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I've been a republican all my life and am very conservative so you may wish to take what I say with a grain of salt.
One issue that I have with Obama is that his campaign so far has been a campaign of division. The rich vs the poor and his entire presidency is us vs them. When Obamacare was put to vote it was 1:00 in the morning so the republican couldn't get there to vote. Everything has been so deceptive.
I'm not wealthy but I make a very good living, more than most.Right now I'm paying more in taxes, insurance and deductions than I get to bring home.
I work my arse off and typically am in the office for 50+hrs a week. If I don't work I don't get paid. It does piss me off that Obama has made his entire presidency about how the banking industry is vile, inhumane, and terrible individuals. I'm in the banking industry and deal with money mgrs and pension funds. No bond I've ever sold has gone bad and I work my arse off trying to help the people running pensions for ordinary americans but I'm somehow a bad guy.
Between my church and other charities I give alot of money away every year. I sure as hell give more than that dumbass Biden. Now Obama wants me to pay even more taxes so that people that sit at home and have no interest in looking for a job can continue to sit in their home and get a free check while I'm busting my ass.
frick yeah I'm voting for the dude. I aint got all the free shite he promised the 1st go around. Jesse and Al say we gonna get even more free shite this time.
quote:A regular poster and you're wrong.
Blue Velvet is I think. He isn't a regular poster though.
Not voting for Obama or Romney; far too liberal for me.
Y'all commies can keep voting against gun rights. That's not my style. Carry on.
Damn this shite is still going on? I held back at risk of sounding like a nut but frick it. Dont know about the rest of yall but I am ready for the war/secession. Nothing will change until then, they are both taking us in the same direction just one is doing it a warp speed. Until everyone realizes this we are just treading water. So until then I will be counting my ammo and cleaning my guns.
Ready yourself men, for the time is rapidly approaching. Will you fall by the wayside like wheat under the sickle blade? Stand strong and poised, let the fire in your chest show bright upon the tyrants face that for we are the true holder of the power and in the end are the masters of the dominion.
For do not flinch, steady your shutter. Embrace the coldness of the blade and sweet smell of the burning powder. The warmth of your foes blood spilling over your hands, the look of life fleeing their eyes. Freedom, being the furthest thing from free is what propels us to these actions, these necessities. For do not let the sacrifices of our fathers, and our fathers fathers go unsung. Our sabers rattling, our roar deafening. Their smiles and smirks will fade to grimace, for on our hands, their end we carry.
"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts", Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsmen's groups and gun safety advocates. "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." - July 1st, 2004 -- Mitt Romney
Holy shit, are you goose-stepping dittoheads still blathering on about this bullshite? This need to be moved to the poli-board along with nuanced discussion of who won the debate last night. ZZZZZzzzzz. I can't wait to see your reaction when Barry whups your boy in November.
I need to go back and see what strikes my single guerrilla-troll post drew last night.
quote:He is proof that one tiny flaw in the brain can wreck an otherwise fine working organ.
Arent you just a wild one bucking the system. Im not pro Romney by any means and if you think I will be surprised if O wins your def not as smart as you think you are.
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Or did I miss it being posted earlier? His most famous speech is always worth hearing frequently. But my friend and editor of The Redstate had another speech in mind in this morning's update. Enjoy.
The Street Sweeper
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) |
August 28, 2013, is the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.s I Have a Dream speech. It is a very good speech. But it is not my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. speech. My favorite is little known and even less remembered. It is a speech no leader in America on a stage such as he commanded would ever think to give. It is a speech about individuals being the best they can be as the beginning of their way in life and finding God as the end.
Kings Street Sweeper speech, which is more properly called The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life was a variation of a theme he went back and forth to over the years. He gave this particular speech to New Covenant Baptist Church in Chicago, IL, on April 9, 1967.
Its common title of The Street Sweeper speech comes from this passage:But the speech begins and ends in a higher plane. King lays out three dimensions in life. The length of life is the inward concern for ones own welfare. The breadth of life is the outward concern for the welfare of others. The height of life is the upward reach for God. King used Johns vision of the city of God being of equal length, breadth, and height to draw out this imagery that started his speech.
What Im saying to you this morning, my friends, even if it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go on out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures; sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed music; sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry; (Go ahead) sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.
If you cant be a pine on the top of a hill
Be a scrub in the valleybut be
The best little scrub on the side of the hill,
Be a bush if you cant be a tree.
If you cant be a highway just be a trail
If you cant be the sun be a star;
It isnt by size that you win or fail
Be the best of whatever you are.
And when you do this, when you do this, youve mastered the length of life. (Yes)
This onward push to the end of self-fulfillment is the end of a persons life. Now dont stop here, though. You know, a lot of people get no further in life than the length. They develop their inner powers; they do their jobs well. But do you know, they try to live as if nobody else lives in the world but themselves? (Yes) And they use everybody as mere tools to get to where theyre going. (Yes) They dont love anybody but themselves. And the only kind of love that they really have for other people is utilitarian love. You know, they just love people that they can use. (Well)
A lot of people never get beyond the first dimension of life. They use other people as mere steps by which they can climb to their goals and their ambitions. These people dont work out well in life. They may go for awhile, they may think theyre making it all right, but there is a law. (Oh yeah) They call it the law of gravitation in the physical universe, and it works, its final, its inexorable: whatever goes up can come down. You shall reap what you sow. (Yeah) God has structured the universe that way. (Yeah) And he who goes through life not concerned about others will be a subject, victim of this law.
So I move on and say that it is necessary to add breadth to length. Now the breadth of life is the outward concern for the welfare of others, as I said. (Yeah) And a man has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his own individual concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
He ended his speech with a rejection of atheism.Before heading into the final, if you will, benediction of his speech, King concluded with this:
Now a lot of people have neglected this third dimension. And you know, the interesting thing is a lot of people neglect it and dont even know they are neglecting it. They just get involved in other things. And you know, there are two kinds of atheism. Atheism is the theory that there is no God. Now one kind is a theoretical kind, where somebody just sits down and starts thinking about it, and they come to a conclusion that there is no God.
The other kind is a practical atheism, and that kind goes out of living as if there is no God. And you know there are a lot of people who affirm the existence of God with their lips, and they deny his existence with their lives. (Thats right) Youve seen these people who have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. They deny the existence of God with their lives and they just become so involved in other things.
They become so involved in getting a big bank account. (Yeah) They become so involved in getting a beautiful house, which we all should have. They become so involved in getting a beautiful car that they unconsciously just forget about God. (Oh yeah) There are those who become so involved in looking at the man-made lights of the city that they unconsciously forget to rise up and look at that great cosmic light and think about itthat gets up in the eastern horizon every morning and moves across the sky with a kind of symphony of motion and paints its technicolor across the bluea light that man can never make. (All right) They become so involved in looking at the skyscraping buildings of the Loop of Chicago or Empire State Building of New York that they unconsciously forget to think about the gigantic mountains that kiss the skies as if to bathe their peaks in the lofty bluesomething that man could never make.
They become so busy thinking about radar and their television that they unconsciously forget to think about the stars that bedeck the heavens like swinging lanterns of eternity, those stars that appear to be shiny, silvery pins sticking in the magnificent blue pincushion. They become so involved in thinking about mans progress that they forget to think about the need for Gods power in history. They end up going days and days not knowing that God is not with them. (Go ahead)
And Im here to tell you today that we need God. (Yes) Modern man may know a great deal, but his knowledge does not eliminate God. (Right) And I tell you this morning that God is here to stay. A few theologians are trying to say that God is dead. And Ive been asking them about it because it disturbs me to know that God died and I didnt have a chance to attend the funeral. They havent been able to tell me yet the date of his death. They havent been able to tell me yet who the coroner was that pronounced him dead. (Preach, preach) They havent been able to tell me yet where hes buried.
You see, when I think about God, I know his name. He said somewhere, back in the Old Testament, I want you to go out, Moses, and tell them I Am sent you. (Thats right) He said just to make it clear, let them know that my last name is the same as my first, I Am that I Am. Make that clear. I Am. And God is the only being in the universe that can say I Am and put a period behind it. Each of us sitting here has to say, I am because of my parents; I am because of certain environmental conditions; I am because of certain hereditary circumstances; I am because of God. But God is the only being that can just say, I Am and stop right there. I Am that I Am. And Hes here to stay. Let nobody make us feel that we dont need God.As we head into a more secular, atheist driven era, believers should look back to and remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His speech is one few of todays major civll rights leaders would give so centered on faith. But more importantly, the hedonist world view that believes in a swerve, not a God, and that believes the highest goal of human life is the enhancement of pleasure and the reduction of pain is a world view that would have never charted the moral course to free slaves, let alone secure the rights and liberties of freedom for all.
This is the God of the universe. And if you believe in him and worship him, something will happen in your life. You will smile when others around you are crying. This is the power of God.
It was faith in Christ that led William Wilberforce on the path to abolition of the slave trade. It was belief in an afterlife and a new Heaven and a new Earth that gave Martin Luther King, Jr. hope. Losing that faith and that hope in this country will lead to a loss of ability to give moral clarity like Dr. King gave in his speeches.

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Plastic Bags at Retail
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Apr 5, 2013
I was shopping in a well known grocery store in Palo Alto, and another in MP. Both had signs to alert people that there will be no more plastic bags allowed at check-out in the near future, and paper bags will cost 10cents apiece. All in the effort to encourage people to use cloth bags.
I thought about this as I was in the produce aisle, putting my veggies and fruits in plastic bags. Are these affected, even though they have the recycling symbol on them. Or will we go back to brown bags for such items as fruits, nuts, vegetables, pastries, inter alia?
What about dry cleaners? Dining establishments that put to go food in Styrofoam containers and then go into a paper bag.
I try to be a "greenie" as much as possible, and I suspect that I, as a consumer, is even less confused than are the retailers who have to drop the paper or plastic practices.
I just don't know what it means.
It is the right direction, and the devil is in the details.
One anecdote that may display how far our part of the world has come, compared to other parts of the country:
A college friend of mine has a son who,after college got a gig in the Florida Panhandle. He went to a typical party for people at that age, like what you kinda see in commercials. He finished a beer in a can, and asked where the recycling bin was. There was none. The people he asked had no clue what he was talking about.
So, we are on the right track in these parts, I detect some denial elsewhere.
And even those of us with the best of intentions are confused.
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:09 pm
I would like to encourage those using cloht bags to WASH them occaisionally. I have been in line behind them at grocery and some of those bags absolutly REEK!
(BTW - I still receive Online via e-mail from a system that says may address isn't in the system.................)
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:59 pm
This is all part of the city's plan to appear that we are leading environmentalists. The horror--- 150 bags in the creek!!! The stores
I've it because they can now charge for paper bags. The council feels good about themselves and the local environmentalists feel they did their jobs ( and that is whyntheyndo not work at real jobs or have any clue what it is to live on a salary here).
I have enough plasticbags stored that I will be using them for years to come. Hopefully the environmentalists will see me using them and recoil in horror
a resident of Los Altos
on Apr 13, 2013 at 4:49 pm
If the stores want to ban paper and plastic entirely for the consumer, why not ban it for suppliers and distributors? Shipped cases of wine require corrugated boxes with dividers, produce arrives at the store shipped in plastic and paper boxes, cookies in bags with plastic dividers. Why go after just the consumer? Because they can. Los Altos is banning all plastic and paper for all merchants as of July 7th, and charging for bags - EXCEPT for people on food stamps. They have gone too far with this, way too far.
I am tempted to stand in from of Draegers Los Altos holding a sign begging food stamp people to get bags for me.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 13, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Donna-- good ideas-- of course banning all plastic is not feasible, so in order for the "environmentalists" in the city to feel good, they go this route. Obviously some of the " environmentalists" in the city have too much time on their hands ( since some of them do not have real jobs, that is not unexpected) . But 100+ bags were found n the creek-- the humanity!!!!
a resident of Midtown
on May 3, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Why is the city providing a windfall of sorts to stores? It could have use the funds to pay for the wired internet pipe dream....Why not go wireless like everyone else?????
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Andersen's inaugural class includes in-state stars
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen's first recruiting class was highlighted by a pair of defensive ends from suburban Milwaukee.
Andersen's goal is to maintain the same kind of power-running and pass-rushing success the Badgers have been built around for the last two decades, and keeping the big kids in Wisconsin is a good place to start.
Alec James of Brookfield East and Chikwe Obasih from Brookfield Central were among six in-state players who signed national letters of intent with the Badgers on Wednesday, about two months after coach Bret Bielema left for Arkansas. Andersen and his staff were able to retain most of the prospects who initially committed before Bielema's departure.
"It's great to have Alec and Chikwe in that spot to be able to build two freshmen defensive ends," Andersen said at a news conference. He added: "Both of them can drop out in coverage, and they're both very, very smart young men, so they can handle the mental part of the game, and they're going to blossom and grow physically as they get into the conditioning program as we move forward."
Another Wisconsinite who signed with the home team was tight end T.J. Watt from Pewaukee, a Milwaukee suburb. Yes, he's from that Watt family.
"T.J. tells me he wants to be the best Watt boy," Andersen said. "If that's the case, we're in a pretty good spot."
Andersen said the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Watt might grow into a defensive end like his older brother, J.J. Watt, the former Badgers star who was named last week the NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
"My defensive mind looks over and says, boy, that's a defensive end. And the tight end guy is looking and saying he's a tight end," Andersen said. "We'll see how he develops."
Reviews of the class were mixed. Rivals.com ranked Wisconsin next-to-last in the Big Ten and 56th in the nation. Scout.com had the Badgers fourth in the conference and 37th among FBS schools. There's little argument, though, that running back Corey Clement was a good get.
Clement is from Glassboro, N.J., just a few minutes from where former Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne grew up. The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Clement rushed for 2,323 yards and 33 touchdowns last season. Running backs coach Thomas Hammock, one of the holdovers from Bielema's staff, played a key part in securing Clement's commitment. Clement will help fill the void created by the departure of Montee Ball.
"In the first quarter he's good. In the fourth quarter he has the ability to kind of really take over," Andersen said. "That's because of his toughness. ... That kid did not waver, and he had a lot of people coming and banging down his door."
The same went for quarterback Tanner McEvoy, a Hillsdale, N.J., native who played last season at Arizona Western junior college. He picked the Badgers over Florida, Oregon and West Virginia. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound McEvoy spent his freshman year at South Carolina.
McEvoy will face a crowded competition for the job. Danny O'Brien, Curt Phillips and Joel Stave each started multiple games last year. Jon Budmayr and Bart Houston are also on the roster.
"We just want to create competition. He brings an added dimension to the quarterback position that with his ability to be able to run that is a positive," Andersen said. "Does that mean he's a starting quarterback? No. The best guy will be whoever performs and leads the team the best way."


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In this Rossen Report: Extreme identity theft. New, brazen criminals are so good at stealing your information, even the government believes them. TODAY National Investigative Correspondent Jeff Rossen reports.
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We've been hearing about ID theft for years: Criminals buying things and ruining your credit. But now they're taking it to an all-new level, actually out there living as you: Getting jobs as you, going to the doctor as you, buying homes, even filing taxes as you. And you don't even know it.
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It happened to an innocent schoolteacher who's still living the nightmare. Candida Guitierrez, a married kindergarten teacher in Texas, wanted the American dream: good job, new home, all of it. But when she applied for a mortgage, she got the shock of her life: Denied for bad credit in a different state!
Candida told us: "They said, 'Well, it's basically the house in Kansas and the cars you still have on your account.' And I said 'No, I haven't even visited Kansas, there has to be a mistake.'"
It turns out there was a Candida Guitierrez living in Kansas with the same Social Security number, same date of birth, same everything. But investigators say she was an identity thief who had stolen Candida's information to buy a house in Topeka, get a job at a food company, and allegedly get medical care for the birth of her two children.
"It's basically someone else taking everything that you are, and ruining it," the real Candida said.Video: Band of family thieves robs stores across the U.S.
Doucments show that Candida's impersonator got away with it for 10 years. The fake Candida even tricked the government into giving her a real driver's license with her own photo. Federal prosecutors say she didn't stop there, going to the Social Security Administration and claiming she was the victim of identity theft. "That's probably the most brazen act that's alleged, her trying to pretend to the U.S. government that she's actually the person whose identity she's stolen," Brent Anderson, an assistant U.S. attorney, said.
And the federal government almost bought it, telling the real Candida: "Prove you're really you."
"It's outrageous!" Candida told us. "Not only am I a victim, but I'm also having to defend myself against the people who are supposed to protect me and defend my rights."
Eventually police arrested the suspect: Her real name is Benita Cardona-Gonzalez, in the U.S. illegally, now charged with aggravated identity theft. It's still unclear how she stole the information.
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"If you're not looking for it, it's almost impossible to detect," Todd Feinman, a security expert and CEO of Identity Finder, told us. "Once an identity thief has our Social Security number and name, they can go out and get addresses, dates of birth. And then with that information, take out a driver's license, a credit card, open up a bank account. And that's really when the worst type of identity fraud starts to occur."
Feinman said it can go on for years, undetected, because most of us don't check our credit reports — and the criminals know it. "All it takes is one person to really want to stick with you and keep using your identity to commit their crime," Feinman said. "Pretty much sky's the limit."
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It was in Candida's case. She's still fighting the credit agencies. "Even though (Cardona-Gonzalez is) now in jail, it's going to take me at least two more years to clear my credit," she told us. "I kept thinking, why me? Why is this happening? What did I do to deserve this?"
The suspect pled not guilty. Now she's in jail awaiting trial. We reached out to her lawyer, but never heard back.
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Experts say the best ways to protect yourself: Don't store anything on your computer that has your Social Security number, including tax returns and medical records. Thieves can hack it easily.
Also, never carry your Social Security card in your wallet: If it's stolen, major problem. Keep it in a safe place.
And the final line of defense: Check your credit report at least once a year. It's free. Visit AnnualCreditReport.com, call 1-877-322-8228, or fill out the Annual Credit Report Request form and mail it to Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta, GA 30348-5281.
ADDENDUM: Some viewers and readers have pointed out that Medicare cards contain Social Security numbers. Experts say that if you need to carry a Medicare card, make a photocopy of it, cut out the last four numbers of your Social Security number from it, and carry that copy with you rather than your real Medicare card, which you should keep safely at home. They say to only take the original Medicare card with you on your first visit to a new provider.
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Conference explores medieval art and history
Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, 2008, various times · McCormick Hall
Posted March 4, 2008; 10:00 a.m.
Some of the most eminent historians of religion, art and medieval culture from both sides of the Atlantic will gather for a conference titled "Looking Beyond: Visions, Dreams and Insights in Medieval Art and History" Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, in McCormick Hall. The event is sponsored by the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University and the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. More information is available online.


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Sima Sami Bahous was appointed in February 2012 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States. In this post, Ms. Bahous leads UNDP's 18 Country Offices in the Arab region in their efforts to develop national capacities for poverty reduction, democratic governance, sustainable development, crisis prevention and recovery, and women's empowerment.
From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Bahous served as the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Social Development Sector at the League of Arab States, leading the work of the Arab League's Departments of Social Policies, Health and Humanitarian Assistance, Youth, Women, Children and Family, Population and Migration, Human Rights, Civil Society, and Studies and Research.
Previously, she served in two ministerial posts in Jordan: as President of the Higher Media Council and as Adviser to King Abdullah, respectively. Other posts include Head of the Media and Information Division at the Royal Hashemite Court, Executive Director of the King Hussein Foundation, and Development and Communications Specialist and later Executive Director of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation. She has taught development and communication at Yarmouk University and at Petra University, both in Jordan, and was a producer and host with the Jordan Radio and Television Corporation.
Ms. Bahous is deeply committed to promoting sustainable socio-economic development, alleviating poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Arab world. She works passionately towards enhancing gender equality, youth empowerment, quality education and human rights. She is a keen advocate of democratic governance and human development, and is a strong believer in international development cooperation.
Ms. Bahous is a national of Jordan and holds a PhD in mass communication and development from Indiana University, USA, a Master of Arts in literature and drama from Essex University, UK, and a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Jordan University.


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If you like your food hot and spicy, you may want to increase the Cajun seasoning to 2 tablespoons.
Cajun cooks like rice! A regional specialty is Dirty Rice, which has a brownish or "dirty" appearance from the chicken livers that are cooked and ground and then added to the rice mixture. With bits of bell pepper, onion, garlic and pepper, this rice has a distinct spiciness and unique flavor. For milder palates, simply serve this southern-inspired stew with hot cooked white or brown rice.
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Posted January 9, 2002; 03:13 p.m.
The University will observe its Martin Luther King Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 21, with a tribute that will include a keynote address, a choir performance and the presentation of awards to essay and poster contest winners from area schools. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Giving the address at this year's tribute will be DeForest Soaries, New Jersey secretary of state in the Whitman and DiFrancesco administrations. Since 1999, he has led a department devoted to preserving and promoting the story of New Jersey through the states arts, history and culture.
The Praise Ensemble from the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset will perform during the event.
The theme for this year's essay and poster contests centers on the importance of increased understanding and respect among all races. Many of the posters will be displayed during the program.
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Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform
"THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA" - Country Specific Programmes for Capacity building
Activity in 2012
The Centre of Expertise supported organisation and implementation by the Bulgarian association of local authorities and ZELS, a cycle of the Leadership Academy Programme that took place and was aimed at improving the institutional leadership capacity of local authorities through improved leadership skills of their elected and appointed officials and through leadership tools given to local ownership. It was designed and implemented together with the Bulgarian and Greek participants.
Activity in 2010
Performance Management Programme (continuation)
Pilot municipalities independently developed Plans for Performance Management in the two identified areas: public cleaning and property tax.
Plans were submitted to ZELS and the Council of Europe for further revision.
A Final Conference was organised in April to present the results and to develop a strategy for dissemination of the programme to the other municipalities in the country.
Previous activities
Leadership benchmark project for local government
September 2006 – February 2007
Financial support from Government of Japan
In co-operation
National Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS)
with support from the Ministry of Local Self-Government.
Consultation workshops
Project Outcome
Amendment and publication of the Leadership Benchmark and its self-assessment tool
Joint Programme on Capacity Building for Local Government
May 2007
EAR in Skopje
"Leadership Benchmark and Best Practice programme"
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a Leadership Development programme including further dissemination of the Leadership Benchmark, Peer Reviews and
Self-assessment process;
a Programme on public ethics at local level, including the development of standards on public ethics, a national campaign on the
"Transparent Municipality", selection, award and dissemination of good practices;
a Best Practice Programme: identification, official recognition and dissemination of best practice in local government leadership,
service provision and community participation.
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The Gnome 2.6 Release Party was totally great! Here go some photos.
The Gnome 2.6 Release Party was totally great! Here go some photos.
I was told not to post my totally non-technical diary entries here, so if you are curious to know what's happening to me besides my work on the GnomeMeeting project, please visit http://www.ujournal.org/~ylith/.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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526325_429360907176957_1526479749_n.jpg I couldn't agree more!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Well ya' all sure have a lot of venting going on, but no solutions.....you're not going to get the 'uninformed, misinformed, voters' to do anything and without them you cannot get a whole new Congress, that is just common since! Leaves only two solutions and both are challenging and risky! 1.) Use the power of the States to make amendments to the Constitution that will force term limits, balanced budgets, etc. (See Mark Levin's Liberty Amendments). This will only happen if all of us pull together to leverage our state senates to get it done. Or a civil war....I believe this will happen, if we do not get behind the first option! I am not in favor of war, and I do not support a war....and I am not advocating it, but history says it is going to happen unless things change....and civil wars usually do not turn out the way you want....those of you from the South, know what I mean! So stop venting, and stomping your feet and get together with friends and go to your state legislators and get them moving.....time is short!
Mark Levins book, "The Liberty Amendments" is a great read.
Very concise, and easy to understand, even for Gooser.
It is far easier to spit on the work of others than it is to produce something better yourself.
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I have gone by "Gooser" since I was a "gossling"
A little humor...
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Once again these elected "LEADERS" have us on the brink of a govt shutdown. And like petulant children they are refusing to talk meaningfully to each other and instead are simply pointing the finger at the other party and screaming "ITS THEIR FAULT" Remember folks this isn't really about balancing the budget. It's about these morons refusing to pay for spending they have already foolishly done as they couldn't abstain from and push themselves away from the trough and refusing to pay bill for their reckless gluttony That's being a welcher and a BUM in my book FIRE EM ALL!!!!


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Update on Water Use Issues from Around Florida
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March 20, 2014
Managing Large Scale Development for the Long Term -- Sector Planning in Osceola County
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April 17, 2014
Everyday Ethics: The Most Common Errors Attorneys Make (and how to avoid them)
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May 20, 2014
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New restaurants on the way in 2011
Happy New Year!
In case you missed "Waiting in the wings," the Guide Sunday cover story yesterday about upcoming happenings in Big D arts and entertainment for 2011, here's a link. The story includes plenty of dining news. Serious new pizza places are slated to open soon, along with exciting regional Mexican spots from Abraham Salum and Tristan Simon, an ambitious Indian restaurant from Vijay Sadhu, the Marquee Club from Tre Wilcox and Brian Twomey and more.
Which of these are you most excited about?
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Our mission is to end factory farming
Between March 2013 and March 2014, 475,576 people signed our petition calling on every EU Agriculture Minister to ensure that their country complies fully with the EU Pigs Directive.
But for this petition to be taken seriously we must also get the backing of the highest power in Europe – The European Commission. Will you help?
A message of Hope: an incredible 475,576 signatures were hand-delivered to Agriculture Ministers in Brussels, demanding protection for EU pigs.
The EU Pigs Directive, was designed by the European Commission to ensure pig welfare standards through:
Whilst some progress has already been made on the sow stall ban, three countries are still not confirmed as being compliant with the ban. And, the routine docking of pigs' tails and housing of pigs in barren environments are still widespread.
But, with your help we can finish what we started and get the Pigs Directive properly enforced. Please join us now in calling the European Commission to take our petition seriously.
Whether you signed the petition or not, please act now by sending a message urging Europe's most powerful leaders to enforce the Pigs Directive and remind Member States of their duties to protect pig welfare.
UPDATE: The European Commission has asked us to place their reply to our supporters' emails on our website. You can read it here.
Their reply is appalling in its refusal to recognise the Commission's responsibility as Guardian of the Treaties to ensure that EU law is respected in all the Member States. The requirement for farmers to provide enrichment materials for their pigs and the ban on routine tail docking have been in force for 12 years. We have repeatedly given the Commission evidence of widespread breaches of this legislation but they have failed to halt this law breaking.
We estimate that around 90% of EU pigs are routinely tail docked and that 80% do not receive effective enrichment. In fact these figures are probably even higher. The EU rears 250 million pigs a year. A massive 2400 million pigs* would have enjoyed better welfare if the EU's pig sector had complied with the laws on enrichment and tail docking since they came into force 12 years ago. The EU pig sector behaves as if it's above the law and the Commission stands idly by.
The Commission says it's producing guidelines. This process has been going on for over a year but still the guidelines have not been published. Also, what makes the Commission think that the pig sector, most of whose farmers break the law, will feel obliged to respect guidelines? The Commission needs to take urgent action to ensure that these laws are complied with.
*We calculate this as follows. The EU rears 250 million pigs a year; that is 3000 million since these laws came into force in 2003. At least 80% (probably more) have been reared without enrichment materials and routinely tail docked. 80% of 3000 million is 2400 million.
Email the European Commission and urge them to ensure that the law is fully implemented, with every Member State taking their responsibilities seriously.
Fill in your details below and click submit to email this message to the European Commission.
Dear Commissioner Andriukaitis,
In March 2014, Compassion in World Farming delivered a petition of 475,576 signatures to the Agriculture Council Meeting in Brussels. The petition called for full compliance with the partial sow stall ban, an end to tail docking and the provision of sufficient enrichment materials. This call was echoed by almost 60 MEPs who signed an open letter to the Commission and the EU Agriculture Ministers.
There is clear evidence that many EU pig producers are infringing important provisions of Council Directive 2008/120 on the protection of pigs (the Pigs Directive) and that many Member States are failing to enforce these provisions.
The provisions in question:
• require pigs to be provided with enrichment materials to enable them to engage in their natural investigation and manipulation behaviours
• prohibit routine tail docking; the Directive provides that farmers must first try to prevent tail biting by changing inadequate conditions. They may only tail dock if, having genuinely improved the conditions on the farm, they still have a tail biting problem.
The 2008 Directive is a codified version of earlier legislation. The above provisions have been in force since 2003.
In 2013 Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) investigated pig farms in six Member States: Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Cyprus and Poland. They visited 45 farms. All but one of these farms were breaking the above provisions on the welfare of pigs. In addition, many of the farms were filthy, breaking the Directive's requirement that pigs should have a clean lying area.
The pig sector and Member State authorities have known about these problems for many years – and have failed to take effective action. In 2008 and 2009 Compassion conducted an investigation in 74 pig farms across Europe: in Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom. Most of the pigs seen during this investigation were being farmed in breach of the Directive's provisions on enrichment and tail docking.
In addition, reports by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office have repeatedly drawn attention to non-compliance with the law requiring enrichment materials to be provided and the ban on routine tail docking.
It is unacceptable that, over ten years since they came into force, many pigs are being reared in breach of key aspects of EU welfare legislation. We welcome the fact that the Commission is currently developing guidance on the Pigs Directive. However, some Member States are using this as an excuse for inaction.
In addition, in a number of Member States sows are still being kept in sow stalls in breach of the Directive.
The Commission's standard reply to people's emails is unacceptable. It is the Commission's responsibility to ensure that EU law is enforced by all the Member States and respected by the pig sector. I urge the Commission to at long last take effective steps to ensure that EU pigs receive the protection that should be provided under EU law.
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Possible parasites or constipation?
Another thread, another problem.
Noticed a few days back that the albino shark (Epalzeorhynchos munense) is, simply put, poohing white...
Wasn't sure if this was normal or not so checked online and was kind of disturbed to find out that this was either constipation or possible parasites.
Problem I've got is he's showing symptons of both, but not all. I don't want to treat the tank for parasites if there aren't any, specially with medication seemingly like gold dust in the UK...
There's little dividers in the faeces, like little air bubbles. Aside from that and the colour - it's all looking fine. No "long thread like" items in it or hanging from his behind. Anus isn't swollen or red as far as I can tell. He's eating well (a little too well) and is just as active as he's always been
I'm currently starving him for a couple days and then will give him some peas. If it's constipation that should help.
Tank is currently cycling due to a balls up with the couple I bought the tank off (media got thrown away).
Ammonia is below 0.25, nitrite is 0, nitrate is 20~40 ppm due to dodgy tap water and pH is around 8. Temperature is 25~26.
64l aquarium, filtered with an interpet PF2 that will be replaced in the next few days with an AC 50.
Just as a side question, how much should I clean the filter sponge media? I know it's best to leave it alone during cycling but the filter was on its way to being clogged up with grime. The sponges aren't doing the best job of catching muck, some of it gets trapped and clogs the sponge up quick or it just lets it through completely due to being so porous...
Thanks in advance as always!
Be sure not not in turn overfeed on peas. Ae there any changes to the fish's body shape, such as the belly getting skinnier/more rounded? Since you are still cycling, the filter sponges and other media are in the process of collecting bacteria in sufficient amounts to eat up the waste of your shark. Disturbances should be kept to a minimum but a light rinse to remove loose particles that are clogging the sponge should be okay.
Noted about the peas. I'll stick to just one or a half.
Interesting development I suppose. Was looking at the tank and just realised that it's covered in this hair like mould. I'd noticed things were a little blurry but assumed it was some sort of algae, not this hair like substance. It's covered the glass and the plastic plants. Snails are grazing on it happily, as is the shark (so much for starving). From what I've read it's quite common in cycling tanks and is completely harmless? Would be great if someone could confirm that or knows if it might be contributing to the problem?
The belly does appear to be more rounded then when I first got him. It might just be my mind playing tricks on me where I'm worried... picture included as you'll probably be a better judge on what's classed as abnormal.
Apologies for the naff photo... while he's a bolshy little fellow and will square up to anyone or anything - the photo was taken with a PS Vita camera... so not the best quality.
Also included a photo of the mould. You can see it around the plant and also on the glass in the top right corner.
Double posting I know but things are not going well again...
Just came home to... I'm not sure what really.
He wasn't moving around much, just resting on the sand in his log which is quite out of character. When he does move, he backs up an inch and then rushes forwards sideways, rubbing one side on the sand. Flashing I think it's called?
Tested the water and nitrite was a tiny bit darker than normal so immediately done three 40% water changes. He's now swimming fine and even eating - but continues to dash against the sand.
I can't see any ich on him though I know it can take a little while to visually manifest itself on the body.
Any ideas or anyone know where to proceed from here? I don't want to jump the gun and end up treating for something that isn't there... but don't want to leave it either.
Much appreciated.
If you are feeding pellets, epsom salt solution will help and won't pose any risk to the fish. It will just excrete out the solution. I've used it on fish when metro failed miserably.
15 grams of epsom salts in 500 ml of ro water. Saturate the food until it can't soak anymore. Feed this exclusively to the fish for 5 days. You'll see results sooner, but continue on for 5 days.
Or if it is not eating 1 tablepsoon of epsom salt per 40L of aquarium.
Last edited by Rocksor; 05-08-2013 at 01:34 PM.
Yep, Epsom salts might help, can help with parasites and helps with pooping (just like in humans!). I have added it to the water in a quarantine tank. Doesn't hurt anything if kept in proper concentration.
That mold shouldn't be hurting anybody either - it's a pretty common occurrence. However, if your fish is eating it, it may be contributing to the white poop, which would be freakish looking but not a symptom.Beth
1 - 55 gallon planted community
3 - 10 to 20 gallon planted betta tanks
My advice: slow down, think, and be willing to learn. Then you'll be fine, no matter what.
Epsom salt should be here tomorrow or the day after. Boots apparently don't stock it and that's the only place in town that I can think would. No transport unfortunately as I've got a flat in the town centre, so don't need it... usually. I'll add it to the water as suggested as food is kind of hit and miss currently. He's the only occupant of the tank aside from a few MTS.
Is this going to damage my cycle at all?
Thank you all for the help, appreciated as always.


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I drove around Santa Cruz for a while. It's definitely weird being back...on the one hand most things are familiar, but on the other hand some things are completely new to me. And I keep getting lost, which bugs me. For some reason on certain roads I really want to turn, so I turn and dunno where I am going. Eventually one time I figured out that I was in front of my exes house cause that's the only time I was in that part of the neighborhood. I didn't even realize it until I ended up there. I had to use the GPS to find Kate's house, which kinda irritated me cause I've been here so many times! Then again it's been 4 years since I've been here. It's really good to see Kate. I'll be staying at her house for the next few nights. Luckily there is some kind of wifi here (not hers cause hers has a password and we don't know what it is) so I don't have to pay for Internet at Starbucks or anything. It's good seeing her dog Bella too. I remember when Kate and Tony first got Bella and she was so tiny! She reminds me of Raina a lot...more her attitude than looks. She runs back and forth and loves her toys, just like Raina. Tonight we are going downtown to a chocolate place and then tomorrow we are going to Tony's work to eat and I'll see an old co-worker there who I haven't seen in a really long time.
So we just got back from the chocolate place. Apparently it's pretty new, but I give it a few months to catch on. It's a gourmet chocolate restauraunt. What's not to like? I got a white chocolate hot chocolate. It comes in a small glass which is really misleading. It's so rich that you can't even drink half of it! I can just see myself in a month from now melting a white chocolate Hershey's bar in a glass and adding milk to try to recreate the hot chocolate. It was that good. We got a chocolate sampler. It was pretty good, but one of the white chocolate truffles had rosemary. It wasn't bad exactly, just really unexpected in a truffle. Then we went to Borders and I got a book, which is always good. It's called Twighlight and Kate says it's really good. It's part of a series and it's about vampires, so I bet I will love it. Tomorrow I am gonna hang around Santa Cruz again and then Friday it's off to San Francisco.


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"If roses grow in heaven, Lord please pick a bunch for me, and place them in my Mother's arms and tell her they're from me.
Tell her I love and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while.
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This is one of the most powerful birds in the world. Could it go extinct?
The Philippine Eagle, also known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, is among the rarest, largest, and most powerful birds in the world. It is critically endangered, mainly due to massive loss of habitat due to deforestation. The cause of the habitat loss is human economics pertaining to resource usage. Killing a Philippine Eagle is punishable under Philippine law by twelve years in jail and heavy fines.
Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction
Over 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth have gone extinct. Five mass extinctions are recorded in the fossil record. They were caused by major geologic and climatic events. Evidence shows that a sixth mass extinction is occurring now. Unlike previous mass extinctions, the sixth extinction is due to human actions.
Some scientists consider the sixth extinction to have begun with early hominids during the Pleistocene. They are blamed for over-killing big mammals such as mammoths. Since then, human actions have had an ever greater impact on other species.
However, most scientists agree that the 6th mass extension took off during the Age of Englightenment. The present rate of extinction is between 100 and 100,000 species per year. In 100 years, we could lose more than half of Earth's remaining species.
Causes of Extinction
The single biggest cause of extinction today is habitat loss due to human resource usage. Agriculture, forestry, mining, and urbanization have disturbed or destroyed more than half of Earth's land area. In the U.S., for example, more than 99 percent of tall-grass prairies have been lost. About 33% of the surface of the planet is dedicaed to livestock (Why are there still 1$ burgers?). Other causes of extinction today include:
- Exotic species introduced by humans into new habitats. They may carry disease, prey on native species, and disrupt food webs. Often, they can out-compete native species because they lack local predators. An example is described in Figure below.
- Over-harvesting of fish, trees, and other organisms. This threatens their survival and the survival of species that depend on them.
- Global climate change, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. This is raising Earth's air and ocean temperatures. It is also raising sea levels. These changes threaten many species.
- Pollution, which adds chemicals, heat, and noise to the environment beyond its capacity to absorb them. This causes widespread harm to organisms.
- Human overpopulation, which is crowding out other species. It also makes all the other causes of extinction worse.
The brown tree snake is an exotic species that has caused many extinctions on Pacific islands such as Guam.
Effects of Extinction
The results of a study released in the summer of 2011 have shown that the decline in the numbers of large predators like sharks, lions and wolves is disrupting Earth's ecosystem in all kinds of unusual ways. The study, conducted by scientists from 22 different institutions in six countries, confirmed the sixth mass extinction. The study states that this mass extinction differs from previous ones because it is entirely driven by human activity through changes in land use, climate, pollution, hunting, fishing and poaching. The effects of the loss of these large predators can be seen in the oceans and on land.
- Fewer cougars in the western US state of Utah led to an explosion of the deer population. The deer ate more vegetation, which altered the path of local streams and lowered overall biodiversity.
- In Africa, where lions and leopards are being lost to poachers, there is a surge in the number of olive baboons, who are transferring intestinal parasites to humans living nearby.
- In the oceans, industrial whaling led a change in the diets of killer whales, who eat more sea lions, seals, and otters and have dramatically lowered the population counts of those species.
The study concludes that the loss of big predators has likely driven many of the pandemics, population collapses and ecosystem shifts the Earth has seen in recent centuries. See http://my.news.yahoo.com/loss-big-predators-disrupts-earth-ecosystem-study-181200873.html for additional information.
Disappearing Frogs
Around the world, frogs are declining at an alarming rate due to threats like pollution, disease, and climate change. Frogs bridge the gap between water and land habitats, making them the first indicators of ecosystem changes. Meet the California researchers working to protect frogs across the state and across the world at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/disappearing-frogs. Learn about the plight of the yellow-legged frog at http://www.kqed.org/quest/radio/plight-of-the-yellowlegged-frog.
Nonnative Species
Scoop a handful of critters out of the San Francisco Bay and you'll find many organisms from far away shores. Invasive kinds of mussels, fish, and more are choking out native species, challenging experts around the state to change the human behavior that brings them here. See http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/san-francisco-bay-invaders for more information.
How You Can Help Protect Biodiversity
There are many steps you can take to help protect biodiversity. For example:
- Consume wisely. Reduce your consumption wherever possible. Re-use or recycle rather than throw out and buy new. When you do buy new, choose products that are energy efficient and durable.
- Avoid plastics. Plastics are made from petroleum and produce toxic waste.
- Go organic. Organically grown food is better for your health. It also protects the environment from pesticides and excessive nutrients in fertilizers.
- Save energy. Unplug electronic equipment and turn off lights when not in use. Take mass transit instead of driving.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnK7gNXxb3c for an outstanding 60 Minutes video of the Great Migration in Kenya, and the issues facing these animals.
Lost Salmon
Because of a sharp decline in their numbers, the entire salmon fishing season in the ocean off California and Oregon was canceled in both 2008 and 2009. At no other time in history has this salmon fishery been closed. The species in the most danger is the California coho salmon. Examine efforts to protect the coho in Northern California and explore the important role salmon play in the native ecosystem at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/californias-lost-salmon and http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/coho-salmon-in-muir-woods.
- Evidence shows that a sixth mass extinction is occurring. The single biggest cause is habitat loss caused by human actions.
- There are many steps you can take to help protect biodiversity. For example, you can use less energy.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
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- Describe the current mass extinction. What is causing this extinction?
- Why might the polar bear go extinct?
- What is the relationship between red algae, krill, and penguins?
- Why are penguin populations threatened?
- Why is the temperature rising faster at the poles than elsewhere?
- What is the role of biologists in facing these global challenges?
1. How is human overpopulation related to the sixth mass extinction?
2. Create a poster that conveys simple tips for protecting biodiversity.
3. Why might the brown tree snake or the peregrine falcon serve as "poster species" for causes of the sixth mass extinction?
4. Describe a hypothetical example showing how rising sea levels due to global warming might cause extinction.


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By Gene Phelps/NEMS Daily Journal
BIGGERSVILLE – Shaun Watson's jersey number is 20, but it could have been mistaken for a "1" on Friday night.
That's how close Biggersville's guard was defending Blue Mountain's scoring machine, Ismael Ruedas, who wears No. 1, in this Division 1-1A high school basketball rematch.
Ruedas was held to 11 points, at least 15 under his average, as the host Lions escaped with a 63-61 victory.
"I was ready to play some defense," Watson said. "I could tell (Ruedas) was frustrated. He was talking to me."
The win gave Biggersville (14-6, 5-0) a regular-season sweep in the series. The Lions topped the Cougars 87-83 last month at Blue Mountain.
"Shaun Watson busted his tail all night guarding Rudy Basketball … that's what I call him," Biggersville coach Cliff Little said. "He's relentless, hard-working and scrappy. It was something for him to guard him like that."
Blue Mountain's other top scorer, guard Jacob Girley, had 16 points, but he spent most of his time on the bench in foul trouble. He scored seven of his points in the final 2 minutes to keep the Cougars within striking distance.
Girley, a sophomore, sank a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left to cut Biggersville's lead to 61-59.
"We were right there," Blue Mountain coach David Mason said. "It was a struggle on offense at times, but you have to credit their defense."
Mason knew Ruedas, who was sidelined during the week with a flu-like ailment, was frustrated.
"I should have given him more of a rest," Mason said.
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Biggersville's big gun, guard Daniel Simmons, was held to a team-high 17 points, but his two free throws on a one-plus-one sealed the win. He was guarded by the Cougars' Dontae Knox.
"It wasn't your typical night for Simmons, but credit Blue Mountain," Little said.
Jaylen Gaines added 14 points for the Lions, including a crucial field goal in the final minute that gave his team a 4-point lead.
Watson and Marquis Watson, who has been sidelined with an injury, added 10 points apiece for Biggersville.
Tyler Young scored 13 for Blue Mountain (15-3, 4-2).
Mason and Little hope they meet for a third time in the division tournament championship game.
"We're climbing that mountain," Mason said. "We're trying to get over the top. Tonight's game had that North half atmosphere."
Added Little, "I hope we get to play again."
(G) Biggersville 65, Blue Mountain 35: Tyler Shelley scored 30 points and Jada Tubbs 25 to lead the Lady Lions.


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Life: After more then 5 years I'm now studying mathematics again, giving it a second try. I've taken 3 classes this term: analysis, linear algebra, and computational mathematics. One week (and one examn) to go and I'm pretty tired. Studying math is definitely rewarding - feels almost like getting an upgrade for my brain :^D I think it'll help me with my programming skills as well in the long run but for now it's adding to the confusion. Last time I tried to study math my personal situation made it impossible to continue and I often felt like being caught in an endless loop since then. Things started getting better when I moved to Berlin and it seems I'm back on track now. Should do more sports, though ...
Free Software: Last fall I've contributed to a PHP/mySQL/X*L portal
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SQL was very interesting (as was having my first exposure to XSL). Maybe I'll
have some time to hack on it again during the next two months.
What's cool about it is that it actually started out as a distributed team project - unlike most successful Open Source projects out there. It's a way of working I very much enjoy, and I fear it's the only way that works for me at all - I'm just too unorganized to be productive in isolation for a long time. Maybe that's something mathematics is going to help me with, too.


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Pigs In The Deep
The Mighty Sea Pig (Scotoplanes sp.). Can you tell the front end from the back?
Deep-sea Holothurians
Student Exploration
Little Pig, Little Pig...What Are You doing?
Some of you may have encountered the echinoderms known commonly as sea cucumbers (Holothurians scientifically). This encounter may have occurred in a restaurant or aquarium or along the sea shore, but it probably didn't occur in the deep-sea. Still, sea cucumbers are well known members of deep-sea communities, and by well known I mean we know they are there, but not what exactly they are doing there. The deep-sea contains magnificent ecosystems, but they are difficult and expensive to study and much work remains to be done. One thing that has become apparent is animals acquired some amazing forms to deal with the challenges they face. Take a look at this sea cucumber (Scotoplanes globosa) that lives in the deep-sea and doesn't look like your average sea cucumber.
One thing that is striking about this organism is its "legs" or podia. This sea cucumber doesn't crawl or stay put like some of its cousins, that much is clear, but what survival advantage do these podia convey? It could be as simple as podia are a faster mode of locomotion and allow them to find more food in an area of variable resources. But they sure don't seem to move fast. It could be they are avoiding stirring up the sediments and disturbing the "scent trail" they may use to find food, but for now we really don't know.
One of the characteristics of Scotoplanes scientists do know is they can occur in large groups and their population abundance seems highly variable. In this video, you can see a modest-sized grouping moving across the sea floor. Notice how they are all oriented in the same direction. This phenomena may be related to how they find food. Scientists think they may use smell (as mentioned above) to determine the location of "fresh" food and these groups form from the organisms following a scent.
Extension Investigation
Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- How much can the abundance of Scotoplanes vary annually? How do scientists think this phenomena may be linked to occurrences at the ocean surface? Design an experiment (luckily you have unlimited funding) to determine what is the cause of these fluctuations.
- What appears to be the relationship between size and abundance for species in the deep-sea? Can you think of a reason that would explain this relationship?
- What kinds of fertilization and development (i.e. internal vs. external fertilization, asexual vs sexual reproduction, parental care vs.no parental care) do we see in sea cucumbers as a group? Do these relationships surprise you? Why or why not?
- Where does most of the deep-sea get its "food" from? How does this food supply vary in time and space? What does this mean for organisms that live in the deep-sea?
- What have scientists learned about biodiversity in the deep-sea? Why was this result unexpected?
- Notice in the videos that feeding sea pigs will move two "tentacles" to their mouth at a time and seem to always pair the same two tentacles. Can you think of a reason why this might be the case? Can you design an experiment to test your hypothesis?
Resources Cited
- http://www.awi.de/en/research/deep_sea/deep_sea_ecology/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-H1J7ukGsU
- http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3226924?uid=3739960&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101357925547
- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Holothuroidea/
- http://www.fegi.ru/prim/sea/golot.htm
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFxjmr5mW8
- http://www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2007/deepchange.html
- http://www.gso.uri.edu/~dcsmith/page23/page18/files/Ruhl%20Ecology%202007.pdf
- http://www.mbari.org/pelagic-benthic/deepsea.htm
- http://www.pnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/pnnl-14540.pdf


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Normally when you buy a product that has a hidden defect, consumer protection law in your state or country comes to the rescue. For example, if you purchase a product—say, a book—it comes with an implicit promise that it will be fit for the ordinary purposes that books are used for, such as allowing you to read it, quote from it, lend it to others, summarize it on your blog, and donate or recycle it when you're done.
If the book can't be used in these common-sense ways, and you weren't warned about that before handing over your money, consumer protection laws will generally give you the right to a remedy such as a refund of what you paid.
Today we launched a new app that will make it easier for people to take action on digital rights issues using their phone. The app allows folks to connect to our action center quickly and easily, using a variety of mobile devices.
Sadly, though, we had to leave out Apple devices and the folks who use them. Why? Because we could not agree to the outrageous terms in Apple's Developer Agreement and Apple's DRM requirements.
Telling users how to strip the DRM from their legally purchased ebooks is not contributory copyright infringement, according to a ruling last month by a federal judge in New York. Judge Denise Cote dismissed two publishers' claims of contributory infringement and inducement in Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc., one of the many cases to come out of the antitrust litigation against Apple and a handful of major publishers.
If you own a phone or a tablet, you should be able to run whatever software you want on it. It seems like a simple truth, but there are a surprising number of hurdles in the way. Most pressingly, if the manufacturer of that phone or tablet wants to, they can misuse the law to limit your control over the device long after your purchase. This week, EFF has filed a petition with the Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office to extend and expand the exemption that allows you to "jailbreak" your phone from those restrictions, without running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The reach of copyright law has expanded so far that it now threatens people's ability to repair their own cars and protect them against malware. Yesterday, EFF launched a legal campaign to fend off that threat.
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Isn't Indy's owner the same Darlene that took 4th place in the Open at the Golden Retriever National Specialty with an 8 year old Golden? I think it is the same person. Very nice lady.
I have not had the pleasure to run a dog at Nationals but to have one of my puppies there is just about as good. I will take it when I get it.
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Jan Slattery is the Director of the Office for the Protection of Children and Youth
Pinwheels take me back to my childhood – bright, colorful, shiny objects that blow in the wind. Now, as an adult, pinwheels represent the happy, healthy and care-free childhood I had and that all children deserve.
In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the national symbol for child abuse prevention. Friday, April 4, at 11 a.m., the Archdiocese of Chicago "pinwheel garden" will be created at the Healing Garden located at Holy Family Church on Roosevelt Road. This event is for children and adults. It will be a visual display of the Archdiocese's commitment to protecting God's children. On Wednesday, April 16, a big "pinwheel garden" will be staged in Gateway Park at Navy Pier to raise awareness of child abuse prevention. The Chicago event will feature volunteers holding pinwheels to create a visual reminder that children need protection. If you take Michigan Avenue on your drive to work or shop at Water Tower Place during April, you will be drawn to the blue ribbon clad trees outside the Fourth Presbyterian Church. These blue ribbons shimmering in the sun are another visual reminder of child abuse.
The Archdiocese has been active in child abuse prevention since 2004. That year, the Child Safety First program was introduced in the elementary schools. The program teaches children to recognize abuse and gives them skills to protect themselves. More recently, programs on internet safety have been offered to children. Over 200,000 young people in the Archdiocese have received age-appropriate training on abuse prevention. One of the program goals is to give children a voice; teach them to tell a trusted adult if someone does something that doesn't "feel right" to them.
Children in our midst are at risk due to violence and neglect. My heart sinks every time another death or injury to a child is reported on the evening news. We all need to be vigilant, concerned and willing to act if we believe a child is being abused or neglected. We want all children to have happy childhood memories. Who knows – it may be pinwheels.
For more information on the work that the Office for the Protection of Children and Youth does, visit their websites, http://www.archchicago.org/departments/protection/protection.shtm and https://protectandhealchicago.org/.
Monday, April 07, 2014 2:51 PM
Thank you so much for raising awareness of child abuse prevention. The pinwheels are such a great symbol of the carefree lives and innocence that every child should be afforded! Signature Bank has been happy to "plant" our pinwheels with honor!
— Ella R.
Monday, March 31, 2014 9:00 PM
I have attended the Healing Garden Service for the last few years and it is an amazing, healing and spiritual experience. I have seen it grow in strength and size as more people learn about it. The Healing Garden continues to help bring survivors together, give them a voice and be heard.
— Karen S.
Monday, March 31, 2014 8:30 PM
A beautiful way to raise awareness!
— Laura R.
Monday, March 31, 2014 6:53 PM
Our church (St. Mary of the Woods) has been involved in honoring Childhood Abuse Awareness month the past 2 Aprils. We "plant" our pinwheels out in front of the church and it is a gorgeous, happy sight- yet a remembrance of those who have suffered as well. Our 3rd "planting" will be this Saturday and I can't wait to see all those beautiful, blue pinwheels spinning in the wind! God Bless all our children!
— Mary T.
Monday, March 31, 2014 6:45 PM
Thank you for all you do to better protect children.
— Jennifer S.
Monday, March 31, 2014 5:21 PM
Jan, thank you for writing about pinwheels and all of the various ways to raise awareness of child abuse prevention efforts in Chicago. The pinwheel is a wonderful symbol of youth, innocence and joy. Your office is a leader in implementing the best practices of child safety in Catholic schools and parishes.
— Mike H.
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An (incomplete) OCTtree is constructed with the particles in a cosmology SPH(smoothed particle hydrodynamics) simulation.
This octtree will be used as a smoothing kernel to reconstruct a density field out of SPH particles. The density field field will then be used in cosmic radiative transfer study, similar to Feng et al(2012, in prep) [http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.6544]
The construction method is based on the first step by Bern, M.; Eppstein, D.; Teng, S.-H. (1999)[doi:10.1142/S0218195999000303], but with a few optimizations designed for the parallel radiative transfer algorithm.
The plot is produced with an algorithm modifed from Shneiderman's 2D space-filling method[http://hcil2.cs.umd.edu/trs/91-03/91-03.html]. The algorithm is applied on the leaf nodes only. The tree is rendered in parallel into 64 puzzle pieces before they are combined into one single image shown here. The color corresponds to number of SPH particles in leaf nodes.
The black cells correspond to the spatial volume that is not occupied by any octtree nodes are of most interest. A black cell corresponds to a numerical artifact, because there they contain no SPH particles and the density becomes vacuum. Whether the artifact is a severe problem is still under investigation.


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A Mexican court ordered Quinteros release after ruling he had been improperly tried in a federal court for state crimes. The decision and early-morning release of Quintero came as a surprise to U.S. authorities.We're ticked off at Syria ... and 70,000 have died due to the drug cartels in Mexico!Between 2006 and 2012, more than 70,000 people have died from drug-related fighting, a spokesperson from the Mexicos western state of Michoacan said. Since January 2013, 6,000 people have died.
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