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Matthew Hughes writes fantasy and suspense fiction. he's won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, A.E. Van Vogt, and Derringer Awards. He's worked as a writer all his adult life, as a journalist, a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia. He's also a former director of the Federation of British Columbia Writers. He is the author of several dozen short stories, some of which have been collected in The Gist Hunter and Other Stories (2005) and Nine Tales of Henghis Hapthorn (2013). His novels include Fools Errant, Black Brillion, several novels about a far-futuristic Sherlock Holmesian detective Henghis Hapthorn (Majestrum, The Spiral Labyrinth, and Hespira), The Commons, Template, the To Hell and Back superhero sequence (The Damned Busters, Costume Not Included and Hell to Pay), and Paroxysm. His latest is anotehr collection of short fiction,The Compleat Guth Bandar.
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Boys have pubertal concerns and worries, too, including:
Voice Change. As their larynx (or voice box) enlarges and the muscles or vocal cords grow, their voice may "crack" as they speak. While this can be embarrassing and annoying, it's a normal part of the growth process.
Wet Dreams. Boys may awaken in the morning with damp pajamas and sheets. These "wet dreams," or nocturnal emissions, are caused by an ejaculation, not urination, that occurs during sleep; they are not an indication that the boy was having a sexual dream. Explain this phenomenon to your son, and reassure him that you understand that he cannot prevent it from happening. Wet dreams are just part of growing up.
Involuntary Erections. During puberty, boys get erections spontaneously, without touching their penis and without having sexual thoughts. These unexpected erections can be quite embarrassing, especially if they occur in public—at school, for example. Inform your son that these unexpected erections are normal and are a sign that his body is maturing. Explain that they happen to all boys during puberty, and that with the passage of time they will become less frequent.
Breast Enlargement. Many boys experience swelling of the breasts during the early years of puberty. Most often, your son may feel a flat, button like bump under one or both nipples. His breasts may also feel tender or even painful. After a few months—sometimes longer—the swelling will disappear; these boys will not develop true breasts.
One Testicle Lower than the Other. Uneven testicles, although they may be embarrassing in the boys' locker room, are both normal and common.
As your child approaches and enters puberty, be sensitive to his or her need for privacy. Preteenagers will tend to become more modest while they bathe, for example, or change their clothes. Respect this desire for privacy, not only as it relates to their bodies but in other aspects of life as well, such as not reading their mail and remembering to knock before entering their rooms.
Children also become more sensitive about their body image during this time. Their interest in grooming increases, and they are more likely to be self-conscious about their appearance, thanks largely to the influence of their peers and the media. Watch for signs of a child who has a distorted body image, which can contribute to eating disorders in some cases.
Also, avoid even good-natured teasing of your child about his or her pubertal development. Because most youngsters feel self-conscious during this time, they will become embarrassed if they are kidded about the changing shape of their bodies or their deepening voices.
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Below are answers to the most frequently asked questions, regarding Continental Divide Electric Education Foundation scholarships. For more information, contact Foundation Coordinator Corina Sandoval at (505) 285-6656.
Frequently Asked Questions
Applicants must be active members of the co-op or immediate family of co-op members.
An active member is someone who currently receives Continental Divide electric service.
Recipients must use the scholarship money to pursue an established bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in New Mexico. Students must carry and successfully complete at least 12 credit hours (full-time), per semester.
What's the application process?
Along with the application, applicants must attach a copy of their transcript and three letters of recommendation from the high school(s) they attended.
If the applicant has received the equivalent of a high school degree, such as a G.E.D., or has been out of school for many years, then letters may be obtained from current or past employers or other notable community members.
The Education Foundation's Scholarship Committee chooses scholarships recipients, based on academic accomplishments, recipient's character and the essay that is required. CDEC encourages those who are not selected to re-apply the following year. The number of grants awarded each year can vary.
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The maximum length of the scholarship awarded to a student is four (4) years. Recipients are required to maintain a 2.5 G.P.A. and earn 12 credit hours, per semester, for the scholarship to be renewed each semester.
Applicants also will be considered for scholarships from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, CDEC's wholesale power provider and Basin Electric Power Cooperative of North Dakota. Each year, Tri-State affords us the opportunity to award (2) scholarships in the amount of $500 to a CDEC member or dependent of the member. Basin affords us the opportunity to award (1) scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to the dependent of a CDEC member.


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> On 9/15/2011 3:15 PM, Greg Carr wrote:
>> On Sep 14, 10:28 pm, Chom Noamsky<bea...@stew.tasty> wrote:
>>> On 9/14/2011 9:59 PM, Rachel Smiff wrote:
>>>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
>>>> bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=96982
>>>> How'd you like to bite into a hot dog and get a mouthful of
>>>> glass? Here's a story that probably should have broken BEFORE
>>>> labor day.
>>>> http://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes....9/02/hot-dogs-
>>>> horror-stories/
>>>> The Department of Agriculture recently filled a New York Times'
>>>> reporter's 2009 request for complaints lodged against hot dog
>>>> manufacturers. The 64 resulting reports are unappetizing, with
>>>> claims of metal washers, dragonflies and band-aids.
>>>> According to the synopsis posted on the Times' East Village
>>>> blog, bits of plastic top the list of complaints, but glass,
>>>> metal, insects and bone have strong showings in the list.
>>>> The blog reports that Americans consume 818 hot dogs a second in
>>>> the weeks between memorial day and labor day, so these 64
>>>> complaints don't represent a major trend. Just a disgusting one.
>>>> Also, keep in mind that some the the 'insects' or 'slugs' or
>>>> 'ejaculate' ultimately turn out to be batter or fat, so take the
>>>> complaints with a grain of salt.
>>>> The report is embedded at the bottom of this page, but here are
>>>> some noteworthy allegations from the complainants:
>>>> "[Redacted name] bit into the first hot dog from the package and
>>>> felt the small piece of glass against her front tooth. She was
>>>> not injured. The rest of the hot dogs were thrown away or
>>>> given to the dog."
>>>> "Noticed 1 milimeter white rod shaped worms-many clumped
>>>> together and embedded in the meat."
>>>> "The consumer found what appears to be a piece of an eyeball at
>>>> the end of a hotdog."
>>>> "Caller alleges that a rat leg is in one of the hot dogs"
>>>> "Found a whole band-aid inside one of hot dogs...I had contacted
>>>> Oscar Meyer[sic] first and was offered a coupon-they also asked
>>>> to pick up samples but I declined, as I wanted to reports[sic]
>>>> this a health and safety issue."
>>>> "Consumer discovered a Sly[sic]; brown body, black eyes,
>>>> elongated body under wings, 5 1/5 cm long. Cannot see legs."
>>>> "...observed a metal soda can pop top imbeded[sic] in the hot
>>>> dogs"
>>>> "When she flipped the package over, she observed a silver steel
>>>> looking item that had a half moon shape about a quarter of an
>>>> inch long."
>>>> "The husband actually bit into a piece of glass when he bit into
>>>> his hotdog. [Name redacted by USDA] stated that it was a good
>>>> sized piece of glass and that her husband was cut on the right
>>>> side of his mouth inside and on his jaw."
>>>> Why does finding foreign objects in food always have to be a
>>>> horror story, though? Just once it would be nice to hear about
>>>> the kid who bit into a hot dog and found a priceless diamond or
>>>> Xbox 360.
>>>> Call me, Oscar Mayer; I got ideas.
>>> Foreign matter in tube steaks should be the least of people's worries.
>>> More concerning should be the fact that eating hot dogs raises your
>>> chances of getting cancer, on par with smoking tobacco:
>>> http://gizmodo.com/5826514/doctors-h...-as-cigarettes
>> I'm a vegetarian except for fish and the occ. slice of pepperoni pizza
>> and the only hot dogs I eat are tofu. So I don't have to be concerned
>> about the hazards of meat.
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Somewhere amidst the JRPG cutscenes and moral gray areas of these games is a sea of tears just waiting to flow. These are 10 Video Games That Will Make You Cry.
Angelo D'Argenio is an 8 year veteran of game's journalism with an addiction to fighting games, artistic indie games, and JRPGs. He has written for several outlets and once served as an editor and video game liaison for Doug Liman, the producer of the Bourne Identity. He is the current president of Disorganization XIII, a panelist group that you can find performing at conventions all over the east coast. When he isn't writing about games or playing games you can find him running the NJ Rejects tournament series, putting on video game based art pieces, or working on Broken Sky, an indie game project of his own. He also plays a mean game of Tetris Attack.
Somewhere amidst the JRPG cutscenes and moral gray areas of these games is a sea of tears just waiting to flow. These are 10 Video Games That Will Make You Cry.
Are there really 11 obscure Mega Man Facts you've never heard about? Read along and see how well you really know the blue bomber.
There are still some ways to die in video games that make us rage and throw our controller, not because they are cheap, but because they are stupid.
Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) are weird man! There are giant robots, huge birds, tentacle demons, and all sorts of stuff.
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For this list, we are only considering the classic Japanese RPG and American RPG games that defined the formula as we know it today, and even then there are more than enough good RPGs out there to make your head spin. That being said, these are the 10 Best RPGs Ever.
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Completing Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a bittersweet experience. On one hand, it's a pleasure to come back to the Layton gameplay that we all know and love. On the other hand, it's the last time we will be doing so. This is, essentially, the end to the Layton series; a swan song for everyone's favorite top-hatted sleuth. The game is perfectly crafted to push you closer to the end, and with it the answer to a mystery that has been built up over the last three titles. You'll happily gobble up puzzle after puzzle, but as you fill out Layton's suitcase and slowly uncover all the answers the game has to offer, you can't help but be filled with an emptiness as you realize, this is really it.
Emulators, Quantum Physics, Fan Hacks and Mario; today's Game Experiment has it all. A new variety of playback has cropped up on YouTube under the title 'Many Worlds Mario.' It's a series of videos showcasing stages of the fan hack, Kaizo Mario World. The hack is designed to, essentially, be super hard. Nothing other than a very specific series of actions will get you through these sadistic stages lined with enemies, piranha plants, and bottomless pits. There are even portions of levels where you literally have to get through them by bouncing off of moving bullet bills.
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U.S. Department of Energy Critical Materials Strategy This report examines the role of rare earth metals and other materials in the clean energy economy. It was prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) based on data collected and research performed during 2010. Its main conclusions include: (a) Several clean energy technologies -- including wind turbines, electric vehicles, photovoltaic cells and fluorescent lighting -- use materials at risk of supply disruptions in the short term. Those risks will generally decrease in the medium and long term. (b) Clean energy technologies currently constitute about 20 percent of global consumption of critical materials. As clean energy technologies are deployed more widely in the decades ahead, their share of global consumption of critical materials will likely grow. (c) Of the materials analyzed, five rare earth metals (dysprosium, neodymium, terbium, europium and yttrium), as well as indium, are assessed as most critical in the short term. For this purpose, 'criticality' is a measure that combines importance to the clean energy economy and risk of supply disruption. (d) Sound policies and strategic investments can reduce the risk of supply disruptions, especially in the medium and long term. (e) Data with respect to many of the issues considered in this report are sparse. more »
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BUY LOCAL: While speculation abounds about the likelihood of a spike in domestic manufacturing, Yeohlee is already doing what she can to help prop up the Garment Center. Aside from producing her collection in New York and publicly talking up the need for more companies to do so, she now has Lord & Taylor's store windows touting her "Made in NYC" efforts. The designer said, "The store is aware of my interest in protecting the future of the fashion industry, and they have a history of supporting American design." And Made in America means something, "particularly now when there seems to be a sensitivity with consumers. It is being noticed beyond our industry," Yeohlee said.


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Dr. G. S. Christ, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., October 31, 1839; removed to Illinois, thence to Jewell County, Kan., October 1, 1870, and engaged in the practice of his profession; also took a homestead, and now owns the same. Attended the Medical department of the State University of Pennsylvania, located at Philadelphia. And


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Madeline Kara Neumann, 11 years old, died a horrifying death recently. She died from ignorance.
No, not her own ignorance. She was an innocent victim of her righteous parents' unknowing error. They were led to believe that there exists an invisible deity – somewhere in the sky – who has absolute power to subvert the laws of nature that govern our real world, and they chose to believe that strange notion because everyone they knew and trusted had similarly opted to accept this mythology that has created and supported a vast network of priests and organizations that depend upon the public's naivety and ignorance. It's called religion.
The parents' blind belief was that by pleading for a miracle from this demonstrably capricious, jealous, arrogant, vengeful, deity, they could reject medical assistance that is very capable of successfully treating the ailment from which Madeline suffered. This sort of perverse notion persists among the religious in spite of the plain historical fact that millions of humans were tortured and killed by the Nazis in World War II, by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, by the Holy Roman Inquisition, and by literally hundreds of other mass atrocities. Those people died despite the earnest, desperate, prayers of the victims – and of those who loved them – directed at this deity in whom they invested their faith.
The power of prayer is clearly described in the Holy Bible. There's no doubt about that. In Proverbs 10:24, it is simply stated: "…the desire of the righteous will be granted." Oh, but it goes on and on:
Matthew 7:7 – Ask, and it shall be given you. Matthew 21:22 – And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. James 5:15 – The prayer of faith will heal the sick. John 14:14 (quoting Christ) – If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. John 15:7 (quoting Christ) – If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 16:23 (quoting Christ) – Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 1st John 3:22 – And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him…
This is just a brief selection from Holy Writ. But it's wrong. It's all mythology.
The media have grabbed their scythes and torches, and assembled against Dale and Leilani Neumann, Madeline's parents, whose actions they have described as "unforgivable," "willful negligence," "child sacrifice," and "parental negligence." Nonsense. Madeline's long-drawn-out death – involving nausea, vomiting, unbearable thirst, weight loss, and weakness – due to diabetic ketoacidosis – was something that the majority of the rest of our species had been drumming into the Neumanns as an example of what prayer could and would solve, just by applying it. They believed that claim, firmly and absolutely. So who's really to blame? The Bible-thumpers who convinced the Neumanns of this claptrap, that's who. They're the people who are allowed to ignore tax laws, to operate freely any time or any place they want to, to screech their delusions in public and to manipulate their own children like helpless puppets in this monstrous Morality Play that our species so adores. Other parents do not own their children, as these zealots do – and should be prohibited from doing.
What's even more alarming in this calamity is exemplified by one of the ambivalent media headlines: "Ethicists say case unclear." Bio-ethicist Dr. Norman Fost of the University of Wisconsin Medical School is quoted as saying that we should not to be moralistic or pass judgment on parents who think they can heal a child through prayer, an opinion that I share. BBSNews [see tinyurl.com/33j6c6] expressed my own stance very clearly:
The fault lies in society's laudatory attitude toward a "holy book" which teaches superstition and faith-healing, whose passages are latched onto by Bible literalists, and whose obedience to such injunctions has been given a pass in the criminal statutes of many states. The mother, Leilani Neumann, of Weston, Wisconsin, publicly announced: "We need healing. We are going through the healing process." What about the healing process her daughter required? This helpless dependent of a middle-class family had last seen a doctor at the age of three, and recently had been pulled out of public schools for religious home-schooling, possibly to cover up symptoms of her illness, which, according to medical experts, would have surfaced at least six months ago… As a memorial to the painful, frightening and needless death of Madeline Kara Neumann, the Wisconsin Legislature needs to finally show some gumption, and remove from the statutes its callous exemption sanctifying child homicide in the name of faith.
However, that last paragraph, I must admit, makes me uncomfortable. No law is ever going to affect the decisions of religious zealots who fear damnation for not accepting and believing every word found in a badly-translated set of writings that originated in the ignorance of two thousand years ago. They will continue to treat their kids like chattels and pets, subjecting them to poisonous ideas and substances, and denying them proven life-saving measures. I am philosophically adverse to seeking a cure for ignorance through legislation rather than by education…
We can easily say that Dale and Leilani Neumann were simply stupid. Perhaps so, but more importantly, they – and we – have been swindled by the priests, and society continues not only to tolerate them, but to support them by granting them exemptions from the regulations and ignoring their folly and arrogance.
I received about 60 notifications from readers about the media coverage of this dreadful tragedy…
From reader Christopher Gagnon:
I have recently discovered that, along with the Lifetime Network's ridiculous programs such as "Lisa Willams: Life Among the Dead" and "America's Psychic Challenge," there is a large portion of their website dedicated to astrology, numerology, runes, tea leaves, and feng shui. There is no disclaimer that this is for entertainment purposes only. They seem to fully believe in and endorse it as a legitimate practice. I have emailed them numerous times to get them to pull their endorsement of these silly notions, with no response. Their astrologer, Christopher Renstrom, gives out advice on things such as health problems by explaining that their conditions will get better when their planet starts acting right again. This seems like a dangerous practice considering that the people seeking his advice might actually need to see a real professional. What's a skeptic to do?
First, Christopher, the Lifetime Network hardly "fully believe in and endorse" the nonsense they sell; they promote it because it brings in viewers and their money. Second, astrologer Renstrom doesn't care any more than the Lifetime Network does, whether or not viewers suffer from accepting spurious advice based on observations of the relative positions of the planets and stars – observations that Renstrom simply takes from an ephemeris that real scientists have provided for his use. The only motive of the Network and of their pet astrologer is whether naive viewers will part with money due to their poor understanding of reality...
Reader Fred Sciarratta tells us about his encounter with "medium" Jane Doherty, who has as bizarre a claim as I've ever heard:
About two years ago, a few of my family members decided to visit a haunted house, where Jane was going to "show her stuff." Supposedly, there were more ghosts there than you could shake a stick at. Being a skeptic, I went there with an open mind, looking for actual proof. As luck would have it, I was asked to go up to Jane and place my hands on her stomach. She told me to push hard against it. She then walked towards me, and as I walked back, her stomach was supposed to get bigger & harder. In case you don't know, this is her "power." Her stomach senses where spirits are and protrudes farther out, the closer she gets to it. Well, as we walked, I didn't notice any change at all. When she asked if I felt her stomach get bigger, I honestly answered, "No." She persisted, asking:
Are you sure? Right here, it gets bigger. See?
Are you sure? Right here, it gets bigger. See?
Just to move on, I said, "Oh yeah! Now I feel it!" And everyone gasped. Apparently, the ability to jut your belly out makes people believers. Well, I decided to see how far the power of suggestion went. After Jane left this room, and half of the people followed, I exclaimed, "Ooh! There's a cold spot right here!", at which I waved my hand through empty space. Correction, room-temperature-air-filled space. About ten people gathered around and waved their hands through the air, too. Not surprisingly, they all said that the air felt cold, almost freezing, to some. After meeting up with Jane in the next room, some people told Jane of their experience. Her reply:
Of course. There are many spirits within this house. You have found one.
Of course. There are many spirits within this house. You have found one.
Needless to say, I am still not a believer.
I believe you Fred, but please, in the future don't go along with such flummeries just to "move on." You become part of the scam…
I don't think we have to explain further why the JREF million-dollar prize offer will be history as of March 6th, 2010 (UPDATE: The Challenge is not ending), but I'll provide you here with an example of the seriously delusional persons who represent those who we've had to deal with over the past ten years. The letter that follows – sent to me by post – began with references to a URL that the writer stated he'd promised to send me. Though I recall having had several e-mail exchanges with the man, I don't have any recollection of such a promise. This man has an Imaginary Friend named Michael, it seems. He continued his letter, shown to you here in exactly the format, spelling, and spacing, as the original:
Under INDEX, CLICK ON RECENT DISCOVERIES AND GRAZE over the many things I have discovered since I had a stroke over 3 years ago and lost my high sensitive standing balance and "don't get around much any more" physically. But i have met several high-level friends in the Astral plane. By the way, I have not found any disease the Healing Mantra given to me by AA Michael, won't cure, it even cures "incureable" ones. I understand that Archangel Michael visited you and delivered the Pigasus gold statue I took from your safe. I hope you follow up on our pre-incarnational agreement to confirm the reality of "Paranormal" events in our physical reality before you pass on permanently. I did my part of the agreement by giving you the gold pigasus an hiding some birds in a sealed box that really upset you when you discovered them. Also hiding a box turtle in your desk, etc. I found that you have 6 dark astral associates that keep intuitive people from performing their gifts properly in your presence. All such creatures are supposed to be gone as Mother Earth raises the earth to 5th dimension. So if they show up missing you will know where they have gone (they can't stand the higher vibration and heat). If you forgive all those you have associated with in your lifetime for any harm they did to you and they forgive you for all that you did harmful to them, you both can raise to a higher spiritual level on your way back to Unity with All That IS. I gave you the gift of Unconditional Love.
Make no mistake, this man really believes his delusions. To him, they constitute his entire world. I wrote him – via post – and suggested strongly that he seek professional help; this is an action we've had to carry out many times over the years, a suggestion that I'm rather sure has never been acted upon, but it's the ethical thing to do. I wish there were a better way…
And in the same hour as the above letter arrived by post, this one came by e-mail. It was sent by "Bob," surely a distinctive moniker if ever there was one! He uses "Quirinus Quirrell" as an Internet signature, so maybe he's just an acned juvenile in an attic with a keyboard... Again, spelling, punctuation, and language intact:
For your humble information, Skeptic, Uri Geller is better than your gang of cynics could EVER HOPE TO BE! Uri Geller can really bend spoonsm DEAL WITH IT! I hate the way you go romping around, saying "Ooh, I hate magic! Leonardo da Vinci didn't really paint the Mona Lisa! That's not real! That's not real!" Well, some people wish magic was real. You think that those people are mentally unstable. I believe that is very wrong. Magic way better than your stupid physics and formulas! "Blah equals blah over blah squared!" How stupid is that? I'm not ashamed to say that I PRACTICE PALM READING AND HOMEOPATTHY AND I BELIEVE IN ALIENS! GO AHEAD, TAUNT ME AND LAUGH ALL YOU WANT! I AM NOT MENTALLY UNSTABLE, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE PREDICTED THE FUTURE! I LIKE MAGIC AND ALCHEMY BETTER THAN YOUR PHYSICS AND FORMULAS! I WISH I COULD JUST JINX YOU AND YOUR GANG OF CYNICAL KNOW-IT-ALLS! I HOPE YOU GET HEXED AND THEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS! I HATE SKEPTICS!!! Signed, Bob. P.S.: URI GElLER RULES!
Bob, it's "Geller," not "Geiler"! At least spell your hero's name correctly! Otherwise, some may think you're just an acned juvenile in an attic with a keyboard! Oh, I already said that...
"CAM" in the following refers to "Complimentary & Alternative Medicine." Reader Terry Polevoy alerts us, and asks:
The following is the usual INCAM Research newsletter. How the hell can the government of Canada support such rubbish?
I found that the "IN-CAM News FLASH" is a "service" of the Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research. It provides "timely information on IN-CAM news, resources, and activities." Here's a shortened version of what has reader Polevoy so incensed:
IN-CAM News FLASH (2008/03/28) Funding Opportunity – Homeopathic Research Network of Canada. The Homeopathic Research Network of Canada (HomeoNet) is requesting proposals for a funding competition in homeopathic medicine. For more information, guidelines and application package, please visit… Conference Announcement – The Syndicat Professionnel des Homopathes du Quebec is hosting a conference entitled, "Homeopathy's Contribution in Epidemics: A Scientific Symposium"… CAM Summer School – The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research… [has] organized a summer school course on Research Methods in CAM. The course is open to a small number of international participants and will take place in Potsdam, Germany… Conference Announcement – The 16th Annual Symposium on Botanical Medicine, entitled "Medicines from the Earth," will be held… at Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Conference Announcement – The 5th International Congress on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research will be held… in Troms, Norway.
Terry Polevoy is as astonished as I am about the fact that homeopathy is still able – despite abundant evidence of its obviously spurious nature – to attract enough attention from the world of quackery to afford such conferences and attention. The public of Canada is being asked to fund pseudoscience labeled "homeopathy," a silly notion that has done nothing to benefit victims of epidemics, but has filled the pockets of the quacks. Whether held in Germany or in Australia, any "Research Methods" school course in quackery is still a course in quackery. And yes, effective medicines have been found in the earth of our planet – terramicine, for example – but I've a strong feeling that any CAM handling of this subject will be abundantly woo-woo in nature.
We're losing our fight for honesty and good science in medicine…
A building built in 1855 called Chatham Oaks, which houses people with physical and mental disabilities, will shortly be visited by a four-person "Carroll Area Paranormal Team," all adults and thought to be sane. Johnson County officials have given their informal approval for these "ghost hunters" to check out what was once an insane asylum to see if any spirits are hanging about. This brilliant decision was made by apparently otherwise sober officials of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, who took the initial action on a request from the Johnson County Historical Society, which gives tours of the 153-year-old building and seems to think that the citizens of the area will now be better protected from any beasties and banshees that might be in the area. Can't be too careful, you know, even if you look like damn fools and have folks tittering as you pass by them in the street.
Mr. Brandon Cochran, Museum Operations Assistant for the Johnson County Historical Society, says that there have never been reports of ghosts or bizarre happenings at the building, and that bringing in a paranormal team is "kind of taking the pre-emptive approach." Wise man, though maybe a trifle "teched," as they say. You know, Brandon and his fellow employees can probably add and read, yet they believe in ghosts and demons! Probably taught school or had responsible jobs, at one time…
Brandon wants the Iowa-based paranormal investigative team to come in for one night of "scientific" investigation, but he sure hopes they don't find any paranormal activity goin' on! The Team, we're assured, will use the usual useless means of finding spirits – thermal imaging equipment and voice recording systems tuned up so high in an environment jammed with signals from cell phones, intercoms, various media transmitters, and private/commercial communications, that anything within miles will sent the instruments off the scale – and signify nothing. But, count on it, there will be reports of faint words and strange sounds that the Team will shudder and gasp over, like teeny-boppers at an Alice Cooper show…
The Chatham Oaks officials said there wouldn't be a problem with the paranormal team coming in "as long as it didn't disturb residents," said county facilities director Dave Kempf. Get real, folks! A bunch of gawking dumbos looking for ghosties are not exactly conducive to sanity and good mental health among patients. But actual adult human beings will solemnly sign papers approving the decision, the farce will take place, and common sense and rationality will again yield to juvenile ideas of what passes for truth…
I just knew there was a word in English for newly-made-up words, as we mentioned last week at randi.org/joom/swift/swift-march-28-2008.html#i7. RoseAnne Mussar of Ottawa, Canada, promptly informed me:
There is a word in the English language for newly-coined words: is it "neologism." But I expect those creatively wacky SWIFT readers will come up with some neologistic zingers of their own!
Just to show that she can play the neological game, RoseAnne closed with:
SWIFT is the cyberhighlight of my week – can't get enough!
And reader Larry Coon wrote us:
Your "invented word assignment" already has an answer: "sniglet." A comedian named Rich Hall coined it, and has been doing this for a couple decades. See here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet
I just returned from a visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] Media Lab, a magical place where I lectured at a closed session held for the prestigious sponsors of the Lab, among whom are Bank of America, Canon, Motorola, Cisco Systems, General Motors, and Microsoft. It was titled, "Trust Me," and having a magician there seemed appropriate. I hadn't spoken for the Media Lab since 1993, and experiencing the enthusiasm, spirit, and eager pursuit of knowledge that constitute the center, was even more exhilarating this time around. Young people of every cultural, ethnic, and philosophical background, work together with a zeal and dedication that I can only hope will infect other centers of learning and innovation around the world. The sponsors of the Media Lab are performing an essential service to all humanity, not just to the USA, by supporting this endeavor, and I'm sure they know it.
Fantastic devices, beautiful objects, exciting ideas and applications, are evident everywhere. I saw prototypes of innovative "green" vehicles, graphic demos of computer systems, and the very new "3-D printing" technique whereby intricate interlocking sculptures can be carved out (more correctly, laid down) by lasers, layer by layer. The first photo here shows just a sample of the thousands of Lego pieces that the Lab denizens fiddle with, and the cute animal doll is a robot with fully-articulated hands, as well as rolling and blinking eyes, which – among other tasks – assembles projected shapes on a table surface into other shapes and objects… The more traditional robot, also shown here, examines basic shapes, identifies them, and does simple tasks with them… It was a captivating atmosphere in which to be immersed, and I hope that I'll be back for another visit very soon.
The Media Lab rules…!
We've been extremely busy here at the JREF going through our entire DVD library which currently consists of more than 300 discs. There is so much great content that we've decided to post them on the official YouTube channel of the foundation youtube.com/jamesrandifoundation.
There are currently 45 videos posted but many more are on the way. Our media manager has reported that he will be posting 1 DVD a day to the channel so make sure you subscribe so you are kept informed of the latest upload.
Here I share with you one of my many TV appearances in the 1980's. I was a guest on the show People Are Talking, you'll notice a now very famous host by the name of Oprah Winfrey. Make sure to leave comments on the videos after you watch them.
Off to Boulder, Colorado…


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Here are a few scripts, that I find really useful for speeding up my web development time.
I've been building up this list as I needed to use them - so they maybe a little raw.
For example often clients send me images with filenames that don't match my naming standard, so running the appropriate script really helps keep me focussed on the job in hand and not waste too much time reformatting filenames etc.
Finally if you have any useful little bash scripts why don't you add them to the comments below?
Iterate over the current directory, get all files with .log and append .txt to the end of the entire filename:
for i in .log; do mv "$i" "$i.txt"; done
Converts all the file names in a directory and converts them to lowercase.
echo version:
for i in .log; do echo mv "$i" "
echo $i| tr [A-Z] [a-z]"; done
real version:
for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" "
echo $i| tr [A-Z] [a-z]"; done
-o print Only the matched parts of a matching line, with each part on a separate line. -H print the filename for each match. -n prefix each line of output with the 1 based line number. -R, -r recursively read all files under subdirectories.
grep -oHnr "some pattern" *.txt
{txt,log} this globs the file extensions together. 2>/dev/null this passes all errors to a blackhole, so that they won't be displayed.
grep 123741 ./adapter_logs/*.{txt,log} 2>/dev/null
Find all occurrences of 123741 in all .txt and .log files in all subdirectories.
for i in 'find . -type d'; do grep 123741 $i/*.{txt,log}; done 2>/dev/null
All files with the number 5 in their name.
ls | grep -e .5.
svn ls http://www.mysvnserver.co.uk/myproject/tags | grep mytag-0.7.0.1/
The [ ] is known as a Test, by default it tests integers Also to end an if statement you use fi
if [ 1 = 1 ] ; then echo YES; else echo NO; fi
if [ "
svn ls http://mysvnserver/mysvnrepository/myproject/tags | grep R-9.20.400.0/" = "R-9.20.400.0/" ]; then echo YES; else echo NO; fi
Note need the / in the evaluation part of "it-0.9.0.7/", don't really need it in grep it-0.9.0.7/
$ if [ "
svn ls http://www.mysvnserver.co.uk/myproject/tags | grep it-0.7.0.1/" = "it-0.7.0.1/" ]; then echo YES; else echo NO; fi
j=0; j=$(($j+1))
incrementing in a loop
j=0;for i in *.txt; do echo "some_file_"$j".txt"; j=$(($j+1)); done
for i in *.txt; do echo $i"whoopee"; done
j=16;for i in *.jpg; do mv "$i" "gallery_"$j".jpg"; j=$(($j+1)); done;ls
for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" "
echo $i| tr [A-Z] [a-z]"; done
Create an HTML version:
for i in *.jpg; do echo "\t
\r\t\t\r\t
"; done > list_items.html
Create a HAML version:
for i in *.jpg; do echo "\t%li\r\t\t%img{ :src => 'images/$i', :alt => '' }\r"; done > imgs.haml
for i in aples*.jpg; do mv $i ${i/aples/apples} ; done
Create a file called something like "my_files.txt" with the following content:
archive_error_112480_0040.txt archive_error_114390_0043.txt etc...
for i in
sed -n -e 'p' my_files.txt; do mkdir a_test/$i; done
while read x; do touch $x; done < my_files.txt
cat my_files.txt | xargs touch
(xargs passes each line as an argument into EACH touch)
-e is an undocumented flag that allows escapes Expansion ${command/parameter/substitution} everything else needs to be escaped.
echo -e ${PATH//:/\n}
source .bash_profile
. .bash_profile
NB: you can 'include' other bash .sh scripts in a .bash_profile file by using 'source' or '.'
Use -O to name the remote file, curl will save it locally but remove the rest of the path.
curl -O http://rubyforge-files.ruby-forum.com/rubygems/rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
If a directory does NOT exist create it
[ -d "/var/cache/git" ] || mkdir /var/cache/git
If a file exists echo a message:
[ -f "./new_file.txt" ] && echo "its there"
for i in *.html; do mv "$i" "
echo $i| tr -d ' '"; done
replace spaces for underscores
for i in *.html; do mv "$i" "
echo $i| tr ' ' '_'"; done
Vim regex to replace spaces in images file names of ah HTML page
echo 'hello world'|pbcopy
cmd + v
Some of these are quite basic but useful none-the-less, please add your own to the comments below. Many thanks, and good luck.
This is a script written by a colleague. James Power. Add the following function to your .bash_profile in Apple OSX. Now open a directory in Finder, then open terminal and type cdf, your terminal will now change directory to the same one as the last Finder opened.
# function to change directory to the one set in the last opened finder.
cdf () {
currFolderPath=$( /usr/bin/osascript <<" EOT"
tell application "Finder"
set currFolder to (folder of the front window as alias)
on error
set currFolder to (path to desktop folder as alias)
end try
POSIX path of currFolder
end tell
echo "cd to "$currFolderPath""
cd "$currFolderPath"
Also for a much more comprehensive list of commands check out: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/tagged/34/bash
If you use Ruby maybe check out Rush, it allows you do use Ruby in a bash command-line like way.


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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Early Goal For Spartans
Michigan State wasted little time getting on the scoreboard - 36 seconds to be exact. That was how long it took Matt Schepke to bury it in the back of the Bulldogs' net, past netminder Taylor Nelson, off assists from Ben Warda and Jeff Petry for the 1-0 lead.
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Aaron_Lax16! He won with a total of 155 votes. Congratulations Aaron! Please reach out to us so we can send you your prize.
On Monday, we announced that we were giving away a free pair of the Warrior Hundy Lacrosse Gloves. We asked fans to submit a photo of their current lacrosse gloves, and we ended up getting some real gems. We thought you might like to check them out!
We received 15 entries within 24 hours, and now we're hoping you can help us decide who wins! Take a look at all the entries in the gallery below and cast your vote in the reader poll beneath it. The entry with the most votes on Monday, October 1st takes home the Hundy!


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Blurty for Prairie Girl.
|Friday, March 14th, 2008
Sometimes, when I eat Indian food now, it makes me feel like I'm in E. M. Forester's A Passage to India, having a picnic by those caves or visiting the doctor's place for dinner.
I made an Indian curry dish for supper tonight - chicken with tomatoes and fenugreek or something like that. I also made these chick pea flour pancakes, which I've been eating with butter and mango chutney while I wait for Todd to get home from work.
Work today was boring and slow. I put together a database for the "farm", and the guy who fixes the blinds came in and looked at my naked window. A couple weeks ago, I was adjusting the blinds, and they just fell right off. It's taken two weeks to assess the situation twice. The first time they said they'd be replacing the blinds in the entire office as a result. We thought that was stupid, but such is the public service. Now they've come in again and are much more reasonable - they'll only be replacing the ones in my office. Now if it's taken them two weeks to determine all this, I imagine I won't have new blinds until mid-September.
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ROYBA holds basket ball
On Dec. 20, the Red Oak Youth Basketball Association held its last day of practice games and its "Basket Ball" holiday community service event.
Players, coaches and parents from 17 teams sold raffle tickets for gift cards, including a $300 card for Target, to raise money to make holiday gift baskets for the senior citizens at the Red Oak Rehabilitation Center.
During the day, players, parents and board members assembled gift baskets to be delivered on Dec. 21.
The Dragons basketball team sold the most raffle tickets and the Marcelo was the Super Star seller and the team received a free pizza party and prizes.
Besides all the youth practice games, a coach's game was held at the end of the evening.
During halftime of the coaches game drawings were held for the gift cards and then a kids contest was held.
All the kids were divided into two teams and each kid had to run down the court, put on a basketball jersey, then grab a basketball and take a lay up shot, put the basketball back, then run back and remove the jersey, then run back to the baseline so your teammate could do the same thing until all players had finished. The winning team received free snacks from the concession stand.
The league will begin regular season games after the school holiday break at the ACORN Academy and ROJH gyms.
For more information on the league visit their web site at http://redoakyouthbasketball association.com.


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CVSup is a software package for distributing and updating collections of files across a network. It can efficiently and accurately mirror all types of files, including sources, binaries, hard links, symbolic links, and even device nodes. CVSup's streaming communication protocol and multithreaded architecture make it most likely the fastest mirroring tool in existence today.
CVSup was conceived and developed by John Polstra, a consultant whose specialties include high-performance network communications.
In addition to being a great general-purpose mirroring tool, CVSup includes special features and optimizations specifically tailored to CVS repositories. By taking advantage of the special properties of the files contained in CVS repositories, CVSup is able to perform updates much faster than traditional systems. CVSup parses and understands the RCS files making up a CVS repository. When updates occur, CVSup extracts new deltas directly from the RCS files on the server and edits them into the client's RCS files. Likewise, CVSup notes the addition of new symbolic tags to the files on the server and sends only the new tags to the client.
CVSup is able to merge new deltas and tags from the server with deltas and tags added locally on the client machine. This makes it possible for the client to check local modifications into his repository without their being obliterated by subsequent updates from the server.
In addition to distributing the RCS files themselves, CVSup is able to distribute specific checked-out versions. The client can specify a symbolic tag, a date, or both and CVSup will extract the appropriate versions from the server's CVS repository. Checked-out versions do not need to be stored on the server, since CVSup can extract any version directly from the CVS repository. If the client has an existing checked-out tree, CVSup will apply the appropriate edits to update the tree or transform it into the requested version. Only the differences between the existing version and the desired version are sent across the network.
To update non-RCS files, CVSup uses the highly efficient rsync algorithm, developed by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras.
CVSup uses lightweight processes (threads) to implement a streaming protocol across the network. This completely eliminates the delays associated with the lock-step, request-reply form of communication used by many existing protocols, such as sup and NNTP. Information is transferred at the full available speed of the network in both directions at once. Network latency and server response delays are rendered practically irrelevant.
CVSup uses the "zlib" compression package to optionally compress all communications. This provides an additional 65-75% compression, on top of the diff-based compression already built into CVSup.


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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is an entry in the thirst-quenchingly popular Final Fantasy series, and a direct prequel to the most well-known entry in the series, Final Fantasy VII. It is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.Crisis Core follows Zack Fair, a character who had a minor but significant role in the original game, in the events leading up to the introduction to Final Fantasy VII. It also expands on the backstory of fan favorite Sephiroth. Many characters from the original game, such as Cloud, Aerith, and Sephiroth, play roles of various importance in the story.Although the game is still an RPG, it contains more action elements in combat than its predecessor, and battles are faster-paced. The Materia system returns, if slightly altered.Crisis Core was widely praised as pretty much the only entry in the Compilation to be a decent game by itself. Critics and fans enjoyed the story, direction, and gameplay, though they were turned off by the tedium of the 300 practically identical optional missions and the DMW System.
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Applications for the 2014 Homegrown Park Ranger program are now closed.
Who can participate?
Homegrown Park Ranger applicants must live, work or play within the 2014 Homegrown National Park boundaries — which includes Toronto municipal wards 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.
We will accept applications from individuals as well as two person teams. All participants must be 18 years of age.
If you don't live, work or play in the area but still want to be involved, please contact us. There may be select roles for folks outside the park boundaries.
How long does the program last?
The Homegrown Park Ranger program runs from March until October. Successful applicants must commit to volunteer for the entire period. The program begins with the Park Ranger training program on March 1st and 2nd.
Homegrown National Park events will take place throughout the summer, with a closing event in early October.
While the project is in its second year and we anticipate continuing for at least the next two years, our hope is that the Homegrown National Park project will continue enriching these neighbourhoods for years to come!
What is the time commitment?
Following the two-day training workshop, Park Rangers should expect to dedicate between 5-10 hours per week to the project, including participation in community events. Time investment will vary based on the nature of activities chosen.
Can you give me an example of activities that Park Rangers will be supporting?
The goal of this program is to get people outside creating and restoring urban green space and spurring creative green interventions and activities. From experience, we know that participants in the project will dream up amazing projects that engage their communities in meaningful ways.
Here are some examples of potential community projects:
- A business or institution can plant an employee garden on their property
- A group of neighbours can create a pollinator corridor by adding native plants and flowers to each property on their block
- A group of students can recruit volunteers to clean up a local park or plant trees
- Restaurant staff can use locally grown produce to create a 'homegrown' special for their seasonal menu
- A team of Park Rangers can rally condo residents to plant balcony gardens or create a rooftop garden or green roof
There are a number of homegrown events planned for 2014, like the outdoor screening at Fort York, pizza nights in Christie Pits and the Park Crawl that you can be involved in. And remember, DSF staff is here to support and mentor Park Rangers in their outreach activities.
What are the selection criteria for participating teams?
Because space is limited, we need to ensure participants can commit to the full program. Here's what we'll be looking for:
- Connection to your neighbourhood and community;
- Creativity and enthusiasm;
- Leadership and communications abilities;
- Ability to inspire others to take action;
- A commitment to bringing nature home to the city.
Does the program cost anything for participants?
No. While Park Rangers may end up fundraising for their projects, the Park Ranger program is free of charge for participants thanks to the support of generous supporters.
What are the benefits of participating?
- Be a part of an innovative leadership program;
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Comes with a free Justice 4 Trayvon (TM) patch for that edgy, socially-aware touch on Casual Friday.May 20, 2012 - 11:28 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
3. DW Pepper
Only a White Fool would get caught wearing one of those.. Someone like BORAK !!.. If you own one of these " Hoodies" you probley own a Man thong too !!May 21, 2012 - 3:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply
4. Claire
Oh that's horrible.
Now I'm going to be self-conscious wearing my regular hoodies and I'm a girl. Ewww. He wrecked it for me for now and forever.May 21, 2012 - 8:44 am Link to this Comment | Reply
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Just take it all in! Retromodern couch, ping pong paddle (no table), pinstripe hoodie, and that eager expression – the whole scene just screams "Let's Go! I'm ready to play!"May 21, 2012 - 10:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply
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Back in the last century there was a person known in the corporate world as the "blue-chip black"-an African American with a MBA or some such. Great for that diversity count. If this garment were suggested to him, he would be insulted.
However, as a novelty item, it doesn't seem too silly. I'll await the verdict of the Manolo.May 21, 2012 - 9:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
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You could call AvroKO a design firm, but that'd be an understatement. The four partners who run the business William Harris, Kristina O'Neal, Adam Farmerie, and Greg Bradshaw are architects, graphic artists, interior designers, and restaurant owners themselves who, as a company, create spaces you want to hang out in (while, often, enjoying a cocktail) around the world. They also own and operate some of those very spaces in New York City, including the soon to re-open Madam Geneva bar, and a restaurant called Public, for which they're currently at work turning themselves into wine-producers. Add to their list of incredible spaces: The sprawling office they all share, hidden behind a door in the back of their headquarters, where the four collect objects from their past projects and figure out which new work they should take on next. Herewith, a tour of the space, including some new desk gear and other artifacts that it was difficult for us not to steal. The Editors


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Amnesty International has accused the United States, Russia and China of ignoring human rights violations by allies and failing to open their own records to scrutiny in its annual survey.
The human rights organisation took Washington to task for the failure of Barack Obama, the US president, to close its prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba despite promising to do so.
It also criticised Russia and China for what it described as blocking international scrutiny of the Sri Lankan government's conduct during its bloody conflict with Tamil fighters.
"Our report shows that powerful states hold themselves above the law and protect their allies, so justice is only served when expedient," said Claudio Cordone, interim secretary general of the organisation.
Obama missed his self-imposed deadline to close Guantanamo in January and has not offered a new deadline.
Francis Perrin, vice president of Amnesty International France, said that there was also "a refusal" from US officials to shed light on the alleged violations during the previous administration's "war on terror".Gaza obstruction
Amnesty criticised China, Russia and the US, and several other Group of 20 countries, for refusing to participate in the International Criminal Court, which is intended to prosecute war criminals.
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Washington and others have refused to ratify the court's founding treaty, partly because they fear the court could become a forum for politically motivated prosecutions of troops in unpopular wars like Iraq.
The UK-based organisation also complained that the US and members of the European Union had obstructed international justice by using their positions on the UN Security Council to shield Israel from accountability for war crimes allegedly committed during its recent war on Gaza.
"The Goldstone report, commissioned by the Human Rights Council found that both Israeli forces and Hamas committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in the Gaza war, echoing our own findings," said Cordone.
"Israel and Hamas are still ignoring the report's call for accountability. International pressure is still needed here."
The group's report listed examples of what it said were war crimes committed by Israeli forces, but did not provide details of sources.
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Amnesty said China, Russia and other allies of Sri Lanka sitting on the 47-member Human Rights Council had helped block legal accountability for the violence and alleged abuses during the final stages of the country's civil war last year.
It said this had been done by those states voting for a resolution that stressed the war was a "domestic" matter that did not warrant outside interference.
A US state department report has accused both sides of possible war crimes, and the UN estimates that at least 7,000 civilians were killed in fighting.
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In Russia, Nicola Duckworth, a senior director at Amnesty, raised concern about killings of rights defenders, lawyers and journalists and the failure by Moscow to track down the culprits.
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Focusing on China, Amnesty also criticised Beijing for its handling of violence in the country's western Xinjiang region last year.
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It's No Name-Calling Week (January 21 - 25, 2013)! What are you doing to participate in this important event? Back to Article
No name calling week my *** that's not gonna happen for me /:
i undersatnd that sum ppl wats to stop for instant me if ill try to stop name calling and day call me a name and i have to say sumthin back dats how i am
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I supose it will stop name calling. We're not participating in my school but I would like to find out about it. Comment me telling me about it if your school participated.
lol...i NAMECALL MY SIS EVERY AFTER 5 MINITS
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I cant last a week with out calling my brother a name???????????????
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I used to flame this thread because it was full of toolbag complainers, but some of you actually have some legit stuff to complain about.
Here's my only pet peeve in the Gym: Pretty boys. You idiots sit there and hog the mirror as you curl some weak-ass weight and then you check you arm in the mirror afterwords as if it somehow grew within the past 5 minutes of your workout. Then, you complain about a little loud clanging when someone's actually putting up some decent weight, try to critique hard lifters and power lifters on how to lift when you can't lift **** yourself, and then run to the gym staff and complain cause you got your feelings hurt. You don't own sh!t, you don't run sh!t, and you sure as hell can't lift sh!t so the cocky attitude is definitely unjustified, and therefore pointless.
I tell yuh, you guys are the biggest bunch of pussies on the face of this country. All that muscle you guys try and pack on don't mean a damn thing if you don't have the grit to back it up. If this description fits you then remember my avi. If you see me in the gym, stay the fack out of my way or I'll slap the priss out of your candy ass.
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Caught in the act; Man crashes into back of building
FERRIS - A 44–year-old Bristol man was caught breaking into local area businesses Sunday, Feb. 27.
Ferris Police Officer Chris Ellis arrested Thomas Augustus Gatlin at 2:23 a.m. for burglary of a building.
According to Police Chief Sam Love, Gatlin drove through the back of B&J's printing, located on 107 Main Street, thinking it was the pharmacy .
"He also tried to get into Melinda's Hair Salon, but he only was able to get in partially since it's double paneled," said Love.
The word is, he was trying to get asthma medicine for his 16-year- old son but authorities have denied this being the main cause.
Gatlin, with no previous criminal history in the state, pulled a BB Gun out but placed it down as Officer Ellis was approaching.
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I've been pondering this question a lot lately. Why did God save ME? there are a lot of people who are in dire need of him and his greatness and I was chosen. I knew my life was bad, a lot of stuff happened to me. I lost my mother, uncle, and grandfather all in the same year and I was struggling with depression and loneliness. I can remember specific times where I wanted to kill myself, living wasn't an option because I was without something that had provided me my strength and knowledge and courage: my mother. Jesus spoke to me through one of the best gifts I've ever been given, music. Switchfoot, Relient K, Sanctus Real, Watashi Wa, Dogwood, Lifehouse, etc... All these bands questioned everything I always did about Jesus and I didn't receive answers, I got more burning questions in my mind about everything. Through music I devoted myself to God and to trying to be a good Christian. I re-gained my strength and knowledge and courage through someone who wasn't my mother, Jesus. I was sick of fitting the sterotypical teen and the life I was living. The cussing, the drinking, the reckelessness...I somehow bounced out of that and became the opposite. I heard Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) speak live for the first time last May and was given a new desire to spread the word of God and let people know of his greatness.
I am within days of making my confirmation and I still have no clue why God saved ME. I know that my mother is always with me, I know that no matter what happens in life Jesus will always be there to pick me up when I fall, I know that the love I have for Jesus cannot be broken because he loves me just as much as I love him. I am thankful I was lucky enough to even be seen by God after all the things I've done. I sin everyday and I am trying to be a better person and as each day goes by I change, I change a little bit and become wiser and different. If I never get the answer to the question Why God Saved Me then it's okay because I will always be thankful to breathe the air I am breathing now, to see the things I have seen...the good and the bad because the good I will carry and the bad have taught me a lesson in life. I am thankful to be surrounded by good people, people who love and care for me and people who will always help me. If I lose it all...everything I have, my money, my family, my house, all my belongings IT'S OKAY because I have something bigger than that, something that can't be broken and that is the Holy Spirit, the lord, the giver of LIFE.
I've been thinking deeply for days now and had to get all of it out, maybe it was an attempt to let people know how I feel but probably just to get what I'm saying organized.
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Sunday Best Roast Beef
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Tender roast beef drizzled with pan gravy is the quintessential Sunday meal. Best prepared with a mother's love.
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Sunday Best Roast Beef
- 1 (4-to-5-pound) boneless beef bottom round roast, substitute rump roast
- 2 tablespoon(s) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon(s) powdered garlic
- 1 teaspoon(s) onion powder
- 1 teaspoon(s) paprika
- 1 tablespoon(s) coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) coarsely ground black pepper
- 2.5 teaspoon(s) coarse salt
Pan Gravy
- 3 all-purpose flour
- 2 cup(s) beef broth
- Prepare the Roast: Adjust the rack to the bottom of the oven and heat to 425 dgrees F. Blot any excess moisture from the roast, rub the Worcestershire sauce over the entire roast, and allow to marinate for 30 minutes, turning it twice.
- Combine the powdered garlic, onion powder, paprika, and 1 tablespoon coarse-ground pepper in a small bowl; sprinkle the seasoning mixture evenly over the roast, pressing it, and let the roast stand for 20 to 30 minutes. Rub the meat with 2 teaspoons salt, place fat side up in a shallow roasting pan, and roast for 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and continue to roast until the meat's internal temperature reaches 130 degrees F -- about 2 hours. Let the roast stand for 20 minutes before slicing.
- Prepare the Gravy: Skim any fat from the liquid that remains in the roasting pan. Whisk the flour and 1/2 cup water together to a paste; set aside.
- Scrape the drippings from the bottom of the roasting pan, add the beef broth, and stir over medium heat until the mixture begins to simmer.
- While continuously whisking, add the flour paste, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. If needed, add a little water to thin the gravy. Add remaining salt and pepper; serve warm.
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