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Panasonic India has launched a new budget smartphone, dubbed Panasonic T50 in India at a price tag of Rs. 4,990.
Panasonic touts the smartphone has the smoothest Android UI yet, that comes with advanced launcher settings such as Batch Arranging, File Manager and Gesture Control.
Panasonic T50 Specs & Features
The T50 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with the company's own Sail UI on top. The dual-SIM handset features a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable internal storage, 5-megapixels on the back, and 2-megapixels on the front.
The device is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and is backed by a 1600mAh battery.
The Sail UI offers nine camera modes additionally to tweak the images. Measuring 131.7×66.3×8.8mm, the handset is available in rose gold, champagne gold and midnight blue color options.


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We visit the Orlando area every year, but have not used a grocery delivery service until now. We looked at other grocers, but felt Garden Grocer had more options and was very reasonably priced. Website was easy to navigate, shopping was a breeze and delivery was made during the time we requested during check out. Our flight was arriving in the evening but due to weather conditions we arrived even later than expected. Upon check in we were happy to discover that our groceries were delivered to our cabin and Garden Grocer even put items that needed to be refrigerated, in the refrigerator! We will definitely use Garden Grocer for all of our future trips to Orlando! Thank again for your wonderful service! S. Blake, Texas
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United States Virginia Biography
For information about Virginia's earliest colonists, McCartney's work is a great place to start:
- McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. FHL Collection 975.5 D36m; purchase at Genealogical.com.
An excellent list of early Virginians is in:
- True, Ransom B., ed. Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607-1660. Richmond, Virginia: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1982. (On 22 Family History Library fiche 6332718.) Includes more than 100,000 entries with references to 30,000 people who are mentioned in Virginia wills , deeds , court orders, histories, and Virginia Company records. A supplemental Guide (Family History Library book 975.5 D3bd 1985; film 1750757 item 21) contains an explanation of the dictionary and a listing of the sources with their codes.
You can also request information from the:
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
204 West Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220-5012
Phone: 804-648-1889
Fax: 804-775-0802
An index to biographical sketches in several hundred local histories and genealogies is:
- Wardell, P.G. Timesaving Aid to Virginia-West Virginia Ancestors: A Genealogical Index of Surnames from Published Sources. Two Volumes. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1985. (Family History Library book 975 D22w)
Other important biographical sources are:
- Brock, Robert Alonzo. Virginia and Virginians. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. (Family History Library film 897042 items 2-3.) An index is on Family History Library fiche 6048346-47. Lists five to ten prominent citizens from each county with early governors and generals.
- Foote, William Henry. Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William S. Martien, 1850-56. (Family History Library book 975.5 H2f; Volume 1 on film 1000631; Volume 2 on film 1598334 item 27.) Presbyterian history, ministers, and families. Volume one is indexed in An Index to Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographicalby William Henry Foot (Richmond, Virginia: The Library, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1966; Family History Library book 975.5 H2f index).
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Five Volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publication, 1915. (Family History Library book 975.5 D3tl; film 1000632) Includes multi-generation family histories. Vol. 3 (1915) available at Google Books (full-view).
The Family History Library also has:
- French, S. Bassett. Biographical Sketches [of Virginia]. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1949? (Family History Library films 029664-67) Contains brief handwritten sketches of persons born from the 1700s to 1800s, sometimes with birth and death dates.


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Diana F+ 6th Birthday Bonanza!2013-09-12 Share Tweet
The Diana F+ turns 6! In celebration we launch the Diana F+ Photo Marathon New York, a homage to our
Queen of medium‐format photography and a chance for you to win great prizes! So make sure you have
your Diana camera ready and loaded!
In honor of 6 years, we have 6 competitions with 6 amazing prizes, and it can all be yours if you have what it takes!
Here's what you need to do:
Step 1:
Complete all six challenges to be included in our final run for our grand prizes.
Starting today and continuing until September 22nd, a new challenge will be announced each day, so make sure you keep checking in!
Step 2:
After you complete the marathon, rush to the lab, get your film(s) developed and send in your best
picture for each challenge to firstname.lastname@example.com and remember only one picture per challenge!
Submissions end September 30
Note: Make sure you rename your pictures with the corresponding challenge name, so we know which picture is intended for which challenge!
Step 3:
We'll upload your pictures on Facebook to the correct challenge album and open up the voting round.
The picture receiving the most likes for each challenge by October 5th will then be rewarded with our king-sized prizes, so make sure you share and tag your pictures or do whatever you need to do to get as many likes as you can!
Yes, you heard us right! There will be 1 winning picture for each of the 6 challenges, which means you have more than one chance of winning if you treat your Queen right!
Besides getting wonderful prizes, the winning pictures will be showcased in our store throughout October.
Bonus Round:
In addition to the marathon challenges we are also looking for the best Diana picture representing NYC!
Send it to firstname.lastname@example.com until September 30. The best picture will then be displayed in our store, along with the winning pictures from the Diana F+ Anniversary Photo Marathon and wins a mix of fancy accessories and film!
There are grand prizes at stake for all challenges, from cameras to films to accessories! So get your Diana F+ ready to roll for this Anniversary Photo marathon!
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Without further ado, here's our first challenge!
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Prizes: 6 rolls of 120mm film for your Diana and Diana's little baby sister, the Diana Baby 110!
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Posted by Brian from Shawnee on August 03, 2004
In Reply to: Farmer's Sneeze posted by playupus on August 02, 2004
: : Any idea as to the origin/meaning of this one? I read it in a comic strip where it was jokingly a part of an exercise regiment: "Do a farmer's sneeze on a big dork's pickup truck tire".
: A farmer's sneeze is a way to evacuate one's nostrils. Using your forefinger, press nostril to mate and blow. The first page of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony (The Gift) has a wonderful description of this feat.
Back in the late '80's I heard a smarmy little yuppy say "You're not a real New Yorker until you blow a one-nostril onto the sidewalk." Luckily, he didn't demonstrate it, he just said it. The Smarmy Little Yuppy's Sneeze.


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The Republic of Ireland winger suffered an ankle injury whilst on international duty in midweek, and the Black Cats manager is unsure of his participation on Saturday
Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill has revealed James McClean is an injury doubt for their Premier League game against Arsenal on the weekend.
The 23-year-old winger played 83 minutes for the Republic of Ireland in their 2-0 friendly win over Poland in Dublin on Wednesday, as Ciaran Clark and Wes Hoolahan both netted their first-ever international goals to secure the victory.
Yet the former Derry City man sustained an ankle injury during which looks to have ruled him out of Sunderland's league fixture at home to the Gunners.
"James has a problem. He played about 80 minutes for the Republic of Ireland and got a knock on his ankle in the first half, but played on," O'Neill told reporters.
"It's blown up somewhat, so at the moment the physios are dealing with him. We'll see how he is, but it might be a problem."


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(BOISE) – The Committee to Recall Tom Luna will face an uphill battle over the next two months. Activists presented the first 20 signatures of their petition to Secretary of State Ben Ysursa yesterday. The group needs over 158,000 signatures just to hold a special election, a challenge many lawmakers are calling a "complete waste of time and resources." Over 268,000 votes in favor of ousting Luna would have to pass a special election — the same number of voters who supported Luna in the first place.
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With the proliferation of UAVs greatly increasing the number of "eyes in the sky," the flow of video imagery streaming into intelligence centers is turning into a torrent. To help analysts provide timely intelligence, California-based 2d3 Inc. has developed a software suite known as TacitView that turns motion imagery into a more useful product. 2d3's vision-science knowledge traces its roots to the movie/TV industry, but it sees enormous application in the military ISR world.
"Hours of motion imagery is not an intelligence product," said 2d3 president Jon Damush. "Today situational awareness and actionable intelligence are critical to air and ground superiority. Unmanned aerial systems play a pivotal role in capturing this vital information," he said. "The challenge is that these systems are producing volumes of data that are difficult to view with the human eye within a reasonable amount of time. Many times salient features and events go unnoticed or undocumented, and critical intelligence information is lost."
The company created TacitView to solve that problem. It works with a wide variety of video/still formats, can operate with real-time video streams or archived footage and stills. It can receive and extract metadata from overlays, and it has its own video database management system to provide the user with an integrated environment that can be easily searched. A map-based query search system is also available.
TacitView works in two principal ways: improving the baseline imagery by applying advanced stabilization, spectrum optimization and resolution techniques; and exploiting imagery for key functions. The latter includes extracting three-dimensional underlying terrain structure, or providing moving target indication.


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Global food prices declined in June 2014, with dairy prices helping lead the way, according to the latest United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index.
The June FAO Dairy Price Index dropped 1.0% from May, the fourth consecutive month-to-month decline. The decline in June was substantially less than in the previous three months, suggesting the downward price adjustment may be coming to an end. At the product level, large supply of milk powders continued to weigh on the market, while a firm import demand has kept cheese prices on the rise.
The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of five food commodities – cereal, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar. Overall, the FAO Food Price Index was down 1.8% from May.
Looking at other commodities, sugar was down 0.5% from May; vegetable oils declined by 3.3%; and cereals were down 5.2%. The June 2014 FAO Meat Price Index was up, however, increasing 0.7% from May and 8.1% compared to June 2013.


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This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue with a recap of the story so far and an accompanying illustration.
The story is printed in black, white and blue. The story title appears only on the credits page. The first lines of the story read: "1: Paper Planes (3:24)".
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Fred Friend, 78, a retired farmer, a native of the Bufkin community and for more than 60 years a resident of
Attending the funeral from here were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gross, the latter a sister of the deceased and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Gross and Mrs. Lloyd Redman.
Mr. Friend is survived by his wife, Eliza; three sons, Loren, Detroit, Eugene, Texas, and Leslie, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Bruce, Norris City; three brothers, Felix and Ben, Broughton, Ill and George Mt. Vernon; three sisters, Mrs Elmer Gross, Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Mary Neal, Wichita, Kans. and Mrs. Anna Lively, Carmi, Ill.,and a half brother, William Schiffer, Evansville. The deceased's parents were Fred Friend and Mary Lane Friend.
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My first two trail runs of Boulder were OSOM! (I feel like I might overuse that term during my stay here.)
In order to try and keep this "relatively short" I will stick to captioning the pictures with my thoughts.
Friday evening: Mesa Trail (right behind my work)
This is really cool there's a trail so close. Next time I shouldn't be silly and actually bring my clothes to work!
Why am I breathing so hard already? Darn you elevation!
Um, am I supposed to run up that? Ha, no, power hiking it is.
I like the view!
And I love my new bright trail shoes! Not so much the KT tape, but at least it goes
So many little rocks. I wish I could actually run instead of half hiking/ half hopping over rocks.
Oh yeah, this makes it worth it.
Oooo I can run that!
Wow I'm high!
This is hard to climb!
So many rocks! Did I just see a guy run across this the other way? What is he part mountain goat? I'm going to twist an ankle and fall down the cliff!
This is amazing!
Cool big flat iron in the distance! Too bad you can't see it as well in this picture
Try again.
Look at this sign. Oh. Black bear sighting on...5/23. Crap. That was yesterday.
Look at my work building! Oh wait, I have to make it back there to my car?
Also, cool! Wait where did the trail go? Maybe if I just scramble up some of these rocks...
Don't think I'll get used to that view. Oh wait, I'm dizzy, I should turn around now...
I didn't notice that on the way up!
Big rock!
Why is this girl sitting on the side of the trail crying? And why did she just say "so, I'm just supposed to blow off a day of training?!" I expected a break up or death or something. I dont' know what you're talking about but I'd say, yes, blow off the training.
Yay for trails! I don't blow off training
Woo, done. That was a hard 4 miles.
Not bad.
Yeah, there was a lot of power hiking when the footing got a little dicey.
(I went home and iced my foot. Slept and woke up Saturday. The foot felt pretty good, so I drove about 30 minutes west to the Hall Ranch trails.)
Saturday morning: Hall Ranch Trails
This is really pretty. Hope the trails are nice.
Alright, pretty cool.
Its. So. Pretty. But. So. Steep. Can't. Breathe. Work with me here hemoglobin.
This steep incline won't stop. It doesn't look so bad in the picture. What's behind this curve. Give you one guess. Oh more uphill. Fancy that.
I'm tired...it's been a half mile.
1 mile done and the end of that super steep climb! Yes! Now which way to go? I'll get out my phone, oh stupid me, no service. Should have downloaded the map at home. This way seems right.
So much uphill. Oh yes! Downhill. Wait this is steep. This will suck on the way back.
Holy crap what is that? Oh man, a praire dog? Outside of a zoo? I love Colorado! I'm glad it's just eyeing me so I can take a picture.
Ooo I wonder if I'll run past that thing?
Down down down. Don't think about going back up up up.
That man just ran up faster than I'm going down. Now I feel a little bad. Oh well, just keep going.
And cacti!? Toto, I don't think we're in Michigan anymore.
That is cool looking.
Oh closer to the big rock thing! Picture time!
Where are the trees?
This is pretty cool though.
Oh hey, a bigger parking lot, why didn't my phone direct me here? Next time. Oh and thank goodness a bathroom. I pee so much. Why does it smell worse outside the port-a-potty than inside? Do I go this way? Nope another parking lot. Backtrack. I'll take one of these convenient little maps. I'm not excited about the mountain lion warning sign. All right, let's go on this one. 4 miles done, pretty good. Oh man this is a lot of up. Why am I walking so much? Can't breathe. Just move forward.
That guy looks serious. Like elite. Does he even have any water? Am I going to run out of water?
Alright 5 miles done, I could turn around and do 10 like I planned. I really want to see where this goes... this map makes it look like it should be about 13 miles total...I might be able to do that. Darn why did I only bring three GU's? Glad I had that extra piece of bread this morning.
So tired, don't want to climb anymore. Does this uphill ever end? Oh cool, I ran up that!
Happy! I think.
Why don't I live here? No one lives here. You can see for miles! Unlike my little park in the middle of neighborhoods at home. This is amazing.
Smile to some hikers. Did that guy just warn be of a "big rattler" up the trail? Crap. What have I gotten myself into.
Try to run, walk, walk some more, try to run, walk a lot more. There's the guy in green again. Geez I'm slow. He said we didn't see the snake. Watch for the snake.
Up up up. Oh hey there's the elite looking guy again. OH MY GOD, did something just slither in that bush. Hey, elite runner guy, I think there's a snake in there. No, I didn't see the one farther down. Well, I think there was one there so good luck!
This might have been a bad plan. Am I going to run out of food and water? Darn the explorer in me wanting to continue forward. Way too late to turn back.
I could kill for some shade. There's nothing here to even kill. It is so freaking hot! Do I have enough water? Was this a dumb idea?
Oh yay, some trees.
Trees? Where have you been all my life?
Um I think I lost the trail. Apparently a lot of people do since the trees are marked. I'll just follow the orange...oh there's the trail. I guess I'll go this way. How did I lose it?
Oh my, that view. Ok, I'm fine with no trees to shade me. They would just block this view.
Better picture.
Does it look better without my hat? Hmm. Nope.
Why won't I stop going up? I should ask that hiker how much farther. Or that one. Or that biker. My watch says like a mile left of this trial. Then I should get to go down. I can do that. If I run really slowly its not so bad. Ugh, what are you doing? You can't do a whole 50K!
Shut up self, I can do this. I just have to get used to the elevation. That's all. Just keep going.
Is that a trail marker up there!? Hallelujah! And downhill! Oh my goodness, downhill.
Cabin, cool.
Wait, this is fun. Can't I just run downhill all the time? Ha, I probably won't think that the last downhill of the 50K when my quads are dead. But I feel pretty good!
Think I have enough mountain pictures?
Having fun!
Whoa another one! And its sitting up! How cute!
So that's a praire dog hole...
Wait, why are we going up again? Oh wait, I recognize this! Last mile to the car! Woo I can do that. All downhill! And I can drink the rest of this since I'm close!
This is so much easier than going up.
I should move for the bikers going up. This is pretty precarious stuff.
Oop, last mile and my feet go out from under me from the sand here. Probably the least harmful fall ever. Get up. And onward.
Woo I'm back! And my pack is bone dry. Wow I went through 70 ounces in 12 miles...what will I do if I go longer?
Parts sucked, but that was tons of fun!
Cool beans.
I climbed that much!? Take that hills! No wonder I needed to walk so much.
I think that's as big or maybe bigger than any climb in the 50K! Yes! I can do that a few more times, with more food and water and aid stations and all that.
(For reference, the elevation of the 50K I'm going to do. This seems a little more possible after that run.)
Yeah, those climbing miles, were mostly hiking. The downhill miles at the end were nice and quick!
At least I know what to expect a little better for the 50K!
Wow, now I'm excited! That's almost half the whole elevation gain of the 50K!
Bonus, my foot feel much better. Actually it feels normal. Apparently it just needed a challenging trail run to heal? I'm not complaining.
That was so much fun. When can I do that again? Next weekend, I'll be back. And maybe I'll have a little more hemoglobin. Maybe I'll be able to run more of the ups. Watch out Hall Ranch!


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Open sesame!
And with that, the remnants of 25 years worth of memorabilia were uncovered Monday from a Time Capsule that had been entombed in the Palmerton Borough Park.
Representatives of the Palmerton Area Historical Society, assisted by members of the Aquashicola Fire Company, under the direction of Rory Koons, opened up the relic in the borough garage.
Peter Kern, Heritage Center member, said the Time Capsule had been welded shut by the New Jersey Zinc Co. in 1988, and then buried about 8-feet deep in the borough park.
In what would prove to be a precursor of things to come, Kern said a mason jar, with a letter enclosed inside from Joseph Plechavy Sr, was found near the Time Capsule. The jar was wet, as water had gotten inside, he said.
"It was not water tight; it looked like it was," Kern said. "The mason jar was sealed with a gasket, and was wrapped multiple times in tin foil, but probably should have had waxed seal."
As for the contents that were retrieved from the Time Capsule, Kern said they "were found to be in various states of mildewing and damage."
As a result, he said the Heritage Center is not in a position at this point in time to put the materials on public display.
"There were few, if any, artifacts in here," said Kern, who noted it took the fire company over an hour to open the Time Capsule with the use of grinding equipment. "We did it that way to minimize any damage to the contents."
Kern added "we did not find standing water inside, but, obviously water had gotten into it at some time. The degree it mildewed suggested it had probably happened years ago."
Concealed inside were packets from various schools and churches in the area, as well as organizations such as Visiting Nurse and the Palmerton Concourse Club; about 40 8 1/2-by-11 large sealed envelopes that contained various messages from those groups; several videotapes; Palmerton Telephone directories; and a copy of one 1987 and one 1988 Palmerton Area High School yearbook that were heavily mildewed, Kern said.
"We're going to go through it and try to salvage some type of value," he said. "The Heritage Center is cataloging and trying to salvage what we can."
The Time Capsule was dug up last week by Matt Lang, of Lang's Landscaping & Tree Service, Palmerton, to coincide with the start of construction of the Palmerton Veterans' Memorial, which will be built in the lower southwest corner of the park.
Designed by Warren E. Siegmond and built by the New Jersey Zinc Co., the rocket is a 15-foot time capsule named the S.S. Palmer Enterprise that was originally buried in the park on Oct. 8, 1988.
The centennial celebration will be held on Oct. 14, 2012. The borough was officially incorporated on Oct. 14, 1912.


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This paper reviews the available literature about Indigenous community-managed programs and Indigenous community-managed organisations. It summarises what is working and also considers literature about the use of community development approaches and how they support successful Indigenous community-managed programs.
Across the variety of programs reviewed in this report, the successful programs were the programs where the community were involved and controlled all stages.
This paper does not analyse factors underpinning programs where there is shared governance between government and an Indigenous community or organisation.
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Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit is situated in the Centre for Health and Society at the Melbourne School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne.
Onemda is committed to research and teaching that is underpinned by principles of Aboriginal Community development that will lead to long term improvements in Aboriginal health.
Onemda is ten years old and those years have been spent building the foundations on which programs are implementated. Onemda has developed a Koori participatory action model that has enabled the organisation to develop a sustainable and integrated approach. Community development, research and practice, and teaching and learning builds on key principles of Community engagement, respect for Aboriginal knowledges and capacity building.
An Onemda Decade: Ten Years of Progress in Koori Health, celebrates their achievements and what they hope to achieve over the next ten years.
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Established in 2006, ICON - Consultant Engineers operates among the largest landscape design firms within UAE, having a local Abu Dhabi setup and german-arabic roots. Our dedication on urban and landscape environment combined with focus on interdisciplinary design approaches does make a different to large consultancy firms where landscape is only a discipline among others and responsible to decorate dominating civil activities. That landscape and urban approaches should be an initial focus while developing projects is one of our key philosophies. Bringing back the human scale and recreational needs to local neighborhoods and combining urban and natural interactions is our goal. Interdisciplinary teamwork, an open office concept and a playful but dedicated work style did boost ICON design studio to the most reputed projects in Abu Dhabi. Our Consultancy will create solutions of Great Spirit and professional crafts to a sustainable life within urban identity.
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|Translation of: Das Judentum.
|xxii, 753 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
|Part one. The past that is still present. Origins. Abraham, the tribal ancestor of three world religions ; Problems over beginnings --
The centre. The central structural elements ; The central figure --
History. The tribal paradigm : the period before the state ; The paradigm of the kingdom : the period of the monarchy ; The paradigm of theocracy : post-exilic Judaism ; The mediaeval paradigm : the rabbis and the synagogue ; The modern paradigm : assimilation --
Part two. The challenges of the present. From the Holocaust to the state of Israel. A past that will not go away ; The repression of guilt ; The return to Israel --
The dispute between Jews and Christians. Jewish in Jewish-Christian dialogue today ; Who was Jesus? ; Belief in Jesus as the Messiah? ; The history of an alienation ; A first Christian paradigm shift : from Jewish Christianity to Gentile Christianity ; Christian self-criticism in the light of Judaism ; Jewish self-criticism in the light of the Sermon on the Mount? --
The overcoming of modernity. Ways out of the identity crisis ; Basic religious options for the future? --
Part three. Possibilities for the future. Judaism in the postmodern period. The advent of postmodernity ; Judaism in postmodernity --
Conflicts in life and the future of the law. The ambivalence of the law ; For God's sake? ; For the sake of human beings ; The future of the people of god --
Jews, Muslims and the future of the state of Israel. The great ideal ; The tragic conflict ; On the way to peace ; A real-utopian vision of peace --
The Holocaust the the future for talk of God. The Holocaust in Jewish theology ; Understanding God after Auschwitz --
Epilogue : no new world order without a new world ethic.
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The Brazilian butt lift (fat transfer to the buttock) is so popular because it enables your plastic surgeon to transform your entire shape. Liposuction is performed over several areas depending on the individual patient needs, but typically of the flanks, abdomen, back and thighs. You currently have a very square shape (which is more common than most people realize).
The amount of fat needed depends on the shape and needs of each individual patient, however in general at least 500cc per buttock need to be placed to see a significant difference. On average patients typically receive around 800cc per buttock side for a total of 1600cc of fat transfer. However just like a breast augmentation the amount of fat needed various from patient to patients. Also the sculpting done with the liposuction is a big part of the procedure to improve the overall shape.
If a patient has a BMI of 22 they typically will have enough fat for the Brazilian butt lift. If they are smaller than this then they will need to consider doing an augmentation with implants.
The butt implants are a good option for patients that are too thin for the Brazilian butt lift and want to enhance their shape. The implants give patients a good option.
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So far there is no Proof of medication or a pill that can only make your Buttocks larger, Save your money from pills and creams that wont give you the results you want, Its always best to have it done by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. For you to immediately see the results your expecting.
Pills will not increase butt size.
There are not any medications to increase butt size. An alternative is using your own fat during Brazilian butt lift. Please see our you tube video for more information.
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Pills for weight gain?
I am not aware of any 'pill' or medication that will specifically target weight gain to a specific part of the body. I have had several patients that desired an increase in the size of the buttocks but lacked the sufficient fat in other areas of the body that could be 'harvested' with liposuction and re-injected into the buttocks. For these patients, I have had them gain weight through increasing their caloric intake and then perform a brazilian buttock augmentation which involves liposuction of the unwanted areas and transferring this fat to make a fuller buttocks.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Ok… I am a bit confused by the whole "Batman Shooter Conspiracy" theory. Correction – I am a bit confused about the reasons some people are citing as proof of a conspiracy.
I certainly don't doubt the possibility of a conspiracy existing here. Nor do I doubt our government's willingness to create such a conspiracy in an attempt to use fear to convince the general public to hand over their Constitutional rights (it certainly wouldn't be the first time).
The thing that I am hung up on… is questioning the mental faculties of whoever put together this cute little meme:
So… let's just start by discussing the question raised in frame one.
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Many people have e-mailed me to ask, "How can I read blogs more easily?" Perhaps more importantly, "Why should I read blogs at all?" I started to write on this topic myself and stumbled on an excellent article by Stephen O'Grady over at tecosystems. He says,
The purpose of this post is to give the many people who still haven't gotten into blogs—i.e. not my regular readers—a simple, step-by-step example of how to dip a toe in the blogging waters.
The article is entitled How to Get into Blogs 101. It is definitely worth a read if you are interested. One of the most helpful parts of his post is how to set up a blog reader.


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I want to increase the contrast in the photo, since the face seems "washed out" to me, although this is both a function of contrast and of faded colors. We'll fix the contrast first.
The photo on the left is the same as that on the last page; the one on the right is brightness corrected. To do this, I again used the Brightness Curve command, and altered the histogram of the brightness levels. Please refer to Case 1 Brightness and Contrast (found here) should you want details and a screen shot of the command. Essentially, I set control points to:
a) bring the lowest level closer to pure black (there is still no pure black, even in the corrected photo), to increase the overall range of brightness in the photo.
b) I set a control point for the highlight in the forehead, and dropped the level a little to help differentiate forehead from hair.
c) Set a control point for the shadows in the cheeks, and darkened them a bit to increase contrast with the facial highlights. This also served to darken the background a bit, so her hairstyle does not fade quite so much into the background.
d) set a control point on the highlights of her dress and lightened it a bit. When I set the darkest point closer to black, the dress started getting dark enough that it looked dingy.
This command increased the contrast in the photo, and I think brought out the contrast and texture in her face. The colors are still faded, so we are going to fix that next.
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Clam Radio playlist for 01/26/2012By johntabacco on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:05am
Susan DeVita joins me and we basically become a warm up show for Bill McNulty. Eddie Van Halen and Anita Baker share a birthday and we poke fun at a Newt and a Mitt.
Clam Radio playlist for 01/12/2012By johntabacco on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:13am
Susan DeVita and I celebrate a few musicians born in January and of course talk the talk. Getting absolutely nothing done and loving it.
Clam Radio playlist for 12/29/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 9:59am
Songs and instrumental pieces I was either given or worked on from 2011 are highlighted.
Clam Radio playlist for 12/15/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 10:22am
Susan DeVita is with me and who knows what can happen?
Clam Radio playlist for 11/29/2011By johntabacco on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:46pm
A tribute to George Harrison on this tenth anniversary of his passing into another plane.
Clam Radio playlist for 11/17/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 10:14am
Susan DeVita joins me and all hell breaks loose. Molotov tampons,politics,new tracks fresh out of the oven and some classic rock for ya ass.
Clam Radio playlist for 11/03/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 9:25am
Last Clam Radio Radiothon for the Fall season. Call and pledge 631 632 6901.
Clam Radio playlist for 10/20/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:06am
Fall Radiothon, which means that I ramble for over an hour and a half (ughh!). Also a happy 61st birthday to Tom Petty.
Clam Radio playlist for 10/06/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 9:08am
Pre-birthday celebration for Mr. Paul Simon as he turns the old age of 70 on October 13th.
Clam Radio playlist for 09/08/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 9:37am
My guest today is Paul Michael Barkan. He'll be talking about the "Beatles' Magical Orchestra fund raiser". We also salute singer songwriter Aimee Mann on what is today, her 51st birthday.
Clam Radio playlist for 08/25/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:23am
We pay homage to Jerry Leiber, and Nick Ashford who passed away this week. We also celebrate Elvis Costello's 57th birthday.
Clam Radio playlist for 08/11/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:11am
Like it says in the program description: little of this and a little of that. Happy birthday Joe Jackson - 57 today.
Clam Radio playlist for 07/28/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:12am
Susan DeVita is in the house and we do our thing.
Clam Radio playlist for 07/14/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:15am
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim Dexter is our guest. Featured is music from his new CD (a joint effort with guitarist Rich Stein) called "Beginning Of The Day". Tons of informative info regarding the making of the disc and of course chit chat about aliens and Finland.
Clam Radio playlist for 06/30/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:05am
Singer - songwriter Victoria Faiella is my guest accompanied by fellow musician Dave Diamond. They play some songs live in the studio from Victoria's new CD "Wild Butterfly". And of course lots of chatting in between tracks.
Clam Radio playlist for 06/18/2011By johntabacco on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 7:50pm
We celebrate Paul McCartney's 69th birthday.
Clam Radio playlist for 06/16/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 9:16am
Singer songwriter from New Zealand, Peter Kearns is our guest.
Clam Radio playlist for 06/02/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 9:28am
A lot of songs mostly under three minutes for no apparent reason. But then again, this is CLAM Radio, so that kind of goes with the territory.
Clam Radio playlist for 05/19/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 9:13am
We celebrate The Who's mastermind Pete Townshend on this, his 66th birthday. And we close the show with a special new release from the Zappa family Trust about a little bird and some Mother history.
Clam Radio playlist for 05/05/2011By johntabacco on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 9:17am
Nothing in particular up our dress this time around except: We celebrate Michael Palin's birthday, play some tracks from "Audio Artifacts For The Dubious Cloud" and wish all the mom's out there, "A Happy, up and coming Mothers Day!"


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Was just wondering if one of the Nokia rep's could shed light on if the Christchurch Nokia Care center will be returning?
I currently have a odd issue with my lumia 800, which can only be replicated in a certain way, which would be best to demonstrate to a Technician, but this is hard when the only one is in Auckland.
I am also keen to hear peoples impressions and suggestions on the following issue:
The issue:
When I lean the phone on my sholder, sandwedged between my ear and sholder (as to talk without hands) the sound suddenly goes distant, as if I am talking accross the room. It does not however crackle, like you would expect with a reception issue. Note, I am only verly lightly holding it there, I am not putting excessive pressure on the phone.
I have also noticed some crosstalk with some of the electronic signal's inside the phone when this is happening. This is herd as tones through the phones speaker, much like you hear off some laptop's onboard audio. This however is very quiet and you may not notice it if you were not listening for it.
I have made 100% sure I am not blocking the mic (im not even close to blocking it), I have also replicated this issue by holding the phone on a certain angle in mid air (though this is a very precise angle and hard to replicate).
I can replicate this issue anywhere, hence I do not believe it is a reception issue.
I have also found this thread of others having the same issue: http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-with-Windows-Phone/Nokia-Lumia-800-microphone-problem-sounds-like-a-speaker-phone/td-p/1310137
I have taken the phone into DSE (where I purchased it) and demonstrated the issue. The CSR I demonstraited it to herd the issue and agreed it was a problem, but had to talk to the on site "phone specilist" first. Unfortunitly the phone specilist did not want to wait for me to demonstrate the issue so tried it himself, in a different way, which did not replicate the issue. When I offered to demonstrate it again I recieved the response "maybe you are not suppose to hold it that way" and he did not see the point in me demonstrating the actual issue!
I run my own IT business and constantly need to use my phone while typing on a keyboard/using my hands, this is a huge issue for me.
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CBlackjr -
A couple of questions regarding your questions.
1. Why are you assaulting the room?
2. Are the people inside armed and violent, intent on doing you harm?
3. Are you assaulting the room as a good guy or a bad guy?
4. Do you HAVE to go in against armed and violent people, have you any other options?
5. Do you have any control as to what time of day you make entry?
6. Is this a military or police operation, they have different rules of engagement.
The easiest question first - lighting. If you are going to go into the unknown, and engage a hostile target, you need to be able to see the target. Therefore, your tac-lights are on. You may also want to sweep the wall with your free hand on entry to activate a light switch. Your speed, training, and tactics should overcome the BG's ability to see you. Just remember, you can't hit what you can't see.
Don't use the light in the hallway prior to making entry so you don't give the BG's inside the room notice of your impending action.
The only other thing I will address without further info is a caution not to get too hung up on "I go right, you go left." The first person in the door should automatically address the most significant threat first, and the second person goes the opposite way.
I didn't do it, but I thought about it. Next time I might.
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This week it's all about the snow, with the first race in the XTERRA Steamboat Snowshoe Series at Steamboat Springs, CO. On-site Registration for the Jan. 25th event opens at 8:00am – at the Catamount Nordic Center and Crescent Moon Snowshoes will have 25 pair of demo snowshoes available – first come, first served. The family friendly 1k, plus competitive 5k and 10k races start at 10am and the crew at Get Fit Family Racing will also be offering Fat Tire Snow Bike Races. There will be a category for those racing SNOWBIKES and one for those on Mountain Bikes, 5k and 10k races. Learn more.
Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, where it'll be a tad bit warmer than Colorado, the XTERRA Bayamon 5km and 10km Trail Runs will take place. The Bayamon is the second of five races in the Puerto Rico Trail Series. It's the second year PR is hosting an XTERRA Trail Series, and it has already grown in popularity. If you are looking for a new place to travel to, then the Puerto Rico Trail Series is worth exploring. You can find more information about the races at sportivagroup.com.
Guam Too! Also this Sunday the XTERRA Guamaniacs are in action with race No. 2 of 3 in the XTERRA Guam Series. This one is up at the Ch. 10 area, Nimitz Hill, a 4.5 miler featuring technical areas with lots of loose rocks. Learn More.
From now until February 15 XTERRA is offering rock-bottom prices on registration rates for its regional championship trail run races, XTERRA Trail Run Nationals and the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship. Entry fees are guaranteed to be the lowest rates racers will see all season for these events.
Rates as low as $40 for 21km trail runs, $30 for 10km races, and $20 for 5km runs.
Follow the registration links below for more information:
April 12 - XTERRA Lake Las Vegas 5/10/21km Trail Runs - Lake Las Vegas, NV
May 18 - XTERRA Oak Mountain 5/10/21km Trail Runs - Pelham, AL
June 14 - XTERRA Richmond 10/21km Trail Runs - Richmond, VA
July 20 - XTERRA Beaver Creek 5/10km Trail Runs - Beaver Creek, CO
Sep 21 - XTERRA Trail Run National Championship & 5/10km Trail Runs- Ogden, UT
Oct 25 - XTERRA Kapalua 5/10km Trail Runs - Kapalua, Maui, HI
Dec 07 - XTERRA Trail Run World Championship & 5/10km Trail Runs- Oahu, HI
Angelsea, Victoria, Australia, 3.30.2014
Next stop on our trip around the world: Australia.
Why should go to Australia to run?
"It's basically one of Victoria's best adventure playgrounds" says race organizer Karla Bunney. "With great surf, and plenty of nature. Just 70 miles from Melbourne, you will see both nature and city life."
At XTERRA Australia the 21km race will include sand, cliff, rocks, dirt trail and much more. This is the second year for the race, and Bunney is expecting upwards of 500 participants this year.
During the run athletes will have spectacular views of the ocean through Great Otway National Park, and will also experience the famous Surf Coast Walk.
While in Angelsea you can learn how to surf, or just relax in a great ocean town with lots to offer. On the golf course you have Kangaroos running around on the fairways, you will also be able to find some whitewater rafting, and in the winter time skiing is not far away.
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Now that you know how to place your feet and what to do in case of emergency, it is time to attack the hills.
If you have been a roadrunner previously and have ventured out on the XTERRA circuit then you know that the hills are one of the major differences to a race done on the roads.
One of the best advices that I ever got, was in one of the very first races I ever did, I was just a little boy back then, not much taller than a couple of shoe boxes stacked on top of each other.
During the warmup an experienced runner saw the light in my eyes fade as I saw the hill that we had to "climb" three times. She immediately said "think of something good, and never look up." I kept that in mind as we started the race, and two kilometers in we approached the hill. I was a little kid who didn't dare to look at the horror movie on TV, hiding behind the pillow...I did my best at looking down on the ground 10 feet ahead of me, and the hill was over quicker than I expected. Second time around I was not as scared, I even passed a few runners. Final and third time was also quick and pain free, and from then on I have never been afraid of any hill.
By Christian Friis - There are some athletes, when you read their bios you immediately get the feeling they are the embodiment of a typical XTERRA athlete.
Roberto Mandje is such an athlete. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Mandje is a world citizen having lived all over Europe and Africa before moving to the US with his mother in the 90's. He represented Equatorial Guinea at the 2004 Olympics (1500 meters), speaks four languages - Italian, Spanish, French and English - and continues to travel all over the world to participate in races.
Mandje won the XTERRA Lake Las Vegas 21K last year in his only second race at the half-marathon distance ever. When asked about the course Mandje replied, "It had been described as running on the moon and although I've never been to the moon, I'd have to say that it was an apt comparison."


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Connie Boardman:
Thank you to the people of Huntington for voting down Measure Z. This vote preserves $4.2 million a year in revenue for the city, so the council will not be faced with horrible choices such as which libraries to close, and instead can focus on other issues facing the city.
In January, at our first strategic planning session, the council will address how to move forward with an improved senior center, since the funding available for the center has fallen from $20 million, to just $6 million to $7 million. It is important that the council come to some consensus on this issue, since the existing center no longer meets the needs of our seniors. We need to act now so that improvements to our senior facility can happen sooner rather than later.
Given the nastiness of the recent City Council election, and the tens of thousands of dollars spent on "hit pieces" against one candidate, there is also interest among members of the new council in both campaign finance reform and campaign disclosure reform. I expect this issue to come to us early in the new year.
We also are overdue for a General Plan update, and as part of this process the city needs to address how we are going to adapt to a rise in sea level. The sea level already is rising faster than models have predicted. Huntington Beach has several neighborhoods that are below sea level currently, so the council needs to address how best to protect our residents in times of high tides, storm surges and high rainfall in a future that includes increased sea levels.
Of particular interest to me is the preservation of the historic Wintersburg Church, mission, farmhouse and barn that are proposed for demolition. Some of the structures were built in the early 1900s, and they represent the role of Japanese immigrants and farmers during the early history of our city. I sit on the Historic Wintersburg Preservation Task Force and we are looking for funding sources to relocate, if necessary, these important buildings to other property in the city. The task force is also looking for funds to restore the buildings, which have been damaged by vandals. If you would like more information about this effort "like" the task force on Facebook, or visit our city website at huntingtonbeachca.gov/i_want_to/give/donation-wintersburg.cfm.
Connie Boardman is the mayor of Huntington Beach.
Matthew Harper:
There are many challenges and opportunities the City of Huntington Beach in the coming year. Of the most significant challenges will be demonstrating that Huntington Beach is still open for business because our greatest opportunities are yet to come.
It will be difficult to attract businesses, though, if the Huntington Beach City Council continues down the path of growing government interference into people's daily lives. With a ban against pet shops already in place and a ban on plastic bags on deck, existing businesses and potential employers will be left wondering what is next.
Increased business activity means more than just a greater variety of places for dining, shopping and entertainment. Boosting our local economy means more jobs and the revenue that it takes for the city to deliver the quality services to maintain and enhance our safe and vibrant community.
It will be a measure of the Huntington Beach City Council as to whether we have the fiscal discipline to maintain public safety and our infrastructure without resorting to extra taxes.
I am very excited about the groundbreaking for the "Off the Wall" Vans Skate Park. When I was previously on the Board of Trustees for the HBUHSD, the skate park on the site of Huntington Beach High School was removed for the expansion and improvement of the football stadium at Sheue Field. At the time, I expected the city to be able to relocate the skateboard park promptly. The wheels of government often turn slowly. Now, with a public-private partnership, there will be a top-level skateboard park that will be able to host competitions and elevate our city as a destination for outdoor action sports.
One of the new challenges that I am looking forward to is serving on the Board of Directors for OCTA, as elected by the mayors of Orange County's Second District to be named seat previously by outgoing Mayor Don Hansen. Mayor Hansen led effort on the OCTA Board to remove the proposed "Banning / 19th Street Bridge" from the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways. With their vote, the OCTA Board of Directors has ended this issue and I will uphold this decision. There are many other challenges ahead for OCTA regarding bus transit, freeways, streets & roads, Metrolink, bicycle pathways and other ways to maintain and improve mobility here in Orange County.
The freedom to have Fourth of July fireworks has been a long-held tradition in Huntington Beach and I am proud to have overturned the ban on state-approved fireworks that for too long drove this expression of patriotism underground. I will oppose those who seek to bring back the prohibition on state-approved fireworks and bring the issue to a vote of the people if necessary.
With the State of California's purchase of the Bolsa Chica wetlands for the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve and the Huntington Beach Wetands Conservancy's purchases of the remaining wetlands within the city limits, we have permanently conserved these natural areas for their beauty and importance for the ecosystem for future generations.
Huntington Beach is the best place to live in the world and we need to value what we have here. I will work over the next year to protect our rights, freedoms and liberty so that we can all have the opportunity for the American dream!
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Adele And Carly Rae Jepsen On Top Of 2012 Global Charts
Billboard reports that according to IFPI's Digital Music Report, Adele's 21 and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" have topped the global charts for 2012.
21 is the first album to be on top two years in a row since the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) began reporting global best sellers in 2001. It sold 8.3 million copies in 2012 and 18.1 million in 2011. In second place is Taylor Swift's Red (5.2 million), followed by One Direction's Up all Night (4.5 million) and Take Me Home (4.4 million).
"Call Me Maybe" topped the worldwide singles chart with 12.5 million worldwide. It was followed by Gotye (ft. Kimbra)'s "Somebody That I Used To Know" (11.8 million) and PSY's "Gangnam Style" (9.7 million).
IFPI chief executive Frances Moore said: "It's clear that in 2012 the global recording industry has moved onto the road to recovery."
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The Return of the Latin Mass Draws Nigh
Vatican City, Apr. 10, 2006 (CNA) - A source at the Vatican has told CNA that during Holy Week Pope Benedict XVI may grant universal permission to use the Missal of St. Pius V, the liturgical rite used in the Church before Vatican II.
According to the source, the announcement could come "between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday," but the exact day has not yet been set. Nevertheless, the source said the decision has already been made by the Holy Father and that it's "only a matter of time" before it is publicly announced.
"A minor official gesture by the Holy Father would be enough to allow the Mass according to the 1962 Missal to celebrated by whoever desires to do so, thus reiterating that this rite is still valid today simply because it was not abolished," the source told CNA.
The announcement would be in the context of "the reform of the reform" that Pope Benedict XVI is promoting, which includes norms and principles that will be made public in the upcoming post-synod Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist.
At the same time, such a gesture by the Pope could contribute to ending the schism with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988.
On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI named three new members to the Ecclesia Dei Commission, created by Pope John Paul II in order to reach out to the Lefebvrists. They are Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Richard, Archbishop of Bordeaux of president of the Bishops' Conference of France, and Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo, Spain.


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Thousands participated in statewide Day of Action to defend public education
At the Capitol
By April M. Short
In solidarity with the nationwide protest against the State's increased budget cuts to education, a large crowd stretched out from the front steps of the building and across expansive lawns.
College students, professors, parents and kids as young as 5-years-old raised signs with messages such as, "Educate our State," and "Last Generation College Student," in front of the California state capitol building in Sacramento on Thursday, March 4.
Speakers ranging from assembly members to students, parents, and professors pleaded for restored federal aid to education by any means necessary, and rallied supporters from a microphone at the foot of the capitol steps.
A funeral procession with "Public Education" printed on the sides of cardboard coffins marched through the crowd mid-speech shouting, "let the students speak."
The March 4 protest remained peaceful throughout the day in Sacramento and gained support from many factions nationwide, including East Coast universities. Supportive strikes and protests took place across the country.
One speaker at the California state capitol building named off the campuses statewide with the largest protest efforts, and gave a hearty shout out to UC Santa Cruz, whose campus protest efforts had gathered over 800 protesters in a strike at the base of campus by noon.
The protest effort in Sacramento remained positive and peaceful, concluding around 1 p.m. with music and cheers that could be heard over three blocks away.
In many residential areas surrounding Sacramento, elementary school students came to school early to participate in morning protests.
Students, parents, teachers and other supporters from grades K-12, as well as college campuses across the nation, continue to unite and plan many future protest efforts.
In Santa Cruz
By Elizabeth Limbach
The National Day of Action for Public Education was a success across Santa Cruz County, where concerned residents rallied in Downtown Watsonville, at the Tower Clock in Santa Cruz, and in Aptos, where over 300 gathered at Cabrillo College. While the day had originally started in response to the state's massive budget cuts to higher education, it since expanded to include grades K-12, which are also being adversely affected by funding losses.
Never a community to miss out on protesting, well, anything, UC Santa Cruz came out in full force for the March 4 Day of Action. Hundreds of students gathered at the school's entrances, effectively shutting the entry points down and putting the campus on lockdown. Eventually the Santa Cruz Police shut down the top portion of Bay Street, preventing cars from nearing the action.
Campus administrators, who posted updates on the school's website throughout the day, reported one incident of a protestor smashing in a car window and that some protestors were carrying knives and clubs. Their online message read, "Behavior that degrades into violence, personal intimidation, and disrespect for the rights of others is reprehensible, and does nothing to aid efforts to restore funding to the university." It continued on to say that "these actions should cease."
By 2 p.m., however, the base of campus was more reminiscent of Woodstock than a riot. A student band played while a few hundred students and allies lounged in the grass, drew with chalk in the shutdown intersection and danced to the music.
The protestors took the streets, also, marching from campus to the Clock Tower and then through the streets of downtown. With tens of millions in cuts made to UCSC in the past two years, the students and faculty who participated in the March 4 actions hope that their university, and education institutions across the state, will soon be given higher priority at the state level.
Read more about the March 4 protests at UCSC, and hear first-person accounts from people on the frontline, in next week's Good Times, on stands Thursday, March 11.


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Cocktail: Blood Orange Rum Punch, inspired by Boardwalk Empire.
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After three years, residents can live in Fukushima again
One district has evacuation advisory lifted following nuclear accident
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April 2, 2014
he government Tuesday lifted the evacuation advisory for part of the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, more than three years after the reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
The Miyakoji district is the first to have the advisory removed in the 11 municipalities near the Tokyo Electric Power Co. complex.
As of the end of February, 357 people in 117 households were registered as residents of the district. According to an official survey, 44 percent said they hope to return home permanently.
However, few residents will come back soon, sources said.
Shortly after the start of the nuclear crisis, the district was designated as part of the no-go zone stretching 20 km from the plant in all directions.
The no-go status was lifted for the district in April 2012, and it was reclassified as an area where entry was allowed during daytime so residents could prepare for returning to their homes after the lifting of the evacuation advisory.
Last August, the government launched a long-stay program in the district following the completion of infrastructure restoration work in March 2013 and decontamination work that June.
Under the program, evacuees can stay overnight in the district for extended periods for intensive preparation for their permanent return.
At the end of February, 90 people in 27 households were taking part in the long-stay program. They will be the first residents to come back.
Full Story: Living in no-go zone allowed for first time
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Rohingya dossier: How much evidence does Aung San Suu Kyi need?
Claims she is investigating 'solid evidence' on crisis in Rakhine may have been politically expedient but it was disingenuous
Christian school in Hong Kong drops hijab ban
Muslim girls were being penalized for wearing head veil until parents complained to media and Education Bureau
Philippines dismisses UN rights concerns
Tells world body at General Assembly to respect sovereignty as it wages its deadly drugs war
Church official welcomes dialogue seeking peace in Kashmir
Previously, the government has refused to talk with militant groups fighting Indian rule
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remington 522 viper not cycling
hi all,
i'm new to this forum and have a little problem. I'm a Glock owner and fan but, my next love is the Taurus then my Remington. I have a remington 522 viper and it is having a problem at cycling through to the next round. The breech bolt will retract but not far enough to eject the next round. If i insert the clip and cock back that round will fire but not cycle to shoot the next round. I have read about the plastic and metal clips but mine is the plastic clip and most say the plastic clips are the most trouble. I have not disassembled the gun yet I would just like to know where to start.
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This may help.
Welcome to the forum.
I knew that the M1 Garand uses clips, but the lowly .22?
When someone uses the word "clip" for "magazine", they demonstrate that they do not have much of experience with firearms parts nomenclature.
No apology necessary.
Chalk it up to learning. We all started somewhere.
Tear it down totally and scrub the heck out of it. Then when you put it back together make sure to a) oil the bolt rails b) DO NOT CRIMP/BEND THE SPRINGS c) make sure to disassemble your mag and clean it good as well and lube it up good and d) don't crimp them dang springs on the recoil/bolt rails.
Welcome to the forum
I cleaned every part in the gun, I noticed lots of carbon on the firing pin. Should I use froglube on the firing pin?
Have you tried different brands of ammo?
Some semi-autos recommend using HV type ammo over standard.
I bought a different higher priced ammo and I'm going to fire it Saturday to see if I solved the problem. Thanks
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Science Applications International Corp., which has more than 3,900 employees in San Diego, is pursing a series of Defense Department contracts that have a collective value of $2 billion, the company says.
The Defense Department gave SAIC a contract of unspecified size to to work with other contractors to improve and create software and equipment that gets real-time information to the military more quickly. The work also is meant to distribute information more broadly and easily, especially to combat units.
The news comes less than a week after SAIC was awarded $502 million to improve communications and electronics on U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines. Most of that work will be done in San Diego.
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City of Kenmore considers vehicle fee, toll on Sammamish River Bridge
Kenmore officials are considering a first-of-its-kind city-implemented toll on the Sammamish River Bridge, along with a vehicle fee to fund worn out streets and bridges.
The City of Kenmore established a Transportation Benefit District (TBD) last spring to deal with these issues. Now the TBD needs funding.
The TBD Board is considering two funding options: a vehicle fee and possibly variable-rate tolling on the Sammamish River Bridge. If a tolling option were to be approved at the city level it would be the first of its kind in the state.
The board will take up the issue for just the second time during a council meeting at 8:30 p.m. Monday at Kenmore City Hall.
"The council needs to give us direction on what they prefer and then we would come back with an ordinance," said Kenmore City Manager Rob Karlinsey. He also noted that the city has put a lot of money into State Route 522 and hopes the state will participate in funding the bridge replacement.
City staff recommends that the TBD adopts a $20 vehicle fee. Under state law, a TBD may impose an annual vehicle fee of up to $20 per vehicle without a public vote. The TBD can impose a higher fee if sent to and approved by voters. The fee would only be imposed on Kenmore residents to pay for transportation projects within the city and be levied on all vehicles in Kenmore and trailers weighing more than 2,000 pounds.
"It would go primarily towards 68th Avenue and Juanita Drive, which are main arterials," said Karlinsey. "Those are the two roads that need to get done in the near future."
The tab tax would also go towards all road repair and resurfacing projects.
To keep Kenmore's road system from deteriorating, Karlinsey said the city needs to bring in about $1 million a year. The vehicle fee would bring in about $300,000 a year.
The vehicle fee would be added to existing road-repair revenue.
The $20 fee, which would be spent on transportation infrastructure improvements such as street repair, is estimated to bring in $1.3 million during the first five years and nearly $4 million in years 16-20.
But one of the most important pending transportation projects for the city is replacing the west Sammamish River Bridge. At an estimated cost of $20 million, the tab tax would not even begin to scratch the asphalt surface.
City staff has requested direction from the TBD on the possibility of variable-rate tolls. The TBD Board is still in very preliminary discussions about the variable-rate tolling option based on residency.
Under the plan, Kenmore residents would pay a toll of between 25-50 cents per trip. But non-Kenmore residents could pay as much as $1 per trip across the bridge. City officials even question whether it would be constitutional.
With all users paying 25 cents per trip, it is estimated that the city could raise $4.4 million during the first five years and $16.6 million in years 16-20. If all users paid 50 cents per trip the city could raise $9 million during the first five years and $30.8 million during years 16-20. But a split of 25 cents for residents and $1 for non-residents would raise $15.7 million during the first five years and $49.4 million during years 16-20.
The west bridge was constructed in 1938, while the east bridge was built in 1970.
"Several large cracks in the west bridge that had been relatively stable since 1998 are now 'moving' and wider," according to city documents.
King County officials are in the process of assessing the bridge's condition but "County staff has indicated that the structural 'code' they will assign to the west bridge will likely be below 40," city documents continue.
A rating of 50 or lower indicates that the bridge needs to be replaced.
The Bridge Replacement Advisory Committee (BRAC), used to provide money to replace bridges, may be modified in the near future due to reduced federal funding. In the past, the BRAC program paid for 80 percent of bridge funding.
It is estimated that 5.8 million vehicle trips are made over the east and west Sammamish River Bridges per year. The road is more than just a main thoroughfare in Kenmore – it is a commuting passage for many on Finn Hill, Kirkland and the Eastside.
The only other tolls in Washington state are imposed on the 520 and Tacoma Narrows bridges, and HOV HOT lane tolls on Highway 167.
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From the Washington Blade's Boycott takes aim at Target stores:
Gay shoppers boycotting Target for supporting an anti-gay Minnesota gubernatorial candidate have little reason to rethink their stance as the company, the nation's second largest retailer behind Wal-Mart, has done little in response.
Target's negotiations with the Human Rights Campaign ended abruptly this week with the gay civil rights group releasing a statement saying Target would "take no corrective actions to repair the harm that it caused" through its political donation.
Based in Minnesota, Target has been pressured for three weeks by LGBT activists to make amends after giving 0,000 to MN Forward, a group that has run ads supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. A straight father of seven, Emmer is against same-sex marriage and supports constitutional amendments that outlaw it.
…More than 250,000 signatures have been collected from people pledging not to shop at Target again until the company promises to stop making political donations, MoveOn.org says. Protestors have reportedly appeared at 1,100 Target stores across the country…
Perhaps I was too early in saying I'd again shop at Target due to their apology, as Target isn't seeming to fully grasp why their 0K donation supporting an anti-LGBT candidate was so cruel to LGBT community…a community the corporation states it strongly supports.
It appears to me that Target is really not that interested in our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community's pink dollars. That kinda stinks, actually.
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musika Impressions
August 9, 2007 - That it took almost a year for the iPod gaming service to feature a title that allowed actual interaction with your library is quizzical. The pedigree behind the first entry, though, is not. Masaya Matsuura, the brains behind PaRappa the Rapper on the PlayStation (now also on PSP), and developer Method Solutions, have unleashed a head trip rhythm game that turns your playlists into game fodder, flashing the letters the spell each song title across the screen. The win, you must hit the button when you spot each letter, eventually filling in the name of the current track.
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August 7, 2007 - Gaming on the iPod has been interesting thus far to be sure, but the scene got much more intriguing today with the launch of musika, an all-new music visualization game with excellent pedigree: Masaya Matsuura, the creator of the PlayStation cult smash PaRappa the Rapper. Matsuura's company, NanaOn-Sha worked with Method Solutions on the development of musika.


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Google Nexus 10: The Next Evolution?
The much looked forward to Google Android Event was supposed to happen on 29th October. However, it has been cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. Further details about the program haven't been announced yet. We, at Techetron, are hoping that everyone in the east coast stays safe!
In the same way that rumors about Apple's devices were confirmed even before Apple held its event, we knew about a few of Google's hardware too. Namely, the LG Nexus 4 and a 32GB version of the Nexus 7 and of course the Nexus 10..
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Friends at BriefMobile.com released a short video, only 5 seconds long which shows the Nexus 10 tablet being unlocked and the Google Chrome browser being selected. Even from such a short video and the leaked pictures, the design of the tablet doesn't look very attractive. Very likely such a design is a result of the great fiasco between Samsung and Apple about the infamous rounded rectangle designs. According to BriefMobile, the back of the tablet feels like brushed aluminium and looks great as its made from a polycarbonate substance. Even though the device looks somewhat thick from above, its apparently very thin and weighs light.
The picture below shows the comparison between the Nexus 10 and the Acer A100 Tablet, the former being a much thinner device.
It might not be the most attractive tablet but beauty is only skin deep – true beauty lies within. The Nexus 10 is powered by a Dual Core Samsung Exynos 5250 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, a 2GB RAM, which will allow us to really push the device to its limit. It has a 10.1 inch display with 2560 x 1600 in resolutions at 298.9 pixels per inch (PPI), the highest PPI so far in the tablet market, a 5 MP rear-camera and will most likely run the latest Android OS, version 4.2, which is still being called Jellybean – Key Lime Pie still just out of sight for now.
How about the price of Nexus 10? Still unknown actually. If its around $350, which is a possibility given the price of the Nexus 7, it would be an arrow straight to Apple's core. Armed with the latest Android OS, a processor that benchmarks better than Snapdragon, highest PPI to date on any tablet and many more great features, it's hard to ignore this device when compared with Apple's iPads. Google has to keep prices low if they want to overthrow Apple.
These recent developments in the tablet industry is a big step towards proper choice for consumers. With so many tablets out on the market and great operating systems to choose from, users will not be limited to just one particular product for the best experience. iOS was the biggest one before, but Android has catched up – no longer do they have a bloated and slow OS – Jelly Bean has come a long way, and of course Microsoft's Unifying Windows 8 landed with quite the bang – literally, for those who watched the Launch event.
We only have to wait and see what other awesome gadgets are in store for us.
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I can't wait for the new evolution of Google Nexus. Hoping that they will announce the exact date of the release of their new tablet.
I think it is a qualified tablet and I am sure Google will price it very competitively. The camera is not very important. There is digital cameras for photo taking purposes. 2GB ram is a good choice by the company.
Waiting for the big fight between the GIANTS. Hope we will be the beneficiary in this battle. But from my point of view it is little bit tough to touch the popularity of the Apple for the duo. Let's see what comes in the 29th 🙂
This wouldn't be the first time Google and Samsung have partnered up, either. The search giant already co-brands Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone. But working together on a tablet could certainly strengthen that relationship while creating some serious competition for Apple.
Too bad to hear about the vent being cancelled but anything this good is worth waiting for. I'm very happy to see it has a 5mp camera! These tablets need to start being a little better in the camera area in my opinion.