothing about--with an amazing ability to breathe entirely through its skin, whose future is being destroyed by illegal gold mining by people who are marginalized and have no other means of supporting themselves," Bickford said. "There are no simple answers to this problem."
The researchers include David Bickford, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Djoko Iskandar and Anggraini Barlian, of Institut Teknologi Bandung, Java, Indonesia.


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Yoga & Surf Retreats have grown in popularity in recent years.
You don't have to be an advanced level of either to enjoy a retreat like this.
Both complement each other and all retreats cater for beginners.
And if you are big into either one of them already then the other will be a delight to explore.
Yoga complements surfing in many ways.
Yoga builds core strength, flexibility and balance.
And with yoga comes mind & energy focus and breathing techniques.
These techniques help to reduce stress and stay cool & calm in tricky situations out in the waves.
Physically, Yoga lengthens the muscles...whilst in the water the muscles are constantly contracting,
and so Yoga helps the body with what it has to go through in the water. Injury is then less likely.
These are the practical and physical points.
Yoga is great to practice to support surfing.
And a surfer should not find it hard to adapt to yoga.
Same way a Yogi should find surfing not too difficult to adapt to.
There's a spiritual connection that goes far further than this.
A connection between the flow and balance of ourselves and nature.
A spiritual connection.
Yoga & Surfing can both be seen as about flow of energy.
On the ocean behold the sheer awesomeness of nature's power and it's never-ending flow.
In Yoga see the flow of body & mind. Yoga opens us to ourselves and our energy balance as we deepen our practice and understanding.
Both flow. And the ocean's flow isn't constant of course. Just the same as all of us.
But it's not the destination, it's the journey.
Yes, the retreats are set up for beginners.
Having experience of one or the other will help you along for sure.
Yes. The retreat centers have surf & yoga instructors and are set up for teaching beginners in both disciplines.
In fact they are often the same centers that are running pure yoga or pure surf retreats.
Our top picks for mixing these two disciplines and the standard of the retreat centers around are-
Surf and Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica
For a quick break to hit the waves and mat nothing quite competes with Costa Rica. Head to Nicoya Peninsula for the best setups and yoga surf retreats.
Yoga and Surf Retreats in Bali
Bali has many surf spots along its great surf beaches. The biggest collection of surf and yoga retreats are in Canggu, Bali. Make time to head elsewhere too as there is a lot on offer in this retreat heaven.
Yoga and Surf Retreats Portugal
Portugal has become more popular in recent years and for good reason. The cliff-lined coastline is dramatic and home to many good surf and yoga spots.
Well that all depends whereabouts in the world you are considering as the surf will be different.
And the level of experience comes into it as if you are a beginner surfer it may be a good idea to travel outside of the months of the strong surf.
That way you will get the most out of the retreat.
Enjoy lots of opportunity to put the surfing practice in on the beach after your morning yoga.
March & April, towards the end of the dry season, offer easy and fun waves to play on and you could get some yoga in on the long board too.
If you are looking for bigger waves then May onwards is when you want to go.
The summer months are when the surf is slower and easier or January to March if you are looking for a big swell.
Portugal offers the most reliable surf in the whole of Europe so its a great choice to join in on a surf yoga retreat at any time.
Bali offers a long season of great surf from March to November, which includes the high season on the island too.
This makes Bali surf yoga retreats one of the top choices in the world. And the centers and instructors are all well organized as it's quite a busy location, so you can rely on a successful retreat experience here.
So what are you waiting for. Portugal, Bali & Costa Rica really do offer great opportunities to find the retreat that you are looking for.
People and nature have come together in these places to create a culture and lifestyle that breathes the beach and surf.
Here you will find every type of yoga surf retreat you could imagine. Quick breaks, budget retreat options or luxury yoga retreat hotels.
Even if you can't get to one of these top locations for yoga & surfing there are many other destinations offering courses around the world, so pretty much every month of the year is covered for you.
One thing you can be sure of, all the retreats offered here are trusted and professional. The instruction is supportive, caring and inclusive.
So don't be afraid to break those barriers down and get out of your comfort zone and mix your yoga practice with some surf lessons on a retreat with us.
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State reissues permit for Oxford Casino that opens the door for expansion
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � The state Department of Environmental Protection has reissued a construction permit to the Oxford Casino, six months after a Kennebec County Superior Court found that the state had violated its own permitting rules in granting a permit in 2011.
The Androscoggin River Alliance and several abutters argued that the state was required to consider all three phases of the proposed casino project when issuing the permit, but only considered Phase I � the 65,000-square-foot casino and parking lot.
The court agreed.
The Sun Journal (http://bit.ly/WSVDCP ) reports that the newly reviewed land use and construction permit was signed by DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho on Tuesday.
Casino developers want to expand the gambling facility, and add parking, restaurants, a spa, a pool, a conference center, an RV Park and a skating rink.
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Cole Darling scored a career-high 29 points on 10-of-13 shooting to lead Wright State past Morehead State 66-57 Saturday in nonconference play.
Matt Vest finished with 10 points for Wright State (5-2).
Wright State built a double-digit first-half lead with a 14-4 run to open the game. Darling scored the first seven points for the Raiders and 22 first-half points to help Wright State lead at halftime 37-27.
Morehead State got within six points, 61-55 with 1:16 left to play, but that was the closest the Eagles would get.
Wright State shot 60 percent (9 of 15) in the second half, compared to Morehead State's (4-4) 45.8 percent (11 of 24), to propel the Raiders to the victory.
Jarrett Stokes led the Eagles with 12 points, and Devon Atkinson and Angelo Warner chipped in with 11 points apiece.


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I am hung up on the wet clutch. I know most motorbikes now have them. But, one of the reasons the boxer engine enjoyed a typical longer life than other types of engines on bikes was because of the dry clutch. Now you will have clutch contaminants in your engine oil. This will shorten the life of the engine.
Paul, anyone with real-world mechanical knowledge? Can you confirm I am correct?
'09 BMW 1200 GSA, 2013 BMW 700GS, 2000 Goldwing SE, '09' V Star 950, '09 Honda Rebel,
'77 Honda 750A. Holding at six til I get new garage built - need more room for more bikes!
" It also has had only routine maintenance:.... Oil change & filter regularly, coolant and brake fluid changed when needed, final drive oil changed and checked periodically, timing belts several times, new tires ever year on rear, every year and a half on front, battery every three years and brake pads when needed, water pump and fan switch once, thermostat twice, spark plugs twice, and we recently replaced the plug wires. Last but not least was replacing the stator, which is normal for a GL 1200 Goldwing. The stator and voltage regulator was replaced the following year after we purchased it. My husband changed the wiring system to his liking so we no longer have to worry about the charging system in the future. The only non-routine repairs were the turn signal relay that went out two years ago, and the window on the brake reservoir started to leak two years ago and had to be repaired."
Read more: http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/mc...#ixzz28S1aFlZe
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Stop wrestling with your motorcycle, dance with it.
2011 R1200RT Traded
2014 R1200RT fully optioned
Well, this is encouraging news. We'll see how they do. I am sure that changing oil will become more of a factor than before. I actually change every 3k or so.
'09 BMW 1200 GSA, 2013 BMW 700GS, 2000 Goldwing SE, '09' V Star 950, '09 Honda Rebel,
'77 Honda 750A. Holding at six til I get new garage built - need more room for more bikes!
Straight from the horses mouth with all 291 pictures and other downloads
2012 R1200 GS Adventure
The one absolutely huge benefit to a wet clutch is that it should eliminate the problematic need to do periodic clutch hub spline lubes. They are annoying on the Airheads, a little more trouble on the classic K bikes, and a monumental issue for Oil/Camhead boxers. Owners of these bikes get to choose:
a. give the dealers about $2,000
b. spend a couple of days doing it themselves
c. ignore the issue and get rid of the bike before the splines fail
(which of course means the next owner gets a $2,000 surprise)
The "new" K1200/1300 upright fours, and the F bikes have wet clutches and I have not heard of any significant clutch issues.
Paul Glaves - "Big Bend", Texas U.S.A
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
periodic clutch hub spline lubes, Paul how many miles is periodic. My oilhead is coming up on 73K. Is this a winter project in the makings.
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
It is a pain, but the downside to not doing it is that eventually it is the same amount of labor plus several hundred dollars in parts, plus more labor to replace the transmission input shaft and clutch disk.
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Paul Glaves - "Big Bend", Texas U.S.A
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
Thanks Paul I now have a winter project. I just receintly decided to keep the bike for a few more years so this will be money well spent.
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
Paul Glaves,
Please buy a 2013 R1200GS so we can get your maintenance and repair advice and instructions.
I am first on the list at Gulf Coast BMW for a 2013 R1200GS and have decided to keep my 2000 R1150GS that just turned over 24,000 miles. I had a glance at the dealer's NADA book while I was setting up my deal and it felt like a mule kick to the gut when I saw what the market thinks of my beloved machine; I think much, much more of it than that.
See you at the next BMW Club of Houston meeting.
The issue that is trying to "made an issue of" is the clutch wear particles being deposited into the engine since it is all unitized. Unitized, imagine that, BMW has finally caught up to 1950s Harley technology and British 1960s technology!
Last development I heard of is the manufacturer has installed a filter of some sort designed to remove these pesky contaminates from the engine oil. Next thing you know the manufacturer will determine that the intake air might also contain contaminates of some sort which will also require filtering out. Yeesh, these engineers really have to make sure they have work of some sort to do.
87 K75S, bought new, now sold
07 K1200GT Bought new, now traded in
Water leaks?
My 1988 K75 has never dripped a drop of water in the 24 years I have owned it. A few drops of oil, but never water. And the radiator still looks new inside. I think BMW knows how to do water cooling.
2009 R1200R Roadster
From the BMW PressClub release:
"Optimised handling qualities are the result of refined master geometric chassis data, and a longer swingarm provides further improved traction - especially when riding over rough terrain."
I am curious about a couple of items here.
- Has anyone seen the chassis geometry numbers?
In particular I am curious if the increase in swing arm length also means an increase in wheel base? Or did the redesign of clutch and transmission allow for a more compact unit and thus a longer swing arm with the same wheelbase?
- For those that do ride off tarmac, what are you thoughts on this and what it would mean to you?
- For the engineers in the crowd or more versed on rear end geometry; what impact will the increased length potentially have on the strains and various forces put on the final u-joint and final drive.


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After school wrapped up this year, we took the opportunity to spend a couple days up in Duluth before summer camp started. Granted, a vacation with children is much different that just us two, we still had a great time sharing this special city with out kids.
We did the "tourist" stuff and then headed up to our house about 10 minutes north of Duluth. Since the weather was so nice, we opted for picnicking most of our meals.
Since we were right on the lake, we investigated all of the cool rocks on the lakeshore...
We were blessed with great weather and pretty good patience during this holiday. We are looking forward to heading back up to Duluth in late July!


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Alternative forms of hobbledehoy
From Scots. Compare dialectal English hobbledygee ("(with a) limping movement"); also French hobereau ("country squire"), English hobby, and Old French hoi ("today"); the original sense may have been "an upstart of today".
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɒbəldihɔɪ/
hobbledehoy (plural hobbledehoys)
- An awkward adolescent boy.
- 1836, Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club , chapter 28
- [...] all the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm [...]
- 1886, Jerome K Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, On being shy
- A man rarely carries his shyness past the hobbledehoy period.
- 1895, H G Wells, The Wonderful Visit, chapter 12
- Two hobbledehoys were standing by the forge staring in a bovine way at the proceedings.
- 1895, Hardy, Jude the Obscure, part 1, chapter 3
- And though it do take—how many years, Bob?—five years to turn a lirruping hobble-de-hoy chap into a solemn preaching man with no corrupt passions, they'll do it, if it can be done [...]
- 1912, Romain Rolland ,Jean-Christophe, Morning, 2
- He was a fair boy, with round pink cheeks, with his hair parted on one side, and a shade of down on his lip. He looked frankly what he was — a hobbledehoy — though he made great efforts to seem grown up.
- 1836, Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club , chapter 28
Derived terms[edit]
an awkward adolescent boy
Alternative forms[edit]
- hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy, hobbledygee, hobereau, hobby, hoi to-day.
hobbledehoy (plural hobbledehoys)
- An awkward adolescent boy.
- Hobbledehoydom, Juan Martinez, 2004.


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The Speaker of the House has announced his intent to file a lawsuit against President Obama over an alleged "misuse" of executive powers, reports Politico.
"The Constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws. In my view, the president has not faithfully executed the laws," said [Speaker John Boehner]. "When there are conflicts like this between the legislative branch and the administrative branch, it's … our responsibility to stand up for this institution."
House Republicans have argued that Obama is misusing his executive powers by side-stepping Congress on immigration and other policies, including a decision to extend family leave to same-sex couples and bar federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. ... The memo sent to the GOP conference mentioned executive actions on health care, energy, foreign policy and education, but did not delve into specific orders. The speaker's office has not outlined what specific executive orders or actions the suit will cover, but Boehner said the lawsuit was not about convening impeachment proceedings against Obama.
The White House announced on June 16 that the President will sign a an executive order to extend LGBT non-discrimination protections to employees of federal contractors.
Boehner was "for" executive orders long before he was against them—when there was a Republican in the White House. The Ohio Republican congressman supported President George W. Bush's well-documented and extensive practice of issuing executive orders, notes Think Progress.
Bush issued hundreds of orders ... over his eight years in office. In 2001 and 2007, Boehner strongly supported unilateral actions by Bush to prevent embryonic stem-cell research involving new embryos, saying the 2001 decision "preserves the sanctity of life and allows limited research that could help millions of Americans suffering from life-threatening diseases." He [also] endorsed a 2008 Bush executive order to limit earmarks.
President Obama has issued "about 180 executive orders" so far. That is "fewer executive orders than all but one of the other presidents since World War II," reports MSNBC.
In somewhat related news: The Supreme Court "dealt a significant blow to executive power" today by limiting the president's power to make recess appointments. The unanimous ruling found that President Obama "violated the Constitution in 2012 by appointing officials to the National Labor Relations Board during a short break in the Senate's work." Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the majority opinion joined by the court's four more liberal justices.


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Kevin and Colleen grow closer in an attempt to set up Jana. Will these former enemies fall in lust?
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Music's biggest night was all about soul and surprises, from honoring the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, to Train's big Grammy win for their ubiquitous single "Soul Sister," with the rest of the evening being marked by some dazzling performances and a few upset winners and losers along the way.
Country group Lady Antebellum won Best Record for "Need You Now" and captured four other awards while Montreal-based indie group Arcade Fire provided a shocking end to the night by winning Album of the Year for "The Suburbs," beating out bigwigs Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Eminem. Clearly overwhelmed by their win, the band showed their appreciation by doing what they do best, breaking into an unscheduled performance of "Ready to Start" to close out the festivities.
In perhaps the night's biggest upset, 26-year-old jazz artist Esperanza Spalding defeated Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, Florence & The Machine, Mumford & Sons and another north of the border product, the rapper Drake, for Best New Artist.
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"I take this honor to heart so sincerely and I'll do my damnedest to make great music for all of you. It's such an honor and God bless," she said during her acceptance speech.
Train frontman Pat Monahan had a little fun at Bieber's expense while accepting the Grammy for best pop performance by a duo or group for their hit "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)."
"Thanks, Justin Bieber, for not being a duo or group," he said, a reference to the "Baby" singer's tendency to rack up awards in whatever category he's nominated in.
Eminem, who came into the night as the top nominee with ten, picked up best rap album and best rap solo performance trophies.
The Grammys opened with a tribute to Aretha Franklin with a diverse litany of current female superstars singing Franklin's "Natural Woman," trying to out-diva each other with vocal aerobics. Christina Aguilera made her first public performance since the infamous Super Bowl National Anthem flub, and while she didn't forget the lyrics on this night, she very obviously stumbled when making her way offstage. Other singers included Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Florence (of Florence and the Machine), and Martina McBride.
Franklin, who was recovering from surgery, was not in attendance, but had a video acceptance speech. "I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to be here," the Queen of Soul emoted. "I wish that I could have been without tonight, but since I couldn't…next year!"
From there the show jumped to the much-hyped live debut of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." Gaga took to the stage very reminiscent of Madonna, hair in a high ponytail and wearing what looked like a yellow tarp, surrounded by a plethora of backup dancers after setting the awards night abuzz earlier in the evening after being "birthed" from an egg. The singer won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video for "Bad Romance," and thanked Whitney Houston for the courage to sing the song. "I had this dream when I was really young that I could be whoever I wanted to be," Gaga said in her acceptance speech. "I mean to thank Whitney Houston, because when I wrote "Born This Way," I imagined she was singing it because I wasn't secure enough in myself. "
Lady Gaga didn't have the only over-the-top performance. Mick Jagger, still spry at 67, performed for the first time at the Grammys, as did music legends Bob Dylan and Barbara Streisand.
Other memorable performances included Justin Bieber, who started out with an acoustic version of "Baby," which transformed into homage to his new film, "Never Say Never." Rihanna, Eminem, and Dr. Dre performed in what could be considered the trifecta of R&B/Rap fusion.
And who could forget Cee-Lo Green's Muppet-filled Technicolor performance? The singer, who was nominated for his explicit single "F*** You," took the stage in a red feather suit with red, yellow, and blue plumage and a breastplate, looking half like an endangered bird and half like a Medieval Tournament knight. Cee-Lo was joined by Gwyneth Paltrow who reprised her rendition of "Forget You" from "Glee."


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ATV ready to nose up to Station
ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Albert Einstein, is set to conduct an autonomous docking with the International Space Station on 15 June. The vessel will deliver scientific experiments, vital supplies and fuel to the astronauts.
ATV-4 was launched by a powerful Ariane 5 rocket on 5 June into a highly precise injection orbit at an altitude of 259.5 km.
By Saturday, ATV-4 will have completed a series of phasing manoeuvres – a set of thruster burns – designed to raise the vessel from its injection orbit to a point around 40 km behind and 5 km below the ISS at about 410 km altitude, ready to start rendezvous operations.
Mission controllers at ESA's ATV Control Centre in Toulouse will guide it to a specific waypoint – a virtual point 3.5 km behind and 100 m below the station – at which ATV Albert Einstein will begin its automated docking sequence.
The 20-tonne vessel, flying autonomously but being continuously monitored from the ground, will navigate itself using GPS signals and, in the final 250 m before contact, via laser signals reflected from the aft end of the Zvezda ISS module.
ATV-4 is expected to dock with the International Space Station at 15:46 CEST.
Docking with centimetre accuracy
"Docking will be conducted with centimetre accuracy while orbiting at 28 000 km/h," says ESA's ATV-4 Mission Manager Alberto Novelli.
"The vessel's technology is first rate and the joint ESA/CNES mission control teams at the ATV Control Centre are trained and fully ready to oversee docking. We're looking forward to an uneventful arrival at Station."
Astronauts monitor ATV arrival
On board the ISS, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin will closely monitor docking.
In the event of any anomaly, the crew can issue commands directly to ATV, instructing it to pause, stop or even abort the docking.
Once safely attached to the ISS, the hatch will be opened and the vessel's atmosphere will be cleaned and filtered for a number of hours before ingress, set for 17 June.
Spare parts, new science
Luca has two important tasks soon after docking; one is the installation of the Fundamental and Applied Studies in Emulsions Stability (FASES) experiment in the Fluid Science Laboratory in Europe's Columbus module.
FASES will investigate the behaviour of emulsions in weightlessness; emulsions play a significant role in many fields of industry, including food production, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
The other is installing a new water pump for the Thermal Control System in Columbus.
Follow ATV-4 docking live
The docking will be webcast via http://www.esa.int on Saturday, 15 June, 14:50-16:00 CEST.
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Dictador iconic product. Dictador 20 Years Old is aged in American Oak ex-Bourbon barrels, then finished in ex-Port casks. Your rum for the special occasion. Taste it neat!
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Posted over 1 year ago by Daniel Lindén from Sweden with 60 ratings
Kopparröd färgton, arom av mocka. Smaken finns lite mocka och kanske choklad? Helt okej men inte superb.
Posted over 2 years ago by "Samuel Brunello" from United States with 78 ratings
For every rum I've tried up to this point, whether I personally enjoyed it or not, I can understand why one may like or dislike it. Even my top picks, what I consider to be hallmark rums. Phraya is earthy. Perfeccion is medicinal. The very reason I like may be the reason someone else dislikes it. But this one... is just so lovable! The nose gives you cocoa, coffee and sweet mukhwas (those pallette-cleansing seeds you have after an Indian meal.) In the mouth there's flavors of chocolate, vanilla and honey, and a big ol' finish of maple! The flavors are strong. The sweetness is gentle. The alcohol does not burn at all. How this rum does harm by anyone is a complete mystery to me...
My son bought this for me for Father's Day (what a great son!). I have never had Dictador Rum before and my first taste I got a rich full flavour of carmel, vanilla and roasted coffee. You don't want to waste this Rum with Pepsi. All this needs is 2 glasses, ice, and my son.
Posted over 3 years ago by Rene Rum from Switzerland with 355 ratings
Wenn Du dran riechst, fällst Du in ein tiefes dunkles Fass,
einfach nur fantastisch ! Nicht für Jedermann !
in der Nase: Holz, Leder, dunkle Schokolade, wie beim 12 Y, nur intensiver.
Im Gaumen wird es dann schon komplexer, dazu kommt Kaffee mit Gewürzen
und überraschenderweise Curry, gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber um so länger der Genuss
umso besser wird dieser Rum.
Mein Favorit an kalten Wintertagen, im Sommer zu deftig.
When you smell it, you fall into a deep dark barrel,
Just fantastic! Not for everyone!
In the nose: wood, leather, dark chocolate, as with the 12 Y, only more intense.
In the palate, it becomes more complex and comes with coffee and spices and surprisingly curry,
Need of getting used to, but the longer the enjoyment the better is this rum.
My favorite on cold winter days, in the summer too hearty.
I love to pop the cork on a bottle of Dictador 20 year old and jut smell the aromas wafting upwards. The first you will notice is the strong coffee scent, almost kaluha like that initially greets you. Creamy toffee and banana are interlaced in there as well.
Pouring a glass is a treat with it's dark, rich appearance....swirling the glass produces lovely long legs and more enticing aromas of Coffee, bananas, toffee and tobacco.
A very lovely rum to sip over ice indeed and even mixes very well with coke if you are so inclined.
Posted about 4 years ago by HunterRomario from Czech Republic with 298 ratings
Alkohol: 40 %
Původ: Kolumbie
Ochutnán ve srovnávacím testu s D 12, XO Perpetual a XO Insolent.
Aroma: Hutnější a hřejivější verze přímo srovnávaného Dictador 12 yo. Je tu znatelný ústup kávy a vyznění se nám posouvá k hřejivé kořenitosti. Těžší dřevitost, skořice, čokoláda, kakao. (88 b)
Chuť: Kakao, hřejivost koření, lehce se nám ozve mírná nasládlost, ale jen jemně, suchost převládá. Na jazyku příjemně plný, olejnatý dojem, je zrát, že se jedná o vyzrálý rum. (86 b)
Body: 87
Shrnutí: Příznivcům suchého stylu opět velmi doporučeníhodné.
Posted almost 2 years ago by Paul B (PREMIUM) from United States with 326 ratings
This Dictador is priced at about halfway between Dictador 12 and Dictador XO Insolent. So I needed to find out if it is worth the extra money over the 12 and is it almost as good as the XO Insolent? The answer to both questions is "YES!!!". The flavors are much more pronounced than the 12 and comparing side by side almost makes the 12 seem like a bourbon. Since this company also sells coffee and stores the beans in the barrels used to age these rums, coffee dominates the taste. You will either love these rums or hate them. I happen to love them. Great taste with no added sugars.
Since this is the second most expensive rum that I have ever purchased ($65), I consider it and it's older brother XO Insolent at $96 to be reserved for special occasions. I am glad that I bought a whole bottle to test side by side against the 12 rather than try one ounce at a bar and rely on my memory of what the 12 tasted like. These two are not even close in comparison to taste.
After only 5 days of opening this bottle and comparing it to my other highly rated rums, I have no choice except to raise my initial rating from a 9 to a 10! However, if you hate coffee, you will disagree with me on this one. This one for me is a $65 bottle of perfection in a rum. I would not hesitate to buy this one again on a regular basis. Only 25% of the rums that I have rated here fall into this category of repeat purchases being justified.
Update August 10, 2019: I now find myself with all three of my favorites: Dictador 12, Dictador 20, and Dictador XO Insolent. Time for side by side comparisons neat. This one makes the Dictador 12 seem like Angostura 1919. which is a good thing, but still not up to the level of the finest Dictadors. This is still damn good rum worthy of my 10 rating, but it lacks the refined finish of the Dictador XO Insolent. If that finish is worth an extra $35 US per bottle to you, then go for it.
Posted almost 5 years ago by brodequin from Czech Republic with 26 ratings
You should say, from its bottle, that it will be very good rum. But that is not true sadly. This rum have a quite good taste, but it longs just a few seconds and it´s gone. That´s a shame, from 20yo rum...
Posted over 3 years ago by mistercoughy from United States with 239 ratings
According to rum-geek D.N. Bascunan, the reason that Dictador rums all have that weird licorice/coffee profile is because most of the time they bottle Colombian aguardiente, which is heavily anise-infused. When they get around to bottling their rum, that anise flavor is still in the pipes and it doesn't go away. The result: flavored rum...licorice and coffee, to be exact. Hard to take this rum seriously. Weird taste, too sweet, one-dimensional. No thank you.
Posted almost 5 years ago by martin jeppesen from Denmark with 237 ratings
The Dictador rum's really got there own thing going, and the 20 year is no exception. The nose has a darkish profile with notes of liqourice, oak, coffee and a hint of honey. The palate is medium bodied and unfolds with a nutty expression of the same notes found in the nose. Compared to the 12 year, the taste seems a little more subtle. The smooth, but also slightly bitter, finish lingers for a long time and leaves your mouth coated with an oily feeling. It's ok but the 12 year is better value, and to me also more enjoyable and better balanced.
Posted over 1 year ago by Charles M from United Kingdom with 126 ratings
If you've had the 12yo, this is like that but more!
The nose is prune-like Christmas cake, which is carried through on the palate, along with hints of coffee. It is incredibly smooth, with the hit of alcohol coming at the back end. A beautiful long finish.
It may not be everyone's style, but even if not, the high class of distilling should be plain to see.
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Earning sufficient credits from year to year in middle and high school to advance from grade to grade is a significant predictor of graduating.
According to "Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School, by Student Characteristics" a report from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2009). The researchers used data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to examine the number of credits earned by high school students and the relationship between course credit accrual and dropping out. Findings include:
- High school dropouts earned fewer credits than did on-time graduates within each year of high school, and the cumulative course credit accrual gap increased with each subsequent year.
- The pattern of dropouts earning fewer credits than on-time graduates remained across all examined student and school characteristics (student sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, school location, and sophomore class size).
- The size of the cumulative course credit accrual gap between on-time graduates and dropouts varied within academic years for males versus females, Blacks and Hispanics versus Whites, and students attending city high schools versus students attending suburban, town, and rural high schools.


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Final Stats | Notre Dame Delaware Box Score
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Jerian Grant scored 25 points, including a pair of 15-foot jumpers in the final 95 seconds after Delaware cut the lead to one, to lead Notre Dame to an 80-75 victory over the Blue Hens on Saturday in the first round of the Gotham Classic.
Trailing 68-60, the Blue Hens used a 9-2 run to cut the lead to 70-69 on a layup by Jarvis Threatt. But Grant hit the back-to-back jumpers to end a seven-minute drought by the Irish without a field goal as Notre Dame regained control. Pat Connaughton, who had 21 points, made four free throws in the final minutes and Garrick Sherman, who added 19, made two.
Notre Dame (6-2) had a 37-27 rebounding advantage over Delaware (5-4) and outscored the Blue Hens in the paint 36-24. The Blue Hens shot 54 percent in the second half, but couldn't come up with the big shots when they needed it at the end.
Threatt led the Blue Hens with 23 points and Davon Usher and Kyle Anderson had 19 points each.
Grant was 10-of-16 shooting and added four assists, while Connaughton hit 3-of-4 3-pointers, grabbed 11 rebounds and had three steals.
Notre Dame used a 13-0 run late in the first half to open a 42-35 halftime lead, scored the first two baskets of the second half to open a 46-35 lead. Grant later brought the crowd to their feet with a one-handed fast-break dunk on a pass from Eric Atkins to give the Irish a 56-44 lead with 14:15 left.
The Blue Hens later used a 5-0 run to cut the lead 62-56 on a pair of free throws by Devonne Pinkard. Anderson hit a 3 pointer for the Blue Hens with 7:07 left to cut the lead to 68-64. The Blue Hens cut the lead to 70-67 moments later when Anderson missed everything on a 3-pointer, but Usher caught it and scored.
The victory marked the first time the Irish had played Delaware, where Irish coach Mike Brey got his start as a head coach, leading the Blue Hens to a 99-52 record over five seasons before taking the Notre Dame job in 2000.


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Ok. So I am late to the scene on this one. You would think that as long as I have been writing .NET code I would have tried Code Rush before now. I am really finding to be an educational tool. I figured I would spend some time going through the help file to find out what was there. The Refactoring Catalog has animations which make understanding the features so much faster. At the same time I am finding that it is showing me better ways to write more compact code. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
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