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Archbishop says neither church nor courts can change nature of marriage
MIAMI (CNS) -- A Florida county judge's ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry "represents another salvo in the 'culture wars' that ultimately seek to redefine the institution of marriage as solely for adult gratification," said Miami's archbishop. Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski praised Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for her decision to appeal the July 17 ruling by Judge Luis M. Garcia of Monroe County Circuit Court. The announcement an appeal will be filed automatically stayed the ruling. Across the country a day later, a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld rulings that struck down Oklahoma's same-sex marriage ban. Garcia's decision came in a lawsuit brought by same-sex couples in the Florida Keys who challenged a voter-approved state constitution defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. The judge said the amendment, passed in 2008, violates the right of homosexual couples to marry. His ruling in Huntsman v. Heavilin applies only to Monroe County. "While Judge Garcia spoke of 'rights,' the Catholic Church speaks of 'right," Archbishop Wenski said in a July 18 statement. "Marriage, a union between one man and one woman and any children that arise from that union, is an institution that precedes church and state; therefore neither church nor state has any authority to change the nature of marriage. Since time immemorial, marriage has been primarily about the raising of children, who seem to be hardwired to be best raised by a father and a mother who are married to each other," he continued.
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Obama's order bans discrimination based on workers' sexual orientation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Barack Obama's executive order of July 21 has installed workplace rules forbidding the firing of employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity by the federal government and federal contractors -- a key provision in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act languishing in Congress. The U.S. bishops have opposed the bill, known as ENDA, which was passed by the Senate last November but was never scheduled for a vote in the House. The bill, aimed at protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, has been introduced in almost every Congress since 1994. "Today's executive order is unprecedented and extreme and should be opposed," said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, and Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New York, chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth. "In the name of forbidding discrimination, this order implements discrimination," they said in a joint statement. "With the stroke of a pen, it lends the economic power of the federal government to a deeply flawed understanding of human sexuality, to which faithful Catholics and many other people of faith will not assent. As a result, the order will exclude federal contractors precisely on the basis of their religious beliefs."
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Humanity at the heart of immigration crisis, say faith leaders
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While hundreds of children and families continued crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily, a group of diverse religious leaders remained focused on the plight that immigrants are forced to face after they arrive in the country illegally. Faith leaders, activists and individuals representing migrant communities from around the world implored U.S. government officials to stop separating families through programs such as "secure communities" and "287(g)" during a July 22 news conference in Washington. "Secure communities" and "287(g)" are collaborative initiatives launched by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allow local and state police officers to help identify and arrest individuals who are currently living in the U.S. illegally. (The name "287(g)" comes from the "delegation of immigration authority" section in the Immigration and Nationality Act.) Although originally intended to apprehend immigrants engaged in criminal behavior, critics of these programs say they give police officers the authority to use small traffic violations as the means to deport hundreds of immigrants living within the country. Religious and community leaders say they are distraught by the programs' consequences, including the Rev. Carmelo Santos, a Lutheran minister, who described how they have instilled fear in the hearts of many immigrants and separated thousands of children from their parents.
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Catholic agencies study Obama order on government contract employment
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic agencies were studying President Barack Obama's executive order that expands the prohibition on employment discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender by the federal government and nonprofit agencies and corporations that receive federal contracts. The scrutiny comes because the July 21 order does not spell out a specific exemption for religious organizations that contract with the government. Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities told
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the order continues to be reviewed. The organizations or their members currently hold contracts or have at one time contracted with the government for services. In some cases, the contracts have been worth millions of dollars. The USCCB has been the most vocal of the agencies in commenting on the executive order. A spokeswoman for the USCCB said the bishops feared the order would force the conference to abandon the possibility of applying for future government contracts because of the employment requirements. "We obviously have some trouble with the language of gender identity and sexual orientation. We feel that's very, very broad. It's ill defined," said Melissa Swearingen, adviser and spokeswoman for USCCB president, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky.
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U.S. AIDS official warns against stigma against gays in Africa
MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) -- The U.S. government global AIDS coordinator praised faith-based groups for their action to combat AIDS but warned against an increase in stigma and discrimination against gays, especially in Africa. "Many of us in the United States can remember the early scenes from St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City in the 1980s of desperate and dying young men being cared for by extraordinary and compassionate medical professionals and tireless nuns, when we didn't know how to treat or what to do," the official, Deborah Birx, told Catholic and interfaith groups that had gathered separately before the July 20-25 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. "What began as an awkward relationship between the gay community and the Catholic health care system became a story of acceptance, partnership, compassion, and service that became a model for communities around the country and around the world." Although the pandemic spread to all corners of the globe, "your compassion and passion for this work continue to be the heartbeat of the response to HIV," Birx told the religious leaders July 19. She said that faith-based groups today provide 30-60 percent of the health care in countries where the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief operates, and much of that work is carried out by Catholics. "As the largest nongovernmental provider of health care services in the world, the Catholic Church has led these efforts," she said.
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Expulsion of Christians a 'crime against humanity,' Mosul bishop says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Backed up by death threats and property seizures, the expulsion of the entire Christian community from Mosul is "a crime against humanity," said an archbishop from Mosul. Chaldean Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona said the Islamic State, which took control of Iraq's second-largest city in early June, is carrying out "religious cleansing. It's an ugly word, but it is what happened and is happening," he told Vatican Radio July 22. Iraq's Christian leaders are tired of people making appeals and declarations about their plight without backing up their words with real action, the archbishop said. "Words do nothing today," he said. Support and prayers are needed, he said, but "we also expect all Christians to show solidarity with concrete action" and "without being afraid to talk about this tragedy." Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad said: "We need action first. The world is not bothering with what is happening to Christians in Mosul."
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Stop targeting civilians, archbishop tells Israelis, Gaza fighters
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council urged the Israeli military and fighters in the Gaza Strip to stop targeting civilian areas. "As the number of people killed, wounded, uprooted from their homes, continues to increase in the conflict between Israel and some Palestinian groups, particularly in the Gaza Strip, the voice of reason seems submerged by the blast of arms," Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said July 23 during a special session of the council in Geneva. Since hostilities exploded in early July, he said, most of the victims have been civilians, "who by international humanitarian law should be protected. The United Nations estimates that approximately 70 percent of Palestinians killed have been innocent civilians. This is just as intolerable as the rockets and missiles directed indiscriminately toward civilian targets in Israel," said the archbishop, who serves as the Vatican's permanent representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva. The text of Archbishop Tomasi's remarks to the council was distributed by email.
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Bomb damages door of historic church in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) -- A bomb exploded at the front of historic Santa Ana Church early July 22, causing damage to the front door but no injuries. Police officials said the bomb -- made of gas cylinders, a bottle with fuel and a timer --was planted by unknown people who left the mechanism inside of a trash bag. Police found pamphlets mentioning two Chileans imprisoned in Spain last year for leaving a bomb in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza. "Our insurrectional action is a supportive gesture to our buddies Francisco Solar and Monica Caballero, kidnapped in Spain," said the flyer. Solar and Caballero also were convicted of planning an attack against the monastery of Montserrat, in the Barcelona region. Father Lionel de Ferrari, a priest at Santa Ana, called the attack against the church "an irrational act. I can't imagine what is going on inside of the head of those people." The church, built in 1806, was declared national monument in 1970. Hours after the explosion at Santa Ana Church, Chilean police deactivated another explosive device in downtown Santiago, near a kindergarten and close to the house of an official of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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French Catholic leaders condemn anti-Jewish violence
PARIS (CNS) -- France's Catholic leaders condemned anti-Jewish violence in Paris by rioters protesting Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. "Synagogues have been attacked, shops owned by Jewish people looted and anti-Semitic slogans chanted right here among us," bishops from the Ile-de-France region, around Paris, said July 21. "Like the great majority of French people, we are shocked. Such acts cannot be justified in any way by the international situation, and we demand that the government to do everything to maintain order in our republic." The statement said France should be setting an example, amid violence and injustice worldwide, "that coexistence is possible between people, whatever their culture, religion and origin." The bishops appealed to all French citizens to uphold a spirit of "mutual respect, dialogue and encounter," and said special prayers for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be held in churches July 27. French religious leaders, including the president of the bishops' conference, issued a statement after meeting to discuss the violence with French President Francois Hollande. "After so much violence, rending people apart and causing so many victims, we reaffirm our wish to see justice and peace established," Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille said in a July 21 statement with France's Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist leaders.
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Jerusalem patriarch: Don't punish all Gaza Palestinians because of Hamas
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It is impossible for Israeli military to target Hamas missiles without hitting civilians in the Gaza Strip, said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem. People might not agree with Hamas, which controls Gaza, but "we cannot punish all the population because you do not agree with Hamas," he told
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in Washington July 23. "We have hundreds and hundreds of killed people, innocent people, 80 percent innocent," he said, noting the deaths of "mothers, children, students. In Gaza, when (Israelis) strike, there is no shelter," he said. "The Israeli people are happy to have bomb shelters, and they can go escape when they want," he said, referring to the rockets Hamas has been firing into Israel. "Meanwhile, in Gaza, we have nothing. No shelters, and they (people) are in the street." Patriarch Twal emphasized that the church "absolutely condemns" the firing of Hamas rockets. "But remember these rockets: They make noise, they make fear, they never killed one person," he said. The patriarch was visiting the United States July 17 when Israel began its ground campaign into Gaza in response to a string of escalating events that began with the kidnappings and deaths of Israeli and Palestinian teens. Israel began airstrikes July 8 and by July 23, the Israeli death toll stood at 32 soldiers and three civilians; the Health Ministry in Gaza said more than 660 Palestinians had been killed and more than 4,120 wounded.
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Holy Land tour operators scramble to help pilgrims after flight ban
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- With most international airlines canceling their flights into Israel's Ben Gurion airport after several Hamas missiles were launched toward the area July 22, Anton Mousallam has only three words on his mind: cancellation, cancellation, cancellation. The Bethlehem Catholic tour operator said four large pilgrim groups scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks canceled, and he had Palestinian customers who were scheduled to fly out on family vacations to Europe but were unable to do so. Though their airline tickets might be refunded, most of their reservations at hotels and attractions in Europe were nonrefundable, he said. Mousallam said he was scrambling to try to find his customers flights out through Jordan or one of the few airlines still flying out of Ben Gurion, but everything was booked. "Today there are no flights abroad (available). I don't know what will happen," he told
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July 23. "This is difficult; all the deposits have been paid and we have to reimburse our customers. We are praying for peace for all people. Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Gaza, Tel Aviv ... families are suffering all over. It is not good for anybody. But we are optimists and know peace will reign on earth someday." The House of Abraham (Maison d'Abraham) guesthouse supported by Caritas France has been empty since the start of Israeli airstrikes in early July, said financial director Johnny Awad. Three groups of 150 people who were scheduled to arrive have canceled, and he only has reservations for October.
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Retired Toledo auxiliary dies; recalled as 'wise, wonderful shepherd'
TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) -- Retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. Donnelly of Toledo died July 21 at his home in Toledo at age 83. Afternoon visitation was scheduled for July 28, to be followed by an evening vigil at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo. Morning visitation and a rosary July 29 was to take place before a noon funeral Mass at the cathedral. Committal was to be at Resurrection Cemetery in Toledo. "Bishop Donnelly was deeply loved and respected by his fellow priests. His selection as our auxiliary bishop in 1984 was received with great rejoicing," said Father Charles F. Ritter, diocesan administrator since late 2013, when now-Archbishop Leonard P. Blair was installed to head the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut. "Members of those parishes in which (the late bishop) ministered remember him fondly as a gentle, caring and wise man, a wonderful shepherd," the priest said. "The Diocese of Toledo is as impoverished by his passing as we have been enriched by his ministry among us and his friendship with us all." Known for his gentleness and humility, Bishop Donnelly directed Renew, a diocesan-wide small-group spiritual renewal program, from 1981 until 1985. While he was serving in that capacity, he was ordained auxiliary bishop for Toledo May 3, 1984.
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Along the border: Agent has keen eye for signs of people on move
NOGALES, Ariz. (CNS) -- A shirtsleeve waved from the top of the border fence like a signal flag. "Someone came over here recently," said Border Patrol Agent Bryan Flowers pointing to the shirt and rubber-sole skid marks left on the 20-foot-tall rusted steel fence. Flowers has a keen eye for spotting signs of people on the move. He can make out fresh footprints in the dry desert sand and easily spot newly discarded water bottles, backpacks or clothing. A former teacher, he is among the 4,100 agents in the Tucson sector of U.S. Border Patrol charged with security along 262 miles of linear border extending from Arizona's Yuma County to the New Mexico state line. The agents make daily arrests. Among those taken into custody are people looking for a better life, those seeking jobs or to be with family and hardened criminals, including drug smugglers, human smugglers and traffickers. Flowers, a public information officer, recently gave
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a tour of Border Patrol operations in southern Arizona. "This border area is safer today than it's ever been," he said, outlining infrastructure improvements the agency has made over the last decade.
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Korean priest says homeland needs to hear pope's message of simplicity
HONOLULU (CNS) -- Father Jong Ki Kim is excited that Pope Francis's first major trip to Asia will be to his home diocese, Daejeon, South Korea, and that he and 23 others from Hawaii's Korean Catholic Community will be there. Father Kim is the head chaplain for the Korean Catholic Community based at St. Pius X Parish in Manoa. He is a priest of the Diocese of Daejeon. He and the Hawaii delegation are scheduled to make the 15-hour flight Aug. 11 to be in their home country for the pope's Aug. 14-18 visit. The pope will attend Asian Youth Day in Daejeon and preside over the beatification of 124 Korean martyrs in Seoul. No other countries are on the itinerary. It's "amazing ... a miracle," Father Kim said, that the pope said yes to an invitation from his bishop, Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, to attend the sixth Asian Youth Day, sponsored by the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. Organizers of the event had originally planned for 2,000 to 3,000 attendees from 30 countries. A lot more people will be coming now, Father Kim predicted.
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A resident found her Gilbert neighborhood's community mailbox ripped open and several pieces of mail missing.
A mail thief struck the area near Gilbert and Baseline roads on Jan. 5, during the same month when six other mail-related thefts were reported in the town.
"We have had significant problems with mail theft in the past," Gilbert police Sgt. Mark Marino said. "It's not as prevalent as it was before, but it's a concern for us."
There have been 10 cases of mail theft reported in Gilbert so far this year. That's on a similar pace to last year's total of 38, more than double the 15 cases in 2006.
While the problem has subsided statewide since it spiked nearly a decade ago, a recent uptick in Gilbert has police urging residents to be cautious and alert.
Especially since stolen mail is one of the leading causes of identity theft.
Arizona is the No. 1 state for identity theft, according to a Federal Trade Commission report.
The Valley is rated as the 17th worst metropolitan area for the crime in the country, and five other Arizona areas are rated in the top 25.
Local police departments and the U.S. Postal Inspection Office handle stolen mail cases.
There are roughly 40 postal inspection agents in Arizona who work with police to investigate the thefts, said Patricia Armstrong, postal inspection spokeswoman.
Both Gilbert police and federal officials said mail thieves don't seem to target specific areas. It's a crime of opportunity rather than a planned attack, they said.
And drug users, especially methamphetamine addicts, are often the culprits.
"Meth is obviously a problem in Arizona," Armstrong said. "Wherever you have a meth problem, you have a crime problem.
"When people need the money, these crimes can quickly generate cash," she said.
Marino agreed that there's a strong correlation between drugs and identity theft crimes in Gilbert.
However, mail thieves aren't always looking to steal identities.
Many simply pluck mailboxes in search of cash, gifts and checks.
Armstrong said postal inspectors have arrested criminals who look for mailed checks and then wash them to erase pertinent information and add their own.

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We have a CC3 network in our school and are experiencing some problems with a shared printer in a room of 15 computers. The printer is an Epson Stylus 1400 and is attached to a station via a USB cable. The printer has been shared and then allocated to the other stations in the room using the RM Management Console. The problem we have is that it seems to be a complete lottery as to whether or not users pick up the printer. For instance, a user logs and does not get the printer, I log onto the same machine as a test user and get the printer, I log on as another test user and do not get the printer! We have other rooms in the school where we have shared printers exactly the same way and have had no problems.
The same issue was occurring last November but we eventually got it working by finding a different driver. Since then the printer has developed a fault and was returned a few weeks back. We are now experiencing the same problem with the replacement printer (exactly the same model/make) even though we have continued using the same driver. (I have also tried the other driver)
We have tried sharing the printer on a different station all together and using a different network port in the room.
We have added another shared printer (different make/model) to the station to test if users can see one but not the other. We have then allocated this printer and a printer from a neighbouring room to the stations. I find that some users get all three printers, some get none, some get the neighbouring printer, some just get the test printer ..a real mixture!
It doesnt seem to be user specific either. For instance, a user might log onto one pc and not get any printers but log onto another and get printers. Then again, it doesnt seem to be station specific, as a user can log out, someone else log in and get the printers.
One thing to note is that I dont recall ever logging on as an administrator and not getting the printer.
I thought I could set up the printer manually on every station in the room, to get around RM Management Console allocating the printing every time a user logs on. The problem is, it seems only the person who installed the printer gets the printer when logged on i.e. Installed as systemadmin, log in as systemadmin2 and no printers installed! I have asked RM if it is possible to set up the printer for each station so that whoever logs on gets the printer. They have said I need to set up the users as privileged users which basically means they can do whatever they like on the computer when logged in. This is not an option! I was hoping someone out there might have some ideas about how I could do this or have any suggestions as to what I could try next?


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Well-known youth music director Sandy Holland has resigned from the Charlotte Children's Choir and started plans to form another group.
Holland announced on Facebook that she is leaving the choir program after 23 years.
Charlotte Children's Choir is one of the most high-profile youth organizations in the city. The group has toured nationally and abroad, performing in famous venues such as Carnegie Hall and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as well as the White House.
Ensembles led by Holland regularly performed beside professionals such as the Charlotte Symphony and Opera Carolina.
Holland's departure from the Children's Choir did not appear amicable.
In a Facebook posting, she wrote that she is leaving six weeks before her planned exit date. Explaining her resignation in another posting, she wrote: "If the horse you (rode) in is dead, it's probably a good idea to dismount."
Holland could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Leaders of the Children's Choir met with concerned parents and children last week about Holland's resignation, said Jill Beitel, a member of the board of directors.
Beitel recalled words from a minister to describe the disappointment voiced by parents and choir members. "Nobody likes change except a wet baby," she said.
"It's distressing. We all respect Sandy. She did an amazing job."
Asked why Holland was leaving before her planned exit date, Beitel said "it gets a little messy" before declining further comment.
Children's Choir Executive Director Nancina Pope referred questions to board Chairwoman Nikki Emanuel Jarrell, who did not return calls seeking comment.
Driven by the popularity of television shows such as "Glee" and and "The Sing-Off," interest in youth choral singing has spiked in recent years. The Charlotte Children's Choir is one of several well-known local youth choral programs, including The Choir School at St. Peter's, based at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, and the Charlotte Home Educators Association.
In Facebook postings, Holland said she is working as founding artistic director of Young Voices of the Carolinas.
"The possibilities that lie ahead for me as I begin a new venture, are exciting and a little frightening," she wrote. "I have built the courage needed to begin a new program. An organization where I plan to realize the wishes, hopes and dreams I have not been able to accomplish in the past, as well as to empower young singers to give their very best."
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Tom, I'm a big fan of the Bowery Boys podcast. I was researching how the Obama Inauguration was celebrated around the world and came across this post. Thanks for your help!
Report from Paris: "Obama Day" celebrated at the Hotel de Ville
Note: EuroCheapo editor Tom Meyers is traveling this week in Paris, where he's visiting and reviewing hotels. He's checking in with the blog during his travels.
January 21, 2009 — Greetings from Paris, where the mood is celebratory.
Here are the front pages of yesterday's left-leaning Liberation and right-leaning Le Figaro (which published a 20 page special on the "Obama Attitude," also pictured).
And these are just a selection of yesterday's papers. I've been here now since Saturday morning, and Obama has been a top story in almost all the papers every day.
The magazines have caught "The Hope of Obama" as well:
As for how this Cheapo celebrated the inauguration in Paris, I was lucky enough to score a free ticket to a viewing party at the Hotel de Ville, Paris' historic city hall. My friend Rachel received two tickets from Democrats Abroad and invited me to join her (and 1,000 others) to celebrate the event in a pretty swanky setting. The crowd seemed overwhelmingly American, although many French attended, as well.
After waiting in a long line, tickets in hand, we passed through security and then headed into the Hotel de Ville. We followed these signs:
"Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Viewing of the Inauguration Ceremony of the 44th President of the United States, His Excellence, Mr. Barack Obama. Salle des Fetes, Second Floor."
The "Salle des Fetes" is a sumptuous and golden grand hall, two stories high, vaulted, and lit by sparkling chandeliers. Where there isn't gold, there are paintings depicting virtues or arts, and classical figurines seem to hold the ceiling in place. The room holds hundreds, and with one side mirrored, the reflected crowd seems even more impressive.
Just before the ceremony in Washington, the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe spoke:
To the right of the photo, you can also see United States Ambassador to France, Craig Roberts Stapleton, who addressed the crowd after the mayor. The audience, however, was restlessly awaiting the inauguration. Here's the room right before the swearing in took place:
Obama's ceremony was shown live on a giant screen, to much applause and some tears. Then, the crowd moved into other reception rooms for drinks, happy schmoozing, and to stare out at Notre Dame glowing across the Seine.
Can you tell that Rachel and I are happy?
Some danced, most drank, and many, like me, simply felt lucky to be there.
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slmengine(x,y,'degree',1,'interiorknots', 'free','knots', 3, 'leftslope', 0, 'rightminslope', 0);
??? Error using ==> lsqlin at 202
The number of rows in A must be equal to the length of b.
Error in ==> slmengine>solve_slm_system at 2333
[coef,junk,junk,exitflag,junk,lambda] = ...
when I look at the call to lsqlin, Mineq has three values and rhsineq only two.
Mineq = [0 0.5 -0.5];
rhsineq = [0 0];
Is this a bug, or am I calling slmengine incorrectly.
Very nice John, I will cite you in our papers.
I also got this warning:
Warning: Options LargeScale = 'off' and Algorithm = 'trust-region-reflective' conflict.
Ignoring Algorithm and running active-set method. To run trust-region-reflective, set
LargeScale = 'on'. To run active-set without this warning, use Algorithm = 'active-set'.
and added this line after line numer 158 in your slmengine.m file;
fminconoptions.Algorithm = 'active-set';
now I don't get the warning anymore.
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Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase plays an essential role in aerobic cellular respiration, reducing dioxygen to water in a process coupled with the pumping of protons across the mitochondrial inner membrane. An aspartate residue, Asp-51, located near the enzyme surface, undergoes a redox-coupled x-ray structural change, which is suggestive of a role for this residue in redox-driven proton pumping. However, functional or mechanistic evidence for the involvement of this residue in proton pumping has not yet been obtained. We report that the Asp-51 --> Asn mutation of the bovine enzyme abolishes its proton-pumping function without impairment of the dioxygen reduction activity. Improved x-ray structures (at 1.8/1.9-A resolution in the fully oxidized/reduced states) show that the net positive charge created upon oxidation of the low-spin heme of the enzyme drives the active proton transport from the interior of the mitochondria to Asp-51 across the enzyme via a water channel and a hydrogen-bond network, located in tandem, and that the enzyme reduction induces proton ejection from the aspartate to the mitochondrial exterior. A peptide bond in the hydrogen-bond network critically inhibits reverse proton transfer through the network. A redox-coupled change in the capacity of the water channel, induced by the hydroxyfarnesylethyl group of the low-spin heme, suggests that the channel functions as an effective proton-collecting region. Infrared results indicate that the conformation of Asp-51 is controlled only by the oxidation state of the low-spin heme. These results indicate that the low-spin heme drives the proton-pumping process.
The low-spin heme of cytochrome c oxidase as the driving element of the proton-pumping process.,Tsukihara T, Shimokata K, Katayama Y, Shimada H, Muramoto K, Aoyama H, Mochizuki M, Shinzawa-Itoh K, Yamashita E, Yao M, Ishimura Y, Yoshikawa S Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Dec 23;100(26):15304-9. Epub 2003 Dec 12. PMID:14673090[1]
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Ok so I'm just curoius that when tranfering wert to fermentation I should syphon it into ther fermentartion bucket correct? Cause the guy at my local home brew shop says its ok to pour it in....
It really doesn't matter either way.
Some dump everything in, without straining, just pour it in the bucket or in the funnel....Some use a big strainer that fit in the funnel for a carboy, or a sanitized 5 gallon nylon paint strainer bag in the bucket...
I have done it all ways. It really doesn't matter...anything will settle.
In other words, there is no wrong way to do it, or better way, or way that will make the best beer...they all work...the choice is what will work the best for you. That's how you develop you own unique brewing process. By trying all ways and deciding what works best for you.
What I do with my IC, is chill the wort, then I lean the bottom of my autosiphon about two coils up from the bottom on the metal of the siphon. That rests it above most of the break material and trub, then I rack it to the fermenter until I'm down to that and carefully lower the siphon down into the gunk, just trying to get as much of the wort as possible without letting in the hops and break matter.
But pretty much up until I got my immersion chiller for christmas last year I just dumped for the majority of my batches.
Everything is fine, it won't affect the beer one way or another. It will settle down anyway.
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I prefer to syphon out of the kettle into the fermenter. I know stuff will settle out if I pour it, but it minimizes how much sediment I can potentially/accidentally stir up later. Just a personal preference. I like the paint strainer idea. May have to give that a shot.
I like to pour it through a fine mesh strainer for two reasons - I like to keep as much of the break material and hops out of the fermenter as possible and I figure this is a good way to add some oxygen back to the wort.
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Would it be overkill to siphon and strain? Run the hose into a strainer and funnel to let it run into the carboy. I'm thinking this would not only make less mess but would help add oxygen to the wort.


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Windstream, at No. 414, reported revenue of $6.3 billion. The broadband and wireline telecommunications firm's inclusion on the list list comes about seven years after it formed as a spinoff of Alltel Corp.'s wireline assets. Windstream vaulted into the top 500 thanks to its $2.3 billion purchase of Peatec Holding Corp. in December of 2011.
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FLOYD, Iowa (AP) -- A mechanical malfunction has been cited as the likely cause of a fire in a grain bin dryer at an ethanol plant in Floyd.
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Alexander, from St. Louis, MO, and Bradley out of Palm Springs, CA, both of whom hold titles in the ultra-competitive 140-pound division. These two rising American stars will be facing off in a unification showdown in the Pontiac Silverdome on Jan. 29..
Intimate, honest and compelling, Ring Life, narrated by Jim Lampley, the accomplished host for HBO's World Championship Boxing, chronicles the lives of up-and-coming and inspirational fighters as they define the spirit of boxing; balancing jobs, family life, training, expectations and the pursuit of their dreams. Front and center in these fighters' lives, Ring Life presents a chapter on each fighter that delves inside their hearts and minds to discover what drives them in the ring and beyond, in the ultra competitive sport of professional boxing.
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- 1 lime
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds (coarsely chopped)
- 1 jar strawberry ice cream topping
- 3 cups vanilla ice cream
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Trim tortillas to form triangles (discard scraps). Cut a 1" slit in each side of triangles.
- Brush tortillas with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Press tortillas into cups of a 12 cup muffin pan. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.
- Remove from oven; cool 5 minutes.
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DURHAM - The Social Security numbers of about 1,400 prospective Duke Law
School students may have been accessed by a hacker to the schools Web
site, officials said Tuesday.
An editor working on the site Thursday afternoon found several links
that were not authorized, Duke Law School spokeswoman Melinda Vaughn
said Tuesday evening. She said the site was immediately taken offline
and an investigation into how the links were put on the site commenced.
Vaughn said two databases one for students who have requested
information on the law school and one for students who have already
submitted applications were available for viewing by hackers. The
database for interested students included the social security numbers of
about 1,400 students. The issues for applicants were e-mail addresses
and user-generated passwords used to check their application status to
the law school. About 1,800 people were registered on the second
database, she said.
We were concerned that some of those people might have used the same
passwords that they used on other sites, Vaughn said.
In an e-mail to the affected students, associate dean of admissions
William J. Hoye alluded to the fact that the information may not have
been breached.
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any of this information," Hoye said in the e-mail, sent Tuesday.
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The school is telling those affected to monitor their credit as a
precaution. A phone number and e-mail address have also been set up for
anyone to get answers to any questions regarding the breach.
Vaughn said personal information of two current students was possibly
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One of my new year's resolutions was to amp up my workout and try and lose the 5lbs. I had gained last year.
I know from previous weight loss experiences that I need to remain patient. Consistency is the key. I've amped up the workout since the beginning of the year and have been consistent. So I'm pretty proud of myself in that regard. But I haven't seen any progress on the scale. That's a little frustrating.
I know I need to be more consistent with eating the right things. I think I eat pretty healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies. But I must admit, I have no will power when it comes to candy. I have been allowing myself something sweet, so that I don't feel deprived. I find I'm trying to reduce my caloric intake of the good foods to budget for the sweet stuff. Not a good practice, I know. I really need to work on trying to reduce the sweets. My new goal is reduce the sweets. Hopefully, the scale will move soon.
I'm having the worst month ever. I've gained 8 lbs. and it's all from over-eating. I'm still working out as much as usual, but I'm experience some emotional eating issues and feel like I can't stop. October, November & December are bad months for me. I lost my 22 year old son to cancer in October, 2006, I was involved in a fatal car accident and lost my good friend in November, 1978 and lost my mom in December, 1996. These months are typically difficult for me and usually I make it through by keeping myself busy. But this year seems more difficult and I'm burying myself in food. Need to get a grip.....of something other than food!!!
I feel like I do everything else right....but when it comes to eating, I can't seem to be consistent. I do really well on some days. I eat plenty of fresh veggies and fruits. Sometimes I can't get enough of them. Then on other days I crave sweets and unfortunately, I grab the wrong things. I can't seem to figure out why I don't grab the sweet grapes or even Kashi that are sitting next to the bad food choices, but I end up grabbing the cookie or bakery. (I don't have these things in the house by choice. My hubby and son like those treats)
I'm excited to say that my hard work has paid off.... I'm a NURSE!!!! I'm also extremely happy that I was able to achieve my fitness goal. It means a lot that I'll be able to start my professional career in the best shape possible. I have Sparkpeople to thank for the help!


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I just received my letter today.. effective August 1st my Freedom changes to the new structure.. Guess I'm going to have to get as many 99 cent transactions in over the next two months to make up for what I won't get anymore.. LOL
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I'm a newbie so please forgive me....but what's 10 + 10? I've had my Chase Freedom card for 2 months now
As a new user, it won't apply to you, but in the past, if you had a checking account with Chase, each purchase with the freedom gave you an additional 10% of the bonus, (so a total of 1.1%) PLUS 10 cents. This was great for very small purchases, so for a $1 purchase, normal freedom gives 1 cent back, with 10+10 you get 11.1 cents back (i.e. 11.1% return). This led some to push to the limit (e.g. someone with a bill of 650 PAGES of transactions, each transaction earning 10c + 1.1%. Chase closed the card!)
This is no longer available, and all grandfathered users will be off it by the end of 2013, replaced with a 10% anniversary bonus. For some, this can be better but most will miss it.
Yep im still in there!
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Having become a top prospect at featherweight, Julian Erosa steps up to 155 pounds for a shot at SFL America's lightweight championship on Saturday. read news >>
Julian Lane, perhaps best remembered for his emotional "Let me bang, bro" speech on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15, is now a 155-pound champion, submitting Luis Felix in the CES MMA main event last Friday night (Aug. 8, 2014) inside Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., which aired live on AXS TV. All jokes aside, "Nitrane" is now the winner of three straight and will look to make his first title defense later this year. read news >>
You probably best know Julian Lane for his impassioned "just let me bang, bro!" speech on "The Ultimate Fighter 16." But on Saturday night, he added a new and successful chapter to his MMA career.Filed under: AXS TV Fights, News, Videos read news >>
While it wasn't exactly a vintage "Let me bang, bro" performance, Julian Lane had enough thunder in his right hand to help him capture championship gold on Friday night. read news >>
Last year was a rough one for Julian Erosa, but he's looking to a win over Mike Joy at CageSport on Saturday to propel his career onward and upward. read news >>
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BERLIN - German media company EM.TV said Wednesday it is selling the Muppets' creator, The Jim Henson Co., back to the Henson family for a fraction of what it paid at the height of the tech boom.
Munich-based EM.TV bought the company and rights to the Muppets in February 2000 for $680 million in cash and stock.
But in May 2001, it said it was considering selling the Los Angeles-based firm. It has since sold some Henson assets for about $200 million.
On Wednesday, it said it was selling the rest of Henson for $78 million in cash and is keeping the $11 million that the Henson operation has on hand.
EM.TV said the sale would allow it to finish paying back a loan of 250 million euros ($286 million) that financed the acquisition of its stake in Junior TV, a joint venture with Germany's KirchMedia.
"It wasn't a sale for strategic reasons," EM.TV spokesman Frank Elsner said. "The main point was always to secure the liquidity of the company."
Jim Henson, creator of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and scores of other Muppet characters, founded his self-named company in 1958, inventing the term "muppet" as a cross between the words marionette and puppet. He died in 1990.
The buyers include Jim Henson's son, Brian, and Brian's brother and three sisters. The assets being sold include The Muppets, The Muppet Babies, The Fraggles, The Hoobs, Farscape and Bear in the Big Blue House, Brian Henson said in a statement.
The sale agreement still requires approval by EM.TV shareholders. EM.TV's annual general meeting is scheduled for July 20.
EM.TV was founded in 1989 and became a star of Germany's tech-heavy Neuer Markt stock market. But moves such as buying the Jim Henson Co. and half of Formula One motor racing left it deeply in debt. EM.TV already has disposed of its Formula One holdings.
The Henson children's "was in the end the most attractive offer," Elsner said.
He declined to name other bidders or to specify whether the Henson family submitted the highest bid. Among those reportedly interested was the Walt Disney Co.
EM.TV has recently held talks with a U.S. investor group led by former UPN president Dean Valentine on the sale of a 49.9 percent stake in the Jim Henson Co. It planned to put Valentine in charge of operations there while maintaining its own presence in the U.S. market.
In March, however, it canceled a letter of intent to sell the minority share to Valentine's consortium, saying it would continue negotiating with the group and other potential buyers.
"We always said both solutions were possible," Elsner said of EM.TV's decision now to relinquish the whole of the company. "There were always several people interested."
Asset sales since EM.TV bought the Jim Henson Co. - including the sale of "Sesame Street" rights - have brought in about $200 million, Elsner said.
Shares in EM.TV were up 12.2 percent at 1.10 euros ($1.26) in afternoon trading on the Frankfurt exchange. EM.TV shares peaked at 109.59 euros in February 2000.


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AHA: Leapfrog 'Manipulated' Data Related to Safety Scores
Yale-New Haven Hospital is a good example. While it has a fully-functional electronic health record and 137 full-time equivalent intensivists on staff, it received only 30 points instead of 200 because it doesn't participate in the Leapfrog survey. That meant Yale-New Haven got a C "when we believe it rightfully should have received an 'A.' " Umbdenstock wrote.
Binder replied that with respect to the AHA's survey regarding the CPOE and intensivist measures, "is far less information than what is required of hospitals that report to the Leapfrog Hospital Survey." In order to earn full-credit, "hospitals not only have to demonstrate a high level of adoption, but also take a six-hour simulation test to prove their system works safely."
She said Umbdenstock's criticism "is a misreading" of the AHA survey's scoring algorithm.
With respect to a hospital getting a C that should have gotten an A, Binder replied that hospital's score "was hurt by its lower than average adherence to surgical care guidelines, rates of hospital-acquired conditions, and lower than average performance on other measures included in the Hospital Survey Score."
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I said not too long ago, time for the ratings game to stop and not only Leapfrog but all of it as we need to move on. Ok to have a comparison list to show what every hospital offers as far as services for sure so consumers can drill down and find what they need, but the ratings part of it I think has kind of passed it's time of being useful as we move forward, and you can't rely on all the data today as flawed data is creeping in there as well. I found it 2 years ago with my former doctor, who had been dead for 8 years still listed as being alive and taking new patients:) Here's my 2 cents on the topic, let's move on. http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2012/06/healthgrades-puts-out-top-hospital.html
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Hi Judy & all, After the Friday discussion of the Review doc (and targetting WCAG1.0 conformance), it occured to me that maybe we need to prepare another doc about disability-usability issues such as horizontal scrolling, tiny link targets, etc. eg (extract from a newletter I subscribe to): To Scroll or Not to Scroll Is there any way to make the page look the same on a 13 inch monitor as it does on a 17 inch, without the need to horizontally scroll? http://forums.about.com/ab-webdesign/messages?lgnF=y&msg=3316.1 Cheers, AndrewReceived on Sunday, 19 August 2001 17:29:59 GMT
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Originally published Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Hotels pile on resort fees and other extra charges
The Mirage hotel in Las Vegas seemed like an amazing summer deal on Expedia: $74.35 for the room and $7.18 in taxes. However, the smug traveler...
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Hotels rake in $1.95 billion in fees this year
The U.S. hotel industry is expected to collect $1.95 billion this year from such things as Internet fees, telephone surcharges, business-center fees and resort fees, according to a study by New York University professor Bjorn Hanson.
That's a 5 percent increase from last year, when hotels amassed $1.85 billion.
Still, the airline industry collects far more revenue from fees than hotels. Last year, 50 of the nation's largest airlines collected an estimated $22.6 billion in fees.
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The Mirage hotel in Las Vegas seemed like an amazing summer deal on Expedia: $74.35 for the room and $7.18 in taxes. However, the smug traveler likely did not notice the fine print caveat: An additional $25 per-night "resort fee" would be charged when you checked in.
What did the fee cover? In-room Wi-Fi and use of the pool and facilities, even if you did not use them.
The resort fee did not cover snacks in the room, where a 3.75-oz mini bag of trail mix was $12. At the pool, a small can of beer was $7.50. It cost $16.95 to see two dolphins in the "secret garden."
The Mirage is not alone in its creative ways of separating customers from their money. It's just doing what other hotels across America are doing these days: "unbundling" services the way airlines do, nickel-and-diming customers with mysterious, made-up fees.
Often called "resort charges" or just "service fees," they are vague and usually are not charged until the customer arrives at the hotel. The fees work for hotels because most customers tend to be only interested in the base rate and impatient with fine print.
Hotel websites and online travel-booking sites dutifully note the fact these resort fees exist — in small print below the big, exciting boldfaced price of the room. Expedia, for example, states that "some properties have extra fees for amenities or services that may apply even if you don't use them." Expedia clearly lists the $25 resort fee for Mirage — but I wonder how many people actually read that far.
Is there anything the customer can do to avoid these fees?
Yes. Book hotels that don't have them. Or factor the fees into the true total cost of the stay. It still may be a deal; even with the fee, The Mirage room was only $106.53 a night.
Meanwhile, there are some new twists in car rentals and airline tickets that can cost travelers:
Cars: Most car rentals have unlimited mileage — but mileage restrictions are creeping into the marketplace — 25 cents a mile after 150 miles, for example. If a price seems extra good, double-check the "rules and restrictions" clause for mileage charges. Also make sure your rental price includes taxes and fees. Sometimes they can be higher than the rental price itself.
Airlines: I flew Allegiant Air recently, and although I know the low-fare carrier charges for both checked and carry-on baggage, the price was so cheap it still was worth it. But when I checked in online and tried to pay for my carry-on, it gave two prices — cash or credit, just like at the gas station. It was $12 if you used a debit card, $13 if you used a credit card.
That reflects the recent settlement between big merchants and credit-card companies that allows merchants to pass along to customers their cost of processing credit-card transactions. Allegiant, naturally, is presenting it as a "debit-card discount," not a "credit-card surcharge."
Yet I am alarmed by the enticement to use debit cards — essentially paying cash — for airline tickets or other kinds of travel products. Credit cards carry protections debit cards don't have. If the company goes under without providing you the service, or if they double charge you, you can contest the charges through a credit card. If you paid cash via debit card, oops, too bad.
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Taylor Lautner Wins Lawsuit Versus RV Company
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'Twilight' star had sued the company for "emotional distress."
His trailer wasn't "tricked out" to his satisfaction.
Plus: Taylor Lautner a big fan of kissing Robert Pattinson's girlfriend.
See Sean Penn, Dev Patel, Rihanna, Ke$ha, and more from this month's magazines.
$20 million each for two movies, plus 7.5 percent of the gross
Is it Team Jacob or Team Taylor? There's a big difference, and we figured it out.
Plus, Jon Stewart and Olivia Munn demonstrate how big the generation gap is between them, on our regular late-night roundup.
"Peter's always in the gym; Kellan's always in the gym; the wolf pack is always in the gym."
"Without glancing at the menu, Lautner orders the Toscana soup."
Plus: Ke$ha still saying things.
There's a surprise laugh at the end of the first one.
Plus: David Gordon Green doesn't really want you to see his movie.
Plus: Ashton Kutcher suffers a crisis of confidence.
And lots of it.
From Ryan Reynolds to Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Alex O'Loughlin, who will replace the stars of yesterdecade?
If they keep appearing only in blockbusters, how will we know if anyone actually likes them?
So begins the GOP's push for Lautner in 2012.
The trailer you've been waiting nearly 24 hours for has finally arrived!
Kristen Stewart is not allowed to speak.
In the battle of the toy movies, Hasbro won with its faster track record.
All that work for nothing.
Plus: 50 Cent to star in film he co-scripted.
Let's hope he uses the occasion to draw awareness to Restless Leg Syndrome.
There are still no deals in place to bring back any of the principals past a fourth movie.


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