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The name Carci Noma is a play on words for the medical term carcinoma, the most common type of cancer occurring in humans.
The team's theme this year is "Stomp Out Cancer," which is why the boots are being passed around to different Cleveland yards.
Team Hope has a specially trained recovery crew to remove the setup — but there's a price to pay.
According to team member Amy McLemore, a fee of $10 will remove the boots and Carci Noma cells from your lawn, $15 will remove everything from your lawn and transfer it to a friend of your choosing, and $20 allows you to remove it, name where it goes, plus gain insurance that that it doesn't come back to your yard.
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"We started out with the Carci Noma toilet last year and it was a big success," said McLemore. "This is our fist year for the Stomp Out Cancer setup because we wanted to try something a little different."
McLemore and the team started with the new arrangement at the beginning of May and have already raised about $300. The team of eight hopes to reach its goal of $2,000.
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McLemore said Relay for Life, the largest fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, is an extremely important event each year.
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[OS] US/CT/MIL- 11/7-Ex-U.S. general urges frank talk on cyber weapons
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should be more open about its
development of offensive cyber weapons and spell out when it will use them
as it grapples with an increasing barrage of attacks by foreign hackers,
the former No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military said.
"We've got to step up the game; we've got to talk about our offensive
capabilities and train to them; to make them credible so that people know
there's a penalty to this," said James Cartwright, the four-star Marine
Corps general who retired in August as the vice chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
Cartwright, who raised the profile of cyber security issues while still in
uniform, told Reuters in an interview that the increasing intensity and
frequency of network attacks by hackers underscored the need for an
effective deterrent.
"You can't have something that's a secret be a deterrent. Because if you
don't know it's there, it doesn't scare you," Cartwright, now a fellow at
the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said
in one of his first interviews after leaving office.
Current and former U.S. officials are tight-lipped about any specific
weapons. But it is widely acknowledged the United States has both
offensive and defensive ways to respond to escalating and increasingly
destructive attacks from overseas.
Underscoring the threat, this week an arm of the U.S. intelligence
community released a report identifying China and Russia as the most
active and persistent nations that are using cyber espionage to steal U.S.
trade and technology secrets.
Cartwright said it was important to send a strong signal to potential
adversaries that the United States viewed responding to cyber attacks as
its "right to self-defense," even if hackers were using a server in a
third country.
"We've got to get that done, because otherwise everything is a free shot
at us and there's no penalty for it," he said.
His comments come as the Obama administration debates the rules of
engagement for cyberspace, now seen as a fifth domain for military
operations, joining air, land, sea and space.
Earlier this year, the White House released a new cyber strategy that said
that, when warranted, the United States would respond to hostile acts in
cyberspace "as it would to any other threat to our country."
Now the military must work out exactly how to implement that. Key
questions include how forthright Washington will be about work on
offensive computer network attack weapons; what would constitute an act of
war; and operational plans for training, testing and using of its
electronic arsenal.
Recent attacks on U.S. corporations such as Google Inc, the Nasdaq stock
exchange, Lockheed Martin Corp, and RSA, the security division of EMC
Corp, have given government officials and lawmakers a renewed sense of
urgency about addressing threats to U.S. computer networks.
Cartwright's concerns are widely shared by U.S. military and law
enforcement officials, who are alarmed by the lack of adequate network
security they see in corporate America.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told
lawmakers at a classified briefing on Tuesday that improving cyber
security was an increasingly important priority.
"He prominently mentioned cyber security as a growing threat ... something
that needs to be much higher up on our national security priority lists
than it has been in the past," Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat
on the House Armed Services Committee, told reporters after the briefing.
U.S. Army General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security
Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, last month said U.S. military officials
would finalize new rules of engagement and operational planes for cyber
space in coming months.
Experts say any deterrent posture must be carefully crafted, but that is
particularly true in cyberspace.
David Smith, a fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and
former U.S. diplomat engaged in talks with the former Soviet Union, said a
deterrence policy had to be crafted very carefully to establish a credible
threat of possible action without being too specific.
"You deter by keeping a level of uncertainty," Smith told Reuters. "To
craft a good deterrent posture, you sort of tell people the kinds of
things you have, and roughly, what the response would be if the interest
of the United States were threatened, basically, that nothing is off the
Unlike the nuclear arena, where it was fairly easy to determine who had
launched a ballistic missile attack, attribution remains an enormous
challenge in cyberspace, where hackers can mask their identities.
Eric Sterner, a former Pentagon official and fellow at the conservative
Marshall Institute think tank, said being too clear about what would
provoke a response would invite hackers to test the limits up to that
"As soon as you declare a red line, you're essentially telling people that
everything up to that line is OK," Sterner said.
Cartwright said it would probably take hackers two to five years before
they could disable a large percentage of the banking industry or the U.S.
electrical grid. But even a smaller attack could undermine confidence in
financial markets, he said.
Establishing a deterrent posture now would help stem the endless tide of
attacks coming from overseas, he said.
(Editing by Eric Walsh)
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More Questions over Alleged Iranian Plot
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More Questions over Alleged Iranian Plot
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More Questions over Alleged Iranian Plot
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Manssor Arbabsiar in a 2001 mug shot
The alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United
States has been dismissed by most commentators as too far-fetched to be
true. Indeed, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, which
the U.S. government is accusing of coordinating the plot, generally
stays in the Middle East and South Asia and prefers to work with proxy
militant groups, rather than handling assassinations far abroad.
However, Washington's confidence in its accusation is notable, as is the
possibility for other, unreleased evidence. If the plot was real, it
says much about the Iranian intelligence services' scope, ambitions and
The alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi Ambassador to the United States
Adel al-Jubeir on U.S. soil has been dismissed by most commentators as
being too far-fetched to be true. Indeed, the plan the U.S. government
is accusing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of coordinating
is well outside the organization's traditional sphere.
However, Washington's confidence in its accusation is notable, as is the
possibility for other, unreleased evidence. If the plot was real, it
says much about the Iranian intelligence services' scope, ambitions and
The IRGC and its elite Quds Force generally have not been responsible
for covert operations that do not involve proxy groups or that are far
abroad. They mostly stay in the Middle East and South Asia (with a
notable appearance in Venezuela in 2010), working to establish ties with
insurgent groups they can use as proxies in volatile areas such as
Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Jaish-al-Mahdi brigades in Iraq and parts of
the Afghan Taliban. Traditionally, the IRGC brings members of these
groups to Iran for training. The Quds Force is thought of as a corollary
to special operations forces that train foreign militaries and carry out
clandestine military operations. Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and
Security (MOIS), on the other hand, is generally responsible for
operations in Europe and the United States, including a series of
assassinations carried out in the 1980s. MOIS is a known operator in the
United States and would likely have the resources and experience to
carry out a clandestine operation there.
This was not the case in the recent incident. Manssor Arbabsiar, the man
charged in the plot, allegedly met with an informant for the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) who was posing as a member of a Mexican
cartel. This informant never went to Iran, and there is no indication
the IRGC is involved in training or arming cartels. It is also odd that
the IRGC would use Arbabsiar, a U.S. citizen with both Iranian and U.S.
passports who has no apparent connection to the IRGC other than,
allegedly, a cousin in the Quds Force. Typically, a trained intelligence
officer would be the one to contact a potential proxy group for
development, not a new recruit.
There also is the question of why al-Jubeir was targeted. It would be
much easier for Iranian forces, particularly the IRGC, to kill a Saudi
official in the Middle East. Moreover, assassinating al-Jubeir in the
United States would likely have serious consequences for Iran - perhaps
even in the form of a U.S. military response.
The dubiousness of the alleged plot did not stop U.S. officials from
blaming it on the IRGC, something they would be unlikely to do without
substantial evidence. U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed confidence
in the evidence against Iran when speaking Oct. 13. In any criminal
prosecution in espionage matters, information is often left out for fear
of exposing sources and methods. It is possible - though not verifiable
- that this is the case in the recent alleged plot.
The indictment against Arbabsiar focuses on his confession and the DEA
source's activities, but it contains clues about other intelligence the
United States could have. The Obama administration reportedly was
informed about the plot as far back as June, meaning it had time to
assess and confirm its existence. The indictment also never mentions how
exactly the informant came in contact with Arbabsiar. If the plot was
real, U.S. intelligence officials likely caught onto it by other means
than through the informant.
The IRGC's ties to the plot could be confirmed with one of the following
five pieces of evidence, any of which the United States could have
collected with signals intelligence:
* If Arbabsiar's cousin is confirmed as being a member of the Quds
* If phone numbers Arbabsiar called after his arrest were connected to
the Quds Force
* If the $100,000 Arbabsiar used as a down payment for the attack came
from a Quds Force-linked bank
* If other Iranian officers traveled to Mexico to meet the informant
* If the Iranian Embassy in Mexico knew about the operation
The most damning of these would be if Arbabsiar's post-arrest phone
calls were traced back to previously identified IRGC offices in Iran.
If we assume that at least one of these possible indicators is true, it
reveals a few things about Iranian operations. First, it would appear
that the IRGC is trying to operate in new territory - though showing a
lack of experience operating in the United States and limited capability
in such plots. STRATFOR sources also have suggested that a new
organization within Iran's intelligence and security services may have
been responsible for the plot, which would explain the several mistakes
that led to its exposure.
One possible connection here would be to two alleged Iranian plots to
assassinate dissidents in Los Angeles and London, exposed in the trial
of Mohammad Reza Sadeghnia in California and U.S. diplomatic cables
released by Wikileaks. Sadeghnia allegedly carried out preoperational
surveillance on Jamshid Sharmahd, who made radio broadcasts for the
Iranian opposition group Tondar while in Glendora, Calif., and Ali Reza
Nourizadeh, who worked for Voice of America in London. Sadeghnia's
activities became obvious to his targets, and the fact that he monitored
both of them and then returned to Tehran while on bail supports the
claims against him. Sadeghnia's profile of an unemployed housepainter
from Iran who lived in the United States for many years is very similar
to that of Arbabsiar, a used car salesman. Sadeghnia's purported plan to
use a third man as a hit man and for the man to employ a used van
purchased by Sadeghnia to murder Sharmahd points to a similar lack of
sophisticated assassination methodology.
While many people believe it possible that U.S. investigators were led
on a wild goose chase that they have not yet realized, the
investigators' confidence and the possibility for other supporting
evidence is notable. It is also quite possible the capabilities of
Iran's intelligence services are not nearly as good as previously
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UVALDE, Texas — Daniel Leskovar isn't out to dethrone Castroville, Calif., as the artichoke capital of the world.
What the plant physiologist and director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center in Uvalde hopes to do is find high-value crop alternatives — including artichokes — for the region's vegetable grower-shippers.
"When you produce local foods, the quality becomes an important attribute for the consumer," Leskovar said. "And they seem to like the taste and the flavor of the Texas-grown artichokes, and I think, in particular, because of the freshness."
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Earlier trials showed that Imperial Star and the improved green globe were best suited to Texas' Winter Garden and Rio Grande Valley. But Leskovar said he believes other varieties, including some from Italy, also may have a place.
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Leskovar's work is being funded in part by a specialty crops block grant administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Why did our government lie about the attack in Lybia? They claimed it was a protest, then days later the truth emerged that it was a skillfully planned terrorist attack.
Do they not know something like this can't be hidden?
Why did our government lie about the attack in Lybia? They claimed it was a protest, then days later the truth emerged that it was a skillfully planned terrorist attack.
Do they not know something like this can't be hidden?
Maybe they THOUGHT it was a protest at the time, and they didn't get all the facts until later? I mean, if they knew it was a skillfully planned terrorist attack before it happened, they probably could've stopped it.
I'm not saying the government doesn't lie - I just don't think they're lying just to lie.
All governments lie ... about everything ... all the time.
They certainly do when it behooves them to do so. But it doesn't always behoove them to do so.
Because they have the power to do so and get away with it.
In many cases, because they feel they're expected to know what's going on,so they go with a good story rather than wait for the facts.
"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "
--Jonathan Rauch, Salon Magazine, March 13, 2000
*the number is now forty
If people don't know what you're doing, they don't know what you're doing wrong.
-Sir Humphrey Appleby, Yes Minister
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Give a man religion, and he'll starve praying for a fish.
Because governments are run by people, and people lie naturally. Sure there are things they lie about because they're stupid, but I wouldn't expect them to not lie about things.
LOL! And they say that there are no government conspiracies. Bwaa haa haa!!!!!!!!!!!
Inspired - but too tired.
like lot a professions a folk wear a world ova wot eat up each a there a doodoo
get lot money do nothin
no say os Apublic discova they more then sum da doodoo they make
exactly, that's what cracks me up. whenever someone gets skeptical or questions whatever the government says or does, people think they're crazy or have something wrong with them but yet they agree that the government does in fact lie about things. if they believe that the government does in fact lie, then they would have to agree that the government can't be trusted therefore putting its credibility in question. so all these people clowning government conspiracies but at the same time saying "i believe the government lies from time to time"...
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
I don't believe they lied. Why is it inconceivable for you that at the time they thought it was just protest gone violent and then after further investigations they found out it was a terrorist attack?
Let me ask you this. Suppose I ask you tell me now what is 340586 x 32? Tell me now, don't use a calculator. Suppose you tell me now that you don't know. Then later on you use a calculator and figured out the answer, does this mean you lied when you said you don't know?
By the way, people who say government lies all the time on everything are lazy thinkers. I'm not saying they don't lie. But trying to use a smart-ass comment to define our government like that is lazy thinking. You guys should go join the tea party.
There are no WMD in Lybia
With knee-jerk journalism on some media outlets, the government may not want the incident to be fanned out of proportions before it can devise a way of containing the situation. At this stage in the Iraq and Afghanistan withdrawal policy, sending the US troops into Libya for a new war is irresponsible, both to the army and to the tax paying public.
Lies are probably so it gives them time to sort their shit out. Now it's changing its mind on telling the truth, perhaps they've lined something else up as a reaction to the killings...
Humans lie. Governments shouldn't.
Inspired - but too tired.
For the very same reason that fire burns.
Inspired - but too tired.
Because to be lied to we crave.
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Our nation's founders never intended for professional politicians to exist. They intended political offices to be held by ordinary Americans like you and me who would serve for a few years and then go back to their previous professions. Unfortunately, once professional politicians came into the scene, ordinary Americans like you and me haven't got a prayer.
Why not elect good honest people into the government? Because there are too many dumbasses out there. All a politician has to do to get elected by these dumbasses is say they believe in the judeo christian god and science is the work of the devil. Oh, and say things like legitimate rape on national television.
The only way in hell good honest people can get elected on a regular basis is if the nation's average IQ goes up by like 40 points. In the mean time, we just need to work with what we have (which I admit is just shit regardless of how you look at it).
I've gone through this... there have been lies by the government, but crazy conspiracy theories carry very little weight. I've thoroughly discredited the 9/11 conspiracy theories. The government can't keep a secret though... they can't even keep state department cables a secret... there are always leaks.
The attempt at discrediting those who disagree with the conspiracy theory bullsh*t is a nice try... but fails completely.
But in this case there is no lie. It could have appeared to be a protest... the whole disturbance was probably planned as a cover for the attack itself.
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Government conspiracies are for lazy thinkers... as has been said.
And people lie to others all the time.. stop trying to change human nature. We aren't robots. But in this case there was no lie and I demand to see proof where there was. And if one is demanding that politicians never lie, they better do the same in their life to people around them... if they don't... HYPOCRISY.
Because you don't know what you don't know. You only know what you know at the time and you present the facts as they are revealed. That is not lying. Don't blame the government for not having ESP. When things happen very fast and 5000 miles away it takes a while to sort everything out. I'd much rather have that than a knee-jerk reaction based on few facts which could do serious harm. Now I'm not saying the government never lies but I am willing to accept this explanation in this case. If it turns out to be wrong however we the people need to hold them accountable.
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wot people?
Government lies because people cant handle the truth, that there is no 'American Dream' just an American scheme to ship your job overseas, work you to death, and steal your retirement and home so that Mitt Romney and his greedy cronies can keep stealing your future from you.
Because because because because because.
Did I win?
"As anarchism rears its face,
They are answered by an iron fist..."


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Entering his 28th season at ETSU and his 36th year overall, Hall of Fame head coach Fred Warren continues to build a winning tradition for the Buccaneers, guiding them into the national spotlight on a yearly basis. The 2012-13 season saw the Bucs win their 45th tournament under Warren's watch as ETSU captured the 2013 Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational for the third time in four seasons. Meanwhile, three Buccaneer golfers received Atlantic Sun Conference honors as sophomore Rhys Pugh and freshman Adrian Meronk landed Second Team All A-Sun accoaldes. In addition, Gudmundur Kristjansson and Meronk were featured on the All-Freshman Team. Warren's team also excelled in the classroom in 2012-13, as the Bucs were one of 143 Division I programs to receive academic honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America after registering a team GPA of 3.223. In the summer of 2013, Pugh played in the Open Championship at Muirfield, while also advancing to match play at the U.S. Amateur Championship. 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Individually, Rhys Enoch tied for medalist honors at the NCAA East Regional and earned a bid to the NCAA Championship. He also received Ping All-American honors following his successful 2009-10 campaign. The Bucs also succeeded again in the classroom as the team was recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of America as earning President's Special Recognition for earning a team GPA of 3.5 or higher. In 2008-09, Warren helped guide freshman Michael Stewart to an individual title in the Atlantic Sun Conference championships, while Stewart joined teammates Seamus Power and Rhys Enoch on the first team All A-Sun squad. In fact, Power was named the league's Player of the Year, while Stewart garnered Freshman of the Year honors. The squad was coming off a 2007-08 campaign in which they earned a Top 15 ranking throughout much of the year, and made its 20th trip to the NCAA Championships, finishing 22nd on the team leaderboard. Since his arrival in 1986, the Warren-led Buccaneer program has been a consistent performer among the nation's elite, finishing in the top 13 six times and in the top 25 13 times since 1989 – including a third-place finish at the 1996 NCAA Championships and a ninth-place finish in 2001. During the past 25 seasons, Warren's Buc squads have won 45 tournaments, including the 2001 NCAA East Regional at Williamsburg, Va. During the 2000-01 season, his squad won four tournaments, including three straight from April to May. Even more impressive, his 1995-96 team won six events, tying national champion Arizona State and Florida for the most tournament wins during the year, and was ranked as the No. 1 team in the country during part of the year. Just three years after arriving in Johnson City, Warren returned ETSU to the top of the Southern Conference, a position where the Bucs remained for 12 of the next 17 years. Warren led the Bucs to league titles from 1989-92, 1994-96, 1998-2001, and in 2005, his 12 championships broke the 54-year-old SoCon record of 11 titles held by longtime Duke golf coach Ellis "Dumpy" Hagler, making Warren the winningest men's golf coach in SoCon history. The Bucs advanced to the NCAA Championships in 1989 and 1992, from 1994 to 2001, and also made the field in four straight seasons (2005-08). Warren is a seven-time winner of Southern Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 1999), has won Atlantic Sun Conference Coach-of-the-Year once, and has twice earned NCAA District Coach-of-the-Year (1989 and 1996). He was a runner-up for National Coach-of-the-Year honors following the 1995-96 season. During his tenure at ETSU, Warren has coached 18 All-America selections and 30 All-Southern Conference choices, and three All-Atlantic Sun picks. He has coached eight of the past 14 Southern Conference Individual Medalists, two Atlantic Sun Conference champions, 11 SoCon Players-of-the-Year, and three Atlantic Sun Conference Players-of-the-Year. Warren joined the Buccaneer program from collegiate golf power Oklahoma State, where he served as an assistant coach. During his tenure in Stillwater, the Cowboys won three Big Eight championships and finished as NCAA Tournament runners-up on three occasions. Warren began his coaching career at Texas Christian University, where he led both the men's and women's programs from 1979-84. While at TCU, his Horned Frog men's team finished fourth at the 1980 NCAA Championships and posted a 27th-place finish in 1983. That year he became the first coach to ever place a men's and women's team in the NCAA Tournament field during the same season. He guided the women to the 1983 NCAA title and a runner-up finish the previous year. He was named Southwest Conference Men's Coach-of-the-Year in 1980 and was the SWC Women's Coach-of-the-Year choice in 1983. In October 2000, Warren was inducted into the TCU Horned Frog Hall of Honor, and in 2003 he was named a TCU "Legend." Warren has taught in Golf Digest Instruction Schools, in the Oklahoma State Golf Schools, the North Carolina Golf Schools, the Georgia Academy of Golf, at Purdue University and at the NIKE All-Star Golf Camp. He has served as a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee. He has served as Chair of the NCAA District 3 North Golf Committee, as the Chair of the Southern Conference Golf Coaches and as a Chair of the GCAA All-America Selection Committee. Warren also has served on the Golf Coaches Association of America Ethics Committee and is currently serving on the Pace of Play Committee. Warren played his collegiate golf at UCLA while earning a bachelor of arts degree in speech. He received a master of science degree in education from Oklahoma State. He served as a U.S. Marine Corps officer from 1974-78 and was honorably discharged, reaching the rank of Captain. Warren is active in several ETSU student organizations. He is a faculty advisor for Kappa Delta Sorority and has served in the same role for Campus Crusade for Christ and the Christian Student Fellowship. |


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I've looked at this thread and can't figure out my best options at this time and could use some advice please.
For equipment I have an HR22, HR23, H22 and a SWM switch installed. Nothing is hooked up to the internet yet. I have an ATT wi-fi DSL network in the house with a 3MB connection (max availabe in my area).
I recently received a letter from DirecTv offfering a free Cinema connection Kit.
I would like to have the whole house DVR setup, internet connection and 5 tuner DVR.
Should I establish the undocumented connection with DirecTv or is there a better option now? If I go the undocumented route what will I need to do? What is my best option for establishing the network connection with DirecTv? Are ther cost considerations that affect which route I go?
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Do you have ethernet (CAT5E or CAT6) cable running to your rooms? Or are planning on it? If yes to either question, go unsupported. If not, I'd suggest going the supported route and getting the free CCK - you might need to have DTV come out for setup.


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Firefighters battled the blaze for several hours but the structure burned to the ground.
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The brick home was fully involved when the BCVFD arrived and the structure burned to the ground after hours of fighting the fire.
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A permit is required to undertake a 'house to house' collection, under the House to House Collections Act 1939. Whereas Charitable Street Collection Permits are normally issued to cover a period of one or two days, a house to house collection permit can be granted for any period up to one year. With regard to vetting and checking to ascertain whether the organisation applying is genuine or not, the same procedures apply as for charitable street collection permits. Collections generally take place from door to door or from one premises to another.
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Regulations:- House to House Collections Act 1939
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The main ingredients are whole wheat durum flour and the cheeses, with some miscellaneous things such as eggs, canola oil, wheat gluten, and natural flavor. The cheeses are the reason for all the fat - and I'm telling you - if you're on a diet, this is probably not the best way to go. If you're maintaining your weight and looking for a healthier alternative to regular pasta, then try this - but don't have more than the recommended serving size. I loved the taste of this, but the nutrition facts mean that I won't indulge in this very often.


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Norwood, MA (06/29/2010) - Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced today the release of the industry's smallest, lowest power transmit IC with integrated de-interlacer and on-chip CEC (consumer electronics control) incorporates High-Definition Multimedia Interface® (HDMI®) technology and enables small, low-cost multimedia devices to provide flawless HD (high definition) video performance and easy connectivity. Offering HDMI® Version 1.4 Specification's expanded support for color spaces, the 150-MHz, Advantiv® ADV7541 ultra low-power transmitter with de-interlacer converts 480i/p and 1080i interlaced output into a progressive 1080p format, enabling portable multimedia devices to provide full HD resolution to home theater systems. Offering 150 times less standby power and a ten percent smaller footprint (3.75 mm × 3.75 mm × 0.65 mm) than competing offerings, the ADV7541 extends ADI's Advantiv advanced TV solutions portfolio to ultra-slim, low-power designs, including digital still and DSLR cameras, camcorders, gaming consoles, media players, and mobile devices. Watch the ADV7541 video for more information on its features.
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As of late, I've found it somewhat difficult to put my life in India into words. Life here, even though it is very different than my life in Chicago, has become, well, my life. The daily sights, the routine, the sounds, they're all…normal.
And then I went to Thailand for a holiday with my best friend. What I didn't realize at the time was that it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulder; a weight that, after so many months away, didn't feel so heavy anymore. I could truly relax with my friend; I was 'home'.
However, from the moment I stepped off the plane, the force of India came crashing down on me. On each of my prior trips, I prepared myself for the shock of returning to India. But this time, I wasn't expecting these feelings to come flooding back after only a week away. Prior to this trip, I was happy, relaxed and comfortable and assumed that coming back it would be the same as it was when I left.
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Throughout our lives, we're always faced with challenges, changes and obstacles such as a new job, moving to a new place, marriage, divorce, birth and death. Good or bad, all of these events require us to change, bend and move in a new, uncomfortable, unknown direction and often, we feel unprepared. For as hard as any of these changes and challenges might seem at the time, eventually, we come out on the other side. Perhaps a little worst for wear, but ultimately stronger, wiser and perhaps more empowered.
Sometimes, like this last week, I really want to hate India but I find that I can't. As hard as it gets, I cannot imagine leaving and never coming back. India is not just another country, it's another world. Yet this country claims a large part of my heart and I know, even during my hardest days, I am lucky to experience it in such an intimate way.


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Deo Gloria features a wide variety of music, including spirituals and Christmas selections.
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Bienviendos a Peru! Welcome to Peru and the start of your journey through the land of the Incas. Upon arrival into Lima International Airport you will be met by one of our representatives and transferred to your hotel. After check in spend some time with our rep discussing your up-coming trip. The remainder of the day is free for you to enjoy at leisure.
For centuries Lima was considered the most beautiful city in Spanish America and today discover why with a morning sightseeing tour. Our first stop is the Plaza Mayor in the heart of the old town. Here you'll find the opulent facade of the Palacio de Gobierno, or Presidential Palace, where each day the ceremonial changing of the guard takes place. After we continue to the austere Catedral and various small palaces and balconied edifices that helped Lima claim UNESCO World Heritage status. Discover contemporary Lima in the form of the plush suburb of San Isidro and lively Miraflores before continuing to the quiet district of Pueblo Libre to see the stylish hacienda museum.
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco, known to the Incas as the 'navel of the world'. After your arrival transfer and time to acclimatise we head out to explore the Plaza de Armas, the Catedral and the Koricancha complex – a supreme example of Inca stonework. We continue further afield to tour the Kenko Amphitheatre, the fortified hunting lodge of Puca Pucara, the stunning imperial baths of Tambo Machay and the megalithic fortress of Sacsayhuaman. Nightlife is famous in Cusco why not head out to enjoy it in your own time this evening.
Making our way out of Cusco we enter the sacred valley region. On our way to the ancient village of Urubamba our first stop is to visit Awanacancha, an Andean textile centre where the art of Incan textile is kept alive. Continue to the archaeological complex of Pisac, formed of a collection of remains of Incan dwellings, temples and terracing. Enjoy a spot of shopping and practise your bartering skills at the local market before stopping for lunch. The day of touring concludes with a visit to the impressive fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo.
Today explore the Sacred Valley further with visits to Andean villages south of the Río Urubamba. See the lovely paintings in the attractive colonial church of Chinchero. Continue to Maras where the original Indian aristocratic coats of arms hang on the outside of the church and houses. We then stop to see Moray, a circular system believed to have been used for agricultural experimentation during the Inca period. After lunch off to the train station for a stunning train journey to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Sit back and enjoy the views as the landscape changes from the Andean highlands to the beginnings of the jungle. Arrive Aguas Calientes and check in to hotel.
No place in Peru quite captures the imagination like the legendary 'Lost City' of Machu Picchu. Nestled in a saddle between two forested mountains and surrounded on three sides by the Urubamba River, its location couldn't be more awe-inspiring. The city itself is brilliantly preserved, a classical Inca-style complex of polished dry-stone walls and temples. This morning explore the citadel and the wonderful Temple of the Sun and magical Temple of the Moon on a three hour guided excursion. Other highlights include the fascinating Sacred Plaza and the elaborately carved Intihuatana rock. Lunch is provided at a local hotel before you return by train to Cusco.
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Some might say former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. just got too big for his britches.
After all, Jackson appeared to have it all:
A famous father.
A doting mother.
A beautiful wife who gave him two beautiful children.
Successful siblings.
His brother Jonathan is so devoted, he told me last week that if he could, he would give his brother his own body rather than see him endure the pain that goes with this public fall from grace.
On Wednesday morning, surrounded by his legendary family, Jackson accepted responsibility for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign money.
Once a rising star, Jackson is expected to spend between three and five years in prison for converting campaign money to his personal use.
Later in the day, former Ald. Sandi Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of tax fraud.
Jackson Jr. might have gotten away with dipping into his campaign fund had he not been carried away. After all, it isn't like he got caught stealing taxpayer's money or taking bribes.
But the blatant nature of Jackson's spending is jaw-dropping: Elk heads? Michael Jackson's fedora? Bruce Lee memorabilia?
In all, Jackson spent about $750,000 in campaign money on everything from household goods to furs and a Rolex watch.
The lavish spending may very well be a manifestation of Jackson's bipolar disorder.
But his reckless behavior also could be a metaphor for the kind of behavior we see every day in some young black males of far lesser prominence.
Some of these men break the law and risk going to jail in order to buy expensive athletic shoes and cellphones.
Jackson was raised at the feet of civil rights giants — and his way was cleared by people who stood firm in the face of certain calamity.
As the son of a prominent civil rights leader, he saw firsthand the battles that were fought so that his generation could walk through the doors of opportunity.
Yet, he succumbed to the same temptations that have tripped up men who had no role models, let alone a famous one.
Because Jackson never had any serious challengers, his campaign fund became his personal cookie jar. And as political royalty, he was able to operate with little scrutiny into his financial affairs.
That Jackson's comeuppance happened during Black History Month is both stunning and prophetic. While many of us are focusing on where we have come from, we can't ignore where we are headed.
The former congressman's fall also plays into the hands of his family's detractors and further tarnishes the Jackson brand.
Frankly, a lot of people, particularly whites, have long speculated about how the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. gets paid.
Whenever he gets involved in an issue, I receive emails raising the same questions:
Where does the Rev. Jackson get his money? Who pays for all that flying back and forth? How does someone who doesn't have a church or a regular job have a middle class lifestyle?
Like most parents who had to claw their way through life, I have no doubt that Jackson Sr. tried to give his son all the things he himself never had.
Before going to Congress, Jackson served as the national field director of the National Rainbow Coalition for a salary that was subsidized by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union.
Jackson's name also helped him trounce seasoned Democrats in his campaign to win his congressional seat. The Jackson name also helped his wife become the 7th Ward alderman, even though it was apparent that she would be spending most of her time in Washington.
At times, the Jackson name was a heavy burden to carry. But it also was a VIP card that was honored all over the world.
Wednesday was a tragic day for the Jackson family but it was also an American tragedy.
"Tell everybody back home I'm sorry I let them down," Jackson Jr. said outside the courtroom after entering his plea.
I believe him.
How could he not be?