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This 1991 psychological thriller from award-winning director Jonathan Demme is a timeless work of art. 'The Silence of the Lambs' still strikes fear in the hearts of audiences even 23 years after it was first shown in cinemas.
Premiering on Valentine's Day in 1991, 'The Silence of the Lambs' was far from being the ideal movie, but it bested the other movies with its various awards and blockbuster status
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Mr. Postich was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He attended the University of Belgrade, earning a master's degree in electrical engineering in telecommunications and electronics. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 27.
In 1969 he met his future wife, Zlata. They were married in 1971 and built a home in Portola Valley.
A scientist and private pilot, Mr. Postich served as president of the Saint John's Serbian Orthodox Church board, vice president of the Serbian National Defense, member of the First Serbian Benevolent Society, the "Dusan Silni" Historical Society, and many other organizations.
He is survived by his mother-in-law Vera Solovkov, sons Mark and George, two grandchildren, and a niece and a nephew. His wife, Zlata, died in 2011. A private memorial gathering will be held in San Francisco.
Donations may be made in his memory to Saint John's Serbian Orthodox Church, 900 Baker St., San Francisco, CA 94115.


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|Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
AND SPOKESwoman FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Yves Sorokobi, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and by Gail Bindley-Taylor Sainte, Spokeswoman for the General Assembly President.
Briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
**Guest at Noon
Good afternoon. I will begin by welcoming to the UN today some young journalists from the Reham al-Farra Fellowship Programme. That is a fellowship for journalists from developing countries. Be welcome here and we hope you enjoy your stay.
Our guest today will be Peter Sutherland, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Migration. He will be joining us shortly and will talk about the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which began this morning.
The Secretary-General this morning addressed the General Assembly's High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
In his remarks, he said that more and more people are becoming excited about the ways in which migrants can help transform their adopted and native countries. More and more people understand that Governments can cooperate to create triple wins -— for migrants, for their countries of origin, and for the societies that receive them.
The Secretary-General also said that now was the right time to have an international dialogue on migration –- for three reasons.
First, more countries are now significantly involved in, and affected by, international migration. Second, the evidence on migration's potential benefits is mounting. And third, Governments are now beginning to see international migration through the prism of opportunity, rather than that of fear. We will have the full text of the Secretary-General's remarks upstairs.
**Statement on Financial Support to Africa
"The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the recent, separate announcements by an alliance of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of a new African Green Revolution and the generous financial support of Mr. George Soros and the Open Society Institute for the Millennium Villages Project of the Millennium Promise Organization.
"The two initiatives represent the kind of clear, practical support needed to help give Africans living in rural areas, where the needs are greatest, the tools and support needed to help feed themselves and their children, and pull themselves out of poverty. The Secretary-General is particularly pleased to note that much of the work that will be done by both initiatives follows key recommendations by the UN Millennium Project that he commissioned and underpins the vision of an African Green Revolution that he has long championed and hopes to spend a significant portion of his time and energy after he leaves office to helping reach fruition. He hopes that these far-sighted actions will encourage others to step forward and support the work by the United Nations and other partners in assisting African countries in their fight against the challenges of poverty, disease and hunger as they seek to meet all the Millennium Development Goals."
Major-General Alain Pellegrini, who is the Force Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), said today that he took satisfaction in how much has been accomplished since the cessation of hostilities took effect one month ago. He said that the cessation of hostilities has been generally maintained, the Israeli Army is continuing to withdraw from South Lebanon, and the Lebanese Army is deploying in these areas. "I expect the withdrawal to be completed by the end of this month", Pellegrini added.
UNIFIL, meanwhile, has observed a number of minor incidents and violations in its area of operation between the Litani River and the Blue Line, but they have not been of an offensive and hostile character, and the parties seem determined to uphold the agreement.
Pellegrini said that the UN Force has been reinforced by Italian and French troops, and that he expects the Spanish contingent to arrive tomorrow. "We are starting to have the numbers that we need, we have a detailed concept of operation and the required rules of engagement," he said. "Working in conjunction with the Lebanese Armed Forces, and in close coordination with the Israeli Army, I think we can ensure a stable environment here in south Lebanon, something that the people need very much to get on with their lives."
** Lebanon
The Secretary-General, in an exchange of letters with the Security Council that is out on the racks today, says that a group of Member States, comprising France, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom, have provided an interim naval task force in Lebanon, led by an Italian commander. Meanwhile, the preparations for the deployment of a full naval task force under the command of UNIFIL are proceeding.
The interim task force currently comprises five Italian ships, as well as one ship each from France, Greece and the UK.
**Security Council -- Iraq
The challenges facing the Iraqi people have never appeared more daunting, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, told the Security Council in an open meeting this morning.
He said that the key challenge for the Government of Iraq is to develop a truly national agenda that is responsible to the needs and aspirations of all Iraqis.
Discussing the Secretary-General's recent report on the country, Qazi said that Iraq today has become one of the most violent conflict areas in the world.
Given Iraq's importance and potential, its neighbours and the wider international community have a vital stake in helping Iraq become a peaceful, stable and prosperous partner, fully integrated within the region and the international community, Qazi said. The International Compact with Iraq could become an important vehicle towards this end.
He noted that the Secretary-General has taken the initiative to convene a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on 18 September, which will review progress in the implementation of resolution 1546 and it will review the development of the International Compact. We have copies of this upstairs for you.
**Security Council -- Other
Also today, the Security Council expects to hold a formal meeting to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the panel of experts dealing with sanctions on Côte d'Ivoire.
Once its formal meetings are done, the Council intends to hold consultations, to hear a briefing from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the Russian strategic cell that is to assist in the implementation of resolution 1701.
This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., the United States has also invited the other Council members to a meeting under the Arria formula on Sudan. Elie Wiesel and George Clooney will be addressing the Council members in that meeting.
**Democratic Republic of Congo
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) says that President Joseph Kabila met his electoral rival, Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, on Wednesday, yesterday -– for the first time since clashes between their followers killed more than 30 people last month.
The meeting follows a diplomatic drive by the UN Mission to have the pair meet -– and this included visits to Kinshasa by the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, as well as South African President Thabo Mbeki, both of whom urged the candidates to return to the business of Government.
Meanwhile, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, William Swing, has welcomed the meeting as a step forward in the Congo's democratic transition.
Ahead of the next round of presidential elections, logistical preparations continue –- as of 12 September, just over half the total number of 60,000 electoral kits had arrived at the various distribution hubs throughout the country while 24 per cent of the total kits have already been dispatched to their final destination.
** Sudan
The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) says that it has received reports from the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan that two shots were fired by an unknown man at an AU post near the Kutum airstrip in north Darfur. One soldier was shot in the leg, and the gunman escaped.
The AU also reported that 10 armed men forced their way into the Tawilla camp for internally displaced people, southwest of El Fasher, on Tuesday and stole animals belonging to the camp's occupants. One of the armed men was killed in an exchange of fire with AU peacekeepers.
Meanwhile, in south Darfur, the UN Mission said the Buram area still cannot be reached because of continued fighting and lack of security guarantees on the ground.
In west Darfur, the Mission says there are reports of fighting these past few days between factions of the SLA [Sudan Liberation Army] group that have not signed the Darfur Peace Agreement and other factions of the SLA that have done so. You can find more on this upstairs and on the press release from the Mission.
** Nepal Floods
Turning to the recent floods and landslides in Nepal, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) tells us that UN agencies are still working to get aid to the survivors of those floods and landslides. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering rice, lentils, salt and oil to those in need in the western part of the country. In addition, nearly 6,000 educational kits will be provided by UNICEF.
The Secretary-General, meanwhile, will be travelling to Havana, Cuba, this afternoon to attend the summit meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). On Friday morning, he will deliver remarks to the plenary meeting of the NAM. We will have that speech later today for you.
While in Havana, the Secretary-General is expected to have bilateral meetings with senior Cuban officials as well as with a number of Heads of delegations who will be attending the summit. The Secretary-General is scheduled back in New York on Monday
**UNEP/Google Partnership
If you have ever wanted to fly around a virtual planet Earth comparing today's crisis zones with yesterday's areas of natural beauty, now you can. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has teamed up with Google to feature an atlas of the changing environment on Google Earth, offering satellite images of 100 environmental hotspots from around the world.
You will be able to see "before and after" images of things like melting ice in polar and mountain areas, as well as forest loss in the Amazon and forest fires across sub-Saharan Africa, and much more. Until you try it out yourself, we have more on it upstairs from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
**Treaty Event
And a quick reminder that this year's Treaty Event is under way, having started yesterday and running until tomorrow, and again on the 19th and 20th. It is happening in the Kuwaiti Boat area just inside the Delegates' Entrance here at UN Headquarters; and it is part of the UN Office of Legal Affairs' efforts to bolster international law on a broad range of issues.
Question and Answers
Question: I fear I will be ambushing you with a question you are not in a position to answer, but I know by asking it in this forum, the people in the Secretary-General's Office who do have the answer will be able to hear it. I expected Stéphane to be here and I know he's travelling. My question departs from something Stéphane said in May, which was that the Secretary-General would be filling out a financial disclosure form. We just had a briefing here, for an hour, with Christopher Burnham, in which he described the new policies for transparency and accountability at the United Nations. We asked twice, what did he think of the Secretary-General declining to fill out a financial disclosure form. Twice he said "I think all officials ought to fill out such a form." My question is: What is the possible explanation for the Secretary-General, who is recommending in a forward to this big report, that these practices be adopted here, not fulfilling that practice himself? How possibly would he think that this would send the right message to all the other officials here who he is asking to fill out these forms and asking to do other kinds of accountability practices?
Associate Spokesman: I think that question came up yesterday during the Secretary-General's conference. His answer was that he has fulfilled his obligations to the Organization.
Question: His answer was a legalism, and that's a charitable word. He said "I believe in fulfilling all my obligations." I would like to further the question and ask you if you would ask the Secretary-General of this: if he could be more explicit in either saying "yes, I have filled out that form" -- the impression we have is that he has not -- or if he has not, what is his explanation for asking others to do it and not doing it himself?
Associate Spokesman: What he said was that he regularly fulfilled his obligations to the Organization. We should not infer from what he said that he has not done so; this is a bit unfair. We should wait for the next opportunity for him to address this matter directly.
Question: I am asking you to please put the question to the Secretary-General. I am not satisfied with the answer we got yesterday or this morning from Christopher Burnham. I am asking formally, please will you put the question again.
Associate Spokesman: I will do so. In the meantime, his statement of yesterday stands.
Question: Yesterday, the Secretary-General responding to a question on Iraq said that most of the (inaudible) in the Middle East thought that Iraq was a total disaster. Given the fact that Iraq has been killing (inaudible), the UN hasn't had enough (inaudible). Can you ask Mr. Qazi to give us a briefing? There has been no briefing whatsoever about Iraq from the United Nations side. There are statements by Mr. Qazi, I understand. But, over here, to come and give us a briefing?
Associate Spokesman: I believe Mr. Qazi is speaking later today and I will see if we can get more people to come and brief you.
Question: In his report on Kosovo, the Secretary-General rightly concluded that both sides are determined in their polar political positions: Serbs for full autonomy that should be given in the framework of Serbia to the Kosovars in Kosovo. Not less than total autonomy. He is also calling for more flexibility and for the negotiators to talk and hold talks in the spirit of compromise. What is that spirit of compromise? What does it mean when we have total polar differences on both sides?
Associate Spokesman: I think what the Secretary-General means by the "spirit of compromise", and the statement in which he did use the phrase "compromise" also included reference to inter-ethnic violence. He believes that the negotiating parties need to work in a way that would bring them together, rather than work in a way that would inflame existing tensions in that region. I believe his words are very clear and self-explanatory.
Question: I do not believe that they are clear. I do not think, with all due respect, that it refers to the violence. We have totally different points, here. How does the Secretary-General think that he, or the United Nations, can offer good services to facilitate that kind of compromise?
Associate Spokesman: As the Secretary-General said most recently, a compromise is possible, if the parties will generally negotiate and also avoid creating situation in which people might think of resorting to violence, and as he said in this latest statement on Kosovo, most particularly violence among people from different ethnic backgrounds. In the meantime, the United Nations remains committed to Kosovo. We have very recently appointed a new Special Representative of the Secretary-General, who has recently taken office and who will be working toward ensuring that peace prevails in Kosovo. We should give the United Nations Special Representative time and not jump to conclusions about what certain words by the Secretary-General may imply or may not imply. I think I will stand by what the Secretary-General said, in that the parties need to work in the spirit of compromise and that dialogue needs to prevail. In the meantime, all efforts will be deployed to ensure that talks continue in a friendly spirit and that a solution is found sooner rather than later.
Question: Does the Secretary-General believe that the Kosovo talks could end by the end of the year with any kind of result?
Associate Spokesman: It is not up to the Secretary-General to determine when the talks will end and whether they will end with full agreement. What the Secretary-General has done, and continues to do, is encourage the parties to keep up their dialogue, and refrain from creating an atmosphere in which inter-ethnic violence might spread. I think his words are pretty clear. As to when the process is going to end, that is up to the parties that are involved in the negotiations.
Question: I am from Iran News Agency. I would like to know that, since the Iranian Interior Minister has not been issued any visa by US authorities to take part in the General Assembly session on International Migration and Development, what can the UN and the Secretary-General do to make the US Government respect its international obligation with the UN? And has Mr. Annan received a letter from Iran's Interior Minister?
Associate Spokesman: I am not aware of a letter sent by the Iranian Interior Ministry to the Secretary-General, but it is an obligation of Member States, especially when they host a UN office operation, to facilitate the travel of people who are coming to take part in UN events. I am not aware of these particular three individuals who were denied visas by the United States, but I will again say that as Member State, the US is…
Question: Some people, like the Health Minister, got a visa the same day there was a meeting here.
Associate Spokesman: I am sure that, if the Secretary-General received a letter that you refer to from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran, he will take the proper steps toward addressing this situation.
Question: Will you ask him on this?
Associate Spokesman: I will look into it, but I am not aware of him receiving it at this stage.
Question: I had a follow-up on that. When a Member State is not granted a visa by the United States, what kind of steps does the United Nations take? What is the protocol? For instance, as my colleague mentioned, the Iranian Minister was supposed to talk either today or tomorrow on international migration and since Secretary-General Annan says we should have a dialogue on this, what happens when a Member State is not granted a visa?
Associate Spokesman: Well, there are certain administrative steps that are set?
Question: Can you elaborate?
Associate Spokesman: I cannot elaborate from this podium because they are very elaborate steps that are taken. I can assure you that the UN does effectively work toward ensuring that those individuals in particular do obtain the…
Question: Ensuring to get the speech on the floor or ensuring, I'm not exactly sure. I do not understand your answer.
Associate Spokesman: Come again. Your question was about the…
Question: You said the United Nations takes proper steps. What kind of steps are we talking about? Do they get the speech on the floor through somebody else or what happens?
Associate Spokesman: First and foremost, we try to get those individuals to be granted a visa to come and deliver their speeches by themselves. If that is not possible, I would believe that would depend on the delegations of which those individuals are members, to decide by themselves who would represent them at the General Assembly. The UN cannot decide who, for Member States, should be speaking on their behalf.
Question: In some cases, such as the AIDS conference, you had again the Iranian delegate was not granted a visa, and he was granted a visa on the evening the conference was over, so what happens then?
Associate Spokesman: Not all the situations can be predicted and each case, of course, has its own implications and difficulties and each one is treated differently. I am not sure, in this particular case, what will be done. But, what I can tell you is that, we have administrative steps that are set and that we will follow to insist with the Member States that those individuals in particular be granted visas to come here. Anything beyond that, I have to see how events turn before we can comment further.
Question: I know that you were previously the Spokesman for the International Criminal Court. I guess I wanted to ask you, as this in northern Uganda, came up yesterday, where with these outstanding indictments of Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti and them. There is talk; I heard it again on the radio this morning of Joseph Kony seeking asylum status in the Central African Republic. What are the obligations of Member States that are members of the International Criminal Court to enforce the indictments and arrest the people who have been indicted for war crimes?
Associate Spokesman: Thanks for the reminder that I came here from the International Criminal Court but I can't speak for the International Criminal Court from this podium. What I can tell you is that, as far as the Secretary-General and the United Nations system are concerned, we believe that justice must prevail and we believe that also peace must prevail. So, as the legal consul told you from this podium just a few days ago, it is now about sequencing, how these particular goals can be reached. Now, the Secretary-General firmly believes that justice for the most heinous crimes must prevail; that people who commit these kinds of crimes must face justice.
Question: Does the ICC statute provide for a kind of exemption or a waving of time? Has any step been taken to say how long that would last? I understood Mr. Michel's answer, but I'm not sure who interprets what the sequence is?
Associate Spokesman: Well again, I think you have to speak to the judges of the ICC, if that might be helpful to you, to understand what they could do to exempt Mr. Kony of facing charges. What I can tell you from this podium that the Secretary-General believes that justice must prevail for the worst crimes against the worst abuses of human rights in international humanitarian law.
Question: I wanted to ask one follow up on the financial disclosure issue. It is clear that he is not legally required to file the financial disclosure, that's been said. He's not a staff member, the Secretary-General. That's why his statement that he fulfils his obligations is so confusing. Many of us take it to mean that he has not filed, and that meets his obligations because he doesn't have to file. The problem is that his Spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said on 3 May he will definitely file "to be an example to the rest of the staff who need to fill it out". So, that is the problem with leaving it unclear, which is why I think we need an answer today. Even in his absence I'm sure they have the answer upstairs. It is a terrible example to the staff. I'm sorry, to make this a statement. Given, if what I've just said is true, can you understand why the press want an answer on this question?
Associate Spokesman: Certainly, I can understand why the press does what it does. What I can tell you is that the Secretary-General from this podium, again when he was asked that by you, Matthew, did say that he fulfils his obligations to the Organization. I am not in the position from this podium today to give you a full breakdown of what his obligations are. When he said that, I think it was a pretty definitive answer and I do not want to speculate further whether or not that statement inferred that he has not, or that he has. I believe his words are pretty clear. When he says "I have fulfilled my obligations", that's what he means. He has fulfilled his obligations.
Question: The problem is there is this wiggle room. He's not legally obligated, but his Spokesman has said that he would.
Associate Spokesman: I think the Secretary-General spoke yesterday his most recent comment on that particular issue. I'm not aware of what the Spokesman told you before, but I can tell you that the Secretary-General yesterday, in answer to that question, has said he was doing precisely that, fulfilling his obligations and when the next opportunity comes, he will take the time to give you a full breakdown of what he meant by that. In the meantime, I think we should not read more into what he said, than what he said.
Question: I have a question that is not directly related to the Secretary-General, but actually regards UNICEF. Two days ago, UNICEF awarded a major humanitarian and cultural prize to the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. Several of the biggest human rights organizations strongly protested this award. So, I was just wondering if it's possible to get some kind of opinion or a statement from the Secretary-General on this particular occasion, awarding of this award -– the name of this award is (inaudible) –- to the President of Uzbekistan because his regime is accused of major human rights violations, so that's basically the point.
Associate Spokesman: Well, I think I need to give some clarification about the award you refer to. First, it was a protocol-related gift and not an award, per se. The gift was not given to the Uzbek President. It was given in recognition of the heritage of Uzbekistan and those who have worked to conserve it. The gift that UNESCO gave to the President and, through him, to the nation, was actually a small coin, which can be found in the UNESCO gift shop in Paris. It's not an award and it's not a distinction that speaks for the human rights activities of the President of Uzbekistan. Again, it was something that recognizes Uzbek heritage.
Question: It was a major prize no matter how (unfinished).
Associate Spokesman: It's not a major prize. As I said, it's a coin that's sold in a gift shop of UNESCO in Paris, and anyone can obtain those coins. It's in no way a distinction for the human rights record of the Uzbek President.
Question: One follow-up question. You and your colleagues, there have a couple of questions that have not been answered about UNDP working with Uzbekistan, the Karimov regime. There was one where they helped them to collect taxes, that was asked. Can UNDP explain how helping to collect taxes for a Government that is reported to boil its --
Associate Spokesman: I believe that question came up several weeks ago and we did give you an answer.
Question: There was no answer given. I say that because I'm still waiting for it. The most recent one, that they developed open-source software with Uzbekistan while news sites are blocked in the country. So maybe this afternoon you can tell all of us, on the squawk or something, you can come out with some…
Associate Spokesman: We will look into it and ask UNDP to give you some more clarification.
Briefing by Spokeswoman for General Assembly President
Good afternoon. Just a little update on what is happening in the General Assembly.
The General Assembly began this morning to host the first of two high-level meetings prior to the opening of its general debate next Tuesday 19 September. The first meeting, which began this morning, will focus on migration and development, and the second, which begins on Monday 18 September, will review the Brussels Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries (which was adopted in 2001).
The two-day meeting on migration will discuss the different aspects of international migration and development. It will identify ways to maximize the development benefits and minimize the negative impacts. The High-level dialogue is also expected to have a strong focus on policy issues, including the challenge of achieving internationally agreed development goals, such as the Millennium development goals.
In addition to the four plenary meetings to be held today and Friday, the Assembly will have four interactive roundtable discussions. These will bring together ministers, permanent observers, intergovernmental entities, nongovernmental organizations, civil society representatives and the private sector to exchange views on some of the key issues of migration and development. These include the effects of international migration on economic and social development, remittances [that is monies sent home by workers abroad], smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons and promoting the building of partnerships at the bilateral and regional levels.
The meeting was opened this morning by the President of the General Assembly, Her Excellency Sheikha Haya al Kalifa, who stressed that migration, if harnessed constructively, could have a profound effect on development. She noted that remittances from migrants can help to reduce poverty and assist in achieving the millennium goals by increasing access to education and health care. She drew the Assembly's attention to the importance of taking into account issues associated with migration in formulating development, trade or foreign policy strategy. She also stated that the UN has a crucial role to play in realizing the potential of international migration to underpin economic growth and development. There are some 144 speakers who are expected to address the Assembly over the next two days.
I'm sure that you have all seen the very informative press kit, because I see a lot of you with the blue kits. There is lots of good information, there are lots of good statistics about the situation on migration at this point in time that I'm sure you can use when you're putting together your stories, and I'm sure Mr. Sutherland will have a lot more to tell you. Any more questions on the General Assembly before Mr. Sutherland comes?
Thank you.
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SMITHFIELD, Va.—There has never been a shortage of pork products in the town of Smithfield, Va., which most notably is synonymous with Virginia hams. Still, a new feature has joined the merchants on Main Street, as Smithfield Foods presents a new dining destination-- Taste of Smithfield.
Taste of Smithfield officially opens on July 10 and will feature Smithfield pork products, including Smithfield Innovation Kitchen Specials and Windsor Castle Box Lunches. There is also a "grab-and-go" case with salads, sandwiches and desserts.
"We're very excited about our new venture because we think it will help attract more visitors to our historic town, along with giving us a showplace for our products," said C. Larry Pope, Smithfield's president and chief executive officer. Smithfield Foods has long been associated with the town, dating back to the company's founding in 1936.
The restaurant shares its new two-story, 8,700-square-foot building at 217 Main St. with Smithfield's retail store, The Genuine Smithfield Ham Shoppe. Pete Booker, vice president and general manager of the Smithfield Specialty Foods Group, will oversee the new venture, which will combine retail and restaurant operations.
"Our Taste of Smithfield Restaurant is a rousing tasting of the pig, featuring quality food items for everybody, from meaty sandwiches to ribs to burgers," Booker said. There also are selections for children, playfully labeled 'For the Little Piglets'.
Booker expects the menu to change frequently to reflect the chefs' creations. "We even have some menu items for our vegetarian friends," he added.
The Genuine Smithfield Ham Shoppe's expanded space will allow a larger selection of products. While Smithfield's specialty-branded pork products will take center stage, it will include other gourmet specialty food brands such as Stonewall Kitchen, Rothschild Farms, Vosges Haut-Chocolat, and The Peanut Shop of Smithfield Gourmet Virginia Peanuts and Nuts.
A $13-billion global food company, Smithfield is the world's largest pork producer and processor. Its other pork brands include Armour, Farmland, Eckrich and John Morrell.


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Facts on Common Core Implementation Reform Act
Standardized Testing in Pre-K- Grade 2
Prohibits administering standardized tests to students in Pre-kindergarten through grade two.
Student's Permanent Record
State assessment scores for grades three through eight may not be recorded on a student's permanent record or official transcript and notices sent to parents providing test scores shall include a statement that the scores are for diagnostic purposes.
Grade Promotion
No school district can make any student promotion or placement decisions solely on the state-administered assessment tests for grades three through eight.
Test requirements for English language learners and students with disabilities
Requires the Commissioner of Education to establish regulations and apply for a federal waiver to allow students with disabilities and English Language Learners who have been enrolled for less than two years to be assessed with alternate assessments.
Limits on test and test prep times
Limits the amount of time to one percent (1%) of required annual instructional hours that can be spent on both state assessment tests and locally developed standardized testing.
Limits the time spent on test preparation under standardized testing conditions to two percent (2%) of required annual instructional hours.
Testing Transparency
Creates a Testing Transparency Report to list all standardized assessments administered in a school district and indicates which tests are federal, state or locally required.
Reducing testing
Requires the Commissioner of Education to expedite the review of APPR plans which eliminate local assessments, if no other material changes were made to the plan.
Requires the Commissioner to take action to reduce time spent on field tests in grades three through eight.
Release of more test questions
Requires the Commissioner to release more sample test questions from the previous year's state standardized English Language Arts and Math assessments for grades three through eight to the parents, the public, teachers and school districts.
Parent outreach and assistance
Requires the Commissioner to provide instructional tools and outreach materials for parents and families to assist in understanding the changes relating to the implementation of the common core learning standards.
Professional Development
Requires the Commissioner to develop common core training programs for teachers and principals and to provide support for the purpose of providing professional development.
Allows school districts to opt-out of providing personally identifiable information to any entity that collects, stores, organizes, or aggregates student information and contracts with the State Education Department for purposes of providing student information to a data dashboard;
Establishes a chief privacy officer within the State Education Department who will oversee matters affecting privacy and the security of student, teacher, and principal data, including handling complaints of possible security breaches;
Creates a parents bill of rights for data privacy and security;
Requires the State Education Department to promote the least intrusive data collection policies;
Authorizes the Department that they may only require districts to submit personally identifiable information, where such release is required by federal or state law;
Prohibits personally identifiable information maintained by an educational agencies, including data provided to third party contractors, from being sold or used for marketing purposes;
Provides that parents have a right to inspect and review their child's educational record;
Requires third party vendors to have a breach remediation plan and to expeditiously notify schools or the Department of suspected or actual data security breaches.
Provides civil penalties up to the greater of $5000 or $10 per instance for a security breach or failed notification, provided the latter amount does not exceed $150,000 for third party contractors; and provides that if a third party contractor knowingly or recklessly allowed for the release of student, teacher or principal data, they may be precluded from accessing data for a period of up to five years and/or shall not deemed a responsible bidder.
If the unauthorized data was released and was inadvertent and done without intent, knowledge, recklessness or gross negligence, the Commissioner may determine that no penalty be issued upon the third party contractor.


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Holding a plaque in his hand and still smiling from a team photograph taken moments ago, Josh Williams slowly reflected on the softball game he just played.
�Wasn�t too bad, was it?� Williams said with a laugh.
Williams earned Most Valuable Player honors after hitting two home runs to carry Crutchfield Construction to a 19-9 run-rule victory against Falcon Crest in the championship game of the Burlington city tournament Friday night at Burlington City Park.
It was a rematch of the final games from each of the last two years, with Crutchfield Construction winning in 2013 and Falcon Crest in 2012. Before that, Falcon Crest won the league title in 2011 and Crutchfield Construction took home the trophy in 2010.
�It�s always a competitive game when we play each other,� Williams said.
Williams, who won the MVP last year as well, smacked a solo home run as part of an eight-run second inning and hit a three-run shot in the third. He has a lot of fun each game, but knows it�s serious when he steps on the field.
�I have a full-time job to go to Monday,� Williams said. �I don�t come out here to get hurt, but I don�t come out here to lose. That�s like a waste of time.�
In fact, Williams said he used to play against � and lose to � some of his current teammates while playing for other teams. Brothers Paul Dameron and Tim Dameron have been playing since 1992 and have won a slew of championships. Their father used to play, and now Paul�s son, Chris Dameron, plays for the team.
Crutchfield Construction got out to a 10-1 lead after two innings, a quick start that the team knew it needed.
�We knew once we got up on them early, they weren�t coming back,� Paul Dameron said. �That was the key.�
Crutchfield Construction hit five home runs on the night. Charlie York and Tae Miles hit three-run bombs in the second and Tim Dameron hit a two-run homer in the third. Falcon Crest hit four homers, too, three of them off the bat of Marques Johnson.
But it�s that imbalance of equipment that some blame for the diminishing participation numbers.
The city championships used to be a massive event, with hundreds of people filling the hill next to City Park No. 1. While there was a respectable crowd Friday � around 200 � it�s nowhere near what it used to be.
�The equipment has gotten so much better that I think it�s hurt the game,� Paul Dameron said. �I wish we�d go old school. The teams need to be equal, and they�re not.�
Fans who came out were treated to the sounds of a live band playing through the trees at the park, which distracted the players at some points. In the second inning, a fly ball dropped between Paul Dameron and York in right field.
�We couldn�t hear each other,� Paul Dameron said.
Crutchfield Construction went up 2-0 in the first on a fielder�s choice and a single to right from Miles. Eight runs crossed the plate in the second via three home runs and an RBI single from Wesley Foster.
Crutchfield Construction led 15-1 after three and 19-3 after the fourth. Two runs scored off bases loaded walks in the fourth.
Falcon Crest posted a comeback in the fifth to nearly force another inning. Lennie Ivey tripled in a run and Adam Andrews hit a two-run home run. Johnson hit a two-out, three-run homer, but a groundout on the next play ended it.
�That�s a pretty good team we played,� said Brandon Burris, the coach of Falcon Crest who wore two large championship rings on his hand from the past two seasons. �They deserved it.�
▪ In the city playoff championship (or consolation final), Jordan Wiles went 3-for-4 with seven RBI to lead Elite Cuts past Capitol Ford 18-6. Tyler Wiles hit a grand slam, and Eric Isley had two singles, a double and an RBI for Elite Cuts.


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Insurance Australia Group is increasing its presence in Asia including India in a bid to generate 10 per cent of its business from the region within four years. IAG aims to generate 10 per cent of its gross written premium in Asia by 2016, according to the group's CEO Mike Wilkins.
IAG underwrites around Australian dollar (AUD) 8 billion of insurance premiums each year and employs around 13,000 people.
IAG, which owns major Australian brands such as NRMA and CGU, has invested about AUD 720 million in five Asian countries, Wilkins was quoted on Tuesday by AAP report.
Through acquisitions and investments, IAG now has established businesses in Thailand and Malaysia, and is building its presence in India, China and Vietnam, he said.
In India, IAG has a joint venture with the country's largest lender the State Bank of India, SBI General Insurance Company. SBI owns 74 per cent of the total capital and IAG the remaining 26 per cent.
SBI General is in the process of setting up a unique multi-distribution model encompassing Bancassurance, Agency, Broking & Retail Direct channels. Bancassurance will be the major channel during the initial years, according to the information on the JV's website. "The Asian opportunity is here and now," Wilkins said.
"Over the past couple of years, we've quietly gone about our Asian strategy and are now getting real traction. We are entering an exciting phase of our Asian ambitions as we shift from a market entry focus to one of driving operational performance from our enlarged regional presence," he added.


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Most of the in-state prospects whom Marshall is recruiting live within an hour of the Conference USA school, including Winfield's David Gaydosz, South Charleston's Trevond Reese, George Washington's Ryan Switzer and Spring Valley's Elijah Wellman.
However, there is another Thundering Herd target far from Huntington, tucked in the Eastern Panhandle between Maryland and Virginia.
A 6-foot-5, 250-pound offensive lineman from Martinsburg High School, Eugene German is a self-described military brat who is in his second stint in West Virginia. He also has lived in Colorado, Georgia, Germany, Maryland, South Carolina and Texas.
"I lived here from sixth grade to eighth grade," said German, whose mother is a retired Army communications officer. "Then, we went to Colorado. Then, we came back in the second semester of 10th grade. The houses were nicer and cheaper than they were in Maryland or Washington, D.C."
Marshall gave German his first and only scholarship offer three weeks ago.
"I was in gym class playing volleyball," said German, who plans to participate in summer camps at Duke, Marshall and Rutgers. "(Martinsburg) Coach (David Walker) came and got me out of class. He said Marshall wanted to offer me a full scholarship. A huge smile came across my face. I said, 'Are you serious?' I couldn't believe it. It made me very proud and happy."
Boston College, Connecticut, Duke, Penn State, Rutgers, Temple and Wisconsin also are recruiting German, who helped Martinsburg win the Class AAA state title in football last fall.
"They are all the same right now," said German, whose lead recruiter for the Thundering Herd is offensive line coach Geep Wade. "They are all in the running. Marshall has an advantage because of the scholarship offer."
German previously visited Marshall for an academic event.
"I enjoyed the atmosphere there," he said.
German could play guard or tackle at the next level. He ran the 40-yard dash between 5.3 and 5.4 seconds last month at a Nike Sparq Combine in Philadelphia, where he made the all-combine team, but he said his best time is 5.1 seconds. He power cleans 255 pounds, bench presses 270 pounds, squats 405 pounds and dead lifts 500 pounds.
"My strength is my ability to get out there and run and play a whole game," said German, who plans to make his decision after his senior season. "I'm very athletic and very conditioned.
"My weakness is I sometimes get on myself a little too hard, and I get frustrated. I need to become mentally stronger."
German is a three-sport athlete who also is on the basketball and track teams at Martinsburg. His other hobbies include church and community service.
"I help out at my church; I sing and usher," German said. "I like reading to kids at school. When I have free time, I like to play checkers with my friend."
Asked to describe himself on and off the field, German said: "I would describe myself as a gentleman and a scholar. I am real respectable. I have good values that were instilled in me at an early age by both of my parents. I know (those values) will help me in college because they have helped me this far. My parents also instilled discipline in me."
German's grade point average and SAT score are high enough to make him academically eligible in college. He is undecided on a major, but he is interested in becoming an optometrist, oral surgeon or psychologist.
Jacob Messer is the managing editor for HerdNation.com. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. All comments and feedback are welcome.


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Today we come across this beautifully wood casted furniture by Hilla Shamia, showcased during Milan Design Week this year. Hot aluminium is being poured onto wood. We love the mix of modern and heritage in the outcoming pieces, the fact that you can still see the wood in all its natural form.
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Promoting the Converted
The complaint is familiar: A professor is denied tenure or passed over for a promotion because of his or her right-leaning politics. The professor goes public, often to outlets such as FrontPageMag.com. Depending on one's views -- because these situations tend to be based chiefly on conflicting verbal accounts -- the accusations are either part of a larger liberal bias in academe or represent trumped-up charges by unqualified or overly outspoken faculty members.
A lawsuit filed last month features all this and more -- but colorful details, as well as plenty of documentation, add weight to an otherwise routine accusation. Take a department chair's alleged comment that her "image of a perfect job candidate is a lesbian with spiked hair and a dog collar." Or the professor's shock tactics on Townhall.com, where a recent political column, musing on a university's alleged tolerance for terrorists versus homophobes, was titled "How to bomb a gay bath house."
Mike Adams, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in North Carolina on March 31, alleging an entire series of events -- including a charge that he tear-gassed a colleague's office, an accusation later dropped -- that culminated in a denied request for a full professorship in September 2006. Adams argues that the university and his colleagues involved in the promotion decision violated his rights under the First and 14th Amendments, as well as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Adams's accusations are interesting because of his self-described conversion from an atheist Democrat to a devout Christian Republican, and the clear record of positive peer evaluations he received before and even after his switch in political ideology and religious beliefs. While most of his colleagues in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and none who were on the tenure committee, would comment on the outcome, Adams's complaint provides copies of e-mails and other documents that -- lacking competing accounts -- would seem to support his allegations.
A key question is whether the same standard for promotion was applied equally to Adams as to other faculty members -- or whether there are agreed-upon standards at all. Full professors, the faculty handbook says, should have exhibited "distinguished accomplishment in teaching, a tangible record of research or artistic achievement, and a significant record of service. An individual with the rank of professor should have a reputation as an excellent teacher and be recognized as a scholar within her/his professional field." The handbook outlines procedures for promoting faculty members, but specific criteria are left up to departments.
Adams said there were no official criteria for promotion but that he had asked colleagues and the chair multiple times over the years about what it would take to be promoted. "They were very honest. What they would do is lay down the number 10," for 10 published peer-reviewed articles, "and they would refer to it as being safe for promotion to full professor, but they would never say it's automatic. We never had the magic number approach."
He added: "I think there have been times when we have lowered the standards sometimes for feminists. My point is we have dipped down below that 10 before, but I have never seen a case where we have gone up above it, especially for a person with teaching awards. No, it is not fair, and it does not make sense at all to me, and it is just without precedent." Adams published his 11th article last year.
Meanwhile, the university unequivocally denies any charges of discrimination or violation of First Amendment rights. "While the university has not yet been served with the lawsuit, we are prepared fully to defend ourselves," said a statement. "It's not unusual for a person not to be promoted to full professor their first time or even their second time through," said Cecil Willis, a former chair of the department and the assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Beyond the number of publications, promotion deliberations, like yearly evaluations, focus on teaching, advising, research and service. Copies of Adams's evaluations from the period before his full political "conversion" demonstrate consistently above-average ratings of "good" to "outstanding" in all categories. This continues at least through 2001. The complaint states that from 2004 on, evaluations included criticisms of Adams's political activities, such as the Townhall.com column, alleging that they were beginning to interfere with his work.
The most objective measure available is from his own promotion application, which cites his peer rating over the past few years. In 2003, his rating of 7.3 (out of 10) was well above the department average of 6.7. After that year, his rating dipped below the average, remaining at 6.0 through 2005. Whether that's because his colleagues' political beliefs began to color their evaluations or whether the quality of his work actually declined is a key point of contention.
Adams says his research was never affected, and points to his work as an advocate for First Amendment rights, especially in print, as valuable contributions to the community. Willis, though, noted that it's not uncommon for the pace of work to fluctuate over a professor's career. "That's not unheard of for a person's work to change over time," he said. "If you look at the academic career of anyone, we have our ebbs and flows."
For Adams, the discrimination he says he has endured began once he stopped being the well-liked liberal atheist he was when the department originally hired him. He cites a 1996 trip to an Ecuadorean prison, where he met "the happiest people I've ever met in my life," all religious Catholics, as a turning point in his spiritual life, which by then was in a 13-year lapse of agnosticism to atheism. Several years later, he met a notorious Texas death-row inmate, John Penry, who was eventually executed despite his mental retardation. Adams began reading the Bible and had become a bona-fide conservative Christian by 2000.
But Adams's troubles began before he ever started publishing his controversial column. Soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, he responded harshly to a student's mass mailing criticizing American foreign policy, forwarding it to a few others in the process. The result, the suit alleges, was a long process in which Adams was accused of abuse and libel, culminating in an inspection of his personal e-mail account. A later accusation that he'd sprayed a colleague's office with tear gas was eventually dismissed -- almost five years later.
Like other conservatives who have battled colleagues on ideological territory, Adams believes the "retaliation" he's suffered is part of a larger pattern. In an article in -- where else? -- FrontPageMag.com, he recounted specific examples in faculty encounters that he said comprise a pattern of discrimination against Christians and conservatives. He also called the lawsuit "just and meritorious" in a recent Townhall.com column.
The suit is being filed by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group. David French, the senior legal counsel, said he believes they have a strong case. "Imagine instead of a religious conservative, you have a secular liberal professor with a column that was very outspoken about the issues of the day ... subjected to investigations, warned about his writings," he said. "In the situation of a Ward Churchill, you have a guy making comments that I think by almost any objective measure would be far more inflammatory over anything Mike Adams ever said ... and the guy just glided to department chair in a major state university."
The suit's legal arguments, especially under Title VII, will hinge on whether Adams was treated differently because of his beliefs. "What we have is, before he became a Christian and a conservative, this is a guy … who was walking the yellow brick road to success," French added. "After he becomes a Christian and a conservative, the world changes for him."
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Peter Capaldi made his debut as Doctor Who last night when the show returned to the small and big screen for a brand new season.
To celebrate the launch of the new season the show was screened in selected cinemas in addition to its usual home on BBC One.
The new BBC Time Lord, along with Jenna Coleman who returns as Clara Oswald, had previously told the New York Daily News that their relationship would be far less playful than that of her relationship with Matt Smith.
Capaldi said: "They sort of hurt each other in a way I haven't seen them do before and they can't understand why."
So did you see it on the big or small screen? If so, what did you think?


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Throughout the long unfolding of House Rules, Jodi Picoult keeps so many storyline streamers whirling in the air that it would be easy just to praise her technical mastery. But though the multiple plots and narrators are, indeed, adroitly managed, what most readers will cherish is the character of Jacob Hunt, an 18-year-old high school student with Asperger's syndrome. (Jacob, in goofy teen fashion, jokes: "Asperger's. I mean, doesn't it sound like a Grade Z cut of meat? Donkey on the barbecue?")
Asperger's rules Jacob's life and the life of his family, which consists of his understandably resentful but guilty younger brother, Theo, and his wry and exhausted mom, Emma. She ensures that a sense of routine — so crucial to Jacob's emotional well-being — is strictly maintained from week to week. His clothes are color-coded in his closet; daily meals are color-coded too (Monday food is green; Tuesday, red), and his diet is restricted, since glutens and caseins spark meltdowns. As Emma observes: "Frankly, with 1 in 100 kids in the United States being diagnosed on the (autism) spectrum, I bet I could have a top-rated show on the Food Network: Alimentary Autism. Jacob doesn't share my culinary enthusiasm. He says that I'm what you'd get if you crossed Jenny Craig with Josef Mengele."
What propels House Rules out of Picoult's home category of the sharply observed domestic drama and into the overlapping genre of crime fiction is Jacob's obsession with forensic science. Thanks to his mom's birthday gift of a police scanner radio, Jacob has even turned up at a couple of crime scenes, unnerving the police. So, when Jacob's tutor — a lovely college student who's been working with him on his social skills — is found dead, the police (and even Emma and Theo) suspect that Jacob's obsession with crime scenes may have led him to stage one of his own.
Inspired plot twists ensue. But it's Jacob who will linger with readers, desperate to connect with others yet hampered in his ability to do so. This superb novel makes us inhabit his solitude.


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PSYWE's Movie Music Concert Plays Today, 5/13
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble (PSYWE), comprised of wind and percussion instrumentalists in grades 8-12, led by Music Director Joshua Roach (under the direction of Pacific Symphony Music Director Carl St.Clair), and three gifted soloists: Courtney Park, oboe, Thomas Yoo, clarinet, and Christopher Bryant, saxophone will grace the stage today, May 13.
An exciting program of familiar movie music—performed by the young talent of PSYWE. The concert opens with a "Space Music Suite," which includes the main theme from "Apollo 13" and two pieces from the hit show/franchise, "Star Trek." Next, PSYWE performs music from "The Incredibles" by Michael Giacchino and from "The Mission," Ennio Morricone's exquisite "Gabriel's Oboe."
PSYWE also performs well-known pieces from the legendary composer John Williams, including the theme from "Schindler's List," "Catch Me if You Can," "Harry's Wondrous World" from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Raiders March" from "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Tickets are $18 general admission, $30 Box Circle. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.


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New York City Center goes Off-Broadway with Encores! Off-Center, a new musical theater series led by artistic director Jeanine Tesori. Off-Center features seminal Off-Broadway musicals filtered through the lens of today's most innovative artists.
July 10 - 13
In an era of Occupy Wall Street–style rebellion against corporate greed, Marc Blitzstein's 1937 battle hymn to the proletariat feels remarkably fresh. Set against the backdrop of a steel strike and peopled with fat-cat capitalists, brutal policemen, heroic union organizers, and a warm-hearted prostitute, The Cradle Will Rock is a powerful political document, a funny, potent satire, and an extraordinary piece of theater history.
July 17 - One Night ONLY!
Violet, Jeanine Tesori's first musical, was one of the most acclaimed off-Broadway shows of the 1990s. Based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, the show follows a young woman who embarks on a religious pilgrimage in hopes of being healed of her disfiguring scar. This one-night-only concert starring Sutton Foster will showcase a gorgeous, energetic score filled with gospel, country, rock, rhythm and blues.
July 24 -27
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road created a sensation when it premiered in the late 1970s. In it, a former pop star ditches the romantic songs of her past and attempts a comeback by performing personal songs that reflect women's changing roles and attitudes. The show stoked the fires of feminism, not only with its joyous rock score proclaiming empowerment for women, but because of its female songwriting team—a rarity in musical theater then and now.


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Originally posted by crake49:Odell Beckham - punt returner who can go all the way and elite speed on the outside as a wide receiver. Plus, he should still be there in the second round.
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Trials - Two Sides of the Same Coin
"Lord-let anything but THAT happen"
By Jon W. Quinn
It was our first anniversary. It was not what either of us had thought it would be. It was not pleasant. It was overshadowed by something else. I preached my first funeral that day. The seventeen year old son of members in the local church where I was preaching had developed a very sudden illness, a very rare and aggressive form of Leukemia. The first symptoms had appeared only a week before while he was at work. Within a week he had died and the family was devastated. I was an inexperienced young preacher in the hospital room when the young man died. In fact, at the time, he was about six years younger than I was. I would have liked to have been able to do more, but there was not much to do but to cry and express sorrow and embrace. Today, I can do a little better on such occasions, but not much. I still could not say, "I know how you feel." because I have not experienced that particular tragedy. Others can. There are many losses suffered that I cannot say, "I know how you feel" but some I can. If I had known then what I know now, I could have said more that would have been helpful in the days that followed, but there are some things I still could not do. But I know this; the parents were facing Satan that day. He wanted them to curse God. They didn't. Satan lost.
I still cannot make the hurt go away. I am not sure how I would cope, so it is difficult for me to say, "This is what I'd do." Think: what thing is it that you fear most? I have my fears. Unspeakable losses that I dare not even mention… "Lord, let anything but THAT happen… just not THAT." But if it did happen, would I make it through with my faith intact?
Job said, "For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me." (Job 3:25). Job was quite willing to leave this world. He would welcome death (3:20-22). What losses had this man suffered! He lost his home, his health and his family and everything else except for his life. He was not perfect, but he clang to his faith, never knowing the purposes or reasons or causes of his sorrow.
Two Sides of a Coin (James 1:2-8)
The first order of business as we face tragedy is learning to deal with it. The "wisdom" being discussed in James chapter one has to do with handling trials and understanding something of their source and nature. Godly wisdom maintains its course in good times and bad (James 3:13; 17-18).
Job is one positive example James uses (James 5:10,11). The Scriptures say, "Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" (Job 2:9).
Two Opposing Purposes - Same Trial
There was something Job did not know - Satan had accused him of being faithful to God only because God had blessed him (Job 1:7-12 1 Peter 5:8-10). The same sorrows by which Satan sought to destroy Job God used to perfect and prove him.
The apostle Paul was given great blessings, which could have gone to his head (see 2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Satan's purpose in sending the thorn ("a messenger of Satan") was to deter him. God's purpose for allowing it was that it kept Paul from becoming prideful. The outcome: Paul was perfected… God's grace is sufficient.
A Point Worth Remembering
What would I tell the grieving parents today? I would still tell them I don't understand how they can possibly bear their loss. I would still shudder even to think of facing a similar experience myself. But I would also tell them that God must think a lot of their faith and character. He knows they can bear it. If not, then they would never have been called upon to do so (1 Corinthians 10:12,13).
There are two sides of the coin… Satan's side is evil and destruction, God's side is strengthening and perfecting, and we get to decide which side the coin will land on. Faith and wisdom will cause the coin to land on God's side every time! God's grace is sufficient to reach glory for those who walk by faith.
The Ultimate Purpose
It is because of the nature of sin and the righteousness and justness of God that we are in need of such discipline. We must undergo a training and proving process in our journey toward spiritual maturity. This is because all have sinned. Not all have committed the same sins; some appear to be more grievous than others, but no sin is righteous. Jesus forgives us of our sins and removes them when we obey the gospel (Acts 22:16).
But our habitual practices make us sinners by nature (not the way we are born, but the way we have walked (Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 3:23; 10-18). Mankind without God is a pathetic, hideous ugly mess. Have you been listening to the news? Read the headlines? There are many wild and dangerous animals of the two-legged variety walking the earth today (2 Peter 2:12-19)!
Consider this illustration: There are some wild dogs running in a pack. You want one as a pet to share your fireplace with you in the winter. Do you go out and catch one and bring him right into your house in his wild state? No. He gets penned outside. He is fed. He is taught to trust you. He is calmed. It takes much patience at first when he growls and snaps. He wants out of there! He hates the leash, the commands and the restrictions. Lots of work. Two years later… midwinter…blizzard and cold.. his former pack is somewhere out in the freezing temperatures struggling with the winter while you are in your rocking chair in front of a warm fire, and the dog is now curled up in front of the fireplace at the foot of the chair, perfectly at peace. If he had only known what was at the end of the training process! But it had been beyond his comprehension.
I know it is hard to think along these lines when tragedy and sorrow strike, but the more spiritually mature and full of faith we are, the easier it will be. It will not remove the sorrow, but it will give us strength to endure and even to prosper.
This is What To Do (James 1:2-4)
We will "consider it all joy" when we encounter trials. Not that the trial itself is joyful, but the perfecting taking place leading to victory. We look ahead to the fireplace (2 Corinthians 4:12-18). We cannot see it now, and perhaps only barely begin to comprehend it, but we know it is there waiting for us (2 Corinthians 5:6-9).
We know that testing produces endurance which makes us stronger. Paul said, "When I am weak, then I am strong." He did not like the thorn, but he liked where the thorn would lead.
It is difficult for me to know what to say to people enduring pain, sorrow and loss. It still is. I would much rather "rejoice with them that rejoice" than to "weep with them that weep" but I am told to do both as a brother in Christ. Remember, Satan wants you to fail, God wants you to succeed, and He says you are able to bear it.
From The Bradley Banner 2/17/2006
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Bears continue to descend on Banff townsite
CALGARY- Bears continue to flock to the Banff townsite, prompting yet another warning from parks officials.
It has been an unusually busy season for wildlife sightings in the area, and a Global News crew spotted six bears within just a few hours.
One of them was a small black bear holed up in a tree in someone's backyard, and parks staff had to haze it out into a safer habitat. Bears have also been spotted at the Tunnel Mountain campground, along Norquay Road and the Minnewanka Loop.
"It's been a really busy season for us with wildlife, and bears in particular," says human wildlife conflict specialist Steve Michel. "We had a really prolonged winter, cold spring, so all the bears are still concentrated right in the valley bottom areas, right in the areas where all the people are."
A number of warnings have been put up along popular trails, and Vermillion Lakes Road is closed to the public. Parks staff are reminding visitors to give animals lots of space.
Parks Canada has set up a website to track recent bear sightings. To report a bear sighting, call 1-888-WARDENS.


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Casa Verde: Pope Benedict Goes Solar
Still thinking about adding some renewable power to your home? Well, maybe this story will inspire you. Pope Benedict XVI recently installed photovoltaic solar panels in his home outside of Regensburg, Germany.
The panels are estimated to generate as much as 5,800 kilowatt hours per year, the equivalent of $3,500 worth of surplus electricity, which will be routed back to the German power grid. Any profits from the panels will be donated to job- and skill-training programs for disadvantaged youth.
To hear what the pope has to say about energy use, and to find out about tax credits for renewable energy,
"Technologically advanced societies can and must lower their energy consumption, either through an evolution of manufacturing methods or through greater ecological sensitivity among their citizens. It should be added that at present it is possible to achieve improved energy efficiency while at the same time encouraging research into alternative forms of energy," said Pope Benedict in a prepared statement.
The Vatican's roof was also covered with solar panels, beginning last Winter. Pope Benedict was also instrumental in the Vatican's plan to install a $600 million solar plant. A 6,000-seat hall's heating, cooling, and natural light needs will be supplied through 2,700 solar panels. When the hall is not in use, the energy will be used to power the Vatican.
If you live in the United States, you can find about renewable energy tax credits here.


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Nov. 8, 2011
|Baylor (17-10, 4-7) vs. Texas A&M (18-6, 7-4)
Nov. 9, 2011 | 7 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (6,000)
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GAME CENTER: Match 28
Date: Nov. 9, 2011
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (6,000)
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Talent: Larry Little (pxp)
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Texas A&M Aggies
All-Time Series: BU is 13-50 (H: 5-24, A: 6-24, N: 2-2)
Last meeting:TAMU won 3-2, Sept. 28, 2011
Texas A&M has won five of its last seven matches in Big 12 play, including two road wins and a home victory over then-No. 22 Oklahoma. The Aggies are third in the league standings with a 7-4 record and ranked No. 18 in the NCAA RPI.
OH Kelsey Black leads the Aggies at 3.36 kills/set while MB Lindsey Miller is hitting .339 and MB Alicia Kastmo is hitting .300. S Allie Sawatzky is fifth in the Big 12 at 10.31 assists/set. On defense, Miller is averaging 1.09 blocks/set and L Megan Pendergast is at 3.87 digs/set.
- Despite out-hitting and notching more kills than Missouri its last time out, Baylor fell 3-1 and dropped to 17-10, 4-7. The Bears will look to avenge a 3-2 loss at Texas A&M earlier this season.
- SR L Allison King was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her 61 digs and 6.78 digs per set last week. She is the BU career leader at 1,982, and fourth all-time in Big 12.
- Baylor, at No. 42 in the latest NCAA RPI, has three RPI top-50 wins this season, including Kansas, Missouri and Kansas State. All five of BU's remaining matches are against the RPI top-50.
- In her first three career matches at right-side hitter, Adri Nora has 42 kills and hit at a .283 clip. Comparatively, in 19 matches played at OH, Nora hit just .210. Baylor is 2-1 with Nora at RS.
- In 11 matches since JR Kate Harris took over as the full-time setter, she is averaging 10.54 assists per set. She has nine double-doubles and has had over 50 assists four times.
- With the win at Texas State, BU secured its fourth consecutive winning season for the first time in program history. The previous best was three straight from 1991-93 and 1999-01.
- Head coach Jim Barnes earned his BU-record 130th win on Oct. 5 in a sweep over Texas Tech. Barnes sits just three wins away from 300 for his career.
- Baylor closed the non-conference portion of the regular season at Texas State to improve to 13-3 outside of the league. Baylor won the Baylor Classic and UNLV Classic titles.


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Double narcissi
Popular name: Double daffodil
Flower colour: yellow, white, red
Flowering period: April-May
Average plant height: 30-40 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5-7.5 cm
Type of bulb: bulb
Since periods with a lot of wind or wet weather can cause their flower stems to break, plant these narcissi in sheltered locations.
Double narcissi usually have one flower to a stem, but occasionally may have more. Cultivars with one flower to a stem are the same size as the flowers in the previous groups. Their double cups have a somewhat crumpled effect.
Most significant cultivars:
'Abba'*: white-yellow
'Acropolis': white and red
'Bridal Crown'*: white-yellow
'Cheerfulness'*: white-yellow
'Dick Wilden'*: golden-yellow perianth and cup
'Double Fashion'*: yellow and red
'Golden Ducat'*: golden-yellow perianth and cup
'Ice King': white with white and yellow
'Irene Copeland': white-yellow
'Manly'*: yellow-orange
'Pencrebar': yellow-yellow
'Rip van Winkle': yellow-yellow
'Tahiti'*: gold-yellow with a gold-yellow and vermilion cup
'Texas'*: lemon-yellow with a yellow and orange cup
'Von Sion'*: lemon-yellow cup and perianth
'White Lion': ivory-white with ivory and pale yellow cup
'Yellow Cheerfulness'*: yellow-yellow
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Dear Dr. K: I get tension headaches. Over-the-counter pain relievers help, but not completely. What else can I try?
Dear Reader: Tension headaches are the most common type of headache. They cause a dull tightness or pressure in a band-like pattern across the forehead or in the back of the head. Sometimes the entire head hurts. (I've put an illustration of the typical tension headache pattern on my website, AskDoctorK.com.)
Tension headaches tend to cause mild or moderate pain. They're generally not intense enough to keep you from functioning or to awaken you at night.
How do you distinguish tension headaches from another common cause of headache, migraines? Migraines have several features not seen with tension headaches; they tend to begin on just one side of the head, often around the eye, even though they may later spread to the whole head.
Migraines often are accompanied by nausea and sometimes vomiting. They typically cause a throbbing or pounding pain. Migraines often are preceded or accompanied by changes in vision. You may see black spots or flashing lights, or just have blurry vision for a while.
Finally, people with migraines are often very sensitive to lights or noises, and want to rest in a quiet and dark place. Migraines don't necessarily have all of these features, but they typically have at least one.
Tension headaches are caused by tightness in the muscles of the scalp and the back of the neck. For many people, an over-the-counter (OTC) painkiller such as ibuprofen is enough to banish the headache. But for others, OTC painkillers and even stronger prescription pain relievers don't provide complete relief.
Painkillers can actually turn an occasional problem into a chronic one. That's because both OTC and prescription pain relievers target only the symptom of tension headaches (pain); they don't address the underlying cause (muscle tightness). Rely too much on pain relievers, and you may find that your tension headaches gradually increase in frequency. To make matters worse, frequent use of pain relievers may make other medications less effective at relieving your headaches.
That's why targeting the root cause of tension headaches -- muscle tightness -- is a better strategy. A fast-acting but short-lived muscle relaxant such as carisoprodol (Soma, Vanadom) or metaxalone (Skelaxin) can loosen head and neck muscles. These drugs slow the functioning of your central nervous system, creating an overall calming effect.
Muscle relaxants don't relieve pain any more effectively than OTC pain relievers, but they address the mechanism of the tension headache. So combining a muscle relaxant with a pain reliever can give good relief.
Muscle relaxants work quickly, within 15 to 30 minutes. Their effects last only three to four hours, but that's enough, since tension headaches rarely continue for more than a few hours. If you decide to try a muscle relaxant, be aware that it may cause drowsiness and fatigue. But if your headaches are migraine headaches, they are much less likely to respond to muscle relaxant treatments.
Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. See his website to send questions and get additional information: www.AskDoctorK.com.


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text: I'm with Josepidal on this one. Sleekness is key if you're going for a dressier look. C&J, RMW, and EG all make great, sleek shoes. Boots are also an excellent option- check out the WAYWT thread for ideas. You could go with a chunkier boot like AE for a more masculine, rugged look or Chelseas for a sleeker, dressier look. I tend to feel exactly the opposite. I think sleeker shoes are only going to work if you hem to the point of zero break, like GS does on some of his looks. If you have any stacking, JL/C&J etc is going to look dainty and out of place. Even without a break, I still think sleeker thin soled shoes look off. Vass U-last with double sole are certainly sleek but look a lot better with jeans IMO.