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Patna issued Marriage Certificate Attestation from Bahrain Embassy. We Provide Legalization Services in all parts of India for Documents like Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Death Certificate etc. Before Submitting to Bahrain Embassy documents first needs to attest from authorities like MEA, Home Department, Regional Attestation Centre and Chamber of Commerce. The detail description of Legalization is as under,
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Eye-Fi introduces 4GB Pro card with RAW support, ad hoc connectivity
Wireless memory card manufacturer Eye-Fi has just unveiled another SDHC card, the Eye-Fi Pro. It adds support for the wireless transfer of RAW files in addition to JPEG and video files. This 4GB card will also be the first to allow for ad hoc transfer of files directly from camera to computer without the use of a wireless router or internet connection.
Like the previous generation of Eye-Fi cards, the Eye-Fi Pro will allow users to transfer photos from their cameras directly several photo sharing websites. It also provides one year of unlimited uploads from any Wi-Fi hotspot and lifetime geotagging service.
Eye-Fi also announces today that all of their card users will be able to selectively transfer files from their cameras. Selecting individual photos to transfer is done in-camera by choosing to "lock" or "protect" each one. Only those protected photos will be transferred. This functionality is free and available to all existing Eye-Fi users through the Eye-Fi Manager.
The Eye-Fi Pro debuts at a price of $149. More information is available at their website.

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|Find the best surf spots
Location: Faroe Islands (or Faeroe Islands) Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Iceland and Norway
Geographic coordinates: 62° 0' N, 7° 0' W
Coastline km: 1,117 km km
Climate: mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy
Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast
Elevation: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m
Natural hazards: NA
Currency: Danish krone (DKK) ?
Population: 48,668 (July 2008 est.)
Languages: Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish
Capital: Torshavn
Divisions: part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark
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not much - the faroes are freezing mate, tornvik bay is very average and im sure there are some good spots but it would take quite a mission, the landscape is very mountaneous with steep cliffs and deep baks and shores...not really much waves around....you'd have to look....:)
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Anyone know anything?? - Howsit, comming from sweden for a holiday and heard theres some surf here? Anyone know best places (besides whats already up) and what time of year best etc? Any poinbreaks or reefbreaks? I gotta feeling theres more than whats being shown, Thanks, J
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Friends and family call for independent investigation into journalist's obvious murder.
June 27, 2013
U.S. Army brass told Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings that he would be hunted down and killed over his story that lead to General McChrystal's downfall, according to Hasting's closest friend in the June 26 bombshell interview on the Alex Jones Show.
Hastings died in Los Angeles on June 18 in an explosive single-car crash that left his fuel efficient Mercedes C250 engulfed in flames which towered above the heights of nearby houses.
First responders found the four-cylinder engine 100 feet away from the crash.
As we reported recently, Staff Sergeant Joe Biggs told Fox News' Megyn Kelly that Hastings was working on his "biggest story yet" involving the CIA. The journalist is known to have made a number of powerful enemies.
Biggs also stated on Fox that it was completely out of character for Hastings to be driving at high speeds that early in the morning. But Biggs made even stronger revelations on the Alex Jones Show as he described how well he knew Hastings.
Biggs and Hastings met in 2008 when the journalist came to Afghanistan to cover the daily combat, an assignment only meant to last one week. That week turned into three months.
"You get to learn a lot about a person in one day of combat, let alone three months of being around them," Biggs said.
Biggs stayed in touch with the journalist after the assignment, which culminated into a strong friendship.
"I remember when the story broke with General McChrystal and he [Hastings] gave me a call and he's like 'man, I'm pretty scared,'" Biggs said. "I told him, 'You have a reason to be, brother. You basically just got a general of a war fired. I'm pretty sure that doesn't sit too well with him right now.'"
Hastings' fear was very well-founded as he received severe death threats over the McChrystal story.
"He had been told, if we don't like what you write, we will hunt you down and kill you," Biggs said. "For him to say something like that, those are his own words, that's pretty intense."
But Hastings continued on with his journalism career and recently began investigating a CIA story which apparently led to his death.
"So last Monday morning I wake up and I get this e-mail from Mike, and usually the e-mails start off 'hey brother, how's it going, how's your family, how are you adjusting to the civilian life' because I'm out of the military now," Biggs said.
But in this particular e-mail, Hastings warned that the FBI would be investigating his colleagues and his friends. He also said that he was on a big story and would need to go "off the radar."
"It just didn't seem like something that he normally started his e-mail off with," Biggs said. "When I read it, I just got this horrible feeling, like something's not right."
Biggs asked his friends for their opinions on Hastings' latest e-mail. They all thought it was scary.
Then once Biggs heard about Hastings' fatal crash, things just didn't add up for him.
He knew that Hastings contacted a lawyer recently and questioned why an investigative reporter happened to be filming an empty street at four in the morning when he recorded Hastings driving by.
"All these alarms were going off and my gut feeling from day one, from before it happened, I knew that something wasn't right," Biggs said.
Alex asked Biggs if his years of combat honed his gut instinct.
"Yeah, I just… just anybody who knows someone and they act out of… out of reason, out of their normal behavior, that should send a red light off in anybody," Biggs responded.
Alex also asked Biggs why he wanted to go public regarding the death of his friend. Biggs said he contacted the other recipients of Hastings' e-mail but received little response.
"Somebody's got to come out and say something," Biggs said. "Someone's got to… I can't be the only person that thinks this is just weird."
"Mike would do the same thing for me," Biggs said. "He's not going to sit back and roll over."
"I'm not a journalist, I'm not an investigator, I don't know what steps to take. All I know is that I lost a friend."
Biggs can be followed on Twitter at Rambobiggs.
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A natural home for seafood
Norway's spectacular coastline, with its little islands and deep, sheltered fjords, has created the perfect environment for fish to thrive. Norway is situated where the warm Gulf Stream and Arctic waters meet, creating the ideal mix of currents and temperatures to support a wide variety of fish and shellfish. This has created an incredibly stable environment to cultivate and harvest seafood.
With nearly 90,000 square kilometres of ocean within its sovereign territory, Norway´s ocean and coastline resources are equal in size to the combined agricultural land of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. In managing this vast natural resource, Norway has managed to achieve a balance between high levels of marine productivity and long-term sustainable fishing practices.
One of Europe's best preserved marine ecosystems
Both the Norwegian and Barents Seas are teeming with life, with coral reefs and lots of healthy kelp on the seafloor. Norwegian fishermen can harvest (to quota) a variety of species that are native to the region. There are also a number of non-native species that migrate to our shores to spawn, such as herring.
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We're fortunate to benefit from a natural phenomenon known as upwelling. This is when, thanks to strong currents and a mix of temperatures, cold water sinks to the bottom and warmer water, which is rich in nutrients, rises to the surface in a continuous cycle. These nutrient rich waters support plankton growth, which is the foundation of all life in the marine food chain.
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Some passengers who fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered yet another setback on their way home when one of the buses broke down.
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen says a bus got sidelined Friday on the way to New Orleans after leaving Mobile, Ala.
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The ship carrying some 4,200 people and under tow by tugboats docked late Thursday, after an engine-room fire Sunday left it powerless and adrift.


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This site is the archived OWASP Foundation Wiki and is no longer accepting Account Requests.
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OWASP Newsletter 17
- 1 OWASP Newsletter #17 (12-August-2008)
- 2 Featured Item: OWASP NYC 2008
- 3 Featured Item: India Conference
- 4 Featured Item: Israel Conference
- 5 OWASP AppSec India Conference 2008 - August 20th-21st 2008
OWASP Newsletter #17 (12-August-2008)
Welcome to the 17th edition of the OWASP Newsletter, featuring The New York City AppSec Conference .
As always, if you have any content to add to the next edition, please feel free to add it directly to its WIKI page OWASP Newsletter 18.
Kate Hartmann - OWASP Operations Director - Tel: 301-575-0197 - eMail: [email protected]
Featured Item: OWASP NYC 2008
OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference Schedule – Sept 24th - Sept 25th Full details In association with: WASC, NYM InfraGard, AITGlobal, NYC PHP, NYCBUG, ISACA, ISSA and Pace University your invited to (2) days of Seminars and Technology Pavilion from the world's best application security technology minds, (2) days of hardcore hands-on training, all held at Pace University, located in downtown New York City at One Pace Plaza New York, NY 10038. Event Fees: $350 for 2 days of seminars, $675 for 1-day training classes and $1,350 for 2-day courses. With capacity of 1000 folks from around the world, don't miss this event!
Featured Item: India Conference
OWASP AppSec India Conference 2008
Featured Item: Israel Conference
OWASP AppSec Israel Conference 2008
OWASP AppSec India Conference 2008 - August 20th-21st 2008
Featured Projects
- Four new projects have been set up, namely:
- OWASP EnDe Project - This tool is an encoder, decoder, converter, transformer, calculator, for various codings used in the wild wide web. Achim Hoffmann is the project leader.
- OWASP Google Hacking Project - This is a Google SOAP Search API with Perl. Christian Heinrich is the project leader.
- OWASP NetBouncer Project - This is secure by default centralised input/output validation library which combines security rules and business rules as well as escaping in the output level. Ferruh Mavituna is the project leader.
- OWASP Open Review Project - A project to openly check open source libraries and software that are vital to most commercial and non-commercial apps around. Mario de Boer is the project leader.
- The OWASP Summer of Code 2008 is doing its way up the ladder.
- 34 SoC's projects pages, the Current Season of Code Projects, have been set up.
- 70 reviewers were matched with 34 SoC's projects.
- Having reached the stage of 50% completion, 7 project have already been reviewed, namely:
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Chapter pages are being updated with the new link to paypal. This will allow your chapter sponsors to make donations to your chapter or project directly. Because the funds will be managed through the OWASP Foundation, your local chapter or project may take advantage of the non-profit status! Reimbursement of expenses will be processed through submission of an expense report. Please contact Alison McNamee with any questions.
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OWASP Featured Article: Producing Producing Secure Software With Software Security Enhanced Processes, In-secure Magazine, Page 57-67
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FFIEC: http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/bulletin/2008-16.html
FTC: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/security.shtm
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(Pocket-lint) - If you're searching for a phone that's high-performance at an economic price-point and happens to have a full QWERTY keyboard, then according to Samsung, this is the mobile for you.
Meet the Samsung Galaxy M Pro; what the promise seems to translate to is a handset that still boasts the latest version of Android, and very respectable 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, but without any super speedy insides or any of that top end Samsung screen technology.
All the same, the outer of this phone is okay. Actually, it's more than okay. It's pretty damn good. The keyboard is well laid out and, while there's none of the nobbles you get on BlackBerry devices to make things easier, it's still a decent enough mobile type. The phone also looks good. The grey brushed metal finish with splashes of orange here and there really make it stand out among the other Galaxy devices and no one's going to accuse you of being cheap if you pull one out.
The four Android hard keys make you wonder why manufacturers seem to have switched to the touch-sensitive type, and the optical trackpad in the middle is everything you need it to be. We're also glad that Samsung didn't try to make it any more by keeping the home key separate.
One place you do take a hit, that's quite tough to stomach on Android, is on the size of the screen itself. With the QWERTY taking up precious real estate, all the user ends up with is a 2.7-inch HVGA and, seeing as this isn't a premium Samsung device, it's only backed by straight LCD technology; but that's perhaps not such a loss as it's not that big anyway.
While you can get your emailing done, browsing the web and playing Angry Birds isn't quite what it could be but, then, that's the full keyboard trade-off. To combat this, Samsung has added a side dock to the TouchWiz interface and that was simple and intuitive enough to get used to in the 10 minutes that we had it in our hands. It's also good to see that the company hasn't ditched the accelerometer at this level, unlike with the Galaxy Ys
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Ever since the second half of 2012, Nova says, "I'm just not repeating my delivery," and now, according to PitchFx, he's throwing 20 percent fewer strikes than in 2011.
Members of the organization say Nova has unconsciously dropped his arm slot to near three-quarters level. Other believe Nova's front (left) shoulder is sabotaging his delivery, flying open too quickly, not unlike the flaw that ruined A.J. Burnett's career in the Bronx.
Pick your theory, but the effect is the same. Chris Stewart said, "[Nova] was missing everywhere. I don't think he had a feel for any of his pitches."
Nova took no offense to such a harsh assessment. He's the first to admit Stewart was right, and that sooner or later, the long, slow descent has to end.
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This outstanding example of a 2018 Acura RDX w/Technology Pkg is offered by Marty Sussman Acura. Sussman Automotive, located in Eastern Montgomery County, is a multi-generational family operated group of dealerships that believes in forging lifelong relationships with its customers, employees and the community. Sussman represents the new car franchises of Honda in Roslyn, Acura and Kia in Jenkintown, Hyundai and Mazda in Willow Grove, with a tremendous selection of pre-owned vehicles at each location. Sussman has been selling and servicing vehicles in the greater Philadelphia area since 1959. It is Sussman Automotives' intent to exceed its customers' expectations in every aspect of their business by providing the highest quality products and services in the automotive industry. The Sussman Automotive group has worked tirelessly to earn and maintain a reputation of being the best by demanding excellent customer satisfaction from their employees and by being a good neighbor to the community. For sales, service and parts for Honda, Acura, Kia, Hyundai and Mazda vehicles, the Sussman Automotive dealerships should be your choice in Eastern Montgomery County.
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You're not just imagining it. Christmas season now starts before Halloween. At least Christmas decorations were popping up in stores in mid-October.
Not long ago, I found myself walking through a winter wonderland of sparkling artificial Christmas trees for sale at Wal-Mart as nearby shelves were still fully stocked with Halloween costumes and industrial-size bags of candy corn. The first Christmas glitter at my local Saks Fifth Avenue started appearing Oct. 17.
So what about this retail scheme to encourage us to start holiday shopping more than a month before the traditional start date: the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday? Is this a good thing? To find out, I took to the street to ask the target audience — shoppers — what they thought.
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AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16AR)
There are actually two different DVB-T PCI cards produced by AVerMedia that bear the identical name AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI. The first, model A16D, is currently not supported by LinuxTV (though experimental support for the device does exist; see below). The second, model A16A, is supported by LinuxTV drivers. Coincidently, the second version is also the sole recipient of direct Linux support from AVerMedia -- however, said support is very limited/constrained at best (binary drivers, listed as beta, and which apply only for Fedora 3 & 4, Mandriva 2006, and SUSE 10.0).
The A16D model consists of the following hardware components:
- Xceive XC3018 (tuner & analog demodulator)
- Philips SAA7135HL (A/V decoder)
- Zarlink MT352 (DVB-T demodulator)
Support for this card was added to kernel 2.6.19.
The A16D model consists of the following hardware components:
- Philips TD1316A (tuner)
- Philips TDA9887 (analog demodulator)
- Philips SAA7135HL (A/V decoder)
- Zarlink MT352 (DVB-T demodulator)
Pictures of the card are available in the this mail list post and duplicated in the resourceful bttv gallery.
Section that needs work
- we need output from lspci that shows the card being properly detected ... what is currently shown is what would be output by the command when the card is NOT automagically recognized! Second, the capabilities section of the output is incomplete
- the grep of dmesg shows a case where the card was automagically detected (this is good), however, the info really isn't providing anymore insight then what lspci would provide if the card was being detected properly.
If you have an A16AR then "lspci -v" should reveal:
01:05.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1) Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc Unknown device 2c00 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at e8002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Capabilities: <access denied>[/code]
If the card is setup correctly, then if you run "dmesg | grep saa" you will see:
[ 555.864000] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded [ 555.864000] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:01:05.0, rev: 209, irq: 21, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8002000 [ 555.864000] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:2c00, board: AVerMedia TV Hybrid A16AR [card=99,insmod option][/code]
If you're using a kernel >2.6.19 and the card is not automagically detected
If the card is not automagically detected, when you run "dmesg | grep saa" you you will see:
[ 39.847928] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded [ 39.848432] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:01:05.0, rev: 209, irq: 21, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe8002000 [ 39.848437] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:2c00, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected] [/code]
In this case, you will need to do the following steps. Type:
sudo rmmod saa7134_alsa saa7134-dvb saa7134
If you can't remove the running modules from memory (which will likely happen because saa1734 will be used by any mixers and artsd)
fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp/*
and then
killall -9 <process names>.
Now you need to reload the modules with the following:
sudo modprobe saa7134 card=99 sudo modprobe saa7134_alsa sudo modprobe saa7134-dvb
Now you should be able load your favorite TV application and watch TV!


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Montesa Audio is a residential recording studio in the very traditional village of Montesa in the province of Valencia, Spain.
The complex is owned and run by Ian Clayton and Caron Reid. Ian previously had his own commercial recording studio near Haywards Heath, Sussex, then turned to teaching the subject. For ten years he was course leader for Music Technology at Northbrook College and taught subjects including recording and production techniques and sound design. Caron's fluent Spanish and understanding of local culture has been essential in successfully establishing and running a business here, and is a real asset when you stay with us.
Our aim is to provide a professional, friendly, affordable, relaxing environment in which bands, artists and audio professionals can work. We offer a wide range of audio services from band recording to audio visual for both personal and corporate clients.
You will find our prices similar to non-residential rates in the UK as although the accommodation is self-contained with its own entrance, it is part of our property so there is no need to charge extra.
Before you book your studio time in the UK check out our facilities, services and prices. Yes, you have to add the price of flights but you will be surprised at how little it can cost to fly out here to either Alicante or Valencia. Having spent two years looking for the right location for our home and business, we hope that you will be as happy here as we are in the Valencian sunshine, with the mountains, castle and beautiful relaxing environment.


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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Posted by Meghan at 6:06 PM 1 comments
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Textually Active
--Guy texts girl a simple question: "how was your day?"
Girl takes ten minutes and multiple suggestions from her roommates/friends before she replies.
This definitely goes both ways (I checked). But especially at the beginning stages of liking someone, you begin text flirting which really results in your roommates being the one writing what you're saying. I actually have a girl friend that will forward me what she wants to say to her crush and then ask me if that's okay to send. I'm 110% sure I'm not the only friend pre-approving texts.
--In any relationship, friend, more than friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, sibling, you can have misunderstandings over text because you can't hear the person's tone. I've gotten texts from my mom thinking she's mad when really she just texted "call me".
--You "accidentally" text that person you want to talk to. "Hey, thanks that was nice." "what?!" "oh sorry that was for someone else, opps, but how are you?!" CLASSY.
--Or how about this awkward scenario: you accidentally (for real) text the wrong person. "Brian is such a skeeve." "What? This is Brian"...followed by you feeling like an idiot for about an hour.
--Same room texting.
--Texting but never getting a reply...Do I send it again? (maybe they didnt get it) Do I assume this person rather not talk to me?
--Getting duplicated messages from that creeper in your science class.
--Your phone lights up and you think its a text but it's actually someone calling you, and you already accepted so you have to actually have a conversation. A feeling of awkwardness comes over you.
--Texting so much with someone but then when it person, you feel uncomfortable.
I'm sure most can relate, and it's funny because these situations would never happen if we didn't start texting like crazy since '06. But life is just like this.
Happy Texting!
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
I'm No Pink Lady
So the other day I came across a blog that made me laugh and feel justified at the same time. The site is www.whymormongirlsstaysingle.com. For those of you who read my blog which literally includes my roommates, best friend josie and my parents, you all know I'm Mormon. If you havent checked out this site, you probably should. Maybe it'd be an eye opener to my dad who probably is starting to worry about my marriage potential because I have been at "Byu-I-Do" for almost four years now. But if you come across this and you arent a member of my church, you can most likely relate to the blog because it talks about certain mistakes that every girl makes that make them less "dateable" or less worthy of eternal marriage. I'm just throwin that out there, because I think it's worth a glance or two. BUT lets get to the real topic of this entry.
So today while in church, I sat by my friend Randy. I asked him how his weekend was and later on in the conversation his roommate, Bryan, piped in that they both had been asked out on dates. Randy replied with "yeah, we got asked out...it was HOT!" This exact sentence throws off everything my mother has always taught me. Because in her generation it was considered inappropriate to ask out guys...girls that did the asking, or let the guys know what she wanted (ex. Rizzo from Grease) were labeled "easy" and most likely ended up pregnant...(as did our rebel Pink Lady). BUT the issue at hand is that roles or rules about dating have in a way stopped. I wouldnt go as far as saying they have reversed because I still get asked out once in a while by a guy who genuinely wants to take me out and do things the traditional way. But in the dating scene these days it is pretty much a free for all and if you want to get anything to happen you have to take risks and chances that our moms never had to take. Which is cool, I guess. I'm not good at opening up to anyone that I have those "butterflies" for, and so this sometimes takes a tole on the relationship from ever budding to something more...but thats just my personal issue. The WORLD issue, minus those places were you are betrothed to someone older, gross and fat, is that if you like someone, tell them. John Mayer says it best. "Say what you need to say." At least you won't be left wondering.
But to the guys that are single and read my blog: Ask girls out. It's so attractive when a guy lets us know that he actually has balls and doesn't mind putting himself out there--all in the name of Love!! It's what we're all looking for anyway, right?
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Are You A Numbers Runner?
Submitted by Rickshaw :: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:44 am
Are you a numbers runner, focused on your distance and pace and always hoping to set a new PR? Or do you run for health, or simple enjoyment, without even carrying a watch? I've observed that these two kinds of runners take markedly different approaches to the sport, and derive satisfaction from different parts of the running experience. I'd wager most people take both approaches to running, depending on their current circumstances, but why? What motivates the numbers-focused runner to take a more laid-back approach, or vice-versa?
The beginning runner is most often a numbers-focused runner. Numbers are a good way of keeping score, and beginners can expect to see rapid improvements and ever-improving scores. This kind of runner probably keeps a running log, detailing every workout and race result. She races relatively frequently, seeking standard distances and flat courses, so that each race result can be compared against the previous one. She's keenly aware of her current PR at each distance, and what pace she'll need to beat that PR in the next race. At the race, a new PR is a victory, and anything else is a failure.
A numbers runner probably also uses a fair amount of technology to aid her running, like a GPS watch or heart rate monitor. She measures the length of her weekly workout routes carefully so she'll know exactly how far she's run.
This is an exciting road to travel, and it can be as addictive as a video game, always pushing to set a new high score. It's a thrill to post ever-better numbers for weekly mileage and race times-- to achieve results for yourself that seemed impossible a few months or years before.
When I first started running regularly, I followed this path. From zero in 2001, I got in shape, ran some shorter races, and then completed my first marathon in the fall of 2002. I continued to run more, and I got faster. In 2004 I logged more than 2000 miles for year, an average of over 50 miles every week! That same year I also set a marathon PR of 3:15. Between 2002 and 2006, I ran seven marathons and countless shorter races, always focused on time and continual improvement.
All numbers runners eventually reach a point where they stop improving. It may take one year or ten, but sooner or later, the numbers runner finds that it takes a tremendous training effort simply to maintain the same level of performance from one race to the next, and backsliding begins. Continual improvement and the ever increasing high score give way to stagnation and frustration.
What happens next depends on the runner. She might:
Refocus on age-group relative race performance rather than absolute time
Move to running longer or shorter distances than before, to find new challenges
Switch to a different sport
Give up on numbers, and become a "for fun" runner
Drop out of sports completely
My personal experience has followed the same trajectory. After 2007 I've stopped improving, which led to disenchantment and eventually to a drastic reduction in the amount I run. Ever since, I move in cycles of little to no running for several months, followed by an attempt to get back in shape and a few races, before lapsing again into idleness. I briefly took up cycling, but it didn't stick. The idea of completing another marathon still appeals to me, but the reality of the training required and the result it would likely achieve is enough to dissuade me from actually doing it.
Today I'm a "for fun" runner. I don't bring a watch on any of my training runs, and I don't know the distance of any of my training routes more accurately than "about six miles". When I enter races, which isn't often, I tend to seek out trail races or races of uncommon length, so that each race is a singular experience rather than a measurement to be compared with the yardstick of previous events. This approach is only partly successful at keeping me motivated, and I still lapse into periods of inactivity, so it seems something more is still needed.
What motivates you to run? Are you a numbers person, a fun runner, or both? What have you found to help keep your motivation high through the years?
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Racine/Kenosha 9th Annual Finance and Investment Challenge Bowl
Fun, informative and exciting, the Finance and Investment Challenge Bowl (FICB) is an interactive educational game designed to help promote financial literacy and awareness among youth.
Using a quiz show format, the game challenges high school students and tests their knowledge about personal finance, business, economics and current events. In the spirit of competition, the game features teams of students who face off against one another, gradually eliminating each other, with the final two teams playing for "the Cup" and bragging rights in their respective regions.
The statewide competition is geared toward the high school level, however Milwaukee hosts a middle school as well as high school competition.
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If you are having a wedding on the beach, a new direction would be to go modern with it! We have all seen the shells, seahorses and palm tress, but why not mix it up with some sunsets, seagulls, and ocean waves? I am really excited about the first picture below. We are working with a bride right now at Urbanic who is doing a Venice Beach themed wedding. The picture is the back of her RSVP postcard. One of our amazing designers Emily, put together a collage of actual photos taken in Venice to capture the look and feel of the location. She nailed it! You can brighten up any venue with garlands, place mats and favors. Instead of candy you could give guests something they can keep or use during their stay, like a beach journal. Below are two of my favorite invitations currently in the shop. As you can see, you can really go stylish and modern but still capture the essence of a coastal destination.
venice beach collage RSVP card by Emily at Urbanic • "just married" banner and seagull journal by Earmark • placemat by Lotta Jansdotter • Melanie and Sky's invitations by Alee and Press • waves stiched invitation by Tiny Pine Press • sunshine card by Red Bird Ink


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There is an old saying that goes, "A carpenter's house is never finished."
Perhaps the same principle applies to the matchmakers. Patti Stanger, the star of Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker" has been uniting couples in the highest tax bracket for two seasons, but she can't seem to get her own personal love project right.
She announced this week she is scrapping her wedding plans, Popeater reported.
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Stanger broke the news of her break-up with real estate executive Andy Friedman via Twitter. She wrote, "I just ended my relationship with Andy. It hit me really hard that I wanted kids in my life. You have to agree on the non-negotiables."
Stanger brings the third season of her matchmaking show from Los Angeles to New York City. The newly-minted bachelorette so far has taken a dim view of the East Coast's dating prospects.
"I've never seen such a bare city in my life with so many people," she moaned to Popeater. "Where are the hunters?"
The opinionated date-pusher also took shots at NYC's female population, saying that "hot girls in New York City don't exist."
With an attitude like that, the career couples adviser may need some professional help to move on from her ex-fiance.
Despite the negative outlook, the now solo flying Stanger recently found something she does love: the diet product Sensa. "I lost 20 pounds!" she hawked to Popeater.


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Licensing and Certificates
Marriage License Requirements
The application forms for marriage licenses can be obtained in the Municipal Clerk's Department or online. Download the Ontario Marriage License Application form. Complete the form in its entirety. Bring the completed form and all information/documentation required by the Government of Ontario to City Hall between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm:
- The completed form MUST have signatures from both applicants. If applicable, an original divorce certificate or a COURT CERTIFIED COPY must be presented. Where the divorce is in a language other than English, a certified translation from someone other than one of the applicants is required. These documents will be returned to the applicants. IF YOU ARE DIVORCED, we are required to examine and record the court file number of the original or court-certified copy of the Decree Absolute or Certificate of Divorce. A divorce judgment will not be accepted. Any divorce(s) granted outside of Canada requires special authorization from the Province BEFORE the marriage license application can be processed by the municipal licensing officer. If the divorce was granted outside Canada, please consult the Clerk's department for further details. Foreign Divorce Requirements, Statement of Sole Responsibility.
- We are required to examine two pieces of original identification, the first being a birth certificate, any change of name certificates, current passport, Record of Immigrant Landing or Canadian citizenship card as proof of identity ALONG WITH photo identification (i.e. VALID driver's license or photo health card) for BOTH parties to the intended marriage. Applicants age 16 and 17 require both parents' consent. Persons under 16 years are not permitted to marry.
- It is strongly encouraged that BOTH applicants attend to obtain a marriage license. If both parties cannot attend, the application form MUST be signed by both parties. One person can then obtain this license if they bring in two pieces of identification for each applicant (as described above) including photo identification (i.e. driver's license or photo health card).
- Fee for the Marriage Licence is $125.00, and it is valid for ninety (90) days anywhere within the Province of Ontario.
Marriage Certificates
Marriage Certificates are only issued by the Government of Ontario and all applications must be completed and submitted directly to their offices. Newly married applicants are advised to wait 6-8 weeks following the marriage to apply for their Marriage Certificate.
Marriage Certificate Application Form
Paper Marriage Certificate Application - This form requires mailing to the Province for processing.
Birth Registration
NOTICE- Effective Monday July 27, 2009 at 12 a.m.
The fully electronic Newborn Registration Service will be made available across the province; all Ontario birthing hospitals and midwife practice groups will be able to submit the Notice of Live Birth form electronically to Service Ontario's office of the Registrar General. As a result the City of Belleville will no longer be involved in the live birth registration process.
Birth Certificate Applications are available from City Hall, 169 Front Street or in a printer friendly "PDF" format with the link below. All applications must be forwarded directly to the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay (address provided on the reverse of the form). The Ministry of Consumer and Business Affairs has now imposed stricter guidelines on those applying for birth certificates.
In order to obtain a birth certificate, applicants are now required to provide the signature of a guarantor. New revised birth certificate application forms are now available at all municipal offices. Section # 5 of the form must be filled out by a guarantor. There are very specific instructions and provisions about who is eligible to act as a guarantor. These provisions are included on the reverse side of the form.
For your convenience, you may apply for Birth Certificates on-line and track the progress of the application through the following Government of Ontario links below:
On-line Birth Certificate application
Paper Birth Certificate Application - This form requires mailing to the Province for processing.
Death Certificates
Death Certificates may be obtained by completing the printer-friendly form below. You may either send the form directly to the Ministry with the appropriate application fee for processing, or you may contact your local municipal licensing office to locate the processing office nearest you.
Death Certificates Application Form - This form requires mailing to the Province for processing.
Lottery Licensing Information
In the Province of Ontario, municipalities are partners with The Alcohol and Gaming Commission (AGCO) in issuing lottery licenses to eligible charitable and religious organizations. Please refer to the AGCO website for further information on Charitable Lottery Licensing.
For further information regarding lottery licensing, including applications, terms and conditions and other requirements contact:
Lottery Licensing Officer
City of Belleville
169 Front Street, 1st Floor
Belleville, ON K8N 2Y8
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February 25th, 2013
Jennifer Lawrence explains her Oscars fall
If only Jennifer Lawrence could host next year's show, because the "Hunger Games" actress is obviously quick on her feet.
After tripping over her Dior gown on her way to accept the best actress Oscar on Sunday, the 22-year-old "Silver Linings Playbook" winner swiftly recovered.
"You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that's really embarrassing but thank you," Lawrence said when she made it to the Oscars podium. "This is nuts!"
Backstage, she gave press the full story:
"What do you mean what happened? Look at my dress," she said when a journalist asked about her stumble. "I tried to walk up stairs in this dress. That's what happened. I don't actually - I think I just stepped on the fabric and they waxed the stairs."
As for what she was thinking when she tripped, the ever-candid actress deadpanned, "A bad word that I can't say that starts with 'F.'"
It had been a harried day for Lawrence, who said on the red carpet that she'd been so busy getting ready along with her family she didn't have time to eat.
"The process today was so stressful," she said backstage. "It was kind of fun, but it was mostly chaotic, yeah. ... [W]hat was the process? Oh, I don't know ... I just woke up and tried on a dress, and it fit, thank God, and then I took a shower and then I got my hair and makeup done, and then I came to the Oscars," she concluded, suddenly switching into an accent.
"I'm sorry," she laughed. "I did a shot before."
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Chris Bitmead
10-Aug-1998, 04:54
Does anyone have any comments on the Schneider Super-Symmar 150mm XL ? The Schneider literature says that it has a high tolerance for different magnifi cation ratios. Combine that with the big image circle and it sounds like a neat close up / studio lens and being reasonably light and small, perhaps a good gene ral purpose lens too. Although it's a bit expensive.


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Tighter Rules for Reverse Mortgages
Fewer borrowers will qualify and borrowing limits will drop.
The rules governing reverse mortgages are about to change, which could mean less money for borrowers. But it also may help reduce the program's high default rate.
Congress recently gave the Federal Housing Administration, which insures virtually all reverse mortgages, the authority to make sweeping changes to the federal program for older homeowners. Once the new rules go into effect—some perhaps as soon as Oct. 1—fewer homeowners will qualify for these loans, and the maximum amount they will be able to borrow will decline.
Those who submit an application, complete a reverse-mortgage counseling program, and receive a case number by Oct. 1 will be able to qualify for the higher maximum amounts under the current rules.
Reverse mortgages allow people ages 62 and older to convert home equity into cash. The bank then pays the homeowner, who can elect to receive a lump sum, a line of credit or monthly payments. The loan is due, with interest, when the borrower dies, moves or sells the house.
Regulators plan to merge the two types of reverse mortgages on the market today: the "standard" loan, which currently allows borrowers to tap from 56% to 75% of a home's appraised value, depending on their age, and the "saver" loan, which currently pays from 4 to 16 percentage points less. The agency has yet to announce the new limit.
Going forward, most homeowners will be able to borrow less than they currently can with a "standard," but more than they can with a "saver," says Peter Bell, president of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. Regulators also plan to cap the amount many borrowers can tap during a loan's first year.
Consider a homeowner with a $300,000 property who is eligible to borrow $175,000. Assuming FHA enacts a 60% first-year cap, the borrower will be able to take an upfront payment of up to 60% of the $175,000 loan, or $105,000. Because fixed-rate reverse mortgages currently require borrowers to take everything at once, only those opting for variable-rate loans will have access in later years to the balance (of $70,000 in the above example).
Those who need more than 60% of the loan upfront to pay off a regular mortgage—a requirement—can immediately take the amount they need, up to the entire proceeds ($175,000 in the above example). But such borrowers will have to pay a higher upfront fee for the loan, says Mr. Bell. (FHA has yet to determine the exact amount.)
The changes are designed to curtail the popularity of reverse mortgages that issue large lump-sum payments, a breed that has helped fuel a rise in defaults to nearly 10% of loans outstanding. Defaults occur when homeowners fail to pay property taxes and homeowners insurance.
Regulators also plan to require lenders for the first time to assess borrowers' ability to cover property tax and homeowners insurance bills, says Mr. Bell. Lenders may require some borrowers to set aside money to cover future property taxes and insurance.


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[This is a re-post of my review from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Prince Avalanche opens today in limited release.]
Director David Gordon Green broke through with indie films such as George Washington and All the Real Girls, and then seemed like he would make a strong transition to larger budget features after the success of Pineapple Express. However, the quality of pictures decreased as the concepts increased. The stoner medieval comedy Your Highness was painfully disappointing, and the mean-spirited The Sitter was even worse. His new film, Prince Avalanche, is a welcome return to form as it puts Green back inside an indie budget but lets him hold onto the goofy humor of Pineapple Express and Eastbound and Down (he has directed ten episodes over the course of the series). The result is a quiet, sweet, and funny picture about loneliness featuring noteworthy performances from stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.
Set in Texas in 1988, the film follows road workers Alvin (Rudd) and Lance (Hirsch). The two are busy repairing the road after a gigantic forest fire the previous year. As a favor to his girlfriend Gloria, Alvin reluctantly works with the juvenile Lance, who is Gloria's little brother. The two have an uneasy relationship as they're simply not on the same wavelength. Alvin is in love with Gloria, enjoys working in nature, and hopes to build a family some day. Lance is eager to get laid, wants to get back to the city, and doesn't think past the next weekend. As the story progresses, they discover they might be more alike than they previously thought.
It's a bit of a vague description since Prince Avalanche isn't a plot-driven film. The entire movie takes place in the charred forest and along the road. The momentum is a bit slow, but Green keeps the pacing up even though the movie only had a few locations and three major characters (Lance LeGault plays an oddball truck driver who occasionally comes by and offers libations to Alvin and Lance). It's mostly a quiet movie where Green has the freedom to try stranger techniques like disconnected voices, tagged trees that spell out a feeling, and other moments that provide a little flair to a small picture.
Even with the embellishment, Prince Avalanche is small and proud of it. The burden falls heavily on Rudd and Hirsch, and the two actors turn in a couple of their most memorable performances. As the uptight and slightly humorless Alvin, Rudd reminds us that he has far more range than his mainstream projects allow. Rather than the fun guy who's always well-armed with a quip, Alvin is a proud romantic who seems to have convinced himself that his loneliness is a choice and not a defense mechanism. As for Hirsch, he takes a character that could have been played as a broad, lovable dimwit, and finds a real person in Lance. Hirsch once again shows maturity beyond his years by choosing to go for what's small and genuine rather than the big laugh.
Green hasn't created a non-stop comedy like his mainstream pictures, and Prince Avalanche takes the time to pause so the characters can get their footing. The movie is okay with turning off the comedy, having Alvin go to a burned down house, and talking with its former owner, who tells him "Sometimes I feel like I'm digging through my own ashes." It's a moment that ties in nicely with Alvin's dreams of building a family, but being too much of a recluse to try and turn that dream into reality. The comedy is present throughout, but Green always keeps his focus around his central characters and their loneliness.
By "going back to his roots", Green has made his most confident movie in years. The film is gorgeously shot, patient in its pacing, and takes a sweet approach to its lonesome characters. The film's conclusion feels a little obvious, and the symbolism can get a bit heavy-handed, but we can forgive these minor missteps when Green has stopped stumbling around for his audience's approval. With Prince Avalanche, Green has gone back to walking his own path, and inviting us to follow him through a burnt forest.
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Russia's Latest Idea: An Internet Whitelist For Copyright Materials
from the that'll-work dept
Now that Sarkozy has been thrown out of office, France is no longer producing the steady stream of bad proposals for the Internet that it once generated. That has left an opening for some other country to take its place, and it seems that Russia is keen to pick up where Sarkozy left off. We've been reporting on previous worrying developments there, and TorrentFreak has news on another one:
According to information obtained by Vedomosti, publishers of music, books and software have put forward amendments [to Russia's existing anti-piracy law] which will place a huge burden of responsibility not just on regular websites but also on search engines such as Google and local outfit Yandex.
The idea is to create a huge whitelist of approved sites holding copyright materials, and Web sites and search engines will be obliged to use it when linking to works requested by users. As we reported back in February, one region was planning to try that approach in order to produce a "clean Internet." That's clearly impossible, and so is the latest proposal -- both in terms putting together a complete whitelist, and trying to refer to it. As Yandex is quoted as saying in the TorrentFreak piece, the idea could have a wider chilling effect on real-time discussions online:
The proposed amendments center around the creation of a national registry listing all music, software and books. This database will then be made available to search engines and site owners who will be required to consult it before servicing their users with links or content.
"[If the amendments go through], rightsholders will switch the entire Internet into pre-moderation mode, because sites can not accommodate any comment without full verification of all the materials located on the link in this comment. For the bulk of services, this task is impossible," Yandex concludes.
And it's not hard to see where this approach leads: replacing today's blacklists of sites that are blocked -- child pornography being the most obvious category -- to one of whitelists, which show the approved sites that aren't blocked. That's truly frightening, and not just for Russian users. As we've seen time and again, governments around the world have the awful habit of copying each other's ideas when it comes to regulating the Internet -- but usually only the bad ones. If this approach is brought in, it can only be a matter of time before people start calling for the same in other countries, citing Russia as an example of where it has already been implemented.
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- Is This Nation Facing the Point of No Return? - July 24, 2020
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy — which is always followed by a dictatorship.
How close is America to the tipping point in which we lose our republic? Our country certainly has declined morally and financially in the last few decades. Some are saying we are financially and morally bankrupt and even when the rule of law is applied, it is not always fair or honest.
Trust as defined by the dictionary means:
Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
Yes, that sums it up well! The very word — trust — evokes strong emotions within us, as it is an essential ingredient in all our relationships: our marriages, our children and friends. It is also essential in our businesses relationships, our doctors, and even in the very products we buy. When that trust is broken, it is often devastating and exceedingly difficult to regain. It can cause irreparable damage.
Why then do we so easily overlook an elected official who deceives and lies to be elected? When they are elected and vote for laws we reject, and thus betray our trust, where is the public outrage? And most puzzling of all, why are they reelected?
Might it be that too many Americans are low information voters? Have we become a nation whose knowledge is largely limited to media sound-bites and newspaper headlines? Not knowing much about the candidates and their voting records or reputations, they often use their local newspaper's recommendations for their ballot. How could they possibly know what the editors stand for, let alone the candidates or ballot propositions. It must be every citizen's responsibility to discover if a candidates kept his/her promises and background.
Insight into this disconnect between voters and their legislators has a direct tie to Congressional approval statistics. For 2012 it was 15% and in 2013 it was 14%, the lowest in Gallup history. Apparently everyone blames the poor performance of congress on representatives from all the other states, falsely thinking their official performed according to his campaign promises. Until we hold our own representatives accountable, this trend will continue.
A case might be made that it is difficult to keep track of every public official's political track record. Fair enough, but how about using the President of the United States as an example? Has he kept his promises; has he told the truth? While running for reelection in 2011 and speaking at fundraising events, President Barack Obama took credit for enacting a majority of his agenda during his then nearly three years in office. He claimed to have fulfilled 60 percent of them. But even by the most lenient standards, his percent of fulfilling promises was at best just 30 percent. Even more important, the promises he did not keep were the ones he emphasized most and which helped elect him.
Candidate Obama promised transparency and a new culture of cooperation in Washington D.C., one in which he would reach across the aisle to Republicans. He called it a climate of cooperation. But once the dust had settled from the election, and seeing that his party had gained a majority in both houses, Obama no longer needed to consider the opinions of Republicans. He not only ignored Republicans, he ignored the majority of citizens as he worked with a select group of his party members to craft the Stimulus Bill, which did not go for the purposes he promised, and the controversial Affordable Care Act, which is proving disastrous. The negotiations for both laws were conducted in a manner far from Obama's campaign promises. Republicans were ignored in the crafting of the Affordable Care Act; it did not receive a single Republican vote.
Obama quickly broke his campaign promise of transparency. He promised to post all bills online 5 days before he would sign them. That did not happen! Thus, Nancy Pelosi's famous comment, "We have to pass the healthcare bill to know what is in it," was painfully accurate.
President Obama is now half way through his second term. At one time Obama indicated that the separation of powers are the key to our republic. Yet several days ago Obama announced that he would assume lawmaking powers via a pen to executive orders and a phone to call supporters for help. That brazen, authoritarian, and dangerous threat was an insult to his oath to uphold our constitution. The very reason for a republic and separation of powers is so that one person or one of the ruling bodies cannot dominate. It is a safeguard. We should be concerned when a president misuses and abuses his "executive order" privilege.
What is taking place in the oval office by this president is disturbing. When a president begins to overreach his authority, Congress should be front and center condemning it. To date nobody in his party has spoken out against this threat. The media has not clamored to their computers to expose this dangerous threat. Partisan politics is unhealthy when it reaches this point. It is times like this that the public must speak up and demand action.
Another issue of concern at present is the unprecedented removal of those in command of the military and their replacements by the Obama administration. Military careers have been abruptly ended with forced retirements. The obvious question we all should be asking is, why? Some have suggested It would be frightening if done to silence critics of the administration or to purge those who refuse to carry out what they consider illegal and/or immoral acts somewhere down the road. Others are just concerned it compromises our safety to reduce experienced, dedicated military personnel when we live in an uncertain and violent world.
Admittedly there are some honest, hardworking elected officials, but evidence indicates there are many who deceive voters to win elections and then govern in a manner far from what they promised. That will continue as long as the public remains uninterested and/or too busy to pay attention and hold them accountable. We all need to remember their campaign promises and closely examine their actions. Encourage those who do keep promises and support their reelection, but work to remove and replace those who disappoint.
Together we can make a positive difference if we make voting decisions based on what legislators do, not what they say they will do. Hope for our future will not be found in one person, even if he or she is the President. America's fate will be determined by "we the people" at the grassroots level. That is a privilege that has made America the envy of the World.
We are the masters of our own destiny. We hold the fate of this nation in our hands. Will you take the challenge given by Benjamin Franklin centuries ago? Will you help protect our republic by voting wisely?
[AUTHORS' NOTE: This is but a prelude to a series of articles written by Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil in an effort to alert voters as to the importance of knowing the candidates and what they stand for. For only in doing so will this nation survive the assault that has been leveled upon it since our Founding Fathers gave us what is a remarkable document in our Constitution to serve as a signpost for this nation, a nation that grew and prospered under that amazing document. However, we should also remember the words of Benjamin Franklin as he left the hall after negotiating the Constitution in Philadelphia. Asked by a member of the gathered crowd what the authors had decided, Franklin replied "We have given you a republic, if you can keep it". What prompted that remark? The authors and signers of the Constitution knew the potential danger of a Republic is the people. Our Country's success or failure lies in the hands of voters, whose responsibility is to investigate and elect representatives who are patriots; men and women who are willing to jealously guard the constitution, and who will continually put country over personal gain.]


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Judge Orders Woman To Delete Her Facebook Page For Typing LOL About Her DUI
from the extreme-measures deptThis one is from a week ago, and a bunch of you submitted it (thoughTim K gets the hat tip for being first), but just getting around to it now. Apparently, a woman named Paula Asher, who hit a car while driving under the influence, was ordered by the judge in the case to delete her Facebook account, after she typed the following status message on her Facebook page:
"My dumb bass got a DUI and I hit a car...LOL"The judge seemed to take the "LOL" statement literally -- that she was "laughing out loud" at her drunk driving accident -- and ordered her to delete her Facebook account. She then ignored that order, leading to a contempt of court charge and jail time. I have no problem with her facing punishment for the drunk driving, but being told to delete her Facebook page seems extreme on a variety of levels. First, the literal interpretation of "LOL" is a bit unfair, considering in context how many people use the term today. Rather than literally meaning that they're "laughing out loud," it's often an expression of exasperation at a situation people find themselves in. Many people seem to use it more as punctuation to a statement they make, rather than as an accurate description of what they're doing.
But, even beyond that, it seems wrong to order the deletion of an entire Facebook account over one off-hand statement like that. Facebook had nothing to do with this woman's drunk driving -- which, again, she should be punished for. I could even see reason to up the level of punishment for potentially showing a lack of remorse or recognition of the seriousness of her crime. But forcing someone to delete their entire Facebook account, when it's a key way that many people communicate today, seems extreme. Facebook didn't make Asher drive drunk. Nor did it make her not show remorse afterward. Forcing her to shut it down completely seems to go beyond reasonable.
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Black & Veatch and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. have announced that the Lake Pleasant Water Treatment Plant in Phoenix, Ariz., earned the 2008 National Design-Build Award from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) in the "water/wastewater over $15 million" category.
The plant currently serves 400,000 customers with an initial treatment capacity of 80 million gal per day (mgd) and is expandable to an ultimate capacity of 320 mgd.
The Lake Pleasant Plant was completed for the city of Phoenix by the design-build-operate (DBO) team comprised of the Black & Veatch-McCarthy joint-venture design-build team and American Water Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company.
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According to the new report, "Trends in Cybercrime: A Social Look at the First Half 2014," published by SurfWatch Labs, law enforcement – and the results of their actions – were a big portion of what people were talking about in the first half of 2014. The SurfWatch Labs report analyzes raw cyber data aggregated from social media, news and blogs, industry-specific data feeds, threat and security information, vulnerability data feeds, and partner and end-user submissions. This raw cyber data is standardized and transformed into CyberFacts, which tell you who's behind the attack (actor), what they're targeting (target), what the impact is (effect), and how the attack is being executed (practice).
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Stamford's roving DUI patrols find six drunken drivers
STAMFORD -- Roving patrols through the Thanksgiving holiday in Stamford netted six drunken drivers, while officers wrote 75 driving citations.
Capt. William Mullin said the patrols to find drivers operating under the influence occurred nightly from Nov. 21 through Saturday all over the city. Two officers in separate patrol cars usually conducted the patrols from about 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. every day, except on Thanksgiving Day, Mullin said.
Nine citations were written for cellphone violations, and other tickets were written for distracted driving, seat belts and speeding infractions.
Mullin said the patrols, were paid for with a state Department of Transportation grant.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Give Shalom A Chance
Someone would probably be labeled a hippie if he or she were to use the English word "peace" as a greeting or an expression when parting. Yet in Hebrew, the standard "hello" or "goodbye" is shalom (peace), and the word carries no modern cultural or political connotation.
What is it about the word "shalom" that has enabled it to become the standard Hebrew salutation? A small sampling of its place in Jewish tradition will reveal that "shalom" is far more than a greeting.
In the Hebrew Bible, the word "shalom" appears 237 times, including in this week's Torah portion, Naso. In the Birkat HaKohanim (Priestly Blessing), which is part of our daily Jewish liturgy, the concluding line reads, "Yisa HaShem Panav Elekha, V'Yasem Lekha Shalom" (May God direct his favor upon you, and grant you peace) (Numbers 6:26).
Commenting on the word "shalom," the Netziv, the 19th-century rosh yeshiva of Volozhin, says, "Now that the previous blessings have been pronounced, we recite a blessing that is the vessel which contains the other ones, for without peace one cannot derive gratification from any blessing."
The "previous blessings" referred to by the Netziv are the first two parts of the Priestly Blessing — "May God bless you and protect you," and "May God deal kindly and graciously with you" (Numbers 6:24-25). In a beautiful metaphor, the Netziv refers to "shalom" as a vessel that contains "blessing, protection, kindness and grace" from God, and further remarks that without peace, one cannot truly enjoy these or any other blessings.
The great Torah commentator Rashi, in his typically brief yet packed comments, says, "Without peace there is nothing."
Is peace only a blessing from heaven, or can human beings participate in creating peace?
The Book of Psalms teaches: "Seek peace and pursue it" (Psalms 34:15). Based on this injunction to actively seek peace, the rabbinic tradition brings to light an aspect of Aaron's life that complements his ritual duties as high priest. Pirkei Avot teaches: "Hillel says: 'Be a student of Aaron, lover of peace [ohev shalom] and pursuer of peace [rodef shalom]'" (Pirkei Avot 1:12).
For Aaron, who was commanded to recite the Priestly Blessing, its simple recitation was not enough. Aaron was the ultimate creator of peace within the community, reconciling differences between married couples and disputes between friends. From Aaron we learn that prayers are not mere words we recite, but, especially with peace, a lifestyle we must create for ourselves.
How far must one take the pursuit of peace? In an interesting numerological calculation (known as gematria), the Baal HaTurim commentary remarks that the numerical value of the letters that spell "shalom" (376 — shin=300, lamed=30, vav=six, and mem=40) is equivalent to the letters of the name "Esau" (376 — ayin=70, shin/sin=300, vav=six).
Esau was Jacob's twin brother, and there was hardly "shalom" between the two. Furthermore, in later rabbinic tradition, Esau, the father of the Edomite nation, came to be equated with the Roman Empire, Christian Rome and all of the persecution of Jews that came with it. Despite all of this, the Baal HaTurim says that the numerical equivalence of "shalom" and "Esau" teach us that "one should always be first in inquiring after the peace of all men, even the peace of a non-Jew." Where this may seem like "no big deal" for the Jew in the modern world, it was quite bold of the Baal HaTurim to make such a statement, especially in light of the atmosphere toward Jews in medieval Europe. Perhaps we can draw from his teaching today by remembering that "Esau" was symbolic for "enemy of the Jews," and therefore, "being first to inquire after the peace of all men" — including Esau — serves as food for thought in the debate of whether it is wise for the Jews to make the first overture for peace toward our enemies.
It is no wonder that we greet one another with the blessing "shalom." It is, as the minor Talmudic tractate's Perek HaShalom (Chapter of Peace) puts it, "The greatest of all blessings, for all blessings and prayers conclude with peace."
I therefore conclude with a prayer that "shalom" become more than just a greeting. In other words, "Oseh shalom bimromav, Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, V'al kol Yisrael, v'imru amen."
(originally published in the Jewish Journal, June 4 Issue, 2009)
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