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Dueling Pianos / Variety Show Everett
The Jeff and Rhiannon Dueling Piano Show is a high-energy, interactive dueling piano show perfect for corporate events, private parties, weddings, and headline cruise ship shows. We are based out of Seattle, WA, but will travel world-wide. We are two…
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Comedian / Variety Show Everett
We get it! Great entertainment is your opportunity to make sure your event is remembered in a positive light. Stresses will melt away with this dynamic, diverse and award winning mix of clean comedy and hit music. Your guests will laugh out loud, sing…
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Mind Reader / Variety Show Everett
Interactive Corporate Entertainment That Allows Your People To Do More Than Simply Sit And Watch! Two different styles of shows. THE THOUGHT READING SHOW is a dramatic presentation infused with humor. If you are in the audience you never know when you…
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Clown / Variety Show Everett
Circus Finelli is San Francisco's four-women clown troupe, specializing in cartoonish circus comedy. They are best known for their physicality, live eccentric music, and multi-lingual performance, inspired by European Circus and American Vaudeville.…
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Variety Show Everett
Vuelta La Luna is a collective of performance artists and musicians that bring a world gypsy feel to their performances. From fire dancers, aerialist, pole, and musicians, Vuelta La Luna will take you on a magical journey around the world.
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Murder Mystery Event / Variety Show
North America's longest running interactive murder mystery dinner theater! Eddie May Mysteries received critical acclaim for their numerous performances across the globe entertaining Americans via the USO program, AND, for bringing their hilarious audience-participation…
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One Man Band / Variety Show
ENTERTAINMENT UNLIMITED INC. Available For: Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Children's Birthday Parties, Christenings, Christmas Parties,…
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Circus Entertainment / Variety Show
Guinness World Record holder with 8 years of entertainment experience, this Calgary based performer is know as an amazing sideshow stunt artist, circus style entertainer and fire performer. Perfect for corporate gatherings, festivals and special events.Professional,…
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Game Show for Events / Variety Show
Viewers of game shows often say, "These questions are easy, I should be on that show." Well, step up to the plate, because
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Cover Band / Variety Show
Powerhouse vocalists, tantalizing dancers, stellar musicians and an incredible repertoire of Pop, Rock, Latin and R&B hits - We are RADIO! This group of exceptional entertainers, whose members have achieved both national and international recognition,…
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Mind Reader / Variety Show
Looking for exciting entertainment at your next special event? Corporate Magician Doug Kevilus provides customized entertainment packages for will make your event the one your guests will remember and talk about for a long time to come. Entertaining…
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Variety Entertainer / Variety Show
Hello, My name is Elias "Lefty" Caress and I love to entertain. I have several stage acts that you will love, and also a great walk-around act. My entertainment is intended to inspire, motivate, enlighten, as well as entertain. In one of my…
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Clown / Variety Show
As featured on CBS5 " Eye On The Bay" Silly Ricky is a popular clown with multiple talents. He has been serving Northern California full time for over 4 years! Silly Ricky Offers: Funny Juggling Shows Balloon twisting Games Stilt walking Fire…
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Aerialist / Variety Show
Allie Cooper is a professional and internationally recognized circus artist specializing in aerial acts including vertical rope, aerial silks, Chinese Pole, dance pole, aerial hoop (lyra), and aerial cube. Solo, duo, and trio acts are available, as well…
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Dueling Pianos / Variety Show
I do a high energy interactive musical 2 or 3 man act. I also do dinner music, and wedding ceremonial music.


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Sitting across from a roaring fireplace one winter afternoon in Vail, Janet is curled up on a dark leather couch as she discusses the unlikely topic of Discipline, the title of her new album. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling window, long graceful branches of towering trees are heavy with snow. In the distance, a lift carries skiers up an imposing mountain awash in white. Janet's wearing a midnight-black sweat suit, her hair pulled back to the nape of her neck. Her body language is relaxed and her eyes are smiling. She's trim, and also a little hoarse, having just fought off a cold. The whisper-quiet texture of her voice adds to the intimacy of the conversation.
"Discipline has been much on my mind," she says. "It's the idea that unifies the songs on this record. As a concept, and even a lifestyle, discipline goes extremely deep. It can be applied to so much about ourselves. In my case, I see it as one of defining aspects of my character. Discipline was there for me from the start. But it was not until this record that I began to understand its full meaning.
"In putting Discipline out front-- as both the title of the album and title of a song about sexual surrender--I wanted to announce that I was venturing into new creative waters. That meant working with producers like Jermaine Dupri, Rodney Jerkins, and Ne-Yo, whose songs spoke to the immediacy of my emotions. Like all my records, this one, whether intentional or not, has autobiographical roots. It's difficult for me to work any other way. I don't feel it, if I don't believe it, I can't sing it.
"So Discipline, as a storyline, begins in my childhood which someone could see as a classic study in discipline. Discipline was part of a family culture that I absorbed. I was born with it.
"I also believe that discipline has given me the confidence to jump out of the nest. When L.A. Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam, and I discussed co-executive producing this record, we both agreed that the feeling had to be adventuresome and fresh. I was interested in exploring musical scenarios�some exotic, many erotic, but all deeply emotional. I wanted to push the envelope. And I'm glad that `Discipline,' both as a song and an album, does just that.
"`Feedback,' a Rodney Jerkins production, is a different metaphor that also explores sexual tension. It's a provocative conversation that invites openness in an area where so many of us are closed off. The same could be said for Rodney's "Roller Coaster," a musical ride that reflects that up and downs of romantic/physical agitation and excitement."
When asked how her concept of discipline has changed over the years, Janet reaches for her mug of hot tea, takes a sip and pauses several seconds before replying.
"Well, I guess if I go back to the beginning I see a little girl, 10-years-old, who's appearing on `Good Times' and sets her own alarm clock to wake up at 5:30 AM in order to be at work by 7. Then I think about a 15-year-old starting to make records. For the next 25 years, she makes an album every two or three years without fail. Going a little deeper, she learns that the music most connected to her heart has a rhythmic and harmonic complexity that requires work. That means hours and hours trying to compose lyrics and melodies that ring true; hours and hours in the studio layering the vocals that contain the different voices she hears inside her head. Then, of course, the months she spends planning and executing world tours, one after another."
And does that artist see discipline as a burden?
"No, I see it as a blessing," Janet is quick to say. "As a child, I took it for granted. That's who I was. As a

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SCAT bus officials are moving ahead with its plan for a bus-rapid transit system (BRT).
The idea is to create dedicated bus lanes from University Parkway to the Bee Ridge Road area to give passengers a faster ride. But it comes at a steep price — an estimated $72 million.
SCAT General Manager Anthony Beckford said he has received word from the federal government that he can move forward with the project. Beckford is applying for a federal grant to pay 80% of the project cost.
The project will now go to the planning and design phase. Beckford hopes to open the BRT in late 2011 or early 2012.
The BRT option SCAT is pursuing includes buying a portion of rail corridor from Seminole Gulf Railway and CSX, stripping it of the tracks and paving it for exclusive use of SCAT buses.
Negotiations are ongoing with the rail companies for the purchase of the corridor, said Beckford.
"The buses will look like rail cars, but they don't run on rails," Beckford said.
One technology Beckford foresees on the buses is the ability to flick a switch and activate traffic signals, so the buses rarely have to stop inbetween bus stops.
If SCAT is able to purchase the rail line, it would also be used as a linear park for walking and biking when the buses aren't traveling on those lanes. Beckford said it could eventually hook up with The Legacy Trail south of Clark Road.
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Checking out a variety of new meet up groups, this one seems interesting to me - hope to meet new people.
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Hi Pierson, glad you made it out today. Hope you had a good game.
Hi Pierson, thanks for joining Peel South Social. Hope to meet you at one of the upcoming meet ups.
Hi Pierson. Nice to meet you. :)
Hope to see you at a meetup soon.
Hi Pierson,
Thanks for voting for my idea. Would you be interested in about a 2 PMish at Millcroft, Burlington, Sat 31st? I have a 2 for 1 for them for the long weekend and their website says 69 (golf) + 34 (cart which is mandatory) - so about $52 plus tax per person. LMK and I can reserve a tee time for us at about 2 PM Saturday.
hey ol buddy ol pal.....our paths cross again! Going skydiving??
Welcome to VP Mixer Pierson! We will miss you at the Roof top party! There will be more :) Look forward to meeting you!
i'm not too sure about the terra cotta warriors. i can't remember seeing them last time. i was there a few weeks ago. but it is free so why not?
the game should be about 3 hrs long and we're getting there an hour early to get tickets. so we'll be getting out around about 4pm. :)
Hi Pierson,
Sounds good - looks like Jack Astor's across from Sherway Gardens mall is a good choice. Send me an email and we'll exchange contact details.


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Nov 27, 2012 7:28 AM
MW3 CD to Downloadable?
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If I have the MW3 CD and my blu-ray player no longer works...can I download it without repaying 60$ for it from the market again?Sorry for noob question
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No, it can not be downloaded. I did read on here at 1 point that they would get you a new disc at reduced cost if yours isn't working. Can't recall the price, but search this forum and you might find it. If no luck there, contact activision support and they can help. I think most people have abandoned this forum for black ops II. :)
That's gay and yeah thats cool im not a BLOP fan really...first CoD Multiplayer was MW3 and I miss raping everyone...Thanks though if you didn't notice, I said my Blu-ray reader was broken but I can just buy games from PSN.


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I didn't know it when I started watching, but it is a true story of a Chinese ballet dancer who is chosen to go to study in Huston for 3 months. Very good movie....I needed a tissue for the last 15 minutes. Beautiful dancing and a moving story.
Parental warnings: I recall one incident of swearing using the word for a female dog. One scene that a girl tries to explain to the Chinese dancer that she is a virgin but he doesn't understand. And barely dressed dancers.


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Center for Security Policy
last updated: December 21, 2011
Please note: IPS Right Web neither represents nor endorses any of the individuals or groups profiled on this site.
Founded in 1988 by Frank Gaffney, the Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a prominent member of the neoconservative advocacy community that has promoted extravagant weapons programs, a firmly one-sided Israel-centric view of Middle East peace, and a broad "war on terror" against "Islamofascists." The organization claims to promote the "establishment of successful national security policies through the use of all elements of national power." According to the CSP, "The philosophy of 'Peace through Strength' is not a slogan for military might but a belief that America's national power must be preserved and properly used for it holds a unique global role in maintaining peace and stability."
CSP has also developed a reputation as a core member of what the Center for American Progress terms the "Islamophobia network"—a patchwork of scholars, foundations, and opinion-makers that has propagated negative impressions of Islam and Muslims in the United States. In a widely noted 2011 report, CAP called CSP one of the "key think tanks led by scholars who are primarily responsible for orchestrating the majority of anti-Islam messages polluting our national discourse today."
CSP's has received generous support from right-wing and "pro-Israel" foundations, including several identified in CAP's report. A Right Web review of the tax filings of U.S. charitable foundations revealed that during 1999-2009, the organization received more than $7.5 million in charitable donations, including $221,500 from the William Rosenwald Family Fund, $735,000 from the Anchorage Charitable Fund, $375,000 from the Becker Foundations, $715,000 from the Bradley Foundation, more than $2.75 million from the Sarah Scaife Foundation, $110,000 from the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation, and $90,000 from the Hascoe Charitable Foundation. CSP also received $40,000 from Daniel Pipes' Middle East Forum, another right-wing and often anti-Islamic advocacy group with whom CSP shares many funders.
In his role as head of CSP, Frank Gaffney has peddled a host of bizarre conspiracy theories about Muslims in the United States. In addition to maintaining the discredited view that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, Gaffney has claimed to see the threat of "creeping sharia" everywhere in the U.S. political establishment. According to ThinkProgress, Gaffney has "accused Gen. David Petraeus of 'submission' to Sharia law, claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood has 'infiltrated' the federal government, and even argued that the government's Missile Defense logo is further evidence of creeping Sharia law."[1]
Gaffney also made headlines in early 2011 for accusing the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of right-wing luminaries in Washington, of being infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood because of the participation of anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, whose wife is Muslim, and Suhail Khan, a Muslim former staffer to George W. Bush. Gaffney was ultimately banned from speaking at that conference, which nonetheless included an anti-sharia seminar staffed by Gaffney allies Clifford May and Andrew McCarthy.[2]
Gaffney and CSP were cited seven times in the xenophobic writings of Anders Breivik, the right-wing Norwegian terrorist who killed 77 people in July 2011 in a rampage against what he called "cultural Marxism." In a column for the right-wing Washington Times, Gaffney lashed out against what he called "an unholy alliance of the Muslim Brotherhood operatives and those on the left" who "want us to believe that a number of individuals about whom Mr. Breivik wrote admiringly are inciting to violence when they warn about the threat posed by Shariah's adherents. … If anything, suppressing warranted alarms about the threat posed to Western civilization by Shariah and hampering legal activities aimed at staving off that menace would simply play into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and their enablers. That way lies disaster."[3]
CSP cosponsored a 2010 report entitled "Shariah: The Threat to America," a lengthy but thinly sourced tome purporting to demonstrate the threat to the U.S. legal system posed by Islamic law, which it calls "an alien legal system hostile to and in contravention of the U.S. Constitution," one that "dictates both violent and non-violent means to a capable audience ready to act imminently." John Feffer of Foreign Policy in Focus commented that the report "cites exactly one case of sharia law playing any role in the U.S. legal system," a domestic violence case in which a judge's ruling in favor of an allegedly abusive husband was ultimately overturned. Nonetheless, Feffer writes, "the non-Muslim judge did not reference sharia, nor did shadowy Muslim organizations conduct any campaign to support the husband and turn the case into a precedent. One minor case, with the most slender connection to sharia, does not translate into an imminent threat."[4]
Undeterred, in September 2011, Gaffney called on Republican presidential candidates to sign a pledge to "preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States" from what he calls the Muslim Brotherhood's "effort to insinuate foreign law into this country." No candidates adopted the pledge.[5]
Since the election of President Barack Obama, CSP has also served as a vocal opponent of the administration's security policies, issuing alarmist pronouncements that question the president's patriotism and pushing exaggerated threat assessments.
An example of its criticism was a November 2009 CSP article penned by Gaffney that cited a discredited terrorism "expert," Steve Emerson, in arguing that the government's handling of the killings at Fort Hood threatened the nation's security. Claiming the Obama administration "has done everything possible to obscure the true nature of the jihadist attack perpetrated at Fort Hood," Gaffney wrote that "an unsettling question has begun to nag as Team Obama's conduct of security policy becomes ever more inconsistent with common sense—and, at least in some cases, manifestly at odds with our national interests: Whose side are they on?" Gaffney then concluded, "We can only speculate about the motivations behind such deeply problematic behavior on the part of a President of the United States and his administration. What is beyond dispute, however, is the cumulative effect of the application worldwide of the Obama Doctrine—emboldening our enemies, undermining our allies and diminishing our country: Team Obama is making it much more difficult to defend our vital interests and the security of our people, even as its actions encourage the emergence and intensification of threats to both."[6]
During the 1990s, CSP served as a key advocate of the first Gulf War and later, during the Bill Clinton administration, of efforts to overthrow Saddam Hussein. In 1990, neoconservatives tied to CSP organized the Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf (CPSG), a spin-off from CSP headed by Richard Perle, which mobilized bipartisan support for the George H.W. Bush administration's war plans in the Persian Gulf. CPSG received start-up funding from the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation and worked closely with Citizens for a Free Kuwait, a pressure group financed by the Kuwaiti monarchy.[7]
In 1998, paralleling the efforts of another neoconservative group called the Project for the New American Century, CPSG drafted a letter to President Clinton endorsing an attack on Iraq. The letter said: "We urge you to provide the leadership necessary to save ourselves and the world from the scourge of Saddam and the weapons of mass destruction that he refuses to relinquish." Among the letter's signatories were several prominent national security militarists and rightist figures, including Gaffney, Elliott Abrams, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Joshua Muravchik, Donald Rumsfeld, Frank Carlucci, Caspar Weinberger, and John Bolton, as well as a few putative liberal internationalists, Stephen Solarz and Robert Pastor. Other signatories were: Richard Allen, Richard Armitage, Jeffrey Bergner, Stephen Bryen, Richard Burt, William Clark, Paula Dobriansky, Fred Ikle, Zalmay Khalilzad, Sven Kraemer, Michael Ledeen, Bernard Lewis, Frederick Lewis, Jarvis Lynch, Robert McFarlane, Martin Peretz, Roger Robinson, Peter Rodman, Peter Rosenblatt, Gary Schmitt, Max Singer, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Leon Wieseltier, David Wurmser, and Dov Zakheim.[8]
CSP and its associates also spent much of the 1990s pushing extravagant threat claims and urging controversial weapons programs. As Gaffney proudly noted in his organization's 2002 annual report, CSP associates played key roles in two congressionally mandated commissions chaired by Rumsfeld—one on missile defense and the other on space weapons—as well as a commission concerned with WMD proliferation and three commissions that addressed the perceived China threat (for more information, see the Right Web profiles, the Rumsfeld Missile Commission and the Rumsfeld Space Commission).
While spending enormous energy worrying about purported threats from Russia, Cuba, China, North Korea, and Iraq, the CSP missed the emergence of a new threat to U.S. security: international non-state terrorism. Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CSP had warned of terrorism's threat to the U.S. homeland but had equated that threat with potential missile attacks from Asia or the Middle East. The opening scenes of its 1998 "educational" videotape, "America the Vulnerable," show a missile launched from "somewhere in the Middle East" and vectoring toward the United States. After a barrage of clips juxtaposing scenes of frightened U.S. schoolchildren, mushroom clouds, and menacing Arab leaders such as Saddam Hussein, the video closed on a hopeful note by CSP advisory council member Henry Cooper, former director of Reagan's strategic defense initiative office and head of the missile defense advocacy group High Frontier. A safe U.S. homeland, according to Cooper, is but "$2 to $3 billion dollars and three to four years away."[9]
The Bush Years
After George W. Bush became president, CSP changed gears. Instead of working to consolidate congressional opposition to arms control or support for new weapons systems, the center began issuing a series of media releases and news commentaries congratulating the Bush foreign policy hardliners for championing CSP's "peace through strength" platform. By 2005, however, CSP had become increasingly critical of Bush's foreign and military policy and his foreign policy team, which saw many of its neoconservative-aligned members leave the administration shortly into Bush's second term.[10]
Despite its often harsh criticism of government officials, CSP managed to maintain a prominent position, in part through its ability to marshal a network of neoconservative activists, industry representatives, former high-ranking military officers, former defense officials, and former or current members of Congress to support its agenda. One of its outreach activities was—and continues to be—its yearly "Keeper of the Flame" award, bestowed on an individual who best exemplifies the "peace through strength" credo. Recipients have included Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Steve Forbes, Newt Gingrich, Christopher Cox, and James Schlesinger.
Addressing the November 2001 Keeper of the Flame banquet (the year it was given to Schlesinger), Rumsfeld turned toward Gaffney and said: "If there was any doubt about the power of your ideas, one only has to look at the number of center associates who people this administration—and particularly the Department of Defense—to dispel them." Standing in front of the CSP's large "Peace Through Strength" banner, Rumsfeld joked: "I was thinking about calling a staff meeting, but I think I'll wait until tomorrow morning."[11]
According to its own count, two dozen CSP directors and National Security Advisory Council (NSAC) members joined the first Bush administration. CSP advisers who joined the administration included Perle, Abrams, Robert Andrews, Devon Gaffney Cross, J.D. Crouch, Mitchell Daniels, Kenneth deGraffenreid, Paula Dobriansky, Douglas Feith, Evan Galbraith, Marlin Hefti, Robert Joseph, Steven Kraemer, Keith Payne, Robert Reilly, Roger Robinson, James Roche, William Schneider Jr., Wayne Schroeder, José Sorzano, Michelle Van Cleave, Arthur Waldron, Pete Wilson, and Dov Zakheim.[12]
Before becoming undersecretary of defense for policy, Feith was the CSP's chairman and legal counsel as well as a financial contributor. And Rumsfeld and Richard Cheney have long been close associates of CSP. Rumsfeld, in addition to being the 1998 Keeper of the Flame award winner, has been a CSP financial backer.[13] CSP has extolled Cheney's judgment since his service as a CSP board member.[14]
The neoconservatives and militarists associated with CSP regarded the election of George W. Bush as an opportunity to bring their team into the heart of government. Zakheim, a former CSP adviser and past director of a major missile defense firm who became the Defense Department's comptroller, once said of CSP: "Basically this is family. We have been in the trenches together well before Frank set up the Center for Security Policy. It's an honor to be back with people that we know—in the Pentagon—are always with us."[15]
But Gaffney was quick to criticize any perceived backtracking from the principles and imperatives of U.S. military supremacy. Consequently, he and other hawks badgered the Bush administration when it appeared to drift from the agenda outlined by neoconservatives, including faulting the administration for failing to increase substantially aid to an "independent" Taiwan, criticizing efforts to work with the United Nations, and complaining when officials express even mild concern about Israel's violation of international law and human rights.[16]
In 2006 the CSP established an archive of the writings of Feith, who left the administration under a cloud of criticism over his connection to alleged efforts to misrepresent intel about Iraq before the 2003 invasion. In its introduction to the archive, the CSP stated: "Anyone who wishes to understand the actual, extraordinary caliber of this man—and the loss to the country represented by his departure from public service—is invited to peruse his record of profoundly thoughtful, well-reasoned, and brilliantly articulated writings. And note will be taken of those who, by their persistent refusal to examine such materials, signal a laziness, indifference to the truth, and/or partisanship that is truly worthy of criticism, if not contempt."[17]
A core component of CSP's work during the Bush presidency was promoting its view of Israeli national security. It sponsored several television ad campaigns that focused on Israeli policies. In May 2006, for example, the center launched an advertising campaign in the United States protesting the plan by the Israeli government to withdraw from some Palestinian territories, which CSP said was "giving territory to terrorists." According to CSP, the campaign targeted "Israel's proposed surrender of most of the West Bank and parts of Jerusalem to terrorists like al-Qaida, Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The ad recalled the consequences for Israeli and for U.S. interests of previous Israeli retreats from Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and urged U.S. officials to oppose further territorial concessions. The ad drew on analysis by CSP senior fellow Caroline Glick, a former member of the Israeli Defense Force and deputy editor of the Jerusalem Post.[18]
In unveiling the 30-second spot, Gaffney said: "[Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert needs to know that Americans will not support, let alone finance, such an action that would threaten the future survival of both Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, endanger the effort to consolidate the liberation of Iraq, and create a new safe-haven from which Islamo-fascist terrorists will be able to plot and launch attacks against the United States."
Members, Staff, and Funding
Gaffney, CSP's founder and president, has deep roots in the neoconservative camp, extending back to the 1970s, when he was an aide to Sen. Henry (Scoop) Jackson, a key figure among Cold Warriors and Israel boosters in Congress. Gaffney served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security policy during the Reagan administration, following four years of service as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear forces and arms control policy. Before that, he was a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee under the chairmanship of the late Sen. John Tower, and a national security legislative aide to the late Senator Henry M. Jackson.
CSP has several boards, including a board of directors, a military committee, an advisory board, and an academic council. These are largely composed of long-standing neoconservatives, retired military officers, and corporate executives (see the sidebar for a partial listing of members of these boards).
In addition, in 2003, CSP established a board of regents for the purpose of "bringing our work to the attention of new and influential audiences, and in securing the resources needed to perform our many tasks." To complement the board of regents, the center also has a Regents' Council, "a group of younger professionals working closely with the Board of Regents."[19]
CSP created its "military committee" to maintain working links with the armed forces, which aims to "put U.S. national security once again on sound footing—not only in the war against terrorism but in the defense transformation that is so desperately needed."[20] The committee includes an impressive array of former flag officers, such as the former Supreme Allied Commander in the Atlantic; the former commander-in-chief of U.S. Space Command; and the former Chief of Staff of Allied Powers in Europe. Former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Carl Mundy was the committee's first chairman. The current chairman, Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, is a past deputy commander of all U.S. Army forces in the Pacific. According to CSP, "General Vallely is working with other members of the Committee—many of whom are among the foremost national security practitioners and thinkers of our time—to engage the military community, and those attentive to its views, as catalysts for renewing America's defense capabilities and adopting effective peace-through-strength policies to guide their use." Vallely is also a co-chair of the Iran Policy Committee, and he sits on the advisory boards of the American Congress for Truth, of Family Security Matters, and of the International Intelligence Summit.
An important CSP supporter has been Irving Moskowitz, a JINSA director who has used earnings from his California bingo business to underwrite Israeli settler groups. Another prominent CSP backer has been Lawrence Kadish, a New York investment banker, prominent patron of the Republican Party and the Republican Jewish Coalition, and financial backer of Americans for Victory over Terrorism (AVOT). Both he and Gaffney served as senior advisers to AVOT. Poju Zabludowicz, who has generously donated to CSP, is, according to journalist Jason Vest, "heir to a formidable diversified international empire that includes arms manufacturer Soltam—which once employed Perle—and benefactor of the recently established Britain Israel Communication and Research Centre, a London-based group that appears to equate reportage or commentary uncomplimentary to Zionism with anti-Semitism."
CSP has also attracted the usual passel of right-wing foundations, which have provided as much as two-thirds of the CSP's annual budget. Olin, Sarah Scaife, Carthage, Bradley, and a few other right-wing foundations provided at least $6.2 million to CSP in the 1988-2006 period.[21]
Major weapons contractors such as Boeing, General Atomics, General Dynamics, Litton, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Thiokol, and TRW have also provided financial support. The CSP's annual reports indicate that the center has received several million dollars in corporate support since 1988.[22]
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[1] Scott Keyes, "Three Weeks After Frank Gaffney Released New Anti-Sharia Pledge, Zero Presidential Candidates Have Signed On," September 27, 2011, ThinkProgress, http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/09/27/328547/three-weeks-after-frank-gaffney-released-new-anti-sharia-pledge-zero-presidential-candidates-have-signed-on/.
[2] Jillian Rayfield, "Right-Wingers Claim Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated CPAC," Talking Points Memo, January 5, 2011, http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/right-wing_claims_muslim_brotherhood_has_infiltrat.php.
[3] Frank Gaffney, "Warning from Norway," Washington Times, July 25, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/25/warning-from-norway/.
[4] John Feffer, "Chicken a la King," Foreign Policy in Focus, March 8, 2011, http://www.fpif.org/articles/chicken_a_la_king.
[5] Scott Keyes, "Three Weeks After Frank Gaffney Released New Anti-Sharia Pledge, Zero Presidential Candidates Have Signed On," September 27, 2011, ThinkProgress, http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/09/27/328547/three-weeks-after-frank-gaffney-released-new-anti-sharia-pledge-zero-presidential-candidates-have-signed-on/.
[6] Frank Gaffney, "Whose Side Are They On?" Center for Security Policy, November 23, 2009, http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18236.xml
[7] Jim Lobe, "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq Sets Up Shop," FPIF Policy Report, Foreign Policy In Focus, November 2002, http://presentdanger.irc-online.org/papers/libiraq.html.
[8] Center for Security Policy (CSP), Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf, "Open Letter to the President," February 19, 1998, Decision Brief No 98-D, http://web.archive.org/web/20061207020117/http://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=98-D_33at.
[9] Ken Silverstein, Private Warriors(New York: Verso, 2000).
[10] Frank Gaffney, "Eroding Sovereignty," Washington Times, August 21, 2007, http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070821/COMMENTARY03/108210002/1012.
[11] Wil S. Hylton, "Dick and Don Go to War," Esquire, February 2002, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmesq/is_200202/ai_kepm262375.
[12] Center for Security Policy, Precision-Guided Ideas: 2002 Annual Report, http://web.archive.org/web/20030630032717/www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Center2002AR.pdf.
[13] "Axis of Influence: Behind the Bush Administration's Missile Defense Revival," World Policy Institute, July 2002, http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/axisofinfluence.html.
[14] "Center Gives 'Attaboys' to Alumni Quayle, Cheney over Comments on Gulf Crisis," CSP Press Release, December 4, 1990, http://web.archive.org/web/20030517234953/http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=90-P_115.
[15] Center for Security Policy, Precision-Guided Ideas: 2002 Annual Report, http://web.archive.org/web/20030630032717/www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Center2002AR.pdf.
[16] Frank Gaffney, "One War," Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2006, http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110008736.
[17] "Doug Feith: On the Record," Center for Security Policy, http://web.archive.org/web/20061009165559/http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=05-D.
[18] "Center for Security Policy Launches Ad Campaign to Stop Giving Territory to Terrorists," http://www.warfooting.com/InTheNews/PageID.101/default.asp.
[19] "Board of Regents," Center for Security Policy, http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Home.aspx?CategoryID=47&SubCategoryID=52.
[20]Center for Security Policy Military Committee, http://web.archive.org/web/20061207014603/http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=static&page=milcom.
[21] "Center for Security Policy," MediaTransparency.org, http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?489.
[22] "Axis of Influence: Behind the Bush Administration's Missile Defense Revival," World Policy Institute, July 2002, http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/axisofinfluence.html.


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This year the only cobbler people will be eating will come with a side of ice cream. This year, President Obama pardoned two birds - Cobbler and Gobbler. The 19-week-old turkeys come from a farm in Virginia.
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Crystal Soda Blast to host an open house on March 5, 2013 introducing their new offices and share information on how to use environmentally safe materials to restore hard surfaces.
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Crystal Soda Blast—a local sandblasting company—recently expanded into their new offices in Kent, WA. Opened in 2001, the company was previously located in Bellevue, WA but outgrew their space and found a 10,000 square foot office/yard space in Kent.
Crystal Soda Blast will be hosting a drop-in open house with a BBQ luncheon on March 5, 2013 from 11:00am to 1:00pm to reveal their new offices. Businesses large and small are invited to attend the presentation by the owners of the company, Kerry and Bryan Cordes. The presentation will cover the benefits of using sandblasting and other media to save money and the environment! The company's slogan: "matching the right media to the right job" has been their key to becoming experts in their field. The event is open to the public and folks are encouraged to visit their blog for updates on the open house.
Specializing in environmentally friendly media blasting—sand, soda, dry ice, lead abatement and more—Crystal Soda Blast has taken on some large and noteworthy projects such as the Chihuly Glass Museum (Seattle, WA), The Everett Clinic (Marysville, WA), and even the Southcenter Mall (Tukwilla, WA).
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Nick Tepesch, threw approximately 50 pitches in the bullpen on Thursday without any problems with the blister on the middle finger of his right hand, is ready to rejoin the Rangers' rotation, and Alexi Ogando is not far behind.More» Ogando tosses six frames of two-run ball |
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Ross Wolf emerged from Minor League oblivion to rescue the Rangers' rotation and earn his first Major League victory. The 30-year-old righty allowed just one run in five innings and the Rangers held on to a 3-1 win over the Athletics on Wednesday afternoon at the Ballpark in Arlington.More» Wolf earns the win in first career start |
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Yu Darvish made just one mistake over six stellar innings, but the Rangers were flummoxed by Dan Straily in a 1-0 loss to the A's on Tuesday at the Ballpark.More» Darvish fans five, holds A's to one run |
Former catchers Jim Sundberg and Ivan Rodriguez, who won 19 Gold Gloves between them in their careers, will represent the Rangers at the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.More» |
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The Rangers called up left-hander Neal Cotts on Tuesday from Triple-A Round Rock, almost four years to the day when he last pitched in the Major Leagues.More» |
A.J. Pierzynski was activated off the disabled list on Tuesday after missing two weeks with a strained oblique muscle in his right ribcage.More»Lewis, Pierzynski react after Double-A rehab game |
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Josh Lindblom's first big league start lasted 4 2/3 innings and he was optioned back to Triple-A following the Rangers' 9-2 loss to the A's on Monday. Top prospect Jurickson Profar tallied two RBIs in his season debut.More» Profar grounds to second, scoring Soto |
The Rangers have designated veteran pitcher Derek Lowe for assignment to make room for fellow right-hander Josh Lindblom.More» Lowe hurls four hitless innings in relief |
Jurickson Profar, MLB.com's top-rated prospect, was in the Rangers lineup at second base on Monday, one day after being recalled from Triple-A Round Rock.More»Profar excited to be back with the club |
A.J. Pierzynski played the second game of his rehab assignment for Double-A Frisco on Monday, going 1-for-3 as the RoughRiders' designated hitter, and will be back with the Rangers for Tuesday's contest against the A's.More»Lewis, Pierzynski react after Double-A rehab game |
The Rangers were able to survive and thrive without starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski because of the work of Geovany Soto and Robinson Chirinos.More» Soto hits a three-run homer for an 8-3 lead |
Colby Lewis breezed through the first two innings of his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Monday, retiring all six batters he faced, striking out three of them.More» |
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Jurickson Profar, baseball's top prospect, is back in the big leagues. On Sunday, the Rangers placed Ian Kinsler, their leadoff man and most consistent hitter, on the disabled list retroactive to Friday with a strained rib muscle in his right side and recalled Profar, MLB.com's No. 1 overall prospect.More»Profar excited to be back with the club |
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Holly Springs residents and long-time friends, Teresa Bozzano and Jacqui Fields are the collaborators on the sale.
"This is our ninth year of putting these sales together," says Bozzano.
The consignment sale is a perfect time to sell everything your kids have outgrown and replace them with gently used items they can use at a fraction of the cost. Many of the consignors do all their seasonal shopping at these sales.
Everything from clothes and toys to bicycles and bedding can be purchased.
Each sale, Just 4 Kids finds worthy local causes to support. In the past, they have worked with local schools, pregnancy crisis centers, food banks, literacy programs, local churches, battered women's shelters, and foster care support organizations.
This spring, all leftover items will be donated to the Catholic Parish Outreach. These items help children and families in the surrounding community.
The sale is located at Fellowship Baptist Church, 1701 Bud Lipscomb Road, Willow Spring, N.C. The church website is www.fbcnow.org
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Help = F1
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F1 or click shows the help for the current window in your web browser.
Some windows may have no help yet in which case the help icon is shown crossed out with a red line.
Shift + F1 or Shift + Click brings up the tool tips extra help window (this window) to show any extra help for a tool tip.
You can tell if a tool tip has extra help if it ends ... like this one.
Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl + click takes you to the list of keyboard shortcuts for Tune Smithy.
Alt + F1 or Alt + click (alternatively Caps lock physically held down + F1 or Click) takes you to the on-line page at the robertinventor.com web site about the current main window task - which gives a short introduction to it for newbies to the program. If there is no on-line page specific to a task, takes you to the main tune smithy page on the web site.
Since the help for Tune Smithy is currently a bit out of date and needs to be redone completely for the new 3.0 release, then you may find the on-line page for some of the newer tasks particularly useful.
Organise Windows = F2
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You can also use it to save the settings for just this window, or open previously saved parameters for just this window.
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Hello, all and welcome to my second Plog. The first one didnt go so well mainly, because I realised that hundreds of Skaven slaves dont really make for a diverse and varied blog to keep people interested, and nor do they make for a diverse and varied painting schedule. So instead of hundreds and hundreds of posts of near identical purple rats, I decided to give up and have a) a semi-painted skaven army and b) a life.
Also, last year, I signed up to the Tale of Fantasy Painters, in the Mens Category for Warriors of Chaos. Unfortunately, due to a combination of moving house and a new job, I dropped out of the Tale pretty quickly. At least, that was my excuse.
In reality, I think that the problem was that I was trying to accomplish too much in too short a space of time. I had very grandiose ideas of what I wanted to accomplish with the army, and I didnt have any of the models, or tools, or time to actually get into it.
Anyway, due to some recent good fortune on e-bay, a slight salary increase and some serious upgrading of my hobby work-station I have decided to re-enter the ToFP for 2011-12 with the same army, but with some more realistic ambitions.
Unfortunately, for my first post I am only going to rehash old ground (but at least it is a taster of things to come!). Below are some pictures of my entries for the first two months of ToFP last year. Part of the reason I dropped out last year was the fact I was trying to get through the bulk of my core in the first two months which at 5 points a model meant 40 Marauders a month!
This was totally unachievable (for me I am a solicitor which means irregular hours and mild alcoholism to get over ****** clients. Alcohol and painting miniatures dont go very well together unfortunately, although they do go together better than alcohol and removing flash with a hobby knife, or lots of alcohol and trying to have sex with your very sober and possibly menstruating girlfriend) so I lost heart and gave up.
So below are the Marauders I did manage to paint. The theme of the army is Malal. For those who dont know Malal is one of the anti-Chaos Chaos gods or more famously known as the Chaos God of (alleged) Copyright Infringement (the rights to the Malal god, and his best known Champion Kaleb Daark, were fiercely contested by the original author of the background).
However, I very much like the idea of Chaos destroying Chaos and it has given me some really good ideas for conversions but more of that later. I have typed up some mini-background for the army somewhere. I'm sure you could find it with a little search, but I'll probably infiltrate it later in the Plog.
(Also, is there a different abbreviation to "Plog" - it makes me think of POGs, which of themselves remind me of school. Unfortunately, I went to a boys-only public school in the English countryside, and as I was the kid who collected small figurines and wasn't really into mutual buggery they were very, very dark times for me. On the other hand, "project" is a really good Scrabble word and does make me think about Elecution lessons - which as our vocal-coach was one of only three females in the boys-only school (along with the cook (too old) and the nurse (too antiscepticy) - were a very, very good time for me.)
Anyway - this project log is supposed to be about photographs rather than trying to get cheap psycho-therapy, so let's get some JPEGs up.
Here are some lovely, 5th Ed Maurauders. Note particularly, the way that GW has not yet realised that the skull to figurine ratio must be at least 8:1. Note also, the lovely black and white division of the armour in the style of Malal. Please try not to notice the awful, awful photographs. I am working on this. However, the pictures are now a year old. Imagine it is sepia.
Here are the same Marauders from a slightly different angle. This is to fill space because it is my first post and I feel one photograph probably isn't enough.
Finally, here is a close-up of the Command Group. This is a 5th Ed. Chaos Exalted Champion. Although, he has got a lot more skulls than anyone else he simply doesn't have enought in 8th Ed. to justify such a position in my Army so he has been downgraded to Unit Champion. That's hard-lines, but the Will of Chaos is Fickle. (Also, I don't believe those skulls are real. They are far too small. Unless they are children's skulls, but that's a bit sick).
Well, that's it for now. I hope you are well (I am fine) and you like my pictures.


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On Saturday (tomorrow) I will be taking 1500 pts. of Tyranids for the first time ever against a Chaos army.
I know very little about Chaos and was wondering if some of you could give me some general tips on what would work best.
For instance, having been playing against Imperial Guard with my Tyranids recently I have usually taken 3 x 17-20 standard Hormagaunts without any biomorphs. Chaos I know are similar to Space Marines in that they have good armour saves and also better WS and Toughness than Imperial Guard so it would be helpful if somone could give a few tips regarding whether the standard troops need biomorphing to engage the Chaos effectively.
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One of the main reasons I love watching American Idol is Jennifer Lopez. I used to love it for Simon Cowell smart and funny comments…but now, it's fun to see what Ms. Lopez will be wearing, or how she will have her hair and make up. She's a style inspiration for sure!!!
She looks absolutely gorgeous all the time and is always switching up her hair and make up style, it never seems the same one week to the next.
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Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:32 PM CST
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on Wednesday unanimously approved Senate Bill 7 by Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, to redesign the Medicaid long-term care system for individuals with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as Texans 60 and older.
The bill now moves to the full Senate for further consideration.
"We cannot continue to fund the same inefficient, unsustainable Medicaid system and expect a different result, especially given the significant increases in our populations of seniors and individuals with developmental disabilities who are living longer, healthier lives than ever before," Nelson said. "SB 7 ensures that those currently being served continue to be served but in a more efficient, coordinated manner. It also lays the groundwork to extend services to those currently waiting for them."
SB 7 redesigns the Medicaid long-term services and supports system by:
ñ Providing basic attendant and habilitation services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities currently waiting for services;
ñ Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to implement a new functional assessment tool that will more accurately assess service needs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
ñ Ensuring that all individuals with disabilities eligible for acute care services receive those services in a coordinated manner through a managed care plan;
ñ Establishing a long-term plan for piloting and delivering services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through managed care;
ñ Expanding STAR+PLUS to the Medicaid Rural Service Area;
ñ Transitioning nursing facility services into STAR+PLUS;
ñ Allowing for the development of additional housing supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
ñ Establishing behavioral intervention teams to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities avoid institutionalization; and
ñ Expanding on quality-based payment initiatives, including for managed care organizations and providers of long-term services and supports.
By improving services for Texans with disabilities, the Legislative Budget Board assumes a reduction in acute care costs. That savings, along with a budget strategy being pursued by Nelson to add $45 million to the base budget, will help bring services to an estimated 12,000 Texans currently waiting for them.
Tuesday, the committee also unanimously approved SB 126 to require the Department of State Health Services to create a public reporting system to allow the public to view and compare performance and outcome measures among community mental health and substance abuse providers. "We invest a significant amount of taxpayer dollars in our community mental health and substance abuse programs, and it is imperative that the public can see how these resources are used and what outcomes are resulting from our investment," Nelson said.
Nelson represents District 12, including portions of Tarrant and Denton Counties. She is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.
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'Tis the season for... grapes! Since they're so plentiful (and cheap!) right now, I find myself buying lots of grapes - green ones, red ones, dark blue ones.... they're all good! And the other night I was craving some grape juice (haven't had any since I was younger, and of course not really 'juice' in the true sense, anyway), so I threw a bag of grapes in my vita-mix, blended it, and strained it to make juice. Made surprisingly little pulp! The juice was amazing, and I actually had to water it down a bit, because it is quite sugary, of course. Not something I'd thus drink everyday, but what a flavour!
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Boston (July 18, 2012) – RCN Boston announced today the launch of Customer Appreciation Days, a month-long promotion aimed at connecting RCN customers with valuable perks simply for being RCN customers. RCN serves Back Bay along with 17 other communities in greater Boston.
Throughout the duration of Customer Appreciation Days, every RCN customer with access to On Demand is eligible for a Free On Demand movie coupon simply by contacting a customer service representative by phone, during a service call, in person at an RCN office, or by visiting rcn.com/customer-center.
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Apple to expand iBookstore to 18 new countries
Apple's iBookstore is going live in 18 new countries, according to AppleInsider and other tech blog sites.
Citing information from an Australia-based iBooks label, AppleInsider said that the countries in line for iBookstore are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Those 18 would bring the total number of iBookstore-supported countries to 50.
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Evolution Basics: Darwin's Early Observations on Biogeography
For Darwin, both of these observations (that oceanic islands lacked terrestrial mammals, and that endemic species on islands were most similar to a species on the closest mainland) had the same explanation: his hypothesis that endemic, oceanic species were the modified descendants of a colonizing species from the nearest continent.
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A Scientific Commentary on Genesis 7:11
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
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The BioLogos Foundation explains to the findings of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and responds to the claims that its discoveries challenge the theory of evolution, especially regarding so-called "junk DNA".
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Denisovans, Humans and the Chromosome 2 Fusion
The Denisovans, an extinct hominid group that interbred with modern humans, made the news again lately with the publication of a more detailed study of their genome. One of the many interesting findings was that the Denisovans share the same chromosome 2 fusion that modern humans have.
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Many Christians believe that they face a painful choice-- either life was designed by God or it is an evolutionary product of natural selection. Charles Darwin himself believed in this dichotomy, and people ever since have felt the need to "choose sides". However, looking back at history, we find that one of Darwin's chief scientific colleagues, Asa Gray, did not share this perspective. In this three-part essay, part 1 charts the relationship of Asa Gray and Charles Darwin. Part 2 describes Darwin's struggle with the problem of natural evil and design in nature, and part 3 explores how Asa Gray was able to embrace evolution without rejecting the idea of design.
David Lack and Darwin's Finches
Considering the immense popularity of "Darwin's finches", it is quite surprising to learn that Charles Darwin himself had very little to say about them. In fact, it was actually David Lack, one century later, who conducted the critical research that immortalized the finches in biology textbooks and popular lore.
Series: The Human Fossil Record
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Fine-tuning and the "Fruitful Universe"
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Caution! Design Arguments Ahead
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Understanding Evolution: The Evolutionary Origins of Irreducible Complexity, Part 1
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Theory, Prediction and Converging Lines of Evidence, Part 2
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Where is the Genetic Evidence for Evolution?
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Beginning with the End in Mind
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Morgan & Bryann's Wedding Day
The first wedding of 2011 is done and loaded onto the computer. The honor of the first wedding of the season goes to Morgan & Bryann on March 5th. That Saturday was a gray, rainy day but I don't think a flood would have kept these two from getting married. I first met with Morgan & Bryann about 3 weeks before their wedding and I could tell from the very first moment these two were in love. But there was something more about these two. You see, Bryann is in the Army Reserve and his unit has been called up for deployment overseas. As a former member of the United States Army, I know first hand the sacrifices and the risk Bryann will endure over the next 12 months. But, I also know that the hardest time will be for Morgan. Bryann will be busy each day with duties and assignments. Morgan on the other hand will be at home hoping and praying that Bryann will be safe and out of harms way. The hardest part for me was when I found out that Bryann and Morgan would only have one day together, Sunday, before he had to leave for his training for deployment. She smiled all day and never once let it show. But, inside I knew she had to be hurting. I hold up prayers for both Morgan and Bryann. Here is their trailer;
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What do you think, Lovelies: is Debbie for real, or just trying to get YouTube hits?
What do you think, Lovelies: is Debbie for real, or just trying to get YouTube hits?
orchid / 221 posts
Gaahh this is everywhere! It's fake, she's trolling!
daisy / 617 posts
I wish she were real. This is the funniest!
magnolia / 1369 posts
She keeps wiping her eyes but there are no tears. Also, she keeps apologizing which I feel means she knows she looks crazy. If thats the case why keep the video up?
Debbie is not for real. She has other stuff on youtube that is just as stupid. I would be surprised if she was over 18… Also, I think you can hear the guy holding the camera, laughing at 2:20.
She's fake, sadly. Was funny, but would have been much more funny if she was for real, lol.
Definitely fake, but good for a giggle.
sunflower / 282 posts
It's fake but it's still realllly funny haha.
this is stupid. the whole crying thing just made it redundant (and REALLY annoying). obviously not real.
orchid / 169 posts
Bahahaha. I was trying to find a home for a kitten and I kept asking everyone if they could take the cat and so he posted this to my facebook wall as a joke! Saying it was me.
I LOVE CATS!! I JUST WANT THEM IN A BASKET WITH BOWS AND ON RAINBOWS!!! lmao. fake.
haha i don't care if it's fake that made me laugh
lol obvious troll
rose / 786 posts
Good luck getting a date Debbie (real or fake?)
Wow. My eyes started itching as I was watching this. (I'm allergic to cats)
I dunno, I thought it was pretty obvious that it was a fake.
sunflower / 437 posts
Well, that's two and a half minutes of my life I wont get back.
daisy / 647 posts
Obviously it's fake. I don't know how anybody could be so gullible to think it's real. Especially if it's on youtube.
Why would people get angry that she's faking? OBVIOUSLY she's faking. Her original intention was probably not to get a lot of Youtube hits but to make a silly video and upload it. She's just having fun–she didn't try to fool anyone.
My friend posted this on facebook, and I thought it was funny, so I laughed, but then I heard the person holding the camera laugh and it wasn't as funny anymore.
obviously working a new angle of the old cat lady syndrome.
lmao this made me geek, how she could me straight without laughing is beyond me, i definitely heard someone that wasnt her let a laugh slip! lol
It's fake, because you can hear someone laughing at/around 2:21. But it's still funny as hell!
That was funny!
Obvious troll is obvious.
She's a really good actor.
daisy / 696 posts
This heifer is trolling mad hard. Good God above me.
This is a bunch of B.S and a load of foolishness smh #Hilarious!