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Brianna Tadeo is a visual artist, whose work focuses on using photographic materials to show the effects of time, mortality and forms of decay of the human body. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, and received her BFA from California College of the Arts with high distinction in 2014. She has shown her work at SOMArts Cultural Center, and ABCO Gallery. Most of her Saturdays are spent volunteering as a mentor for First Exposures a nationally recognized youth photography and mentoring program, working one-on-one with her Mentee. She is the Photography Studio Manager for the California College of the Arts. Tadeo is currently living and working in Oakland, CA.
Curiosity has led me to a photographic process, which I derive a visual representation of decaying organisms. Photography, inherently, has always been a way to capture time and to create a record of a singular moment; however, what if you could create a record of the physical action of decay and compress this gradual process into a singular moment? My desire for this process stems from trying to make sense of cellular breakdown and to show its strangeness and beauty in an image. In this body of work, I'm using blood on photographic light sensitive paper to record the effects of its decomposition - what manifests on the paper are vibrant colors of non-contained shapes that mimic the viscous forms of blood and cellular tissue. The resulting images are vestiges of a larger idea that the biology of living materials are dynamic, and ever changing.
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Faulty Amulet is a unique amulet in Dragon Age: Origins.
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- This amulet can only be obtained from the new blacksmith of Redcliffe Village if Owen is killed or kills himself.
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- Causing the blacksmith to be replaced will make certain other items (which would appear in Owen's inventory after Lost in the Castle is completed) unavailable.
- To acquire the amulet, the Warden must lie to the new blacksmith in their first conversation, telling him that Owen was a close and personal friend. The blacksmith will then give the Warden the Faulty Amulet.
- Lying to the blacksmith does not require any Coercion skills and will always be successful.
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On Saturday night the Texas Tech Red Raiders pulled off an upset at home by beating Oklahoma State Cowboys the no.19 ranked team in the country 65-61. Unfortunately the win got marred by an incident involving a fan named Jeff Orr and guard Marcus Smart with six seconds left in the game.
Thanks to social media the video of what happened went viral showing Smart exchanging words and then shoving Orr. He was quickly escorted away by teammates and did receive a technical foul for his actions, yet the referees did not eject him from the game. A player made physical contact with a fan seems like that's ground for an automatic disqualification. Curtis Shaw the Big 12 coordinator of officials said "the officials don't have jurisdiction to eject a player who is involved in an altercation with a fan."
He further went on to say "we don't have a rule to get involved when the player is involved with a fan. We don't know what was said. The official, Doug Sirmons, didn't know what was said."
A tweet from Doug Gottlieb of CBS shows that Orr admits to crossing the line.
Jeff Orr to a #TexasTech friend of mine via text "I kinda let my mouth say something I shouldn't have,I feel bad" #MarcusSmart
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) February 9, 2014
Here's the actual screen shot of the conversation.
Text convo from my Tech friend w/Orr- Orr is Tech's biggest fan-everyone knows him, he goes to every game pic.twitter.com/1ZlN6gAdz3
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) February 9, 2014
Now what was actually said? Still hasn't come out yet though Smart claims he got called a racial slur and many believe Orr told him to "go back to Africa."
Stuart Scott tweeted.
Okla news stations reporting fan told Smart "Go back to Africa"..IF TRUE..Smart's "shove" still wrong…BUT…19yrold kid…I UNDERSTAND!!
— Stuart Scott (@StuartScott) February 9, 2014
It's understandable that a 19-year old such as Smart had such a strong reaction to what got said and can't blame him for shoving Orr. Hopefully he will also learn from the mistake and take responsibility for his actions. As for Orr he's an adult and yet didn't act like one and that is why Texas Tech must ban him from their arena.


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Moore v. City of Nampa, 276 U.S. 536 (1928)
Moore v. City of Nampa
No. 384
Argued March 9, 1928
Decided April 9, 1928
Bonds issued by a city to complete a local improvement, which did not pledge the city's general credit but were expressly payable only out of certain special assessments on land of the improvement district and were therefore nonnegotiable, were bought by the plaintiff from a prior purchaser, in reliance on advice of his attorneys, on recitals in the bonds giving assurance of their validity and soundness and on a certificate issued by the mayor, clerk, and treasurer of the city representing that no legislation was pending in respect of the creation of the improvement district, the construction of the improvement, or the issue of bonds, which was false. In making the purchase, the attorneys had before them a transcript of the proceedings showing that the assessments were in excess of the original estimate of cost -- a fact which rendered the assessments void under the state law, as was subsequently adjudged chanrobles.com-red
by the state courts in a suit by a landowner against the city, pending when the certificate was issued. The bonds were therefore worthless.
1. That plaintiff had no cause of action against the city for negligence or misrepresentation. P. 276 U. S. 542.
2. He was charged through the transcript when he bought the bonds with notice of the invalidating facts, and must be held to have known the law. P. 276 U. S. 541.
3. His position was not strengthened by the fact that the city's officials also misunderstood the law, nor by the recitals reflecting their opinion as to the legal effect of the bonds. Id.
4. Actionable negligence cannot be predicated on the failure of the city's officer properly to exert their power and perform their duties in respect of the estimate, assessment, and contract for construction of the improvement. Such failure was not a breach of any duty owed by the city to plaintiff. Id.
5. The certificate was issued without legal authority by officers not empowered to define the improvement district, make the assessment, issue or sell the bonds, or bind the city to pay for such improvements, nor authorized to make any statement or give any assurance in respect of such matters. Id.
18 F.2d 860 affirmed.
Certiorari, 275 U.S. 515, to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals which affirmed the district court in dismissing an action against the city for negligence and false representations. chanrobles.com-red
MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioner sued in the United States Court for the District of Idaho to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of respondent's negligence and false representations in respect of certain local improvement bonds. Respondent demurred to the complaint; the district court held that it failed to state a cause of action and dismissed the case. The circuit court of appeals affirmed. 18 F.2d 860. The petition to this Court for a writ of certiorari stated that the decision below conflicts with the decisions of this Court and of the Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eighth Circuits. 276 U. S. 275 U.S. 515. chanrobles.com-red
Respondent created a district for the construction of a sewer to be paid for by assessments against the lands therein according to resulting benefits. The statutes require the city engineer to make estimates of the cost of such improvements, provide that no contract shall be made for any work for a price in excess of the estimate, and direct the city council to pass an ordinance defining the boundaries of the district, describing the work, and showing the estimated cost. Idaho C.S. 1919, §§ 3879 and 4129. The engineer's estimate was $118,300. Assessments were made for that amount; and, pursuant to ordinance adopted December 6, 1920, bonds for $117,000 were issued. The validity of these is not questioned. It was found that the estimate was too low, and an ordinance was passed stating that the assessments first made were not sufficient to pay the cost and expenses of the work. Additional assessments amounting to $49,500 were made, and, pursuant to ordinance of January 10, 1921, respondent executed and, on March 8, 1921, delivered to a purchaser additional bonds for $43,000. On that day, the mayor, clerk, and treasurer of respondent issued a certificate under its seal stating that no litigation was pending or threatened in respect of the creation of the district, the construction of the sewer, or the issue of the bonds.
A transcript of the proceedings and that certificate were submitted to the attorneys, who are acting for petitioner in this case, for examination as to the validity of the bonds. And they, it is alleged, relying upon the recitals in the bonds and the statements in the certificate, gave a written opinion that the bonds were valid. The complaint alleges that, on July 13, 1921, petitioner, relying upon such recitals, certificate, and opinion, purchased three of these bonds. And petitioner says that the statement in the certificate was material because no suit to enjoin the making of special assessments or to set them aside may be brought after the expiration of thirty days from chanrobles.com-red
the making of the assessment. Section 4137, C.S. 1919. The certificate was false. One Lucas, an owner of property in the district, had brought suit against the city and its officers to have the assessments in excess of the engineer's estimate declared illegal and to enjoin their collection. The trial court granted the relief sought; the Supreme Court held that the city was limited and bound by the original estimate, and affirmed the judgment. Lucas v. City of Nampa, 41 Idaho, 35. Petitioner avers that, under this decision, his bonds are worthless.
He insists that respondent was negligent in failing to have a proper estimate and valid assessments made and in causing the false certificate to be issued, and that the damages claimed were caused by the negligence and misrepresentation. The suit is for tort. The demurrer was rightly sustained unless the complaint shows that a breach by respondent of some duty it owed petitioner caused the damage claimed.
Each bond states that respondent acknowledges itself to be indebted and promises to pay bearer the sum stated; it contains recitals to the effect that all the things by law required in respect of the creation of the district, the construction of the sewer, and the issue of the bond in order to make it a valid obligation of the city have been done. It states that the total cost of the work has been assessed, and that the assessments are liens upon the land; that provision has been made for, and the city guarantees, the collection of assessments sufficient to pay accruing interest and principal at maturity. But, as required by statute, each bond declares that the holder shall have no claim against the city except for the collection of the assessments, that his remedy in case of nonpayment shall be confined to their enforcement, and that the interest and principal shall be payable out of that fund, and not otherwise. The bonds are not negotiable. United States Mortgage Co. v. Sperry, 138 U. S. 313, 138 U. S. 343. It is clear chanrobles.com-red
that respondent's faith or credit is not pledged, and that the value of the bond depends upon the validity and worth of the assessments. The transcript furnished the examining attorneys showed that the engineer's estimate was too low, and that the bonds in question were based on assessments in excess of that amount. Petitioner treats the transcript and false certificate as if furnished to him. He is charged, as of the time he bought the bonds, with notice of the invalidating facts, and is held to have known the law. His position is not strengthened by the fact that respondent's officers, as well as the examining attorneys, were mistaken as to the validity of the additional assessments and subsequent proceedings. Recitals that merely reflect opinion as to the legal effect of the bonds or of the statements therein are not actionable and furnish no support for petitioner's claim.
The bonds were void, as held in the Lucas case, because issued upon assessments made in excess of the engineer's estimate. On the facts disclosed by the complaint, actionable negligence cannot be predicated on the failure of respondent's officers properly to exert their powers and perform their duties in respect of the estimate, assessment, and contract for construction of the sewer. Such failure was not a breach of duty owed by respondent to petitioner. He had no relation to the matter until long after the bonds had been issued and sold to another. The facts showing their invalidity were disclosed by the transcript and known to the attorneys on whom he relied long before he purchased them. The complaint is not grounded on anything subsequently occurring.
It remains to be considered whether petitioner may recover by reason of the certificate issued March 8, 1921, falsely stating that there was no suit in respect of the creation of the district, the construction of the sewer, or the issue of the bonds. No law required or authorized the making of any certificate. The statutes do not contemplate chanrobles.com-red
any such statement. It is not a part of or material to the prescribed proceedings. The city council is the governing body of the city, but it did not make or authorize the statement. The officers who signed the certificate were not authorized to define the improvement district, make the assessment, issue or sell the bonds, or to bind the respondent to pay for such improvements. It cannot reasonably be said that they are impliedly authorized to make any statement or give assurance in respect of such matters.
This action is not based on contract. Recovery is not claimed on the ground that respondent was empowered to pay for the work out of funds belonging to it, or upon any promise that it would do so. As no actionable negligence or misrepresentation is shown, the lower courts rightly held that no cause of action is stated in the complaint. We find no conflict between the decision of the circuit court of appeals in this case and the decisions referred to in the petition for this writ.
Judgment affirmed.
* Peake v. New Orleans, 139 U. S. 342; District of Columbia v. Lyon, 161 U. S. 200; Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of Harrisburg, 64 F.2d 3; Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of Denver, 72 F.3d 6; City of Mankato v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 142 F.3d 9; Bates County, Mo. v. Wills, 239 F.7d 5; Oklahoma City v. Orthwein, 258 F.1d 0.


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The term, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), refers to a collection of transmission technologies that make voice communications possible over the Internet. It is also known as Internet telephony and helps the conversion of voice into a digital signal that can be sent over the Internet. These signals are then compressed and translated to IP (Internet Protocol) packets for transmission.
They are converted to a regular telephone signal, if the user is calling on a normal phone. VoIP gives the provision of making calls directly from a desktop computer and uses a special VoIP phone for the purpose. The services and benefits offered by Internet telephony feature are not available with a traditional phone.
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If you follow the configuration steps of this giude, you will have a system which works as follows:
First, you need to install your SwyxWare server. After the installation is done, you need to create a user using SwyxWare Administration that can be used by Ozeki Phone System XE to connect to it. After the registration you can start to make your calls via SwyxWare PBX. Figure 1 demonstrates the connection:
Figure 1 - Connection with SwyxWare
Before you begin to follow the installation steps of this guide, it is assumed that you have already installed SwyxWare PBX into your system.
First you need to open your SwyxWare Administration console at the computer where SwyxWare server is installed (Figure 2).
Figure 2 - Open SwyxWare Administration
After SwyxWare Administrator is started, extract your SwyxWare server, right click at the Users entry and click on Add User (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - Add user
Now the Add new User wizard will show up. Enter a name for the user, e.g. 101, and click on Next (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Enter a name for the user
Next, set the Location to Default Location and click on Next (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - Default location
Next, set an internal number for the user (e.g. 101) and click on Next (Figure 6).
Figure 6 - Enter an internal number
Next, set a public number for the user, if you want to call this user from the public network. I don't use public number in this example, so I set the Associated Public Number to None (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - Select an associated public number
In the next step, select the SwyxPhone S315 and other SIP devices to enable SIP access for this user and click on Next (Figure 8).
Figure 8 - Enable SIP access for this user
In the next step you can configure the SIP parameters for this user. Enter a Username and a Password for this user and click on Next (Figure 9).
Figure 9 - Configure SIP parameters
In the next step you can configure the permissions and restrictions for this user. In this example I will not use restrictions and I set the Calling Right to No call restrictions (Figure 10).
Figure 10 - Set the restrictions
Next, you can choose features for the user. Set a feature profile and click on Next (Figure 11).
Figure 11 - Set a feature profile
Next, choose Create new User account only and click on Finish.
Figure 12 - Assign properties
Once you completed the wizard, you can see the created user under the Users entry (Figure 13).
Figure 13 - Created user
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Sunscreen helps to protect your skin from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays that can lead to skin cancer and premature ageing. These ultraviolet rays are always present, whether it's summer or winter, rain or shine. They are not blocked by clouds, so you should be wearing sunscreen on a daily basis. There are all different types of sunscreens available today, including traditional lotions, sprays, and sticks. While there are makeups that exist now with SPF (sun protection factor), they often don't meet the minimum SPF recommendation for sun protection. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends using a sunscreen with at least SPF 30. Broad spectrum sunscreens must protect against both UVA and UVB rays. We like waterproof, sweat-proof formulations for additional staying power and protection. It's generally recommended to reapply sunscreen every couple of hours. Most people use less than the recommendation, so don't be shy about applying! The American Academy of Dermatology suggests about 1 ounce (the size of a shot glass) for skin that is typically exposed day-to-day, with more as needed depending on body size.
We've compared the top sunscreens out there for price, feel, scent, and function. We've also included a sunscreen lip balm, since lips are susceptible to skin cancer as well. Though there are hair products out there with UV protection, we did not review them for this guide. Please be aware that the products we chose do come in multiple SPFs, so choose the one that's right for you (but at least SPF 30).
Best Overall: Coppertone UltraGuard
Coppertone UltraGuard is a non-greasy lotion sunscreen. It is available in an 8-ounce bottle, with SPF 30, SPF 50, or SPF 70. It is water resistant for up to 80 minutes so you can enjoy swimming and water sports with confidence while wearing it. This sunscreen offers broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection. It is photostable, which means it won't end up quickly degrading as soon as you get hit by the sun. It has an easy-to-apply consistency, and it didn't have a strong, long-lasting sunscreen scent. It's recommended to reapply after 2 hours, or after 80 minutes of being in the water. This sunscreen includes moisturizers and vitamin E, which is a nice addition if you're spending a lot of time in the sun.
Budget Pick: No-Ad Sport SPF 50
The No-Ad sunscreens tend to be less expensive than their competition since, like their name implies, they don't spend money on advertising – meaning they can sell their product for cheaper. It is available in a 16-ounce bottle. It is water- and sweat-resistant for up to 80 minutes. This sunscreen offers broad spectrum protection and features aloe and vitamin E to soothe your skin. It has no added fragrance and is easy to apply. You can't beat the price – this bottle is twice the size of most sunscreens and yet costs the same.
Best Facial Sunscreen: Neutrogena Clear Face SPF 55
If you're specifically looking for a sunscreen for your face, we like Neutrogena's Clear Face Liquid Lotion Sunscreen. It comes in a 3-ounce bottle which seems small until you remember that you're only using this sun protection on your face. This sunscreen is non-comedogenic so it won't clog your pores. It was clinically tested on ace-prone skin and Neutrogena reports that it does not cause breakouts. It's fragrance-free so you won't end up with that strong sunscreen smell. It goes on smoothly and won't leave your face looking greasy. This Neutrogena sunscreen offers UVA and UVB protection and is photostable. It is water resistant for up to 80 minutes.
Best Lip Balm with SPF: Banana Boat Sunscreen Lip Balm with Aloe Vera & Vitamin E
There are a lot of lip balms out there that offer some SPF protection, but they tend to be under SPF 20. We like the Banana Boat Sunscreen Lip Balm with Aloe Vera & Vitamin E that comes in SPF 45. It comes in a .15-ounce tube, so it's very easy to throw in your purse or pocket to reapply during the day. It is water resistant 80 minutes, so you can also use it when swimming or even just if you got caught in the rain. It keeps your lips feeling smooth and moisturized thanks to the aloe and vitamin E while protecting against UVA and UVB rays.
Best Spray Sunscreen: Banana Boat Sport Performance UltraMist SPF 100
We really don't recommend spray sunscreens, but if you're intent on one, try the Banana Boat Sport Performance UltraMist Sunscreen. It's available in SPF 15 (not recommended), SPF 30, SPF 50, or SPF 100. Just remember that you still have to rub spray sunscreen into your skin, and be careful when applying in windy conditions! The spray sunscreens tend to be more expensive than their lotion counterparts. This one is sold in a 6 ounce can with an easy twist and lock cap. It feels very lightweight to put on. It goes on clear and is quickly absorbed. It smells like sunscreen but not overly strong. The Banana Boat Sport Performance UltraMist is water-resistant for up to 80 minutes.
Bottom Line
Wearing sunscreen daily is an essential part of maintaining the health of your skin. One-in-five Americans develop skin cancer, and sunscreen with at least SPF 30 can help prevent you from being one of them. Additionally, sunscreen can help prevent against dark spots and wrinkles forming on your skin, so you'll maintain your youthful appearance. When choosing a sunscreen, make sure you get one with UVA and UVB protection. You're more likely to put on enough sunscreen if you use a lotion instead of a spray. With a spray, it is difficult to tell how much you get on your skin, and wind can interfere with application. Many people assume that a spray means you don't have to rub the sunscreen mist into your skin, but this assumption is incorrect – you still need to rub it in. Remember to re-apply every two hours. If you plan on getting wet, choose a product that is water-resistant (up to 80 minutes water-resistance is the most that sunscreens can claim). Don't forget to protect your lips too. Put on your sun protection 15 minutes prior to going outside so that it has enough time to absorb. Remember, UV rays are present even on cloudy days, so there's no excuse not to purchase sunscreen for yourself today!


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But the best part is, ten times the speed doesn't mean ten times the cost. 10 GigE is available at most businesses in Manhattan for a reasonable premium over gigabit internet. It's delivered over the same type of fiber that powers existing high-bandwidth internet connections. Special networking gear is required to take advantage of the next-generation speeds, but this hardware has become more and more reasonable.
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If you're anything like our clients, you spend a lot of time and money keeping your creative suite running. Sometimes you have to buy computers for a particular gig that you know won't be in use in six months. Do you invest in state-of-the-art computers to keep your freelancers happy? Take a chance on some temporary used hardware? Either way, there's no scalability to it.
Cloud workstations change all of that by moving the heavy lifting to the cloud. You can provision an unlimited number of cloud workstations at an instant, and delete them just as quickly when you no longer need them.
You can access a cloud workstation in several ways. Any computer, even an outdated model, can download a software client to connect to high powered workstations in the cloud. For a few hundred dollars, you can buy a zero-client – a dedicated piece of hardware that connects to the cloud and allow you to access your cloud workstation. In both cases, you can drive multiple monitors at 4k – plenty of room for any creative workflow.
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Thanks for the feedback last week. I know how I want to structure these posts so that the RSS feed works and is easy to find, and the built-in media player appears properly. I just need to get around to making the changes. This would be done already, but No Man's Sky is out and its ability to fill space is matched only by its ability to eat time.
Hosts: Josh, Rutskarn, Shamus, Campster.
Episode edited by Mindie.
Show notes:
00:01:00: We talk about why we started this show and why that plan has failed.
But it must be fun, because we keep showing up every week anyway.
00:02:58: No Man's Sky
This is the trick that doubled my framerate on the PC.
Link (YouTube)
A day after recording this, and my experience with the game continues to improve. People sometimes mock Final Fantasy games for having the problem of "It gets good after ten hours", because ten hours of lousy gaming is still ten hours you'd rather spend on a fun game. When I say "It gets good later" it's not because I'm trying to talk you into buying the game. I'm just sharing my experience.
It's hard to recommend this game, because while it's a very unique and novel experience, the price tag is kind of high. $60 is a big gamble on an unknown like this.
01:03:27: Rutskan Tries His Hand at Coding Text Adventure
He's using Inklewriter to tell Dead Adventurer stories, which are part of his Patreon work.
Crash Dot Com
Back in 1999, I rode the dot-com bubble. Got rich. Worked hard. Went crazy. Turned poor. It was fun.
The Terrible New Thing
Fidget spinners are ruining education! We need to... oh, never mind the fad is over. This is not the first time we've had a dumb moral panic.
The Dumbest Cutscene
This is it. This is the dumbest cutscene ever created for a AAA game. It's so bad it's simultaneously hilarious and painful. This is "The Room" of video game cutscenes.
Why Google sucks, and what made me switch to crowdfunding for this site.
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New Yorkers are getting their freak on — behind closed doors.
While BDSM enthusiasts tell Metro they have definitely seen more newcomers to the underground sex scene,
newly released statistics by adult entertainment site YouPorn show New
Yorkers are most exploring their kinky curiosities in the privacy of
their own homes.
According to the numbers, searches for BDSM-related porn on the site are up worldwide, likely due to the explosion of popularity for the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey."
But here in New York, we're searching that kind of porn with the largest spike, at an 89.7 percent increase from April to June of 2012, compared to a worldwide increase of 67 percent, according to YouPorn.
"New Yorkers spanked the competition," YouPorn said of the statistics.
A spokesman for the site said they were able to compile the data using analytic software that could tell which geographic area searches came from.
The news doesn't come as a surprise to people who are embedded in New York's kinky community.
"There has been an uptick on the scene, but you are seeing way more people doing it from home," Bo Blaze, who has been active in New York's BDSM scene for more than 20 years, told Metro. "I would attribute it mostly to New York being an awesome, kinky town, and people here are curious."
New Yorkers are searching for the terms "sex slave" and "master" more than ever, with a 109.2 percent increase and 113.82 percent increase, respectively. The rest of the world is searching for that type of porn, but only at a 78.96 percent and 71.91 percent increase.
The master-slave relationship takes a front seat in the wildly popular "Fifty Shades," which could explain the recent interest.
"No book sells 32 million copies without a cultural shift happening, and New York leads that," Blaze said.
Guy Sanders, a spokesman for the Eulenspiegel Society — New York's oldest BDSM group, which promotes sexual liberation for adults — agreed, adding that the city has historically served as a pioneer when it comes to sexuality.
"The gay pride movement really took force in New York," Sanders said. "New Yorkers are progressive sexually and open sexually and have a tendency to lead the way."
Other terms that porn viewers in New York are searching for at a higher increase compared to the rest of the world include "domination" and "sadism."
Will New Yorkers experiment more?
BDSM enthusiasts told Metro the increase in kinky porn searches could translate into more New Yorkers wanting to experiment with those kind of sexual exploits in real life. Still, they predict the majority of people who enjoy BDSM porn will keep it at a viewing level, rather than a participation level.
"It's definitely going to trickle down, but it will take a while," Blaze said. "It's going to take telling people that there are safe, sane, consensual places where you can learn and you don't even have to do anything."
"I think that some will [eventually participate]," Sanders said. "But you always find that people watch things that they would never do. People like watching gang bangs, but they never really think about doing it themselves."
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Our little household has a new addition by the name of Twinkle. She is a little bossy, quite demanding and has only been here for, well... half a day. Yet already she is expecting to sit at the dinner table, requesting her own car seat and no doubt demands for her own bedroom with en suite will follow if her seven-year-old owner has anything to do with it.
You see, IJ is completely and utterly in love with her (and convinced that she has feelings too). Twinkle was created today at the Build-A-Bear Workshop in Nottingham and has been taking over our household ever since.
We went to try out the bear building experience thanks to Estelle at Publicasity who arranged the visit for us (and thanks to lovely Caroline Smailes who put our name forward). We headed off to the the city with IJ determined to wear her new school shoes and school bag for the occasion. From all the bears on display, IJ managed to choose a frog.
We were made to feel extremely welcome by the staff as we were taken through the stages of the bear/frog-building process from choosing a sound (IJ opted for a lullaby rather than a bark, thankfully) ...
To selecting a beating heart (yes, really) and adding the stuffing...
.... checking the frog for huggability and giving her a quick wash.
Choosing an outfit proved the most challenging part as there was just so much to choose from.
In the end IJ opted for a dress and bright pink shoes rather than a cheer-leading outfit or pyjamas, and went off to the dressing area to create the final look.
After compiling a birth certificate we were able to take Twinkle home and the pair are now inseparable. Already Twinkle has been taken for a walk around the garden in a push chair, attended a picnic, and been read a bedtime story while all the time sitting on a pink, fluffy heart-shaped cushion. I am drawing the line at cooking a separate meal for her.
We thought the whole bear/frog building experience was great fun and Twinkle has proved a huge hit. In our case the end result would have cost just under £40 (we got Twinkle and her accessories free of charge), so for us a visit would have to be reserved for a special occasion although there are cheaper bears available. We would definitely visit again and add to our bear/frog collection. Our visit today has left one little girl very very happy.


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A $21 Trillion Tax Cut
President Bush has proposed a $1.6 trillion tax cut. I would like to suggest that the president modify his tax proposal. He should increase the size of his tax cut to $21 trillion.
Well, it's not really a $21 trillion tax cut. It's a $2.1 trillion tax cut. I got the $21 trillion figure by projecting it for ten years, just as Bush does with his. I don't know why Washington projects these tax cuts for ten years, since federal budgets are only good for one year and can be changed any time thereafter.
But, you say, isn't $2.1 trillion the entire federal budget for one year? Right you are. Let me explain my proposal, using fourth-grade math. [Note: If the following figures are off by a couple billion bucks, blame the OMB press office for not returning my phone call.]
The feds are going to extort $2,084 billion from us this year. But they are only going to spend $1,868 billion. If we eliminate all overpayments, you have a $216 billion tax cut. Now, let me give you back $210 billion more, which is what we pay in interest to those who were silly enough to lend money to the government. This has a side benefit of discouraging anyone from lending to the government again, as well as encouraging sound fiscal policy in the future.
Total tax cut so far—$426 billion.
Let's do some more easy tax cuts. Let's eliminate a bunch of departments we could do without. In the name of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, I hereby abolish:
|Grows no crops.
$19 billion
|Neither makes nor sells merchandise.
$6 billion
|Know anyone educated by the Department of Education?
$34 billion
Jimmy Carter's idea—need I say more?
$17 billion
|Dump the FDA, our most lethal agency. Whatever
else HHS does, it's bad.
$54 billion
Inventor of "the projects"; destroyer of cities.
$37 billion
|An independent nation larger than France.
$9 billion
|Engages in no actual labor.
$12 billion
|Capitol of pork. (Keep the Coast Guard.)
$48 billion
|Corps of Eng
Causes floods. See FEMA.
$4 billion
This agency's a disaster (in dealing with the floods caused
$3 billion
|If you want an important job done badly,
give it to a federal bureaucracy.
$7 billion
|Foreign Aid
Retirement fund for corrupt dictators/ bribing
$11 billion
|Challenger. Need I say more?
$14 billion
|They only waste a billion dollars each year,
but they waste it magnificently.
$1 billion
By eliminating these useless and destructive agencies, we save an additional $276 billion, all of which goes into our tax cut. I still can't believe the gigantic size of the budgets of HUD, HHS, Education, and Transportation. I'd love to spend time detailing how useless and destructive these agencies are. Instead, just see any book by James Bovard.
Total tax cut so far—$702 billion.
The Justice Department/INS spends $20 billion. Cut out all the make-believe crimes like drug possession and failure to file form 57(e), and abolish the DEA, and we can cut their budget down to, say, $7 billion.
Net savings—$13 billion
Total tax cut so far—$715 billion.
The Treasury Department spends $14 billion. First, since we're eliminating all federal taxes, bye, bye, IRS ($8 billion!). Next, abolish the ATF and strip U. S. Customs of its tax-collecting and strip-search functions and save 3 billion. That leaves the Treasury with about $3 billion to do goodness-knows-what.
Net savings—$11 billion
Total tax cut so far—$726 billion
Veteran's Affairs spends $22 billion. They do important work, but they waste a lot of money too. They can get by with $14 billion. If not, we'll raid the huge defense budget—but more about that later.
Net savings—$8 billion.
Total tax cut so far—$734 billion
Medicare and Medicaid (socialized medicine) have greatly harmed the health-care industry. They have caused a tremendous increase in the price of health-care services by artificially inflating demand; they have raised costs by separating consumption from payment; and they have led to the bureaucratization of this vital industry. Like all government programs, they deliver less for more. Scrap them, and we save $342 billion.
Total tax cut so far—$1,076 billion.
Socialism Security impoverishes working people, prevents them from investing in real wealth creation, funds the welfare-warfare state, and makes our parents and grandparents political pawns of the federal government. Scrap this scheme, and we save $438 billion. As Harry Browne suggests, we can sell off government assets and buy annuities for those dependent on Socialism Security and federal pensions (another $80 billion).
Total tax cut so far—$1,594 billion.
Bill Clinton ended welfare as he and Newt knew it, but they did not end welfare as we know it. The federal budget is loaded with redistributionist schemes that don't work for anybody, except for the middle-class bureaucrats who make large salaries staffing them and the politicians who buy votes with them. When you keep your own money, it's called criminal tax evasion; when others want to own your money, they call it an "entitlement."
By providing incentives for people not to work or get married, the welfare state has greatly reinforced the social foundation of the permanent underclass—single-parent families headed mostly by women. It also directly impoverishes people by taxing them and every commodity, good, or service they buy. The poor can no longer afford to have the federal government look after them. True poverty, being that poverty not caused by misguided government programs, is a problem best dealt with at the local level.
There is no space here to prove that government welfare doesn't work. May I suggest a midsummer night's stroll through the South Bronx? For those who would prefer a more abstract lesson, let me just say that the failure of government to solve problems can be explained by just four interrelated ideas that are so simple, you don't have to go to college to learn them. In fact, odds are, you wouldn't learn them in college anyway. I didn't.
First, the private sector is superior to government as a problem-solver because private transactions require the consent of all parties to them. When government interacts with people, there is always at least one party that is forced to participate and that is, therefore, abused and exploited.
Second, private decisions are made by individuals and firms that know more about their particular circumstances than anyone else could possibly know. In contrast, governments cannot know as much about the persons and institutions they deal with and thus are forced to make and enforce arbitrary general rules that apply the same to different people and different circumstances, regardless of the absurd or unjust consequences.
Third, because, in the words of Frederic Bastiat, people are not clay, they always react and respond to the state's use of power against them in ways that result in unintended and negative consequences from the state's point of view, now fashionably called "blowback."
Fourth, the widespread use of state power erodes private morality, as people learn from the state's actions and rationalizations that it is acceptable to use force against others to achieve your goals. Unfortunately, the state and its politicians—corrupt, mendacious, rapacious, lascivious, and ruthless—have become the great moral teachers of our time.
Thus, the government's vaunted power to do good is an illusion. The power that liberals wish to apply to social problems destroys the natural harmony among people that leads to peace and prosperity. People are on their best behavior when they can achieve their goals only by coordinating their plans and goals with willing others. People are at their worst when they can use power to achieve their goals while trampling on the plans, goals, and values of others.
Statists believe that people are too stupid and irresponsible to run their own lives but, paradoxically, are smart enough and intelligent enough to vote for politicians who will appoint the bureaucrats who will tell them how to live. This is the conundrum that underlies our democracy today.
The opposite is true: People in general are capable of managing their own affairs but are utterly incapable of managing the affairs of millions of their fellow citizens and are even less capable of running a global empire. For example, the war on poverty institutionalizes poverty, the war on drugs leads to the use of more dangerous drugs, urban "renewal" causes homelessness, the FDA kills people by depriving them of medicine, the war on racism increases racial tensions, the minimum wage causes unemployment, and on and on and on. Globally, our frequent wars and interventions have led only to more war, the expansion of communism, and, more recently, to the scourge of terrorism. Because the government is not and cannot be a force for good, even liberals should cheer, not fear, the dismantling of the regulatory and welfare state.
Scrap the federal welfare state, and we save $173 billion.
Total tax cut so far—$1,767 billion.
The 2001 budget proposes to spend $288 billion on national "defense." This is a misnomer. Virtually all of this money is spent on our national offense. It is spent to provide us with the wherewithal to fight one and one-half foreign wars and to police the world and intervene in the affairs of countries and regions far, far away, whose ancient antagonisms we do not understand and cannot suppress.
The true nature of our national defense posture has been obfuscated for many years. As for nuclear attack, we have no defense whatsoever. We have no way to stop the bombs from falling, and no reasonable person who doesn't own stock in defense industries believes that we will have such a defense in the near future. Query: Which is easier, (1) figuring out how to shoot nuclear missiles out of the air, or (2) minding our own business so other countries don't want to fire missiles at us? Only a Ph.D. in political science would not be able to answer that question.
The actual risk of a conventional military invasion of the United States has been exaggerated for many decades. The last time a hostile military force invaded one of the United States was 1861 when the Union army invaded Virginia. (Pearl Harbor was an air raid on a colony stolen from the natives.) The United States was never at risk of an invasion from Nazi Germany, and the United States is not now, nor will it be in the near or far future, in danger of an invasion from Communist China. Think about it. Five million Chinese troops—a number not adequate to subdue us—would need five thousand troop ships to convey them six thousand miles to our shores, escorted by the U. S. Air Force, where they would be six thousand miles from the nearest supply depot.
What does threaten our security is our huge stockpile of nuclear weapons. Our strange love of nuclear weapons tempts us into pushing other countries around. These countries put two and two together and conclude that if they had nukes like we do, they could push other countries around as well. The world becomes one big nuclear coming-out party, courtesy of the United States, the only country ever to explode these ghastly weapons with people around.
We can drastically reduce our "defense" spending if we limit spending to our actual defense needs: deterring invasion by a foreign power. We can deter such an invasion and cut defense spending by relying on a militia rather than a standing army. The problem with standing armies is that they don't stand; they march—usually into other countries. Also, since they are supported and controlled by the government, they can be used to suppress and control the people in times of crisis.
Here's my idea. Scrap the million-man army—keeping a small number of technicians to care for the high-tech stuff—and replace it with a fifty million-man militia, as in Switzerland. If you take the number of able-bodied men in America between the ages of eighteen and fifty, and subtract the crazies and wimps, you could have about fifty million men ready to defend the United States from that imaginary, non-existent invasion from the Chinese that will never happen. With each militiaman armed with an assault rifle, pistol, and shotgun (for old times' sake), they should be able to handle that five million-man Chinese army (which would already have been blown out of the water by our streamlined Air Force and Navy somewhere around the Philippine Sea.)
Not only is a militia fully capable of defending the nation from attack—and, therefore, of deterring such a futile attack in the first place—but militias enhance security in other ways as well. Since militias, unlike standing armies, do actually stand and defend, and do not march and invade, they are no threat to the security of other nations. They therefore encourage other nations to de-escalate their own military machines and concerns and reduce the prospect of conventional or nuclear "preemptive strikes."
The other beauty of militias is that they just happen to solve a fundamental political problem. We give the government military power to deter foreign invasion. How do we prevent the evil that characterized the twentieth century, a state's use of the military to tyrannize, exploit, draft, overtax, conscript, and massly murder its own people? The militia system reduces such risk to an absolute minimum by giving the bulk of the military power—grunts on the ground with guns—to the people themselves. I guess the framers of the Second Amendment may have known a thing or two about history and political science after all.
We'll still need a much smaller high-tech professional navy and air force—practice blowing up troop ships, boys—but, with a vastly reduced mission, we can drastically cut the offense budget. I think the military can get by with $70 billion, which is five times as much as China spends. But no more thousand-dollar toilet seats.
Net Savings—$218 billion.
Total tax cut so far—$1,985 billion
Finally, we get to the three branches of government actually authorized by the Constitution. Congress's budget is $3 billion. I've been to the Russell Office building. These people live like kings. No wonder they never leave to go back to the old hometown. How are you going to keep them down on the farm after they've seen D. C.? Give each congressman a $2 million budget—more than they deserve. Round it off to an even billion.
Net Savings—$2 billion
Total tax cut so far—$1,987 billion
The judiciary's budget is $4 billion. Even though resolving disputes is the main rationale for government, their budget is still too high. Since we're getting rid of much of the federal court workload—drug and other imaginary crimes and administrative suits for or against the alphabet-soup agencies—they should be able to get by with $2 billion.
Net Savings—$2 billion
Total tax cut so far—$1,989 billion
The president's own office expense is less than a billion. I know we could gut it with no ill effects. After all, Lincoln ran a military dictatorship with two secretaries. But, it's less than a billion, and if you think I am going to start figuring out fractions of a billion, you're crazy. Round it up to $1 billion.
So, we have whittled the federal budget down to about $100 billion. That amounts to a $2 trillion tax cut. Not bad for one short article. But I promised a 2.1 trillion tax cut; I still owe you another $100 billion.
My idea for achieving that is so simple that no Ph.D. in public administration would ever think of it. A tax is the forcible seizure of private wealth by the state. Taxation violates the Eighth Commandment's ban on theft and violates the individual's natural moral right to own himself and own the products of his own labor. Thus, taxation—contrary to that overrated jurist in a perpetually bad mood, Oliver Wendell Holmes—is incompatible with civilization. What is civilization, after all, but that state of affairs in which human beings deal with one another, not by brute force, but by reason, resulting in a flowering of all the products of reason: culture, science, art, community, economy, and philosophy?
The twentieth century proved, if you were paying any attention, that taxation is the great enemy of civilization. How do you think Hitler paid for that army? With voluntary contributions? How did Stalin pay for the Gulag Archipelago? With bake sales? Ultimately, all the hot, warm, and cold wars and genocides and classicides and nuclearicides of the dismal twentieth century were paid for by taxation. Barbarism is the price we pay for taxation.
Without taxation, how do we raise that $100 billion to fund the restoration of freedom? Here's my plan. All 200 million Americans of voting age would get a statement from the government suggesting that they pay their fair share of the budget. With a budget of $100 billion, that would amount to a mere $500 per person.
I truly believe that the vast majority would send in their money. Some would send in more; some would send in less; some would send in nothing at all. That's OK. That would mean merely that they believe their funds would be better spent elsewhere. If the federal government is unable to convince those people that its good works deserve their support, the government will have to either get the money elsewhere or cut its budget—just like everyone else does. And don't tell me about "free riders." It's my plan that eliminates the free riders: people who live at the expense of unwilling others. Besides, I'd rather have a few "free riders" than have a whole nation of tax slaves (unfree carriers).
The federal government would have a few carrots and sticks to use, however. Though no one would be denied protection of the law for their failure to contribute, there are certain peripheral rights and benefits that could be denied to recalcitrant citizens. First, no pay, no vote. The fairness of that is obvious. We'll exempt people who are absolutely disabled from working and unable to pay. Able-bodied people who are unable to contribute could contribute in-kind services instead of money to fulfill their moral obligation. So, no one can complain that my proposal involves any sort of poll tax.
Second, no pay, no jury trial in civil cases. If you have a civil suit, tell it to the judge! Frankly, I would send my money in. Nonpayers would be charged slightly higher user fees for various services, passports, court filing fees, and so on. Nonpayers would be barred from government employment. These and other gentle inducements could be used to persuade people to contribute. No fundamental rights would be taken away, however, and, if you did not contribute, no IRS agents could have you arrested, seize your assets, or shoot you dead. There would be no taxes!
All in all, though, I think the vast majority will contribute. Remember, most people will be saving thousands of dollars with my $2.1 trillion tax cut. Also, the economy—unburdened by enormous taxes and the numerous bureaucracies we have eliminated—will soar, providing us with far greater resources to pay the measly 500 bucks, the cost of two days' vacation.
So there you have it: a $2.1 trillion tax cut that restores the constitutional republic and dismantles our 140-country, global military empire—the fountain of terrorism, the main stimulus to an insane global nuclear arms race, and the greatest threat to our national security in the twenty-first century.
On April 15th, give your congressmen a taxing experience: E-mail them a copy of this article.


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Hello, I'm an award winning multimedia developer located in the Washington DC area. I hold a B.S. in Game Programming from the University of Advancing Technology.
I work for Cortina Productions in McLean Virginia working on interactives in the museum space primarily using Unity3D. While I am most passionate about developing games using technology like Unity3D, I have spent a considerable amount of time developing for iOS and Android as well as working on front and backend web frameworks.
I have knowledge in a variety of programming languages, sdk's, frameworks and graphics applications.
Gannett needed to create an Oculus Rift experience in Unity3D in less than a month for the opening of the Vail Ski championships. The experience included video files over 2GB in size, download times were a concern. Using the Oculus Rift DK2 meant that keyboard and mouse created a difficult user experience. The project also needed to be templated to suit future projects easily and with the ability to export mouse versions for PC and Mac. Finally, the video quality needed to be high enough that the Rift experience was smooth.
I was able to deliver on every concern in the given timeframe. I programmed a raycast system that fires when the user looks at a button long enough. I developed a simple UI based editor that allows for all the graphics to be replaced, the text information to be updated, the video file references to be changed, and the number of buttons to be easily changed without any programming experience. I also created a simple checkbox to specify whether exports were for mouse or Rift based experience as well as a checkbox for streaming or local videos. I integrated a plugin called AVProQuicktime to ensure the video quality met the needs of the client.link
Endosys needed a new website to reflect the times. The content needed to promote the companies strengths and lead the user experience to contact the business. Images and colors were a key component to make the site stand out and animation needed to make the experience feel smooth and modern. The site needed to work well on mobile as well as desktop.
Using Bootstrap I was able to develop a site that promoted the three main services Endosys offers in two weeks. The site uses high contrast colors and big hero images to make the site engaging and lead the user to the contact section. The site is also responsive so that it works well on phones and can be shown at conferences and other gatherings easily.link
As the primary Technical Art Engineer I was charged with developing over 50 scripts and programs to assist in the development of this massive MMORPG.
One of the bigger issues was that the art team needed a tool to easily update the environment features based on zone and time of day. At the time, artists were editing xml documents and reloading the game client to view their updates, a process which took several minutes per update.
Working with the lead programmer, I was able to develop a C# windows application that worked seamlessly with the game client running side-by-side. I allowed editing in real-time and local mode so that artists could make a series of changes before updating the game client or simply have the game client updated immediately after each change. I developed custom C# controls that were intuitive and easy to use so that artists could visually understand how their environment files were setup. Environments included more than 100 different properties which were all integrated into the application. This tool, among many more, saved the art team a considerable amount of time and headache.
Ultima Forever was a new project which required a lot of prototyping and the development of a new art pipeline. I was tasked with helping devise a system to intuitively and efficiently get art into the game as well as keep the artists workflow efficient.
I developed more than 25 maxscripts and photoshop scripts as well as helped develop the effects tool for ogre3D. Some of those tools included a photoshop script that took massive 2D environment images and split them into zone images for efficient in-game loading, animation exports in maxscript that allowed artists to export animations with tags and timestamps easily without having to click through a long series of dialogs.
activatr is an mobile android application that is intended to solve the problem of sitting for prolonged periods of time. The application allows users to set idle periods that when surpassed without motion qualify as a failure while a minimum motion of 10 paces in that time counts as a success and resets the timer. The application motivates users to stay active throughout the day.
I developed the application from scratch using fragments and designing everything from the ground up. I created the application for Kitkat and up and have plans to continue supporting it in the future, even porting a version to iOS and using the low energy pedometers on new phones as well as integrating the health storage systems built-in to android and iOS.
American Corporate Counsel participates in a yearly conference in which information is disseminated through a series of kiosks available throughout the conference center in Washington DC. The kiosk allows members to print information related to the sessions they will be participating in.
For three consecutive years I developed the kiosk in Macromedia Director integrating a database back-end that allowed users to easily find information related to their sessions. Other information was also available on presenters and sponsors. Finally the kiosk was also available in CD format which was distributed to conference members.


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Compassion is a basic tenet of all major religions, so it's no surprise that the Qur'an forbids cruelty to animals. Despite this, some Muslims choose to observe Eid-al-Adha, or the "Festival of Sacrifice" -- and celebrate the mercy of Allah -- by mercilessly killing animals whose lives are as dear to them as ours are to us. It's a strange and harmful paradox, but it needn't exist. The faithful can choose to reject animal sacrifices and instead show mercy and compassion during Eid simply by eating vegan – that is, by choosing foods derived from fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses, and nuts instead of animals.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad teaches us that "an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as cruelty to a human being", and this is especially true when it comes to what we eat.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad teaches us that "an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as cruelty to a human being."
A growing number of research studies support that compared to meat-eaters, vegans enjoy better overall health and are less prone to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer. Studies in England and Germany, for example, suggest that vegetarians are about 40% less likely to suffer from cancer than meat-eaters are. And a US study that has tracked more than 96,000 participants for over a decade has revealed that, on average, vegetarian men respondents lived 9.5 longer than their meat-eating counterparts; vegetarian women in the study lived 6 years longer on average.
Moving away from the meat industry -- which pollutes our water and air, degrades our land, and squanders resources -- is also one way to ensure that our children do not grow up in a world ravaged by environmental disasters.
And then there is the most compelling reason of all to go vegan: you will be helping to stop the horrific suffering inherent in the production of flesh. The Qur'an tells us that animals are communities and nations unto themselves and that they are more than mere resources. However, animals are treated as nothing more than disposable commodities in today's factory farms, which kill more than billions of living beings each year worldwide. They live in misery and deprivation -- confined to extremely small spaces so that producers can maximize profits -- before finally being crammed onto lorries and shipped to abattoirs where their throats are slit. We know goats, cows, chickens, and other animals have their own personalities and a desire to live, and that they love their babies and mourn them when they're taken away to be processed into a lamb chop or reduced to some other body part. If we value love and compassion, how can we support such cruelty?
By choosing vegan foods during Eid and throughout the year, I'm practicing kindness to myself, the planet, and all living beings.
Adopting a vegan lifestyle is the easiest way for Muslims to live in accordance with the ethical, environmental and health precepts of Islam, which is why I'll be celebrating Eid with my loved ones at a table full of vegan dishes, such as vegetable samosas and pakoras, spinach potato cutlets, dairy-free halwa, falafels and veg dum biryani. By choosing vegan foods during Eid and throughout the year, I'm practicing kindness to myself, the planet, and all living beings. I encourage my fellow Muslims to visit the Animals in Islam website to learn more about the Qur'an's message of kindness to animals.


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A delegation from the Chinese city of Yueqing visited Marysville today to discuss local government issues and tour the city's water treatment facilities.
Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, City Councilmember Steve Muller and city department directors welcomed the delegation and hosted a round table conversation at City Hall. The Chinese delegation included Ye Weiquiong, Deputy Mayor of the Yueqing people's Government; Zhang Qi Gui, Director of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs; Huang Xiaozhong, Director of Development and Reform; Tang Jian Sheng, Director of Water Resources; Fang Liming, Director of Centre District Management; and Lian Zhengjian, Advisor of Hongqiao Town of Yuequing.
The discussion included manufacturing, economy, housing and natural resources. Yueqing is a city with1.3 million residents in eastern China. Delegates described its rainy climate and beautiful geography including mountains and coastline along the East China Sea. The city's local government is focused on industrial competitiveness and quality-of-life investments for its residents. The group then toured the City of Marysville's wastewater and filtration plants and storm water treatment facilities.
Marysville established a Friendship City relationship with Yueqing in 2014 to promote educational and economic opportunities and cultural awareness. A Yueqing delegation previously visited Marysville in April 2015. Both visits were coordinated by Marysville residents Noah Rui and Rachel Erickson-Rui, who serve on the Mayor's Diversity Advisory Committee.


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by Mary Roe
from Signs of the Times, No. 16 - Jan 2005
To reach a considered view of the Government's proposed Gambling Bill, the main thrust of which is to increase by a greater or lesser number the Las Vegas-style casinos throughout the country, we must go beyond our initial gut-reaction either to the morality of gambling per se or to the social effects which gambling has been seen to have on any particular group of people. On the other hand, our thinking is bound to be influenced by our personal faith alignments in the one case and by past experience and observation in the other.
As voting members of a democracy, we need to discern what is the Government's thinking and discover its motivation. Is this Bill an attempt to make life more fun for all of us in Merrie (New Labour) England? Is it perceived as a legitimate way to enhance the prosperity of certain run-down, deprived areas at little or no cost to the tax-payer? Or are we entitled to voice a cynical suspicion that the main purpose is to increase the prosperity of the Treasury and the large, mostly US, companies which are poised to come over and run these new "leisure centres" at the expense of the majority of our citizens?
We need to be honest and well-informed in our predictions of what the effect of these large casinos will be in the communities where they will be set up. I really can't see how we can avoid a massive increase in gambling among those who can least afford to lose even comparatively small sums and the consequent increase in the misery of unmanageable debt incurring homes being re-possessed and children taken into care.
The Government Minister's answer to this suggested scenario (I heard her, on Radio 4) was to say that these casinos would be a move towards greater equality; for too long, in her view, only the rich have been free to gamble away the family fortune while the poor have been denied access to these elite gaming houses! (This statement clearly calls for a separate article on "What do we mean by Equality? - and do we really want it?" - but I'll leave that to someone else for the moment...) I think that the Government will be hard pressed to convince us that they are legislating entirely for the good of the under-privileged in our country, or even for the Common Good.
And where does the Government stand in relation to those who object to gambling on moral grounds, including those who see a vast difference between buying a raffle ticket at the church or hospital fete and irresponsibly staking a week's wages on a matter of chance, as well as those who abhor anything which exalts Lady Luck over our Creator and Provider? In view of the claim of many of our MPs and Tony Blair himself that they are fully committed Christians, the answer to this objection is surprising, to say the least - "O.K., if it will make you happy, we'll build only about a half to two-thirds of the number first planned - so that's all right, then?" Where are we assured, in scripture or traditional ethics, that a sin becomes less sinful - even almost virtuous - in inverse ratio to the number of times it is committed or the number of people affected by it? Is it, therefore, merely a little bit naughty to rob, murder or rape just one person, but a grave sin if we make a habit of it? (Another article on the horizon: "Do the ethics of personal behaviour and those of Politics overlap, and if so, where?")
Like most people, of any faith or none, I am in favour of a secular democratic State especially in a pluralist society such as ours and in view of what we see happening in so-called theocracies. There are no circumstances in which I would seek to criminalise or ban gambling at any level (although certain restrictions could no doubt improve the situation) but I do feel that a self-confessed Christian, such as our Prime Minister is required to do all he can to live up to the confidence expressed in S. Paul's letter to the Romans, ch. 13, that our secular rulers exercise their power under God. For a believer in any of the monotheistic faiths, governments as well as religious leaders should model themselves on the shepherd: good governments do not put themselves and their own interests before those of their humbler flock, but legislate, rather, in favour of the weak and vulnerable. Perhaps we should ask them the question I used to put to my students: "In scripture, what is the first question that a human being asks God?" They were always surprised to realise that it was nothing to do with "How did the world come into being?" or, "Why are we here?" but Cain asking, "Am I my brother's keeper?"
As to the rights and wrongs of the Gambling Bill, we might also remind our legislators that, "By their fruits you shall know them."
Mary Roe is a retired RE teacher, lay reader, widow of a bishop, and member of the MCU Council.


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We are live blogging the keynote speeches at both Discovery 2009 and the Innovators' Summit. On the second day of Discovery, here's what we are covering:
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Ever heard another Gringo ask why Mexico does not refrigerate eggs or has it crossed your mind. It crossed mine but I think I accepted it as just the way it's done here and people don't get sick. There's not much that doesn't get me searching the Internet if I don't understand but this one just didn't catch my attention. To my surprise I run across this article that generally explains the views of the rest of the world. It seems the the USofA is one of the few countries that does refrigerate. I assume Mexico follows the principles of the rest of the world.
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The U.S. is one of the only countries on Earth that keeps chicken eggs in cold storage. But why?
In an elaborate automated process involving in-line conveyor belts, massive egg-scrubbing machinery, high-volume air-filtration systems and – last but not least – chlorine misters, American eggs are washed, rinsed, dried, and sanitized in an effort to remove as much dirt, poop and bacteria as possible, all while leaving the shells intact.
Americans – why do you keep refrigerating your eggs?Or rather, almost intact. When a hen lays an egg, she coats it in a layer of liquid called the cuticle. It dries in just a few minutes, and is incredibly effective at protecting the egg from contamination, providing what European egg marketing regulations describe as "an effective barrier to bacterial ingress with an array of antimicrobial properties." America's egg-washing systems strip eggs of this natural protection. "Such damage," the EU guidelines note, "may favour trans-shell contamination with bacteria and moisture loss and thereby increase the risk to consumers, particularly if subsequent drying and storage conditions are not optimal."


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Dr Julian Lewis: If he [Chris Smith] will make a statement on the preservation of the millennium dome?
[SUPPLEMENTARY:] Given that the dome has cost the country more than £1 million a month since it closed, will the Minister [Janet Anderson] try to prevail on the Prime Minister to reinstate his idea of referring to it in the first line of his general election manifesto? Is not the dome the perfect metaphor for the new Labour Government: flashy on the outside, hollow on the inside and costing the country a fortune long after it has ceased to serve any useful purpose?