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Shannon Lee Pitzer Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Cour
The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on September 19, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, SHANNON LEE PITZER, a 50-year-old resident of Great Falls, pled guilty to theft of federal property by fraud and federal welfare assistance fraud. Sentencing has been set for December 29, 2011. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl E. Rostad, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
In January 2008, PITZER applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in Great Falls. In her application, she indicated that her husband did not reside with her. Her eligibility was based on her disabilities (chronic pain, back problems, anxiety, OCD, and other limitations), household composition (herself and a dependant), and income consisting only of other public assistance.
An investigation determined her husband, a violent offender required to register with law enforcement as to his current residence, had lived with PITZER more or less continuously since June of 2006, and had contributed income to the household which would have disqualified PITZER from the receipt of SSI, SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) benefits, and Section 8 housing assistance. PITZER's husband was employed by a local construction contractor and had significant income from that employment and, when not working, from unemployment compensation benefits during the time he lived with PITZER.
PITZER's husband was interviewed and stated that except for a three month period from May 1, 2010, until July 2, 2010, when he got an apartment in Great Falls, he had lived with PITZER in their residence. He also admitted that even when he lived at the apartment, he spent many nights at their house.
When PITZER was interviewed, she first claimed that her husband did not live with her but, after being confronted with the evidence to the contrary, admitted that he did live at with her "70% of the time." Both her husband and PITZER indicated that he has always contributed a portion of his income to the maintenance of their household.
As a result of her false statements regarding household composition and income, PITZER received $22,183 in SSI benefits to which she was not otherwise entitled, and, for the period of August 2006 until May 2011, $24,997 in housing assistance from HUD. Between January 2006 and January 2011, PITZER received approximately $12,500 in USDA food stamps, later SNAP benefits, to which she was not entitled. Because she was on SSI, PITZER also qualified for a one-time payment of $250 from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), funds distributed through Social Security. That amount is already included in the SSA overpayment figure. PITZER also received $33,650 in Medicaid benefits which she would not have been given if she had reported truthfully.
The total overpayment from all four (SSA, HUD, AG, HHS) welfare sources was $93,330.
In November of 2008, HUD had determined that PITZER should be terminated from Section 8 Housing because of her husband's income and because he lived in the household. In an effort to retain those benefits, PITZER wrote a letter to HUD stating that "her husband is living with his sister" and that "he has not lived with me since my grandaughter (sic) was born ...." To substantiate that claim PITZER supplied several letters from family and neighbors. One of those letters was from her husband's sister who stated "My brother resides with me at 1323 6th Ave N." The sister was interviewed with regard to allegations of witness tampering and admitted writing the letter at PITZER's insistence and that it was false. She reiterated her statement that her brother never lived with her.
After PITZER was indicted she apparently changed her mind about the statements of culpability that she had given to the agents, and took the position that her husband had not lived with her or contributed to the family fisc and, therefore, her claims for benefits were not fraudulent. She approached both her husband and his sister and told them what to say to substantiate her defense.
PITZER faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Social Security Administration - Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Office of Inspector General.
A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.


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While Leonardo DiCaprio's dating requirements may include the words Victoria's Secret and/or model, as proved in his latest conquest, the 38-year-old has plenty of catching up to do to his BFF Tobey Maguire, who is married with children. Perhaps Leo really is turning into the George Clooney of his generation.
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New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan on Tuesday signed a new medical marijuana bill into law, officially making her state the 19th to allow doctors to prescribe the drug.
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To the person that was against using drugs for mecidinal use ......drugs ARE good, look in your medicine cabinet those "drugs" help make better quality of life for many. You are misplacing words such as legalizing drugs because of those that ABUSE drugs. BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
"...Last year, the Republican-led New Hampshire legislature approved a similar bill, but it was vetoed by former Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who argued that the measure did not provide adequate restrictions on marijuana cultivation and prescription.."
THAT RIGHT THERE, is PROOF... the (D) party is all.....about.....co ntrol. The Republicans are all about personal freedoms..
Isn't the Democratic Party just the newly defined Confederacy? They like control, not freedoms. If the Democratic Party is the majority, it's a direct reflection on the fact that America voters LIKE to be CONTROLLED.
On weather,NH is a great place for people who like weather in all it's varieties, instead of boring.
Free state participants worked on the legislation in various roles. As well as"liberty republicans."
ha NH state motto is "live free or die" Should say, "come here on vacation, leave on probation"
Washington dispensary's got raided by the DEA yesterday. Report on this, We are legal now!
I wonder what influence the Free State Project had on that outcome. Being 19th makes them a johnny-come-lately to medical marijuana and the fundamental question is about civil rights and limiting government management of personal choices. You'd think the FSP would've chosen a better state with better weather.
Grass prohibition simply does not work. Our bodies are designed with receptors. A God given rite.
This is Excellent news. Thank You RT for covering such an important medical issue - This is a common sense story who's time has come!
I used to likewise be brainwashed. However - I finally looked into the facts behind Cannabis as medicine. I have heard story after story for what it has done for many good people. Recently one lady replaced some 40 prescriptions and is now only on - Cannabis.
I have asthma and I'm opposed to getting high since I cant smoke anything and I don't drink etc. But trust me. IF I had lung cancer. I would seek to use the mentioned to become well again.
Sincerely Speaking & God Bless
Marijuana smokers have had their lives ruined by the Justice system for how long? When will it stop?
New Hampshire has always seemed to be a reasonable place in the United States. This shows that it is
Time to start pushing for Medicinal Cocaine now that drugs are good ;)
1/50th of a personal freedom gained for every 50 personal freedoms lost, only in America 2.0.
But US goverment has to be careful with this kind of medical methods.
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Experience the Stowe Wine and Food Classic, northern New England's premiere wine and food event. This year's event features an incredible lineup of celebrity chefs and featured wineries. Running from June 24th to 26th, the event will once again be held at the picturesque Trapp Family Lodge. More information and tickets are available online at stowewine.com
Our celebrity chefs include Chef Chris Coombs, Executive Chef/Owner of Deuxave in Boston MA and Chef William Kovel, Executive Chef of Boston's 28 Degrees. Coombs has trained under award winning chefs such as Ming Tsai and has prepared special dinners for Laura Bush at The White House and for Le Club des Chefs de Chef. He has also recently appeared on TVFN's Chopped. Kovel was recognized by Boston Magazine for the Best of Boston Prix Fixe Menu in 2008 and named one of the "Chefs to Watch". He was also honored with Boston's Top Restaurants by Chaine des Rotisseurs and achieved the status of AAA Five Diamond Award.
They will be joined by food writer Rowan Jacobsen, author of A Geography of Oysters and American Terroir, who will be hosting an oyster sampling paired with complementary wines on Saturday evening. Discover how the flavors of various oysters can be enhanced with the right wine. Jacobsen is a two-time James Beard Award winner, has received the AICP Award and the Green Prize in Sustainable Literature.
While the weekend's activities will include wines from around the world, this year's featured winery at the Saturday nigh Gala Dinner is Arcadian Winery of Solvang California. Owner/winemaker Joseph Davis will be on hand to discuss his wines. Inspired by the great traditions of Burgundian winemaking, Davis has been making Arcadian Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah in California's Central Coast region since 1996.
The Stowe Wine and Food Classic kicks off the evening of June 24 with an intimate Wine Tasting held at the West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park.
On Saturday participants will enjoy an exclusive opportunity to meet Arcadian Winery vintner Joe Davis who will share wines from his private collection. The wines will be coupled with an unforgettable dinner featuring the exquisite cuisine of Trapp Family Lodge's executive chef Brian Tomlinson. During the evening, guests will have the opportunity to bid on prized and collectible wines as well as one-of-a-kind items.
Sunday's Grand Tasting is a cornucopia of tastes and experiences with more than 100 wines from the leading producing regions of the world along with delicious foods from the area's celebrated chefs. As a unique attraction, the event will feature a Vermont Pavilion which will showcase some of the best culinary gems the State has to offer.
Sunday will also include a Culinary Theatre featuring wine seminars, including seminars with Joe Davis and David O'Reilly of Owen Roe Winery, and cooking demonstrations by Coombs and Kovel.
About Stowe Wine and Food Classic
Tickets for the Stowe Wine and Food Classic range from $35 per person for the Oyster Tasting to $150 per person for the Gala Dinner and Dance. The Friday evening Wine Tasting costs $75 per person, with tickets $60 for Sunday afternoon's Grand Tasting. A package including the Saturday Gala Dinner and Sunday Grand Tasting is priced at $185. To reserve your tickets go online at www.stowewine.com or call 802-253-0399.
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Since we're great lovers of turquoise in general, and turquoise jewelry in particular, we are periodically going to share great pictures we find of both. Today's pic is of a stunning group of Kingman Turquoise cabochons (cabochon, for the uninitiated, means a polished finished gemstone), courtesy of Garlands Jewelry. Kingman Turquoise has been used by the Navajos in their jewelry since 600 AD when they starting harvesting from the legendary Kingman Turquoise open-pit mine in Arizona, and is recognized by its electric blue hues traced with black matrix, and is some of the best blue turquoise you're likely to find. Very high-grade Kingman turquoise has a silver matrix, making for a stunning mixture of electric blue and silver, which makes for some truly gorgeous turquoise jewelry.
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The Philadelphia Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying the suspect for a strong arm robbery on the "R" route SPETA bus in Hunting Park.
On June 22, 2013, at 11:44am, the complainant, a 19 year-old male, was on the "R" route SPETA bus approaching the Broad Street and Hunting Park Avenue bus stop. When the bus stopped and as the suspect was exiting the bus he snatched the complainant's iPhone from his hand and fled the bus.
- Suspect Description: Black male, medium complexion, wearing a light colored shirt with white writing on the front, gray jean shorts with black and white sneakers.
- To view the surveillance video: Visit The Philadelphia Police YouTube Channel or visit http://phillypolice.com/news
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10 Most Union-Made Cars In America
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- What makes an "American" car? One very loud, influential voice says American labor.
Buying from a U.S.-based maker won't guarantee you're getting an "American" car. Nor will buying a car with a high percentage of American-made parts in that car if the vehicle isn't assembled here. Even the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration admits there's no such thing as a 100% American car.
The United Auto Workers beg to differ.
Twenty years ago, Congress passed the American Automobile Labeling Act requiring cars to have labels specifying their percentage of U.S./Canadian parts, the country of assembly and the country of origin for the engine and transmission. Even with this information, however, representatives of the nearly 400,000 active members and 600,000 retired members of the UAW say the only way to ensure you're getting a quality American automobile built to the highest standards at decent wages is to buy a car built using union labor.Labor union proponents and detractors can debate about this straight through the November elections, but those who judge their "American-made" vehicle by the labor standard place a lot of value on that union label. We've gone through the UAW's list of union-made vehicles and found 10 standout models that are not only assembled here, but are prime examples of the best union shops have to offer:
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/AP) -- Tyler Bray threw for a career-high 405 yards, passed for four touchdowns and ran for a fifth score as Tennessee cruised to a 45-23 win over Cincinnati on Saturday.
Bray completed 34 of 41 and bettered his previous career high of 354 yards as the Volunteers (2-0) got their first win over a non-conference BCS opponent in six tries.
Da'Rick Rogers caught two of the touchdown passes and had 100 yards receiving, and Justin Hunter added 156 yards receiving and a score.
Isaiah Pead led the Bearcats (1-1) with 155 yards rushing, DJ Woods had 111 yards receiving and Zach Collaros was 21 for 34 for 230 yards.
Both teams scored touchdowns on their first two drives. Bray found Rogers by himself on one side of the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown pass to give the Vols a 21-14 lead with 13:20 left before halftime that they wouldn't relinquish.
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Summary of action in Alabama Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A summary of action in the Alabama Legislature on Thursday, the third meeting day of the regular session:
—Approved a bill to require repayment by 2026 of $437 million that voters allowed to be transferred from a state trust fund. Goes to Senate.
—Passed a bill setting up a commission to approve a posting on the Internet explaining stateside ballot measures. Goes to Senate.
—Approved a local bill that would allow some local teachers and school employees in the Franklin County and Russellville city school systems to be trained as reserve law enforcement officers and carry firearms in the classroom. Goes to Senate.
—Passed a resolution to create a commission to prepare for Alabama's bicentennial in 2019. Goes to House.
—Approved a bill to permit a special license plate for motorcycles to promote breast cancer research. Goes to House.
—Delayed action on five bills to consolidate state programs in law enforcement, information technology and legislative services.
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Yippee! Thanks Will!
Woohoo! 2-Hours!!!
as the final four Teams race through Japan and onto Honolulu ....
onto Honolulu where one Team will win the $1 million prize
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Post Medieval French copper alloy liard, probably of Louis the XIV (1643-1715), mint and date on coin unclear, 1655-58 or 1693-99 AD.
The coin has been bent twice with one edge bent back and the opposite edge bent forward. A modification referred to as a love token.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1655
Date to: Circa AD 1693
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.59 g
Diameter: 19.6 mm
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Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Reverse description: Legend in three rows [above three fluer de lis with mint mark in centre]
Reverse inscription: [L]IA[RD] // DE // [F]RANC[E]
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It's that time of year again. Yep, you guessed it. Cold and flu season. While everyone is bound to suffer from the occasional cold, the practicing yogi is less likely to come down with it and if they do, their recovery time is a lot quicker. Severalstudiesshow
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New to yoga? Yoga is an amazing practice of connection through your mind, body and soul. The benefitsof practicingyoga
We undertand that beginning a yoga practice can be intimating, so this week we are featuring all beginner classes. You will learn the learn the fundamentals of yoga – from what yoga is to how to choose the right mat, from basic form to breath work and more.
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I'd become pretty comfortable in the style of the yoga with which I'd begun, so I decided to branch out. I should mention that branching out doesn't come particularly easy to me, but I went for it anyway.
Knowing relatively little about the different styles of yoga actually serves as an advantage in some ways, since I have few preconceived notions about what might and might not be good fits for me. So I found a style of yoga that sounded different, a studio that offered a nighttime class in it, and a teacher who had studied with one of the masters of the style in India himself. Perfect.
I should also say that the day I took the class had been a particularly rough one, which involved a certain amount of stress and tears. I was actually kicking myself for having registered online, since I now had to follow through with it, and trudge back out through the freezing New York winter rain.
But then I walked into the studio. The vibe inside was lovely – totally different from what I was used to, and equally wonderful. It felt warm, and inviting, and otherworldly. However much I had resisted, walking through the door felt like a release, and I totally forgot myself. I laughed inwardly at how ridiculous I'd been for wanting so badly to skip it. Score one for yoga that evening.
Then, however, class got started.
Realizing that this was really, really different from what I was used to, I went right back into my head. Where were the Down Dogs, Warrior II's, and Trikonasanas? Heck, I would have welcomed an Astavakrasana, just to have recognized something. But they were nowhere to be found. The class was made up of movements and repetitions that felt totally foreign to me, and therefore, unsettling.
But as my body settled in to the unfamiliar motions, my brain started to shut up again. One part of class involved fast movements of the arms for what seemed like an extraordinarily long period of time. Every now and then, the teacher would say to the class, "keep your eyes closed, and try to move as quickly as you can." And so we did. And then we did it some more.
At some point, I noticed that I wasn't thinking so much about it, I was just sort of…doing it. Cheating by opening my eyes to check out what my arms were doing, I found myself shocked at how fast they were moving. I must have furrowed my brow or dropped my jaw, because I'm pretty sure the teacher cleared her throat in my direction. But by the time class was over, I was taken, and walked back out into the wintry rain in a completely different headspace.
So, score two for yoga that night. It's pretty humbling when the practice takes over and brings you to that place of not thinking, but totally attending. My body, the next day, is still sore from the movements, and my brain is still reveling in the fact that it lost itself (or perhaps, found itself) in the very thing that it had resisted so strongly. This, of course, is what mindfulness is all about. Its effectiveness has been borne out in the scientific literature so many times, but there's nothing like feeling it in action – and acknowledging the fact that it might actually be bigger than me.
Alice G. Walton, PhD is a health and science writer, and began practicing (and falling in love with) yoga last year. She is the Associate Editor at TheDoctorWillSeeYouNow.comForbes.com
A year ago I was a yoga virgin, and I have to say, I gave myself up with a bit of an eye-roll. I had actually made a practice of resisting suggestions that yoga could be good for me and my escalating level of stress, because it seemed so hokey and ungrounded in evidence (please keep reading, I'll recant this shortly).
Full disclosure: I'm a science nerd. I love understanding why things work, and I couldn't imagine that yoga might possibly have scientific backing behind it. I was wrong.
Since that time, I've learned a lot about what yoga and meditation can do for our bodies and brains. Science lays out how the practices affect the body on multiple levels – from the grandest to the most miniscule. The large-scale changes are straightforward, but valuable, and are what many associate with yoga: building and lengthening muscles, improving balance and flexibility, and, for lack of a better term, working out the kinks.
But almost more impressive and affecting are the molecular changes it can bring with it. Cortisol levels fall, and the stress response is quieted. Inflammation, which researchers are discovering is a major culprit in many areas of health, is reduced, as key markers in the blood diminish. The practices appear even to change the volume and wiring of the brain. For example, after learning how to meditate, people show increases in the gray matter of the brain, in areas that govern attention, learning, and memory – and decreases in the regions involved with stress and anxiety, from which a majority of people today suffer, some of us more than others.
The science of yoga is sexy, for sure. And experiencing firsthand the shifts that it brings about can be even more startling to a beginner. It's pretty wild to discover for yourself in the studio – or in your living room – the very same changes that researchers are visualizing on MRIs in the lab.
For me, there's something comforting about knowing that science backs up what we discover in our own practices. It somehow gives yoga more heft and more muscle. Though generations of practitioners over millennia have known intuitively the very same things that modern science is just now figuring out empirically, it still makes me happy to understand why yoga does what it does. It doesn't take the magic away from it – it actually makes its pull even stronger.
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"Tuition Fees are Class War!" CUNY Brooklyn College Students Roughed Up By Police for Demanding Fairer Treatment
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Every gate at the City University of New York's Brooklyn College had doubled security—no one was getting in without a student ID.
That and the rain might have dampened turnout for a mass student day of action calling for increased access to higher education and supported by the likes of Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the student activists who rallied on the quad and then marched into Boylan Hall, chanting, "1, 2, 3, 4, tuition fees are class war! 5, 6, 7, 8, students will retaliate!"
It took police, batons and riot cuffs to do that.
I was able to get onto campus with the name of a professor given to me by one of the student organizers--the last time I visited the campus, I had no problem walking by the guards, but this time a student was left in tears because her ID wasn't properly validated and she couldn't get to class. Some CUNY graduate students from other campuses were able to join the Brooklyn College students for their rally, which included a banner drop from the top of Boylan Hall (also reading "tuition fees are class war"). "They didn't give access to a rally about access," commented Biola Jeje, one of the students involved in the action, later to AlterNet.
Arriving on the quad just after 1pm, I was just in time to follow the march into Boylan Hall and up the stairs. The students, a mix of men and women, many of whom wore red squares on their shirts or backpacks in solidarity with the Quebec student movement, took the stairs and lined up arm-in-arm in front of the office of the college president, Karen Gould.
Campus police followed the students up the stairs and lined up behind them as they sat down, still with their arms linked together, still singing. They mic-checked their demands, the crowd surrounding them repeating their calls for the college president to meet with them to discuss tuition hikes, the surveillance and racial profiling of Muslim and other students, and funding student services, as well as the over-arching presence of security on campus. And they stressed that they would not move.
The university president, they pointed out, might not have the power to change the tuition hikes they were fighting, but she did have the choice to come and meet with them and she chose instead to send campus police. "We had a petition going around that had over 1000 signatures for free printing, extension of library hours, free course packets. Those are ways besides rescinding the tuition hikes, to help students who were dealing with the tuition hikes," Jeje said of the students' demands to the president.
A clarinetist accompanied them as they turned once again to songs, declaring "The Italians fought fascists with this song" and keeping the mood, for the moment, cheerful, yet militant.
"In 1969 we shut this school down , in 1989 we shut this school down. In 1995 guess what we did? We shut this school down!" the crowd echoed as the police moved closer.
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Those of us standing were herded backward and the police began yanking students to their feet, pulling them apart and pushing them down the hallway. "They yanked us up and just threw us away," Jeje said later.
In front of me, an older man dressed in a suit tried to move forward and was roughly pushed back by an officer. He declined to give me his name, but he told the police, "I'm a college professor!" He was threatened with arrest for disorderly conduct by a large plainclothes security officer when he pressed his case for staying close. Others loudly proclaimed their right to be in the hallway as the police continued to shove students down the hall—and more of them streamed up the stairs, batons out, plastic riot cuffs dangling from their belts.
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In this piece, I want to discuss Somatic Symptom Disorder or SSD—a new diagnosis that's been added to the DSM-5. It has garnered little attention. One exception is a recent article written by Allen Frances, M.D., "Mislabeling Medical Illness as Mental Disorder." In my opinion, Somatic Symptom Disorder is a dangerous addition to the DSM-5. For an update on the status of SSD and the DSM-5, see my article of January 17, 2013, "Your Physical Illness May Now Be Labeled a Mental Disorder," especially the update I added to it on May 4, 2013.


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February, 24, 2011 — Our uneventful trip from Scotland to London to visit a rare book dealer was suddenly interrupted by my wife's enthusiastic scream, "Wycliffe, Wycliffe, there is a Wycliffe sign!" Sitting nestled along the highway on a very small sign were the words, "Wyclif Church." I brought the car to a grinding halt and returned to a small narrow unpaved lane lined with a hedge fence. Following the lane we soon entered a picturesque glen with a quaint rock church and a stone house. A gentle brook called the Tees meandered ever so slowly behind the church.
We approached the cottage next to the church to seek permission to look around. The caretaker soon began explaining with a sense of pride that John Wycliffe was born in the lower section of the church. Stepping over the threshold of the church transported us back into the fourteenth-century. We spent the rest of the afternoon in an unexpected and joyful discovery.
John Wycliffe's (1320/30-1384) profound influence on the English Bible cannot be overestimated. His uncompromising belief in the authority of the Scriptures alone gave birth to the entire Bible being translated into his mother tongue.
The Aristocracy of the period spoke French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin. The laity spoke Middle English, the period immortalized by Geoffrey Chaucer. Without a Bible the masses relied on the teachings of the corrupt medieval Church. Men and women were subjected to harsh measures by the Church such as threats of hell, excommunication, and indulgences, a practice of selling certificates that promised forgiveness not only for past sins but future ones as well. The rise of Wycliffe and his followers, stirred the masses to a longing for the Scriptures that they could read for themselves.
Wycliffe's lack of a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew forced him to use the Latin Vulgate of Jerome as the source for his English Translation. He had no prior list of translation rules to follow. His only example of translation was the medieval practice of placing a translation of words directly above or below the line of a manuscript text called glossing. This method of translation led to extreme literalism and strange word order. The English of Wycliffe's New Testament was so strange, in fact, that an English teacher in Alabama mistook a Wycliffe New Testament for a Latin language New Testament.
Modern scholarship questions whether Wycliffe participated in the actual translation, but evidence suggests he assisted in much of the work with his followers doing a yeoman's share of the translation. Whatever the case, his name became attached to it.
The weakness of the wooden literalness of the Wycliffe Bible soon became obvious and a loyal follower of Wycliffe, John Purvey began the revision of the Bible about 1388. While still an inferior work by today's standard, it was more idiomatic and it served Great Britain for more than 135 years.
The success of Wycliffe's Bible in English was so profound that in 1408 the authorities issued The Constitutions, a document forbidding the reading of any non-approved English Bible. Nearly 50 years after Wycliffe died the council of Constance in 1414-16 condemned him for heresy, opened his grave, burned his bones, and then threw his ashes into the river Avon. The shame the established church sought to place on Wycliffe became a tribute to his life of faith and service when an unknown poet penned these words:
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The Severn to the sea,
And Wycliffe's dust shall spread abroad,
Wide as the waters be."
The die was cast: the English Bible would survive but not without bloodshed, persecution, and men and women willing to suffer the flames of martyrdom.
For the complete story and an original facsimile of the Wycliffe New Testament see the author's Wycliffe Bible, 1986 and A Visual History of the English Bible, Baker Books, 2008.
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Thanks for the "sic". I sure wish journalists (and others) would get it into their heads that "trademark" isn't a verb, and that people don't "apply for" or "ask for" trademark rights from the government.
I must admit that I am on "the dark side" when it comes to using "trademark" as a verb.
I see the wisdom of your position. If you use "trademark" as a verb, meaning "to register a trademark," you fail to acknowledge that trademark rights grow from use, not registration. It ignores the fact that you have a trademark or you do not — registration doesn't change that fact…
Nevertheless, as "galling" (good word!) as it is, I find myself drawn to it. I actually like it.
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Mercury is in Virgo. Wood or trees?
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Nothing in Water until the Moon gets into Pisces in a few hours. Deep breaths. Prioritise. Clear work-space. Orderly brain. One thing at a time. I actually typed "orderly bran" before. That's very VERY Virgo.
Try not to go totally apeshit over the miniscule. Set aside nano-issues. Compose thyself. You're not really going to get Zen in the Zap Zone (till Aug 22) but relatively calm and plucky is quite a cool goal to aim for, no?
Mercury goes Retro in August as well. In Virgo. Details glossed over now because you'd rather do St Virgo martyr merde will come back to nip you on that toned bottom of yours. Check the Mercury Retro deets on the Monthly Scopes page & bung in your diaries!
Be buzzed and busy but not be-guilted.
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You postpone everything on the list to clean your house or office from top to bottom, reorder your entire address book and send some anal Virgo missives re Correct Conduct or a Belated Irritants Summary. You screech with horrified glee as you discover a mould patch. You exist only on Evian, adrenaline and vitamin pills but then hit some sort of a cortisol wall mid-arvo and download chocolate croissants with red wine or worse, whilst researching obscure mineral deficiences online or being judgemental about the grooming regimes of complete strangers. You have gone absolutely bats but the sheets have been disinfected and you can always give the seaweed shake to the cats whilst you dine on potato sticks.


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- 0Mar 24, '11 by maa2012I am a student at Purdue University and son of a nurse. I am pursuing a degree in Public Health and am doing a research project on Nurses and stress if anyone who has time to fill out a short survey it would be greatly appreciated and feel free to share with others the link will be below.
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J. Kofi Bucknor Elected To Newmont's Board Of Directors
DENVER, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) ("Newmont" or the "Company") announced the election of J. Kofi Bucknor to its Board of Directors (the "Board").
"Mr. Bucknor is a well-respected Ghanaian economist and businessman who will bring significant financial and governmental experience, as well as extensive knowledge of one of Newmont's strategic development and operating regions, to Newmont's Board," said Vincent Calarco, Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bucknor is Chairman of Ghana's Investment Advisory Committee, which advises on the management of part of the country's oil revenues, and is the former Chairman of the Ghana Stock Exchange. In addition, Mr. Bucknor serves on numerous boards, including Chirano Gold Mines ( Ghana), National Investment Bank ( Ghana), ARM ( Nigeria), and CNIA Assurances ( Morocco), and formerly served as a Director of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Ecobank Transnational Corporation and as a member of the International Advisory Board of Normandy Mining Corporation.
Mr. Bucknor has over 30 years of extensive international banking experience. He began his distinguished professional career at Chemical Bank and served as a Vice President and as the Bank's Regional Representative for West and Central Africa. He joined the African Development Bank in Abidjan as Deputy Treasurer in 1986, becoming Treasurer from 1990 to 1994 with responsibility for the bank's capital market operations. He then joined Lehman Brothers International, London in 1994 as an Executive Director, Corporate Finance with responsibility for Africa. In 1997, Mr. Bucknor returned to Ghana as Managing Director of CAL Merchant Bank until 2000 when he formed his own corporate finance advisory firm, J. Kofi Bucknor & Associates."It is a pleasure to welcome Mr. Bucknor to Newmont. I look forward to working with him on enhancing our ability to deliver industry leading performance and value to our shareholders, employees and host communities," said Richard O'Brien, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
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King County Metro bus drives wrong way on I-5 express lanes
A passenger said the driver passed a "Do Not Enter" sign and drove a bus full of passengers the wrong way onto the Interstate 5 express lanes.
Seattle Times staff reporters
A King County Metro bus driver drove onto the Interstate 5 express lanes in the wrong direction with an articulated bus full of passengers Wednesday afternoon.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
The Route 41 driver hesitated on the onramp near the Northgate Transit Center for a few seconds after passing a clearly marked "Do Not Enter" sign, then continued southbound onto the expressway, said passenger Thad White, who was sitting near the front of the bus at the time.
The state Department of Transportation tweeted Wednesday afternoon that it had "confirmed that the signage and all that was correct."
The lanes had just changed over from southbound to northbound, so the bus didn't meet any oncoming traffic until it reached the Northeast 45th Street overpass, White and Metro spokesman Jeff Switzer said.
"Then you could see this wall of cars," White said.
At that point, the bus pulled over onto the shoulder, where the driver called his supervisor, White said.
A Washington state incident-response truck diverted traffic until State Patrol troopers and the supervisor showed up, White said. The driver, who wore a "20-year safe driver" badge, told White he expected to face suspension, a drug test and mandatory retraining, in addition to a ticket.
State Patrol troopers shut down the express lanes, and the bus — then driven by the supervisor — attempted a giant U-turn to exit at the Northeast 42nd Street offramp. But the bus couldn't make it all the way around, so a State Patrol escort led it further south to the Mercer Street offramp, where it exited the freeway, and a trooper wrote the driver a ticket, Switzer and White said.
The bus then took its passengers to Jackson Street, where it let them off.
Switzer called the incident a "very, very serious safety infraction" and said he was glad no one was injured.
King County Metro is investigating, he said.
The ordeal over, White caught another bus to the Convention Center, where he was working at an optometry convention. He had already texted his girlfriend and called his boss to tell him he'd be late.
"It was a complete scene out of 'Austin Powers' — but with a bus," White said.
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Memorial Bridge lift span floated into place
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The north span of the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine has floated in.
The span on the Kittery side was carried on a barge early Wednesday to its final destination. Workers are preparing to set it in place.
Small groups of onlookers turned out for the float-in, which started around 12:30 a.m.
After the span is set, work will start on the center span, which is scheduled to be added in June.
The new Memorial Bridge connecting Portsmouth and Kittery is scheduled to open to traffic this summer.
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We outline our approach and present two application examples within this framework for the personalization of exercises with hints. Proocedings of: 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2010). Sousse, Tunisia, 5-7 July 2010. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Assessment of Knowledge and Competencies in 3D Virtual Worlds: A Proposal http://hdl.handle.net/10016/19139 Assessment of Knowledge and Competencies in 3D Virtual Worlds: A Proposal Ibáñez Espiga, María Blanca; Crespo García, Raquel; Delgado Kloos, Carlos Digital natives demand a more active approach to learning. Moreover, the acquisition and assessment of competencies, rather than the mere transmission of information, is becoming more relevant in the Knowledge Society. 3D virtual worlds are a promising environment to meet both of these requirements. In a 3D virtual world, learners are immersed in a rich environment that allows them to have an active experience through their avatars and interaction devices. The learning process in traditional learning management systems has been widely studied, but there is relatively little literature about the use of 3D virtual worlds for learning, although the expectations are high and the possibilities opened immense. This paper focuses on an important part of the teaching and learning process: the assessment. Our aim is to present a set of techniques adapted to this novel 3D medium that allows assessing knowledge, skills, and competencies by using the elements inherent to 3D virtual worlds (avatars, synthetic characters, smart objects) and take advantage of the new dimension introduced. Proceedings of: Key Competencies in the Knowledge Society World Computer Congress (KCKS 2010). 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Great sex does more than blow your mind—it's good for your heart, your head and your beauty.
Katie Couric, Lady Gaga and TLC's "What Not to Wear" star Stacy London all have made headlines in the past several days for confessing to having an eating disorder.
Couric dropped the news in a frank conversation with Demi Lovato, a guest on her new talk show. London is promoting a book. Gaga has started an online revolution. From a strictly business perspective, it's a boon for the media outlets that get to carry the news (irony noted), and it's hard to not to wonder whether there's some celebrity PR angle at play.
Whatever the behind-the-scenes struggles of the celebrities themselves—they are, after all, real people—the way the story is revealed and presented to the public creates its own set of questions and concerns.
Is the media attention good for fans (and non-fans) who are battling their own eating issues? Are there harmful repercussions being overlooked?
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London told People magazine, "When you can talk about something and shine light on it, you're obliterating shame, and that to me was always the really hard part—to feel so filled with shame and having no recourse to thinking it could get better."
Chiseling away at the stigma of eating disorders on the grand stage could be an impactful way of telling others that it's okay to talk about.
Indeed, Gaga created a movement among her fans on her LittleMonsters.com social media site that she calls the Body Revolution. After days of media scrutiny over her weight (she put on a few pounds and some very unflattering, probably doctored photos were published) she posted several snapshots of herself in just her underwear. Over the first she wrote "Bulimia and anorexia since I was 15." Then she encouraged members of the online community to post their own pics as a way of overcoming insecurities and telling a judgmental society to back the hell off.
Other sites have given people a forum for posting pictures of themselves, and while well intentioned, YouBeauty Self-Image Expert Heather Quinlan cautions that there are complexities at work that can undermine a positive message.
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"It gets very complicated when people with body image issues are posting pictures," she says. "They look at themselves and other people and compare. But it's not an objective, logical comparison; it's fueled by an inherently distorted body image and it's difficult for these people to see the reality of their own reflections. They want positive feedback, but they're looking through a distorted lens."
This may be as true for Lady Gaga herself as for anyone else. We can look at her pictures, stretched tall and lean in one, flaunting what many would consider an enviable derrière in another, and think, "But she looks so good. I'm supposed to feel sorry for someone who's thinner than I am?" What we're missing, Quinlan stresses, is that while a person with an eating disorder might be perceived as thin and beautiful, she sincerely believes she is severely overweight. I might say that Gaga looks great, but who knows what Gaga sees when she looks at her own image.
It's crucial to recognize that mind-body disconnect. "The underlying core of the disorder is that it's not about your body, it's about your thoughts. It's a brain disease with physical symptoms. It's about thoughts and feelings and the results affect your body. That's what's objectively easier to see," says Quinlan.
The true value of celebrities exposing their eating issues, she urges, is presenting the reality of those destructive thoughts and that even celluloid demigods need to ask for help sometimes. The Mother Monster has been dealing for nearly 10 years. Katie Couric said she used to beat herself up for chewing a stick of non-sugar-free gum. It's psychological, it's nuanced and it's never easy.
On the flipside, when Kelly Clarkson makes anorexia sound like a bad habit you can kick cold turkey, it minimizes the problem and makes individuals who struggle with eating disorders in the long term feel inadequate and powerless.
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There's a spectrum, Quinlan explains, ranging from disordered or dysfunctional eating up to full blown eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. Early on there is a point where self-awareness and a push from family and friends can be enough to help a person put a stop to self-destructive behaviors. But past that point it can be extremely hard and take a lot of work.
How do you know if you, or a close friend or relative, is heading in that direction? Quinlan offers some important red flags:
If you find yourself engaging in these worrisome behaviors, reach out to a friend or a therapist to discuss your thoughts and feelings.
Whether you struggle with body image or not, Quinlan thinks there are positive aspects of the celebrity-eating-disorder-news trend. Bringing these issues to light can be life-changing for people who are too afraid or too ashamed to talk about their own difficulties.
"Though the coverage of the celebrities and their eating disorders is not yet ideal, it's good that the media is even paying attention to this topic," she concludes. "It might have negative elements, but it's not nearly as negative as the general media focus on weight loss, diet tips and bad beach bodies."
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Leilani's Land of Oz
Party Recap
Our baby girl turned 2! For her theme this year, I decided to go with a classic movie "The Wizard of Oz." I made all the decorations on my own with help from some girl friends and Etsy.com where I bought the printables. I work full time, sometimes more than 40 hours per week, but I got a head start and started planning since Oct./2011! It was a great party! lots of food, desserts, and candy! We had a face painter/balloon maker, we had some games, a pinata, a bounce house for big kids and a ball pit for the little munchkins. Overall, everyone had a blast! I could not have done it without my husband who supported all the arts and crafts I had to make, and my girlfriends & sisters who helped me do the finishing touches and helped me set up the day of the party.
Party Highlights
Best Dressed
Our little Dorothy of course in her tutu I made :)
delicious homemade cake from my sister in law, cake pops made by my comadre, cupcakes made by me, ding-dongs, lollipops, tin man kisses
Activities / Games
Pin the Badge on the Lion, guess how many tin man hearts are in the jar, Pinata
Let's just say I started planning since Oct 2011 and I got most of the items on sale/clearance!
Party Favors
gingham boxes filled with: tin-man bubbles, scarecrow rubber duckies, Wizard of Oz stickers, Glenda wands (for girls)
Best Moment
When Leilani's eyes lit up when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday!"
What People Ate
Spaghetti, mini-hot dogs, pizza, chicken salad
What People Drank
water, soda, beer
Crafty Mommy!
Yes I work full time (sometimes more than 40 hours per week) but I managed to make mostly all of the decorations for her party! I am so proud of myself for pulling it off and I loved every detail!!!!
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The MOST ADORABLE one that I have seen! I LOVE her dress too! Happy Birhtday little one. tickledpinkwithrosesandpearls.com
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As Texas' chief fiscal officer, I am committed to creating an environment that encourages the Texas economy to grow and thrive. One of my responsibilities is to analyze factors affecting the state's economy. Access to reliable sources of abundant clean water plays a key role in determining the future success of Texas' economy and the health of our citizens.
Our office presents the Liquid Assets: The State of Texas' Water Resources, which discusses the current and future water resources in Texas, the practical and policy barriers faced by local and state water planners and the possible funding mechanisms that could be tapped to develop our water resources. The report also provides information on the current status of water management strategies in the 16 water planning regions in the state. State and regional decision makers will be able to use this report as a tool to drive sound and prudent water policy in the state.
This report evaluates the progress Texas is making in securing water resources for the future. Texas' water resources are diverse and ever changing, since they are based upon climatic and demographic fluctuations. Drought is an ever-present concern in many parts of the state, leading to pressure on our water infrastructure. Texas' population is growing at nearly twice the national rate and it is estimated that by 2060 there will be more than 46 million people living in Texas, and the state will need ample water supplies to serve them. According to the Texas Water Development Board demand for water will increase 27 percent by 2060 and if demand is not met it could cost businesses and workers in the state approximately $9.1 billion per year by 2010 and $98.4 billion per year by 2060.
Our economy always has and always will rely on clean and abundant water supplies. In addition, state and local leaders must recognize that how they define ownership of groundwater could have enormous economic consequences for property owners statewide. Important financial decisions have been based on the belief by landowners that the water under their land is in fact their "property." A change in this system could have very significant and adverse financial consequences for individuals as well as for the economic vitality of the state. Liquid Assets: The State of Texas' Water Resources will help all Texas citizens understand the importance of reliable water resources and what is being done now and in the future to ensure those resources.
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Phoronix: Unity 4 Game Engine Has Native Linux Support
Version 4 of the Unity 3D game engine will have native Linux support...
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Phoronix: Unity 4 Game Engine Has Native Linux Support
Version 4 of the Unity 3D game engine will have native Linux support...
Each one of those games is powered by Unity3D's core: Mono.
Time to decide what matters more, kids: loving more Linux games, or hating Mono and saying it's useless!
Unity is a heap of shit.
I read the unity thread from page 1 to 7, looks like several users are not happy with the upgrade price, not happy that there are not enough improvements to the GUI system, some expected that there would be a performance boost fix for version 3.5.x, also there is not proper support of 64bit architectures, and not good multicore support...
Apart from some linux friendly unity users, most unity users seem to be rather disappointed in this thread.
the upgrade price from 3.5 pro version to unity 4 costs $850. So I would think that maybe some more popular unity games might be ported, but probably not really many.Quote:
Unity3D is the number one mobile game development engine, and could result in thousands of games being ported to Linux.
the user reviews devmaster.net are pretty mixed on Unity3D.
Lesson to take away from this: don't spam engine with polls from users, spam games with polls from users (and fund them!) because games demanding platform support in this case was more effective.
so only the a way to deploy games -> no editor :(
who wants to play games when creating them is so much more fun?^^


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Perhaps in an attempt to "Keep Portland Weird", Oregon resident Bryan Miller has introduced a men-only 'Yoga For Yoda' class.
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These didn't turn out as good as I'd hope, but I was also working with very inferior materials. I was using a pop bottle as a rolling pin, since I foolishly left mine at home, and I'm at a friend's house.
But, they were a lot of fun to make, and my friend, who is a scone person (I am not) says they're quite good. Yay! I'll definately try making them again. 9 years ago