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With NFL teams stuck in a state of limbo thanks to the lockout, we are looking at where teams stand as they await the opening of the 2011 league year. Today, we take a look at the Saints.
Top three story lines
1. Reggie Bush said on May 14 that playing for the Saints is his first choice, and head coach Sean Payton has made it clear that he would like to have Bush be a part of his team. Bush is under contract with the Saints through the 2011 season. So why is Bush's future the team unclear? He's due $11.8 million this season, and the Saints are not willing to keep a role player at a price that high. Bush has acknowledged that he'll have to renegotiate and appears willing to take a paycut to stay with the club. Will the two sides agree on a salary when the lockout is over and negotiations can begin? That's far from a certainty.
2. New Orleans' defense unraveled in the team's playoff loss last season, giving up 41 points to the Seahawks. So it was no surprise that the Saints focused on addressing that side of the ball, and specifically the front seven, signing DT Shaun Rogers and spending five of their six draft picks on defensive players, this offseason. With Rogers and first-round pick DE Cameron Jordan added to the fold, the D-line will be more versatile and third-round pick Martez Wilson could be an instant contributor at strong-side linebacker. The loss to Seattle left a bitter taste in the mouth of coordinator Gregg Williams and he'll challenge the unit to respond when it's assembled after the lockout.
3. The Saints have some unfinished business with QB Drew Brees, who has been leading Saints players through workouts, and covering some of the cost of doing so, during the lockout. Brees, one of the lead plaintiffs in the NFL Players Association's lawsuit against the NFL, is heading into the final year of his contract. The Saints want to keep Brees a Saint, and Brees would like to stay in New Orleans, but the lack of a labor agreement could complicate negotiations even if the lockout ends before the start of the regular season. Brees, the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV, is one of the league's elite quarterbacks and he'll command a contract similar to the five-year deal worth $48.5 million guaranteed that Tom Brady reportedly signed last year.
2011 free agency — whenever that happens
Unsigned players: DT Remi Ayodele (4), RB Ladell Betts (9), OT Jermon Bushrod (4), DE Jeff Charleston (4), OLB Danny Clark (11), OLB Jo-Lonn Dunbar (3), FB Heath Evans (10), S Matt Giordano (6), C Jonathan Goodwin (9), RB Lynell Hamilton (2), DE Tony Hargrove (6), S Roman Harper (5), LB Ramon Humber (2), TE Tory Humphrey (4), RB Julius Jones (7), MLB Kawika Mitchell (8), WR Marvin Mitchell (4), WR Lance Moore (5), OG Carl Nicks (3), S Pierson Prioleau (12), S Chris Reis (4), WR Courtney Roby (5), OLB Scott Shanle (8), S Darren Sharper (14), OT Zach Strief (5), TE David Thomas (5), CB Leigh Torrence (5), OLB Anthony Waters (3), DE Jimmy Wilkerson (8), RB DeShawn Wynn (4), CB Usama Young (4). [Editor's note: The number after a players' name is his years of service in the league. If the NFL decides to go with free agency under the same rules used in 2010, then a player would become a restricted free agent after three years and an unrestricted free agent after six years.]
Analysis: If the league operates under the same free agency rules as it did in 2010, the Saints will be able to breathe a sigh of relief. It will make it cheaper for them to keep some core players — Bushrod, the starting left tackle, Harper, the starting strong safety, and Moore, one of Brees' favorite targets — that otherwise would become unrestricted. The Saints tendered those three players and Ayodele, Charleston, Young, Nicks and Thomas before the lockout. The Saints also would like to re-sign Goodwin — a Pro Bowler in '09 — but he'll explore options on the open market and, while he's not an elite player, he could generate interest. Sharper, 35, is preparing to play next season and if he doesn't get an offer to start from another team, it's possible that the Saints will consider re-signing him to a one-year deal.
2011 rookie class
First-round DE Cameron Jordan (No. 24 overall) — With long arms, big hands and good athleticism and agility, Jordan is versatile. He could slide inside in the nickel package and is more quick than powerful.
First-round RB Mark Ingram (No. 28 overall) — The Saints traded up into the first round to grab Ingram. He was the most complete back in the draft, but lacks elite speed. Ingram is well built and can handle a heavy workload.
Third-round SLB Martez Wilson (No. 72 overall) — Wilson could contribute immediately as a two-down run stuffer on the strong side. He has a rare combination of size and speed, but is raw.
Third-round CB Johnny Patrick (No. 88 overall) — Patrick's focus will be on special-teams initially and he fits well as a gunner. He doesn't have elite traits, but shows good cover skills.
Seventh-round DE Greg Romeus (No. 226 overall) — He fell in the draft because of health and durability concerns. If he overcomes the adversity and becomes more consistent, Romeus will have starting potential.
Seventh-round OLB Nate Bussey (No. 243 overall) — Bussey doesn't have the size or strength to be an every-down 'backer. He'll have to battle to make the team as a special-teamer.
Lockout fallout: How impacted will the Saints be by the work stoppage?
On a scale from 1 to 10 (with 10 being the most significantly impacted), the Saints rate a 2. The uncertainty about free agency might have them sweating a bit more than other teams because their list of free agents is very long, and includes some key players, but every team is dealing with those questions to an extent. The Saints are well prepared to weather the lockout, thanks in large part to Drew Brees' leadership, and the consistency on the coaching staff.


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Changes in global climate are altering ecological conditions for many species, and its consequences are typically most evident at the very edge in distribution of a species, where range expansions or contractions may occur. Luis Matías and Alistair Jump studied differences in the demography, growth, reproduction investment and herbivory damage of Scots pine and Common juniper populations through altitudinal and latitudinal gradients covering their complete distribution range. Populations at the lowermost altitude presented older individuals, higher mortality, decreased growth and lower reproduction than at the upper limit. This trend was maintained across latitude, suggesting an upland and northern displacement of the studied species.
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Gender transformative research: transforming ourselves first
Last week, the Building Coalitions, Creating Change workshop brought together donors, researchers and practitioners on gender and development to discuss a gender transformative approach to agricultural research in development (a recent Expiscor blog post explains this idea in more detail). The workshop was a major step forward, with participants giving us the benefit of their considerable knowledge, experience and energy. With their help, we have really started to get to grips with putting this concept into practice.
One of the first lessons to emerge is that WorldFish needs organizational changes if we want to effectively adopt this new way of thinking and working. As one of our participants put it, "if you want to adopt a gender transformative approach, the first thing you need to transform is yourself".
We need to start by making a strong case to our own colleagues, to build their commitment and understanding. A clear explanation is needed of the vision behind the gender transformational approach and how it contributes to our institutional and program goals. Case studies and other evidence should be used to demonstrate that this approach can help ensure our research has a lasting impact. A theory of change must be developed, one that plots the steps we will take along the way to achieve this.
A capacity-building plan will equip staff with the awareness, capability and skills to drive this agenda forward. We don't all have to become gender specialists, but we need to be aware of what is required of each of us, and be able to access the relevant expertise as needed. By deciding who needs to do what, we can also develop accountability for delivering gender transformation. This accountability could be encouraged via performance assessments (although we want the main driver for involvement to be a heartfelt belief in the value of this approach).
WorldFish needs to form a new set of strategic partnerships and collaborations with others from the agricultural sector and beyond. The transformational approach to gender inequality is a new concept for us, but others – particularly in the health sector – have been working with it for some time. We have a lot to learn from them. We would not expect to change norms and attitudes alone, but work with other organizations active in this area. Some of these new partnerships and coalitions began to form at the workshop.
Steve Hall, the director general of WorldFish, and Patrick Dugan, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, were keen workshop participants. Their leadership will be vital to build support for the gender transformative approach and align key institutional processes behind it.
This workshop was a significant milestone for us. It has informed our thinking, defined our next steps and kick-started a continuing dialogue on the issue. The workshop report will be available on our website next month.
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05-01-2014 13:45:53 | More by Kroehny_Loves_Hops
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A - Poured an oily almost black colour with terrific tanned two fingered head that retains and laces well
S - Burnt woody coffee, chocolate and cocoa malts with a slight hint of oak
T- Burnt and slightly metallic coffee hit, hints of toffee with a pretty earthy, smoked bitter chocolate finish
M - Medium to full body with medium carbonation, thick and oily.
O - An impressive looking dark ale that I found was a little offset by the real bitter finish that is fairly overpowering. However on a cold winters night can be consumed with ease. Worth a try
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Great concept and excellent beer
aroma: caramel, toffee and spice
Taste: caramel, vanilla, chocolate, nuts, dark malt, vegemite, slight spice and lemon and slight cheese.
flavoursome, delicious beer with an array of flavours that change the closer you get to the bottom of your pint. Nice complexity and a very enjoyable beer
08-10-2013 09:42:26 | More by admiral
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06-09-2013 09:56:42 | More by Mendicant
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Wow, what a great gift for a craft beer lover to receive from their girlfriend - Stone & Wood 2013 release Stone Beer. This is it; the beer in the name "Stone & Wood", one of the top breweries in Australia. And what a presentation as well; a ceramic bottle with a flip-top, this is a keeper - I'll be drinking beer out of this for years to come... oh and the girlfriend is a keeper as well.
Poured from a very well presented 500ml ceramic bottle into a St Feuillien chalice.
A: Pours a very deep mahogany, very cloudy, with a sticky tan lacing which generally denotes a +7% ABV. Looks like a heavy set winner of a brew.
S: Bold dark chocolate malts backed by some earthy noble hops, chicory with the expected charcoal and stone aroma. In a literal sense a Stone & Wood beer. Quite inviting with its rustic charm too.
T: Glad I let this warm because it is a flavour sensation - smoky burnt wood, earthy hops, more earth from the stone, dark chocolate, chicory, a pepper back note and a bitter-sweet finish. I had this on tap two weeks ago however the ceramic bottle amplifies the flavour well, a perfect pairing of stone beer with its ideal receptacle.
M: Heavy and oily body with light but dense carbonation, to be expected from a dark 7.2% ABV brew.
D: This is one of the best dark beers I have had. It is a bit on the heavy side, and there is a touch of smoke so it might not be everyone's cup of tea/beer, however I relish a decent dark beer and this fits the bill perfectly. Well played Stone & Wood, well played.
Food match: German cuisine is the first thing that springs to mind as a German style, almost Rauchbier dark brew a bratwurst with senf, sauerkraut and kartoffel would hit the spot well. Or if we're into honouring an Aussie brew with Aussie food a grilled kangaroo steak would also work well. Vegetarians need only replace the roo steak with a large mushroom.
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ENID, Okla. — An ex-cop accused of mounting a killing spree against his former colleagues and their families was once lauded for his good deeds when he turned in sackful of cash he found in the street.
Police are searching for Christopher Dorner, an ex-Los Angeles police officer, in connection with a killing spree that apparently targets members of law enforcement and their families.
Police say Dorner, who was fired from the force in 2008, killed Monica Quan and her fiancé, Keith Lawrence, last weekend. Quan was the daughter of a former Los Angeles police captain and worked as an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton. Her fiancé was a campus police officer at the University of Southern California.
Dorner is also accused of shooting and wounding an officer in Corona on Thursday morning and later ambushing two officers in Riverside, killing one of them. In a rambling online manifesto, he has vowed "warfare to those in LAPD uniform."
A decade ago, Dorner was a Navy ensign training at Vance Air Force Base when he and another student pilot were driving into Enid one Sunday afternoon and saw in the middle of the road a bank bag. The two opened the bag to find $7,792 in cash and checks, as well as a deposit slip for the Enid Korean Church of Grace.
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Dorner said his mother, who raised in La Palma, Calif., had taught him the value of honesty and integrity.
"I didn't work for it, so it's not mine," he said. "And, it was for the church. It's not so much the integrity, but it was someone else's money. I would hope someone would do that for me."


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Menlo Park cop caught with prostitute keeps job [unlocked]
Original post made by Confession on Jan 16, 2013
Sandy Brundage wrote a good story. She accepted and believed certain explanations about why Vasquez could not get prosecuted.
The Sunnyvale police officer who arrested Vasquez allegedly could not show up to the prostitute's trial for a ten-day period because of an alleged medical emergency with his wife. I hope the Almanac fact checks this by submitting freedom of information act requests on his time cards.
The prosector, Rob Baker, said that without a conviction of the prostitute, the charges against Officer Vasquez were hopeless, and he had to dismiss.
The point everyone is missing here is that Officer Vasquez CONFESSED to the Sunnyvale officer. That made the prostitute's conviction and testimony irrelevant.
The officer needed only to show up in court AT VASQUEZ'S TRIAL and testify to what he saw, and what Vasquez confessed to him.
The REAL STORY here is the cover-up, not the transgression.
on Jan 16, 2013 at 11:02 am
The other set of issues relevant to the public interest here are the justifications used in law enforcement to institute what clearly seems to be a cover up in this situation.
If Vasquez were convicted of this offense, he would lose his job. Other law enforcement officers who even get a restraining order against them must surrender their firearms under California law, and effectively end their jobs also.
So, the justification is: a citizen who is not a law enforcement officer does not lose his or her job over something like this. Therefore, it's too harsh a punishment for Vasquez.
What do people think about this? I see just a few solutions:
1. Change the law so that cops don't lose jobs over certain criminal convictions. Of course, this makes it really hard for them to be testifying against someone they arrested for the same conviction.
2. The law is the law, they chose law enforcement, and if they mess up, they pay the price (even with their job).
3. The current system of it's not fair they lose their job, we can't change the law because of the effect that would have on their testimony (see #1), so we just work the system from the back rooms like what apparently was done here.
As much as I am against what I think is a cover up that took place here, the notion of someone losing his or her job over this is a valid point. What do people think?
on Jan 16, 2013 at 11:03 am
I agree that the story is the coverup. Look at ALL the players here.
By the way, the SF Weekly picked up this story, but alas did not credit the Almanac. Hope that is corrected:
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 11:49 am
What you're saying is the cop still should have been prosecuted for the same misdemeanor that the prostitute was not prosecuted for... just because he's a cop. Discriminated against as a defendant because of his job, a job which does not place him in a special category as a perpetrator. Really? The guy wasn't out murdering children.


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Third grade rolled around, and I signed up for a water-themed summer camp at the museum. I came home the first day covered in mud, carrying a leaky bag of minnows. Adrian Yirka was leading that camp, Aquatic Ecology, and he tells me that as soon as I got my feet wet I leapt to the front of the line and stayed there asking questions. I vividly remember my experience and the joy I felt.
Because I had such a wonderful time, I insisted on going back every year to camps until I outgrew them. I also began my own turtle adoption organization, re-homing unwanted turtles.
In sixth grade, I eagerly sent in my application for the Girls in Science program at the museum. When I was accepted, I was ecstatic. I was greeted the first day by some of the kindest women I still know: Kathryn Fromson, Lynn Cross and Melissa Dowland. I had a great time learning about careers in science and making new friends. I craved more science, absorbing it like a sponge.
In eighth grade, I was accepted into the Junior Curator Program. The application interview required having nature journals, and mine were filled with sketches from my years visiting the museum. Being a junior curator meant joining a long-term program that offered trips, internships and a community of students like me.
I also was allowed to volunteer with the Fish and Invertebrates Department and to begin selling my turtle-shaped soaps in the museum gift shop. The proceeds are donated to the museum.
Last year, I pitched an idea for a STEM Leadership Camp at the museum, and museum staff members agreed! It successfully launched last summer.
The museum is my second home. Its where Im the happiest. My new mentor, Dr. Koster, talks with me often about my career aspirations. The museum has helped shape me into a lifelong learner, an active community member and a leader. No wonder it has been chosen a 2014 IMLS National Medalist. It has earned it.
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Inner Austria (German: Innerösterreich, Slovene: Notranja Avstrija, Italian: Austria Interna) was a term used from the late 14th to the early 17th century for the Habsburg hereditary lands south of the Semmering Pass, referring to the Imperial duchies of Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and the Austrian Littoral. The residence of the Inner Austrian dukes was at Graz.
The Inner Austrian territory stretched from the northern border with the Archduchy of Austria on the Alpine divide over Upper and Lower Styria down to Carniola, where the Lower and White Carniolan lands (the former Windic March) bordered on the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia. In the west, the Carinthian lands stretched to the Archbishopric of Salzburg and the Habsburg County of Tyrol, while in the east, the Mur River formed the border with the Kingdom of Hungary.
In the south, the County of Görz, which had passed to the House of Habsburg in 1500, and Duino (Tybein) bordered on the Domini di Terraferma of Venice. The Imperial Free City of Trieste on the Adriatic Coast linked to assorted smaller possessions in the March of Istria around Pazin and the free port of Rijeka (later corpus separatum of Fiume) in Liburnia.
The Styrian lands had already been ruled in personal union by the Babenberg dukes of Austria since 1192 and were finally seized with the Austrian lands by the Habsburg king Rudolph I of Germany upon his victory in the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld. In 1335 Rudolph's grandson Duke Albert II of Austria also received the Carinthian duchy with the adjacent March of Carniola at the hands of Emperor Louis the Bavarian as Imperial fiefs.
When Albert's son Duke Rudolf IV of Austria in 1365, his younger brothers Albert III and Leopold III quarelled about his heritage and in the Treaty of Neuberg of 1379 finally split the Habsburg territories: The Albertinian line would rule in the Archduchy of Austria proper (then sometimes referred to as "Lower Austria" (Niederösterreich), but comprising modern Lower Austria and most of Upper Austria), while the Leopoldian line ruled in the Styrian, Carinthian and Carniolan territories, subsumed under the denotation of "Inner Austria". At that time their share also comprised Tyrol and the original Habsburg possessions in Swabia, called Further Austria; sometimes both were collectively referred to as "Upper Austria" (Oberösterreich) in that context, also not to be confused with the modern state of that name.
After the death of Leopold's eldest son William in 1406, the Leopoldinian line was further split among his brothers into the Inner Austrian territory under Ernest the Iron and a Tyrolean/Further Austrian line under Frederick IV. In 1457 Ernest's son Duke Frederick V of Inner Austria also gained the Austrian archduchy after his Albertine cousin Ladislaus the Posthumous had died without issue. 1490 saw the reunification of all Habsburg lines, when Archduke Sigismund of Further Austria and Tyrol resigned in favour of Frederick's son Maximilian I. In 1512, the Habsburg territories were incorporated into the Imperial Austrian Circle.
The dynasty however was split up again in 1564 among the children of deceased Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg. The Inner Austrian line founded by Archduke Charles II prevailed again, when his son and successor as regent of Inner Austria Ferdinand II in 1619 became Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor as well as King of Bohemia and Hungary in 1620. The Further Austrian/Tyrolean line of Ferdinand's brother Archduke Leopold V survived until the death of his son Sigismund Francis in 1665, whereafter their territories ultimately returned to common control with the other Austrian Habsburg lands.
The political administration of Inner Austria was centralized at Graz in 1763.[1] Inner Austrian stadtholders went on to rule until the days of Empress Maria Theresa in the 18th century.
Rulers of Inner Austria[edit]
Leopoldinian line[edit]
- Leopold III (1379-1386)
- William, son (1386-1406)
- Ernest the Iron, brother (1406-1424)
- Frederick V, son (1424-1457), also King of the Romans (as Frederick IV) from 1440 and Holy Roman Emperor (as Frederick III) from 1452, jointly with his brother
- Albert VI (1424-1463)
became Archduke of Austria in 1457, Habsburg territories united in 1490
Inner Austrian line[edit]
- Charles II (1564-1590)
- Ferdinand II, son (1590-1619), also King of the Romans from 1618 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1619
became Archduke of Austria in 1619. All Habsburg territories again united in 1655.
See also[edit]
- ^ Prothero, GW; Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section (1920). Carniola, Carinthia and Styria. Peace handbooks. London: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 11. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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This fishy-sounding agreement didn't fool FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. "While it may take time to implement its preferred new traffic management technique," he said in a statement, "it is not at all obvious why Comcast couldn't stop its current practice of arbitrarily blocking its broadband customers from using certain applications."
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To be clear, Martin hasn't always been a friend of the public interest. He has tried to gut media ownership limits and has rubber-stamped mega-mergers. He even voted for the ruling that put Net Neutrality in jeopardy in the first place. But let's give the guy a break. After all, he's human, which means he must hate Comcast, too.
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Two words: Hammer time.ording to news reports. "Immigrants are always undercounted, but I think they're now about 130,000, and they'll be 10 percent of the population ten years from now," predicts MIRA Director Bill Chandler.
"We have the chance here to avoid the rivalry that plagues
MIRA is the fruit of strategic thinking among a diverse group that reaches from African-American workers' centers on catfish farms and immigrant union organizers in chicken plants to guest workers and contract laborers on the Gulf Coast, and ultimately, into the halls of the state legislature in Jackson. Activists look back to changes that started when
Through the '90s, more immigrants arrived looking for work. Some guest workers overstayed their visas, while husbands brought wives, cousins and friends from home. Mexicans and Central Americans joined South and Southeast Asians, and began traveling north through the state, getting jobs in rural poultry plants. There they met African-Americans, many of whom had fought hard campaigns to organize unions for chicken and catfish workers over the preceding decade.
It was not easy for newcomers to fit in. Their union representatives didn't speak their languages. When workers got pulled over by state troopers, they found themselves not only cited for lacking driver's licenses, but also often handed over to the Border Patrol. Sometimes their children weren't even allowed to enroll in school.
In the fall of 2000, labor, church and civil rights activists formed an impromptu coalition, and went to the legislature. At their heart was the core of activists who'd organized
Harden's efforts bore fruit when the drivers' license bill passed the Senate unanimously in 2001. "But they saw us coming in the House, and killed it,"
To build a grassroots base, MIRA volunteers went into chicken plants to help recruit newly arrived immigrants into unions. In the casinos, MIRA volunteers worked with UNITE HERE organizers. In
Then Katrina hit the Gulf. MIRA fought evictions and the cases of workers cheated by employers, and eventually recovered over $1 million. MIRA organizer Vicky Cintra and other activists participated in several celebrated cases defending guest workers, especially in the Signal International shipyard in
Not always that different, however. In Laurel and many other
In 2007, the Republican machine introduced twenty-one anti-immigrant bills into the state legislature, including ones to impose state penalties for hiring undocumented workers and English-only requirements on state license and benefit applicants, to prohibit undocumented students at state universities, and to require local police to check immigration status. MIRA defeated all of them. "The Black Caucus stood behind us every time," Evans says proudly. There are no immigrant or Latino legislators. Without the Caucus all 21 bills would have passed in 2007, and 19 similar bills in 2006.
The 2008 legislative session was different, however. Chandler describes three factions in the party – the Black Caucus at one end, white conservatives hanging on at the other, and "liberals who will do whatever they have to do to get elected" in the middle. After some Democratic candidates campaigned in 2007 on an anti-immigrant platform, MIRA wrote a letter in protest to Howard Dean, national chair of the Democratic Party. Those tactics, it said, were undermining the only strategy capable of changing the state's politics. "The attacks on Latinos, initiated by Republican Phil Bryant a year and a half ago, and joined by other Republicans, are now being echoed by Democrats like John Arthur Eaves and Jamie Franks," the letter said. State party leaders who "would go along to be accepted, rather than show the courage necessary for positive change … are peddling racist lies against immigrants that violate the core of the party's progressive agenda." Anti-immigrant campaigning by Democrats was unsuccessful. Conservative Republican Hayley Barbour was returned to the governor's mansion and Phil Bryant was elected lieutenant governor. And in the legislative session that followed, some Democrats began to buckle under pressure from vocal right-wing groups, including the Klan.
During the 2007 elections, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally of 500 people in front of the
The Klan's web site says "it's time to declare war on these illegal Mexicans…. The racial war is among us, will you fight with us for the future of our race and for our children? Or will you sit on your ass and do nothing? Our blissful ignorance is over. It is time to fight. Time for
The web site has links to the site of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement (the state affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform), directed by Mike Lott, who sits in the state legislature. After MIRA's Erik Fleming urged Governor Barbour to veto the employer sanctions bill, saying it would be "devastating to our economy and community here in
For those threatened by changing demographics and the political upsurge they might produce, SB 2988 law is a finger in the dike. The fight to implement it is not over, however, and MIRA has assembled a legal team to challenge its constitutionality in court.
David Bacon is a California photojournalist who documents labor, migration and globalization. His book "Communities Without Borders" was just published by Cornell University/ILR Press.


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Kloves on Adapting Harry Potter: "Books Are Difficult to Wrestle to the Screen"Movies
The Baltimore Sun is running a new article today, featuring an interview with Harry Potter film director David Yates, and also contains new comments from screenwriter Steve Kloves. Mr. Kloves is very complimentary of working with David Yates, and also speaks to the task of transforming the beloved Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling to the big screen. Of interest are the following comments: "Kindness, decency and patience are the personal qualities that draw the
loyalty of Yates' collaborators. Screenwriter Steve Kloves, a
distinguished director himself (The Fabulous Baker Boys), has been working with Yates back-to-back-to-back on Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows I and II. He says Yates' "vast resources of patience" are good to have on Potter films, "since the books are difficult to wrestle to the screen." Kloves, the adapter of all but one Potter novel (Phoenix),
writes first drafts that tend "to be both wishful and practical" in his
desire to retain Rowling's details and plot twists. "Wishful in the
sense that I want to get the entire book on the page and practical in
the sense that I know the wishful side of me is insane."
The article also contains more from Steve Kloves on the decisions he and director David Yates made regarding which and how many Pensieve scenes to include for Half-Blood Prince.
"Prince presented challenges because of "a series of memories that inform the past and the present." While Yates "enjoyed the flashbacks enormously as separate incidents, he didn't feel they were satisfying within the whole. In other words, they diluted the dramatic experience from his point of view and he felt we needed to concentrate exclusively on those memories that informed one particular thread of the story - the story I was, by and large, telling."
Yates says, "We often have conversations which go along the lines of 'Will the fans really like it if we lose that?' Some choices may be right for the framework of the film but will put the fans out." Yates wants "to make sure the fans are happy" and says he always lets pieces of the book go "regretfully," but his goal is to make "the best adaptation that will warrant spending two-and-a-half hours in the dark."
Finally of note are high praises from director David Yates regarding the performance of actor Rupert Grint in Half-Blood Prince."He's always been the funny one, but he has so much more as an actor than that. In Prince, he has lovely stuff that's funny and true, but in Deathly Hallows, he must be defensive and haunted, and Rupert took to that like a duck to water. I'm always thankful that Jo Rowling gave us a world that allowed us to turn corners with the actors."


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In addition to the Smart Source and Red Plum coupon packs, most retail stores carry their own coupons frequently. And, as I wrote last year, my wife and I clip coupons just like many other folks who want to stretch their hard-earned money.
Such has been the case since Coca-Cola distributed the very first coupon in the United States in 1887 for a new product trial.
In 2012, coupon users saved $11.20 on average per shopping trip with coupons. Nationwide, redemption cost for coupons was $800 million.
But newspapers have a love-hate relationship with coupons.
We love coupons because they add value to our product. We hate coupons because some folks think it is OK to drop four quarters into our newspaper vending machines and then pull out 10 or more newspapers just for the extra coupon packages.
The industry calls this pilferage. I call it theft. And boy, have the thieves been thick lately!
Our pilferage count has increased dramatically since adding the Smart Source package to our Sunday newspaper in early July. Some newspaper vending machines are $20 to $30 short every time multiple coupon packages are available.
In fact, we eat $400 to $700 per week in pilferage losses just from our house racks in the immediate Jasper market. Unfortunately, that is an industry trend.
But catching folks in the act is like catching a raccoon swiping cat food off your back porch. You have to set a trap.
And that's exactly what I intend to do. We will begin monitoring those vending machines that have the largest pilferage numbers.
Hopefully, we will catch someone red-handed as they pull a stack of papers from one of our vending machines. And better yet, we may photograph it for publication on the front page.
It is unfortunate that we have to take these measures to protect our business. I would rather everyone have the morals and ethics to pay for each newspaper taken from our vending machines.
Jack McNeely is the publisher of the Daily Mountain Eagle and can be contacted by phone at 205-221-2840 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Coping with Loss
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Del City
Are you dealing with a loss? Come to the library to learn about the Grief Recovery Method. All participants will receive a free copy of "The Grief Recovery Handbook" by John W. James and Russell Friedman. Group is mediated by Bereavement Coordinators with Crossroads Hospice. Call Jo Clipson or Michelle Caravello at 644-5813 to register. Cosponsor: Crossroads Hospice.


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It's a place you might drop in to visit.
But to Buddy, Wagener's Town Hall is home.
"He's just the friendliest dog you ever did see," said Wagener resident Mike Snodgrass.
And a lot of people have seen him.
WIS first introduced the Midlands and the Internet to Buddy a year and a half ago. Buddy was found tethered to a post by phone cords and shoelaces.
Snodgrass saved him and named him the Town Dog. The story spread.
"Last year he was invited to WOOFstock," said Mayor Michael Miller.
And that was just the beginning.
"Australia, Great Britain, Germany and of course all over the US. He got treats in the mail, bags of dog food in the mail and I didn't get anything," said Miller with a laugh.
But Buddy hasn't just been retrieving. He's also been giving.
The Mayor said his story inspired a citywide spay and neuter program via an organization called FOTAS. About 150 animals have been fixed thanks to Buddy, potentially preventing thousands of strays and euthanasia deaths.
And Buddy has a new friend.
"We were talking about a police dog and he said we can train Buddy as a police dog," said Miller.
Because of his past, they opted for Zantos, The two met Thursday.
And so it seems on these streets, when a town goes to the dogs, it isn't necessarily a bad thing.
If you want to see Buddy in person, he will be at the town Christmas parade Saturday at 11 o'clock. He will be leading the parade. The politicians and everyone else will be walking behind him.
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About 800,000 infant sleepers are being recalled because of a possible risk of exposure to mold.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that the Newborn Rock 'n Play Sleeper made by Fisher-Price is unsafe.
They say consumers should stop using the sleepers if mold is found.
Mold can be found between the removable seat cushion and the hard plastic frame.
For more information about the recall and where the sleepers are sold, visit the link that is posted to the left of this story.


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Hi all,
I am looking for some beginners advice here.
I have a number of lists being presented to the user. Each list is built from an xml feed using xmlListModel and listView, and each list is on a separate QML page. So, when the user makes a selection from the first list, her selection should be available to the code on Page2.qml where it will be used to build the next list (e.g. If I click ''fruits'', the next page is going to load fruits.xml to build a listView).
My problem is that I can't seem to pass the information associated with a selection to the next page. How can I access the data associated with my first listModel?
(as an aside, links to third party tutorials that you think might help are appreciated)


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The World : Asia : Middle East
Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jeru...
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Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem
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Remains of Ancient Roman's "Cardo", Jewish Quartert, Old City, Jerusalem
The market (souq, shuq) in the old city of Jerusalem, 2010. Hand held panorama using a Philopod, Niko...
Muristan, which means "hospital" in Persian, is a maze of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter ...
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The Muristan area is located inside the Christian quarter, and includes the Avtimos market and the Ge...
Modern civilization began right here in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley. Also known as the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia, this is the place where, six thousand years ago, agriculture, writing and mathematics were brought into widespread use.
The term "Middle East" comes from the British navy, which used it to describe the countries on the trade route from Europe to India and China. Everything from Afghanistan to Morocco may possibly be classified as "middle eastern", depending on whom you ask -- and when.
Only a partial list of past Empires in the middle eastern territory includes Sumeria, Babylonia, Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire!
When northern Europe was still lurking about in slimy cold stone castles playing chess, the Middle East was enjoying the flowers of poetry, luxurious craftsmanship, music and literature. In fact, the Renaissance in Europe was partly inspired by stories brought back from the middle east by travelers along the trade route.
Strategic location, religious history and the world's largest supply of crude oil have kept the Middle East at the center of world activity for centuries. The saga continues.
Text by Steve Smith.


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An American Legion post has filed a federal lawsuit calling a statewide smoking ban unconstitutional.
The post in Ligonier in northeastern Indiana says the ban is too
vague and violates the equal protection clause and state constitution's freedom of conscience provision.
The ban is set to take effect in July.


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There are many reasons why a book might be unavailable.
Sometimes a book goes temporarily out of print - and sometimes no audio version has ever been recorded. Audible wants to give you the most complete selection we can and we'll keep adding series and filling in gaps as quickly as possible.
The story is absolutely RUINED because of this mono tone - BORING narration. I think Larry king would tell this better. There is no creative narrat..Show More »
I must say that I loved this book, the romance is good and the mistory is enough to keep your mind going on who the spy is. I love the spunk of the he..Show More »
Lovely, well written emotional mystery/drama with sensual detail without being pornography. The regency period written the right way. The narrator is ..Show More »
Definitively not Stephanie Laurens' best. Skip it.
I really enjoyed this Audio Book. I'm a Laurens fan, have been for years, but I would not recommend for that reason only. The characters were well fle..Show More »
What a great addition to the tales of the Bastion Club members! Gervais will absolutely tear your heart out with his patience, determination, and und..Show More »
Finally Christian finds his lady! For me he was like the lost sheep throughout the series, Looking for something that wasn't there, wishing for someth..Show More »


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So what other RBM readers will be at the match in DC vs DC United? Me and a fellow Everton fan will be heading out there from Indianapolis, Indiana to catch the match. Curious to see how many readers from here are going to make it.
Who knows, maybe we can meet up beforehand somewhere? What's the lay of the land there, is there a bar nearby (walking distance) that we could maybe meet up at before the match?


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After an earlier report indicated New Orleans Hornets restricted free agent shooting guard Eric Gordon would visit with the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers (his hometown team) and Phoenix Suns in search of a contract in the neighborhood of four years and $58 million, it appears another team is in the mix to try to pry Gordon away from the Hornets.
Nets have expressed interest in Eric Gordon, particularly as a replacement star if Deron Williams goes to Dallas, sources said.— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) July 1, 2012
Other reports have tied the Nets to seeking a potential trade for Hawks guard Joe Johnson while also expressing interest in the Rockets' Luis Scola and unrestricted free agent O.J. Mayo. They've already re-signed small forward Gerald Wallace for four years, $40 million in hopes of enticing Williams to stay. Williams may in fact be leaning toward playing in Brooklyn, if a New York Daily News report is to be believed. Still, Nets GM Billy King is going all in on being the most active team in the league this summer, it appears.
For more on the Hornets, check out At The Hive. For more on the Nets, visit NetsDaily and SB Nation New York.


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John R. Sachs, S.J.
associate professor of systematic theology
Contact Information:
Office: 306
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 617-552-6505
Boston College
School of Theology and Ministry
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Areas of Interest:
Fr. Sach's teaching and research has focused on creation and eschatology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God and the theology of Karl Rahner.
After graduating from Boston College (AB, Mathematics), Fr. Sachs entered the New England Province of the Jesuits. After formation that included another degree at BC (MA, Philosophy) and theology studies at Weston School of Theology (MDiv) he was ordained in 1976 and served at Holy Trinity parish in Georgetown for two years. During the next six years, he completed his doctoral studies in Tübingen (Dr. theol., Spirit and Life: The Pneumatology and Christian Spirituality of Hans Urs von Balthasar) under the direction of Professor (now Cardinal) Walter Kasper. After two years at Fairfield University, Fr. Sachs joined the faculty of Weston School of Theology in 1986, where he enjoyed teaching and serving as Academic Dean until 2008, when the school became part of the STM. In the wider church community, spiritual direction, retreat work and a local intentional Eucharistic community are other important parts of his ministry. On a more personal note, Fr. Sachs loves to cook and enjoys the great music and dance we have in Boston.
Fall 2013
TM 703- Christ and the Religions
TM 815- Theological Anthropology
Spring 2014
TM 506- Fundamental Theology
TM 616- Creation and Eschatology
Other Courses
TM 508- Doctrine of God
TM 618- Theology of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
TM 712- Seminar: Karl Rahner
Selected Publications:
The Christian Vision of Humanity: Basic Christian Anthropology (Liturgical Press,
"Catholic Identity Today: Jesuit Style," the 2007 Bellarmine Lecture, published by
Fairfield University in Jesuit Education: A Vision of Human Flourishing (2007).
"The Holy Spirit and Christian Form," Gregorianum 86/2 (2005) 378-96
"The Spirit of the Risen Lord," The Way Supplement 99 (2000) 22-34
"Ignatian Mysticism," The Way Supplement 82 (1995) 73-83
"Apocatastasis in Patristic Theology," Theological Studies 54 (1993) 617-40
"Current Eschatology: Universal Salvation and the Problem of Hell," Theological
Studies 52 (1991) 227-54