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The "Blooms" portion of the exhibition features nectar plants such as red star cluster (Pentas lanceolata), porterweed (Stachytarpheta sp.), spicy jatropha (Jatropha integerrima), sweet almond verbena (Aloysia virgata), Mayan spinach tree (Cnidoscolus chayamansa), Panama rose (Rondeletia leucophylla), plumed celosia (Celosia argentea), lantana (Lantana camara), golden dewdrop (Duranta erecta), tropical sage (Salvia sp.), and many more. Information on a selection of these plants can be found below. View Gardening for Butterflies or Butterfly Garden Resources for information on creating your own midwestern butterfly garden.
Aloysia virgata
Sweet Almond (Aloysia virgata) is a bloom-covered, upright shrub which can be trained as a tree warmer climates, reaching 15 feet in height. Its slightly weeping branches end in host a of blooms with a heavenly scent which permeates the garden and attracts pollen and nectar-gatherer from afar. This everblooming Argentine native prefers full sun, and while a fast grower, can be pruned and maintained at a size of 2 to 3 feet with care. It can cause allergic dermatitis in sensitive individuals.
Jatropha integerrima 'Compacta'
Japtropha integerrima 'Compacta', commonly known as compact spicy jatropha, produces showy, bright-pink flowers throughout most of the year. This "compact" selection features shortened internodes (the length of stem between the buds) resulting in a large shrub (versus a medium-sized tree for the straight species). Compare and contrast the very succulent-appearing Jatropha podagricea in the Arid Greenhouse with this species from the relatively moist island of Cuba. Like almost all members of the Euphorbiaceae family, this plant's sap contains a white latex substance that is a skin irritant and can be poisonous if swallowed.
Hamelia patens
Hamelia patens is a large perennial shrub in the Rubiaceae family, native to the American subtropics and tropics, where its ubiquitous appearance in all kinds of growing conditions may earn it the label of "weed". Its range extends from Texas to Florida in the southern United States, to as far south as Argentina. It typically makes a 4- to 5-foot mound of tubular, reddish-orange flowers from early summer until late fall. While not aromatic at all, firebush is known to have a variety of medicinal uses, and is commonly used in regional medicine to treat skin diseases including rashes, skin fungus, sores and insect stings, and even as a wash to treat foot odor or athelete's foot.
Hamelia patens is very drought tolerant — in fact, the hotter it gets, the better the plant seems to do. In the summer landscape garden, use it in sunny, well-drained spots for maximum flowering. Pruning at the end of the flowering season is recommended in southern climates, to keep the plant from reaching an unwieldy size. Firebush is typically a greenhouse plant in midwestern climates.
Hylotelephium spectabile
Showy sedum is the cultivar of the large-flowered, herbaceous, perennial sedums that comes closest to a true red flower color. Growing 18 x 18 inches, this fall-blooming perennial thrives in average soils with average water. The blooms are a butterfly magnet.
Hylotelephium used to be called sedum until the DNA was analyzed. Both genera remain members of the Crassulaceae, which were the first group of plants discovered with the Crassulean Acid Metabolism (CAM) approach to photosynthesis. For those not familiar with the process, water (H2O) plus carbon dioxide (CO2) in the presence of light within a chloroplast (containing enzymes) produces sugars (multiples of CH2O) used to supply energy for plant cells. In CAM plants, some of the chemical processes are delayed until the sun goes down and the danger of transpiring (equivalent to perspiring and breathing combined in people) is less likely to result in the loss of large quantities of water.
Gaura lindheimeri
Gaura lindheimeri is a bushy, clump forming gaura from the southern United States. Its long panicles (up to 2 feet) end in a host of tiny 1-inch white flowers which fade to pink as the bloom ages. Grown as a perennial in USDA zones 6 through 9, it is usually planted as an annual in Chicago's midwestern climate.
The genus name is derived from the Greek gauros (superb) in reference to the flowers. The genus contains about 21 species of annuals and perennials native to North America, and is a member of the evening primrose family (Onagraceae). This family contains between 640 to 650 species, and is widespread on every continent (except Antarctica) from boreal to tropical climates. The genus Fuchsia is the most frequent member of this family grown in gardens.
Bulbine frutescens
This fast-growing succulent member of the Liliaceae family bears bright yellow, star-shaped flowers on racemes borne 2 to 3 feet above lance-shaped, blue-green basal leaves. Growing 10 to 12 stalks per individual 1 foot tall by 1 foot wide plant, Bulbine frutescens blooms continually from mid-spring through fall. A native South African perennial, it is grown as an annual or greenhouse plant in cooler climates, spreading by rhizomes into new plants. Hummingbirds and bees love it, and once established, it tolerates drought well.
Bulbines are also known as "burn jelly plant." Glycoproteins contained in their leaves, (similar to many aloe species) are touted for healing properties in treating burns, rashes, and a variety of skin conditions. Extracts from the plant are used in microporous tape used to reduce incision scarring. A gel in the tape increases hydration by leaving a layer of fatty vesicles of glycoprotein on the skin surface. The extract also has antibacterial properties.
Lantana camara 'Citrus Blend'
Citrus Blend lantana features two-tone flowers beginning mid-summer and extending up to frost. It flowers best when grown in full sun and dryish soils with low fertilization. The flowers are beloved by butterflies and hummingbirds, and songbirds cherish the ripe fruit, but the foliage can cause photo-induced dermatitis in herbivores — consequently, it is avoided by deer and rabbits.
The species Lantana camara was described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753, and has a native range that extends from south Texas through Mexico, and the Caribbean to Brazil. A member of the Verbenaceae, it, like other members of this family, contains a host of chemicals with various toxic and medicinal uses. In tropical climates outside of its native range, it has become invasive. Only hardy to freezing, it reliably dies out each year in the Chicago region.
Salvia coccinea
Hummingbird sage (Salvia coccinea) is an erect, bushy plant diplaying spikes of soft, red flowers from late summer to early fall. Growing 24 to 30 inches tall, it prefers full sun and average soils. Grown as an annual in cooler zones, this sage reseeds and spreads freely. It is deer resistant and will tolerate salt spray and salty soil.
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides was much easier to remember under its old name of Senecio confusus. In retrospect, the species name of confusus should have been a strong hint that not all was well in taxonomy land. Regardless, this arid-zone-adapted vine grows to 10 feet or more, producing very smelly (scientists use the term "foetid"), bright orange, sunflower-shaped flowers. Handsome, dark green, arrow-shaped leaves provide a great backdrop for the flowers. Full sun, moderate water and fertilization, and a trellis or shrub to clamber over is all it needs.
Echinacea purpurea
This quintessential midwestern native dots prairies from Illinois to Virginia, and Louisiana to Georgia. A popular, easily grown, drought-tolerant plant, Echinacea prefers full sun and well-drained soil, and attracts beneficial insects to the garden, including butterflies and soldier beetles. Hard from USDA zones 3 through 9, this perennial can grow up to 5 feet tall with a 2 foot spread in optimal conditions.
Traditionally used to treat a range of infections and malignancies, the roots and herb (above ground parts) of echinacea species are purported to have "immune stimulant" properties and can be found in many dietary supplements.
Monarda fistulosa
Prairie Gypsy beebalm (Monarda 'Prairie Gypsy') has raspberry-pink flowers on 2-foot stems that also feature aromatic foliage. This native plant is a butterfly and hummingbird attractant, but not so beloved by deer. Grow in full sun in moderately fertile, moist soils, with space between this plant and others to decrease the incidence of powdery mildew.
Helianthus debilis
Like other sunflowers, this cultivar thrives in full sun with adequate fertilization and a well-drained soil.
Sunflowers of all kinds are beloved by a number of species of native (and exotic) birds; perhaps the most colorful are the Golden Finches. Thousands of acres worldwide are planted annually in sunflowers for oil production. Although the plant is a native of the United States, sunflower oil was first produced in Imperial Russia in 1835. The oil has been used for food, frying oil, in cosmetics, and to protect the skin of premature infants from infections.
Stokesia laevis
The only species in the genus Stokesia (a member of the Asteraceae family), this southeastern North American native is an easy to grow perennial which tolerates a variety of soil conditions and flowers with long lasting, shaggy, cornflower-like lavender to blue blooms of 3 to 4 inches each. Blooming begins in late spring and lasts until frost. The deep green basal leaves are evergreen, and add a lush highlight to the garden border. Rather unfortunately, Stokesia laevis is also loved by rabbits.
Stokesia grows from 1 to 2 feet tall, and is winter hardy from USDA zones 5 through 9. It has commercial applications as well — the seeds of this plant contain large amounts of vernolic acid, used in the production of adhesives, varnishes, and plastics.
It is named after Jonathan Stokes (1755–1831), English botanist, and member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, England.
Buddleja davidii
Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) is known as a dieback shrub in the Chicago area. Its branches die to the ground during severe winters, but its crown remains alive, ready to send up 3- to 6-foot new stems in late spring. From July to frost, different cultivars produce pink, red, purple, white and even yellow, conical blossoms that butterflies find irresistible. The Garden especially recommends 'Black Knight', 'Nanho Blue', 'Nanho Purple', 'Pink Delight' and 'White Profusion'.
Pentas lanceloata
This woody-based, evergreen, tropical perennial is a favored nectaring plant by many tropical butterflies. Cultivars available in red, pink, magenta, blue, lilac, or white with elliptical, slightly hairy leaves bear clusters of nectar-rich, half-inch blooms from spring through autumn. Pentas grows 2 to 3 feet in height and width, does well in average soil with full to partial sun, and is winter hardy in USDA zones 10 and 11. It can also be grown as a houseplant, but care must be taken to avoid pests such as whitefly or spider mites.


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Stop by the Hero Supply Co and live out your dream of being a Super Hero; you'll find the coolest DC apparel around, including masks and capes!
There's also a range of Justice League merchandise to take home including action figures, statuettes, mugs and tee shirts, and you can collect your photos from around the park too.
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Extra, extra, read all about it! Collectible Daily Planet special editions are on offer alongside carefully selected merchandise and souvenirs perfect as a memento of your visit to Metropolis.
Pick up a souvenir of your day, including an exclusive range of Warner Bros. World™ Abu Dhabi logo merchandise.
Grab a unique memento of your day with your favorite DC Super Heroes; you'll find a wide range of licensed DC merchandise including tee shirts, mugs, statuettes, hats and more.
Choose something special to commemorate classic Hollywood style from a range of high-end treasures including watches, jewelry, collectibles and more.
Let your little ones pick a memento of their day from this fun range of plush toys and other keepsakes.
Immerse yourself in green screen magic with a selection of props in our studio, then take home the memories! And pick up photo packages of your day in the park.
Pick up a prehistoric memento from this Stone Age boutique offering all things Flintstones. Who knows, you might even run into the family themselves.
Get your kicks on Route 66 and grab a souvenir from Dynamite Gulch at this iconic Southwest Americana-themed service station offering the best of a bygone era.
Step back in time and immerse yourself in a retail experience from yesteryear at this one-stop shopping outlet offering a collection of the finest Looney Toons merchandise around.
Come check out Bugs Bunny's collection of personal adornments. This cartoon barber shop features hair accessories and more.
Pick up a Loony Tunes memento at this small-town hardware store offering construction toys, themed accessories and souvenirs featuring Elmer Fudd and his Loony Tunes friends.
Looking for toys and gift ideas outside the box? Look no further than the small but mighty ACME store, synonymous with quality since the dawn of cartoon history.
Step into this old-style pawn shop and choose a memento of your visit to Gotham City; from Arkham Asylum and Wayne Tech prop replicas to Gotham City accessories and more.
Enter the lobby of Gotham City's most infamous movie palace to pick up popcorn, candy and a memento of your visit inspired by the attractions in Gotham City.
Come check out baubles and finery fit to make every cat burglar purr with delight! You'll find trinkets, jewelry and more.
Got a sweet tooth, or prefer something tantalizingly sour? Pay a visit to this gourmet candy store and pick up some treats to tickle your taste buds.
Check out Cobblepot Formal Wear for fashions just for the city's finest gentlemen, inspired by the collection of the sartorial Oswald Cobblepot himself.
Step inside this 1930s-era corner bookstore overseen by the charismatic Zatanna Zatara. This is the home of products featuring Wonder Woman, and other Superhero women.
Stop the presses – you're going to be on the front page! Drop by this classic photo studio and see yourself in action scenes with all your favorite characters in a personalized copy of The Daily Planet Special Edition.
Extra, extra, read all about it! Collectible Daily Planet special editions are on offer alongside carefully selected merchandise and souvenirs perfect as a memento of your visit to Metropolis.
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So, you're getting ready to host a big webinar. You've sent out the invitations and every seat is filled. You have your presentation ready and you should be ready to start. But, as you begin the presentation, you suddenly realize there is a problem with your headset and your webcam isn't working properly as well. Soon attendees start text chatting, wondering why there is no audio or video. You did remember to test your equipment before the webinar to make sure everything works correctly right?
Recently, I was hosting a webinar and we had scheduled a rehearsal a couple days before. I started going through the presentation as if we were live and I was soon told by my colleagues that no one could see me or hear what I was saying. Somehow, my audio levels had been turned way down and my webcam was not configured correctly.
Thankfully, this happened during my practice run and we were able to adjust my equipment settings before going live with the presentation. Before starting any online event, it is always a good idea to test out your equipment and make sure it runs properly a day or two before you go live.


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Lyo Reference Implementation for OSLC
This document gives you a quick overview of the Reference Implementation for OSLC (RIO), explain how RIO is organized and how to build and run the code.
What is Lyo RIO?
RIO is a simple, bare-bones reference implementation of the OSLC specifications. It is written in Java as a standard Java EE web applications with minimal dependencies. It is intended to help those who are adopting OSLC by providing a functioning system that can be explored via a simple UI and REST services, or by taking a look at the source code.
- A Simple OSLC Reference Implementation
- Written in Java EE web application with minimal dependencies
- Open Source under the Eclipse Distribution License 1.0 and the Eclipse Public License 1.0
- Home is http://eclipse.org/lyo
Goals of RIO
The goals of RIO are:
- Provide minimal reference implementation of the OSLC specifications
- Provide a tool for provider and consumer implementations to reference and experiment with
- Provide a framework to prototype proposed additions to the OSLC specifications
RIO is *not* intended to be:
- A full implementation of OSLC
- A full featured ALM tool
- A performance benchmark
- A framework or SDK
RIO architecture
RIO is a standard Java EE web applications with minimal dependencies and it organized into four modules.
Modules and Dependencies
RIO is organized into the following components:
- RIO Core JAR - base classes for services, RDF triple store and query syntax parser
- RIO Core Webapp - common JSP pages and static resources used by RIO web applications
- RIO CM Webapp WAR - the RIO Change Management web application
- RIO AM Webapp WAR - the RIO Architecture Management web application
- RIO RM Webapp WAR - the RIO Requirements Management web application
The major dependencies of RIO are:
- Java Servlet API
- Java Server Pages (JSP)
- Open RDF / Sesame RDF parser and triple-store
- ANTLR parser generator
- Maven build system
We choose to use a very minimal set of dependencies for RIO because we want it to be really simple. The web parts of RIO are implemented with only the Servlet API and JSP pages. For simplicity's sake, there is no webapp framework, no Dojo and no OSGI.
- For RDF, we choose to use !OpenRDF / Sesame over Jena because it seemed easier to work with.
- For the build, we chose Maven for these reasons:
- Allows developers to very easily *build and run RIO with any IDE or no IDE at all*, i.e. via command-line
- Allows us to pull in dependencies at build-time and we *do not have to store or distribute any 3rd party jars*
- Maven is very well known and supported, it is the de facto standard build system for Java based open source software
Areas for improvement
Areas we are looking at improving:
- Support for all OSLC domains
- Complete support of OSLC Query Syntax
- Make RIO a consumer as well as an OSLC provider
- User management and Oauth base authentication.
- Better UI via CSS, Javascript, etc.
- Hosting RIO on a public site, data wiped clean nightly
- Binary releases, with bundled Jetty so its easy to unzip and run
- Experiment with alternate backend technologies (e.g. Jena, ARQ, JAX-RS, etc).
To track enhancements and bugs, search on product Lyo in Bugzilla.


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I've started this blog to keep a journal and pictures of my gardens journey. I love to garden and recently have taken up photography. I am by no means a horticulture smartypants and take a casual approach to gardening. Most of my pictures are taken in my garden as I tend to be a homebody. Thanks for stopping by! Click on pictures for a larger image. All pictures on this site are the property of myself and are not to be used without permission. Please feel free to critique my pictures. Lots to learn:). Camera stuff-Nikon D70S with various lenses including a lensbabies 2.0 with macro kit,a holga and a Diana camera. Nikon FM, Yashica Mat G-124, Canon Canonet QL17
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – For the first two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire," romance was elusive for Enoch "Nucky" Thompson.
He rules Atlantic City, N.J., as its city father, major-domo mobster and, with this HBO drama set in Prohibition days, its reigning bootlegger.
But never mind all that. Nucky (played by unlikely leading man Steve Buscemi) wants love.
By now his overwrought mistress Lucy Danziger is history. His marriage to social climber Margaret Schroeder is over in every way but keeping up appearances.
How nice for Nucky that as Season 3 begins, he has lost his heart (or a reasonable facsimile) to Broadway chorine Billie Kent. And how nice, too, for viewers, who will surely fall for the actress who plays her, a budding It Girl named Meg Chambers Steedle.
Airing Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT, "Boardwalk" picks up the action on Dec. 31, 1922, as Nucky and Margaret host a rousing New Year's gala. The entertainment: famed Broadway musical star Eddie Cantor teaming up with his slinky song-and-dance sidekick, Billie, who perform a fanciful number, "Old King Tut," for the ballroom full of revelers.
It's the viewers' first brush with Billie, but not the last. In the wee hours after the party, Nucky is seen ditching Margaret at home to rejoin Billie, who, stripped to her drawers, awaits him in bed at his boardwalk suite.
"This is the only place I can truly rest my head," says Nucky, resting his head in her lap.
She smiles. Then she playfully warns, "You aren't resting NOW," before climbing astride him.
This is Nucky as we've never seen him: the power broker as a lovestruck swain.
But who can blame him?
"Billie is really a breath of fresh air for him," says Terence Winter, the creator of "Boardwalk" and one of its executive producers. "She represents the whole idea of the youth culture that took over the 1920s — half-bohemian, half-adventurer, and out to have a good time."
"How the writers described Billie to me was, 'The second girl from the left,'" Steedle says. "She's 'the girl onstage who's not the lead, but the one you can't take your eyes off.' She's fun. She loves the limelight. And she's not where she wants to be: She's moving from the left, trying to get to the centre."
It was Winter who wrote this season opener and thus gave birth to Billie. But you can thank Meg Chambers Steedle for giving her life.
A 2008 graduate of Northwestern University's School of Communications, the North Carolina native found quick success in regional theatre.
Meanwhile, "Boardwalk Empire" was on her radar: "I grew up loving the Jersey shore and I love period dramas. I thought, 'This show's right up my alley.'"
Then, happily, she was called in to audition. Time passed. She got a call back. More time passed.
"We had her in to read a few times for the role," says Winter, "but the role was sort of a tall order. We wanted somebody who was beautiful, who could sing and dance, and who brought a young, fresh, different type of energy. Meg was the complete package."
In discussing her, Winter reels off glowing adjectives: calm and sweet and funny; magnetic and charming; bubbly and disarmingly adorable.
During a recent interview, Steedle bears him out.
Willowy at 5-feet-8, with luminescent brown eyes and a bright smile befitting the daughter of two dentists, she is buoyant and animated, with a hearty laugh and arms flung expressively about her as she speaks.
But despite her inherent appeal, her film experience was limited. She landed her first on-camera role only last year, on ABC's crime drama "Body of Proof" (playing a student athlete who murdered a fellow member of her lacrosse team).
Winter wasn't troubled by her absence of film chops.
"Sometimes you see actors fall apart during the audition process when they know they're getting closer to landing the role. But Meg got better and more comfortable as she went along," he says. "She was unflappable, you could just tell. And she turned out to be a joy to work with."
But the process of choosing her had taken awhile. By the time she arrived on the set, the cast had done the season's first read-through without her, she says. "I was so last-minute that I learned the 'King Tut' dance the day before we shot it."
That 1920s-vintage ditty (not to be confused with the Steve Martin hit a half-century later) makes sport of the Egyptian boy king in lyrics like, "His tomb, instead of tears, was full of souvenirs" with "gold and silverware … from hotels of ev'ry land and clime."
Performing with Stephen DeRosa, seen before on "Boardwalk" as real-life entertainer Cantor, the number is a comic showstopper.
"Thank God I got to do that scene first!" says Steedle. "I had fun, and got to sing and dance and interact with so many members of the cast. It was a big part of my loosening up."
As for the bedroom scene, which she shot next, that, too, served as its own initiation.
Her waist-up nudity "was a big thing for me. This is only my second (film) gig and I was really hesitant to show in that way," she says, choosing her words carefully.
She was also recalling Lucy, Nucky's voluptuous ex-courtesan played by Paz de la Huerta, who "was naked all the time. I think that was an image I had in my head. But that's not who my character is.
"Besides, this is part of storytelling: Clothes come off," she reasons. "But Steve is such a pro. It was a professional setting, even in a room with guys (in the crew). I felt comfortable."
Before accepting the role, she did place a cautionary telephone call to her parents.
"They knew it would happen," she says, meaning the on-camera nudity, and smiles. "I just don't think they expected it so soon."
Of course, it was Steedle's parents who steered her into acting.
She describes herself in childhood as "an attention-seeker," even to a fault, "and they decided, 'We need to find her the right outlet.' So they made me audition for a high school production of 'The Sound of Music.'"
Cast as one of the von Trapp children, there she was, in third grade, "hanging with the high school kids. I loved it!"
Now she hangs with the "Boardwalk" troupe, and she's poised to make a splash. Like Billie, she's not in the centre, not just yet. But Steedle is the girl your eyes can't let go.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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CP World Report: Creationism, Internet Porn, Religious Freedom Rally, Abortion Case
CP World Report: Creationism, Internet Porn, Religious Freedom Rally, Abortion Case
Creationism is gaining ground in South Korea. Efforts to challenge and even remove the theory of evolution from the school system in South Korea have been gaining ground after a petition last month seeking to make textbook changes. The South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has now revealed that publishers will start producing revised editions of textbooks without examples of evolution. Christians in South Korea are still a minority but are rising in numbers. The nation has historically been Buddhist .
Amid reports that British youngsters are rampantly accessing internet porn—and not just in Britain, a petition has gone out, calling on the British Government to force service providers to make porn tougher to access. Signatories want to see an 'adult only opt-in service'. The petition has gathered close to 100-thousand signatures. Petition organizers-- SaferMedia and Premier Media Group--argue that the filter would give parents greater control over what their children are viewing online and stop sexually explicit material coming into the home. According to "Psychologies Magazine", the single largest group of internet porn consumers is children 12 to 17 years old.
A small crowd gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma to demonstrate against what they say is an assault on religious rights. The "Stand up for Religious Freedom" was a protest over a measure in President Obama's health care plan that requires most private health care plans to provide contraception like birth control. Catholics do not support the use of contraception, and they say the law requiring Catholic institutions like hospitals and schools to provide it for employees is a violation of First Amendment rights.
They say the law forces Catholics to make unfair decisions about health care.
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling on the constitutionality of the health care law sometime this month.
Anti-abortion activist Linda Gibbons has lost her appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada . The Justices rejected her argument –8 to 1--that she should never have been charged under the Criminal Code for picketing too close to a Toronto abortion clinic. Gibbons maintains she should have been dealt with under civil law ,not charged criminally. The ruling means she will now go to trial IF the prosecution decides to pursue the case. The 63-year-old has been picketing abortion clinics for nearly two decades and has been and out of jail because of it. She has spent a total of nine years behind bars. Last fall, before Gibbons was thrown in jail, Justice S.F. Clements blurted out quote: "your God is wrong". This comment was also a basis of the appeal by Gibbon's lawyer who argued that it was a conditional attack on the Christian God.
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Nestlé dragged into horse meat controversy
The firm removed two chilled pasta items, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, from sale in Italy and Spain, which were supplied by German-based company, H.J. Schypke.
Nestlé said the levels found are above the 1% threshold the UK's Food Safety Agency (FSA) uses to indicate likely adulteration or gross negligence so they informed the authorities.
"We are now suspending deliveries of all our finished products produced using beef supplied by a German firm, H.J. Schypke, a subcontractor of one of our suppliers, JBS Toledo N.V."
Tests after withdrawal
Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen meat product for catering businesses by Nestlé Professional produced in France will also be withdrawn from sale, said the firm.
"We are also enhancing our existing comprehensive quality assurance programme by adding new tests on beef for horse DNA prior to production in Europe.
"We want to apologise to consumers and reassure them that the actions being taken to deal with this issue will result in higher standards and enhanced traceablity."
When reports first emerged in the UK about the fraudulent mislabeling of beef, product and raw material testing was enhanced across Europe, added the company.
Shorter supply chain
Speaking after a meeting with retailers yesterday, Richard Lochhead, Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, said: "I highlighted that in my view there is an absolute need for supply chains to be shorter and easier to track and for high quality local produce to be used whenever possible.
"What was very clear was that everyone in the room wants to resolve this issue as quickly as possible so that consumers regain the confidence and trust they have always had in Scottish and UK food providers.
"As testing continues it is reassuring that the vast majority of tests being carried out are negative for horse meat. However we cannot be complacent and a precautionary approach will continue to be taken."
"Wholly unacceptable"
Following the FSA's publication of the first set of industry results from tests of beef products for the presence of horse DNA, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said it was "wholly unacceptable" that if people buy products marked beef, they turn out to be horse meat.
"It's wholly unacceptable that if people buy products marked beef, they turn out to be horsemeat. That's why it was so important to undertake this intensive testing activity to gain a meaningful picture.
"Food businesses now have a lot of work to do. They need to move quickly to complete these tests and they need to show their customers they've taken the right steps to make sure this doesn't happen again."
BfR and Evira involvement
Meanwhile, Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) said it was "not yet possible" to say whether products in the country are contaminated with phenylbutazone residue in any samples of horse meat.
"Testing products to ensure that they can safely be sold is the responsibility of the federal state authorities in charge of food control," said the agency.
The Finnish Food Safety Authority, Evira, is preparing to carry out spot checks for horse meat to establish whether or not products labelled as beef contain horse.
As part of an EU meeting yesterday, the agency said it would conduct DNA analysis spot checks on 50 samples and 10 samples to see if horse meat to contains phenylbutazone as drug residues.


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Advertising generates business. It's a fact that the web design company, Building a Crowd, has revolutionized in their motherland. Now the seo Northern Ireland based business hopes to bring the marketing concept to the states as well.
"I stand amazed that what started as a brainstorm idea has progressed from my seo Northern Ireland position to presenting to businesses about customer acquisition within the United States. But the fact of the matter is that when you find something that works, you want to share it with others and that is exactly what has happened in my case. A giant 9×12 postcard is evolving businesses into what they only dreamed of being before – and for a fraction of the price! I am thrilled to be able to introduce my idea and explain every facet of the Building A Crowd concept and cannot wait to see the results that businesses achieve," stated the company owner, Anthony James McAuley.
The idea came to McAuley that by advertising on a giant postcard, local businesses create brand exposure and generate more foot traffic and sales in a short period of time than many other traditional forms of standard advertising modes do. The web design artist plans to introduce the tried and true method to businesses in the United States who wish to avail of the proven success formula of the seo Northern Ireland company. Many businesses can now get the exposure of the big boys to the masses for a tiny percentage of what it would usually cost.
McAuley (along with his U.S. based business partner) plans to approach one U.S. city at a time to enlist 16 local businesses to advertise on a giant 9×12 postcard which will feature his web design expertise. There will be no competing businesses allowed on the postcard so it will be a first come first served philosophy. The cards will be sent to local mid to high income residences in order to generate traffic and sales for the participating businesses.
"The method has worked marvelously in UK/Ireland so there's no reason it shouldn't work even better in the United States," said McAuley. "The states are well known for having individuals with entrepreneurial spirits so I see exciting possibilities and results in the future endeavors."
It is common knowledge to marketing professionals that as society changes and commerce takes on new ways, it's important for a business to embrace the changes in order to keep up and to prosper as well. McAuley has done exactly that and now he is setting about bringing his expertise across the pond to America.
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(CNN) — Remember when we all waved at Saturn last month while the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft took our picture? Well, NASA has finally gotten the film back from the drugstore — and you can see our whole world.
A good chunk of it, anyway.
People shared more than 1,400 images of themselves as part of the July 19 "Wave at Saturn" event, which was organized by NASA's Cassini mission. On Tuesday, the space agency released a collage of those images, which — from a distance — looks like the portion of the Earth's Western Hemisphere that Cassini viewed at the time.
Zoom in, however, and you can see everyday folks expressing their oneness with the ringed sixth planet from the sun. (The full-resolution version is here.)
"Hello Cassini," says a chalked message in one photo.
"Thanks for helping Earth wave at me today. Love, Saturn," read a handheld sign in another.
NASA was thankful, too.
"Thanks to all of you, near and far, old and young, who joined the Cassini mission in marking the first time inhabitants of Earth had advance notice that our picture was being taken from interplanetary distances," said Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker in a statement released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"While Earth is too small in the images Cassini obtained to distinguish any individual human beings, the mission has put together this collage so that we can celebrate all your waving hands, uplifted paws, smiling faces and artwork."
The images came from 30 states and 40 countries. People used a variety of technologies to transmit them, including Instagram, Google+ and e-mail.
Cassini took a picture of Earth as part of a larger set of images it was collecting of the Saturn system. Scientists are busy putting together the color mosaic of the Saturn system, which they expect will take at least several more weeks to complete. The scientists who study Saturn's rings are poring over visible-light and infrared data obtained during that campaign.
The project originated because the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, which was launched in 1997 and has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004, was going to be taking pictures of the planet and its rings during a solar eclipse. Thanks to various cosmological arrangements, the Earth was minutely visible in the endless universe beyond.
The picture of Earth, though it doesn't reveal much scientifically, was a rare opportunity, NASA noted in July.
"Since the Space Age began, there have been only two images of Earth from the outer solar system," the agency said.
And now, there are more — and one that features so many of us.
Hope you didn't blink.
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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.
Name: Tracky
Quick Pitch: Tracky is an application that boosts productivity by cutting Internet clutter. The web and mobile app brings email, chat, task collaboration and file sharing to one place.
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"It really allows you to take a bunch of apps you are using to manage professional and social onto one platform," Jennifer Gosse, chief marketing officer of Tracky told Mashable. "It's an all-in-one tool. Tracky lets you have private presence or work with a team. You can also push out information."
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Bare bones, Tracky is a virtual to-do list. There's also the gratification of checking something off when completed. Each task can be assigned a due date in the calendar and can be uploaded with attachments. Share events with friends or families and include pictures, Microsoft Excel sheets or Word documents.
Companies may use Tracky to get feedback from employees or customers. Simply ask a question to start off a conversation thread.
Tracky's main appeal is as an online task manager. Individuals can assign tasks, giving the reigns of a project to one or more people. It keeps documents together and organized as efficiently as popular project management tool Basecamp does.
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Local startups can get in touch with each other. Companies looking for a developer, for example, can search within Tracky's network of users to find relevant talent.
The network's public profiles cut out the need for an About.me profile. Professionals can list their business affiliations, company title and a few sentences about themselves. They can also connect all their social network accounts onto their Tracky page for easy access.
The work-efficient platform is free for now in the private beta stage, and cost $5 per user a month for an unlimited account. The free plan will cover up to five projects and up to 100 MB of file storage. The unlimited plan will cover unlimited projects and up to 1 GB of file storage per person. There are corporate plans that are offered on "Tracky scales."
The current mobile application is only available on iOS, but will be available on Android markets in the next few weeks.
Would this app make your job easier? Are you using similar applications to better manage your work day? Which ones? Sound off in the comments.
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I have had an idea for a small contest for awhile, and with a comment by Recluce in the Administrative Forum, plus the lack of contests until the CCC3, I thought that now would as ripe a time as any to try it.
Create a smaller than minifig scale castle building. For anyone who wants to build a minature castle, this is your contest. So let the building begin.
1. The creation must be castle based. By this I mean pretty much anything that was around in medival times.
2. The creation can be Ninja based.
3. The creation's base size cannot exceed 32x32 studs.
4. There is no piece or height restriction.
5. You may enter as many entries as you want, but try to go for quality as opposed to quantity.
The deadline for entries is midnight (CC server time), October 31st.
The winner will recieve 4337 Dragon Pod. A minature dragon to attack your minature building. It will be shipped to the winner. The winner will also recieve all the pride and glory he wants.
I and a as yet unselected member of CC will determine the winner.
You may submit as many pictures for your entry as you want. But please, keep them under 800x600 pixels. And if you post a picture in this thread, please keep them under 400x300.
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This is hard to believe but we literally walked into the offices of Sunset Radio where Darren and Andy of 808 State had their radio show and asked them to play our new track. Not only did they agree but they asked if we would like to be interviewed... the rest... is a bit hazy It still makes me laugh how Jon managed to talk about my tonsil acrobats (to anyone!) minutes after meeting them. I barely spoke a word in the interview because I was so nervous..."
The interview can be downloaded from the Together website - enjoy!
BTW, Together were Suddi Raval & Jonathon Donaghy, who also remixed Durutti Column's "Contra Indications" which was released as "The Together Mix". Tragically, Jonathon died in a car crash in 1991 - there was a memorial event for Jonathon and his girlfriend, Emma, at the Hacienda on 25th September 1991 called "Harmony".
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A storehouse of unlimited resources is opened to all who knock in faith . . .
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Considering how defined AmAre is, that offers the opportunity to leverage millenia of wisdom from both Eastern and Western holistic approaches to life, and centuries of scientific research. Considering how flexible AmAre is in terms of application, AmAre will become what you decide it to be. Thanks for reading and please share with us your applications of AmAre, if you want to widen awareness about it among our readers.
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The move could be the first serious effort to introduce a system of feed-in tariffs anywhere in the US during the current legislative session, says Paul Gipe in his latest feed-in tariff update.
The SF 225 calls for a limited system of differentiated tariffs for renewable power plants less than 20 MW in size. It was introduced by Senators Daryl Beall, D-Fort Dodge; Joe Bolkcom , D-Iowa City (Chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee); Robert M. Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids; Hubert Houser, D-Carson; and John P. (Jack) Kibbie, D-Emmetsburg to "encourage the development of utility-owned and customer-owned alternate (sic) renewable energy production facilities."
The proposal is modest even by US standards, limiting the amount of new capacity under the programme to half of retail load growth.
Although it does not propose encouraging local ownership specifically, SF 225 does limit programme participation only to projects with a majority of ownership within Iowa.
More significant, however, SF 225 is the first major effort to introduce wind tariffs differentiated by wind resource intensity in the US, Gipe says.
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ESSAY- Tooting Charlotte's horn: NC example bodes well for new train
On November 19, a ribbon-cutting ceremony opened the Blue Line of Charlotte's Lynx light rail operation. Charlotte's mayor, Pat McCrory, called the event a "monumental moment" in the city's history. But the really monumental– or magic– moment came when invited guests sitting in the gleaming blue and white rail cars saw, heard, and felt the steel wheel hitting the steel rail on 9.6 miles of double track. The line starts near the southern edge of the city at the I-485/South Boulevard intersection and heads north to 7th Street in uptown Charlotte.
Riders now have easy access to the Bank of America Stadium, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Bobcats Arena, Convention Center, Charlotte Transportation Center– and to tens of thousands of jobs.
Five days later, the public hit the rails for the first time with free rides to "test drive" the system.
"I'm glad you're coming along for the ride," said the director of the Charlotte Area Transit System to the riders. "This is your life, this is your community, and the Lynx Blue Line is your train."
In the first few day, basketball fans hopped aboard to to see the Bobcats play the Boston Celtics at the Arena, and football fans rode the rails to watch the Carolina Panthers take on the New Orleans Saints.
On November 26, riders started paying fares. What happened next was amazing.
While the Transit System had estimated it would likely take a year to reach 9,100 average daily riders, during the first month of paid operations, average daily ridership soared to 12,300. Strong mid-day and special events patronage pushed the numbers higher than anticipated. Many riders report standing-room-only trains during Friday lunch hours.
The initial success of Charlotte's light rail system suggests that a well-designed system could attract substantial numbers of people to rail transportation in cities across the Southeast.
Here in Virginia, Norfolk's light rail system could experience similar success when it opens in 2010.
Charlotte's success should also encourage the state of Virginia to promote the rail option for travel between the cities of Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Manassas, and Alexandria to Washington, DC.
A new study by Amtrak identifies the US Route 29 corridor as a location where new train service could be quickly started at minimal cost. This study discovered an underutilized train that carries passengers from Washington to New York City. Instead of remaining parked in Washington, this train could go as far as Lynchburg where it would layover and then be turned around to return to Washington. This option would also give locals daily service to Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, and New York without changing trains.
Compared to airplanes and personal vehicles, train transportation is at least 20 percent more fuel-efficient. And concerning the most precious resource of all, human time, rail is extremely efficient. A car or airplane can get a Charlottesvillian to New York City. But only the train (and the Starlight Express bus service) allows the passenger to glide right into the heart of the City– without dealing with the bumper-to-bumper traffic jams that now have New York contemplating enacting a congestion tax.
So what stands in the way of getting this train? For starters, our Department of Rail and Public Transportation will need to negotiate with the owner the tracks, Norfolk Southern, which will want to be paid for some improvements to its infrastructure to ensure reliable service. This money can be obtained from the state's Rail Enhancement Fund.
Covering the operating costs could be trickier. According to Amtrak, the service will require an annual operating subsidy of $1.9 million. Expensive? Not really, considering it costs at least $3 million to add a lane to an existing highway. And that's per mile!
This subsidy can come from state transportation operating funds– if Virginia is willing to relinquish its traditional reliance on asphalt to pave its way out of congestion.
Every day, Route 29 and Interstate 66 seem more crowded. Now, Amtrak wants to see if there's another way to move people through this corridor. Let's give it a chance.
Dick Peacock is a Manassas-based rail activist and member of the Virginia Association of Railway Patrons.


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DARTMOUTH — Twenty years after he left office, former state Rep. John George Jr. wants back in and is seeking Select Board member Joseph L. Michaud's open seat in this April's town election.
DARTMOUTH — Twenty years after he left office, former state Rep. John George Jr. wants back in and is seeking Select Board member Joseph L. Michaud's open seat in this April's town election.
"Why wouldn't I run?" George said Wednesday. "It gets in your blood. You want to serve."
George, the owner of John George Farms on Slocum Road, took out papers for the open seat Friday and the Town Clerk's Office confirmed Wednesday that no other candidates for that seat have stepped forward.
Weighing in on the town's ongoing debate over solar farms, George said he supported a process where developers could get a special permit to build the facilities in residential zones. Dartmouth's current bylaw bans the facilities from residential areas, although developers can appeal for a variance.
Asked whether some members of the Select Board are correct in describing Dartmouth as too large to be a town, George said any proposal to convert to a city form of government is worth studying, although not guaranteed to garner his support.
Former town Executive Secretary Michael Gagne — now the town administrator of Mattapoisett — said he was please to hear George was running. Gagne was appointed as executive secretary while George served on the Select Board and described the former state representative as "great to work with" and "genuine."
George served as a Dartmouth Select Board member from 1980-89 and later left the board when he won a seat in the state Legislature.
George resigned from the Legislature after only six months, however, due to a potential conflict of interest after his purchase of a bus company which had a state contract.
The state Ethics Commission ruled only that the purchase was a "possible" conflict of interest, but George resigned out of caution, he told The Standard-Times Wednesday.


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By the end of the week, Washington's multimillion-dollar recreational marijuana business might be targeted for a federal crackdown.
The confirmation of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as the next attorney general introduces the biggest challenge to legalized recreational marijuana to date. The former federal prosecutor's view about shifting social attitudes toward weed is clear, with Sessions saying last year that "good people don't smoke marijuana."
"We need grown-ups in charge in Washington deciding that marijuana is not the thing that ought to be legalized," he said in April 2016 at the Caucus on International Narcotics Control. "This drug is dangerous. You cannot play with it. It's not funny."
Spokane attorney Frank Cikutovich, who has represented a number of the best profile local defendants in federal marijuana crackdowns, said he takes Sessions at his word.
"He's of the view that it's no good, it's the devil drug," Cikutovich said. "He could not be more clear about what his position is. Regrettably, he's got the power to say from this moment. We will begin enforcing the federal law to the letter."
And that could put everyone involved in the production and sale of marijuana in federal legal difficulty.
Some 56 percent of Washington state voters approved an initiative decriminalizing marijuana in the year 2012 and permitting a closely regulated marketplace.
In the past few years since, business has boomed.
Spokane County marijuana retailers licensed by the state sold $74.1 million worth of legal pot in 2016, according to records released by the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board.
Those sales generated $27.5 million in taxes collected by the state.
Washington and Colorado in 2012 passed the first laws in the country that permitted recreational use of marijuana, although sales didn't star in the Evergreen State until 2014. That list now includes California, Oregon, Alaska as well as the District of Columbia. This past November, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts passed similar laws and 28 states have legalized the usage of medical marijuana.
On the other hand, the state-by-state move to legalize marijuana consistently has worked under an uneasy understanding with federal authorities. U.S. law still considers marijuana an illegal narcotic on level with methamphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
The industry propagate after 2013 when the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memorandum declaring that it wouldn't challenge states on marijuana legalization as long as they put in place safeguards to keep the drug out of the hands of minors and criminals.
Without federal government intervention, marijuana businesses have boomed. A recent report from ArcView Market Research, a cannabis industry research group, called that national sales of legal marijuana could approach $22 billion by 2020. That would mean marijuana sales would outpace revenue generated from the National Football League.
Sam Calvert, founder and owner of Greenstar Cannabis on Division Street, was clearly one of the very first shops to open in Spokane County in 2014. He said he thinks the industry has too much momentum for the brand new administration to quickly dismantle it.
"If (Sessions) does decide to take an aggressive approach, terminate the specific situation through federal enforcement, they're going to wind up in court," he said. It doesn't play into my decision-making right now. I consider it on the peripheral."
Seattle attorney Douglas Hiatt, who also has defended several marijuana cases in Eastern Washington, called that "wishful thinking."
"They can't believe it's going to be taken away. But I've seen it before," Hiatt said. "The law is crystal clear and we've run out of arguments."
Because Washington's strict regulations require scrupulous records for folks who grow, warehouse and sell the legal marijuana, federal prosecutors would have all the evidence they need to shut down the industry and prosecute those business owners.
And many shops sell enough marijuana merchandises that are enough to place owners in danger of severe criminal punishments, including 10-year mandatory minimum sentences in federal penitentiary.
"It's like shooting fish in a barrel," Hiatt said. "If people think they can't roll this thing up, then they have another thing coming."

'An ever-changing determination'

During his confirmation hearings last month, Sessions was asked whether he'd continue to permit states to run under the Cole memo, which basically said the federal government would look the other way on marijuana in the states.
"If I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as attorney general,I will certainly review and evaluate those policies, including the original justifications for the memorandum, as well as any relevant data and how circumstances have changed or how they may change in the future," he wrote.
Nonetheless, he noted that marijuana remains illegal under federal law and he is dedicated to uphold the law "with respect to marijuana, even though the precise equilibrium of enforcement priorities is an ever-changing determination predicated on the circumstances and the resources available at the time," he wrote.
That's a softer position than Sessions once held.
30 years ago, Sessions said that he believed the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot," according to testimony given to Congress when he was nominated to be a federal judge.
He afterwards said he was joking, however he stays among the sharpest critics of what he considers the dismantling of Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign of the 1980s.
Last April, Session said, "Colorado was one of the leading states that began the movement to suggest that marijuana isn't dangerous. And we're going to find it, in my opinion, ripple throughout the whole American citizenry. And we're going to see more marijuana use and it's not definitely going to be great."
A group empaneled to counsel Sessions as well as the Trump administration on the marijuana problem comprises 14 prosecutors named by the National District Attorney's Association. One of them is District Attorney Stan Garnett in Boulder, Colorado.
At their very first meeting, a number of the district attorneys wanted to send letters to governors of states which have approved medical marijuana, telling them to shut those businesses down within 90 days, Garnett told the Boulder Daily Camera last week.
Garnett said he counseled his fellow prosecutors against that move, saying it failed to honor the significance of state and local control.
"I believed that was a particularly unrealistic and ill-advised notion," Garnett told the Daily Camera. "Legalization has been mainly successful everywhere it's been tried, therefore it will be a highly unpopular move and difficult to accomplish successfully."

'Marijuana to go back underground?'

Individual users would have little to be worried about in the event the federal government takes a brand new, hard line on marijuana enforcement, Cikutovich said.
"The government doesn't have the resources to go after millions of people," he said. "But the people in the industry need to be very concerned. They have to be ready to parachute out of the industry immediately if it changes."
A federal enforcement agent, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, said he wouldn't anticipate immediate raids in the event the Trump administration decides to go after the marijuana industry.
In 2011, local federal authorities cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries by sending them as well as their landlords letters warning of future legal action if they continued. Four of those businesses continued as well as their owners were indicted.
Sessions "may have huge issues with marijuana, and he may share that," the law enforcement source said. "But how he would then change the enforcement priorities of the department is purely speculative at this point."
Seattle lawyer Jeffrey Steinborn, who like Cikutovich and Hiatt has worked for many years to defend marijuana clients, said the success of the industry may be its best defense. And legal marijuana's best ally could possibl be President Trump, who said during the campaign that marijuana legalization should be left to the states.
"I really believe we should study Colorado and see what's happening," Trump told a crowd on Oct. 29, 2015. "I think in terms of marijuana and legalization, it should be a state issue, state by state."
But if Sessions convinces his boss to turn back the clock to the drug wars of the Reagan era, the industry will adapt, Steinborn said.
"Marijuana can go back underground in the blink of an eye," he said. "And it will if it has to, because it ain't going away."


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Righteous hatred
"Ye that love the Lord, hate evil." Psalm 97:10
Suggested Further Reading: Genesis 39
With regard to some sins, if thou wouldst avoid them, take one piece of advice—run away from them. Sins of lust especially are never to be fought with, except after Joseph's way; and you know what Joseph did—he ran away. A French philosopher said, "Fly, fly, Telemaque; there remains no way of conquest but by flight." The true soldiers of Christ's cross will stand foot to foot with any sin in the world except this; but here they turn their backs and fly, and then they become conquerors. "Flee fornication," said one of old, and there was wisdom in the counsel; there is no way of overcoming it but by flight. If the temptation attack thee, shut thine eye and stop thy ear, and away, away from it; for thou art only safe when thou art beyond sight and earshot. "Ye that love the Lord, hate evil;" and endeavour with all your might to resist and overcome it in yourselves. Once again, ye that love the Lord, if ye would keep from sin, seek always to have a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, never trust yourselves a single day without having a fresh renewal of your piety before you go forth to the day's duties. We are never safe unless we are in the Lord's hands. No Christian, be he who he may, or what he may, though he be renowned for his piety and prayerfulness, can exist a day without falling into great sin unless the Holy Spirit shall be his protector. Old master Dyer says, "Lock up your hearts by prayer every morning, and give God the key, so that nothing can get in; and then when thou unlockest thy heart at night, there will be a sweet fragrance and perfume of love, joy, and holiness."
For meditation: There are two sides to victory over temptation—resisting the flesh and yielding to the Spirit (Galatians 5:16). Sometimes the emphasis will be to flee, sometimes to follow, sometimes to fight (1 Timothy 6:11-12), but neither side will be effective without the other.
Sermon no. 208
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(Reuters) – An emotional President Barack Obama ended his final campaign on Monday in Iowa, the place that launched his first White House bid and that could hold the key to his political future.
After two days of nearly round-the-clock travel to the battleground states of Ohio, Florida, Colorado, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, Obama ended his tour in Des Moines with a speech that harkened back to his 2008 campaign.
"I've come back to Iowa one more time to ask for your vote. I came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started, because this is where our movement for change began," he told a crowd of some 20,000 people.
Obama's voice broke and he wiped away tears from his eyes as he reflected on those who had helped his campaign.
The night rally was the last one of Obama's 2012 re-election effort. Unlike Republican rival Mitt Romney, who has stops planned in Pennsylvania and Ohio on Election Day, Obama is scheduled to spend all of Tuesday in his hometown of Chicago.
In 2008 Iowa propelled Obama to the Democratic presidential nomination when it backed him during its caucuses, the country's first presidential nominating contest. Obama beat then rival Hillary Clinton for their party's nomination and went on to best Republican Senator John McCain for the White House.
This year Iowa is another swing state with six electoral votes that could give him the edge in the race against Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.
Obama has talked wistfully about this being his final campaign in recent months, but his show of emotion was rare. Obama grew teary at the end of his 2008 campaign as well when his grandmother died shortly before Election Day.
Obama reminisced about that campaign and repeated a promise that he has not dwelled on this year: the inspirational pledge to change the world.
Obama told the story of the woman who coined the chant "Fired up, ready to go," a phrase that came to symbolize his 2008 campaign.
"That shows you what one voice can do. One voice can change a room. And if it can change a room, it can change a city. And if it can change a city, it can change a state. And if it can change a state, it can change a nation. And if it can change a nation, it can change the world," he said.
"Iowa, in 2008 your voice changed the world."
First lady Michelle Obama, who has crisscrossed the United States headlining political events for her husband, joined the president for the rally.
"Truly, this is where it all began — right here," she said to cheers from the crowd.
Obama has traveled to Iowa 12 times this year, according to his campaign.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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With the craze of the holiday season over, it's time to sit back and relax — that is, after all your cleaning and organizing is done. Because, let's be honest; there are many things that get overlooked and pushed back on your "to do" list. It's time to enjoy the first month of the New Year by cleaning out your home, and therefore, your mind. Here are some of my favorite necessities for an organized home.
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Are you like me and have numerous of magazines piled up, but cannot seem to toss them out because you may want to look at them one day? Store your magazines properly by name and year of magazine. Storage bins do not always have to be clear plastic ones; so many companies make ones that look great in your office. West Elm and The Container Store make bins in all shapes, sizes and colors for your organizing pleasures.
Because it's a New Year, that means I get a new agenda! I cannot live without my agenda; I am so busy, it's hard for me to remember where I have to be. I love the idea that I can just go to the day and see what appointments I have. It's the best way for me to organize my life. So many of my favorite designers (like Hermès) make beautiful agendas; so do some research and buy your favorite.
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Antarctic Peak named for Robert Rutford, UT Dallas Professor, Former President
RICHARDSON, Texas (March 6, 2007) – The latest honor bestowed on the former president of The University of Texas at Dallas may be the loftiest of all -- a 14,000-foot-high mountain now bears his name. The newly-christened Mt. Rutford is a peak that looms over the sparse, snow-shrouded landscape of West Antarctica. It forms the summit of Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, the highest mountain ranges on the southernmost continent, which are located south of the Antarctic Peninsula. Temperatures in the mountains average around -20 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Mt. Rutford honors Dr. Robert Rutford, a geologist and one of the world's foremost authorities on Antarctica," said Jerry Mullins, regional coordinator of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Antarctic, Arctic and Canadian Programs in Reston, Virginia. "This honor recognizes his long and substantial contribution to the U.S. Antarctic Research Program and to international Antarctic research."
Rutford served as UT Dallas president from 1982 to 1994. He currently is Excellence in Education Foundation Professor of Geology in the Geosciences Department, where he teaches part-time. He will officially retire from the university at the end of the current semester.
The name Mt. Rutford was approved on Monday by the U.S. national naming authority, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, part of USGS.
The Ellsworth Mountains were discovered from the air in 1935, but until last December, the summit now known as Rutford had never been ascended. On December 9, 2006, and again the following day, members of a multi-national expedition lead by an Australian climber and researcher scaled the peak, planted a global positioning satellite device and retrieved it. The GPS survey showed Rutford to be 4,477 meters, or 14,688 feet, high.
The mountain is not the first Antarctic feature to receive Rutford's name. An ice stream he discovered on the continent, which measures 130 miles by 30 to 40 miles, also bears his name. The mile-thick, fast flowing Rutford Ice Stream drains part of the West Antarctic ice sheet into the sea. In addition, Rutford Avenue on the UT Dallas campus recognizes the many contributions he made to the university as both president and a faculty member.
Rutford's research interests have been in the area of glacial geology and geomorphology, primarily in Antarctica. He first visited the continent in 1959 to conduct research for his Ph.D. dissertation while a student at the University of Minnesota, and has returned some 20 times since.
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From 1998 to 2002, he served as president of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, also known as the International Antarctic Committee, a non-government, multidisciplinary group made up of scientists from throughout the world committed to coordinating and promoting scientific research on the continent. In addition to protecting the continent's environment, the group lends independent technical assistance to the International Antarctic Treaty. The committee is based at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge.
Chief among the many honors bestowed upon Rutford over the years are a distinguished service award from the National Science Foundation and the Antarctic Service Medal.
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Reading is a huge part of each school day, but the kiddos love to read on their own, too. Once the twins become a part of the story they are reading they can't put it down. And, Julia? Well, she can devour a book in one afternoon, just like her mama! Josh isn't quite reading chapter books yet, but he reads everything in sight and loves to sit and read short stories to his younger brothers.
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Three years ago yesterday I wrote my first news post for the good folks at Bloody Good Horror. I assume the card got lost in the mail or something.
So last week we talked about how the "Zombieland" TV series will be made available via amazon in the not to distant future and now we know that Eli Craig is in talks to direct. For those of you who don't know Eli he's the guy who wrote and directed "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil". No word on any of the cost for the show but if I know the guy who was in the original movie and then went on to play the Facebook kid like I think I do he's probably sitting at home thinking, "Ya know I'd like to just do a show that can only be seen on a website that people don't know you can watch shows on. Sign me up for that."
Britt Robertson, who was apparently in "Scream 4" and is not a stripper, has landed a role in the upcoming television adaptation of Stephen King's "Under the Dome". For those of you not familiar with the story it's pretty much "The Simpsons" movie but with less yellow. Robertson will play a young waitress with dreams of getting out of her hometown. Oh man imagine if a giant dome trapped her in that very same town she wants to leave? That would make an awesome show.
It looks like Magnolia Pictures has picked up the rights to "S-VHS", the follow up to 2012's anthology flick "V/H/S". This time around the story follows private investigators who are searching for a number of missing people and stumble upon a group of tapes in a abandoned house. A bunch of directors I've never heard of are on board for the film but I'm awful with names so they might be well known. I might sit next to one of them at work. Wouldn't that be weird?
IFC has dropped a March 28th release date for "Room 237", a new documentary that focuses on the making of Stanley Kubrick's classic flick "The Shining". There's really nothing funny I can say about that so let's just call it a day shell we?
I always got nervous around parent teacher conference time but this kid went to the next level and faked being kidnapped in order to stop his parents from going to their talk with his teacher. Yes he got caught but now when his parents finally do go and find out he's flunking math or whatever he can use the "well at least I didn't say I got kidnapped again" excuse. He's kind of a genius.
Every parent wants their child to do well in school but this Minnesota man who pointed an AK-47 at his daughter for bringing home a a report card with 2 B's might be going a bit overboard. D's maybe, but B's is a threaten with a butcher knife type thing tops.


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