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^m a reply in the affirmative, and after further negotiations the work of designing and building was put in hand. The result is the machine shown in the accompanying scale drawings and photographs. The Short light flying boat is a monoplane with thin wing section (R.A.F. 15, to be precise), braced by short struts to the hull. The two Blackburne engines are similar to those which did so well at Lympne last year, and are mounted on the wings, each with its streamline cowling behind it. APRIL 17, 1924 engine stop, the turning moment will probably not be so great but what the rudder can take care of it, although with but one engine running the power loading will naturally be very high, and the machine probably only just able to fly level. Carrying the comparison farther, whereas in the Dornier short " wing roots " growing out from the sides of the hull are used for maintaining lateral stability on the water, in the Short boat wing tip floats of usual shape are employed. Again, the Dornier hull is of approximately THE SHORT LIGHT FLYING BOAT : View of the hull, showing steps, etc. As the engines are mounted fairly far back on the wing, extension shafts have been fitted so as to bring the two tractor screws forward to the leading edge. The propeller shafts are merely extension shafts, as there is no reduction gearing and the propellers run at engine speed. While on the subject of the disposition of the power plant and propellers it is interesting to compare the Short monoplane with the small Dornier " Libelle." Both machines are built of duralumin, but here the similarity ceases, the general designs being quite dissimilar while the detail construction has but few points in common. In the Dornier a small Siemens radial rectangular section, while the Short boat has a pronounced " tumble-home " in front, running into a rounded section aft. It is of interest to compare the two machines, because the German flying boat carries two people with an engine of about 55 h.p., while the two Blackburne engines of the Short will probably develop something like 40 h.p. between them, and carry pilot only. Thus both machines represent very economical flying as regards power expenditure, however much they differ otherwise. The hull of the Short light flying boat is of a construction very similar to that first introduced in the " Silver Streak "— THE SHORT LIGHT FLYING BOAT : The duralumin hull on the water. After being moored out for 24 hours only an egg-cup full of water had leaked in. engine is mounted on the centre-section of the front spar, and drives a single tractor screw. In order to get the necessary propeller clearance, and to keep the centre of resistance in reasonable proximity to the centre of thrust, the monoplane wing of the Dornier is raised a considerable distance above the hull, the occupants sitting, in fact, underneath the wing. In the Short machine, on the other hand, the wing is resting immediately on the boat hull, and the two engines are moved out on the wing. Thus the centre of thrust and the centre of resistance are both lower than in the Dornier, while the distance over propeller centres is only about 6 ft. Thus, should one that is to say, the frames and " timbers " are rings of duralumin, of L-section, to which are riveted the plates of the covering. The longitudinal stringers do not run through, but merely serve as stiffeners between rings. In the forward portion the plain rings receive the addition of a built-up plate conforming to the transverse shape of the steps or planing bottoms, which latter, as in wood con struction, are separate structures and open at the rear so that water can run out when the machine is in the air. The structure inside the hull is entirely confined to these rings, and the whole makes one of the most astonishingly simple 222
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Advancing a Culture of Mutual Respect During Polarizing Current Affairs
November 3, 2016
Main Line Health President and CEO Jack Lynch calls on every member of Pennsylvania's hospital community to remain a steady beacon of strength, kindness, and hope. "Our compassionate, life-saving work transcends political beliefs, violence, and the news of the day for the patients who trust us with their health and healing." Read more: https://www.haponline.org/Newsroom/Blog-Postings/ID/2042/Advancing-a-Culture-of-Mutual-Respect-a-critical-element-for-a-healing-environment
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October 20, 2016
Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
America's hospitals and health systems are working hard to ensure that every person in every community receives high-quality, equitable and safe care. To do that, we must eliminate health and health care disparities that continue to exist for far too many diverse individuals.
We know the statistics. Latino Americans are 65 percent more likely to be diabetic than whites. African-Americans make up more than one-third of patients receiving dialysis for kidney failure — despite representing only 13 percent of the overall population. Nearly half of all African-Americans are not screened for colorectal cancer at the recommended time. And there are many others. A number of factors contribute to these inequities, including lack of insurance coverage; historical discrimination; lack of culturally competent providers; and the need to address the social determinants of health, which determine 80 percent of the reasons for using health care services. Ending health care disparities and advancing diversity is a priority for the American Hospital Association. Last year, we launched the #123forEquity Pledge to Act campaign to Eliminate Health Care Disparities to accelerate progress on this critical work.
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Since opening in October 2002, Bangi SuperBowl (BSB) attracted a diverse customer base from all ages, genders and nationalities. From the beginner to the pro and from families to local and international corporations, everyone has enjoyed the facilities at BSB on a regular basis.
BSB has a carefree and unique environment that creates experience which sets the standard for leisure and corporate entertainment in Klang Valley. BSB provide you with clean, modern, and safe facilities where you can enjoy your leisure time with your friends, family, and associates.
Leagues or tournaments are held daily at BSB. Participants comprise a good performance for men and women bowlers of various bowling levels, nationalities, professions or interests, who are commonly bonded by their passion for the sport.
The BSB location at Bangi Utama Shopping Complex allows easy access for its customers with ample car parking. BSB offers its customers an interesting variety of facilities under one roof which include 32 AMF bowling lanes, Bowling Pro-Shop, Cafe, Tournament Facilities, Bowling Coaching Service, Free Wifi, and Astro TV.
BSB is a great entertainment alternative for people wanting a fun, social and entertaining outing through ten pin bowling.
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ClubFootball's junior league teams are Level 3 of ClubFootball's 3-level Development Programme and designed for advanced players who already have good basic technical skills and are ready for the challenge of regular competitive match play.Teams train midweek and play matches every weekend, competing in leage competitions such as the Beijing International Junior Football League (BIJFL) and Haidain International Junior Football League (HIJFL). For more information about ClubFootball League Teams, please click here!
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They both create gas, which makes baked goods rise. Each contains sodium bicarbonate, an alkaline chemical that gives off carbon dioxide when mixed with an acid. Baking soda consists purely of sodium bicarbonate, so recipes using it must include an acidic ingredient like lemon juice, buttermilk, or brown sugar (the molasses in brown sugar is acidic) to activate it. Baking powder contains some baking soda, cornstarch to keep it from clumping, and one or more acidic salts, which act as the activating/neutralizing agents for the bicarbonate.
The two leavening agents work at different speeds. Baking soda produces gas immediately upon contact with liquid acid. Remember when you were a kid and you'd mix it with Coke to get a crazy foaming effect? So your dough or batter begins rising the minute you mix in the soda. Baking powder, on the other hand, creates a little gas when you first mix it in (that's the baking soda working), and then more when the acidic salts have had a chance to fully dissolve, and yet a little more when your product is put in the oven.
That's because the acidic salts most commonly used in baking powder need heat to work fully. The names of these salts are cream of tartar—also known as potassium bitartrate, a by-product of winemaking that has nothing to do with tartar sauce—and calcium aluminum phosphate. That's why the vast majority of baking powders sold in grocery stores today are what's known as double-acting: They're rising once, then again.
So why use one over the other? Baking powder is often called for in recipes in which there is no acidic ingredient, as the powder contains its own acid component. And that built-in acid ensures that the soapy flavor of unneutralized bicarbonate will not be present in what you're making. Baking soda is often called for in recipes in which color is an issue, says baking expert Shirley Corriher, author of the book CookWise. Cookies that are more alkaline will brown better, says Corriher. Dark chocolate cakes will be darker the more alkaline they are.
But beware of confusing the two. If you use baking soda in a recipe that calls for baking powder, and there isn't an acid among the ingredients, your product won't rise. Even if there are acidic elements in your recipe, it may still not rise, because you made the batter too alkaline. (Eggs need the proper acidity to set, for instance.) If you switch out powder for soda, you may not get enough gas, because baking powder contains so much less bicarbonate per volume than soda.
But the most interesting part of this story is where baking soda comes from. It's mined from the earth. Most of the baking soda in North America comes from trona, a sodium bicarbonate–containing mineral whose largest deposit is underneath Green River, Wyoming. The trona is cleaned and milled to a powder, and you've got baking soda. In places without extensive trona deposits, like Europe, baking soda is made using the Solvay process, a reaction involving table salt and ammonia.
Another side note: Some people don't like to use baking powder with aluminum because they believe it gives food a vaguely metallic taste, and because it has been suggested that there may be a link between aluminum consumption and Alzheimer's disease. Studies have not proven this, however.
Want to make your own baking powder and ensure it doesn't have any aluminum in it? It's easy. Simply add two parts cream of tartar to one part each of baking soda and cornstarch.
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In the current economic crisis in which every other shop has a sale or they are closing down, our food industry seems to be flourishing. Instead of lowering down the prices, or offering packages their prices are sky rocketing. And does it affect their business? No, Because at least in Karachi the only entertainment you get is to eat out and wherever you go, no matter which area, the restaurants/khokas/delis are always bustling with people. So, if anybody wants to invest and start a new business they should start try their hands in the food business.
Anyways, I always bring food from home at office because
- A) I don't have to do a single thing as mommy dear just hand me the whole package to take along
- B) And, when I don't bring it, I am really not a fan of ordering from average (?) class places (no offence intended to any of those places) like Kaybees, Karachi Food and the likes because you "always" always get/find additional toppings not ordered with the food. The toppings would be appreciated from the citizen of Far East Oriental countries but they don't go down well with me.
So, in the rare days when I don't bring lunch from home which is usually Fridays, and we don't go out for lunch, I have to find somebody who would order from a bit above average places which wouldn't put a big dent on the pocket. And since I am usually concerned about the serving size, I always have to order extra. Because I do need to eat to live and work! And if somebody is thinking I am putting on weight just because of my eating obsession, believe me I used to eat more in my skinny days!!
And here the sad part about my ordeals of ordering from KFC. A month back they had a deal of Zinger + Cold Drink for PKR. 150/= [The actual meal would cost PKR 280/=]. In my naivety that I'll get the actual zinger for this lowered price, my KFC-partner and I decided to order the deal. However what we got was a mini sized burger with a tiny piece of chicken in between, something that they would give away in a kiddy meal so that I had to eat more junk food to stop my stomach rumbling. At that time, I decided I am not going to order any more deals from KFC.
The ordeal continued when last Friday, I had to order again and the KFC-partner came up with idea of ordering from their again because now they have a twister deal for 150 bucks. In Urdu there's a saying about "doodh ka jala chach bhi phonk phonk ke peeta hai" but my glass-is-half-full thinking persuaded me that lightning doesn't strike twice at the same place, I placed the order for a zinger meal which costs PKR 320/= (I was still cautious) for me and a twister deal for the KFC fan.
Now if you are thinking, my appetite should be satisfied with the whole zinger meal then read the following very carefully. What I received was the same kfc junior that must've been left from their deal days, and the KFC fan club member instead of having the twister deal had Zinger Extreme (talk about being lucky!). I was so furious because I had paid too much for a silly little burger and they had charged 10 extra bucks for coming down the road to deliver. However, a resolution now: No more ordering from KFC for me!
A year back I came across Laws of Attraction philosophy which in simple terms means that you attract things in your life which you think of. (They even made a movie out of this concept!). So maybe I was very skeptical of KFC orders, or it was fate or karma or whatever but one thing is decided for sure. No to KFC at least in near future.
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Today, after removing 2/3 cup of grease from assorted surfaces in the kitchen, I decided to tackle the MM. Now those newbies can be tricked by thinking this involves everything in the stack. "Hah", I say. Certain categories can be safely ignored - items completely out of season, items for which the chances of your fitting them any time soon is a mere twinkle in the eye, and new bits of fabric that may turn into a piece of clothing should a miracle and some cutting and sewing occur.
No, just the things that, if they were the right length or the straps were reattached or were less holey or button-less, would be worn right now. This reduces the problem down to 9 or 10 items.
Sadly, they were almost all sewing machine jobbies. Even worst, every single one was a completely different colour, requiring me to dig through the hardly-used-thread tin and winding a new bobbin for every item. What are the odds of that?
The hand sewing ones tend to move through the queue faster. There is nothing more satisfying than going for a loooonnnnngggg coffee on a Monday morning after disposing thoughtfully of the monsters at school. I like to sit for several hours, casually disposing of a hand-sewing repairs in between bits of a newspaper and more caffeine than is good for me.
So, out comes the crappo sewing machine and off we go. Several hours pass. Swearing occurs. Monster 2 is required to strip several times as she is acting as the model for her own repairs and her sister's.
I am now sitting here a model of hausfrauly excellence. New items are ready for service. Oldies return to battle for another bruising encounter. Barbie's bridal gown and a fairy dress have their straps reestablished.
What can I say. Boring as cow dung but done.
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Scripture: St. Mark 3 (NKJV)
1 And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. 3 And He said to the man who had the withered hand, "Step forward." 4 Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent. 5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
7 But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him. 9 So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. 10 For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him. 11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, "You are the Son of God." 12 But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.
13 And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. 14 Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, 15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 16 Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.
20 Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, "He is out of His mind."
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebub," and, "By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons."
23 So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 27 No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.
28 "Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation "—30 because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
31 Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. 32 And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You."
33 But He answered them, saying, "Who is My mother, or My brothers?" 34 And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother."
"He who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation" (Mark 3:29).
Our Lord cast a demon out of a possessed man. The Pharisees didn't want to recognize the authority of Jesus, but it's hard to argue with a miracle like that! Still, they tried. They claimed it was by demonic power that He was casting out demons. After Jesus explained how obviously wrong such an explanation was, He launched into this warning about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
The verse worries a lot of Christians. What is this unforgivable sin? Have I committed it? Let's deal with that second question first: No, you haven't. If you're at all concerned, it is because the Holy Spirit is at work in your heart. If the Holy Spirit had utterly forsaken you, you wouldn't care about matters of salvation! Instead of worrying, heed the Word of the Lord and remain repentant.
In context, the sin against the Holy Spirit is a matter of being wrong about Jesus on purpose. Plenty of people are wrong about Jesus. But the Pharisees saw Jesus as a threat, so they weren't just wrong, they were being wrong on purpose by rejecting the possibility that Jesus spoke the truth. Be not like unto them! Rather, may God continue to grant us His Holy Spirit so that we repent of our sinful thoughts and conform our minds to the teaching of Jesus.
We pray: "Heavenly Father, ever renew my faith in Christ by Your Holy Spirit, that His forgiveness and eternal life may remain mine, through the same Jesus, my Lord. Amen."


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Apple's Beats brand in April unveiled the Powerbeats Pro, a redesigned wire-free version of its popular fitness-oriented Powerbeats earbuds.
CDMA iPhone 4 Sales Below Apple's Expectations?
In an article about Pegatron's net losses for the first quarter of 2011, DigiTimes reveals that the iPhone 4 manufacturer is said to be lowering their production of CDMA (Verizon-compatible) iPhone 4s in 2011 from the originally expected 10 million units down to only 5 million units.
Meanwhile, Pegatron originally expected to ship 10 million CDMA iPhone 4s in 2011, but sources from upstream component makers pointed out that Apple's orders already saw a significant reduction and the volume is estimated to drop to only five million units.CDMA refers to the radio technology used by Verizon for their mobile phones. The CDMA iPhone (aka Verizon iPhone) was launched in February of this year and saw 2.2 million activations in the partial first quarter of its launch. Despite the years of speculation about a Verizon-compatible iPhone, its reception may have been ultimately tempered by the late introduction in the iPhone 4's lifecycle as well as many customers still being locked into existing contracts.
Apple is widely expected to introduce a new iPhone later this year. That new iPhone will likely be a global device, incorporating both CDMA and GSM technologies into a single design.
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No surprises here, the majority of people are waiting for the next iPhone.
Too right.
The iPhone 4 is now 10 months old, that's getting a bit long in the tooth in the ever evolving tech world. :)
I was really excited about the Verizon iPhone because I absolutely hate AT&T. I had Verizon for 7 years, and never dropped a single call. But I switched to AT&T when the iPhone 3GS came out, and now I drop the call on about 90% of the calls I make (no joke).
When the Verizon iPhone was announced, I was planning to decide whether to pay the ETF to AT&T and switch immediately, or wait until June when my contract was up. When I saw that the Verizon iPhone was just the iPhone 4 with a new wireless chip, it made my decision to wait a little easier.
That was Apple's first attempt at stretching the life of the iPhone 4, and apparently, people didn't bite (since CDMA phone sales didn't meet expectations). Now, they are making their second stab at extending the life of the iPhone 4 by finally releasing the white models. The problem is that they are trying to get longevity out of a design that was heavily flawed to begin with. Not only does the death grip reduce signal strength, but Apple is stubbornly refusing to integrate LTE.
I will not make the switch back to Verizon until Apple releases an iPhone with a 4G chip in it AND completely re-designs the antenna so that I can hold the phone any way I damn well please and still have good signal. It looks like I may not get that until September or Q1 2012. Well, so be it.
Apple is starting to get the attitude that they cannot make a mistake, and Android device makers are capitalizing on Apple's arrogance.
Dude... if you're dropping 90% of your calls on the iPhone 3G then you should have talked to AT&T. They would have given you a personal cell tower to fix your signal issue. Your iPhone has nothing to do with your poor signal strength.
Not surprising. Android is becoming the more dominant... thing.
Not the right reason...
I have a droid.(had iPhone on ATT but didnt get coverage at work/home) I payed an extra $100 to get the 1 year commitment in Nov 2009 just in case the CDMA iPhone came out a year later. Well it did come out a year later and my verizon contract was up. But I didnt get it because it was the same 8 month old phone and there is 0 chance I am going to get locked into a 2 year deal in january for a 8 month old phone that I wont be able to trade in until the June release 2.5 years later.
I'm surprised they are surprised.
This is. People who are or were with Verizon are now:
* Waiting for their contract to be up for renewal so they can upgrade
* Waiting for the iPhone 5
* Already switched to AT&T and may switch back once their AT&T contract is up
It's possible that once there's a new CDMA-capable iPhone and people's contracts are expiring with their Android smartphones they bought from Verizon as a stopgap that you'll see Android's share drop a bit.
Too right.
The iPhone 4 is now 10 months old, that's getting a bit long in the tooth in the ever evolving tech world. :)
Agreed, and I think that Android devices finally grew up into a decent alternative many people got tired of waiting and are now under contract with something else. So the available market shrunk as more people got under contract.
Even though the iPhone4 is a great phone, the iPhone 5 is needed soon to energize things. Too many people realize that the iPhone4 is nearing the end of it's life cycle.
I'm surprised they are surprised.
Agreed, and I think that Android devices finally grew up into a decent alternative many people got tired of waiting and are now under contract with something else. So the available market shrunk as more people got under contract.
Even though the iPhone4 is a great phone, the iPhone 5 is needed soon to energize things. Too many people realize that the iPhone4 is nearing the end of it's life cycle.
This is the issue with a yearly product cycle. People begin to understand when that cycle starts over, avoid new purchases of the product, and even tell their friends and family to not buy right now.
"Just wait for the Verizon iPhone 4 numbers!"
"Just wait for the White iPhone 4 numbers!"
"Just wait for the iPhone 4S numbers!"
"Just wait for the iPhone 5 numbers!"
I'm starting to see a pattern.
For all intents and purposes, the 4S is the same thing as the iPhone 5. On top of that, I don't think anyone speculated huge sales of the white iPhone 4. So, while you may see a pattern, it's only in the comments you pulled out of your ass; not due to any factual evidence.
I wanted very much to buy an iPad 2. But after seeing the dismal display and camera quality in person, and the fact that it didn't offer anything new or exciting over the iPad 1, I decided to wait for the Android tablets to hit in force and compare them to iPad 3.
I can just see the people on this forum, if they had been alive in 1975:
"I need a phone that I can carry with me all the time. Nobody makes one! Guess I'll just never call anybody for the next 10 years."
What, did Apple think that Verizon customers would warmly welcome someone who shunned them for 4 years? The customer is most important, shouldn'thave signed that exclusive contract with AT&T... relly stunted their growth in the CDMA market, people move on too...
If Apple had not signed that exclusive contract with AT&T, there would be no iPhone as we know it. Nor would there be Android as we know it. AT&T was the carrier willing to cede device control to Apple, which was a real game-changer. They required exclusivity to do it.
Android fans should be thanking Apple for that partnership, because not only did it make their own OS possible, but it also gave their OS a growth opportunity while Apple was tied down with AT&T.
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Although I have never rowed, the sport of rowing has been in and out of my life since childhood. Growing up, we lived in Baltimore, MD in the heart of lacrosse country where no one had heard of crew. Nonetheless, my father's 1938 championship Henley oar was proudly displayed in our living room, its blade inscribed his boat mates' names.
Later, I was vaguely aware that the girl I married had been a coxswain in college, but subsequently learned she was one of her college crew program's "Founding Mothers". Both of our kids also rowed in high school and college.
In thinking about it, I am not sure if photographing so many regattas is what stoked my interest in crew; or the desire to have pictures of my kids rowing was what stoked my passion for photography. Either way, I have photographed a lot of crew races over the past 10 years.


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text: On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > Yeah, I think I agree with this. I don't see how being a Debian > Maintainer is any less being associated with the project than being a > Debian Developer, and if someone wants to sacrifice their DD rights to > make a point, well, having to then do things like work through a sponsor > is what makes it a sacrifice, no? If that use case was the sole one, I'd not defend this concept. > My primary worry about this proposal is that it leads to an increasing > number of packages in the archive that are someone's pet project, Every useful software is the pet project of someone. :-) DM don't decide of new packages. It's the sponsor and the ftpmaster team. It's up to us to restrict what we upload. > maintained by someone who isn't keeping up with Debian-wide changes, and Why that ? I expect all DM to be subscribed to d-d-a and would suggest a check (or even some enforcement with auto-subscription if we really want). > which have to be chased down every time we do a major transition. I don't > think adding more package maintainers who aren't connected with what's > going on with the rest of the project is a great idea. At least with > sponsored packages, the sponsor in theory should be paying attention. That theory doesn't match my experience. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/


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Filed under: Life is Wierd | Tags: advice, decisions
Harsh, man. That title is just harsh. Almost sounds kind of angry. It's not meant to be angry, but more a statement awaiting its partner on the other side of the ellipses. The question really is what to do with advice. I've given loads of advice in my life time. I've recieved a ton of it. That's the nice thing about advice, it costs nothing to give it. I've gotten advice from hair stylists, but most of it centered on my hair. And truth be told, I've ignored most of it. My coach used to give me advice about lifting wegiths, but I really felt like I should leave the heavy lifting to someone else. Some of my professors gave me advice, which I ignored. All these people have been so willing to give advice because from their perspective that's what they would do or suggest you do. However, for the most part I don't believe in advice.
For me, I believe in self-discovery. I think the best advice we get is often not in the supplied thinking that is meant to influence or replace our own judgement, but the advice we give ourselves as we ponder and meditate. In the end, you are your best advocate. You know who you are and where you are coming from. In truth, I think we're all afraid to rely on ourselves though. We trust ourselves the least of all the people we know when we would rather follow the advice of someone who lives outside of our personal judgement set. Someone who doesn't share every taste and preference that makes up our persona.
My favorite example of this is when a group of guys asks a girl to offer her advice on how to interact with her gender or vice versa. I love that about guys and girls, they look to one individual to be the emissary of their gender and water it down to Girls for Dummies in hopes of finding the right solution. Getting advice from a girl on how to handle or interact with a girl gives you a pretty good idea of what that particular girl wants or needs, but very little about the rest of her gender. The same is true for guys, if one girl were to use a particular guy as the blueprint for understanding all guys, she's bound to find out there's more than snails and puppy dog tails that are what boys are made of. When we give advice, it is always from the perspective of our own judgement parameters and has very little to do with the persona of the person to whom the advice is being imparted.
Not to trash all advice, because I have gotten very good advice from people who know me very, very well. These people do have insight into who I am and what I might like. But these are the very same people that know enough not to just tell me what I should do. The best advice I find lies within a Jeopardy! approach to life. The answers come in the form of a question.
See, I truly believe that we are all equipped with the ability to find answers on our own. Socrates thought so, and he was a pretty smart guy. The key is for us to be asked the right questions to expose the parts of ourselves and the understanding we need to make a decision. We usually have a good portion of the answer, we just don't know what questions to ask. So the statement, what you can do with your advice, follow it if its your advice. At least, that's what I think you should do…
Filed under: Dating, Life is Wierd | Tags: Dating, Life, songs
The last few months have brought a lot of reflection to my life as I survey the pocked marked wreckage that has been my dating career. There's been a whole lot of stuff that has gone on in actual relationships, perceived ones, and just the brief dates I've been on. Cruising facebook has brought back some of these memories when I look over the different girls that I've dated, taken out, and felt the cool slap of rejection from.
Surprisingly, not one of them has found themselves living in shambles since I left. In truth, most of them are doing quite well. Not that I would want any misfortune for them. Well, if they grew an extra eye or even a small wart, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Well…I guess that does seem a bit petty. The most revealing is the quality of the relationship that I now hold with some of them or lack thereof in some cases. 99% of these have willingly added me as a friend on facebook which facilitates my stalking…um…er… checking up on them to see how they are. That 1%, well, she's still pretty ticked at me for what she felt was an emotional reversal that gave her the equivalent of dating whiplash. Before I couldn't understand, but now I can appreciate it… The perspective I've found changes with time.
Timing is the most important thing in life. Good timing is the determining factor in whether you are the one person in the world who has ever really stepped and slipped on a banana peel. Timing is the difference between getting hit by a car on a date and simply crossing your typical cross walk. Timing is the difference between meeting a girl deep in a relationship or meeting her when she's primed and ready. For all of these, there's no watch that you can wear on your wrist or shove in your pocket. No timepiece that you can periodically pull out to see if you're on schedule. No alarm you can set so that to alert you its the very moment that you should make your move when in a movie the music would be playing, your audience would be anticipating, and you're sitting next to that girl that will change everything. Nada.
My determination…this all proves the accuracy of a time-tested quote, "Success is when preparation meets opportunity." So, taking and paraphrasing a line from Alma, "Whatcha doin' now?" What am I doing now to pull myself together for the very moment that she appears. Am I my best self. Do I know what it would take to get there? The last thing, and this is the thing that I'll close this post with and thus this tangent away from my attempt at a clever headline, is to be ready. Am I ready for a relationship. I find that as I look at my friends and ex-girlfriends with families and kids of their own. I ask, am I ready for those things. You don't want to find yourself in the middle of a Talking Heads song wondering what happened to you. If you're blessed to enough to have those things: a spouse, kids, and a home (maybe a dog or a wheezy gerbil), you better darn well know how you got there.
Filed under: Life is Wierd, Ramble, Ramblings | Tags: Ramblings
At some point during my high school curriculum we covered the medieval era and the subject of folk songs. I believe there was another name for them, but in all you could label them as folk songs. Essentially, without NBC, ABC, Fox, and CBS people relied on something different than a box of wires. If they heard a story from Tivo, then it probably came from some peasant or blacksmith that didn't much care for naming his offspring. I digress, the point is that the peasantry would share these stories with one another at home or in the drinking houses of their time. They did this, said my teacher, to forget about the dark times in which they lived and escape their reality. Many times since that conversation, I think about how TV and movies are our version of these folk songs. These are our escapes from our personal realities.
In that spirit, I thought I might share why my own reality needs a little escaping. The West Wing in my opinion is one of the best series ever written for television. Spawned as a play for the stage, and adapted for the small screen, Aaron Sorkin depicts a bit of unreality in which politically people get things done. The writing quick and witty. At this very moment, my DVD is paused in the middle of a West Wing scene. I like escaping to this unreality because of a love I have for noble causes. A group of people working for what they think is a true, noble cause. Also, it seems that these characters find so much more meaning in what they do when I compare it to my marketing of packaged lines of code to the corporate masses.
My unfavored reality aside, another reason for watching this show came to mind as I watched the Sarah Palin speech at the RNC. Some would say she did a great job of rattling the ol' saber pointing out faults in the democratic party from stage props to religion(or lack thereof). She got them with her "I don't know about these guys" grins and winks. Her Alaskan charm melted the hearts of the GOP, and they soon were cheering loud enough for the five people in the town over which she was mayor could hear. I thought of the West Wing how worked hard to point out that on both sides of the aisle people were trying to get things done.
Looking at the Democrats, there really isn't much to look at over there either. This is no Bush-Kerry election, but in the end we all end up saying that we're picking the lesser of two evils. Plato once said that true leaders are the ones that only lead because they are forced to because there is no one else to lead (paraphrasing). This contest is sexy, especially with the addition of Mayor of Alaska (or is it Governor). We've got precedent setting on a racial and gender basis occurring on both sides. We can stand proud in the knowledge that candidates on both sides are running when a short time earlier in the history of this country this wouldn't happen. But where are these Platonic (I think that works) leaders. Where's my Colin Powell? He chose not to lead for his own personal reasons, but he declined. Let's get him. Where's the guys/gals that stand firm on issues that evolved through personal discovery and research. Not one guy that walks a political tight rope and another that is floating on his hot air abstracts that vaguely resemble ideals.
The West WIng offers a truly fictional escape from this political reality to one where people still try and accomplish some good. I acknowledge this is one of those three AM ramble sessions that I'm prone to writing. But I can't help but wonder how my own MTV generation and the current texting generation isn't influencing the way the news media are disseminating the news. Britney Spears and Paris Hilton's recent police busts have served only to further dumb us down.
Once on a show, one character points out to the other the difference between Clark Kent and Superman. "Superman is who he is…" he says, "Clark Kent is the way he views humanity. Weak, feeble, and inept." If those traits that Superman portrays as Clark Kent are his reflected opinions of humanity. Let's consider the way the News Media wraps up truth and their reflected opinion of our humanity. Their opinion is we care more for Brangelina's 100th adopted baby, some poor girl's pregnancy, and something that a movie star said whe he was drunk.
In all, I watch the West Wing because its an escape to a world where the reflected humanity is a little less about being entertained, but more about being informed. Final thought…as a missionary I once reached for a cup to eat my cereal out of because of a lack of clean bowls and I was too lazy to wash them. Another Elder stopped me, and washed a bowl and handed it to me. He said, "Elder why settle for what will due when you can have what you need." Think about it.
Process that and your haircut. Free dinner to the person who can figure out that last haircut line.
Filed under: Life is Wierd, Ramblings | Tags: Funny Faces, Growing Up
Our family has a whole host of stories that if you know us for any period of time we eventually tell to embarrass one another. One of my sister's favorites to tell about me is about funny faces in the window. Now, one would assume from that brief reference that this could only be a story about someone making funny faces from one side of window to others present on the other side of the window. Not so.
At dinner I was usually placed opposite the window in our kitchen which became more of a mirror at night because of how dark it gets (yep, you guessed it) at night. One night, my narcissistic tendencies took over and I began making faces at myself. Well, as attractive as I may think I am, I also find myself very entertaining. So I proceeded to make funny faces at myself with unending delight. Oh, and I was 12 by the way. So, it's not like I was a four year old being cute, I was a 12 year old just being plain vanilla vain (I love the alliteration). In the future, our family chores began to include: setting the table, getting the condiments, calling people to dinner, and my favorite, pulling the shades so I couldn't stare at myself. That's when I discovered the microwave also makes a decent reflective surface.
I share this story as intro to a line of thinking. I haven't really had to stretch too hard to entertain myself and I've always enjoyed writing. Blogging has become an opportunity for me to indulge in both these habits. However, I've found my perspective change somewhat since I've discovered that I have a small audience. And that's okay, I love it that people are reading my stuff. However, I do find myself writing just a tad differently.
I'm not as willing to just say anything I want as much as I used to for fear of offending someone. That says something to me and I think it says something about all of us. We each have these inner monologues that drone on in our head every day. A constant stream of thought were we find ourselves capturing, analyzing, evaluating, and eventually judging what goes on around us. And some of what we think is quite pleasant and worth sharing. Some of it, however, is rude, petty, and completely unfair. I'll admit I haven't always thought the nicest things about people and discovered how utterly wrong I am. A passionate person, I can mentally jump off the handle and get steamed over what seems like nothing a few days later.
Previously, I would take these emotions and let them color the pages of my blog to truly express my emotion. Now, I find myself restraining somewhat for fear of offending and having to consider the consequences. A reporter might call this self-censorship, I call it growing up. Four-year-olds are the ones that say the first thing that comes to mind, and even if its an insulting remark we let it go because they don't know better. I'm in my late twenties (well, in the upper half at least), and I need to be smarter, more clever, and respectful of myself and y'all in the way I write. Just like a driver's license, there's a poetic license that comes with an equal amount of responsibility for the freedom we get to write our thoughts on digital paper.
I remark only because while staring at my reflection in this screen, I find myself making funny faces still. Writing has become a very fun outlet for me, but the thought that I have to censure myself a bit bothered me for a moment. Thinking about it, just means I need to be a better, more humorous, but respectful writer than I was when I first started writing.
If you are still reading, thanks. I appreciate the attention and it does great things for my self-esteem. Most of all, thanks for being my friend and thanks for being interested in my life. I'm privileged to have you around and I hope you enjoy the funny face I'm making at you right now.
Filed under: Dating, Life is Wierd, Ramble, Ramblings | Tags: Dating, girls, guys, kissy face, movies, smooching
Alright, I'll admit it in front of everyone on this who happens to read this, well at least all five of you. I like chick flicks, always have. You could say that it's was an imminent byproduct of having three sisters, also the reason why I know some playground hand slapping games. As a result, there is something of a hopeless romantic in me. While making confessions, I even own some of these chick flicks. My favorite belongs to How to Lose a Guy in 10 days which replaced My Best Friend's Wedding. Something about Guy and Gal getting together aside from cleverly written obstacles and comical timing, that meet cute is what keeps me going after the many dating frustrations and faux pas(btw, meet cute, a reference from The Holiday)
I have discovered, however, some key elements that aren't true in these films. Romantically that set me back a couple of steps, and have found the need to learn the truth. This same truth I've hammered out the kinds through many first dates, and very few thirds.
Love at the Speed of Light: Contrary to what many a film will try and tell you, love doesn't appear in the morning and graduate into marriage by the end of the night. In fact, love rarely happens in a day. Sometimes it takes two.
Perfection doesn't come in one form: No matter how much we'd like to think that one person should have the sum of all the qualities we think we would like. The more important thing is being around that person that makes us feel like the sum total of the qualities we'd like to be (kind of cheesy, but I think it's true.)
Love only comes to perfectly witty people: Some of the most awkward people lack the clever repartee inherent in the gilmore girls and His Girl Friday (The first reference, I claim three sisters, the second, good taste). Clever conversation doesn't always happen in meet cutes. In fact, very rarely does it happen, and since the writer's strike, I haven't had a clever thing to say to a girl. People just have to mesh.
When is a kiss about to happen? The music will tell ya.: Unfortunately, I ordered the soundtrack to my life, but I've been informed that the music comes when we get to heaven and are watching our lives on the ultimate HD Plasma Screen in the sky. If you want to know when to kiss, look at the eyes. If they want to kiss, look at the eyes, if you feel like those two peepers are boring into the back of your skull, but in a good way, then you're in like pez at a candy shop.
More to come…If you've got any, leave a comment, I'll add it.
Filed under: Dating, Life is Wierd, Ramble, Ramblings | Tags: Dating Ramblings Fight
That's right you heard it here first. I think you should give up. Seriously, let's hop in the car together and let's go to MJ Designs and buy some white fabric. Then we can sit and commiserate as we sew the flag together, and talk about how horrible our dating lives are. Then we should go pick up a stick from Home Depot. It wouldn't be too much money, and then while we're figuring out how to attach our anti-dating banner to this rod of despair we can keep talking about all the people we haven't dated, all the people we haven't kissed, and all the sweet dating/romantic ideas we never got to use. Let's keep talking about how everyone else always gets the object(s) of your affection, while we busily find a place from which we can proudly display our flag of surrender. And by the time we all get done. You'll notice a great change has occurred within us. Oh yes, a huge change. You'll notice that the hands on your watch have moved. It's change alright, but if we're talking about you and me. Well, I don't know, let's take stock of where we are. Hmm…still single…yep…still lonely…yeppers still…have we succeeded in anything…YES! We've kept the economy from going into recession by increasing our consumer spending. Go us!
So, I'm making fun of you and making fun of myself a bit. See, everyday we encounter reasons to give up on dating and many of us have announced it to the world. My metaphor seemed silly (I love metaphors, love 'em so much I could marry them, then I wouldn't be single anymore), but its just as funny how much effort people go to announce that they're giving up dating as making a flag to do the same thing.
People are not inherently dumb. Dumb just happens to people. You never know when it'll hit you, but dumb happens. Dumb happened to me the other night when I stuck my foot in my mouth showing someone that I hadn't taken the time to learn their name. Dumb happens when you stay up all night long to beat a friend's COD4 score and you almost die from falling asleep at the wheel the next day. Most of all, dumb happens in relationships. Hormones have side affects that don't come advertised on the side of the box, well, actually it does. It's just that it's in the fine print next to where they're made. It says, "Engaging in romantic thought or the pursuit thereof can cause dumbness. This dumbness may manifest itself in those around you, particularly those that for whom your showing interest." I promise that's where it is, if you don't believe me. Well, consult an ophthalmologist.
The long and the short (I'd really like to know where that came from) of it is that no matter how hard we try dumb will happen in dating. I once tried to break up with a girl, but felt so guilty about it at the same time that I kept apologizing and then made the classic breaking up promises. See apparently when you break up with someone, you gain some kind of psychic ability to tell their future for them. Here some classics, "You'll find a person who can appreciate you." or "I'm sure the next person will be the right one for you." or my favorite "You're amazing. Everything about you. I just don't deserve you." On that last one, I've gotten it before and I was almost ready to say, well, if you didn't deserve it…can I get a refund. I mean I was not pleased with the level of service I received. Oh well.
If you're still reading this, I congratulate you on your stamina. Take a breath with me…in…out. Ok, anyway, the point is in life you'll get hit with dumb no matter what. In dating, you'll especially get hit with dumb like a bird letting loose while in flight with a little reminder of who owns the friendly skies. The beautiful thing is we have a choice of how we approach things. We can say, well, we'll never find someone. Or. We can say, well, I'm just gonna come back to the same place…or…We can realize that no one really cares if we say we're going to give up. We don't need to announce it, nor do we need to wallow in it. Giving up, isn't the right way to approach things. The right way to go, is to get comfortable with how we've been dealt with life. Acceptance of that leads to the ability to live with hope. I think that may be the hardest thing.
Hope can choke us if we let it. If we try so hard to make hope all that we live on with respect to terrestrial matters, we'll always find disappointment. However, if we seek out the best things like the good book says we'll find the best gifts. We don't live on dreams, but we live with our dreams. That way if life disappoints, we don't go into a depression cycle, we just adjust course and tack a bit. Always be ready to adjust.
I'm not sure if I've made any sense, but bed calls to me.
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"Junk DNA" now rehabilitated as "dark matter"
Slowly, but surely, the junk DNA creeps down from the attic, up from the basement, and in from the shed:
Shining a Light on the Genome's 'Dark Matter'So the ID guys were right ... oh, wait, they can't be right. It's not in the script.
Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 17 December 2010: Vol. 330 no. 6011 p. 1614 | DOI: 10.1126/science.330.6011.1614 (paywall)
It used to seem so straightforward. DNA told the body how to build proteins. The instructions came in chapters called genes. Strands of DNA's chemical cousin RNA served as molecular messengers, carrying orders to the cells' protein factories and translating them into action. Between the genes lay long stretches of "junk DNA," incoherent, useless, and inert.
That was then. In fact, gene regulation has turned out to be a surprisingly complex process governed by various types of regulatory DNA, which may lie deep in the wilderness of supposed "junk." Far from being humble messengers, RNAs of all shapes and sizes are actually powerful players in how genomes operate. Finally, there's been increasing recognition of the widespread role of chemical alterations called epigenetic factors that can influence the genome across generations without changing the DNA sequence itself.
The scope of this "dark genome" became apparent in 2001, ...
Heard a rumour that one of the ID theorists is writing a book on the uses of junk DNA. Can't be true, of course.
See also: Junk DNA: Darwinism's last stand?
Now junk DNA assists evolution
Hat tip: David Tyler


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Sri Hanuraga – To the Universe (Demajors, 2015)
Virtuoso pianist, composer and arranger Sri "Aga" Hanuraga is part of the new wave of outstanding Indonesian musicians involved with jazz, jazz-rock and progressive rock. On To the Universe, Sri "Aga" Hanuraga uses a classic jazz combo trio featuring piano, bass and drums. Within the album, Sri "Aga" Hanuraga showcases three distinct styles that have jazz as the common language.
During most of To the Universe, Sri "Aga" Hanuraga plays straight ahead contemporary jazz. However, the Indonesian influences are evident in several of the pieces, especially if you pay attention to the piano melodies and the flute solos performed by guest Rodrigo Parejo Mateos.
On the three part suite, "Ever Changing" Sri "Aga" Hanuraga switches from acoustic sounds to full blown electric jazz-rock featuring electric piano, spectacular electric bass and powerful drums. At times, you can hear echoes of iconic Canterbury band National Health.
The lineup includes Sri "Aga" Hanuraga on piano and Rhodes; Mattia Magatelli on double bass and electric bass; Kristijan Krajncan on drums. Guest: Rodrigo Parejo Mateos on flute.
Buy the digital version of To the Universe


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Finger painting is messy. Yep, it's very, very messy.
That's ok, in most circumstances. Your child's hands, face, arms and the
kitchen table will all wipe clean -- as long as you use washable paints. But,
there are some times when you just can't make a mess. That's where clay comes
in to play.
(This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure statement for more information).
I spent years teaching a preschool art class in a museum. In the galleries of the museum. There was no way that I would have ever been allowed to take paints into an area filled with Van Gogh's and Monet's. That said, time and time again the parents asked if their kids could paint. I get it, kids love to paint. But, what could I do? There was no way that this could ever happen in the gallery setting. So, I swapped in some model clay. No, your child isn't really finger painting, but the motion and result is almost the same. This activity also offers bountiful bonuses:
1. Your child is using an art material (in this case it's clay) in a totally new and different way. The unexpectedness of how he'll use the clay will get him amped up to make some art and maybe even hold his attention for more than a few minutes.
2. It's almost mess-free. Ok, no art project is 100% mess-free, but this is much neater than pulling out the real finger paints
3. Even though it's a less-mess activity, it's still packed with creativity and allows your child to express himself. Basically, it's not a neat and tidy color in the lines coloring book version of art.
Here's what you'll need:
- Cardboard- Reuse the front of an empty cereal box, cut apart the box that your new flat screen came in or recycle some other cardboard source. You can buy cardboard sheets from the craft store, but you might as well light your hard-earned cash on fire (or your debit card in the case that you -- like me -- never actually carry real paper money). Also, you MUST use cardboard or a thick board. Construction paper won't cut it for this activity, and the heavy clay will break or seep through.
- Modeling clay - You will need to get this from the craft store. Look for a soft clay that your little one's fingers can easily spread. If you can feel the clay through the packaging, go for it. If you get home and realize that the clay has clearly been sitting on the shelf since you were four, return it. Your child will go nuts trying to use hard clay for this project.
- Scissors - You'll be using these (see my note in the instructions).
- Crayons
Here's what you and your child should do:
1. Draw a shape onto the cardboard. Your child can do this, so don't worry if his circle looks like a glob or his star is more like a half-melted snowflake. The shape should be at least the size of your hand. This gives him enough surface space to really work on. Speaking of your hand, make the project extra special and let him trace your hand (fingers open please) with a crayon.
2. Cut the shape out. While I don't normally recommend "doing" for your child, in this case it's a safety issue. My son likes to call me the most overprotective mother in the world. This extends to other people's kids as well. I don't want to see any pinkies or thumbs getting cut off or callouses created while your young child tries in vain to slice through thick cardboard.
3. Optional- Your child can (or doesn't have to) draw a simple picture onto the cardboard with crayons. Younger kids can skip this step and move on to applying the clay. Older preschoolers (and big kids who want to try this activity out) can draw a simple landscape, a spring flower or some other nature-like picture.
4. Pull the clay apart into quarter-sized pieces. Use at least three different colors. Your child can pull them apart into even smaller pieces as he works.
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SAMBA, Feb 1: All J&K State Pensioners Association held a meeting under the chairmanship of its convener Mukand Lal Sharma, which was presided over by general secretary Madan Lal Abrol.
During the meeting, the association decided to hold protest on February 9 at Government Higher Secondary School Vijaypur to highlight their issues.
Madan Lal Abrol said that the pensioners and employees of the State have been struggling for the past four years in connection with their issues including implementation of the 6th Pay Commission. But unfortunately the Government has shown no reasonable response till today, he added.
He stated that the intentional delay on the part of the Government towards pensioners and employees is highly condemnable.
If the Government failed to redress their issues at the earliest, the association will launch a crusade against the Government across the State, he warned.
Mukand Lal Sharma appealed the pensioners of the State to remain united so that they can teach Government a lesson in the coming election by contesting their own candidate.
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Ron Paul is a hot subject matter these days for each day cyberspace users. He calls himself a "constitutionalist" - in other voice communication - his diplomatic policies grip to a invariable appraisal of the law. Foremost in these policies is that the national policy has no legal power over and done with ending.
Using this as a backdrop, Ron Paul asserts that he's a pro vivacity presidential aspirant. From this perspective, it's strategic to see what a Ron Paul administration may well denote to Roe v. Wade. Reading The Partial Birth Abortion Ban (Reference One) - authoritative dialogue almost Roe v. Wade offers insight:
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"Although the material woe lies inside the short whist and minds of the people,the statutory problems of protective existence rod from the careless Roe v. Wade ruling, a diktat that constitutionally should ne'er have occurred."
Ron Paul is vitally motto that Roe v. Wade was unconstitutional - that Roe v. Wade is not legal, and should have never happened. Additional perspicacity into Ron Paul's views of Roe v. Wade and termination can be seen in Federalizing Social Policy (Reference Two):
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"Roe v. Wade was incorrectly decided, but not because the Supreme Court probable to allow conclusion to some extent than ban it. Roe was imperfectly approved because abortion simply is not a legal dynamic. There is not a sound in the text of that document, nor in any of its amendments, that conceivably addresses termination. There is no crucial barney supported on the essay of the Constitution itself that a national "right to abortion" exists. The federalization of ending law is supported not on constitutional principles, but rather on a national and ambassadorial idea created out of cracked air by the Roe board."
Here, Ron Paul over again asserts that Roe v. Wade was mistakenly distinct because it's not a "constitutional issue". This leads us to an strategic grill - who does have legal power complete abortion? Who should wish if conclusion is inappropriate or right? Who determines if pro life, or pro superior people entitled to vote are supported? Additional looking at of the aforesaid script reveals more than insight:
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"Under the 9th and 10th amendments, all dominance over and done with matters not particularly addressed in the Constitution excess with authorities legislatures. Therefore the federal affairs of state has no influence whatsoever to entangle itself in the termination circulate. So while Roe v. Wade is invalid, a federal law outlawing termination intersecting all 50 states would be reciprocally illegitimate."
With itty-bitty doubt, Ron Paul is declarative that the 50 states would one at a time establish the cause of termination. Thus, one would hypothesize that Ron Paul would not give somebody a lift a coagulated pro duration (anti-abortion) position - nor would he lug a pro verdict (pro termination) attitude either.
What does this tight for Roe v. Wade below a Ron Paul presidency? United States Presidents have solely disguised impetus of such issues which are reflected in the United States Supreme Court Justices he appoints. In a Ron Paul presidency, it could be taken for granted he would constitute "constitutionalists" such as himself - building added approve for overturning Roe v. Wade in the High Court.
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On Saturday, 31st January 2015, I made my way to my first Girl Geek Breakfast. I have attended many Girl Geek Dinners (GGD) in Johannesburg and always enjoyed them so this was my first Cape Town experience - I was pretty excited. Sarah Rice was the guest speaker and her topic was:
The role of purpose in your personal career development
She shared her personal journey, which I really enjoyed. Turning 40 and getting divorced last year, had a profound effect on her (as to be expected). She spent a lot of time reflecting on herself and her business, Batstone and during that process she discovered...
Brand purpose drives sales far more than product marketing. Businesses need to ask themselves, "Why do we exist in the world."
She gave an example: An ISP selling "fast internet connectivity" doesn't stand out any more than their competitors in the cutthroat industry of giant Telecommunication companies. She spent hours, days and weeks work shopping with top executives until they finally uncovered, their Brand Purpose - "connectivity is a human right." Once they embraced that as their core value within the organisation, turned their marketing efforts to tell the world about this core belief, their sales increased as a result.
The same thing happened with Apple. In 1997, Apple wasn't doing so well so they hired Steve Jobs to turn things around. H largely focused on convincing Apple's employees to remember their Brand Purpose and forgot about the technical specs of products. Apple needed to shift focus from laptops, phones and other devices and move towards their a focus on their core beliefs. At Apple, they believe that "people with passion can change the world." Selling that message to their consumers, boosted sales and Apple forged ahead, leaps and bounds above their competitors without a single product campaign. Instead they focused on heroes, showing what ordinary people are capable of. As a result, Apple launched their "Think Different" campaign which eventually saved the company from bankruptcy, built the greatest turnover in business history and transformed Apple into one of the most valuable corporations in the world.
Sarah also shared that while all these notions are great in theory, its important to follow up your purpose with delivery. I guess the same applies in businesses as it does in our personal lives. We need to focus on WHY we do what we do, and not so much WHAT we do. Unlocking the WHY is far more important than the WHAT and that's a major behavioural change that's required for Brands to soar beyond their competitors.
She left with words that really stuck with me. "Have the right conversations, with the right people at the right time and you're bound to change the world."
About Girl Geek Dinners:
Girl Geek Dinners were founded on the 16th August 2005 as a result of one girl geek who got frustrated about being one of the only females attending technical events and being asked to justify why she was there by her male counterparts. She decided that she wanted this to change and to be treated just the same as any other geek out there, gender and age aside. After all to be geeky is to be intelligent, have passion for a subject and to know that subject in depth. It's not at all about being better than others, or about gender, race, religion or anything else. Those things just detract from the real fun stuff, the technology, the innovation and the spread of new ideas.
About Sarah Rice
Sarah is a technology communications specialist with over a decade's worth of experience. She ran the IT focused PR agency, Sentient Communications, for almost nine years before shutting it down at the end of 2011. Sarah then worked with 22seven in an eight-month contract to launch the financial services product to the market, after which she joined South African social network, Mxit, as the VP: Communications. After two years as an employee Sarah realised that she was much happier being her own boss so in late 2013 she joined Brendan at Batstone. In other news she has two kids, an honours degree in Educational Drama, an unhealthy obsession with audible books and finished her studies without the use of 'The Internet'


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Mike Munchak has spent 32 years in Houston and Tennessee, with the Oilers and Titans. He could be returning to Houston, with the Texans.
According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, Munchak will interview Friday for the position of offensive line coach.
New coach Bill O'Brien has cleaned out the staff, with the exception of veteran defensive line coach Bill Kollar.
Munchak, who reportedly interviewed for the recently-filled opening at Penn State (even though he denied it), has interviewed for the head-coaching job with the Lions. He became a Hall of Famer during his playing career with the Oilers.


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Free Crochet Pattern. Flowering Grannies EASY PEASY!
Free Crochet Pattern. Flowering Grannies. EASY
With First color Ch 4 and join with sl st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Continue with same color, ch 3, working yarn over end, 2 dc in ring, (ch 2, 3 dc in ring) 3 times. Ch 2, join with sl st in beg ch 3. FINISH OFF.
That makes the little flower in the middle. :)
Rnd 2: Without turning , join second color with sl st in any ch 2 sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same ch 2 sp. 1st corner made! *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch 2 sp (2nd corner made!) Repeat from * 2 times more. Join with sl st in beg. ch 3. Do not finish off.
Rnd 3: Do not turn. sl st in next two double crochet, sl st in ch 2 sp (corner). Ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same sp, *Ch 1, 3 dc in next sp, ch 1 (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next corner sp, rep from * twice more. 3 dc in last sp, ch 1, join with sl st in top of ch 3. Do not fasten off.
Then after that I basically just did the same thing again till I got to the size squared that I wanted. I could have gone on for days! It is so easy! The pattern recommends that you do 6 rounds. So here are my squares. I really liked their colors but I decided to use soft baby yard for a baby blanket that I am making for my cousin.


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Msheireb is a planned complex in downtown Doha, Qatar which, when completed, will be the world's largest collection of LEED certified buildings. As Qatar scrambles to prepare to host the 2022 World Cup, Doha has become an emerging sustainability laboratory showcasing the latest in solar energy technology and green building design. The 31-hectare Msheireb town aims to transform Doha, and will be a showcase of the latest and greatest green design elements while incorporating traditional Arabian architecture.
Phase One of Msheireb is currently underway. A historic neighborhood that has fallen into disrepair, the site includes historic homes up to 100 years old that will be preserved and incorporated into the complex. The new town will include retail space, hotels and apartments, all of which will be crammed together to encourage walking. All parking will be underground and Doha's future rail system will wind through the middle of the development. Solar panels on top of the buildings and covered walkways will catch Qatar's abundant sun and will, in part, power all of the buildings. Smart grid technologies will also be an important facet of the development's promise to be as energy-efficient as possible. Moving from north to south, the buildings cascade and become taller so that each one shades the one next to it.
Arabian design elements, however, will do their part to keep Msheireb's buildings and alleys cool, even during those fierce Middle East summers. The alleys and streets will be laid out to capture breezes that predominately come from the northwest. Thick walls will help to keep the buildings' interiors cool. Pedestrian walkways will zigzag so that no matter what time of day visitors find themselves in Msheireb, they will never find themselves trapped in the sun. And modern versions of wind towers will capture hot air from above and turn it into a cool breeze to keep visitors and residents at ground level comfortable.
Msheireb's developer claims that, when completed, the entire complex will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 110,000 tons per year compared to conventionally built developments of a similar size. Phase One will open before the end of this year. The entire project is slated for completed in 2016 at a total cost of $5.5 billion.
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Bringing in experts from across southern New Hampshire, New Heights' next In the Know panel discussion, The Adolescent Brain: Words, Actions, and Habits—Communicating with your Developing Adolescent, will focus on adolescents and the family dynamic. Citing social media as just one factor that often "trips up" many parents, New Heights Executive Director Tracey Tucker said the discussion will provide tools and strategies that will benefit any caregiver.
"Parents today are navigating a world that is substantially different than the one in which they grew up," she said. "This discussion will get right to issues that cause great concern for parents."
Sponsored by Whole Life Health Care in Newington, the event will take place from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 31 at the Portsmouth Public Library and on Thursday, April 7 at Exeter Town Hall. At the discussions, speakers will respond to questions developed beforehand. Examples of the questions include:
• What are some of the most prevalent reasons communication between parents and adolescents erodes?
• Our childhood bond seems to have evaporated—where did my child go?
• Why does my child choose his fickle friends?
• What can we do to lay groundwork for future communication with my 10-year-old?
• When did I become the enemy?
One of several speakers at the Exeter discussion, Dr. Laura Rubin, founder of the Portsmouth Neuropsychology Center, will discuss how brain developments during adolescence impact "decision making, family and peer relationships, sense of self, and overall emotional well-being."
"I'm excited to share with the community the latest research in adolescent development which can be used to better understand this critical developmental period and improve family relationships," said Rubin, who will speak at the Exeter discussion.
At the Portsmouth discussion, Lindsey Ewald, education coordinator at Chase Home, will touch on several topics related to communication with developing adolescents, including appropriate boundaries, respecting privacy when appropriate, trying not to emotionally respond, and clear rules.
"I'll also discuss appropriate consequences—positive or negative—and explaining choices and educating teens about the results of those choices, and normalizing teens' difficulties with emotional regulation," she added.
In sponsoring the series since its inception, Bob Girard at Whole Life Health Care said it is their belief that New Heights helps fill an important role in the community.
"We believe in their programs, their investment in the youth of our community, their staff, and the programs they provide—this series is just one example of their continued efforts at educating the community," he said.
There is no cost to attend either panel discussion, which will include refreshments. For more information, visit www.newheightsonline.org, or contact [email protected]
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Christmas Eve echoes of hope and fear
Dec. 25 - The Pope conducts his first Christmas Eve midnight mass but events elsewhere took place in the shadow of conflict. Paul Chapman reports.
This was Pope Francis's first Christmas Eve midnight mass. About 10, 000 packed St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Others watched on large screens in the square outside. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics used the event to urge people to shun pride and selfishness. In Iraq Christmas Eve midnight mass was celebrated in the capital for the first time in ten years. Some of the congregation in Baghdad were in optimistic mood. (SOUNDBITE)(English) IRAQI CHRISTIAN WILLIAM WARDA SAYING: "This year was different in that it was a holiday for all Iraqis, because for others like Muslims and the Yazidis and Sabians, now they are on vacation. They feel that they are participating with the Christians in this day." Here in Karachi about 300 members of Pakistan's small Christian community celebrated Christmas under a shadow of fear. The country has seen bomb attacks by Sunni Muslims against those they see as heretical and churches have been among the targets. A similar mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, revered as the birth place of Jesus, drew hundreds of worshippers. The Palestinian president and prime minister, and European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton were among them. The Palestinian tourism ministry said there'd been a boost as 50, 000 foreign and local pilgrims descended on the town on Christmas Eve.


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The Place and Outpouring of Prayer
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel." -Ephesians 6:18-19
"The fountain of prayer and all supplications is sourced in the limitless flow of the Holy Spirit who knows the "deep things of God" - 2 Corinthians 2:10. The Spirit reveals those deep and secret things hidden in the darkness, Daniel 2:22, dark not because some evil or horror dwells there, but dark due to the ignorance of many to its riches.
Prayer sourced in the Spirit is true worship - John 4:23. It has been weaned from the obstructions of sight and the tantrums of the restless soul. It is prayer that rises above the opaque columnous clouds, above the cyclic rise and fall of the worldly fray, above the frivolous opining of men and far above the frenetic traffic of the "Prince of the Power of the Air".
When we have entered into the Holiest of Holies, having passed through the outer court of the world and the flesh, passing through the veil by the Cross of Jesus Christ, we discover that meager ability of the soul is too incompetent to comprehend what awaits the believer at the Throne of Grace. Only the prayer whose path was made by our Hero, Jesus Christ the Forerunner, can bring us there.
That Holiest Place is the altar where the atoning Blood has been applied. There is true freedom from the bonds of the corrupt nature of the flesh and the chainsof theself-consciousnessofthehumansoul. That Holiest Place is the sphere of the Spirit, where we hear the voice of the Word of God speaking to the deepest parts of us, seeing us, knowing us, and counseling us.
The "Mystery of the Gospel" of which Paul spoke is not an esoteric mystery that cannot be known, it is this very thing - the mystery of knowing the depths of God: His Mind, His Plan, and His Grace. All these await the believer in the Word and in prayer. When we have been alone with Him in prayer and have opened our mouths in prayer, there in secret, we will observe that the Witness of God accompanies us as we preach the Gospel. Prayer sourced in the Spirit always guides us to the Gospel of Christ. Prayer's ultimate heartbeat is to bring the lost sinner into communion with God and his new creation in Christ.
Prayer without the Gospel is not prayer. Prayer and preaching are married and undivorceable. One cannot be without the other without both ceasing to exist. For when we find ourselves in the midst of His Holiest, time will not tarry long before we hear "Who will go for us?" - Isaiah 6:1-8
Prayer instills the mystery of a power in us that did not exist there before. It gives us hunger for holiness, missions, service, compassion, and the desire to serve.
Let our knees be marked with the inscriptions of our floors, let our lips be filled with His Praise, let our souls be stilled in His presence, let our heart burn with the matters of the Lord, and let our minds mull the burdens of the Lord . Let us be those men and women that have the marks of our Savior, that we too may be known as "those that had been with Jesus." For God knows this dying world desperately needs it.
"There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes Of blinded men to instant, perfect sight;
There is a place where thou canst say, "Arise"
To dying captives, bound in chains of night; There is a place where thou canst reach the store Of hoarded gold and free it for the Lord;
There is a place–upon some distant shore–Where thou canst send the worker and the Word. Where is that secret place–dost thou ask, "Where?" O soul, it is the secret place of prayer!" ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson