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Committee passes bill to limit Oil paintings for government officials to $20,000 each
May 21st, 2014 | Congress | Posted by Andy Medici
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted May 21 to limit the federal dollars spent on oil paintings of government officials – and restrict who gets to have themselves painted.
The aptly named Responsible Use of Taxpayer Dollars for Portraits Act of 2013, co-sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., would permanently cap the amount of each painting to $20,000 and would limit those eligible to those in line for presidential succession.
While the government is currently prohibited from spending money on oil paintings of government officials the ban lasts only through this fiscal year, while the current legislation would be permanent. Federal officials could still use non-federal sources of money for any cost overruns.
Reports from the New York Times and other organizations have said the government spends upwards of $800,000 on oil paintings of officials and each one could cost $50,000.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., voted against the bill saying during the vote amount is still excessive, and will instead work to renew the ban through the annual spending bills.
Coburn said while he doesn't believe the government should spend any money on oil paintings, the legislation is a compromise that has a chance of passing before the ban expires at the end of September.
11 things you probably didn't know were in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015
May 15th, 2014 | Congress Defense Uncategorized | Posted by Andy Medici
On May 8, the House Armed Services Committee voted on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 – about 15 minutes after midnight. The committee voted on hundreds of amendments and debated the legislation for more than 12 hours before finally passing it.
You have probably heard some of the highlights of whats in the bill, but here is a longer list of stuff that made it in that you might not have heard about.
Now remember, the bill still needs to be voted on by the full House and then by the Senate, so there are still changes that can happen. But as of right now, these items are in the legislation.
1. An extension of a spending cap on contract services through fiscal 2015 – which prevents the Defense Department from cutting civilian employees and transferring the work to contractors, according to amendment sponsor Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, R-Hawaii. The NDAA caps spending on contract services at fiscal 2010 levels.
2. Another provision forces DoD to eliminate any unauthorized personal services and contracts for any inherently governmental functions and reduce the spending on contractors for work close to being inherently governmental to "the maximum extent practicable."
3. A prohibition on DoD changing what can be sold in base exchanges and commissaries. Many lawmakers have proposed cuts to the commissary budget while others have pushed to limit sales of various items.
4 A rule requiring DoD to determine which of its workforces – military, civilian or contractor – would be most cost-effective when determining work assignments for non-critical mission areas.
5. The extension of a pilot program that allows whistleblowers to appeal cases from the Merit Systems Protection Board to any circuit court – instead of being restricted to the federal circuit court – for three more years.
6. The Defense Department would be exempt from energy efficiency measures and metering efforts identified in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Currently DoD must reduce energy use in its domestic facilities and encourage energy efficiency efforts.
7. DoD cannot build a biofuel facility without Congressional approval. Some lawmakers are concerned DoD plans to purchase or refurbish a biofuel facility.
8. DoD must report on how much it costs to transport members of Congress on trips outside the United States.
9. A prohibition for DoD against purchasing biofuels except for testing purposes until the price per gallon is the same as traditional fuel. The Navy has been pushing biofuels as an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional fuel.
10. The NDAA reduces the number of enlisted aides that support general officers. Right now they are limited to 300, but the bill would reduce that number to 244.
11. The NDAA was actually renamed the "Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015″ after the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, who is stepping down at the end of the year.
Tags: biofuel, commissary, Defense Department, Pentagon, whistleblower
GSA "Billionaire" parody creator files copyright, lawmaker wants it back
February 4th, 2014 | Congress General Services Administration | Posted by Andy Medici
On April 2, 2012 a General Services Administration Inspector General report detailed wasteful practices at an $823,000, 2010 regional conference in Las Vegas, leading to the ouster of GSA's top leadership and reforming government conference spending.
A music-video parody of Travie McCoy's music video for 'Billionaire' featuring Bruno Mars by then GSA employee Hank Terlaje titled "The Commissioner Project" and shown at the conference quickly became one of the most famous – or infamous – parts of the ongoing scandal.
It's also quite catchy. (Full disclosure: Terlaje says in the song that every time he closes his eyes he sees his name on Federal Times.)
But recently Terlaje received a copyright for the work and one key lawmaker is saying it is ineligible.
Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to GSA administrator Dan Tangherlini Feb. 4 and said the video was created using government resources – including employees and facilities – for a government event and is there ineligible for a copyright.
"As the video appears to have been filmed at federal government facilities, with GSA personnel, and for the express purpose of use at an official event, the committee is concerned that securing a private copyright on such work is inappropriate. Any such copyright would appear to rightfully belong to the federal government," Issa said in the letter.
Issa is requesting all agency documents and communications regarding the production and creation of the work and any and all communications regarding Terlaje and the video.
The video shows Terlaje in a cubicle and other office spaces as well as on the beach and in parks.
I have reached out to Terlaje for comment and will update if I receive any response. Or if he reads it here he can always email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
FedLine begins round-up of shutdown-related developments
October 7th, 2013 | 2014 Budget Congress Defense | Posted by Sean Reilly
Good morning! Today we launch a new–and presumably temporary–feature on FedLine: A regular (as events warrant) rundown of all the noteworthy shutdown-related news that we can find.
Given what happened over the weekend, we're playing catch-up today. As always, would appreciate your help in keeping federal employees informed on what's happening across government. You can email tips at any time to firstname.lastname@example.com. Feel free to offer suggestions on how to make this feature useful. We'll start by calling it "Shutdown Watch," but are definitely open to something more original.
So, we start Day 7 of the partial shutdown with what is probably old news to most readers, but for the record, there were two major developments Saturday. That morning, the House of Representatives voted 407-0 to ensure furloughed feds get back pay once the partial shutdown ends. The bill is now with the Senate, which could vote to send it to President Obama early this week.
Then, that afternoon, the Defense Department, citing newly granted authority under the Pay Our Military Act, announced that it is recalling most of the approximately 350,000 civilian employees who had been furloughed without pay. For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's the official memo from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, along with the transcript of a call that DoD Comptroller Robert Hale held with reporters that provides a lot of useful detail. At least some civilian employees who work for the Coast Guard (a part of the Department of Homeland Security that's nonetheless considered part of the armed forces) could also be going back to work.
On the heels of that step, United Technologies Corp. announced the cancellation of plans to furlough almost 2,000 aerospace workers. The reason, according to the Connecticut-based contractor: DoD is recalling Defense Contract Management Agency inspectors needed to oversee the manufacturing process. But Lockheed Martin is sending home some 2,400 workers (although that's fewer than the 3,000 initially forecast), and BAE Systems has "excused from work" about 1,000 employees with the company's intelligence and security division.
In other news, the Federal Aviation Administration is asking creditors to extend "flexibility" to some 45,000 FAA employees who may not be collecting paychecks for a while. And we couldn't let the occasion pass without posting this much-circulated coded plea from some National Weather Service forecasters in Alaska. As your mother probably told you, it never hurts to use humor to make a point.
NIST cancels conference as shutdown looms
September 30th, 2013 | 2014 Budget Congress Information Technology | Posted by Nicole Johnson
At least one federal conference is being postponed this week because of a potential government shutdown.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is postponing its Cloud Computing and Mobility Forum this week "because we could not guarantee NIST's facility would be open on the first day of the meeting, Oct. 1," according to an agency spokeswoman. "The meeting has not been rescheduled."
More than 500 people had registered for the conference, including about 130 federal employees. Many federal employees would be forced to stay home without pay if Congress doesn't strike a budget deal by midnight.
Just at DoD, some 400,000 employees — or about half of the civilian workforce — will be sent home on unpaid furloughs if a partial shutdown begins Tuesday, Comptroller Robert Hale said late last week. During a Sept. 27 news briefing, Hale said a shutdown would halt travel and training plans for activities not deemed excepted.
"As of today, no other conferences have been postponed," according to NIST. "Some scheduled conferences could be affected by a shutdown, depending on the duration of the shutdown and how much lead time each conference requires."
Tags: cloud computing, conference, government shutdown, NIST, shutdown
House to vote on information-sharing cyber bill
April 15th, 2013 | Congress Cybersecurity | Posted by Nicole Johnson
House lawmakers will consider a bill Wednesday that would allow companies and federal agencies to voluntarily share and receive cyber threat information with each other.
The Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence April 10 and will be introduced on the House floor Wednesday. A vote is expected by Thursday.
An earlier version of the bill passed the House last April but lacked additional privacy controls included in the revised bill. Still, that has not satisfied the White House and civil liberties groups who say the bill's current provisions are insufficient.
CISPA requires the director of national intelligence to enable intelligence agencies to share threat data with the private sector in real time. This includes information about vulnerabilities of federal and industry systems and networks and efforts to destroy or disrupt these systems. Companies that share information under the bill's provisions would be granted legal protections if they are subject to a cyber attack.
The White House threatened to veto an earlier version of the bill that passed the House last April. Critics of the bill warned that it did little to protect citizens' personal information and said it would not hold companies accountable for responding to threat information provided by the government.
Despite several amendments to the original bill, CISPA has not met White House expectations.
"We continue to believe that information sharing improvements are essential to effective legislation, but they must include privacy and civil liberties protections, reinforce the roles of civilian and intelligence agencies, and include targeted liability protections," Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the White House's National Security Council, said in a statement.
"Further we believe the adopted committee amendments reflect a good faith-effort to incorporate some of the administration's important substantive concerns, but we do not believe these changes have addressed some outstanding fundamental priorities," Hayden said. She said the administration will continue working with the bill's co-authors, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., the committee's ranking member.
In an effort to appease privacy and civil liberties groups, several amendments were added to the bill, including one that restricts how the government can use cyber information it receives from the private sector. The bill requires that the government only use shared information for cybersecurity, investigation and prosecution of cybersecurity crimes and protection of individuals and minors. A provision that would have allowed the information to be used for national security purposes was removed.
Several companies and trade groups, including Facebook, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and industry group TechAmerica, have expressed support for the bill. But groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union are not satisfied.
"The changes to the bill don't address the major privacy problems we have been raising about CISPA for almost a year and a half," Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel at the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office, said in a statement. "CISPA still permits companies to share sensitive and personal customer information with the government and allows the National Security Agency to collect the internet records of everyday Americans."
Tags: CISPA
Senate rejects cybersecurity legislation
November 14th, 2012 | Congress Cybersecurity | Posted by Nicole Johnson
The Senate on Wednesday failed to pass cybersecurity legislation that would set voluntary security standards for owners of critical infrastructure, such as dams, energy and water systems.
Senators voted 51-47 in favor of the bill, S 3414, but fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward with final passage.
"Cybersecurity is dead for this Congress," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said following the vote. "What an unfortunate thing."
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a co-sponsor of the Cybersecurity Act, expressed similar disappointment. "In all my years on the Homeland Security Committee, I cannot think of another issue where the vulnerability is greater and we've done less," Collins said in a statement.
Senators were at a similar crossroad in August, but some were hopeful that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and other Republicans who strongly opposed the bill would at least vote to move forward and introduce relevant amendments. McCain, who on Wednesday initially expressed a willingness to move forward with the bill if at least five amendments could be introduced, ultimately voted against the bill.
Under the bipartisan bill, critical infrastructure owners would become eligible for certain benefits if they voluntarily certify through a third party that they meet cybersecurity standards. Those benefits would include liability protections in the event of a cyber attack on their systems.
Republicans argued that implementing the bill would be a financial burden to industry. They also opposed the Department of Homeland Security's role in approving and overseeing cybersecurity standards.
Retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who voted against the bill, suggested that the Senate start over and allow all committees with jurisdiction over cyber to provide their input.
Absent cybersecurity legislation, administration leaders have said the president would move forward with an executive order to improve cybersecurity of the nation's most critical infrastructure.
Senators said that a draft of the executive order is being circulated. The order is said to include provisions that will establish cybersecurity standards for the 18 critical infrastructure sectors in areas where regulators have existing authority to enforce those standards. The order, however, could not provide liability protections for companies that follow those standards but are attacked.
The Washington Post reported that President Obama signed a secret directive in mid-October, Presidential Directive 20, that explicitly defines how the military will respond to a cyber attack using both offensive and defensive capabilities.
TSA's insider threat program lacks policies, procedures
October 5th, 2012 | Congress Cybersecurity Homeland Security Information Technology Workplace | Posted by Nicole Johnson
While the Transportation Security Administration has made headway in defending against insider attacks, the agency lacks specific policies and procedures to mitigate those threats, according to a recent inspector general audit.
The September audit, released this week, found that TSA has not implemented insider threat policies and procedures that clearly explain its employees' role in defending against insider threats. TSA also lacks a risk mitigation plan that ensures all employees address the risks of insider threats in a consistent way.
TSA defines insider threat as "one or more individuals with access or insider knowledge that allows them to exploit the vulnerabilities of the nation's transportation systems with the intent to cause harm," according to the Department of Homeland Security IG audit. Threats can include spying, release of information, sabotage, corruption, impersonation, theft, smuggling, and terrorist attacks. Insider threats can include current and former employees and contractors.
The report noted that TSA doesn't have a mandatory insider threat training and awareness program for employees, and it lacks protective measures to ensure unauthorized employees can't, for instance, dump massive amounts of sensitive data onto a portable storage device.
The IG recommends that TSA's assistant administrator for information technology:
- Further develop TSA's insider threat program by including policies, procedures and a risk management plan.
- Require insider threat awareness training for employees.
- Direct systems administrators to disable USB ports on computers and laptops if there is not a legitimate need for them.
- Limit the size of email file attachments until the proper measures are in place to detect or prevent unauthorized exfiltration of sensitive information.
However, TSA said it has developed a directive, currently awaiting approval, that identifies polices and procedures for its insider threat program. The agency stood up a toll free hotline and email address for reporting insider threats and also plans to roll out an insider threat training and awareness program.
The agency said disabling USB ports isn't feasible but, instead, has an application in place to alert the agency when data is transferred outside DHS networks. TSA also disagreed with any restrictions on email file sizes.
Further discussions between the agency and the IG are required to hash out differing opinions.
In June, Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, questioned TSA's plans to purchase software that monitors employees' keystrokes, emails and other online activities as part of a larger effort to defend against internal attacks.
In a response letter, TSA Administrator John Pistole said the software would provide TSA with forensic evidence for investigations should an employee ever be identified as a potential insider threat to TSA's mission.
In an Oct. 3 response letter to the IG audit, the lawmakers requested a detailed description of TSA's current spending related to the insider threat, an estimate of the anticipated lifecycle cost of the monitoring software the agency plans to buy, when TSA will have policies, procedures and a risk management plan and other information by Oct. 17.
Tags: Homeland Security inspector general, insider threat, TSA
Group ranks Congress on privatization votes
September 28th, 2012 | Congress Procurement | Posted by Sarah Chacko
A coalition of businesses pushing for the privatization of government work ranked Congress this week on votes that would have invited more competition between the public and private sector.
"We are seeing an unprecedented level of government expansion into numerous activities that should be left to the private sector," John Palatiello, president of the Business Coalition for Fair Competition, said at a news conference at the National Press Club on Thursday. "In our free enterprise system, government should be the umpire, not the opposing team."
The coalition's report lists how each member of the U.S. House and Senate voted on legislation, amendments and procedural actions — 10 in each house — that would have allowed private companies to compete with government workers or impeded companies' competition for federal contracts.
Among the Senate actions members were scored on were amendments that would have repealed the previously enacted government-run healthcare law and allowed private companies to compete with the Postal Service. Key House votes included amendments that prevented the executive branch from requiring companies to disclose their political contributions as a condition of winning government contracts and that would have removed restrictions on agencies' use of OMB Circular A-76 public-private cost competitions.
Not surprisingly, Republican leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Paul Ryan, who is presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, agreed with the coalition's position on key votes. On the other hand, Democratic leaders, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, received goose eggs.
Tags: A-76, Business Coalition for Fair Competition, key votes, privatization, public-private competition
Senator pushes for cybersecurity via executive order
August 14th, 2012 | Congress Cybersecurity White House | Posted by Nicole Johnson
A top Democratic senator is calling on the president to use executive branch authorities to better secure critical systems against cyber attacks.
In a letter to President Obama on Monday, Sen. John Rockefellar, (D-W.Va.), urged the president to "explore and employ every lever of executive power that you possess to protect this country from the cyber threat."
Rockefeller co-sponsored the Cybersecurity Act, S. 3414, which failed passage in the Senate this month. The bill would have set voluntary standards for companies operating critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid, water treatment facilities and transportation systems.
Rockefeller said that many portions of the bill could be implemented via executive order, regulatory processes or under the authorities of the Homeland Security Act.
Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, John Brennan, told the Council on Foreign Relations last week that the administration is considering the use of executive branch authorities. White House officials are determining what cybersecurity guidelines or policies can be enforced through executive order to enhance cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, most of which are controlled by the private sector.


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Synodical Constitutions of the Archdiocese of Ciudad de los Reyes in Peru
Constitvciones sinodales del Arçobispado de los Reyes en el Pirv (Synodical constitutions of the archdiocese of Ciudad de los Reyes in Peru) was published in Lima, Peru, in 1614. Lima was founded in 1535 by the Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Pizarro, and was originally called Ciudad de los Reyes (City of Kings). The first printing press in South America was established in Lima by Antonio Ricardo (circa 1540−1606), an Italian who had worked for a time as a printer with the Jesuits in Mexico City. This book is ...
Two Illustrations from "Selected Arias of the Yuan Dynasty"
These prints from around 1615 show two figures from Yuan-dynasty (1279-1368) poetry. The right-hand picture illustrates a play about Zheng Kongmu, a law clerk, and Song Bin, a young man who accidentally killed a man. Zheng recognizes Song Bin as an honorable man and convinces the judge not to execute him. Instead, he is exiled to a penal colony where he has many adventures, including meeting up with and helping Zheng Kongmu when he himself runs afoul of the law by killing a woman who mistreated his children. The other ...
Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 4: Astronomical Works, that is, all that Appertains to the Copernican System, and to the Project on Longitudes, Volume 1, Astronomy
This codex contains important manuscripts in which Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) defended the Copernican theory that the Earth moves around the sun, which he had confirmed by observation with the telescope he had designed, which offered greatly enhanced magnification compared to older telescopes. The principal documents in the volume are letters, dating from 1614-15, to his friend and student Benedetto Castelli, to the Jesuit priest Piero Dini, and to the grand duchess of Tuscany, Christina of Lorraine. In each of these letters, Galileo discussed the relationship between scientific theory and ...
Summary of Astronomy
Tian wen lue (Summary of astronomy) is a well-known work by Yang Manuo, the Chinese name of Father Manuel Dias (1574–1659), also known as Emanuel Diaz. Diaz, a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, arrived in China in 1610 and reached Beijing in 1613. He also spent time in Macao, Shaochuan, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and other cities. He died in Hangzhou during the reign of the Qing dynasty Shunzhi emperor. Commonly known by its Latin title, Explicatio Sphaerae Coelestis, the book was first published in 1615. This copy is the original edition ...
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Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514–87) was a court physician, who in 1570 was ordered by King Philip II of Spain to embark on a scientific mission to New Spain (as Mexico was then called) to study the medicinal plants of the New World. For seven years Hernández traveled throughout the country, collecting specimens and gathering information on how plants were used by indigenous physicians. He returned to Spain in 1577 with 16 volumes of notes and with numerous illustrations made by three indigenous painters who assisted him in his ...
The Ladder of Ascent in Obtaining the Procurements of the Sudan: Ahmad Baba Answers a Moroccan's Questions about Slavery
Timbuktu (present-day Tombouctou in Mali), founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries there contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. Ahmad Baba ibn Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Tumbukti discusses slavery as it existed in West Africa during ...

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In third quarter 2011 home prices in the Cincinnati, MSA decreased 2.9% when compared to third quarter 2011. This is in comparison to a 4.3% decrease nationwide. On a quarter-over-quarter basis, the average price of homes in the Cincinnati MSA increased 1.4% in the third quarter compared to second quarter 2011. During the same period […]
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Northern Kentucky residential real estate trends are showing some improvement since the first of the year. For the 12 months ending June 2010, home sales are up 9.9% compared to the 12 months ending June 2009. With the recovery showing signs of weakness and the first time home buyers credit program at an end, the […]
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Fab Fit Friday: Pumpkin Pie Parfait for a Healthy Halloween
Halloween is literally just around the corner. I plan on making a trip home this Halloween to spend time with my family. My parents usually make a giant fire pit and hand out candy. I wanted to create a healthy Halloween treat to serve on Halloween night, instead of indulging in numerous pieces of candy.
All you need :
- 2 boxes of sugar free vanilla pudding prepared with skim milk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp orange food coloring
- 1/2 tsp yellow food coloring
- 4 tbsps cup chopped pecans
- Fat Free Reddi Whip
- Halloween Sprinkles
After preparing pudding, combine with orange food coloring and pumpkin puree.
Mix well.
Evenly distribute pumpkin mixture into two parfait dish.
Top pumpkin layer with 1 tbsp of pecans in each dish.
I bought these little glass dishes at Target for $1.64!
Next, mix yellow food coloring in with the remaining vanilla pudding.
Evenly distribute the pudding on top of pumpkin layer in each dish.
Top each dish with the remaining pecans.
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Translation of holy in Spanish:
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- 1.1 (sacred, sanctified) [ground/place] sagrado, santo; [day] de precepto, de guardar; [water] bendito the Holy Bible la Sagrada or Santa Biblia the Holy City la Ciudad Santa the Holy Family la Sagrada Familia the Holy Father/Office el Santo Padre/Oficio the holy oil los santos óleos the Holy Rood la Santa Cruz the Holy Scripture las Sagradas Escrituras a holy war una guerra santaMore example sentences1.2 [person/life/virtue] santo
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- At the same time, we are committed to free access and free practice, to the members of the other two religions, to the holy shrines in Jerusalem.
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More example sentences1.3 [colloquial/familiar] they had a holy horror of gambling el juego les parecía un sacrilegio that child is a holy terror ese niño es el mismísimo demonio [colloquial/familiar] holy cow o mackerel o Moses o smoke! ¡rayos y centellas!, ¡Dios bendito!
- What do the lives and service of holy women teach us about ordaining women?
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- He was a very holy person who had a real interest in people.
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- As a result my picture hopefully has a holy spiritual quality.
- Real prayer isn't about showing how good, holy or spiritual you are.
- They were men, holy and angelic in spirit, who preached the word of Allâh in different times and climes and in every land.
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One event that unites this community is the annual Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off. The event, which draws crowds in the thousands, typically takes place on a Saturday during the summer. The Chili Cook-Off, which is hosted by the local Lions Club, may not be the first thing one might associate with New Jersey, but it is nonetheless a favorite staple of this community event. In addition to the Chili Cook-Off, the North Plainfield Street Fair features live music concerts, food (in addition to chili), and performances from a wide variety of street performers.
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Well, it is nothing new to hear about the vast range of applications and uses an iPad has but it is definitely new to hear a clinic prescribing an iPad app to his patients. A clinic in US, Cleveland Clinic, has launched its new iPad app named Today which basically provides access to patient's electronic medical records (EMR), a feature to request an appointment with the clinic's doctors, find more details about the clinic's doctors, health and wellness tops, healthy recipes, quizzes and videos. The app is being provided for free of cost to app users but certain parts of the app like EMR and appointment scheduling are exclusively reserved for the clinic's patients.
Apple iPad display shipments plunged by an alarming 81% in January 2013 says iSuppli, this can be attributed to various reasons including a global fall in demand for large LCD displays. Apple in general has a commitment of minimum number of display purchases per year from its suppliers to get a better pricing so this might be effect of an adjustment made due to lesser demand of large screen iPads and heavy orders in December 2012. The suppliers will manufacture only the difference amount of displays in January. The phenomenon is not unique only for iPad displays but the same trend has been witnessed across other sized tablet displays as well including the 8.9″ displays used for Kindle Fire HD which declined by a even higher percentage of 91%.
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Rep. Chandler, R-Bartlett, has introduced a bill (House Bill 256) that would charge, on a sliding scale, everyone who has to be rescued by the state if lost in the woods, capsized on a lake, etc. Currently, the state charges only those who are found to be negligent, and for the most part they do not pay.
It is not Chandler's proposal to charge for all rescues that has the most merit. There are some good reasons why the state might not want to do precisely that. Rather, the strength of Chandler's bill is that it begins moving the state away from its long-standing practice of funding searches and rescues with fees on people who make up fewer than half of all rescues: hunters, fishermen, boaters, snowmobilers and ATV riders.
The existing funding structure is a matter of convenience. It is easy to charge people to register vehicles or obtain licenses. There is no easy way to charge people for hiking or walking in the woods. The state cannot put a toll booth at every trail head. It cannot very well make hikers obtain licenses to use public lands, either. But hikers account for more than half of searches and rescues. What is the state to do?
We could simply pay for them with general taxation. Or we could dedicate a portion of the rooms and meals tax, as Susan Arnold, vice president for conservation of the Appalachian Mountain Club, has suggested. But both of those go against the old-fashioned New Hamsphire tradition that the user should pay, to the greatest extent possible, for specialized services.
Chandler would combine his minimum rescue fee ($350-$1,000) with a "hike safe card" available to hikers. Buy the $18 card, and if you have to be rescued, it's covered. That is a creative idea well worth considering. It would give hikers peace of mind while also encouraging them to think more seriously about trip preparation.
HB 256 will not provide full funding for searches and rescues, and more deliberation is needed about the pros and cons of the plan. But Chandler has moved the conversation in a new and promising direction, and legislators need to give this proposal serious consideration.
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Q: The brick-lined columns outside my front door attracted some kind of climbing vine a few years ago that looks pretty embedded in the mortar. Can I remove the vines without damaging the brick or mortar? – Carol in West Virginia
A: Pulling the vines away from the brick surface might cause some of the mortar to be pulled away with them. The tendrils can be pretty tenacious.
Instead, cut the vines away from the surface of the brick. Gather up the parts that fall away along with the remainder of the plant. Stems and tendrils that stay attached should be left alone until they're completely dry and shriveled up, then scrub them away with a stiff bristled brush and soapy water.
If some mortar crumbles away during this process, note the damaged area. This should be repaired as soon as possible after the brick is cleared of vines, using a process called tuckpointing.
Tuckpointing can sound a bit complicated, but it's really worth it to learn the process for small patch jobs. It can save you hundreds of dollars in masonry repairs and potentially thousands of dollars by protecting your house from water entering via the damaged mortar.
Head to the home-improvement store. You'll need to buy a concrete-fortified mortar mix (just enough for a smaller patch job), a mortar pigment to match the existing mortar color, a trowel and a jointing tool. If you don't already have them, you also should get a hammer, masonry chisel and a stiff brush. Finally, ask for a grout bag. This is a cheaper alternative to common masonry tools like a joint filler and pointing tool. It works just like an icing bag used for cake decorating, only larger.
Clean the damaged area with a stiff brush. If more mortar crumbles, don't worry. You want to remove as much of the loose mortar as possible, to at least 1/4 inch deep.
Mix up the mortar and pigment in a sturdy bucket, to the consistency given on the instructions on the bag (or until it just slides off the trowel). Fill the grout bag about half full of the mixture.
Wipe the area to be repaired with a wet rag or wet brush. Cut off the pointed end of the grout bag and twist the wide end tightly. Pipe the mortar mix along the damaged area, getting as deep into the groove as you can. Smooth the newly piped-in joint with the jointing tool. Repeat the process, piping in mortar and smoothing down, until the new mortar is flush with the old mortar joint.
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While Manziel is in some minor trouble, the judge on the case, Lee Johnson, a graduate of Baylor, could be in some trouble himself after posting about the speeding ticket on Facebook. Whoops. Here is the screenshot:
While the judge on the case could be in some trouble, we need to focus on Manziel here. He has been careless since winning the Heisman Trophy and has not represented the Heisman brand in any way, shape or form. In fact, Manziel has been everything that you don't want from a Heisman winner.
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- Tomie
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- Souchi's Diary of Fun
- Voices in the Dark / New Voices in the Dark / The Long Hair in the Attic (Collections of short stories)
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- The Enigma of Amigara Fault
- The Licking Woman
- Mystery Pavilion
- The Face Burglar
- Scarecrows
- Falling
- Red String
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- Memory
- The Back Alley
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- The Window Next Door
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- The Gift Bearer
- Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village
- Slug Girl
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Gilles de Rais:
Gilles de Laval, Baron de Rais, was a 15th century french marshal with a side hobby of satanism and the murder and rape of children.
At an early age Gilles distinguished himself militarily, fighting first in the wars of succession to the duchy of Brittany (1420) and then for the Duchess of Anjou against the English in 1427. He was assigned to Joan of Arc's guard and fought several battles at her side, including the relief of Orleans in 1429. He accompanied her to Reims for the consecration of Charles VII, who made him marshal of France. He continued to serve in Joan of Arc's special guard and was at her side when Paris was attacked. After her capture, he retired to his lands in Brittany.
Inheriting extensive domains from both his father and his maternal grandfather (Guy de Laval and Jean de Craon, respectively), de Rais had also married a rich heiress, Catherine de Thouars (1420). He kept a more lavish court than the king, dissipating his wealth on the decoration of his ch?aux and the maintenance of a large train of servants, heralds, and priests. He was a munificent patron of music, literature, and pageants, in one of which he figured (The Mystery of Orl?s). When his family secured a decree from the king in July 1435, restraining him from selling or mortgaging the rest of his lands, he turned to alchemy. He also developed an interest in satanism, hoping to gain knowledge, power, and riches by invoking the devil, such as searching for the famous Philosopher's stone.
Gilles was eventually brought before the Inquisition after he insulted the brother of the Treasurer of Brittany. Forty-seven charges were brought against him in three categories: 'abuse of clerical privilege (for attacking a priest), 'the conjuration of demons' and sexual perversions against children.
After hearing one hundred and ten witnesses the court decided to put Gilles and his servants under torture to extract more incriminating evidence from them. One of his servants called Etienne Corillait testified:
"…to practise his debauches with the said boys and girls, against the dictation of nature, he first took his rod in his hand and rubbed it so it became erect and sticking out; then placing it between the limbs of the boys or girls, not bothering with the natural female receptacle, and rubbed his rod or virile member on the belly of the said boys and girls with much libidinous excitement until he emitted his sperm on their stomachs….
…he had cosiderable pleasure in watching the heads of children separated from their bodies. Sometimes he made an incision behind the neck to make them die slowly, at which he became very excited, and while they were bleeding to death he would sometimes masturbate on them, and sometimes he would do this after they had died and their bodies were still warm….
…sometimes he would ask, when they were dead, which of them had the most beautiful head."
Even by the standards of the Inquisition, the trial of Gilles de Rais was a farce. Most of the incriminating evidence came under the conditions of torture or was given out of self-interest or spite. Eventually Gilles himself succumbed to torture and admitted whatever the court told him. He was executed by garrotte and thrown onto a pyre, although his family were allowed to remove the body before it was lit.
Although it is certain that Gilles was one of Europe's worst child rapist and murderers, it is doubtful that his death toll ever reached as high as the 500 to 800 that is quoted.
The Moving Coffins of Barbados:
There is a famous legend on the island of Barbados of coffins that are moved by unknown forces. Though the details surrounding the phenomenon are sketchy, the enigma is one that has fascinated researchers for over a century.The events took place in the Chase Vault, located in a West Indian cemetery. The vault, situated about seven miles from Bridgetown, is a large structure built for the Chase family and their close friends. It was built roughly half above and half below the ground, which allowed for some degree of protection from the elements.The vault was slowly filled with the dead members of the Chase family. The first placed inside the vault was Mrs. Thomasina Goddard, in a simple wooden coffin built in July, 1807. Two-year-old Mary Ann Chase was placed in the vault the very next year. The older sister of Mary Ann, Dorcas Chase, was put into the vault on July 6, 1812. Some claim that Dorcas starved herself after her father forced her into depression. Nonetheless, a few weeks later her father, Thomas Chase, was placed into the vault. Legend says that Thomas was one of the most hated men in Barbados.
When the Chase Vault was open for the burial of Thomas the funeral party was stunned to find that none of the coffins were in the proper place. The group was angered- the theory being that grave robbers found a way into the grave and tossed the coffins about in search of loot. The entrance was a problem for robbers- a gigantic rock slab was cemented in place, covering the only entrance. Each time the vault was opened the cement had to chipped away and several men were needed to move the rock. Eventually it was decided that the gravediggers had some how disturbed the coffins.
The coffins were replaced and the lead coffin of Thomas Chase was put in place. The vault was then resealed as it had been before.
On September 25, 1816 the vault was opened for the burial of eleven-year-old Charles Brewster Ames. Similar to the previous instance, each of the coffins was misplaced and thrown about- including the two hundred forty pound coffin of Thomas was thrown from its resting place! The vault was put back in order and resealed once again.
Fifty-two days later, Samuel Brewster was to be buried. This time a large group of witnesses crowded the scene looking for the mystery to continue. The slab of stone, which covered the door, was carefully examined. No defects were found, and the vault was opened. To no ones surprised the vault was once again in disorder. Mrs. Goddard's coffin, the only wooden one placed in the vault, was badly damaged. It was wrapped in wire to keep it together.
Several investigators, including the Reverend Thomas Oderson, examined the vault. Nothing could be found that would indicate a cause for the strange happenings, so the vault was once again cleaned and sealed.
On July 17, 1819 the vault was once again opened and once again the vault was found to be in disorder. The only coffin untouched was the wooden and fragile one of Mrs. Goddard's. This time, the governor of the island, Lord Combermere, ordered his own professional investigation. The entire vault was looked over, and nothing strange could be found. The coffins were restacked and sand was placed on the floor to catch the footprints of the perpetrators. Mrs. Goddard's wooden coffin was stacked against a wall since it was so frail. The vault was then resealed and personal seals of the governor were placed on concrete. Everyone of the island waited for the next reopening.
The next opening of the vault was not for a burial but for the Governor's curiosity. On April 18, 1820, the Governor and several friends traveled to the vault and found his seal unbroken. When the vault was opened, however, it was found that the coffins were in disarray - some were even flipped upside down! The sand revealed no footprints.
The coffins were promptly removed from the vault and buried elsewhere on the island. Upon inspection, the vault was found to contain no water, and no way for water to enter it. Earthquakes were also eliminated- why would the quakes only affect one section of the chamber and leave the wooden coffin alone?
Some have speculated that the entire event never took place. Records show, however, that the Chase vault has and did exist. The vault is and has been for sometime? empty.
Flight 401:
Perhaps the most extraordinary and credible research into the ghost phenomenon ever documented is the so-called "Ghosts of Flight 401." On December of 1972, an Eastern Airlines Tri-Star jetliner, Flight 401, crashed into a Florida swamp. The pilot, Bob Loft (on the left), and flight engineer Don Repo (on the right), were two of the 101 people who perished in the air crash. Not long after the crash, the ghosts of Loft and Repo were seen on more than twenty occasions by crew members on other Eastern Tri-Stars, especially those planes which had been fitted with parts salvaged from the Flight 401 wreckage. The apparitions of Loft and Repo were invariably described as being extremely lifelike. They were not only reported by people who had known Loft and Repo, but their ghosts were also subsequently identified from photographs by people who had not known Loft and Repo.
Hide and Seek Alone
Playing hide-and-seek-alone is quite popular in various parts of Asia. Those who have tried it report that it actually works and that they felt their lives were threatened.
You will need:
- A doll with legs. (The doll serves as a place for the spirit to enter, therefore it is advised that you not use a human doll or a doll that you really like because there is a great chance that the spirit will not leave the doll.)
- Rice (The spirit that eats this offering is said to grow stronger)
- Red thread (This symbolizes blood and acts of restraint)
- Something from your body (Fingernails are the most commonly used, but some use their own blood, skin, hair, etc. Don't use someone else's body parts or else it becomes a curse.)
- Weapon (Something to stab the doll with so that you can anger it. Real knives are dangerous, so most people use pencils or needles.)
- Salt water or alcohol (Without this, the game won't end. This material is used to get rid of the spirit.)
- Hiding place
- A name (Giving the spirit a name is the most powerful thing a human can give. Names give spirits great power.)
Step 1: Cut the doll and replace its insides with rice.
Step 2: Place something from your body into the doll.
Step 3: Wrap the doll with the red thread thread as if to hinder it.
Step 4: In a bathroom, pour water into a large washbasin and find some place to hide.
Step 5: Place a cup of salt water in the place before starting the game.
To play:
Step 1: Start at 3 A.M. because that is the time when spirits are most active
Step 2: Give the doll a name
Step 3: When the clock strikes three, close your eyes and say "First tagger is (doll name)!" three times. (If you're talking to the doll, you must talk sternly.)
Step 4: Go to the bathroom and place the doll in the washbasin.
Step 5: Turn off all the lights
Step 6: Close your eyes and count to ten. Ready your your weapon and head to the bathroom. Go to the doll and say "I found you (doll name)!" and stab the doll. Afterward, close your eyes again and say "Now (doll name) is it!" three times
Step 7: Place the weapon next to the doll and go to your hiding place. You MUST lock the door as well as all other doors and windows.
Step 8: Drink the salt water, but do not swallow or spit it out. The salt water will protect you from the spirit.
To end:
When you want to end the game, take any leftover salt water or alcohol and find the doll. Keep in mind that the doll may not be in the bathroom and there have been instances of it being outside. When you find the doll, Spray the salt water in your mouth on the doll and do the same with the excess water you have left. Close your eyes and shout "I win! I win! I win!" The spirit in the doll will give up and and the game ends. It is advised to dispose of the doll by burning it.
- Keep the game under two hours. After two hours, the spirit in the doll will be too strong to be removed.
- You must play alone. The more people there are, the higher the chances of someone getting possessed.
- Don't go outside
- When hiding, BE SILENT
- Turn off all electronics before starting
- When running away, DO NOT LOOK BACK. Also, don't fall asleep while playing. The doll might stab you.
- When discovered by the doll, you can get a small wound or even get possessed. If found by the doll, be careful because your weapon will be somewhere on the floor or in your pocket.
- After the game is over, it is important to lean up properly. Be sure to put salt in every corner of the house, especially places where you put the doll and where you found it. Salt is said to scare away spirits.
People who have played have reported some of the following events that usually take place while playing:
- TV changing channels on its own
- Perfectly normal lights flickering
- Doors opening and closing
- Hearing the sound of laughter
Latoon Fairy Tree:
"A lone hawthorn bush in Lantoon, County Clare, Ireland, believed to have been a stopping-point on a fairy path"
Epworth Parsonage Poltergeist:
"This is known as a classic case of poltergeist activity, which occurred in December 1716 at the Parsonage in Epworth, Lincolnshire. All members of the Wesley family heard loud rappings and noises over a period of two months. Sometimes the noises were of a specific character, according to the well-kept notes of Mrs. Wesley. During one incident when she and her husband were descending the stairs one day they heard a noise as if someone was emptying a large bag of coins at their feet. This was followed by the sound of glass bottles being "dashed to a thousand pieces." Other sounds heard were running footsteps, groans, and a door latch being lifted several times."


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Holy Other - Love Some1
Following up from his stunning debut on Tri-Angle Records last year, Holy Other is set to drop his first full length 'Held' on August 28th 2012. To give us all a taster of what's to come, you can now stream one of the tracks above. *Insert girly scream here*. I am unbelievably excited for this release!
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