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I'm curious as to what his gameplan was and how he thought it would play out. Though it only happened once, Penn was wide open for those leg kicks that Edgar hit him with in the past two fights. And just like the past fights, Edgar was able to get his combos in and get out before Penn's counterpunch (which was much much slower).
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The Seattle Mariners have acquired Justin Ruggiano from the Chicago Cubs.
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The Seattle Mariners have acquired Justin Ruggiano from the Chicago Cubs.
Seattle will send right-hander Matt Brazis to Chicago in return.
Ruggiano is expected to make more than $2 million in arbitration.
The Seattle Mariners are closing in on a trade for a hitter, according to reports.
The trade is not for Marlon Byrd of the Philadelphia Phillies. There is also "nothing brewing" between the Mariners and Boston Red Sox on Allen Craig.
Justin Upton and Ian Desmond are rumored options.
The Seattle Mariners are looking at Alex Rios as an option in right field.
Rios, currently a free agent, hit .280/.311/.398 in 521 plate appearances with the Texas Rangers this past season.
The Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals are still "working" on a possible trade involving Ian Desmond.
Seattle is balking at including top young arms Taijuan Walker and James Paxton in a deal.
The Seattle Mariners are looking for offense and Melky Cabrera is believed by many to be the best remaining free-agent outfielder.
Cabrera, 30, is seeking a five-year deal in the range of $60 million, while Seattle isn't currently willing to go beyond three seasons.
Days after signing Nelson Cruz to a four-year, $58-million deal, the Mariners are reportedly showing interest in free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera, according to The Tacoma News Tribune.
Interested teams are being told that Chase Headley has received a four-year, $65 million contract offer, according to a report.
It was reported on Thursday that the Seattle Mariners were interested in the free agent.
The Miami Marlins, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants have also been linked to Headley.
Jack Zduriencik has reitered that the Seattle Mariners won't trade Hisashi Iwakuma this offseason.
"He's not going anywhere," Zduriencik said. "I have no clue where that came from."
The right-hander had a 3.52 ERA, 1.050 WHIP and 154 strikeouts in 179 innings this past season.
The Seattle Mariners have traded Michael Saunders to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for J.A. Happ, according to a source.
Seattle had been looking to trade Saunders since the end of the season.
Happ, 32, went 11-11, with a 4.22 ERA, in 28 starts for the Blue Jays this year.
The Baltimore Orioles are one of at least three teams -- along with the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres -- showing interest in acquiring Matt Kemp from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
One person close to the situation said the Orioles have gotten "nowhere" in talks for the outfielder.
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PRP 6210 - Background Investigation Policy
A primary responsibility of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is to provide a safe and productive environment in which students, employees and visitors can learn, live and work. To this end, the University will attempt to obtain certain information about recommended candidates for employment to ensure a consistent level of background investigations for appointees for all positions at Bloomsburg University. Nothing herein is intended to contradict or lessen compliance with applicable federal and state laws or regulations.
This policy is established in accordance Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors Policy 2009-01, Criminal Background Investigations.
This policy applies to all positions for instructional and non-instructional vacancies at the university.
This policy establishes a process for verifying information provided by applicants for employment including employment history, educational attainment, criminal history and related information such as confirmation of a professional license, or records of garnishment where bonding is a prerequisite to hiring.
This policy generally applies to external candidates identified for hire. The university reserves the right to conduct background checks for employees in positions which require background checks as a condition of continuing employment. If an employee leaves the university, that employee will be subject to a background check for rehire.
Individuals with roles identified below who receive background and criminal history information shall keep such information confidential. Information will be provided on a strict need-to-know basis and any discussions will be pertinent to the hiring process.
The following individuals have specific duties:
President and Vice Presidents
- To incorporate the requirements of this policy into the recruitment and selection process.
- To ensure compliance with this policy and relevant procedures.
- To assure consistent application of standards in decision making across the University relative to review of work history, educational history and criminal convictions.
President's Designee
- To notify job applicants of the requirements of this policy before and during the recruitment and selection process.
- To interpret criminal history information and recommend appropriate action to the President or appropriate Vice President.
Vice Presidents
The appropriate Vice President will evaluate the results of the background investigation. The Vice President may also consider information collected during the regular search process prior to approving the employment recommendation.
Applicant Notification
All advertisements for positions must contain the following statement: "Prior to a final offer of employment the selected candidate will be required to submit to a background check including, but not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification and criminal background check."
Employment Application
- All candidates for employment must complete and sign an employment application.
- The employment application is to contain a statement that the candidate's signature authorizes the University to investigate all statements made on the application and permits the references and past employers to respond to questions concerning information contained in the application and concerning the candidate's fitness for employment.
- All employment applications will contain the following criminal history section:
Successful applicants/candidates will be provided a verbal offer of employment and be advised that a background check must be successfully completed prior to the offer being confirmed by the University. The President's Designee will verify the accuracy of the information provided by a candidate regarding employment history, educational attainment, criminal history and related information such as confirmation of a professional license, or records of garnishment where bonding is a prerequisite to hiring and other information that is directly related to the job.
Authorization to Conduct
All candidates must also execute an authorization that allows the University to request/conduct a Criminal Background Investigation. This authorization, mandated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, must be a document separate from the employment application. (A copy of this notice and authorization is attached hereto as Exhibit "A.") Refusal to sign the authorization for the release of information will result in the candidate being eliminated and disqualified from the applicant pool.
Completion of Investigation
Background Investigations will be performed, through either a law enforcement agency or other third party. The investigation shall be initiated by the President or the Designee. The law enforcement agency or third party vendor will return a full report of the results of the Background Investigation obtained to the President or the President's Designee.
Background Investigations shall be completed only on the successful candidate prior to employment. So as to not jeopardize successful completion of the search, candidates will be extended a verbal contingent offer prior to initiating the background investigation.
Results of Background Investigations obtained by any means must be kept confidential. The President shall designate a management level employee as the sole individual who will be responsible for initiating the Background Investigation and receiving its results. This Designee is not to share the results of a Background Investigation with anyone other than the President, Vice Presidents and legal counsel. Failure to abide by this policy may subject the Designee to discipline.
All records resulting from Background Investigations shall be kept separate from employee personnel files and shall not be accessible by supervisors and others who might otherwise have access to an individual's personnel records, save the President, the Designee and legal counsel. If the individual is not appointed by the university, the documents will be destroyed at a time to be determined by legal counsel.
Information to be Evaluated
Appointing authorities shall not consider non-official accusations or arrests. Only felony and misdemeanor convictions may be considered by the President and only to the extent to which they relate to the applicant's suitability for employment in the position for which he/she has applied. The assessment is to be done in conjunction with legal counsel and should focus on the following factors:
- whether the candidate's prior conviction undermines his/her suitability or fitness to perform the required job responsibilities;
- the time that has elapsed since the conviction;
- the nature and gravity of the criminal conviction; and
- evidence of rehabilitation
Prior to taking any adverse employment action based upon information contained in a Criminal Background Investigation prepared by a third party, the Designee will provide the candidate with a copy of the report and a copy of "A Summary of Your Rights Under The Fair Credit Reporting Act." Upon receipt of the information, the candidate must be given a reasonable opportunity (at least five (5) business days) to submit information to the Designee disputing the accuracy and/or completeness of the report before a final employment decision can be made.
Employment Determinations
When issues are raised by a Background Investigation, the President, Vice President or the President's Designee, in consultation with university counsel or the chief counsel, as appropriate, will evaluate their impact on the hiring decision consistent with applicable laws and this policy.
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If employment is denied, based in whole or in part on the results of the Background Investigation, the candidate must be provided with a notice that an adverse employment action has been taken based on information contained in a criminal background report. Said notice is to include the following:
- the reasons for the adverse employment action;
- the name, address, and toll free telephone number of the reporting agency that furnished the criminal background report;
- a statement that the reporting agency did not make the decision to take the adverse employment action and is unable to provide the candidate with the reasons as to why the adverse employment action was taken;
- notice of the candidate's right to obtain a free copy of the investigation record report from the reporting agency; and notice of the candidate's right to dispute the accuracy and completeness of the criminal background report within sixty (60) days.


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Whole lot of holes on roads, as weather creates bumper crop of potholes
|WATERBURY, CT-022114JS0211- Members of the Department of Transportation work on filling pot holes on South Main Street in Waterbury on Friday afternoon. Jim Shannon Republican-American
On the road of life, there are bound to be a few potholes. On the roads of Greater Waterbury and Litchfield County, well, get ready to call your auto mechanic and chiropractor.
Snow melted by warmer daytime temperatures that freezes again when the mercury drops in the nighttime is part of a recipe that wreaks havoc with pavement. Everybody's telling tales of the pothole that jarred the car. Like the fish that got away, the pothole of all pothole stories grow along with the cracks and canyons in the pavement. There's a crater on McDermid Avenue in Torrington; there's more holes than pavement along Route 10 in Cheshire; pick a town, and somebody can share a tale of tire trauma.
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" For the AMOUNT of taxes the GOOD & RELIABLE citizens of Wtby pay to live in this city & DO NOT take advantage of the very "easy to manipulate" system this is inexcusable. It's awful. "
someone wrote on Feb 24, 2014 8:50 AM:
" there must have been 10 to 15 cars repairing tires after hitting a pot hole on the rochambeau bridge yesterday in southbury.. well newtown at that point.
highway potholes cause so much damage and are so dangerous because of high speeds. "
highway potholes cause so much damage and are so dangerous because of high speeds. "
stanley wrote on Feb 24, 2014 12:59 PM:
" Nottingham Terrace is a street that runs from Cooke Street to Chase Avenue; unless you own a surplus Army tank to drive around in; AVOID this street at all cost. It has to be 30 plus years since this has been milled and paved, and there are large portions of the road that have disappeared. "
Elizabeth wrote on Feb 24, 2014 1:16 PM:
" The response from DOT/State Troopers on 84 last night was lacking , people were changing tires on the side of the highway with nothing but flashers on, after multiple calls to 911. It took one hour and 24 minutes before a State Trooper came, no vehicles with lights on, they just gave you a DOT number and case number and left. It was terrible. "
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Oklahoma City Zoo The Oklahoma City Zoo is an exciting and entertaining outdoor activity that every member of the family will enjoy. Named one of the best zoos in America the park offers visitors a glimpse at more than 2,200 exotic animals. Visit the Cat Forest/Lion overlook, one of the most popular exhibits that display tigers, lions, leopards and more. The zoo always has special exhibits so you are in for a treat. Children under 3 are free.
Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa The Philbrook Museum of Art located in artsy Tulsa is not a typical museum. The museum is housed in a private mansion that was donated to be used as an art museum more than 50 years ago. Visit one of their many permanent exhibits form Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Native Americans. Besides its permanent collection the museum features many special exhibits throughout the year. Discover art through one of Philbrook's outdoor garden galleries.
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Food and Diabetes Studies Show Surprises
David Spero
September 16, 2009
Contrary to media myths, much of the best medical research is being done far from corporate labs. Here are some interesting reports on food and diabetes from around the world.
A joint study out of Japan and Korea shows that a pigment found in salmon may protect against diabetes complications. The pigment is called astaxanthin, and it gives salmon its pretty pink color. Apparently, this pigment acts as an antioxidant and may protect against the development of diabetic kidney disease.
Previous studies have found that astaxanthin protects beta cells against oxidation, at least in mice.
High glucose levels can cause oxidation of cells. Oxidation is what causes rust on a pipe, but in this case, the pipes are small blood vessels. You don't want them rusted. Oxidation may be a major contributor to diabetes complications.
The new study was written by researchers at Busan Women's College in Korea and the University of Toyama in Japan. It was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The scientists wrote that astaxanthin appears to reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis (cell death).
Another Japanese study finds that eating meat twice a week keeps seniors from becoming frail. In this study, published in the journal Gerontology, Yasuyuki Nakamura, MD, PhD, and colleagues at Kyoto Women's University assessed meat, fish, and egg intake, as well as other lifestyle factors, in roughly 2300 men and women. Participants were 47 to 59 years old and independently mobile at the start of the study. They were followed for 19 years.
Those who ate meat at least twice weekly were more likely to maintain mobility than those who ate less meat. Nakamura's team believes that occasionally eating meat may help seniors preserve muscle mass.
Soy Versus Milk Protein
The study participants were 29 people with Type 2 diabetes who were free of complications and not taking medicines to lower blood glucose or cholesterol. Some were given soy protein and others milk protein. After 57 days, the groups underwent a 28-day washout period and then were switched ("crossed over.")
Researchers concluded that, "This study provides evidence for soy as a dietary preventive strategy for adults with type-2 diabetes, to reduce their cardiovascular disease risk and, in so doing, improve their quality, and possibly length, of life."
However, one might ask if it's really meaningful to compare milk protein to soy protein. A comparison of soy protein to a vegetarian diet might have been a fairer test.
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Scott's team said this research is the first to clearly show that immune cells called T cells from people with Type 1 diabetes are more likely to overreact to wheat. The study also showed the overreaction is linked to genes associated with Type 1 diabetes.
This is very interesting, although long-suspected. A protein called gluten, found in wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats, is associated with all kinds of autoimmune diseases in some people. Type 1 may be one of them. Scott's study shows that proteins other than gluten may also be involved. The study appears in the journal Diabetes.
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BUFORD -- The Buford softball team made quick work of Fannin County on Tuesday, picking up a 9-1 win in five innings on Tuesday in Buford.
Buford (17-1, 8-0 Region 7-AAA) struck for three runs in the first inning and never looked back, as Emily Crocker earned her fourth win of the season form the pitching circle, tossing a complete game while allowing just three hits one unearned run and one walk.
Tessa Daniels got the scoring parade going in the first, smacking a triple to left center field that scored Remington Hasty and Jordan Deep.
Daniels finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while Deep crushed a home run while going 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and three runs scored. Niki Cook also went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, run scored and a stolen base. Baylee Sexton also went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases.
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But for most restaurant professionals, the boom has occurred only in the past year or so. Previously chefs used computers (if they knew how to operate them at all) only for writing their recipes and bios on word-processing programs. Now world-renowned chefs and restaurateurs, such as Charlie Trotter from Charlie Trotter's in Chicago and Todd English from the eateries Olives and Figs in Boston, have their own comprehensive Websites. Parent companies of chain restaurants like Darden, which owns Red Lobster, can dish out info about other ventures along with a shrimp promo. Even the little guys, say places like Calypso Pub in Pompano Beach, have registered domain names and menu-based sites on the Net.
Many of these sites are two-way streets. Forbes magazine reported recently: �Using Net-based feedback mechanisms ranging from e-mail to unmoderated discussion groups, restaurateurs can keep on top of what their core audience wants. And they can use promotions to spur traffic: on the site and under their roof.� Denny's apparently has taken this advice to heart. The restaurant chain is using digital imaging to conduct surveys and collect consumer information. According to Lowell Petrie, senior director of national brands marketing, the company is getting 1000 responses when a note is posted on the Denny's Website (up from the estimated 150 to 200 using traditional mall surveys and direct-mail advertising).
Still, what chefs and restaurateurs are discovering is that the Web can be a solid foundation for far more than marketing. Michael Bennett, executive chef from the Left Bank in Fort Lauderdale, can't imagine working without the Internet. �My sous chef and I [e-mail] letters back and forth every day we don't see each other or whenever I have something to show him,� he notes. �If I have off or vice versa, we communicate by e-mail at night even if we aren't in town.� Bennett also communicates with one of his cooks who took some time off to attend school in Italy. �He wanted to stay a part of the happenings and because he has absolutely no extra money while in school we had to use the Internet because of his free access at school. So what I do is send a picture of a new dish with a short description, and he can keep familiar with everything new and step right back into his job when he comes back in September.� Pretty cool.
Bennett is taking the same short cut that many other professionals soon hope to put into operation: online training. �Late this summer,� according to Restaurants and Industries, �Burger King trainees will construct sandwiches via the Virtual Whopper Board, dragging pickles and dropping ketchup in as many of the 1024 combinations as they like.... The Virtual Whopper Board is part of a new DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)-based training program soon to be rolled out to company and franchise stores worldwide in six languages. And it will keep Burger King at the leading edge of a growing number of restaurants and foodservice operations turning to online and computer-based training.� Indeed a recent survey of 1000 restaurants, conducted by Deloitte & Touche, found that 20 percent anticipate instigating online training methods.
Sound far-fetched? Or maybe just limited to the automatic motions of building a better Whopper? Don't count on it. Many culinary institutions, such as the New England Culinary Institute, currently are constructing interactive videos of food preparation to be launched on the Net. The National Restaurant Association's Educational Foundation is developing ServeSafe, a series of online courses aimed at cooks, supervisors, and managers. One of the most respected chef training grounds, the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, launched its online program this past June.
If it all sounds a little sterile, certainly it's no less passive learning than watching Emeril whoop over a pot of chili. And the Internet will soon have one up on television, hope CEO Joel Lloyd Bellenson and president Dexster Smith of DigiScents. The pair has encoded aromas as software and developed what they call iSmell technology. Snortal, their scent-enabled Web portal, is due to launch this fall. So when a computer-animated chef-instructor wants you to tell him when caramelized onions are done just by sniffing them, you'll have a virtual nose for it.
Of course much of this technology lies in the future, and it remains to be seen whether these gastronomically inspired plans come to any kind of fruition. For now chefs and restaurateurs are content with the very real help of what's on the market: Websites such as BigTray.com, which offers foodservice equipment and supplies at low prices; Gofish.com, where you can compare seafood prices worldwide and tell if your local purveyor is competitive or gouging; Virtualrestaurant.com, where you can download an entire business plan for an eatery; Ontherail.com, which posts helpful advice ranging from how to treat intoxicated customers to how to pronounce types of wine.
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'A kind of selective persecution reared its ugly head with the destruction — in the middle of the night — of the Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church,' says Dr. Frank Wright of NRB
By Dan Wooding
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (ANS) -- Unknown workers – backed by police and druzhinniki (civil volunteers) – began tearing down Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church on the eastern edge of Moscow soon after midnight today (September 6, 2012), the Church's Pastor, Vasili Romanyuk, told Forum 18 News Service (www.forum18.org) from the Russian capital.
"This is the Soviet approach – to come in the middle of the night with mechanical diggers," Mikhail Odintsov, an aide to Russia's Ombudsperson for Human Rights, told Forum 18. "This is unacceptable." The church has struggled to legalese the building it put up with its own money in 1995-6. Andrei Ivanov, spokesperson for the prefect of Moscow's Eastern Administrative District, defended the destruction.
"Everything was done at the decision of the court," he told Forum 18.
Human rights defenders and church members have expressed shock and outrage at the sudden destruction of a Pentecostal Church in Moscow's eastern suburbs, Forum 18 News Service has learnt.
Odintsov added that members of Holy Trinity Church in Kosino-Ukhtomsky District in Moscow's Eastern Administrative District (Okrug) had already spoken to the Ombudsperson's Office by telephone earlier in the day and are expected to lodge a written appeal to Ombudsperson Vladimir Lukin about the church destruction.
The two writers said that Holy Trinity Church was established in 1979 by Serafim Marin, a Pentecostal who had spent 18 years in Soviet labor camps for his faith. It gained registration with the Soviet authorities as an autonomous Pentecostal community in the late 1970s. However, the city authorities forced it out of its first building in 1995. The replacement "temporary" church – bulldozed today - was built on the current site in 1995-6.
Officials consistently refused to legalize the building and prevented it from being linked to the water and electricity supply and sewerage. Holy Trinity's Pastor, Vasili Romanyuk, and the congregation have long battled to save their church from confiscation and destruction. "We put a lot of our resources into this building," he told Forum 18.
Too late
Pastor Romanyuk said he will lead Sunday worship at 11 am on September 9th in the ruins of his church. "Everyone is warmly invited," he told Forum 18.
Church members expressed concern not only for their own property. "This precedent shows that the authorities can unilaterally cancel a rental contract and can then seize the building from any church community," church members complained in a web post.
Insecurity over property has left many religious communities vulnerable to arbitrary action by state officials, as has happened with Glorification Pentecostal Church in the Siberian city of Abakan and a mosque in Astrakhan
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Ivanov defended the church destruction. "There was a court decision," he insisted to Forum 18 from Moscow today. "Everything was done at the decision of the court." He did not know which court had taken the decision or when and said he would look into it. Asked whether the authorities would have bulldozed a Russian Orthodox Church in this way, Ivanov said he did not know.
Officials at the administration of Kosino-Ukhtomsky District told Forum 18 they had no information about the church destruction. "Bulldozers don't just arrive to demolish buildings," one official – who would not give her name – told Forum 18.
The acting head of Kosino-Ukhtomsky District Police, Mikhail Sidelnikov, was not in his office when Forum 18 called. The duty officer – who did not give his name - initially told Forum 18 that no District officers had been at the scene. Then he added: "Our officers were there to defend public order." He declined to elaborate. The duty officer said that five church members had visited the police station to write complaints about events during the night.
Night-time destruction
Workers accompanied by the police arrived at the church building soon after midnight today, Pastor Romanyuk told Forum 18 and church members reported on church-related websites. They broke into the building, cut all the telephone lines and seized the mobile phone of the female caretaker. She was taken off to the police station, where she was held for the next three hours while the destruction began. She was not allowed to contact other church members while she was held.
"While the caretaker was at the police, all the church's valuables were removed, including service books and chalices for the Eucharist. Two mechanical diggers then began demolishing the building," said the Forum 18 story.
Church members say that while the destruction was underway, men in plain clothes, who called themselves druzhinniki (civil volunteers), circled the site. As church members began to arrive to try to salvage what they could from the wreckage of the building, the men in plain clothes refused to allow them access, and behaved "highly aggressively", church members complained.
Aleksandr Rodionov, who arrived at the site of the ruined church at 5 am, noted that the church's main sanctuary, the pastor's office and the room for the church's youth club and had already been destroyed completely. "Only part of the roof and a room at the top remained undamaged," he reported.
Once the workers had gone, church members spent several hours digging in the ruins to save what they could, including church books and items of furniture which were still usable.
Church members have posted testimony, photographs and videos on church-related websites, including on the site www.word4you.ru/news/16700/.
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In 1992 Moscow's city government authorised Holy Trinity Church to situate its cultural center in the outlying district of Novokosino, and ordered a plot of land to be reserved for it there. The corresponding decree (29 May 1992, rasporiazhenie no. 1323-RZP) was issued in the name of First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin, who remained in that post until elected to the State Duma in December 2011. Resin now advises Patriarch Kirill on church construction.
According to the Pentecostals, the Moscow authorities subsequently withheld permission to build on the plot allocated, and the city's Land Resources Department annulled its land rental agreement with the church in 2005.
In 2010 the public prosecutor of Moscow's Eastern Administrative District filed suit against Holy Trinity, demanding that the church remove all construction from and vacate the site. Primarily, this involves a 17-by-8-metre church building. The demand to remove all construction was successively upheld by the district court in nearby Perovo (September 3, 2010), Moscow City Court (November 26, 2010) and Russia's Supreme Court (May 10, 2011).
The May 2011 Supreme Court ruling further claims that Holy Trinity is occupying "disputed land without any legal basis" and did not fulfil its construction targets within the time limit for which it was allotted land.
On October 18, 2011 Moscow Arbitration Court additionally ruled that the Pentecostals must pay the city's Land Resources Department damages of 4,888,271 Roubles ($150,000 US Dollars) for unlawful land use.
No official warning
Dr. Frank Wright, President & CEO of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), told the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net), that hw had met the pastor of this Moscow-area Pentecostal Church when he attended the Association of Christian Broadcasters Russia conference two years ago.
He told ANS, "Religious persecution takes many forms. In Moscow earlier today, a kind of selective persecution reared its ugly head with the destruction — in the middle of the night — of the Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church. It is hard to imagine the government doing this to a Russian Orthodox Church."
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This Sunday is the 57th annual National Puerto Rican Parade. Leading it this year will be a distinguished group of military members. NY1's Jeanine Ramirez has the story.
Pointing to the foxhole he slept in for three days waiting for the enemy 84 year old Tomas Lopez recalls his days fighting with the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers.
"We participated in so much combat during the Korean War," said Lopez.
Lopez and thousands of other Puerto Ricans who fought in the military group have been recognized many times for their heroism including by President George H.W. Bush. This weekend a new honor, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade will be dedicated to them.
"This is amazing for me and to all the Puerto Rican people who participated during the Korean War and all the wars," Lopez said.
A documentary called "The Borinqueneers" traces the history of the 65th Infantry Regiment which was mandated by Congress in 1899 and was sent to fight in all American Wars including World War I and World War II. Their nickname comes from the indigenous name of the island. More than 60 thousand Puerto Rican soldiers went to Korea where a large percentage of them were killed. Eugenio Quevedo got there in 1950.
"All the guys we were like brothers there. I remember each one of them," said Quevedo.
Just this week President Obama received the bill to award the 65th Infantry Regiment the Congressional Gold Medal. He's expected to sign it this month.
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Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
by Matt Slick
No, Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God. There are similarities in their views of God, but there are also distinct differences.
As you can see in the chart below, each affirms that there's only one God, and that he is eternal, knows all things, is omnipresent, and omnipotent. However, Christianity is radically different from Islam in its affirmation of the doctrine of the Trinity where God consists of three distinct and simultaneous persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Islam denies this and accuses Christians of teaching polytheism.
Quran, 5:73 (Yusuf Ali), "They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One Allah. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them."
As you can see, Islam denies that God is a Trinity. Also, in Christianity Jesus is the second person of the Trinity, who is in flesh. But Islam denies this as well.
Quran, 5:17, "In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary. Say: "Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one that is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all things."
Quran 5:75, "Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!"
Therefore, we conclude that Christianity and Islam do not believe in the same God.
|God: Only one in all existence
|God: Eternal, no beginning or end
|God: Transcendent
|God: Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent
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by Perri Nemiroff Posted 124 days ago
There were rumors that The Strain got the go-ahead for a second season, but now FX has made it official, running with the appropriate press release title, "The Strain to Spread Though the Summer Of 2015." For anyone who hasn't given the show a shot just yet, I highly recommend it. We've seen six episodes of season 1 thus far and while I can't say every moment rocks high quality writing, performances and believable behavior, there's no denying that it's still a blast to watch.
No spoilers here, but the show kicks off with a plane landing at JFK. It touches down safe and sound, but when there isn't a single peep from the pilot, crew or any of the passengers after, the CDC is called in to investigate what is dubbed a "dead airplane." But the thing is, the passengers aren't dead. They start waking up and that's when crazy things start going down. Hit the jump for more on The Strain season 2 renewal.


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When former fast-food execs Ed Rensi and Tom Dentice decided to open their own casual restaurant, they knew they'd have to do some research. In the years since they'd started in the business, the burgeoning foodie culture had transformed this beefy staple into a gourmet food. Honoring the dish's roots in American roadside diners, the duo decided to take a road trip, visiting about 100 restaurants across the country to study what made a gourmet burger.
What they found was a lot of hype and inconsistent execution, starting with inadequate equipment. For instance, the average commercial griddle has hot spots and cold spots that can be 30 degrees different. "You can't get a consistent cook … if you got that much range in temperature on the grill," Ed said. He also saw inconsistencies with ingredient quality: toppings can't save a burger, no matter how good, if a restaurant uses beef from spent dairy cattle. Likewise, good beef loses impact when dressed in drab toppings such as iceberg lettuce.
Once Ed realized what the gourmet burger needed—consistent process and quality across every ingredient—he and Tom went to work. They found an AccuTemp grill that uses steam pressure to uniformly heat the surface. They sourced Midwestern-raised Angus beef ground from chuck with the shoulder clod still intact. And they filled the 20-item condiment station—dubbed the "Tower of Taste"—with all-natural fixings such as three types of organic Heinz ketchup and mustards from Mustard Girl, a company started by a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin.
With a surefire process in place, Tom and Ed began extending their menu to other sandwich fillings, such as fresh chicken breasts, sushi-grade ahi tuna, and edamame burger patties. Sides also benefit from the duo's attention to detail. Hand-dipped ice cream and fresh strawberries swirl into strawberry shakes, which are served with extrawide straws that make it easier to sip when the drink is at its coldest. And at the drink station, fountains pour Boylan sodas sweetened with cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup.
Ever since they met back in 2004, Cynthia and Teddy Spears shared aspirations of opening a restaurant. Having achieved that dream, Teddy now relies on his passion for cooking while Cynthia falls back on her background in the restaurant industry to offer diners comfort foods from a menu packed with family dishes passed down from her father. Those dishes include creative touches such as homemade fried pickles served with apricot-chipotle sauce. In their restaurant's dining room a fireplace roars and stone pillars hold up the high ceiling while diners sink teeth into big, 100% pure-beef charbroiled burgers and steamed or grilled hot dogs. Up to 120 visitors can fill the space for private parties, while family and friends can pop in any time to watch sporting events on flat-screen TVs.
When the first Carson's opened its doors in 1977, it was far from the only barbecue joint in the Chicagoland area. Yet the quality of its tasty, smoky barbecue is proven by the fact that it?s still gaining accolades from the press more than 30 years later.
At the Carson's in Milwaukee, the menu, remains as it has always been?offering tender cuts of barbecued meat. Churning out everything from baby-back ribs and barbecued shrimp to grilled prime new york strip or prime rib, Carson's grills and smokers never stop working. In fact, the barbecued-beef sandwiches boast brisket that simmers in flavorful smoke for a whole 24 hours.
Eclectic ingredients, including eel and mint leaf, fill more than 30 maki rolls and helped earn Wildfish a spot on Gayot's list of the 10 best Chicago sushi restaurants in 2012. One roll pairs spicy salmon, fried tuna, and pico de gallo, and another mixes spicy mayo and sweet soy sauce with Alaskan king crab and a splash of Bacardi 151. Filet mignon and lobster sizzle in the tropical-hued dining room with walls of red, green, and gold and bamboo that sways against the ceiling. Glasses of imported Japanese beer and sake clink together in high-backed booths that offer privacy during dates and meals out with a parrot that only knows how to say your medical records.
The original Dear Franks location in Deerfield flung open its doors back in 1978 and has served the same quality dogs, burgers, and fries ever since, only now at two additional locations in Niles and Glenview. Charred Vienna Beef hot dogs drag through a garden of traditional Chicago-style toppings, and freshly cut, double-crisped fries are draped in creamy wisconsin sharp cheddar. Italian-beef sandwiches, tuna melts, and assorted sausages also assuage cravings for comfort food, as do chocolate malts and teddy bears stuffed with foie gras.
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Ford Sync is Moving AheadJanuary 30th, 2013
Ford has been busy this year with Sync. It now includes apps like the Wall Street Journal, Aha Radio, Glympse, Amazon mp3 and USA Today. Newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and USA Today are read to you. Ford has open up Sync to developers and is excited about what they will bring to the Eco-system. The Tech Podcast Network is working on their own Ford Sync app.
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Biketoberfest 2014 – Daytona Beach
Biketoberfest is basically the kinder, gentler version of Daytona Bike Week — 4 days instead of 10; 125,000 attendees rather than half a million (give or take a few tens of thousands) — but…Read More »
Daytona Bike Week 2014
Bike Week, the annual spring gathering for all things motorcycle in Daytona Beach, FL, ran from March 7 through March 16 this year. It's still going on as I write this, but for me this…Read More »
Daytona 2012 — Chillin' at Willie's Old School Chopper Show
[Ormond Beach, FL] — You never know who you'll run into at Willie's Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show at Daytona Bike Week. From celebrities of the motorcycle world — Willie G. for example…Read More »
Daytona 2012 — Harley-Davidson's Ride-In Custom Bike Show
[Daytona Beach, FL] — This year at Daytona Bike Week, Harley-Davidson partnered with American Iron Magazine for its Ride-In Custom Bike Show on Beach Street. The event took place on Wednesday, March 14 and…Read More »
Daytona 2012: Main Street madness
[Daytona Beach, FL] — Daytona Bike Week's 71st annual edition just wrapped up — the 10-day event ran from March 9 through 18 this year. As always, a cruise down Main Street is obligatory —…Read More »
Daytona 2012 — 40th Annual Rat's Hole Custom Bike Show
[Daytona Beach, FL] — If 2012 isn't the Year of the Rat, it should be. One of the must-see events of Daytona Bike Week is the Rat's Hole Custom Bike Show, now in its 40th…Read More »
The Rat King of Flat Lick, Kentucky – and his classic Harley "Rat Bike"
[Flat Lick, KY] — To some people, a Rat Bike may look like a two-wheeled, rolling junk pile, an ancient motorcycle with random, added-on bits and pieces in various stages of hanging — or…Read More »
Legends and Heroes of the Cannonball
Daytona Beach, FL — Riding a motorcycle coast-to-coast is challenging enough: long hours on the road, weather, traffic, boredom. Now imagine doing it on a 95-year old motorcycle, at an average speed of 35…Read More »
Big Daddy Rat — Rat's Hole Chopper Show
Daytona Beach, FL — Outrageous custom choppers are a dime a dozen nowadays. Well, not really, I just said that to get your attention. I enjoy seeing them as much as the next biker, and…Read More »
Launch of Motorcycle Bagger magazine
Ormond Beach, FL — In this era of declining print media, it's always exciting to see the launch a new magazine — particularly one for which I write! American Iron has been a longtime client…Read More »
Chillin' at Willie's Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show
Ormond Beach, FL — Chillin' at Willie's Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show is a Bike Week tradition. "Hardcore" and "old-school" are terms that would describe some of the bikes AND some of the…Read More »
Shake, Rumble, and Roll — World's Largest V-8 Motorcycle Parade
Daytona Beach, FL — An old beer commercial featured the tagline, "Why ask why?" When it comes to mounting a V-8 engine in a motorcycle frame, I guess if you have to ask "Why?" you…Read More »
A Stock Motorcycle is a Blank Canvas!
Daytona Beach, FL — Whether you ride a Honda or Harley, Victory or Valkyrie, Yamaha or Ural, you've probably done something to your machine to make it uniquely your own. Stock is merely a…Read More »
Daytona Bike Week — One Man's Lifetime Dream
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DeLand, FL — The Little Bike Rally That Could
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Juan Pablo Galavis Nixes Gay Bachelor Season as Bad, Perverted Example [Updated]by Matt Richenthal at . Updated at . Comments
Juan Pablo Galavis is making major headlines today - and not for walking around with his shirt off or denying a beloved suitor an ABC-sponsored rose.
The Bachelor was asked by TV Page whether the network should ever center a season around a gay bachelor, responding in th negative with:
"I don't think it is a good example for kids to watch that on TV."
The single father then tried to explain why.
"Obviously people have their husband and wife and kids and that is how we are brought up," he said. "Now there is fathers having kids and all that, and it is hard for me to understand that too in the sense of a household having people... It is confusing in a sense."
Galavis went on to say he has "respect" for same sex couples that wish to adopt, but it would be "too hard" to show this lifestyle on television.
"There's this thing about gay people... it seems to me, and I don't know if I'm mistaken or not... but they're more 'pervert' in a sense," he concluded. "And to me the show would be too strong... too hard to watch."
Where do you stand on this topic? Should ABC discipline Juan Pablo in any way?
Watch The Bachelor online to catch up on Season 18 and respond: Should ABC air a season with a gay bachelor?
UPDATE: ABC has referred to these remarks as "careless and insensitive," while Juan Pablo has apologized via the following Facebook post...
I want to apologize to all the people I may have offended because of my comments on having a Gay or Bisexual Bachelor. The comment was taken out of context. If you listen to the entire interview, there's nothing but respect for Gay people and their families. I have many gay friends and one of my closest friends who's like a brother has been a constant in my life especially during the past 5 months.
The word pervert was not what I meant to say and I am very sorry about it. Everyone knows English is my second language and my vocabulary is not as broad as it is in Spanish and, because of this, sometimes I use the wrong words to express myself. What I meant to say was that gay people are more affectionate and intense and for a segment of the TV audience this would be too racy to accept.
The show is very racy as it is and I don't let my 5 year old daughter watch it. Once again, I'm sorry for how my words were taken. I would never disrespect anyone. Sinceramente, Juan Pablo Galavis.
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So sayeth a man who enters into a sham relationship for entertainment of the masses. Oh, and for money….musn't forget about the money.
The show is known for the racism against everyone other than white people and now its stupidity and homophobic remarks.
Juan Pablo as pretty as he is, ain't the sharpest tool in the shed lol
I honestly don't care about this I have never seen the bachelorr the title of the article caught my eye but, 'I for one don't have an issue with the LGBT community and if ABC want to go that route it could be a positive thing to present it in a more positive light than go ahead @ Jed I respect your view point but I don't agree with it and I for one don't believe this to be the right place to voice your homophoic views. They have just as much a right as anyone else ( this coming from a straight man )
He is right all fagggots are sick vile child molesters.they are hated in all societies.these rotten scourge of the earth pedaphiles.The truth hurts that they are nasty sexual deviants and will never be accepted for there sick vile ways.
Dontcha y'all have a fat cousin you should be dating? Oh, and statistics prove that most child molesters are straight, but y'all go on rantin'.
They have failed to get a Black bachelor but they can bring on a gay one? Wow!!!


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I took this picture before school one morning in my front yard. I used my iPhone camera without any filters, and got up close to the roses to get the angle.
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Jul. 26 at 7:36 pm
Jul. 26 at 7:36 pm
I love it. It's so beautiful and natural. Keep on taking amazing photos! This is my favorite. Thanks for sharing this!
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Jan. 9 at 12:55 pm
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Very Beautiful, I love the focus; (but seems to be lacking a 'cloudy' filter to compliment orange and red petals) It's still amazing, couldn't have done better; an inspiring shot. :D
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Thanks! I don't usually edit my pictures or add filters, keep them natural.. Thanks for the feedback though


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People took very few photos back in the day. If the were poor they probably couldn't afford them at all. Maybe that is why looking at old photos is that much more special, especially if you are looking at photos of your own relatives.
My family really isn't big on exploring the family tree or holding on to photos of long-lost ones. Sure, we do have the occasional great-grandfather memorabilia but it ends there. So, last week I visited my aunt Maja and my cousin Vesna (note to self: a blog of how I met them must be written in the near future) who are, on the other hand, very into knowing where they came from. I guess that is something I take after them – that unsettling feeling, that wanting to belong. Anyhow, they were showing me pictures of my grandfather's brother and telling me the story of how he died in battle during World War I. There is only one photo of him, he took it only a few months before dying. He went to town to get photographed by a professional (which was the only way, actually) while he was still serving, supposedly to send to his mother so that she will have something to remember him by. Listening to that I thought of only one thing, the thing that is inevitable : we are one day going to be merely faces on a photo. With a good story, hopefully. Life will go on for others, children will be born and one day there will perhaps be a (digital) photo of me hanging (or floating, I really don't know where technology is going) somewhere. And someone will perhaps think of me and tell my story.
One of my favorite Kashmir songs tells of how a Polaroid photo is a 'frozen glimpse', a memory trapped on paper. A moment that has passed. Needless to say, my sometimes morbid mind often makes photo viewing kind of sad. I can't stop thinking that immortalizing something only reminds me of my own mortality. But maybe, just maybe I should rather concentrate on the story that is going to be told of me. Who was I? What did I do? And most importantly, will I make a difference … that's what makes it all worth while, no?
I always thought that having children is the way to go if you want to be remembered. Well, although very egoistic, this is partially true. But I have come to realise that they will have their own stories to create, their own path to find and their own fears to face.
This made me think of a great song. So, enjoy. It's my gift to you.