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You've seen the diving videos of the Scuba Diver Girls and now you're wondering how to get started with your own adventures. Margo Sanchez, president of the team, shares their secrets.
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Dive shops are always a good hook-up. "Look for your local Suunto dealer dive centers," says Sanchez. "They're usually a great starting point for training, equipment as well as adventure and travel." She adds that dive clubs are another fantastic resource for organized dive trips, group events and making new friends. Meetup.com is also a popular online resource used by many divers to find and join local dive clubs.
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Reiki - Swaffham
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated 12 mi east of King's Lynn and 31 mi west of Norwich. Wikipedia
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Reiki & Rahanni are wonderful Hands on Healing Therapies that aid Relaxation, reduce Stress & many other chronic illnesses. Anyone can learn Reiki/Rahanni or [...]Distance: 10.74 miles.
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Hope it's ok to post this question here, but I'm helping to run a charity quiz night and we would like to have a music round with the usual pop music audio clips. Trouble is, I don't know how to get some clips without having to pay for them! It would defeat the object if it costs money ...
When we did one before, we used the quizgeezer site, but alas that is no longer available
If anyone could give some advice on this, we'd be very grateful
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Oh Max Mosley, you creepy weirdo. After being caught in what the tabloid News Of The World described as a Nazi-style sex orgy, Mosley has been forced to cop to the fact that he loves sadomasochistic group sex. But not Nazi sex. No sir. Mosley said he couldn't imagine anything less erotic than Nazi sex, but because he's Max Mosley, he followed up with yet another bizarre revelation.
In his libel suit against NOTW for publishing the story, Mosely told the judge:
"It's just more - fun is probably the wrong word - but it's much better if accompanied by something which seems to justify what is going on."
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Q: I understand that slicing an apple seems like a simple task, but I would like to read about the most efficient way to slice an apple around its core in one of your columns. Also if you wouldn't mind explaining to me the most efficient way to slice a pineapple around its core for my friend Joey, it would be greatly appreciated.
—Thomas Van Dyke, Hoffman Estates
A: An apple corer is always an option but the wedge-like slices left behind can be pretty thick. I'm not sure if my way of slicing an apple is the most efficient but it works.
1. My mood determines how I peel the apple. If I'm at peace with myself and feeling focused, I will use a vegetable peeler (you could, of course, use a very sharp paring knife) to peel around the apple. I do this to see how long a ribbon I can make of the skin. When life is more hectic, I tend to peel the apple from stem end to base fast and furiously.
2. Stand the apple stem-side up. I halve the apple as close to the center as possible so the knife goes through the core. Then I quarter each half.
3. Holding the knife parallel to the thin edge of each quarter, cut off the core. Other sources call for holding each quarter in your palm, round end down, and using a paring knife to scoop out the core section.
4. Place each de-cored quarter on a cutting board and slice, following the shape of the apple as you go.
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Coring a pineapple? Here's what you should tell Joey:
First I lay the pineapple on its side. I whack off the leafy stalk, then I cut slice off the head and base of the pineapple. I stand the pineapple upright. Using a sharp knife, I slice the skin off the pineapple in sections, working around the pineapple until all the skin is removed. I use the tip of a sharp knife to scoop out any remaining "eyes." I usually cut the fruit away from the core in great big pieces which I can chunk or slice as needed.
Some sources recommend cutting the pineapple into slices and using a knife to cut out the core in each. Your choice.
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Defrag: 32bit apps on 64bit OS, App Compat, Upgrading to Win8
Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to firstname.lastname@example.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.
[01:45] - Is running a 32bit Sysinternals app on a 64bit PC a bad thing.
[02:24] - Longest question in Defrag history. TL;DR: Wobbily Win7 needs flattened.
[06:39] - Accidently deleted Desktop tile in Win8, how to get back.
[07:15] - What is Windows 8N version on MSDN.
[08:13] - Is there a way to make title bars smaller on Windows 8.
[09:33] - Aero transparency stopped working.
[10:55] - Is there a way to have two Windows 8 apps on two different monitors.
[11:35] - Can Windows 8 RP be upgraded to RTM or does it need to be flattened.
[12:26] - Determining app compat. [link]
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[16:20] - Pick of the Week: Making Windows+X in Windows 8 do anything you want.
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Regards the 32-bit/64-bit thing - lots of sysinternals tools do in fact require running the 64-bit version - for example procexp and procmon come to mind, as well as other utilities that require loading temporary drivers into Windows.
The reason you probably haven't noticed is that the 32-bit version of these detects that it's running in WOW64, and so silently drops the 64-bit procexp64 or procmon64 to disk and launches that as 64-bit.
This means that although many sysinternals tools aren't really 64/32-bit agnostic, they pretend to be in a way that is pretty clever.
Just for you to know, I'm running my work laptop that was installed with Windows Vista Enterprise x64 RTM and went through SP1, upgrade to Windows 7 RTM and SP1.
At home, my desktop has Ultimate but went the same path and will be upgraded to Windows 8. Playing with a new UPS corrupted my system drive or it would be from XP to 8.
I don't fell my machines have more problems than people I know that are always installing and resinstalling machines.
[08:13] - Is there a way to make title bars smaller on Windows 8.
the option is now under screen resolution->"make text or items larger or smaller"
This is only 1 example of the horrible UX with Windows 8. For example Win8 also misses the most important setting for non English users ever: Icon spacing
MS removed it because of the ignorance that other languages have different length in their names. becasue of this the texts are truncated on the desktop. But this is the plan of MSFT, damage the desktop to move the user to their fullscreen "the thing which should be no longer called Metro" hell
[09:33] - Aero transparency stopped working.
@Gov, only because you don't understand Aero Glass it should not be disabled. Aero Glass is perfect, because it FOCUSES you on the text, now with the ugly opaque I always look at the title bars instead of the content which is terrible. Again your User Unexperience Team has no idea of good UX
@MagicAndre1981: That will change the text size, but the difference between default size and smallest size is only 3 pixels on the title bar height. I will mention in the show week after next though.
Erm... what's the link to the Win-X Shortcut article?
Altering the Win+X shortcut has been THE most helpful tip for Win8 I've come accross yet..
"%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0" AND
"%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 0" = Beautiful In this menu
It's completely terrible that Microsoft doesn't supply these two options as "Group3" and have the tools as "Group4" As such:
Microsoft please release a windows update to enable/allow that right-click menu to have the small .lnk icons used for shortcuts.
Thanks again for the tip Larry.
That Windows + X trick is neat.
@magicandre I'm afraid I agree with you about the new Windows 8 Aero theme. I really don't care about Aero Glass, in fact, I have it disabled on my Windows 7 install, but the new layout seems like a regression to the XP days.
I don't know if there is a technical reason why Microsoft didn't take the chance to get rid of superflual elements of the UI, like the window border, but using WPF Metro-like apps like MetroTwit, you start to appreciate how simple and unobtrusive the layout can be.
I would like to know if we can upgrade from windows 7 OEM to windows 8 or not? I bought the laptop with windows 7 OEM in Feb 2012. I have already got the Windows 8 iso with me through MSDN premium subscription.


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45. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Jul 1, 2008 8:36 AM (in response to weston.price)
Jonathan, I've added the following interface to the JCA SPI in jboss-integration:
with the methods getEISProductName() and getEISProductVersion(). So you can depend on this interface for AS-5.0.
For AS-4.x support you still need to keep the JcaXAResourceWrapper support.
The JNDI name lookup functionality will be added to a MC bean in the new POJO implementation.
The user can now get basic information about where to look for the source of the error.
Let me know what you think.
46. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjhalliday Jul 15, 2008 10:45 AM (in response to weston.price)
Now that AS trunk uses JBossTS 4.4.0.CR1, the transaction maanger side of the XAResourceRecoveryRegistry is available. The JCA now probably needs updating to register suitable XAResource(s) for any datasources.
Here is a trivial usage example to get you started:
import org.jboss.tm.XAResourceRecovery; import javax.transaction.xa.XAResource; public class TestASXAResourceRecovery implements XAResourceRecovery { public XAResource[] getXAResources() { System.out.println("you should see this on every recovery pass i.e. every two minutes"); return new XAResource[0]; } }
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deployment xmlns="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0"> <bean name="MyConnectionManager" class="TestASXAResourceRecovery"> <install bean="TransactionManager" method="addXAResourceRecovery"> <parameter><this/></parameter> </install> <uninstall bean="TransactionManager" method="removeXAResourceRecovery"> <parameter><this/></parameter> </uninstall> </bean> </deployment>
47. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjhalliday Jul 15, 2008 11:08 AM (in response to weston.price)
"jesper.pedersen" wrote:
Jonathan, I've added the following interface to the JCA SPI in jboss-integration:
with the methods getEISProductName() and getEISProductVersion(). So you can depend on this interface for AS-5.0.
Thanks. When is that actually going into AS 5.0 trunk? I can build the integration module trunk and drop it into the AS by hand, but it's a bit of a pain for testing against.
48. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjhalliday Jul 15, 2008 11:15 AM (in response to weston.price)
Also any reason why it's in the JCA SPI rather than the transactions SPI? XAResource is a transaction thing, not a JCA specific thing. What happens when some non-JCA POJO component wants to use it? JBoss cache may be an example - it's not a JCA connector as far as I know. It makes no odds to me, since JBossTS won't have a compile time dependency on it anyhow, I'm just curious.
49. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Jul 18, 2008 8:36 AM (in response to weston.price)
Thanks for the information, Jonathan.
I have moved XAResourceWrapper to the transaction SPI instead as it can be used by other modules than the JCA implementation. Also I have renamed the methods to make them more non-EIS.
I have started a thread on jboss-development on the integration of the jar files from this module. Once we have agreement on the deployment I'll commit the code for the connector module.
50. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjhalliday Nov 19, 2008 6:48 AM (in response to weston.price)
Hi Jesper
What's the status on this? I don't see the datasource deployers using the new API to register for recovery yet. Is it still planned for AS 5.0.GA or coming later?
51. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Nov 21, 2008 3:31 PM (in response to weston.price)
I currently have it on my TODO for the EAP-5 release
52. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Mar 29, 2010 12:42 PM (in response to jesper.pedersen)
We will go with Adrian's design on this.
We will start with adding the new recover properties to the xa-datasource and thereby create a jboss-ds_5_1.dtd for EAP. These properties will be optional if the specified user/domain doesn't have the permissions needed.
Next will be implementing the XA recovery interface for the deployments and the TxConnectionManager - we will see if we need a property to split the connection manager into a "standard" part and a "recovery" part - more on that later.
I'll update the thread once I have the location for the code and the branch.
Testing this functionality will be a big task - Ivo, you are manually testing the current functionality in the EAP branch, correct ? Have you tried to test against pure Java databases, like Derby ?
53. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryistudens Mar 30, 2010 6:03 AM (in response to jesper.pedersen)
The crash recovery tests are automated in the AS testsuite as an optional task, see testsuite/imports/config/tests-crash-recovery.xml and JBAS-7219. They are included in both, the EAP5 branch and trunk.
Currently, the recovery tests run against selected databases inside the redhat network, namely PostgreSQL 8.2 and 8.3, Oracle 10g and 11g, Sybase 15, DB2 9.7, MSSQL 2005 and 2008, MySQL 5.0 and 5.1, i.e. supported db's for EAP. They don't use Derby at the moment.
The current tests involve only XA-datasource for each supported db in crash recovery and there is a question what other types of JCA XA resources they could involve into the recovery testing. It is subject for discussion.
54. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Mar 30, 2010 10:26 AM (in response to istudens)
Ok, we will go with the current test cases you have for now. But I think it would be a good idea to see if we can get the test automatted as part of the main AS test suite - without depending on the Red Hat network.
Code location
on branch "xaresourcerecovery".
We will move back to svn.jboss.org once the branch is open.
55. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Apr 1, 2010 12:40 PM (in response to weston.price)
Jonathan, what are your plans for TS in EAP ? We are currently at 4.6.1.GA_CP04.
Also I need to lookup the RecoveryManagerService using JMX - or through one of the TM services registered in JMX, since this is the JMX based JCA container.
Any API to do that - or it is a "Feature Request" for the RecoveryManagerService implementation ?
For the new JCA container we will just inject the RecoveryManager bean... but we can discuss that once we get to it.
56. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Apr 5, 2010 9:13 AM (in response to jesper.pedersen)
[09:00] <jhalliday> I don't follow why you need a handle on the RecoveryManagerService in the 5 branch, since it does not exist there.
[09:01] <jpederse> jhalliday: so you don't plan to update the EAP branch to 4.9.0+ ?
[09:01] <jhalliday> no
[09:02] <jpederse> jhalliday: so where is XAResourceRecovery and XAResourceRecoveryRegistry implemented ?
[09:05] <jhalliday> TransactionManagerService.addXAResourceRecovery
57. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Apr 7, 2010 1:48 PM (in response to jesper.pedersen)
Jonathan, the addXAResourceRecovery() / removeXAResourceRecovery() methods are not exposed through JMX on jboss:service=TransactionManager.
Could you add those ?
58. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjhalliday Apr 8, 2010 6:40 AM (in response to jesper.pedersen)
huh? Why do you need JMX access to them? AS 5 is MC based - just inject the TransactionManager bean and cast to XAResourceRecoveryRegistry
59. Re: JcaXAResourceRecoveryjesper.pedersen Apr 8, 2010 7:42 AM (in response to jhalliday)
Yeah, but the JCA container is still based on the old JMX kernel, so the only thing I have access to in the component is the ObjectName.


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NEC Computers has launched a kit that will allow IT administrators to quickly "downgrade" machines running Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional.
Known as NEC FlexLoad, the kit is comprised of two DVDs, and is now included in its Versa notebooks and PowerMate desktops ranges for the EMEA region.
"We still offer NEC computers running XP as an option for customers," said David Newbould, UK product marketing manager. "However, NEC FlexLoad is designed for XP users who may want to upgrade to Vista in the future."
NEC Computers, like other PC makers, will not be able offer XP on new machines from the summer (except for orders of 50 plus).
"The user can burn the recovery data from the Vista machine so they can load it in the future," Newbould told Techworld. "They then run FlexLoad, which is bespoke software. It converts the machine to XP using the second DVD."
"The machine is licensed to run Vista, but is now running XP," he added. "When the customer wants to run Vista, they can take the burned DVD and can reinstall Vista. This solution also allows customers to downgrade to XP after the summer deadline."
NEC says the downgrade can be accomplished by the administrator without any specific technical skills within 15 minutes.
NEC does not directly address the consumer market, but rather sells into the business and public sector, including education. For customers purchasing a Versa notebook and PowerMate desktop, there is a small charge of AUD$15 for NEC FlexLoad. It can be acquired separately, but existing Versa and PowerMate users will be charged $22.
Back in September last year, Microsoft allowed users fed up with running Windows Vista Business or Windows Ultimate to ditch Vista for Windows XP Pro.
Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo are just a few of the system manufacturers offering downgrades. Each of these PC makers offer an XP Pro recovery disc to those who request one that can be used to revert a Vista machine to XP Pro.
"Customer demand for this (Vista downgrade) varies," said Newbould. "Generally speaking, large corporates are slower moving towards Vista, than the SMB market." A small amount of customers are reportedly waiting for Windows 7, missing Windows Vista entirely.
Since Vista was launched 14 months ago, it has sold more than 100 million licences (as of 9 January), but many businesses and government agencies have delayed the move to Vista. British schools were recently advised by a government agency not to upgrade to Microsoft's Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite.
Forrester Research revealed last November that businesses were continuing to avoid Vista, as continued loyalty to XP remained a bigger hindrance to Windows Vista sales than Mac OS X and Linux.


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The Beijing authorities are obsessed with the 2008 Olympic Games – which don't begin until August. You cannot turn your head in this city without one of the five "Fuwa" Olympic mascots smiling at you from a billboard, open a newspaper without reading an Olympics-related story, or turn on the television without seeing a proud promotional clip of Olympic venues. But the Games are a double-edged sword, offering China a chance to show off its prowess – and focusing critical attention on its failings, reports staff writer Peter Ford.
What does China get out of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?
An unprecedented opportunity to shine in the international spotlight for an intense three weeks. The Chinese government is treating the Games as a symbolic end to 150 years of humiliation by outside powers and a confirmation of its status as a global power to be reckoned with. Immensely proud of their 5,000-year-plus civilization, the Chinese also hope to show the rest of the world another side of their country than its economic miracle.
Successful Games would be a powerful antidote to the sort of negative press China has been suffering for the past nine months or so, which has drawn attention to poor food quality and other product safety regulations. And whether they are successful or not, the Games have already provided a strong boost to Beijing's economy.
And when the Games are over, officials are desperately hoping (though they won't say publicly) that China will have sneaked past the United States to top the gold medal tally. In Athens four years ago, Chinese athletes won 32 golds to America's 35.
Has the prospect of hosting the Games widened political freedoms in China or improved other aspects of life?
Far from heralding a relaxation, the 2008 Games have actually led to increased repression, according to international human rights group Amnesty International. Beijing had promised improvements in its human rights record, but the head of Amnesty's German chapter said in December that she expected to see "an increase in harassment, detentions, and people placed under house arrest ahead of the Games."
That is because Beijing officials are anxious to present a facade of harmony to the world and its journalists. The government is expected to try even harder than usual to keep anybody who might disturb that image – protesters against religious repression, Tibetan rights activists, or AIDS patients complaining about inadequate government care – out of sight.
Foreign journalists have been told they will be free to report anything from China, but local reporters are still subject to strict censorship.
Opponents of the Beijing government will undoubtedly use the Olympics, and the presence of 10,000 foreign media personnel, to try to publicize their causes. The Chinese police will undoubtedly try to stop them. Expect cat-and-mouse games outside the sports venues.
Still, Beijing residents are enjoying somewhat cleaner air as authorities struggle to reduce pollution ahead of the Games. "That's a real sign of international criteria interacting with a developing nation and requiring a shift of consciousness," says Martin Jacques, a London-based writer on Chinese affairs.
Will the Games be a success?
On the architectural and civil engineering front, China's preparations for the 2008 Games have won nothing but praise from the International Olympic Committee: the "bird's nest" Olympic stadium is spectacular and all construction work is on – or ahead of – schedule.
But if the authorities are good at the hardware, they are not so good at the software, say longtime residents. There are reasons to wonder how well they will handle visitors and the sorts of problems they will pose. This is not a society where ordinary people are encouraged to spontaneously take the initiative to solve a difficulty, which is what Olympic volunteers normally do at the Games to iron out local wrinkles.
Tourists might also suffer from sticker shock: Some hoteliers are planning to increase their room rates by as much as 1,000 percent during the Games. A spokeswoman for the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) says customers should haggle to avoid "exorbitant" rates.
Perhaps the most worrisome problem Olympic organizers face is air quality. By taking cars off the roads, closing factories, and halting all construction work, the government hopes to improve Beijing's notorious pollution. But IOC officials have said they will consider postponing athletic events if the air is too dirty on competition day. To the Chinese, that would represent a considerable loss of face.
How will China deal with threats of boycotts over issues such as Darfur?
Officially Beijing is ignoring them, except occasionally to dismiss them as inappropriate. But at the same time, "the Chinese government does not want any problems for their Games – they deeply want to avoid it," as John Lucas, a prominent Olympic historian puts it.
One of the results: Although protesters are keeping the public pressure on Beijing over Darfur, Western diplomats say China has in fact been helpful in pressuring the Sudanese government for the past year or so.
The authorities are confident that outright boycott campaigns will fizzle, and they are probably right. But they do not want China to be a pariah at Games time, which gives pressure groups some leverage. And there is nothing Beijing can do about the novel Olympics symbols that are springing up to highlight the repressive nature of the Chinese government – five rings of barbed wire in an Amnesty poster, five interlocking handcuffs in a campaign by Reporters Without Borders. [Editor's note: The original version misstated the name of Reporters Without Borders.]
How is the rest of the world viewing China's role as Olympics host?
China's international detractors and boosters alike are curious about how the Games will turn out in a country where so much of what is happening is unprecedented.
Many in the West are angry that China is being given a chance to burnish its international image without improving its human rights record. "The IOC ought to be using this opportunity to put pressure on the Chinese government ... but that hasn't happened," complains Robert Evans, a British Labour Party member of the European Parliament.
Especially in the United States, perceptions of China and the Games have been soured by the bad news about China that people are paying attention to because of the Games, such as recent food and toy-safety scandals, environmental disasters, or China's military buildup.
"It has gradually dawned on people that it is not all about a shiny new China," says Oded Shenkar, a China specialist at Ohio State University in Columbus.
At the same time, the Olympics are as symbolic to the outside world as they are to Beijing of China's regained status. However critical foreigners are, Mr. Jacques points out, "China is a rising power, and people don't want to be left out of the action."
Mark Rice-Oxley contributed reporting from London.


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- Writers: Chicago named Mexican drug cartel leader "Public Enemy No. 1"
- They say stopping flow of drug money more effective than arresting criminals
- Writers: Criminals use anonymous corporations in U.S. for money laundering
- Writers: Proposed law will no longer allow owners to hide, thus money can be tracked
Last winter, the Chicago Crime Commission and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration named Mexican billionaire Guzman Loera the city's "Public Enemy No. 1." Also known as "Shorty," Guzman heads the world's largest narcotics operation, the infamous Sinaloa cartel, and allegedly pushes 1,500 to 2,000 kilograms of cocaine through Chicago each month.
The commission's executive vice president, Arthur Bilek, said "because of the direct link between the violence of the street gangs and the narcotics business, it can be said that Guzman's fingerprints are on the guns used in many of the shootings plaguing Chicago today."
We don't know if Guzman has ever been in Chicago, but The New York Times magazine reported he calls Chicago his cartel's "home port." The head of the city's DEA's office, Jack Riley, says the Sinaloa cartel causes so much havoc in Chicago that Guzman deserves the title.
The only other time Chicago police took the step of designating a Public Enemy No. 1 was in 1930, when it targeted Al Capone. The gangster used the city as the hub for his various illegal activities, and authorized violent crimes to enforce his rule. Yet when law enforcement managed to put Capone behind bars, it wasn't for his brutal acts. The only serious offense they could make stick was Capone's income tax evasion.
Crimes have changed with the times. Today, suspected drug lords like Guzman and Zeta cartel boss Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, captured this summer, are able to control U.S. drug markets from almost anywhere in the world. Although capturing such men is undoubtedly a good thing, it's not likely to be enough to stop the booming drug trade in the United States.
We believe that the solution to ending Guzman's reign of terror is to put the cartel he leads out of business by stopping its ability to move money. Just as they did with Capone, law enforcement must be able to track the illicit money.
In a report released earlier this year, "The Buck Stops Here: Improving U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Practices," the bipartisan U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control stressed the importance of cracking down on money laundering in curtailing the illicit drug trade.
Money laundering is the process of disguising funds derived from illicit activities, like narcotic sales, to give the appearance that the money originated from a legitimate source -- something like trucking, real estate or the fictional Tony Soprano's "Barone Sanitation."
A widely used method uses anonymous shell companies, which can legally have hidden owners. These are sham companies whose "real" or "beneficial" owners -- in this case potentially Guzman or another member of the Sinaloa -- are never named. Instead, it is perfectly legal for so-called "nominees" to sign all of the paperwork. A bank account can be opened in the shell company's name. If criminal activity is suspected, it is almost impossible to link to the real owner.
Help for law enforcement might be on its way in the form of a bill called the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, which was introduced Thursday in the House. It has already been introduced in Congress by Sens. Carl Levin, Chuck Grassley, Dianne Feinstein and Tom Harkin. It would require companies to disclose their real owners upon incorporation and would be invaluable for tying criminals to their illicit activities and profits.
Even though it applies only to U.S. companies, the bill would have global ramifications. The U.S. is one of the most popular places in the world for incorporating shell companies, because it's so easy.
We don't know if Guzman uses U.S. companies. But it's essential to find out. Other hardened criminals have done so -- for example, the Russian "Merchant of Death" Victor Bout used a global network of shell companies to move the funds of his international outfit, which authorities say provided weapons used to fuel conflicts throughout Africa, South America and the Middle East. At least 12 shell companies in Texas, Florida and Delaware have been linked to him.
In order to end the addiction and homicide that accompany the narcotics trade in the United States, we must disarm the mechanisms that support it. By abolishing anonymous shell corporations, we can bring down the curtain on an era in which drug dealers, weapons traders, income tax evaders and others are able to exploit our financial system for their crimes.
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Beartooth Summer Session 3: Dates Announced
Don't despair, your ski days are not as limited as you may think. ON3P is back with the Beartooth Summer Session for the third year in a row.
The Beartooth Summer Session is a multi-day, summer freeskiing event and big-mountain/slopestyle competition. Set to occur Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 to Sunday, June 9th, 2013, the event will take place at Beartooth Basin Ski Area (formerly Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp). Located on the Montana/Wyoming border, Beartooth Basin Ski Area features two high-speed poma lifts, steeps, chutes, cornices, and a terrain park, offering a summer skiing experience unlike any other in North America.
The big-mountain/slopestyle competition will take place Saturday, June 8th, 2013, and includes both amateur and pro divisions skiing top-to-bottom laps on a course featuring everything from cornice drops to park jumps and rails.
ON3P will have skis available for a free demo that is open to the public. Lift tickets will be available for only $40 to session attendees.
For more information, including lodging options, competition registration, and the lineup of riders, visit beartoothsummersession.com.
Check out a gallery from last year's event. And read our coverage of the competition: Part One and Part Deux.


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North America Nebula (IRAC + DSS)
This new view of the North America nebula combines both visible and infrared light observations, taken by the Digitized Sky Survey and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, respectively, into a single vivid picture.
North America Nebula (IRAC)
This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America, but in this new infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the continent disappears.
North America Nebula (IRAC + MIPS)
This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America, but in this new infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the continent disappears.
Snowflake Cluster
Newborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the Christmas Tree Cluster from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, created in joint effort between Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) instruments.
Most of the visible light from the young stars in this region is obscured by the dense, dusty cloud in which they formed. With NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists can detect the infrared light from these objects. This allows a look through the dust to gain a more detailed understanding of how stars like our sun begin their lives.
Large Magellanic Cloud
This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
Carina Nebula
This is the "South Pillar" region of the star-forming region called the Carina Nebula. Like cracking open a watermelon and finding its seeds, the infrared telescope "busted open" this murky cloud to reveal star embryos tucked inside finger-like pillars of thick dust.
Triangulum Galaxy
This image is a blend of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's M33 image and another taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. M33, one of our closest galactic neighbors, is about 2.9 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum, part of what's known as our Local Group of galaxies.
Rho Ophiuchi
Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth.
The Sword of Orion
This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Orion nebula, our closest massive star-making factory, 1,450 light-years from Earth. The nebula is close enough to appear to the naked eye as a fuzzy star in the sword of the popular hunter constellation.
The Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Research from Spitzer has revealed that this outer red zone lacks organic molecules present in the rest of the galaxy. The red and blue spots outside of the spiral galaxy are either foreground stars or more distant galaxies.
Milky Way Galactic Center
This dazzling infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core of our spiral Milky Way galaxy. In visible-light pictures, this region cannot be seen at all because dust lying between Earth and the galactic center blocks our view.
Pleiades Cluster
The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Clouds of dust sweep around the stars, swaddling them in a cushiony veil.
Helix Nebula
This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.
Soul Nebula
W5 spans an area of sky equivalent to four full moons and is about 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The Spitzer picture was taken over a period of 24 hours.
Small Magellanic Cloud
The infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals the stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. The Small Magellanic Cloud is a nearby satellite galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, approximately 200,000 light-years away.
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a new, infrared view of the choppy star-making cloud called M17, also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula.


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America's NSA 'in bed with' Germany and most others: Snowden
America's National Security Agency works closely with Germany and other Western states on a 'no questions asked'-basis, former NSA employee Edward Snowden said in comments that undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel's indignant talk of "Cold War" tactics.
"They are in bed with the Germans, just like with most other Western states," German magazine Der Spiegel quotes him as saying in an interview published on Sunday that was carried out before he fled to Hong Kong in May and divulged details of extensive secret U.S. surveillance.
"Other agencies don't ask us where we got the information from and we don't ask them. That way they can protect their top politicians from the backlash in case it emerges how massively people's privacy is abused worldwide," he said.
His comments about cooperation with governments overseas, which he said were led by the NSA's Foreign Affairs Directorate, appear to contradict the German government's show of surprise at the scale of the U.S. electronic snooping.
Germany has demanded explanations for Snowden's allegations of large-scale spying by the NSA, and by Britain via a programme codenamed 'Tempora', on their allies including Germany and other European Union states, as well as EU institutions and embassies.
Chancellor Angela Merkel pointed out during President Barack Obama's recent visit that Germany had avoided terrorist attacks thanks to information from allies. But she says there must be limits to the intrusion on privacy and wants this discussed next week in parallel with the start of EU-U.S. free trade talks.
Berlin has alluded repeatedly to "Cold War" tactics - Merkel used the term again on Saturday at a political rally - and has said spying on friends is unacceptable. Her spokesman has said a transatlantic trade deal requires a level of "mutual trust".
The domestic intelligence chief has said he knew nothing of such widespread surveillance by the NSA. But German opposition parties - with an eye on September's federal election - insist that somebody in Merkel's office, where the German intelligence agencies are coordinated, must have known what was going on.
The government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Der Spiegel report, which follows a report last week in French daily Le Monde saying France also had an extensive surveillance programme.
Der Spiegel has reported that on an average day, the NSA monitored about 20 million German phone connections and 10 million internet data sets, rising to 60 million phone connections on busy days.
Germans are particularly sensitive about eavesdropping because of the intrusive surveillance in the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) and during the Nazi era.
Snowden, a U.S. citizen, fled in May a few weeks before the details he provided about the NSA were published and is believed to have been holed up in Moscow airport since June 23.
Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of the secret U.S. spy programs.
Der Spiegel said the interview was conducted while Snowden was living in Hawaii, via encrypted emails with U.S. documentary maker Laura Poitras and hacker Jacob Appelbaum.
Snowden told them that America's closest allies sometimes went even further than the NSA in their zeal for gathering data.
The Tempora programme of Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping agency is known in the intelligence world as a "full take".
"It sucks up all information, no matter where it comes from and which laws are broken," Snowden said. "If you send a data packet and goes through Britain, we'll get it. If you download anything, and the server is in Britain, we'll get it."
If the NSA is ordered to target an individual, it virtually take over that person's data "so the target's computer no longer belongs to him, it more or less belongs to the U.S. government".
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It has been well designed to include gaps in the case for easy access to the iPad's ports, and includes holes for the iPad 2's camera. Frustratingly, a number of other cases neglect to include these holes, meaning that we had to remove the iPad before using the cameras. Not so with the Kensington KeyFolio Pro Performance Keyboard Case for iPad 2 Wireless Keyboard.
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Sitting here in a new home base in Lisbon, in beautiful weather, I have unfortunately managed to hit a very unexpected and (for the moment) massive wall of traveler's blues - a road-weary feeling that hasn't occurred since a few dark and wet nights in Amsterdam last fall.
As such, some reflections seem necessary on what makes up the good life - ideas and items which I've either learned or had reinforced in the past year. I'll leave out the obvious (family, friends, charity) and the intimate.
- fish
- stroopwafels
- (but stay away from fish-flavoured stroopwafels)
- wine
- Guinness
- real tea
- garlic
- Spanish coffee
- ginger
- pizza
- fennel
- less vitamins
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- dogs
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- beaches
- cities that have a Time Out magazine devoted to them (there are 56 of them)
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- a bike
- Skype
- a train
- more time
- less excuses
- an effort
- more meals with your partner
- one new place per year, minimum
- old relatives
- neighbourhood shop owners
- urban parks
- less reality TV
- The Daily Show
- gas prices less
- Cirque du Soleil
- live music
- stay up till 5am very occasionally
- less texting
- more calling
- take pictures of your current hometown
- comment on your favourite blogs (the authors like hearing from you)
- learn other languages
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- U2 (pre-mid-90s)
- Marvin Gaye
- iTunes Radio
- Alain de Botton's books
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The Hospital Interphone system was field tested near Boston and went into production in the mid-1960s. The white set was a patient set used in small hospitals. It has 2 keys for directly accessing local and toll lines, which are not present in the model used in larger hospitals with PBX operators.
The Executive Keyset was tested in the field, but never produced in volume. It was also made in a model without speakerphone. The handset was placed over the dial, like a Princess set, so the set could be shorter from front to back and save desk space. I'm looking for one of those!
The third set was apparently used at a Telco operator workstation. It has no model number. There are a number of status lamps on the panel, which are wired directly to the mounting cord. They were driven by external logic. Lights indicated whether the call was dialed as "operator" or "directory assistance." The switch near the dial could put the station in idle mode when the operator was not on duty.
There are photos of many related sets on the Development Timelines pages of my site.


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- Did the composition of the component affect its performance?
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Master of Science in Bioinformatics (Bioscience Engineering)
Course content
Recent technological advances have dramatically changed our view on life science research and have turned biology in a data-driven science. It is in this context that bioinformatics, a booming interdisciplinary field, has evolved from a new research domain to a basic discipline in only 15 years. Bioinformatics aims at gaining a better and preferentially more quantitative molecular understanding of cellular processes by integrating and modeling large amounts of molecular data.
Therefore, if ...
- you like problem solving through data analysis and data mining,
- you are intrigued by understanding and modeling complex biological processes,
- you want to make biological discoveries by decoding big data,
- you like working in an interdisciplinary environment,
... then bioinformatics is something for you.
As a bioinformatician you will become an interdisciplinary scientist or engineer who can develop or use state-of-the art statistical and computer science techniques to mine molecular data in order to answer fundamental or applied biological and biomedical questions. Ghent University offers an interfaculty Master of Science in Bioinformatics programme, which - depending on the chosen track - can result in an Engineering or Bioscience Engineering degree.
The programme
- offers a track tuned toward your specific interests and background that prepares you for different job profiles in the bioinformatics domain (respectively bioinformatics scientist and bioinformatics engineer);
- offers both theoretical deepening and data analytical/ problem solving skills;
- is embedded in a strong bioinformatics and biotechnology research environment, located at the Faculty of Sciences, Medicine, Bioscience Engineering and Engineering and Architecture and is affiliated with the VIB and IMEC.
Course structure
Master of Science in Bioinformatics: Engineering
With a bachelor degree in Engineering or Computer Science, you have the optimal background to become a bioinformatics engineer.
As bioinformatics engineer, you are skilled in developing new algorithms and complex software implementations, primarily focusing on, but equally applicable outside the bioinformatics domain. You will follow a module of 'biologically oriented' courses (9 credits) that will provide you with the basic domain knowledge to understand a data-driven biological problem. However, the major part of your curriculum (engineering module of 42 credits) will focus on advanced engineering and computer science techniques that elaborate on an already advanced knowledge obtained during your bachelor. The applied bioinformatics module (33 credits) will make you familiar with the data specificities of the bioinformatics domain (preprocessing techniques, noise and potential biases, assumptions etc.) and allow you to acquire the essential interdisciplinary skill set that is needed to be successful in modern science and engineering. The master thesis corresponds to 30 credits and focuses on a research topic. Within your programme, you have the opportunity to do an internship in order to become familiar with the role and expectations of a bioinformatics engineer in the industry or a governmental institution.
Master of Science in Bioinformatics: Systems Biology / Master of Science in Bioinformatics: Bioscience Engineering
With a bachelor degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or in Bioscience Engineering, you can decide to become a bioinformatics scientist/bioengineer. A bioinformatics scientists applies (bio)informatics tools and techniques to understand a biological system or to solve an innovative research question. You are trained as a problem solver who can creatively and efficiently combine bioinformatics tools and algorithms to analyse, integrate and model data. Having the essential programming and data analysis skills requires a deep understanding of statistics, programming and data analytical techniques (applied mathematics and informatics module of 21 credits). The applied bioinformatics module (33 credits) will make you familiar with the basic data analytical methods (e.g. NGS analysis), help you to acquire interdisciplinary skill sets and illustrate how theoretical concepts of statistics and data mining are used to build bioinformatics tools.
The difference between the Bioscience Engineering and the Systems Biology track is that the former deepens the engineering skills (Bioscience Engineering track of 23 credits), whereas the Systems Biology track (30 credits) pays more attention to advanced (systems) biological knowledge. The master thesis corresponds to 30 credits and focuses on a research topic. Within your programme, you have to opportunity to do an internship in order to get familiar with the role and expectations of a bioinformatics scientist in the industry or a governmental institution.
Career perspectives
Technological advances have turned biology in a data-driven science. The avalanche of molecular data enables key discoveries in biology, ecology and molecular evolution, drives innovation in biotech and pharma industry and supports medical and governmental decision making. However, the power of using these data for innovation depends on interdisciplinary skills to analyse, integrate and interpret the data. There is thus an urgent need for bioinformatics scientists and engineers with an interdisciplinary mind set. Currently a large discrepancy exists between the exponential increase of biological data (28% each year) and the number of newly educated bioinformaticians (increase of only 5,8%) who typically find a job in agro, biotech and pharma industry, in research and governmental institutes, and in genetic centra and hospitals. Because of their interdisciplinary and analytical skill sets bioinformaticians also find their way in consultancy, in spin offs and in data analytics.


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Donny Deutsch Boldly Defends 'Sugar Babies'
The Today Show discussed "sugar babies" today, young hotties who date rich old guys for money. Rich old guy Donny Deutsch is in favor of the phenomenon. His impassioned defense transforms Star Jones into a kettle of boiling water, steaming and screaming in horror.
Deutsch is pro-sugarbaby, but notes that his daughters "will never do this" because he is raising them "privileged." Then he describes a rich friend who gets to third base with a cash-strapped hottie on a regular basis and is totally loving it, which Deutsch thinks is awesome. Which, well, at least he doesn't lie. [Buzzfeed]


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Sometimes you just have to let go.
It may well be that your ex didn't appreciate the glory that is you. It may well be that your former lover is, at heart, a sinking vessel of self-loathing and delusion.
But it really isn't worth setting up a fake Facebook account, then posting nasty messages on your real Facebook account from your fake Facebook account, then accusing your ex's lover of being the poster.
I mention this merely because that is the strategy of which Cheryl Nelson of Grand Rapids, Mich., stands accused.
As Michigan's MLive reports, the alleged fake Facebook account was set up using the personal details of Nelson's ex-boyfriend, Kevin Haarsma.
Messages of a threatening nature were allegedly posted from it, purportedly from his new lover.
Police say that the next step in the scheme was that Nelson reported these messages (and other supposed letters pinned to her door) to the police.
However, the forces of the law don't buckle under mere impressions. They obtained a warrant in order to examine Nelson's computer equipment. This allegedly revealed that the threatening messages had actually been posted from there.
As Kent County Sheriff's Detective Jason Russo told MLive: "Evidence shows that Nelson used her computer to set up false Facebook accounts using Kevin Haarsma's personal information. Nelson used this account to make it appear that she was being stalked and harassed by Kevin's new girlfriend by posting threatening messages."
Russo also claimed Nelson confessed that she was moved to these actions because she couldn't give up her relationship with Haarsma.
Trying to crawl after an ex-lover rarely works. It merely makes them feel good about their new situation. It merely makes them feel like they can have you back at a moment's notice. Or even in the time it takes to compose a Facebook message.
Love isn't a thing of charm and beauty. It's a competition.
Now the distraught Nelson is charged with falsely reporting a felony and unlawfully posting a message.
How things might have been different if, instead of posting these alleged threats, she had posted pictures of herself with a younger, more gorgeous, more successful man on a glorious beach.
Ex-lovers are notoriously jealous, you see.


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September 11, 2020Afghanistan
The Center for Preventive Action has compiled an accessible overview of the Afghan peace negotiations, including the U.S.-Taliban agreement, the U.S.-Afghan government joint declaration, and the ongo…
August 18, 2020Conflict Prevention
The Center for Preventive Action has created this resource for those seeking information and analysis about the effects of COVID-19 on peace and conflict.
June 21, 2019Election 2020
The Democratic field could touch on a number of foreign policy issues, from climate change to Iran, during its first prime-time sparring session.
January 17, 2019Russia
A move to block sanctions relief has been defeated, averting a likely spike in global aluminum prices but also spotlighting the tough road ahead for Congress in shaping policy on Russia.
October 21, 2018United States
Even calculating for the rising threat from China, leaving the INF puts the United States in a worse strategic position than if it were to stay in.
November 26, 2018United States
In 2018, CFR once again hosted high-level discussions of global affairs, from U.S. election security to the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry to the artificial intelligence race.
June 15, 2018Russia
If the President wants to use an arms build-up to advance arms control, he should take his cues from the Reagan record.
August 30, 2017United States
The ouster of Stephen Bannon as White House senior strategist has removed the most visible link between President Donald Trump and his populist base. But the nationalist worldview that candidate Trum…
August 3, 2017Immigration and Migration
In his successful election campaign last year, Donald Trump tapped into a genuine and serious set of concerns among many Americans about the impacts of both trade and immigration on their economic we…


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Lazarus Awakening: Finding Your Place in the Heart of God (Paperback)
Now includes a bonus chapter!
For many of us, moving the truth of God's love from our heads to our hearts is a lifelong process.
You believe that God loves the world…
but sometimes you wonder if He truly loves you.
In Lazarus Awakening, the final book in her life-changing Bethany trilogy, Joanna Weaver invites you to experience a divine shift in how you view your relationship with God.
Shattering spiritual formulas for performance-driven faith, Lazarus Awakening clears a path to sweet intimacy with Jesus. You'll encounter the story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in a fresh way as you open your heart to the truth that you are cherished—apart from anything you accomplish, apart from anything you bring. Just as He called Lazarus forth to new life, Jesus wants to free you to live fully in the light of His love, unhindered by fear, regret, or self-condemnation.
This edition includes:
• a bible study guide for both individual reflection and group discussion
• a bonus chapter on laying aside everything that hinders your life with Jesus
• tools and resources for living fully and freely as God's beloved
No more graveclothes, no more tombs… Love is calling your name.
About the Author
Joanna Weaver is the best-selling author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, Having a Mary Spirit, and the award-winning gift book With This Ring. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Focus on the Family, In Touch, Guideposts, and HomeLife. Joanna and her pastor-husband, John, have three children and live in Montana. Visit her website at www.JoannaWeaverBooks.com.
Praise For…
Praise for Lazarus Awakening
"Joanna Weaver has done it again! By revealing the profound love Jesus had for Lazarus and the shocking "life-after-death-on-earth" He lavished on His friend, she skillfully points the reader to a vibrant choice—ABUNDANT LIFE! If you long to wake up to God's unrestricted mercy, unconditional love, and supernatural power, read this book! Joanna reminds us: 'Grave clothes consist of layers.' You can experience a true awakening if you embrace the process!"
—Carol Kent, Speaker and author of Between a Rock and a Grace Place
"I needed to read this book. You need to read this book. Sometimes we can get stuck in sin sickness, living a Christian life that is neither glorious or free. Joanna Weaver reminds us of all that Jesus offers us when we step out of the tomb of our own making into the joyous life he has created us for. Lazarus Awakening awakened something in me."
—Susanna Foth Aughtmon author of My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself: The Tired Supergirl's Search for Truth
"Joanna Weaver has given us two insightful books about some of Jesus' closest friends—Martha and Mary. Lazarus Awakening completes the trilogy by taking an inspiring look at the life of their brother Lazarus. A closer look at his story will help you draw closer to Christ as his intimate friend. I recommend it."
—Ann Spangler, author of Praying the Names of God
"The word that wouldn't leave me when reading Lazarus Awakening is 'deep'. Joanna Weaver's words are rooted deep in Scripture, they dove deep into my heart, and they deeply impacted my emotions as I've come to a better understanding that Jesus loves me because of who I am, not what I've done. I cried many tears through these pages, as my own questions were tackled, my own fears revealed. In the end, I've come away with a deeper understand of what it means to be loved by God. I am blessed. I am loved, and Jesus means more to me than ever before. High recommended."
—Tricia Goyer author of 25 books, including Blue Like Play Dough
"I sat down to read Lazarus Awakening and quickly realized this wasn't going to be a fluffy read I'd soon forget. I needed a pen and a journal and time to take notes. Lazarus Awakening is full of life-changing truth and application. Through Joanna's beautiful teaching, God is calling us all to resurrected life!"
—Angela Thomas best-selling author and speaker


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In July, he was the face of Quebec's defiant student movement.
But on Tuesday, 20-year-old Léo Bureau-Blouin went from anti-establishment figurehead to rising star for the Parti Québécois as he was swept into office in the Laval-des-Rapides riding.
The former Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec president unseated incumbent Alain Paquet in a district that had elected the Liberal MNA three consecutive times. Bureau-Blouin took about 38 per cent of the popular vote.
"This is the biggest honour of my life," Bureau-Blouin told a boisterous crowd at the Laval Sheraton. "The voters in Laval-des-Rapides have spoken loud and clear and they've spoken for change."
It was one of two crucial seats the PQ nabbed in Laval en route to winning a minority government. Former union leader Suzanne Proulx was elected in the newly created Ste. Rose riding. The Liberals clung to five of seven seats on the island after sweeping the Laval vote in 2008.
Hoping to seize on the wave of unrest that swept through Quebec during the "Printemps Érable," PQ leader Pauline Marois put her faith in young Bureau-Blouin in the face of highly publicized criticism. The former CEGEP student first came under fire for his political inexperience. Marois came to his defence, rhetorically asking why a 20-year-old could serve in Afghanistan but not run for elected office.
Bureau-Blouin was then maligned by his former allies who accused him of being a careerist and an opportunist. They also rejected his calls for Quebec's protesting students to abandon the streets and strike a truce with the Liberal government. But after winning his election and becoming the youngest serving MNA in Quebec, Bureau-Blouin reaffirmed his dedication to the student cause.
"(This election) has shown that real change can occur when you mobolize. We're going to make sure Quebec retains the most accessible education in North America," he told reporters late Tuesday night. "We're going to bring back social peace to the streets of Quebec."
The Coalition Avenir Québec also took a strong run at the southern Laval riding, parachuting star candidate and former Ordre des Ingénieurs president Maud Cohen into the three-way race. As a long-time critic of collusion and bid rigging in the construction industry, Cohen was brought on board to reinforce the CAQ's anti-corruption message. She placed third in Laval-des-Rapides, falling about 10 percentage points behind Paquet.
"For us this was a win," she told The Gazette. "We managed to make this campaign not only a referendum on tuition fees but also about corruption in the construction industry and the economy. If you consider that we're a new party, it's actually pretty good."


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Tough-voiced Gerald Mohr plays Raymond Chandler's Marlowe as a man who has been burned by the world a little too often for his own good. He finds mysteries amongst valuables and the violent, facing down false witnesses and frame ups. And on one stormy winter night, his past catches up with him.
Includes a program guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod.
Episodes Include: The Indian Giver 08-13-49; The Eager Witness 08-27-49; The Open Window 10-08-49; The Birds on the Wing 11-26-49; The Kid on the Corner 12-03-49; The Covered Bridge 01-14-50; The Bid for Freedom 01-21-50; The Long Arm 02-07-50; The Grim Echo 02-14-50; The Monkey's Uncle 03-07-50; The Vital Statistic 03-14-50; The Man on the Roof 04-04-50; The Angry Eagle 04-18-50; Cloak of Kamehameha 05-16-50; Face to Forget 06-14-50; The Pelican's Roost 06-28-50; The Girl From Pitchfork Corners 07-05-50; The Collector's Item 08-25-50; The Soft Spot 09-01-50; The Final Payment 09-15-50
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OCZ Technology Group's Vertex 4 solid-state drive is very different from the Vertex 3 since the Vertex 4, like OCZ's Octane SSD, uses OCZ's homegrown Indilinx Everest controller. The new drive uses the second generation of the controller, however, and offers significantly better performance than the Octane. It's also slightly more affordable.
Other than that, from a consumer's point of view, the drive is very similar to other SATA 3-based standard internal drives and can be used anywhere this type of hard drive is used.
If you're looking for a replacement drive to use with your standard-size laptop or desktop computer, the new Vertex 4 would make a great investment. If you need an SSD that's thin enough to fit in an ultraportable computer or ultrabook, check out the Intel SSD 520 Series.
Design and features
|Drive type
|Internal drive
|Connector options
|SATA 3 (6Gbps), SATA 2, SATA
|Available capacities
|Product dimensions
|9-mm thick, 2.5-inch standard
|Capacity of test unit
|256GB and 512GB
|OSes supported
|Windows, Mac, Linux
OCZ introduced its own Indilinx Everest in July 2011. The fact that the Vertex 4 now uses the Everest 2 controller suggests that OCZ might move completely away from using the popular SandForce controller (which was used in the Vertex 3). And in my trials, it seems the company has reasons to do so.
For example, the Vertex 4 is quite different from other drives in that a computer will recognize it instantly the moment it's plugged in. It also took literally just a second to be quick-formatted, whereas SandForce-based SSDs take a few minutes. While this initial setup is not a big deal for most consumers, for somebody who has to work with a lot of drives like me, it was quite a pleasant surprise.
On the outside, however, the new Vertex 4 looks exactly the same as the Vertex 3 and other standard SSDs. As a 9.5mm, 2.5-inch SATA standard drive, it can be used basically anywhere a regular 2.5-inch hard drive is used. Again, note that it's too big to fit in an ultrabook, since those use 7mm-thick drives. The Intel SSD 520 Series is the only SSD I've seen so far that's ultrabook-friendly.
The OCZ Vertex 4 also comes with a tray converter and all necessary screws so it can fit in place of a 3.5-inch hard drive, making it a great replacement drive for desktops as well as laptops. The drive works with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. It supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) so for maximum performance use it with a chip platform that supports this new standard, such as Intel Sandy Bridge. However, it also supports SATA 2 (3Gbps) and the original SATA (1.5Gbps).
Setting up the Vertex 4 is just like setting up a regular 2.5-inch hard drive. Since the drive is best used as a replacement for a computer's main internal hard drive, check out CNET's how-to on migrating your computer to an SSD.
Cost per gigabyte
SSD prices have been going down since the beginning of the year and the Vertex 4's pricing reflects this trend. The new drive comes in 512GB, 256GB, and 128GB capacities that carry an MSRP of $649, $349, and $179, respectively, making the cost per gigabyte around $1.30 to $1.40, quite affordable. Street prices should be even lower.


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Police look for robbers after shooting
2 men wanted in Burlington robbery
Police have released composite sketches of two suspects who robbed a man at gunpoint and then shot him.
The 25-year-old victim was walking on Intervale Avenue near Crombie Street on Friday night around 10:20 p.m. Investigators said two men approached the man and demanded money. The victim turned over what he had, and then one suspect shot the victim in the back, police said.
Both men are described as black men in their early 20s, police said.
One was wearing denim jeans with a distinctive, stitched zigzag pattern on the back pocket, police said.
The two men are considered armed and dangerous and possibly stopped at T. Rugg's Tavern after the shooting, investigators said.
Police want to remind neighbors to remain cautious at night, especially when walking alone.
"It's best to keep personal safety at the forefront of your mind," said Det. Jeff Beerworth. "Be aware of your surroundings anytime in the city. Carry a charged cellphone. Walk with others. Have people know where you're going and when to expect you there."
Police said they are offering a substantial cash reward for any new information that may lead to an arrest.
This is the same intersection where a pizza driver was robbed last month. In that case, two men displayed a gun and demanded the man's wallet. No word if these cases are connected.
The victim was taken to Fletcher-Allen and released early Saturday.
Anyone who may recognize the two men can call police at 802-658-2700.


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Xue/X. Y. Xia confidently takes Phuket Open gold
Phuket – Thailand, Nov 3, 2013 – China's Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia clinched gold in the final of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Phuket Open on Sunday. The penultimate FIVB Open event of the season running from October 29 to November 3, is back in Thailand for an eight consecutive year.
Xue/X. Y. Xia never allowed USA's Emily Day and Summer Ross to find the play that had brought them to the medal match, taking the gold in only 36 minutes 2-0 (21-16, 21-18). A sensational match from X. Y. Xia, at just sixteen years old, complemented Xue perfectly who takes gold in Phuket for a third time.
In the bronze medal match Brazilian's Maria Clara Salgado Rufino and Carolina Solberg faced Agatha Bednarczuk and Maria Antonelli. Maria Clara/Carol's skill in bringing the ball back into play from every angle secured the bronze in another two set finish 2-0 (21-18, 24-22).
X. Y. Xia shines
X. Y. Xia appeared to have springs as she bounced around the court serving up cross court smash after smash which stopped Day/Ross in their tracks. USA managed to find the open court for some well-appointed Day hits that kept the score level in the first set 11-11, but incredible Chinese teamwork began to run away with it and ended the first, 21-16.
The second was more evenly matched with Day/Ross finding confidence, but X. Y. Xia continued to deliver that unstoppable smash. USA saved two match points, first thanks to Day and then a tip over Xue at the net by Ross, but it was the signature cross court X. Y. Xia slam that secured the gold for China.
"We are so excited, it's almost our last tournament of the year. It's very great to play here and it's our lucky place," said Xue.
I must say Xinyi played very well and she created a new history in a Chinese team, as she is the youngest at just sixteen years old and she made her first gold medal, so I'm very proud of her."
"It was a good experience for me and I played every ball very seriously which helped the result," said X. Y. Xia.
Chen Xue has won gold in Phuket twice before, in 2006 and 2011 with partner Zhang Xi, but joins Xia Xinyi in Phuket in only their second tournament together. After finishing ninth in Xiamen Grand Slam last week, the pair had little expectation entering Phuket.
"We were preparing for this match, just to be in no rush and don't think too much just do our best," said Xue.
We just thought we would get into the top eight, so this is our best record. After we got through to the semifinal, we hadn't thought about it before."
Despite professing their desire for gold, the silver medal is Day/Ross's best result and first ever podium finish. The pair has also only been in the final four once before when they finished fourth at Long Beach Grand Slam this year.
"We wanted the gold obviously, but proud that we had such a great finish this tournament," said Day.
They played an awesome match and really did well against us, so we couldn't do too much."
"I thought they were a great team and there's just a lot to learn from them. They're great," said Ross.
I can't believe that girl's sixteen, come on, how is that possible? She's good."
Day/Ross have played in seven tournaments together since teaming up at the beginning of the year, and with Ross being the only player to win gold medals at the U19 and U21 World Championships in the same season, the pair are beginning to reach their potential.
"We really wanted a medal. That has been our goal all year, to earn an FIVB medal so I guess we achieved our goal, but obviously we want gold," said Day.
This was our last tournament this season so we're into off-season now and we'll rest, regroup and get ready for next year."
Salgado bronze
Maria Clara/Carol take bronze in Phuket for a second time after taking home the medal in 2010, and this becomes the eleventh bronze the pair has earned at senior level. In the bronze medal match, it was familiar faces all round for the Brazilians Maria Clara/Carol and Agatha/Antonelli.
It was a close affair in the first set with some outstanding rallies and well-read defence from both teams, but a couple of service errors by Agatha/Antonelli followed by a hit down the line from Maria Clara ended the first set 21-18.
Agatha did a great job of utilising any open court, powering the ball into the space allowing Agatha/Antonelli a four point lead until Maria Clara/Carol caught up at 13-13. From there it was a battle to the end with Carol serving into the net at match point. She quickly made up for it, booking the bronze with a cross court smash.
"We're happy for sure because we still get to be on the podium," said Maria Clara.
We still had the feeling of the semifinal against China inside of us and it's been a hard week for us. I got sick, a lot of players did, but I'm glad that we went through all of this together and we showed how strong we could be together even when we have problems. Carol was amazing she supported me the whole week bringing me food and I was just in the room resting as much as I could."
"They are an amazing team, Maria and Agatha. We know each other very well, we practice together, so we knew that would be a tough match and it's so hot here. We love to play here and for me it's really special, when I'm not feeling great I look at the sea and the sun and the crowds and it's very special. They supported us a lot," said Carol.
Maria Clara/Carol complete the season with one gold, two silver and now three bronze medals after a year off in 2012 for Carol's maternity leave.
"It's the last tournament of the FIVB for us so it's nice to be on the podium, we're pretty happy. I'm more excited to start next year, it was so nice this year, for sure it was our best year, so I'm looking forward to playing even better next year," said Carol.
Thailand has hosted over 10 women's and one men's FIVB tournament. Overall, the USA has been the most successful with 10 medal finishes in the seven FIVB World Tour events held in Phuket.
The tournament previously ran from 2006 until 2011, when the event moved to Bangsaen in 2012. China's Chen Xue and Zhang Xi won the 2011 edition, while Jennifer Kessy and April Ross were victorious in 2012.
Phuket is an island located to the south of Thailand, while the city of Phuket is the island's capital and home to 75,000 people. It is located 825 kilometres from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The final FIVB Open of the season will be held in Durban, South Africa from 11 to 15 December. —- FIVB