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· A man, age and residence not released, was arrested for possession of marijuana and open intoxicants in the 600 block of West Brown Deer Road at 12:10 a.m. June 28. There was an odor of marijuana in the car and the man smelled of alcohol. An open bottle of vodka was found in the car and the man had two bags holding 2.1 grams of marijuana in his pocket.
· A Brown Deer man, age not released, was arrested for possession of 2.2 grams of marijuana and a warrant after a report of a couple arguing in the 8200 block of North 46th Street at noon June 16. According to the woman, the argument was just verbal and "over stupid things" such as the man's family had "dissed her."
· A man, age and residence not released, was arrested for possession of 2.6 grams of marijuana and trespassing after a witness saw someone with a flashlight inside a vacant building in the 4500 block of West Schroeder Drive at 9:45 p.m. June 16. The man said he often rides his bike to the building and goes inside sometimes to smoke. There was no sign of forced entry.
· A witness reported seeing two males attempt to unlock the cables holding basketball hoops in the 4300 block of West Bradley Road at 10 a.m. June 18. They left before police arrived and no damage was reported.
· An unknown amount of scrap material was taken from Argon Industries at the rear of the 8900 block of North 55th Street on June 17 or 18. Tire marks were found on the lawn of another business leading to a chain link fence which was cut to gain entry. A similar incident was reported in Glendale.
· A digital camera valued at $100 was taken when left unattended on a bicycle outside Pick 'n Save, 9200 N. Green Bay Road, sometime June 9 and reported June 18.
· A smarthphone valued at $800 was taken when left unattended on a table at the Old Country Buffet, 6538 W. Brown Deer Road, between 12:30 and 1:15 p.m. June 11 and reported June 19.
· A woman reported that a person she knew had taken her car valued at $3,000 from McDonald's, 9120 N. Green Bay Road, at 10 a.m. June 20.
· A Brown Deer woman, age not released, was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence related after she hit her husband and damaged his laptop at 8 p.m. June 20.
· A Brown Deer male, age not released, was arrested for disorderly conduct while armed/domestic violence related after he threatened family members with a knife at 4:50 p.m. June 22. A relative signed the 72-hour no contact order.
· A 16-year-old Brown Deer girl was arrested for disorderly conduct while armed and resisting arrest after she slapped a soon to be relative and then threatened him with a knife in the 8000 block of North 51st Street at 10:50 p.m. June 23. The girl, who was very combative and seemed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was taken to a hospital.
· A man, age and residence not released, was arrested for possession of marijuana when the car he was in was stopped exiting private property in the 8200 block of North Port Washington Road at 9:35 p.m. June 21. There was an odor of marijuana in the car but both he and the driver denied having the drug. When told a canine officer would be called to the scene, the passenger reached into his shoe and pulled out a bag holding 0.4 grams of marijuana. A pipe with residue was also found in the car.
· A Fox Point woman, age not released, was arrested for drunken driving, with two prior convictions, driving while suspended and open intoxicants in the 8700 block of North Port Washington Road at 11 a.m. June 22. Another driver called police and reported he saw the woman who had blood-shot eyes and was drinking from a wine bottle while she drove. The woman, who had a BAC of 0.16, was taken into protective custody.
· A man, age and residence not released, was arrested for theft, obstruction, driving with a suspended license and violation of child safety restraints and another man, age and residence not released, for party to the crime of theft/aiding and abetting from Best Buy, 8755 N. Port Washington Road, at 6:15 p.m. June 22. The first man was in the store and entered a bathroom with two laptops and exited with one hidden inside his shirt and the other left behind in a wastebasket. He drove off but was stopped a few blocks away and the laptop valued at $800 was found in the car along with two pedometers valued at $160 also taken from the store. A child younger than 4 years old was sitting unsecured in the back seat.
· Playground equipment was damaged at a daycare facility in the 2300 block of West Good Hope Road on June 16 or 17. The equipment appeared burned causing $2,000 damage. Empty beer cans and cigarettes were also found at the site.
· A $2,000 diamond and white gold ring was taken from Zales, 5720 N. Bayshore Drive, about 5:15 p.m. June 19. The fake ring was found a few hours later during daily inventory. Surveillance video was looked at and revealed a woman, about 25, switching the real diamond ring with a fake one and then leaving the store.
· A 20-year-old woman, of Glendale or Milwaukee, was arrested on a state charge of resisting arrest, failure to have insurance and speeding 50 mph in a 30 mph zone in the 2500 block of West Silver Spring Drive at 1:05 a.m. June 20. The woman was pulled over and when told to turn off her engine, sped away. The woman, who was arrested at her residence, told police she drove away because she was scared.
· Scrap metal and a snow plow pump valued at about $200 were taken from Schulpus Truck, 6171 N. Flint Road, between 3 and 7:30 a.m. June 22. A bolt cutter was used to cut a chain fence between this business and another to gain entry. A similar incident was reported in Brown Deer.
· A wallet and contents including credit cards and $150 cash and another $20 were taken from the Lifeguard Office at Elite Fitness, 2001 W. Good Hope Road, between 12:30 and 12:50 p.m. June 23. A credit card was used before the theft was discovered. There was sign of forced entry.
· A wallet and contents including credit cards and $6 was taken from a counter at Fed Ex, 5353 N. Port Washington Road, about 1 p.m. June 23. A customer had put the wallet down and turned away for just a few seconds. When he turned back the wallet was gone. He canceled the credit cards before any were used.
· A 63-year-old woman, residence not available, was arrested for drunken driving, failure to yield and refusal to take a breath test after a 911 call reported a woman, who had been drinking and might be intoxicated, was driving away from Elite Fitness, 2001 W. Good Hope Road, at 6:10 p.m. June 23. The woman, who was stopped in River Hills, admitted drinking but refused to take field sobriety tests saying she needed a lawyer.
· A 61-year-old Glendale woman was mailed a citation for malicious false alarm at her apartment building in the 7300 block of North Port Washington Road at 7:41 p.m. June 23. The woman told firefighters and police she pulled the alarm because she was locked out of her apartment. When told that wasn't what the fire alarm was for and she would be cited, she said she wasn't worried because what else was she supposed to do.
· A 38-year-old Glendale man was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence related during a "family dispute" where he attacked a woman and smashed a flat screen TV at 12:45 p.m. June 24. The man left with a relative but was found in the area.
· A 40-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for disorderly conduct on a city bus in the 6900 block of North Port Washington Road at 3 p.m. June 24. The driver had called security to report a man riding the bus for hours and refusing to get off. The man, who was intoxicated, pushed and grabbed the security guard while shouting profanities and racial slurs.
· Two girls, ages and residences not released, were arrested, one for theft and possession of anti-theft devices and one for party to the crime of theft at Kohl's, 5650 N. Bayshore Drive, at 4:20 p.m. June 24. The girl had taken items valued at more than $140 using scissors and pliers to take off sensor tags. She told police she took the items because she was bored and had nothing else to do. She also said she wouldn't come to court.
· Tools valued at $4,000 were taken from a work van in the 700 block of West Glendale Avenue between 8 and 9 a.m. June 27. A rear door had more than $200 damage.
· A female, age and residence not released, was arrested for escort without a license at LaQuinta Inn, 5110 N. Port Washington Road, at 8 p.m. June 25. An officer set up a "date" with the woman who had advertised her services on a known site used by prostitutes.
No reportable incidents this week.
· Eleven bottles of liquor valued at $190 including brandy and tequila were taken from Pick 'n Save, 4145 N. Oakland Ave., about 9:45 p.m. June 17 and reported June 21. The theft was caught on surveillance video showing two males entering the closed liquor department and taking the liquor.
· A bicycle valued at $120 was taken from the underground garage in the 4300 block of North Oakland Avenue sometime June 21 to 23.
· A cellphone and shoes valued at $170 were taken when left unattended on the beach at Atwater Beach, 4000 N. Lake Drive, between 7 and 7:30 p.m. June 23.
· A black marker was used to write a derogatory word referring to women on a car parked on the street in the 1900 block of East Elmdale court June 22 or 23. Damage was about $50.
· Some type of brick was used to break a window in the 4400 block of North Ardmore Avenue between 9:30 and 10 p.m. June 24. The amount of damage was not available.
· A man saying he was reporter for the Sentinel waved down a resident saying he needed money to get his car fixed and a ride to Northshore Bank, 3970 N. Oakland Avenue, at 11:20 a.m. June 24. He then asked the resident for $220. No money was reported given to the man.
· A 2005 Dodge Magnum valued at $3,000 with Montana plates was taken from the rear of the 2200 block of East Capitol Drive sometime 11 p.m. June 25 to 9:30 a.m. June 26. The keys might have been left in the car.
· A lawn mower and gas can, value not listed, were taken from an open garage and an electric lawn edger was left behind in the 4800 block of North Larkin Street about 11 a.m. June 24. A witness saw a man about 25 take the items and drive off in a four-door sedan.
· Two lawn mowers and a 26-inch mountain bike valued at $280 were taken from a garage in the 5300 block of North Lydell Avenue on June 24 or 25. Entry was gained through an unlocked service door.
· A resident reported his 2013 Honda was damaged by a hit-and-run driver while parked in front of the 1600 block of East Hampton Avenue the afternoon of June 25. The amount of damage to the bumper and rear panel was not listed.
· A car radio remote, a thumb drive and a small amount of change valued at about $30 were taken from an unsecured car in the 4900 block of North Berkeley Boulevard on June 25 or 26.
· Tan latex paint was thrown onto a car parked in a driveway in the 6200 block of North Berkeley Boulevard on June 25 or 26. There was no information on the amount of damage.
· A man, age and residence not released, was arrested for drunken driving, possibly with a prior conviction, no proof of insurance and driving without required lights in the 4700 block of North Larkin Street at 12:30 a.m. June 27. The man, who had a BAC of 0.20, had a possible drunken driving arrest in Texas which is being checked.
· A resident reported his car, make and model not available, was stolen from the 4900 block of North Larkin Street before noon June 29.
· A female was cited for underage drinking, and another male and female were warned for underage drinking, ages and residences not released, at Big Bay Park, 5000 North Palisades Road, at 11:20 p.m. June 29.
Reports not available this week.
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Global rubber supply will increased 4.7 per cent to 10.83 million tonnes (mt) this year, while consumption is likely to increased by 4.8 per cent to 11.59 mt, according to Kamarul Baharain Basir, Secretary-General of the Association of National Rubber Producing Countries.
Of this, China would consume 3.67 mt and India one million tonnes, he said, inaugurating the 4th Indian Rubber Summit and Dinner 2012 here.
The Governments should extend incentives to farmers to step up production and the industry needs to be encouraged to set up captive rubber plantations to bridge demand-supply gap, he said.
Mr Basir said that opportunities for production and demand growth for natural rubber globally are encouraging in view of the improvement in the economic indicators of the US, China, Japan and Europe.
James Jacob, Director, Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Kottayam, said that with the aid of satellites, RRII has successfully developed the capability to identify potential area for new rubber cultivation in any part of the world and to study impact of global warming on productivity.
From satellite images, it is estimated that Tripura has about 58,637 hectares of rubber plantations as of March and a potential to cultivate rubber in 1,00,000 hectares.
The North-East has the potential to grow rubber in 4,50,000 hectares, while only less than one-fourth of the actual potential has been achieved now, he said.
According to Rajiv Budhraja, Director-General, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association, there has been unprecedented capacity creation in tyre sector in the last 4-5 years in view of the rise in demand from the automobile sector. The new thrust being given by the Government for development of road infrastructure has led to 33 per cent increase in bus production in two years, he said.
Vinod Simon, President, All-India Rubber Industries Association, pointed out that India will be the second largest global player in rubber by 2020, next only to China.
India is the fourth largest commercial vehicles market and the second largest two-wheeler market globally and is poised to become a global automobile hub.
P.C. Cyriac, former Chairman, Rubber Board, suggested a three-tier mechanism comprising rubber producers societies, rubber marketing societies and rubber marketing federation for boosting rubber production and marketing in the country.


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President Barack Obama called the motivation that led ISIS to kill James Wright Foley and others an "empty vision."
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) administration and faculty association
are at odds over faculty cuts and contract negotiations, as well as a
membership list of the faculty association.
both sides have filed an unfair labor practice complaint, and the school's
image may be caught in the middle of the whole debate.
last thing we want to do is tell students they shouldn't come to [BGSU]," said
David Jackson, president of the faculty association. "BGSU is still a great
university, but the administration is making decisions that will make it more
difficult for students to graduate on time, make classes larger, make it more
difficult for students to have one-on-one relationships with faculty, and we
are trying everything we can to prevent them from making this big mistake."
school is planning to cut 100 employees in the near future. They have now asked
the faculty association for a list of its members, but the association fears
the list will be where the cuts come from.
do not believe the administration has any right to have a list of our
membership," Jackson said.
he added that they also think they are doing the administration a favor by
denying the request.
they don't have our membership list, then it makes it more difficult for
somebody to claim that they were retaliated against and fired because of their
union membership," he said.
parties will meet February 23 to continue contract negotiations.
officials sent this statement:
BGSU administration continues to negotiate in good faith with the BGSU faculty
association for our first collective bargaining agreement with the goal of
reaching a mutually beneficial contract. Negotiations have now moved to
fact-finding. In keeping with our commitment to the faculty association to
negotiate at the bargaining table, and not in the media, BGSU will not be
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Mount Ngauruhoe (2291 metres (7516ft) above sea level) is an active stratovolcano or composite cone in New Zealand, made from layers of lava and tephra. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro volcanic complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island, and first erupted about 2,500 years ago. Although seen by most as a volcano in its own right, it is technically a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro.
The volcano lies between the active volcanoes of Mount Tongariro to the north and Mount Ruapehu to the south, to the west of the Rangipo Desert and 25 kilometres to the south of the southern shore of Lake Taupo.
On the trail throw Tongariro NP. The name of the path is Tongariro Alpine Crossing. (Link to Wikipedia)
Tongariro Alpine Crossing has at the moment an end. This Panorama is taken at the temporary end of th...
Taken from the highest point on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, one of New Zealand's most popular grea...
Caught off-guard by the freezing gushing high wind, almost everyone who hiked the Tongariro Crossing ...
Taken from 1600 metres looking up towards Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano. Looking west (slightly no...
Alpine Sports club A-frame Hut is based at the Whakapapa ski fields, Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. A recen...
Mt Ruapehu, The greatest area for Chairlift numbers and Skiing height. Cafe & Waterfall Chairlift...
On the side of the Pinnacles, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand
Skiing across from the West Ski Field to the Pinnacles skiing area. This is the highest point accessi...
the mist cloaks the bush like a bridal veil, then blocks out the world outside the valley, making you...
Forever has always existed.
In the mythology of Oceanic peoples, it's been there along with Darkness and the Sea.
The Earth came from the efforts of Old Spider, who soared over the endless sea and found a giant clam. She opened it and crawled inside, finding a snail there to share the space with her. She set the snail in the west and made it into the Moon to shed some light into the darkness. Together they raised up the top of the clam shell to make the sky, pushing it until it was wide open.
Then they pushed the bottom half of the clam shell in the other direction to make the ground. The earth was called Papa and the sky Ranga. These are the two first beings who created all the flowers, plants, trees and animals on the islands, and fish in the sea.
They celebrated all their open space by making as many beautiful creatures as they could imagine, but they still remained separated by the work of the original Old Spider. Each night, Ranga weeps for his beloved Papa earth, and this is where the morning dew comes from.
Polynesia means "many islands" and when you see these pictures, you will want to visit all of them. To make it simple, the islands sit in a triangle described by connecting Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island.
There are over a thousand of these islands of surfer's paradise in the central and south Pacific Ocean. It's stunning. Look at the color of the water here! And the sunset... these speak for themselves. Could you be happy in this little house? How about some reef diving inside a lagoon?
Put this one in full screen and don't come back. Love, 360.
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The cutaway section of Hewlett-Packard's latest iteration of a prefabricated modular data center has a space-station-like feel to it.
It's all metal, with thick support beams, and has nothing in common with the shipping containers initially reused by the industry to create self-contained modular data centers.
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What HP is calling the EcoPOD (Performance Optimized Data Centers) is all white, inside and out, and is about 25 feet high and 45 feet long, for about 1,000 square feet in total.
There's enough room in its interior for 44 standard, 19-inch racks split into two rows. The 50U racks (one rack unit is 1.75 inches high) almost touch the ceiling.
Bright LED lights make it easy to inspect the equipment, and there's plenty of room to move around the racks to inspect them. The environmental systems are on the roof, like a second floor.
HP had a cutout section of its modular data center on display at its big user conference last week in Las Vegas. The company believes it will sell a lot of these EcoPODs because of the dynamics of the data center industry.
In an Uptime Institute survey last month of 525 data center operators, 36 percent of the companies reported that they would run out of data center capacity sometime in the next 12 months. The data center association AFCOM found similar responses in its survey of 360 IT managers, with 29 percent reporting that they are expanding or building a new data center.
Last month, Cisco announced its entry into the data center market, with a 40-foot container.
Some of the first modular systems developed by the industry were essentially reused shipping containers. Google stacked them in its data centers, Lego-like.
A big advantage to the modular approach is the control it allows when it comes to energy use. HP said that the power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio for its data center can be as low as 1.05. PUE is a metric based on total facility power -- including the cooling system, UPS and lighting -- divided by the power used by the IT equipment, including servers, networking and storage hardware. A PUE ratio of 1 is ideal. The advanced cloud computing data centers are near that level, but most raised floor data centers used by corporations are nearly 2.0.
The EcoPOD also has sensors inside and out to monitor environmental conditions.
Wade Vinson, HP's POD chief architect, also built a database that allows users to determine the costs of running the data center in various parts of the country.


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What would you do if you were in this predicament?� Your lovely wife was on board a ship that was lost at sea.� Seven years pass and during that interim you've been working hard at your law career� and you've met a new woman to be a wife and mother to your children.� Seven years is the legal amount of time that has to pass before you can have someone missing declared legally dead, so you go to a judge you know and have your first wife declared legally dead.� Now you are free to marry your new lady love, and you do so.� On the afternoon of your wedding day, right before you and wife #2 are to leave for your honeymoon, guess what?� Wife #1 appears!� She's alive and well, and was stuck on a deserted island for these past seven years!� What would you do?� This is the plot for a delightful comedy called
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, released in 1940, by
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Cary Grant
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Irene Dunne
is Ellen, wife #1.� Gail Patrick is Bianca, wife #2, and Randolph Scott portrays Stephen Burkett, a handsome man who also survived the same shipwreck as Ellen, and was on the deserted island with her.� A fact that Ellen humorously tries to keep Nick from finding out about.
Nick has a major problem on his hands; wife #1 isn't dead, so legally they are still married, yet he has just married a second wife, who has no idea that Ellen has resurfaced.� He has to find� a way to break the news gently to Bianca, who is puzzled as to why they haven't left for their honeymoon yet, so she calls in a psychiatrist, Dr. Kohlmar,� to come out to Nick's house and try to talk with him about his reluctance to get on with the honeymoon!
Ellen, meanwhile, doesn't want Nick to know about Stephen, her island buddy, so she recruits a mild-mannered, shy shoe salesman to pretend to be Stephen so Nick won't feel jealous.� However, an insurance adjustor contacts� Nick and tells him that there is a rumor going around town that Ellen wasn't alone on that deserted island and that she and her island buddy called each other, "Adam and Eve".� Nick decides to track down this� island buddy and discovers for himself that Stephen Burkett is strong, athletic, and quite handsome!� Nick, while dealing with Bianca and Dr. Kohlmar, has a new problem crop up when the police arrive at his home to arrest him for bigamy!
This film is what is termed a "Screwball Comedy" as the situations that the characters find themselves in are so funny and utterly unbelievable.� The film was directed by Garson Kanin, produced by
Leo McCarey
, and written by Leo McCarey, Samuel Spewack and Bella Spewack.� It was loosely based upon a poem by
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, "Enoch Arden", about a sailor lost at sea, who survives on a deserted island for seven years, only to be rescued, returns home to find his wife remarried to his best childhood friend, and with a new child by the new husband.� The poem has a sad, yet noble ending.� Fortunately for us� the movie has a better ending; the entire movie� is a delightful romp of comedy and romance.� It did earn a big box office profit� for RKO, and it was nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Story, Best Musical Score, and Best Art Direction.
Cary Grant displays his comedic timing to perfection in this film, trying to keep all the plates spinning, so to speak, before they all come crashing down.� Irene Dunne is� great as Ellen, trying to convince her husband that she still loves him, despite being stuck on a deserted island with the very handsome Stephen.� The supporting players all do really well with their parts, portraying their characters with sincerity, and believability.
The film was such a hit, that in 1962 Twentieth Century Fox began filming a remake, titled Something's Got to Give, with Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, and Cyd Charisse reprising� the roles.� Monroe was eventually fired for not showing up to film her scenes, Martin quit when the studio attempted to refill Monroe's part, and the project was shelved.� After Monroe's death, the studio recast the movie with Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen and retitled it Move Over, Darling, releasing it in 1963.� It is a funny movie too, in color,with songs by Doris Day� but for my taste, I prefer the original with Cary and Irene.
So pop up a big batch of popcorn, grab a soda and a comfy spot to sit.� My Favorite Wife is available for sale at Amazon, it will be� shown on Turner Classic Movies on February 12th, and it is available to rent from Netflix.
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L'Abri HistoryFamous twentieth-century theologian Francis Schaeffer moved to Switzerland with his wife Edith and their family in 1947. After several years in Switzerland, the Schaeffers broke with the mission organization for whom they had worked and began to pursue their vision of providing a "shelter" for the development of relationships and the honest discussion of Christianity and various persons' objections to it. They began calling it "L'Abri" (French for "the shelter").
Visitors came in droves during the late 1950s as word spread quickly and widely. A central tenet of Francis Schaeffer's philosophy is the theoretical validity and practical relevance of Christianity to all aspects of life; the Schaeffers sought to structure their community around this idea. It was from this basic concept that the emphasis on work, study, play, and interaction with others was derived. Every part of life at L'Abri was to be informed by the Christian faith.
Schaeffer was also very interested in providing an apologetic for the faith in general, and for his emphasis on his holistic nature in particular. Much of L'Abri's early work centered around discussion (and in many cases, refutation) of various intellectual objections to Christianity.
The spirit of the Schaeffers' early work with L'Abri lives on in its present-day descendants. Any and all questions are welcomed and handled with respect for those who ask them. Though the workers at today's L'Abri are less likely to provide direct answers to every question (largely due to today's intellectual climate being much less willing to accept such answers on their own terms), the vision of Francis Schaeffer continues to resonate in the English countryside.


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Tracking Obama's promises: one step forward, one back
By Louis Jacobson
Published on Monday, November 29th, 2010 at 10:05 a.m.
Now that the election is behind us, we"re catching up on some of the progress being made – or not made – on Obama's campaign promises.
We"ll be publishing dozens of updates to our Obameter items in the coming weeks, but here are two we checked recently involving small business policy. We rated one a Promise Kept and the other a Promise Broken.
Women-owned small businesses
Following a lengthy regulatory process, a women-owned small business contracting rule -- which would implement a program that had been signed into law by President Bill Clinton but never fully carried out -- has cleared its last hurdle and is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 4, 2011. The program is intended to give women-owned businesses a better shot at competing for federal contracts.
On Oct. 7, 2010, the Small Business Administration published in the Federal Register a final rule to establish the program. The eventual goal is to have 5 percent of federal contracting dollars go to women-owned small businesses.
Barring an unexpected development, the new rule is all set and ready to go once its effective date arrives in February. So we rated it a Promise Kept.
Preferences for small businesses owned by people with disabilities
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said his administration "would direct the Small Business Administration to amend regulations under the Small Business Act that provide preferences in federal contracting to small businesses owned by members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups to include individuals with disabilities."
But while the administration has expanded a program that benefits disabled veterans, there is no indication today that there has been progress on the broader promise to aid the broader universe of small businesses owned by people with disabilities. So we moved our rating from Stalled to Promise Broken.
If you're keeping score, Obama now has 123 promises Kept, 24 Broken and 40 rated Compromise.
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During the reign of King Herod there lived in the mountains of Judea an aged priest, named Zachary and his wife, Elizabeth. They were a happy couple but they had no children, although they would like to have a family. One day while Zachary, according to the custom of the priests, was burning incense within the sanctuary, suddenly an angel appeared to him. The angel told him that their prayers had been heard, and his wife, Elizabeth, in her old age, would bear a son, and he should call his name John. This boy name John would later be known as John the Baptist
Six months after this event, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, the angel said, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women!" When Mary heard these startling words, she became exceedingly troubled, not knowing what they could mean. Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" And the angel said to her in reply, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God." Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.
After the angel left her, Mary hastened to visit her cousin, Elizabeth in the hill country and the town of Judah. When she entered the house, Elizabeth was suddenly filled with the Holy Spirit, and in an ecstasy of joy, cried out: "Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb! And how does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord, should come to me! For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears the infant in my womb leaped for joy." Mary remained with her cousin, Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.
When Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, and Joseph learned that Mary was with child, he was very troubled. Joseph, her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention, when behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, "which means "God is with us" When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.
According to Jewish customs there were three official steps a couple went through to become man and wife. The first step was the engagement. This was often made when the couple were only children, usually through the dictates of the parents. The second step was the betrothal, a ratification of an engagement. After the parents had agreed on a marriage contract, Joseph was probably brought before Mary. A formal benediction was offered over them by their parents as they tasted a cup of wine together. Although this was a legal binding in the Galilean countryside, virginity was maintained until the wedding itself. This usually took place a year later.
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David, called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Caesar Augustus, the ruler of the Roman empire, had decreed a census be taken of his entire empire. He also ordered all subjects of Rome to return to their ancestral home towns for the registration. This meant an 80 to 90 mile journey for Mary and Joseph from their hometown of Nazareth to the birth place of their ancestors, Bethlehem. During the Roman empire a periodical census was taken with the double object of assessing taxation and of discovering who was liable for compulsory military services. Since the Jews were exempt from military service, the Palestine census was primarily for taxation purposes.
After traveling almost a week, Mary and Joseph would have arrived in Bethlehem.
When they arrived in Bethlehem, they could find no place in the inns, so they took lodging in a stable. While they were there; the time came for Mary to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, since there was no room for them in the inn.
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear. The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. And this will be a sign for you, you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will!" The shepherds hastened to Bethlehem to see what had taken place, which the Lord has made known to them. When they saw the infant they made known the message that had been told to them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Forty days after the birth of her son, Mary and Joseph went to the temple for their purification according to the law of Moses. They took him to Jerusalem, which was a six mile journey from Bethlehem. This would be the end of Mary's official confinement, according to law. Since they were poor and couldn't afford the offering of a lamb, Joseph bought two turtle doves for the sacrifice. After slaughtering the doves the priest would climb to the altar, and place the doves on the sacrificial fire. Voices of chanting Levites filled the air with psalms in praise to the Lord as the smoke rose upward.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying, "Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation."
Some time after the birth of Christ, three magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage." When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea for thus it has been written through the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.'
Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from the time of the star's appearance. He sent them Bethlehem and said, "Go and search for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage." The magi set out and behold the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.
Upon entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.
Much symbolism has been placed on their gifts to the Christ-child. The first, gold, a royal gift signified Jesus' kingship. His future priesthood is symbolized by the gift of frankincense. This was a fragrant gum burned as incense. The third, myrrh, was an aromatic orange-colored resin from small thorny trees. This was expensive and was used in perfumes, anointing oil, medicine and embalming.
During the night God warned the magi not to return to Herod, for he meditated harm to the child so they returned home a different way.
Herod, seeing the magi did not return to him, became jealous and angry, and resolving to destroy the new born King, ordered all the children in Bethlehem and the country round about to be put to death. He foolishly thought Jesus would surely be killed among the rest, little dreaming how easily God could shield Him. While Herod was preparing for the murder of the holy innocents, an angel appeared to Joseph in his sleep and told him to take the child and its mother and flee into Egypt and remain there until told to return. Without a word of complaint, Joseph rose and taking the child and his mother, went into Egypt.
Herod sent his messengers to Bethlehem to murder the children. As a punishment for his cruelty, Herod died some years later, amid the most horrid torments.
Again the angel appeared to Joseph and commanded him to return to Judea, because Herod was dead. So Jesus, Mary and Joseph returned and dwelt in Nazareth. Thus it came to pass that Christ was called a Nazarene.
Since St. Matthew first described the star of Bethlehem, its mystery has fascinated mankind. Was it a miracle or was it a brighter-than –usual celestial object. Astronomers, while seeking the identify of the star, emphasize that it might be a miracle or some natural phenomena.
The Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe, discovered a new and brilliant star in the constellation Cassiopela in 1572. Since that discovery it has been suggested that this might be an especially brilliant star visible only at long intervals.
A reported appearance of a bright star in that part of the heavens about the middle of the 13th century, coupled with a vague account of a similar appearance a little more than 300 years earlier, led to the thought that these might possibly be former appearances of the star of 1572.
If, as this might indicate, the star appeared at intervals of 310 to 315 years, these intervals of 300 years from the time it was first reported would carry it back to about the time of the birth of Jesus. Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, made discoveries that led to still another theory about the star of Bethlehem. In 1604, having observed a configuration of close grouping of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. He determined that such a configuration occurred each 805 years and calculations established that the same grouping might have appeared in 6 B.C. – which some research indicates may have been the correct year of Christ's birth. Since legends identify the wise men as astrologers, this theory accounts for the fact that, as reported in the New Testament, only the wise men saw the star. While the three planets grouped together would shed unusual brightness, the average observer might not notice them, while the wise men, as astrologers, would.
The extra comments in this article were carried in a 1962 edition of the Putnam County Sentinel and in an article by Nancy Cline in the Sentinel.
Merry Christmas! And a Blessed and Happy New Year to All!
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has plunged to the lowest level since 1996, in large measure because Guatemala's government shut down that country's thriving but corrupt international adoption industry.
Adoptions from abroad dropped 27 percent in 2009 to 12,753, the U.S. State Department reported Dec. 17, according to the Associated Press. That number was almost 45 percent off the all-time high registered in 2004: 22,884. It was the lowest figure since 1996.
Guatemala's 4,123 adoptions to Americans in 2008 sank to 756 for 2009, before authorities shut down the industry indefinitely while reforms are formulated. International adoptions from China, the leading source in 2009, also dropped substantially as China cuts back on the number of healthy orphans made available for adoptions, the AP reported. Adoptions from Vietnam -- where corruption also has been a problem -- dropped as well.
A leading adoption advocate said he was dismayed by the numbers.
"This drop is not a result of fewer orphans or less interest from American families in adopting children from other countries," Chuck Johnson, chief operating officer of the National Council for Adoption, told the AP. "All of us are very discouraged because we see the suffering taking place. We don't know how to fix it without the U.S. government coming alongside."
Johnson said he wanted the government to encourage more international adoptions, not just monitor the process, and called for Congress to pass a proposed bill, the Families for Orphans Act.
MILITANT HINDU TURNS TO CHRIST -- The leader of a militant Hindu extremist group in Nepal, jailed for bombing a church in 2008, has repented because of the grace Christians in prison have shown him.
Ram Prasad Mainali, 37-year-old head of the Nepal Defense Army, was jailed in September for bombing a church in Kathmandu, the Compass Direct news service reported. A teenager and a new bride were killed and more than a dozen other people were injured.
Mainali began attending a Christian fellowship in Nakkhu Jail after he was transferred there in August. About a third of the prison's 450 inmates attend services at the prison church. He said he began reading the Bible after experiencing the graciousness of prison Christians.
"Although I bombed the church, Christians come to meet me every day," Mainali told Compass Direct. "No rightwing Hindu has come to meet me even once."
The Nepal Defense Army is now inactive, Mainali said, but is believed to also be responsible for the murder of a Catholic priest, John Prakash Moyalan, in June 2008.
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SUDANESE WOMAN, SON FORCED INTO HIDING -- A Sudanese woman and her son are in hiding in Egypt because she accepted Christ and her family wants to force her to return to Islam.
Howida Ali's ex-husband and brother tracked her to Cairo this past July, where they tried unsuccessfully to seize Ali's 10-year-old son from school, forcing her to flee to a new hiding place, Compass Direct News reported.
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Ali said she divorced her husband, Esam El deen Ali, in 2001 because of his drug addiction. She was living with her parents in Khartoum when she began seeing visions of Christ, she said.
"In 2004, I started to see a vision of Christ speaking to me," Ali said. "When I shared it with my friend, who is a Muslim, she said that she used to hear these things from Christians." Ali sought out a Christian friend, who told her about Jesus Christ and prayed with her. "After that time, I begun to see more visions from Christ saying, 'He is Christ the Good Shepherd,'" she recounted.
Ali tried to enter Israel because she was afraid Egyptian authorities might force her to return to Sudan. She was arrested at the border and jailed for two months and her son was put in an Islamic children's home. Although a Muslim family adopted him, Ali was able to regain custody after being released from jail in October. She said she now has no support and is praying she can secure asylum in another country where she would be free to worship.
"We have stopped going out of the apartment or even going to church," Ali told Compass Direct. "My son can no longer go to school daily as before. We cannot live our lives as before. I cannot now participate in the Bible study or fellowships -- I'm now depending only on myself for growing spiritually, and for prayer and Bible study."
MUSLIMS GUN DOWN CHRISTIAN FRIEND -- A young man in Pakistan was shot to death by friends Dec. 3 after he refused to recant his faith in Jesus Christ.
Three friends of Patras Masih accused him of killing a fourth friend and threatened to kill him if Masih did not deny Christ and embrace Islam. When Masih refused, the three shot him multiple times in the chest, according to Masih's father.
On Dec. 1, the four young men had come to Masih's father's house, asking him to help them buy liquor. Pakistani law forbids Muslims from buying or consuming alcohol. Masih went to help them buy alcohol but one of the friends, Anees Mahammad, died two days later from alcohol poisoning. The angry friends accosted Masih and accused him of Mahammad's death.
Patras Masih's father, Gulzar Masih, told Compass Direct his son's three friends arrived at their doorway yelling that he had killed Mahammad, and that they would spare his life only if he converted to Islam. When Patras Masih refused to recite the Islamic conversion creed, the three killed him.
"My son bravely refused to recant Christianity and clung to Christ," Gulzar Masih said. "He bravely embraced martyrdom."
Local police filed murder charges against the three suspects, who reportedly were still at large.
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