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Social Polling App Loop Debuts On iOS To Help You Crowdsource Everyday Decisions
Loop, the newest entrant in the social polling space, is launching in the App Store today to help people solve life's little dilemmas, such as which movie to see or how much to tip the pizza-delivery guy. Although the app is currently intended for consumer use, it will be making its way into the B ...
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Bookmarks for July 26, 2013
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Shaggy: It Wasn't Me
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I Am the Luckiest Woman
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Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's second-largest carrier by market value, posted a 49 percent drop in second-quarter profit because of higher fuel costs and rising competition from discount carriers.
Net income fell to S$194 million ($153 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30 from S$380 million a year earlier, the Singapore-based airline said in a statement yesterday. That compares with the S$177 million median of three analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg News.
Advance passenger bookings are showing "signs of weakness," especially in Europe and the U.S. as prevailing economic uncertainty is damping demand, Singapore Air said. The airline this week detailed its plans to start a low-cost long- haul unit, called Scoot, next year to fend off competition from Jetstar and AirAsia Bhd. for budget travelers.
"Passenger yields have been falling at Singapore Airlines and the market really wants to see some stabilizing there," said K. Ajith, an analyst at UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd. in Singapore, who has a "buy" rating on the stock. "Premium traffic has been weaker and that's a big factor for them."
Singapore Air was little changed at S$11.28 at close of trading in the city-state. The benchmark Straits Times Index gained 1.4 percent. The airline has dropped 30 percent in the past year.
Fuel costs rose 29 percent in the quarter from a year earlier while passenger load factors declined, crimping profitability. Jet kerosene prices averaged $125.78 a barrel during the quarter in Singapore trading, compared with $86.65 a year earlier, according to Bloomberg data.
'Weak Outlook'
"Exacerbating the impact of the weak outlook is the high cost of fuel, which is compounded by the recent strength in the U.S. dollar," Singapore Air said. "Forward prices for jet fuel remain high and volatile."
Higher fuel expenses also damped earnings at Emirates, the world's biggest airline by international traffic. Net income in the six months ended Sept. 30 tumbled 76 percent, the Dubai- based company said yesterday.
Singapore Air's passenger load factor, or the percentage of seat filled by paying customers, declined for a 14th straight month in September on a year-on-year basis.
Singapore Air's namesake unit filled 79.3 percent of total available seats in the second quarter, compared with 80.3 percent a year earlier, the carrier said. Passenger numbers rose 3.6 percent to 4.31 million. Yield, the average price a traveler pays to fly one kilometer, was 11.7 Singapore cents compared with 11.8 cents a year ago.
Tiger, Virgin
SIA Engineering Co., the company's 80 percent-owned maintenance business, last week posted second-quarter profit of S$71.2 million, a 7.1 percent gain from the year earlier.
The new unit Scoot will operate four Boeing Co. 777-200 planes bought from the parent and offer fares up to 40 percent cheaper than full-service carriers. Singapore Air also has a stake in short-haul budget carrier Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. and controls 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Separately, Munich Airport said yesterday that a Boeing Co. 777 plane operated by Singapore Air slid off its south runway while landing. No passengers were injured in the incident that involved a flight from Manchester, England.
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Working in nursing school.
- 0Mar 19, '13 by DarielleHey everyone. I am currently a pre nursing student. I wanted to ask everyone how possible it is to hold a job while in nursing school. How do clinicals work with your work schedule? Is there much flexibility? Just wondering.
- 0Mar 19, '13 by SDifalco86I'm graduating in December with my BSN and i have been able to work Saturdays and Sundays only. I make it a point not to work the night before an exam so I can study and keep things fresh in my head. My grades are great and I don't slack... So just because I work doesn't mean I'm passing with the bare minimum. it is possible!!
- 1Mar 19, '13 by soxgirl2008It really depends on your study habits, outside obligations, what type of job you have, etc. Do you have kids? Other outside obligations? How are your study habits? I know people who worked 32-40 hours a week and did nursing school full time and made it through. I also know people who only worked 8 hours a week and that was all they could manage. Do you need free time away from school and work? The people I know who worked 32 hours +, all they did was school and work. They literally had time for nothing else. Personally, I need at least a little bit of free time and that would drive me crazy.
I work 24 hours a week as an ED tech at the hospital and it's manageable, but granted I'm only in my 1st semester! You have to have very good time management skills. If I have to work the day before an exam, I need to make sure I've studied ahead of time and can't leave it to the last minute. My managers are luckily pretty understanding about school.
Many hospitals offer weekend programs which work out well for a lot of students I know. Some offer student nurse intern programs you can qualify for after your 1st or 2nd semester where you often only need to work 8 hours a week.
- 1Mar 19, '13 by Racer15I worked a retail job all through RN school. I was able to work 40 hours a week my first two semesters because my job was flexible, but my last two semesters I was forced to cut back to around 20 hours a week. It is completely doable as long as your employer is willing to work with you.
- 1Mar 19, '13 by SwellzI worked full time hours my first couple of months of school, and that was a mistake. That being said, I have classmates who work fulltime and raise children. I can't imagine. Now I keep myself down to below 20hrs/wk. Usually. That is plenty, considering I have 12 hr clinicals this rotation.
In terms of scheduling, it can be done, I assure you! I worked 3 part-time jobs for 6 months, all of which had to be coordinated around clinical/class. I was up front with my employers. My externship only requires me to work 16 hours every 2 weeks, and they of course schedule pretty far in advance. My school waits until the last possible second to release clinical schedules, so they had to completely redo my work schedule when I found out I had weekend clinicals. But they knew the deal and were prepared to work with me.
The best thing I did was save all my PTO from my full-time job for the entire year and use it when school started. Once I actually stopped working the full hours, I was able to supplement my part-time hours with PTO and earn the same amount while working less. I ultimately had to drop off to a part-time employee, but I didn't need the benefits so it was no big deal for me.
- 0Mar 20, '13 by LuciaHernandezI was working 40 hours prior to my acceptance to RN program. Once I got my schedule for first semester, my hours were cut back to about 10-12 hours a week (no evening hours available). I am a single mother of two kids and working those 10-12 hours were plenty for me. After about a month or so into the program, I was let go. The "extra" time I now use to either study or spend time with kids if they are not in school. For me, as a single mother, I found that I would rather spend that time studying, than working.
- 2Mar 20, '13 by mclennanTry really hard to figure out a way to set your life up so you won't have to work - or only work very, VERY part time.
Nursing programs have waiting lists miles long and will happily boot you to the curb if you start having trouble.
There are those mythical students who work full time and raise kids. I, for one, don't buy it. They are either lying, or have vast support systems of family available for child care or are UNICORNS.
When I was in school I watched the students who tried to be Superwoman drop out, fail, withdraw and go on academic probation.
I worked every other weekend as an EMT or CNA, and that was it. I wish more Nursing schools would be realistic with their students and just say, straight up: you will not have a life. Family, friends and work are all on the back burner until graduation. PERIOD.
- 0Mar 20, '13 by MendedHeartI have worked FULL time/36hrs per week the WHOLE way thru nursing school but I dont have kids just a hubby and puppies which I have supported for 2 of the 4 years.
- 0Mar 20, '13 by NursingN.CLol unicorns


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Go from Gobble-Gag to Gobble-Grateful!
I could surely go on (and on) but I won't. Instead I will leave you with my sentiments this Thanksgiving to each and every one of you who I am connected to in some special way: My heart is overflowing with gratitude to have the opportunity to be among so many beautiful and splendid souls on the path, all seeking the same sublime, sincere Divine connection! It is truly a blessing.


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I have always heard about the importance of taking care of the environment. However, I never took it seriously until recently. I watched a documentary that showed people are damaging the environment and the effects that it has. I immediately felt compelled to make a change in my lifestyle.
My husband, kids and I have started recycling. We have also placed compact fluorescent light bulbs in our home. Compact fluorescent light bulbs are much better for the environment because they give off less energy. Even though these light bulbs did cost us more, we will ultimately end up saving money because they last a lot longer. Furthermore, we are not only saving the environment, but we are also saving money on our electric bill.
In addition to making changes in my lifestyle, I am also doing research. I am currently researching silica sand and how it can be used.


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Got a minute? Need an inexpensive wine to get you through to the weekend? Want to learn a little at the same time? Every week Gazette wine critic Bill Zacharkiw recommends a wine and talks a little about the grape that went into making it.
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Monday, Nov. 10. Click on the audio player below to hear the rundown on some of the stories we're following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our podcasts here or on iTunes, and follow us on Facebook for the latest from montrealgazette.com.
Starting Tuesday, Oct. 21, we'll be unveiling a number of changes to all editions of The Gazette: print, web, smartphone and iPad.
A support group in Côte-des-Neiges helps Holocaust survivors cope with advancing age, a time when the deaths of family and friends and the loss of autonomy can rekindle past horrors.
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette warned that if the world doesn't step up its response to Ebola soon, it will be too late. "We can send human resources to control an outbreak of 2,000 people, but what will we do when there are 500,000?"
The infection of a second health-care worker in Texas who treated the first patient to be diagnosed with the virus on American soil has raised serious questions about the readiness of supposedly state-of-the-art Western health care to confront the illness that has claimed more than 4,000 lives in Africa.
Diego Costa finally transferred his prolific club form to international level to help Spain get back on track in European Championship qualifying, while Wayne Rooney edged England to another win on the road to France.
Stocks tumbled and bonds rallied, sending yields to the lowest since May 2013, as the International Monetary Fund cut its global outlook and German industrial production plunged.
Please forgive me as I veer off-course into the world of Formula E, again. I know, I know. This space is reserved for Formula One, and this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix is pivotal in the tight-collar race for the 2014 drivers' championship.
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Here is this week's selection of wines, grouped by price.
Montrealers have always had a fondness for Jean Paul Gaultier, and he apparently for us, having accepted a proposal from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to mount a quasi-retrospective exhibition. The show, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Catwalk to the Sidewalk, is a celebration of the designer's humanism and embrace of beauty in all its guises.
Creativity is in Helga Schleeh's blood. A multimedia artist whose apartment in Notre-Dame-de-Grace is hung with her haunting, misty images of the human form, Schleeh is also a musician and spiritual teacher.
Columnist Andrew Coyne insists it is undemocratic for a minority to vote to divide up a country and leave the rest of the country, including the vast majority of its citizens, with no choice but to accept whatever the minority decrees ("Scottish vote was undemocratic," Andrew Coyne, Sept. 23). He contends that a province should only be allowed to separate from Canada if a majority of Canadians agree. This implies that Quebec cannot separate, regardless of the size of any majority supporting independence. Debate over.
I have seen Daniel Boulud in a suit only once. It was back in June of 2012, when he was meeting journalists to discuss the launch of his restaurant Maison Boulud. Located in the landmark Ritz hotel, the restaurant would be posh, expensive, and helmed by a chef who would rarely be in town.
In voting the way they did, the pragmatic Scots showed they appreciate the practical value of multiple political identities in our ever-more-globalized world. And it's it says a lot about Canada that the U.K. is now looking at a more federal model to redefine itself.
It must have been quite the disappointment for the Quebec separatist members of the National Assembly and others, who invaded Scotland, to live vicariously, their Quebec separatist dream, to be met with a resounding "No." Whatever these Quebec nationalists may have learned, is that a clear, unambiguous question will get a clear, unambiguous answer. And now, probably to extend their separatist dream, it's off to Catalonia, Spain and their referendum.
The Scottish referendum and upcoming planned Catalonian referendum provides for some interesting points of comparison and contrast. This much seems sure: The fact that a simple six-word question is being asked in Scotland will have an influence on any future referendum question in Quebec.
Nike Inc., which has an endorsement contract with Adrian Peterson, said it was sticking with the athlete Wednesday, just before he was barred from his football team because of child-abuse allegations.
It's an interesting, almost out-of-body experience for a Canadian to be watching a separation referendum and not be emotionally invested in it. As an English Montrealer, I had great trouble sleeping the last week of the 1995 referendum campaign. There was a very real possibility, seemingly growing by the day, that my little world would be turned upside down. I wonder if Englishmen and women living in Scotland, or Scots in England, are sleeping as fitfully this week.


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I had another great question come in from a reader this week. I'd like to address reader questions more frequently, so please, send them in! This reader is in his early 30s and would like to figure out his long-term career path. He currently supervises counselors who work with children with special needs. The challenge is that these kids and counselors are i… read more »
How many hours do you work per week?
It seems like a straightforward question, and yet it's less clear than it seems. For instance, which week? This week? Many Americans have today, Monday, off, so this isn't a "typical" week. But what is a typical week?
I was thinking about this question when I read the results of a recent Gallup Poll. According to the L… read more »
I worked from home today in the way that I know many parents do regularly. I had preschool hours, potentially nap time, and what I could squeeze in. It wasn't a bad day, but it reminded me why I don't attempt this more regularly.
Our nanny is on vacation this week. My parents had been here to cover while my husband and I were both traveling, but then they left. Th… read more »
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that's because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. I often schedule my most important tasks for first thing Monday morning, and I try to get through a big chunk of my week's goals by Monday quitting time. Indeed — a downside of this Monday devotion — if I lose a chunk of… read more »
Whenever people ask how to make a living as a writer, veterans in the field tend to offer this tip: specialize. You become known for a topic, which means that you have ready access to all publications covering that topic, and you also know who are the right sources and what's the most current research. That means that each piece takes less time to write. Especi… read more »


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text: Three figures are included to illustrate variability and operational consequences. Figure 14.1 shows a portion of a tree ring growth index time series from Dell, Montana (Lettenmaier and Burges, 1978). The time between A and B is 50 years, a typically data rich record length when determining system reliability. One form of variability is an apparent increasing trend within this 50-year period. When viewed in a larger time frame, it is clear that there is no trend but the series indicates different types of variability—extreme swings from low to high as well as an apparent increasing trend superposed on extreme swings. Tree-ring series are being used increasingly in regression equations as surrogates of streamflow that occurred before stream gauges were installed with the objective of providing an equivalent long historical record of "streamflow that might have occurred."


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Taste of London is back and for those of you who've been going for the past few years, this summer it comes with an unexpected addition - sunshine. Yes the weather forecast is pretty darned good for the next four days which should make your trip to Regent's Park particularly fun.
Hot Dinners had a quick scout around the festival at last night's opening and did our best to eat as much as humanly possible in the two hours we had (you're welcome). We took pictures of everything we ate and drank and - in no particular order - here are the dishes we enjoyed the most:
There was plenty we didn't have time to try, so don't view this as an exhaustive list. One complaint we had this year was that a fair few restaurants didn't have a dessert option, so once you've had your fill of pig cheeks and slow roasted rib you might be hard pressed to find something to satisfy a sweet tooth.
And - if you're trying to find your way around the festival - good luck. The maps dotted throughout missed the rather useful 'you are here' factor, so we didn't find the Auction Against Hunger stall until we were on our way out. We may have to return over the weekend to set that right.
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Excerpt: JaroslavShe pressed her fingernails into the palm of her hand, letting four little crescent moons indent into her skin. Slowly uncurling her fingers, she contemplated the little mock satellites that gradually rose back into continuity with the rest of her dermis.Hallo Aðalbjörg-683.She lost interest in her fingernails and looked up. The park bench outside the Department of Taxes was not a place people usually recognized each other. The sun shone behind the head of the man who had spoken, obscuring his face with a dazzling effect. She knew his voice. He stepped sideways and out from in front of the light. Instantly recognizable, it was Bjarni-754, a fellow Tax Collector. He brushed a curly brown lock of hair off his hooked nose.Bjarni-754, how nice to see you. Why aren't you in your lion costume?His thin lips curved up into a smile.I'm off duty. Besides, I don't wear it constantly, unlike you and your beloved cowl.She pulled at the brown knit
AntithesisAwake, Now ariseSun has dawned, Blink your eyesSee the truth, Find the lightDeath's destroyed, Break the nightCall your friends, Shout for joyEvil's gone, I will enjoyGrasp your hands, Up in songHere we are, Join the throngRemembrance, Those we lostPaid in full, A cruel costLive for them, We can sayMany thanks, For today
LullabyGo to sleep, Go to sleepClose your eyes, And do not peepSpeak your mind, I will callTimeless Dark Ones, Make you fallListen Child, To your peersReport the sin, Reveal their fearsDisappear, Fade in timeForget your friend, Recall the crimeLive to work, Work for allStop the ones, Who would appallKeep in line, Look aheadPerfect your life, Watch where you tread


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Voters in Japan are preparing to go to the polls in upper house elections that are likely to leave the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) without an outright majority in the chamber.
The outcome of Sunday's vote could be a major setback to the prime minister, Naoto Kan, and his efforts to deal with Japan's massive public debt.
Kan, a plain-spoken former finance minister, took over from Yukio Hatoyama in June and is the country's third prime minister in five years.
His party, the DPJ, won a landslide victory in a general election last September promising to cut waste and focus spending on consumers.
But it has failed to live up to many Japanese hopes for change and analysts have said a poor performance in Sunday's elections could push Kan from office.
Tax increase
"Please give us not just fragile leadership but power to take action"
Naoto Kan,Japanese PM
Kan has also seen his ratings slip in recent weeks after he floated plans to increase Japan's sales tax and failed to convince voters he had a clear plan for fixing the country's economic problems.
While he has since backtracked on talk of tax rises, Sunday's vote has come to be seen as a referendum on his leadership.
"Please give us not just fragile leadership but power to take action," he told voters recently.
"Even a great man can't make things happen in only a year. Gritting my teeth, I want to maintain power for at least five years."
The result of Sunday's election will not hit the DPJ's grip because of its control of the more powerful lower house of the Japanese parliament.
But the party needs to retain its majority in the upper house to avoid policy deadlock and begin taking steps to reduce a public debt already about twice the size of the nearly $5trn economy - the worst among advanced countries.
Surveys in several leading Japanese newspapers have forecast the DPJ would likely secure around 50 or even fewer of the 121 seats up for grabs in the 242-member upper chamber, a drop from it current 54 seats.
That would deprive the DPJ and its much smaller coalition partner, the People's New Party, of a majority and force the party to seek new allies hampering its ability to push forward the fiscal reform drive that Kan has put at the heart of his campaign.
A result of fewer than 50 seats would also leave Kan vulnerable to a leadership challenge from DPJ powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, who has already criticised Kan's plans to raise sales tax.
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SECTION: Life crisisRituals of initiation into a secret society or a religious vocation (viz., priesthood, ascetic life, medicine man) are often included among rites of passage as characteristic rituals of transition. The great New Year's rituals known throughout the world also represent the characteristic passage from old to new on a larger scale, that includes the whole society or community.
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SECTION: Ceremonies of social transformationA vast number of rites of social transformation, such as rites of initiation into common-interest societies, have no direct or primary connection with biological changes, however. These are abundant in the United States and in Europe, usually as secular ceremonies. In lineage-based or tribal societies, rites of this kind mark induction into age-graded societies, principally limited to males,...
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SECTION: Initiation ritesThe most prevalent of rites of initiation among societies of the world are those observed at puberty. These have frequently been called puberty rites, but, as van Gennep argued long ago, this name is inappropriate. Puberty among females is often defined as the time of the onset of menses (the menstrual flow), but no such clearly identifiable point exists in the sexual maturation of males....
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SECTION: The social context...dance is for senior men and women, while adolescent boys perform the lively Ajabure with ceremonial swords. The transition from one age grade to the next may be marked by rites and festivities. In initiation rites for adolescents, dances may stress sexual fertility as well as customary behaviour between the sexes. In the Otufo initiation rites for girls among the Ga of Ghana, dance is part of...
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SECTION: SocializationInitiation in Aboriginal Australia was a symbolic reenactment of death in order to achieve new life as an adult. As a novice left his camp, the women would wail and other noises would be made, symbolizing the voice of a mythic being who was said to swallow the novice and later vomit him forth into a new life. The initiation rites themselves were a focal point in discipline and training; they...
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SECTION: Social and religious usesMembers of secret societies usually conduct the rituals of initiation, a time during which young people are instructed in their future roles as adults and are acquainted with the rules controlling the social stability of the group. Totem and spiritualistic masks are donned by the elders at these ceremonies. Sometimes the masks used are reserved only for initiations. Among the most impressive of...
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SECTION: Manifestations of the sacredOther sacred activity includes initiation, sacrifice, and festival. Initiation rites among nonliterate societies both expose and establish the world view of the participants. The initiate learns the eternal order of life as proclaimed in the myth. Life is viewed essentially as the work of supernatural beings, and the initiate in this ritual is taught this secret of life and how to gain access...
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SECTION: Objects used in rites of passageMost of the objects noted above have played or still play a role in rites of passage. Such objects play a secondary role in all such rites, which include rites of initiation, marriage, and death.
SECTION: Sparta...relaxed its tension: on the contrary, in the course of centuries, the rigour and ferocity were accentuated even as such behaviour became more and more anachronistic and without real use. Rites of initiation were transformed into barbarous tests of endurance, the boys undergoing flagellation and competing in enduring it—sometimes to the very death—under the eyes of tourists...
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The important upanayana initiation was traditionally held when a boy was between the ages of 8 and 12, and it marked his entry into the community of the three higher classes of society; in contemporary Hinduism this can be done at any time before his wedding. In this rite he becomes a "twice-born one," or ...
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Hindus are free to join a religious order and must submit to its rites and way of living after joining it. The initiation ( diksha), a rite of purification or consecration involving the transformation of the aspirant's personality, is regarded as a complement to, or even a substitute for, the previous initiation ceremony (the ...
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SECTION: Worship, practices, and institutions...All ceremonies were of necessity enacted in artificial light. The cavern always contained a well. Access to the cavern often consisted of a system of subterranean passages, which were used in the initiation ceremonies. Men only were admitted to this religion of soldiers, and no organizational hierarchy seems to have existed.
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SECTION: Rites and festivalsIn the Mithraic ceremonies, there were seven degrees of initiations: Corax (Raven), Nymphus (Bridegroom), Miles (Soldier), Leo (Lion), Perses (Persian), Heliodromus (Courier of the Sun), and Pater (Father). Those in the lowest ranks, certainly the Corax, were the servants of the community during the sacred meal of bread and water that formed part of the rite.
SECTION: Sacramental ideas and practices in the Indo-Iranian world...with whom he was coequal. The Mithraic sacramental banquet was derived from the Yasna ceremony, wine taking the place of the haoma and Mithra that of Ahura Mazdā. In the Mithraic initiation rites, it was not until one attained the status of the initiatory degree known as "Lion" that the neophyte could partake of the oblation of bread, wine, and water, which was...
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mystery religion...originated in tribal ceremonies that were performed by primitive peoples in many parts of the world. Whereas in these tribal communities almost every member of the clan or the village was initiated, initiation in Greece became a matter of personal choice. The mystery religions reached their peak of popularity in the first three centuries ad. Their origin, however, goes back to the earlier...
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SECTION: Rites and festivalsA period of preparation preceded the initiation in each of the mysteries. In the Isis religion, for example, a period of 11 days of fasting, including abstinence from meat, wine, and sexual activity, was required before the ceremony. The candidates were segregated from the common folk in special apartments in the holy precinct of the community centre; they were called "the chastely living...
SECTION: Corporate exclusive worship...(also including gnostic sects) centred in the sharing of secret knowledge concerning the origin of the world and also of humanity's true nature, proper vocation, and destiny. An elaborate system of initiation brought the new member into the community. The community maintained its exclusiveness through the passing on of the secret lore to new members through rites designed to free the devotee...
Native American religions
Native American religions
SECTION: Diversity and common themesSignificant achievements and life passages are meant to be shared by relatives and the community. Various forms of coming-of-age and initiation ceremonies make up a large portion of the ritual repertoire of many Native American traditions. These ceremonies provide structures for instruction in traditional knowledge, but, more important, they reintegrate an individual into kin, community, and...
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SECTION: InitiationCeremonial initiation into adulthood is widely practiced among South American peoples, for both males and females. Many of the religious themes mentioned earlier are present in these rites, for initiation is seen as a kind of new creation, the dawn of a new epoch. Initiation itself is often timed to occur at moments of powerful change in the calendar. In this way the change in the human...
SECTION: Classic shamanism...sometimes for years. Torture by the spirits, appearing in the form of physical or mental illness, breaks the resistance of the shaman candidate and he (or she) has to accept the vocation. The initiation of the shaman, depending on the belief system, may happen on a transcendent level or on a realistic level—or sometimes on both, one after the other. While the candidate lies as if...
SECTION: Organization...Sufism ceased to be the way of the chosen few and influenced the masses. A strict ritual was elaborated: when the adept had found a master for whom he had to feel a preformed affinity, there was an initiation ceremony in which he swore allegiance ( bayʿat) into the master's hand; similarities to the initiation in Ismāʿīlism, the...
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SECTION: Relationships of transformationInitiation ceremonies make use of transformations to a somewhat different end. The initiant receives new birth by the dying of his old self after a series of ordeals. Antagonists, frequently in masked animal form, torment him, and his "death" and rebirth are analogous to the hero's successful fight against monsters. Alternatively, the culmination of initiation is frequently the...


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Build the Web - Katie Harron
CSS Animation for Beginners— external site
Rachel Cope of Thoughtbot walks through the basics of CSS animation.
Must Watch CSS— external site
A useful list of must-watch videos about CSS
Loading webfonts with high performance on responsive websites— external site
What to do, to offer the optimal user experience without having to avoid the expensive accessories (aka webfonts).
Front-end Tooling Workflows— external site
198 slides on tools to help you stay productive on the front-end by Addy Osmani
Grid— external site
A simple guide to responsive design by Adam Kaplan.
Video - Responsive Layouts Beyond the Sidebar— external site
Jen Simmons explains how to let go of the old habits, and discover how focusing on content can drive far superior responsive layouts at Artifact Conf 2014.
An Introduction to Responsive Web Design— about 8 minutes to read
Responsive web design is all the rage these days, and rightfully so! Let's take a look at what is it, what is required, and why it's so great.
Front-End Tools to Improve Your Workflow (Part 2)— about 20 minutes to read
Part 2 of my recommendations of software and online tools to help you speed-up and improve your workflow.
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Want to improve your workflow and speed at which you can create new web pages? I have a few recommendations of software and online tools to help you do just that!
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President Obama, delivering his speech about Libya Monday night. credit: Larry Downing/Reuters
After two years of searching for something resembling a grand global strategy, some pundits tentatively decided they had heard the outlines of an "Obama Doctrine" on Monday night. In a speech to the nation that lasted less than 30 minutes, the president delivered a cogent argument in favor of humanitarian intervention in Libya and sketched out a policy supporting the political ouster of its bloody dictator, Muammar el-Qaddafi.
But the idea that the actions in Libya amount to any kind of a new strategic overlay for the Obama administration is wishful hearing. The real Obama doctrine is to have no doctrine at all. And that's the way it's likely to remain.
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American history is replete with leaders and senior policymakers who have sought to be identified with a grand strategic policy--such as the Monroe Doctrine, the Truman Doctrine, and the Bush Doctrine--and others who have tried hard and failed. Tony Lake, Bill Clinton's first national security adviser, sought to define post-Cold War doctrine by calling for the "enlargement of democracy," which was promptly forgotten. Madeleine Albright, Clinton's second-term secretary of State, later hinted at something called "assertive multilateralism" as a doctrine. She was laughed at and it too disappeared.
This president seems determined to do the exact opposite abroad. In contrast to James Monroe, Harry Truman, and George W. Bush, Obama wants to be the no-doctrine president. Especially when it comes to the Mideast. Since the protests began in Tunisia three months ago, it has been nearly impossible to discern a coherent strategy of any kind from the White House. At first the Obama team seemed to support Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. Then they deserted the Egyptian autocrat and began talking of the imperative of democratic change. Yet when protests in Bahrain, home to the 5th Fleet, grew serious and the Saudis marched in, the administration turned mealy-mouthed again, merely imploring against violence. On Libya, the Obama team followed the lead of Britain and France and deferred to a U.N. Security Council resolution that steers clear of regime change, though Obama has said Qaddafi must go.
In his speech, Obama directly addressed his legions of second-guessers in Washington--both those who decried any intervention at all in Libya and those who called for a more aggressive policy of regime change. He said they put forward a "false choice." But in the end Obama's own principles for intervention eluded definition. "Our task is to mobilize the international community for collective action," Obama declared, citing the unilateral Iraq invasion as an example of what not to do. ("That is not something we can afford to repeat," he said.) But at another point the president said he would not hesitate to use American force "unilaterally" if needed. We just don't know when it will be needed.
The unifying principle of his speech? "We can make a difference," he said.
If that's a doctrine, give me "assertive multilateralism" any day.
And so Obama seems to have the opposite problem from, say, George W. Bush. Obama's predecessor was always being accused of hypocrisy by critics--for example when he traveled to the Arab world in January of 2008 and delivered a big democracy speech in Abu Dhabi, but failed to meet with a single dissident or political activist. Obama's biggest problem is not that he is seen as a hypocrite or that he has lost credibility. It's that he hasn't taken enough of a clear stand on any foreign issue to stake his credibility in the first place.
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It's all about the Land – You've heard this before, but this time, it's True. This elegant residence is privileged to occupy 5 pristine hill-top acres at the top of a cul-de-sac, Paseo del Halcon – "The Street of the Falcon." With views befitting a falcon, your "Natural Neighbors" are falcons, hawks and an occasional eagle. The entry to this striking residence is a lushly landscaped courtyard with a fountain that exemplifies the peace and serenity to be found here, only 10 minutes to town. The spacious Great Room has access to two separate Portals with Sangre or Jemez mountain views. The Kitchen / Dining area is a welcome gathering place for preparing and sharing meals with friends & family. 4 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths are split into two wings, providing space for creative pursuits, such as art or photography. Set aside your digital music player and listen to the harmony of birds during the day and be serenaded by coyotes at night. Nature is calling you here and awaiting your answer.


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Kari Merkl Exhibits at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Kari Merkl, interior design faculty, exhibits two pieces from her Merkled furniture collection at the Museum of Contemporary Craft through January 2015.
Excerpt from an article by Janet Goetze in The Oregonian, October 15, 2011.
An artist whose creativity blossomed after she started college in her 50s — a step in her new life after a drug bust — has installed a 13-foot mobile in a 2 1/2-story atrium at downtown's First Unitarian Church.
Candyce Scott, 62, discovered sculpture, specifically mobiles, after she entered Portland Community College five years ago. Along the way, she realized she was interested in psychology, too. Now she is working toward a psychology degree at Marylhurst University to become a counselor, but art remains part of her life.
A half-dozen years ago, Scott had no idea she could go to college and gain the self-confidence to work with other people. She had just been arrested for selling crack cocaine after using the stuff herself for 23 years.
The church mobile is her largest but not her first. Earlier, she made a mobile for the Volunteers of America women's residence, where she lived while undergoing rehabilitation.
Later, she was a volunteer in the program, having lunch with residents and listening to those who needed to talk. Now she is a part-time residential counselor, guiding the women through therapies that helped her.
She encourages others to consider more education and creative activities. In her art class, she said, "I explored the creative side of myself and the possibilities it can unlock."
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Kari Merkl, interior design faculty, exhibits two pieces from her Merkled furniture collection at the Museum of Contemporary Craft through January 2015.
Tonda Liggett, education faculty, published an article about inclusion of English language learners in teaching about democracy in America in the fall 2014 issue of Democracy & Education.
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December Roll Call
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|Fri, 11-30-2012 - 8:45pm
Roll call is a place to chat and share. I'm hoping to see all of our friends stop in and say hello. Would love to hear from our friends that are "reading only: for now too.
Name, age, spouse and age
Cycle day
how are you trying? Natural, IUI, are you takig vitamins, herbs?
Anything else you would like to share.
Baby dust to all here!
|Tue, 12-11-2012 - 7:47am
Hi Ava Your chart looks great! You have a much longer fertile period than me--I only have had one ewcm day each month since my d&c, with no watery cm. It jumps from sticky or creamy to ew and then disappears. Your dh's little guys should be able to "hang around" for a while to catch that golden egg!
I had to LOL at your description of running back and forth to make dinner as well as DH thinking all his Christmas' have come at once! I can completely understand. Ha!Ha!
AF started today, one day late. I'm NEVER late--always 14 days LP. With all the symptoms I had, I really feel like an egg implanted but stopped growing once again. Two months in a row. Is that a good thing that I'm getting that far...or a bad sign that all my eggs are too old? Decisions to be made this month. I already know what DH votes for
Enough about me! FX for an increasing line for you. BTW, our first son was conceived with lots of medical help, and one of the things they told us was to BD every other day, to let DH's sperm build up in between days. Of course, when you get the magic line, that night whether it's on the "schedule" or not, and the next day or night as well. Can't wait to hear your good news!!
|Tue, 12-11-2012 - 5:01am
hi Girls, sorry for all my short posts, had to run out to cook dinner, everyone in my house thinks I have an internet addiction issue!!!lol, AND THEIR RIGHT - TO IVILLAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Krista, I started using OPK's a couple of days ago its been negative so far, however today I saw the faintest of lines, I think O is on her way, hoping in the next couple of days. fx. No other strong symptoms of O, tmi warning except watery cm so hoping that becomes ewcm soon. DH is still here so trying to take every opportunity, before next trip away, but omg, its wearing us out, !! he thinks all his christmas's have come at once!! lol.
Vickie, hope you had a beautiful birthday.
Sorry this is such a brief post, have to go back, my rice is cooked,
baby dust across the board and on us all.
|Tue, 12-11-2012 - 2:43am
Hi Krista, I am sending AF a big not welcome message, "AF you are not welcome at Krista's, stay away". Wishing and hoping for you.
|Tue, 12-11-2012 - 2:39am
Hi Nina,
Glad that stabby pain has stopped, Your symptoms sound really good, the dizziness and nausea are real indicators of pg for me. I know this is a long horrible wait even a day and a half seems like an eternity, just hang in there we are all just crossing everything for you to catch that golden egg.
Sending lots of baby dust your way.
|Sun, 12-09-2012 - 7:43am
Ava - my symptoms are still here! LOL The stabby pains I belive have stopped. If it IS then it was prob implanatation. That's how it worked last time. But, I have not had the spotting, but I know that it is not a sure thing...
Dizzy nausea (food helps) abs are just sensitive in every way - reaching lifting...getting up! LOL They haven;t quite regained their strength since the mc so this might be interesting as to how weak I will be...
And ....an overall "glowy" feeling in the lady parts ....Last time, I got a positive the next day....after this.
Ava- I am so very sorry, thinking lots of good thoughts your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|Sat, 12-08-2012 - 11:20pm
hi Vickie, I wasn't able to access your chart today, how are your temps looking? Did you test or should I say poas? Yesterday your chart looked amazing! Sorry if I am a bit behind the times on these posts, I haven't been into 2WW yet as board is moving at snails pace and I keep getting not authorised to post messages. Im crossing everything and hoping down here.
Hope December is your month.
Sprinkle sprinkle, sprinkle (of babydust)
|Sat, 12-08-2012 - 11:15pm
Hi Krista,
DH returned yesterday morning, yaaay!! Very excited to hear about the obgyn appt. Am not giving much info out to him re O, fertile times etc, just keeping quiet about it as I don't want to make him feel like he has to fix everything.
I've started using the OPK's and still negative, but I have no other symptoms of approaching O either. Last month it was day 25, hoping it might be earlier this month, fx.
Just in case it suddenly creeps up on me (O that is!) I am keeping the BDing happening.
How are the symptoms?? Are you testing soon?? I've actually been getting a message that I am not authorised to post so hope this goes through. I haven't been into 2WW yet as the board is moving so slowly that I keep forgetting to go in there to check.
Hoping all is well for you and sending buckets of baby dust in your direction.
|Fri, 12-07-2012 - 11:54am
Annemarie- I totally understand how this month and season is a bad time for you. I lost my Mom on Dec. 1st 8 years ago and I have 2 angel EDD's this month. It is hard to deal with and get through. I am so glad you had a great party for Mom. I hope for you to find more things to make you laugh and enjoy your life. Here's to having some joy in our lives and making some happy memories for a change. Much Love to you,


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The Telex BP-351 Dual-Channel Portable Metal Beltpack with 5-pin Connector (Black) is a portable microprocessor-controlled intercom beltpack designed to work with Telex RTS two-wire intercom systems. The device has a 5-pin XLR connection for a headset/earset microphone (dynamic/electret), a 3-pin XLR female connector for intercom line and power, and an XLR male loop-through connection for connecting multiple beltpacks together in a chain.
For controls, the unit features a rotary volume control, a channel select button for switching between channels 1 and 2, a call button with indicator light for sending and receiving call signals and a talk button with indicator light. You can talk on the intercom in latched mode where you tap the talk button once to talk and again to turn it off or in momentary mode where the button must be pressed while you talk. The system also includes a sidetone control for adjusting the level of your own voice within your earset.
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- Activates headset and can operate hands free or push-to-talk
- Sidetone Control
- Adjusts your own voice level in the headset
- Auto-Sensing Headset Connector
- Automatically detects the presence of a dynamic or electret microphone
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- Utilizes a microprocessor to turn microphone off


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It looks like those girlŌĆÖs from Teen Mom are making major news again this week┬Ā Is Maci Bookout really reuniting with her ex, Kyle Regal after splitting with a longtime love earlier in September?┬Ā Jenelle Evans is sporting a new tattoo and according to the latest issue of OK Magazine, sheŌĆÖs also rumored to be moving in with her new man!┬Ā┬Ā Apparently this girl ALWAYS has to learn the hard way when it comes to men! She consistently moves to fast and the split that follows is always ugly!┬Ā Also get the details on which Teen Mom is rumored to be on drugs, who wants that big TV wedding and who is at war this week in the cover article!
Could Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux be plotting a secret wedding in Mexico? OK seems to think so and I could see something small and private for these two happening, rather than anything big and overblown, donŌĆÖt you agree? Such a low-key couple is likely planning something very intimate.
One of the big stories of the week is Kristen StewartŌĆÖs incessant need to stay connected to Rupert Sanders, in spite of Rob Pattinson forbidding any contact. He agreed to attempt reconciliation but the couple has serious trust issues here and KristenŌĆÖs not helping things at all. Will Rob kick her to the curb again? Catch this issue for the latest!
We all love quick lessons in cool hair and makeup tricks and OK hands us some of the latest trends that are being favored by the likes of Lauren Conrad, Christina Hendricks and the always glam Kate Hudson.┬Ā If thatŌĆÖs not enough of a style watch for you then thereŌĆÖs more because in this issue we all get to go backstage at the EmmyŌĆÖs with Mario Lopez and Kat Dennings!
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- Feb 28, 2008
TRD HiLux to make official debut in Melbourne. Honest.
Toyota Australia is finally ready to unleash TRD HiLux. The concept version bowed a year ago, and while the production truck was shown at the Brisbane show earlier this month (supposedly its "official" debut), the officially official debut is taking place tomorrow in Melbourne, where this all began way back when. To back that up, additional photos of the supercharged TRD HiLix have been released along with a new press release, but Toyota is still being coy with the hard numbers. All the Aussie division says is that the blown 4.0L will make around 25 more torque than the standard-issue HiLux SR5 Double Cab's mill, while consuming a bit less fuel, to boot. Toyota will presumably confirm the final power and torque figures tomorrow, which we expect to be around 300 hp / 330 lb-ft. That's enough to let the TRD HiLux make the 0 - 62 mph (100 km/h) sprint in under 7.5 seconds. Our friends Down Under get to pound on the new sport truck in April, when it joins the TRD Aurion in showrooms. Follow the jump for Toyota's latest (but probably not the last) press release.
[Source: Toyota]
Toyota's new TRD HiLux sports ute achieves better fuel economy while significantly improving performance compared with the standard vehicle.
TRD chief engineer Stephen Castles said the supercharged TRD HiLux uses a fraction less fuel than the naturally aspirated engine in the HiLux SR5 double cab.
"TRD HiLux is more fuel-efficient while power increases more than 25 per cent and torque by almost 20 per cent," Mr Castles said.
"The standard HiLux 4.0-litre V6 petrol engine produces maximum torque of 376Nm at 3800rpm, which makes it a terrific workhorse," he said.
"Our TRD engineers focused on excellent low to mid-range torque to give TRD HiLux even more pulling power.
"In fact, from just above idle right through to around 5700rpm, the TRD HiLux generates more torque than the standard vehicle's maximum.
"As a result, we have achieved a 0-100km/h acceleration time in the low seven-second range."
Mr Castles said the supercharged engine is Euro IV-compliant.
He said the Eaton M90 supercharger and intercooler were developed jointly by TRD, Toyota Motor Sales (US) and Magnuson Products Inc.
TRD HiLux has undergone extensive testing, including hot-weather hill-climbs and towing in central Australia, high-speed and load tests at Phillip Island and Winton raceways, plus cold-weather tests at Mt Hotham.
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Kallum Higginbotham scored the opener for the visitors after nine minutes but Ross were back on level terms shortly afterwards through Richie Brittain.
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Convicted first-degree murderers Robert Tulloch, 29, Robert Dingman, 35, Michael Soto, 23, and Eduardo Lopez Jr., 38, committed some of the most heinous, high-profile crimes in recent state history.
But they did it when they when they were 17. As such, they were "children" - a class of offenders "constitutionally different from adults" in terms of sentencing, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 in its companion rulings Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Dobbs.
Prosecutors maintain the Miller decision applies to just one case - that of Mont Vernon killer Steven Spader, 21, because his first-degree murder conviction is still pending direct appeal before the state Supreme Court.
"We believe that, as far as cases in New Hampshire, that decision (Miller) applies to the Steven Spader case only. But obviously that decision will be decided by the court," Senior Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin said.
A new sentencing hearing was scheduled for April 22 for Steven Spader, the convicted teen killer and accused ringleader of a 2009 Mont Vernon home invasion. Sentencing will follow April 26.
Robert Tulloch
Tulloch, 29, was the notorious mastermind behind the random rob-and-kill scheme in which he and hometown buddy, James Parker, then 16, stabbed to death Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop on Jan. 27, 2001.
"Mr. Tulloch was 17 years old at the time of the murders in this case. He does not deny that he committed the murders and he does not seek to set aside his guilty pleas. Nor does he deny that substantial punishment is warranted for his crimes," his public defender Richard C. Guerriero wrote in a habeas petition.
"However, he committed those acts when he was a child," Guerriero continued in his petition filed Dec. 20 in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord.
Tulloch seeks a new sentencing hearing at which evidence related to his mental health and maturity at the time of the crime may be admitted in an attempt to get a lesser sentence. Tulloch intended to seek an insanity defense at trial, but withdrew that and pleaded guilty to the murders.
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In Miller, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional all automatic life prison sentences without chance of parole for those who were under 18 years old at the time of their crimes. Such sentencing statutes violate the Eighth Amendment's protections against cruel and unusual punishment, the court wrote.
The court's ruling means these youthful offenders are entitled to sentencing hearings at which they can present evidence of mitigating factors - such as their immaturity, recklessness or mental health issues at the time of their crimes - in hope of convincing a judge to impose a lesser sentence.
The court could still impose life without possibility of parole - it just no longer can be mandatory as New Hampshire law currently requires for first-degree murder convictions.
In its companion ruling - Jackson v. Hobbs - the court said rights contained in Miller are retroactive for juvenile homicide offenders, even if their convictions were final.
Attorneys representing Tulloch, Dingman, Lopez and Soto - all of whose convictions are final - claim the Jackson ruling entitles their clients to retroactive relief.
The state Attorney General's Office objects to their claim in a motion filed Thursday in Merrimack County Superior Court.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors filed a motion to consolidate the four cases and have them heard by a single judge on the retroactive issue alone.
Currently, Tulloch and Dingman's habeas petitions are set to be heard April 12 at New Hampshire State Prison in Concord.
Tulloch's attorney Richard Guerriero stressed that, while Tulluch wants to have his life without parole sentence vacated, Tulloch does not seek to be released pending the outcome of the habeas petition.
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Dingman, 35, who was convicted with his younger brother of the 1996 murders of their parents in their Rochester home, made similar arguments in his habeas petition filed with the court Jan. 29.
Lopez also filed a petition in Merrimack Superior Court, but was not available for public view Feb. 6 because it had not yet been officially docketed. Lopez was convicted of fatally shooting Robert Goyette during a 1991 Nashua bank robbery.
Manchester defense attorney Andrew Schulman filed a motion in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester seeking to have Soto's life sentence vacated and a resentencing hearing scheduled in light of the Miller decision.
Soto was convicted of accomplice to first-degree murder in the 2007 shooting death of Aaron Kar in Manchester.
In its Miller ruling, the court noted juveniles have a "diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform."
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Corey, on the enrober, exactly at the same point where the two chocolate veils are, there is a lever that closes a small bowl under the net (it is still part of the enrober). This system creates a sort of hurdle that slows the chocolate's flow back to the heating bowl. This system causes a chocolate puddle under the product that enrobes the bottom. So chocolate from the top "and" from the bottom. The lever can be adjusted to regulate the quantity of the chocolate to the bottom.
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1 In July, California raised its excise tax on a gallon of gas by 10 percent. How much in excise tax do we pay per gallon?
a. 28.5 cents
b. 30.5 cents
2San Diego-based Petco forged an important new partnership with which entertainment company this year?
a. Walt Disney
b. Animal Planet
3Which new weight-loss drug from a San Diego drug company went on sale in 2013?
a. Allotheria
b. Qnexa
4The overall median home price as of November was:
a. $375,000
b. $415,000
5What celebrity chef opened a restaurant in San Diego this year?
a. Gordon Ramsay
b. Mario Batali
c. Emeril Lagasse
d. Guy Fieri
6 San Diego County's unemployment rate at the end of the year was:
a. 10 percent
b. 6.8 percent
7 Who announced the retirement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station nearly a decade ahead of schedule?
a. Friends of the Earth
b. Southern California Edison CEO Ted Craver
c. Gov. Jerry Brown
d. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison McFarlane
8Plans to expand the San Diego Convention Center hit a major milestone this year. What was it?
a. Construction finally started.
b. The California Coastal Commission approved the project.
c. Comic-Con committed to stay through 2020.
d. All litigation challenging the project was settled.
9 Which comic book publishing company announced this year that it is expanding into television?
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b. IDW Publishing
c. Adventure Publications
d. DC Comics
10 The best-selling new car in San Diego County is:
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b. The Honda Civic
c. The Toyota Prius
d. The Chevrolet Cruze
12 TripAdvisor users ranked San Diego No. 1 in the country for what?
a. Best resorts
b. Top golf courses
c. Best pizza
d. Best craft beer
13 In 2013, Qualcomm sold one of its earliest successful businesses to Vista Equity Partners for $800 million. What is that business?
a. Snapdragon
b. FloTV
14 To spur business, the state legislature eliminated this longtime program to pay for a trio of new tax incentives?
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b. The enterprise zone program
c. The Golden State income incentive
d. A sales tax reduction to start each year
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b. Commercial development affordable-housing linkage fee
c. Fishing licenses
d. Library photocopy fees
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b. Park Hyatt Aviara
c. La Costa Resort and Spa
d. Paradise Point Resort and Spa
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b. A new time-off requirement for families with new babies.
c. An Obamacare requirement for businesses to offer health insurance.
d. None of the above.
18 What animal at the San Diego Zoo got a new multimillion-dollar habitat this year?
a. Giraffes
b. Chimpanzees
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My favorite was when they called us the Arizona State Diamondbacks!
: Very nice win by the Devils tonight.Really happy for Brady and his family since he is a Texas product. Super job by Mitch Lambson too. The team played with some emotion but not tight at all and not intimidated by the Texas team or fans. Was it just me or was the home plate umpire horrible for both teams?? The announcers were very pro Texas and kept calling us Arizona. Get a clue ESPN!
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