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Archive for December, 2010
Besmirched by False Allegations – Acquittal is Cold Comfort
Immediately after a charge of threatening death against him was withdrawn by the Crown in March of 2004 — two years after his arrest — Ken Atkinson began demanding the woman who had falsely accused him be charged with perjury.
Mr. Atkinson and his lawyer, Brian Scott, had proven the woman lied on the witness stand when she denied ever having been intimate with Mr. Atkinson. He insists to this day the threatening allegation was also false.
Mr. Atkinson has made numerous overtures to the Durham Region Crown Attorney, asking that the woman be charged. In support of his request, Mr. Atkinson cited testimony the woman gave during a civil proceeding on the matter, in which she admitted having sex with Mr. Atkinson, and lying about it in court because she was embarrassed to reveal the affair.
Crown Attorney John Scott has reviewed the case and decided against laying a perjury charge. He said the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the woman from prosecution.
"Her evidence at the discovery that she did have sex with you, contrary to her statement at the threatening trial that she did not have sex with you, would not be admissible as part of the Crown's case at a perjury trial," Mr. Scott said.
That fact notwithstanding, there's no real public interest in the Crown pursuing the matter, Mr. Scott wrote in a letter to Mr. Atkinson in September of 2009.
Crown Attorney John Scott has reviewed the case and decided against laying a perjury charge. He said the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the woman from prosecution.
The response is galling to Mr. Atkinson. While he was arrested, incarcerated and put on trial for a crime he did not commit, the woman who lied in an attempt to have him convicted is not being held accountable, he said.
"I think there certainly should be a public interest in it," he said. "The fact she could get away with that should be very disturbing to anyone in the justice system. I think it should be very disturbing to anyone in the public.
"It should be intolerable."
S.R., who was acquitted of several sex assault charges after a Durham judge ruled his accusers were not telling the truth, forcefully declared his innocence from the day he was arrested until he was cleared in court.
"The lies came out, but it took four years to get there," he said. "Somebody has to be held responsible for what happened to me."
He could sue his accusers, or the police, but that takes a lot of money. And the police have a viable defence at the ready: when accusations of serious sexual assault were brought to their attention, they simply did their job in making the arrest.
"I don't want to take my money and hand it to a lawyer," S.R. said. "I'm just getting back on my feet."
Ray Collingham is hoping to sue. His defence lawyer, Graham Clark, has assembled a list of what he says were breaches of Mr. Collingham's Charter rights following his arrest.
"I almost wept when I saw the video of Ray's interview (with detectives)," Mr. Clark said. "The entire tenor of the interrogation was that he would be convicted."
Of course, Mr. Collingham never would have been arrested had his former gymnastics student not made accusations of sexual assault. Perhaps surprisingly though, Mr. Collingham doesn't harbour bad feelings toward the boy, who is now 19; he feels the boy was pressed to make false allegations by his mother, with whom Mr. Collingham clashed prior to the accusations coming to light.
"I understand he was put into this situation he didn't want to be in and couldn't get out of it," Mr. Collingham said.
But he does feel anger toward the boy's mother. Evidence at trial suggested she had manipulated e-mails between Mr. Collingham and her son to fabricate sexual overtones that Mr. Collingham testified weren't there.
"Nothing happened to her at all," he said.
Suing the police for a wrongful arrest is a lengthy, uphill battle, according to Maurice Kondell. The Whitby man was rising through the ranks of the Wendy's restaurant chain — he had become the first African Canadian franchise owner — when he was arrested on allegations of sexual assault made by young female workers at his Oshawa store.
The charges against Mr. Kondell and another man were tossed out in 2006 when it was revealed that the accusers were conspiring to launch a lawsuit against the restaurant chain, throwing their credibility into doubt. The judge apologized to the accused men before pronouncing them free to go.
Mr. Kondell filed a $5-million lawsuit against Durham police in early 2007. The case remains unresolved.
"I feel like my life is on hold," Mr. Kondell said in a recent interview.
Despite the cost involved and the length of the civil process, Mr. Kondell is sticking with his claim. And he advises others who feel they've been prosecuted on flimsy allegations to do the same.
"The advice I would give would be to seek recourse — get a lawyer and file a claim," he said.
"If we sit there silent, it will continue."
Mr. Clark, who represented Mr. Collingham at trial, said there currently exists no mechanism, short of a lawsuit, for those who are prosecuted on false allegations.
"There is no recourse," he said. "And acquittal is cold comfort in these circumstances.
"I believe there are systemic problems that perpetuate injustices that are hard to address," Mr. Clark said. "When shoddy investigations occur, bad things happen and it's hard to correct them.
"It's impossible."
Husband faces jail for reading wife's email
Prosecutors, relying on a Michigan statute typically used to prosecute crimes such as identity theft or stealing trade secrets, have charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged on to a laptop in the home he shared with his wife Clara Walker.
Using her password, he accessed her Gmail account and learned she was having an affair. He is now facing trial.
His wife filed for divorce after the incident.
Legal experts said it was the first time the statute had been used in a domestic case and it might be hard to prove.
"It's going to be interesting because there are no clear legal answers here," lawyer and electronic privacy expert Frederick Lane said.
"The fact the two still were living together and that Leon Walker had routine access to the computer may help him. I would guess there is enough grey area to suggest that she could not have an absolute expectation of privacy."
About 45 per cent of divorce cases involve email snooping.
Feuding parents use My School evidence to decide which schools kids should attend
COUPLES locked in bitter legal disputes are using data from the My School website to argue over the school their children should attend.
Family Court judges and federal magistrates are increasingly being asked to consider data from the website, which lists schools' literacy and numeracy scores, when deciding where children of broken relationships should be educated.
In one case, a NSW man wanted his children moved from their public school in Newcastle to a Catholic one on the state's central coast, where he was living with his new partner. The man argued his children would be better off at the new school, whose students had achieved higher results on its NAPLAN tests.
Family lawyer Matthew Shepherd said the courts were eager to accept the data into evidence and had been giving it some weight in their deliberations.
"In cases like this, the court needs to decide what's in the best interest of the child, and there's no presumption in favour of either parent," Mr Shepherd said.
"Parents are looking for anything that can give them a strategic advantage in getting the court to rule in their favour. Statistical evidence like this can be used to do that."
Family lawyer Matthew Shepherd said the courts were eager to accept the data into evidence and had been giving it some weight in their deliberations.
However, courts so far have been reluctant to embrace NAPLAN results as a justification for moving children. For instance, in the case of the NSW man, federal magistrate Kevin Lapthorn "respected" the father's perspective, but "found no evidence to suggest the children were not doing well in their current school".
In another case, magistrate Judith Walker ruled in favour of a Sydney mother who submitted NAPLAN results, but said the main reason for her decision was that the child should attend a school that was "reasonably convenient to where she lives".
When the My School website was launched in January, Prime Minsiter Julia Gillard said it would give parents new information when choosing schools for their children.
In another case, magistrate Judith Walker ruled in favour of a Sydney mother but only because it was  "reasonably convenient to where she lives".
"My School is giving parents more information than they've ever had before," said Ms Gillard, who was then education minister.
School Education Minister Peter Garrett declined to comment yesterday.
Australian Education Union president Angelo Gavrielatos said he was disturbed by the legal trend, which he described as an unfortunate consequence of the website. "When a government attaches so much value to something like NAPLAN, it's only reasonable that parents would attach a similar amount of value to it," he said.
"NAPLAN is a one-time snapshot of children's results, which at most provide a useful tool to teachers. I'll leave the courts to decide how to judge it but if they asked our opinion it would be exactly that."
Mr Shepherd said that only a fraction of schooling disputes reached the courts, and it was likely the same discussion was occurring privately in separated families across the country.
Mother addicted to computer games strangles child: police
A South Korean mother has been arrested for allegedly killing her three-year-old son while she was tired from internet game-playing, police said.
The death is the latest of several cases related to computer game addiction in one of the world's most wired societies.
Kim, 27, played online games for about 10 hours a day, police said, adding her neighbours described her house as "like a trash site" where her two children were left crying for hours.
Police in the midwestern city of Cheonan said Kim, who also has a one-year-old son, beat the three-year-old and strangled him after he disturbed her by urinating on the floor and crying.
"She said she was so mad at him because she was about to take some rest after playing online games for four hours in the morning," a city police spokesman said, describing the woman as addicted to game-playing.
Kim left the boy's body in the house for three days and her in-laws reported the death to police.
She mostly played online card games and those involving the raising of virtual pets, the spokesman said, adding she had no history of mental disorder.
She beat the three-year-old and strangled him after he disturbed her by urinating on the floor and crying.
The government estimates the number of web addicts at about two million in a nation of about 50 million. From next year, it will offer free software to people at risk, to limit the time they spend on the web.
Last month, a 15-year-old boy committed suicide after killing his mother for scolding him over excessive playing of computer games.
In May, a 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in jail after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die of malnutrition while raising a "virtual child" on the internet.
In February, a 32-year-old man died after reportedly playing games for five days with few breaks.
European court bolsters fathers' rights
The European Court of Human Rights granted a Nigerian man access to his children on Tuesday, overturning a series of German court rulings and potentially strengthening unmarried fathers' rights.
The court, based in Strasbourg, France, was ruling on a case in which successive German courts had denied the man the right to see his twin daughters, who were born after the man had a relationship with a married German woman.
It found that the decisions by the courts had breached the man's rights. Germany must now pay the man €5,000 for damages and a further €4,000 in legal costs. The ruling also establishes a precedent that unmarried fathers in Germany have a right to see their children even after a relationship breaks down.
While the father had not established a relationship with the girls, he had nevertheless shown a "serious interest†in them, the court decided.
The man, who had been living in the Baden-Württemberg city of Achern, took his case all the way through the German legal system to the Constitutional Court – the highest in the country – and was denied access to the children at each stage.
The Constitutional Court ruled in August that a law denying unwed fathers custody rights to their children without the mother's permission is unconstitutional, which opened the way for automatic joint custody.
The daughters, now aged five, live with their mother and her husband, who is the legal father of the children. The couple, who have three other children together, have denied access to the biological father.
German courts had ruled that the biological father had accepted no responsibility for the twins and therefore had developed no "social-familial relationship†with them.
However, the Strasbourg court decided that the man had "shown a serious interest in the children†and expressed the wish to build a familial relationship with them. This had ultimately been blocked by the mother and legal father, the court found.
The Nigerian father's application for asylum was denied in 2006. In 2008 he moved to Spain.
Germany, Austria and Switzerland are generally considered to be conservative when it comes to granting unmarried fathers custody or access to their children after separation. However, the government is presently reviewing the laws on the issue.
Germany, Austria and Switzerland are generally considered to be conservative when it comes to granting unmarried fathers custody or access to their children after separation.
The Constitutional Court ruled in August that a law denying unwed fathers custody rights to their children without the mother's permission is unconstitutional, which opened the way for automatic joint custody.
Mum loses appeal over gassing murder
A woman who gassed her children to death in the family car has lost an appeal against her conviction for murder.
The 43-year-old woman, who cannot be identified, was found guilty after a trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane earlier this year of murdering her six-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter at their home at Sandstone Point, near Bribie Island.
She was also found guilty of the attempted murder of her 16-year-old son, and was sentenced to life in jail.
During the trial, the Brisbane court was told the mother decided to kill herself and the children as an act of revenge towards her ex-husband.
She had been angry, the court was told, after being issued with a Family Court order stating they would spend Christmas Day with their dad.
The mother gave the children crushed sleeping tablets before putting them in the back seat of the car, attaching a garden hose to the exhaust, and switching on the ignition.
During the trial, the Brisbane court was told the mother decided to kill herself and the children as an act of revenge towards her ex-husband.
The bodies of the children, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning, were found on November 22, 2002.
The woman took her case to the Court of Appeal in Brisbane in November, arguing her conviction was unsound because she was suffering from diminished responsibility at the time.
Her lawyer, Michael Byrne QC, also argued that information given to the jury about how one of the psychiatrists came to be involved in the case could have been prejudicial.
He said the correct verdict should have been one of manslaughter, which should carry with it a sentence of between eight and 12 years' jail.
However the crown argued the evidence about the woman's state of mind at the time supported a conviction for murder.
In a written judgment handed down on Thursday, the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal.
In his reasons Justice Hugh Fraser said the evidence about the psychiatrist could not have contributed to a miscarriage of justice.
Justice Fraser also found the verdict was sound because the woman had not proved she was unable to control her actions.
Christine Flatley
Paternity testing – Science finally exposing the Original Sin
After two decades, Sean Reid of Surrey, British Columbia, discovered that he had a son. Fred Turley of Des Plaines, Ill., learned he didn't have a daughter. And Wendy Lieb of Lewis Center, Ohio, made certain she wasn't going to be a grandmother quite yet.
In all three situations, crucial genetic information altered the lives of the people involved. And in each case, it came not from a doctor or other medical source, but from a $29.99 kit on a drugstore shelf.
Reid, Turley and Lieb are among more than 800 customers who responded to the first wave of marketing for do-it-yourself DNA paternity tests sold as Identigene by Sorenson Genomics of Salt Lake City.
Sales in three western states — Washington, Oregon and California — were so brisk last fall that Rite Aid Corp. expanded the product this week to some 4,300 stores in 30 states across the country.
"The running joke is that we're the Maury Povich family,†said Reid, 37, who confirmed years of speculation about a former girlfriend's son with a kit purchased at a Bellingham, Wash., store. "But why not do it privately? We did this as discreetly, as efficiently and as cost-effectively as possible.â€
For users like Reid, the tests provide easier answers to one of life's crucial questions — Who's your daddy? — said Douglas Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene.
"Everyone is purchasing the tests because they're curious,†said Fogg, who expects to sell at least 52,000 tests this year. "They're looking to establish questions about their own child or their own paternity.â€
But for genetics experts, drugstore marketing of DNA testing raises questions of accuracy and ethics.
"From our perspective, direct-to-consumer genetic tests raise all the same issues for lax government oversight, potentially misleading or false advertising and the potential for making profound medical decisions on the basis of poorly interpreted or understood results,†said Rick Borchelt, a spokesman for the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University.
At the very least, the kits have the potential to complicate the lives of the people who use them, legal experts cautioned.
"We all need to take a step back and realize that this is different than many tests that you take,†said R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "This is a life-changing moment.â€
DNA tests join other diagnostic tools
The paternity kits have taken their place on store shelves next to other diagnostic tests that don't rely on DNA, including those for pregnancy, HIV and blood sugar, said Michael S. Watson, executive director of the American College of Medical Genetics.
Unlike genetic tests for health conditions, tests that use DNA to determine paternity are fairly simple to provide and fairly easy to interpret, said Watson. They're subject to limited oversight, however, with no review required by the Food and Drug Administration and no certification required under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, or CLIA.
The Identigene kit includes swabs for collecting cell samples from the inside of the cheeks of the child and the alleged father. Collection of the mother's cells is optional, but strongly recommended to strengthen the results. The swabs are packaged and mailed to the Sorenson laboratory in Salt Lake City where they're analyzed.
The Sorenson lab is accredited by the AABB, the agency formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks.
Results are reported online, by phone or by mail in three to five business days. They come back as a probability figure that verifies paternity with 98 percent to 99 percent accuracy, Watson said.
Total cost is about $150, including the price of the kit and a $119 laboratory processing fee. For another $200, users can purchase validated tests that meet legal requirements for determining paternity, Fogg said.
Court use questionable
But Susan Crockin, a lawyer who specializes in reproductive technology, said consumers shouldn't count on the tests standing up in court.
"The jury's still very much out on these tests in terms of reliability and establishing a chain of custody,†said Crockin, a consultant for the Johns Hopkins public policy center.
Most of the users who have been buying the kits — which have gone on sale for as low as $17.99 — don't plan to use the results to resolve legal issues, Fogg acknowledged. Instead, most are looking to answer social questions. And that's where the complexity comes in.
Because the cell samples are taken in private, there's the potential for fraud and deception, noted Charo, the ethics expert.
"I can imagine rather peculiar circumstances in which somebody has a swab taken without their knowledge,†she said. "It raises questions about informed consent.â€
Even when people do consent, the results can be unsettling. Watson estimates that between 5 percent and 10 percent of genetic tests he's conducted show a child is not related to the presumed father.
"It could break up families,†Watson said. "Some will be broken because that was the goal. Others will be broken up and that wasn't the goal.â€
But people who've used the at-home tests swear by the ease, the accuracy — and the results.
After 20 years, a mystery solved
For Reid, the paternity test opened the door to a new extended family. He'd always wondered whether the baby born to a former girlfriend was his, even though she insisted the child was fathered by another man. When the girlfriend contacted Reid on Facebook last summer, the pictures she sent of her oldest son raised the question anew.
"My wife, said 'Oh my, that's you,'†said Reid, a nurse.
Internet research pointed Reid to the Identigene test, which was cheaper and more convenient than other options. With cooperation from his former girlfriend and her son, they all took the tests, with results that altered everyone's lives.
"Our newest son has a family he never knew he had including grandparents, aunts, and three younger brothers who are all very excited to meet him,†Reid said.
For Fred Turley, 55, the DNA test confirmed what his companion had told him: the 4-year-old girl he helped care for was not his. The news was disappointing, but clear, he said.
"The bottom line is, I don't have to live with the uncertainty about her being my daughter and wind up in a fight just to find out,†Turley said. "This won't change how I feel about the girl. It will just remove what had become a major concern.â€
For Wendy Lieb, 41, the DNA test restored her 20-year-old son's future. He'd already quit college, taken a job and assumed the responsibilities of pending parenthood after a girl he had sex with at a party claimed she was pregnant with his child.
'He just didn't look like my son at all.'
Lieb said she was proud of her son's response, but perplexed after the baby, a boy, was born.
"He just didn't look like my son at all,†Lieb said. "And we have fairly strong genes.â€
A trip to the drugstore and 10 days later, the answer was clear: her son was not the father.
"I thought it would have required thousands of dollars and a trip to the doctor,†she said.
Lieb is relieved for her own child, of course, but also for everyone involved. As difficult as the situation has been, she said, it will be easier for them to adjust now, rather than years later. The test may raise ethical questions, she said, but it also provides the peace of mind that comes with answers.
"I think it's a lot more ethical for you to find out the truth,†she said.
Female PE teacher jailed for sex with boys
A female physical education teacher broke down in tears when a District Court judge sentenced her to more than two years in prison for having sex with two teenage boys in her care.
The 25-year-old woman from NSW, whose name has been suppressed, held her head in her hands while Judge Phillip Eaton recounted her indecent dealings with two boys, aged 15 and 16.
The woman faced nine charges relating to sexual acts that happened between December 2009 and January 2010.
She previously pleaded guilty to all charges.
The District Court heard the woman sent text messages to the boys, as well as nude and provocative pictures. She invited them on separate occasions to her home, drank alcohol with them, and had sex with them in her bedroom.
Judge Eaton noted that the woman had a troubled past, including a history of alcohol and drug abuse. She was in a violent relationship in NSW when she got the job as a physical education teacher at a high school in the Pilbara region.
It was also noted that the woman was a popular teacher who had won awards for her teaching excellence.
Her defence lawyer had made the submission that the woman was upset about having to relocate to Newman and had begun drinking more as a result of the impending move, which led her to commit the crimes.
Judge Eaton described the woman's action as "self-destructive" and said it was "a pity" that her conviction meant she would never teach in an Australian school again.
The woman was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, but will be eligible for parole after serving 14 months.
Why depression is no joke when it comes to Aussie men's health
DEPRESSION cuts more years off the lives of Australian men than liver disease and colon cancer.
The findings come as experts continue calls for males to ditch their "blokey" attitude towards mental health issues.
SANE Australia executive director Barbara Hocking said depression was a silent epidemic among many men who still believed discussing the difficult topic was a sign of weakness.
"There's a general understanding that women experience it (depression); there's much less awareness that men do," she said.
"Part of that . . . is that men are much less likely to seek help for depression; there needs to be a lot more work in changing blokey attitudes.
"The important thing to understand with this silent epidemic is that getting treatment does help and the risk people run by not seeking help is enormous."
An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report looked at the chronic diseases that caused people to die before the age of 75. It calculates how many years of potential life these people lost.
Coronary heart disease topped the list for men, then lung cancer and depression. For women, breast cancer, lung cancer and coronary heart were deemed to be the leading causes of potential years of life lost because of chronic disease.
Depression was in eighth place.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare senior data analyst Karen Bishop said figures on depression included people who had died as a result of suicide and it is the first time such information on chronic diseases has been compiled.
The report found chronic disease killed more than 25,000 Australians during 2007 and that three out of five of these deaths were potentially avoidable.
Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance chairman Greg Johnson said the toll was especially high among disadvantaged Australians and called on the Government to reverse this toll.
For support and information about depression contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or SANE helpline on 1800 187 263.
By Callie Watson
Baby safe haven laws – Victoria moves to protect newborns


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20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me. | 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
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This whole thing might go away if UM student body president Chris Anderson let Andrew Shirvell make out with him
ByOnce in kindergarten I had a schoolyard crush on this girl, so I kicked her in the shins. Most people grow out of that phase, others don't. That's all I'm saying. (CNN, The Onion)


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It's the middle of May and the Cleveland Indians are the best team in the American League.
That's not a typo. While many pundits and fans may be surprised to find the Indians not battling the Royals to stay out of the cellar in the AL Central, I had the opportunity to gain a little clairvoyance from the man pulling the strings in Cleveland. One of my old Expos season ticket buddies, Max Harris, has stayed friendly through the years with Manny Acta, the former 3rd base coach for Nos Amours (2002-04) and current manager of the Tribe.
Max and I drove down to Toronto to see the Indians play the Jays last summer, and prior to the Sunday game, Acta spent some time with us talking about how happy he was to be a part of the Indians family and how excited he was about the future of the ballclub.
I was immediately impressed by his positivity. After all, the team was struggling, many of their vets were on the verge of being dealt at the deadline, and from an outsider's perspective, it seemed like he was being put in yet another difficult situation. In retrospect, it was almost as though he already knew that this team was good. It was simply a matter of when it would all come together.
I caught up with Acta via email this past weekend to give the "Getting Blanked" readers a little insight into the early frontrunner for Manager of the Year.
Dave Kaufman: When we talked last summer in Toronto just before the trade deadline, you expressed a lot of optimism for the future of the Indians. Has the team grown together even faster than you anticipated? Why?
Manny Acta: The team has grown as expected. We felt that the addition of [Grady] Sizemore and [Carlos] Santana, plus having A-Cab [Asdrubal Cabrera] and [Travis] Hafner healthier were going to make us a better team. Our young pitching continues to step up and that coupled with the revamped defense has been the key.
Kaufman: Can the team sustain this level of success? As the manager, how do you keep such a young core grounded and focused on the next game during such a great run?
Acta: In order to continue to play this way, we need to stay healthy and have everyone contribute. Not yet at the level to survive long- term injuries to any of our key guys. We have a good group of guys, mixed very well (veterans and young players). We keep it simple and don't lose perspective of what we need to do to keep them on their toes and motivated.
Kaufman: What has the addition of Orlando Cabrera brought to the team and the clubhouse? He's made the playoffs four years in a row with four different teams. Did you promise him a fifth playoff appearance before he signed?
Acta: Orlando has meant a lot to this club. He is a solid all around smart player, who has been there and done that. He commands respect while helping our younger guys on how to win and never expect anything less than winning. He was attracted to us because we told him that we thought we could win.
Kaufman: I've heard you mention that one of your role models is John Wooden. He experienced several losing seasons as a coach before becoming the most successful and celebrated coach in NCAA basketball history. What has looking up to him taught you about yourself as a person and as a manager?
Acta: Following Wooden has shown me that Patience + Self-Control + Faith = Success. That even the great coaches like himself started with struggles and overcame them. I also learned to stay true to myself and treat my players the way that I wanted to be treated. Not yelling and screaming but motivating and communicating the best way possible.
Dave Kaufman is the host of the summertime radio show "BALLS! The Baseball Show With Dave Kaufman and Max Harris" on The Team 990 in Montreal. You can reach him via email or follow him on Twitter.


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Marijuana is getting stronger. It has become increasingly popular since open drug use crashed through cultural and moral barriers in the 1960s. Now the youths of the '60s are parents, grandparents, voters and politicians. Today, youths and even adults say that marijuana is basically harmless—if not glamorous, like it is portrayed in entertainment—or even medically beneficial. Attitudes have become so relaxed that Americans in two states actually voted in November to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
We are watching marijuana change from a counterculture banned substance into a mainstream recreational aid. But the debate is far from over. What are the facts about cannabis?


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An annual event that attracts more than 1,000 political, business, civic and philanthropic leaders, the Goldwater Dinner is the year's can't-miss event.
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SHANGHAI, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE: SHP) (the "Company"), a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today announced that, at an extraordinary general meeting held today, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 21, 2012 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, ShangPharma Holdings Limited ("Holdings"), ShangPharma Parent Limited ("Parent") and ShangPharma Merger Sub Limited ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"). Of the Company's ordinary shares entitled to vote at the extraordinary general meeting, approximately 82.6% of such shares were voted in person or by proxy at today's meeting, with approximately 99.9% of those shares voting in favor of the proposal to approve the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and related proposals.
Completion of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Company will work with the various other parties to the Merger Agreement to satisfy all other conditions precedent to the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement and complete the Merger as quickly as possible. If and when completed, the Merger would result in the Company becoming a privately held company and its American depository shares, each representing eighteen Company ordinary shares, would no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE: SHP) is a leading China-based contract research organization providing high-quality and cost-effective services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. It offers a broad range of high-quality, integrated services across the drug discovery and development process to help international and Chinese pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies discover and develop novel drug candidates efficiently. The Company's services consist of discovery chemistry, discovery biology and preclinical development, pharmaceutical development and biologics services. For more information, please visit www.shangpharma.com.
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I just listened to an interview with Michael Shermer on the Mile High Sanity Project podcast. Shermer brought up the point that for some people there is a large social cost and thus deterrent to becoming (not the right word but I can't think of the one I want) an atheist. I didn't go through this because I was never a member of a church. But I am feeling some of it now that I'm trying to meet more like minded people to hang out with.
The atheist groups that I am aware of in my area are more purpose driven. The meet more to provide information than they do to socialize. While I completely agree that we need to help spread knowledge and provide others with the tools to think skeptically, we could do more. I think we need more social activities (happy hours, whatever) to make it easier to those that might be leaving something that makes them feel safe and included.
What do you think and do you have any suggestions?
It's been said before that organizing atheists is like herding cats. Which makes sense, since one of the criteria we try to live by is independent thought. As to sites like A|N and others, Scott is correct. They're purpose driven insofar as we exchange ideas, share information, and listen to and contribute about opinions relevant to atheists.
As to social gatherings, I tend to agree with JF. If you want to find people to hang out with, join an astronomy club, bridge club, motorcycle club, or other social organization. Me personally, I tend to avoid those types of groups where there are structured activities. "At our next meeting, Susan, Joe, and Bill need to bring a covered dish, and we'll take about our next outing." Not being critical, but it's just not my cup of tea. If I want to go out for a beer, I'll meet some friends at the local watering hole.
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BBRacers Club was developed in 1996 to encourage students to participate in after-school fitness programs and develop a life-long commitment to health and fitness. The program gives students the opportunity to meet challenges, work towards goals and feel a sense of pride in their school and individual accomplishments. BolderBOULDER , together with its participating schools, hopes to send the message to students that physical fitness can be fun and something in which all kids can participate, regardless of their age or physical limitations.
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The BolderBOULDER staff would love to help with your assemblies/presentations. A signup sheet is available at the kickoff reception or you can contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Participating schools may also handle their own recruitment with the assistance of a BolderBOULDER DVD. It is highly encouraged to bring all students together for one "high-charged" assembly, which demonstrates the importance of this program to the school and a chance to show school spirit.
Students will train alongside their teachers for eight weeks to prepare for their 6.2-mile walk, jog, run or race. BolderBOULDER will provide each school a training schedule for running and walking, as well as weekly training tips to be shown to the students. Participants should meet at least once weekly at school, as well as be required to continue training on their own throughout the week. Students participating on the track team will be excused from BBRacer Club practice, but their participation will still be monitored by the Club Coach.
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In order to insure timely distribution of race packets and accuracy in scoring; students, teachers, and school staff will register online for the BolderBOULDER differently than the rest of the racers. In addition to the usual fields including name, address, etc., the BBRacers registration forms will include school name, grade, and a selection of BBRacers Club waves. Paper registration forms will also be given to all coaches for those students who cannot register online. Students that register PRIOR TO THE APRIL 18th DEADLINE will receive a discount off their entry, a unique BBRacers T-shirt and a goody bag containing items donated by race sponsors. We do ask that you encourage online registration to minimize errors and ensure the deadline is met.
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We will have several BBRacer Club waves this year. These waves are for the students, their parents, friends and siblings. However, students and teachers/staff taking part in the Challenge do not have to do the BolderBOULDER in these waves. We have had many participants whose times are fast enough to qualify for the seeded waves. If the participant decides they would rather run in a non-BBRacer Club wave (qualifying wave) they will still be counted in the Challenge with their school.
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after my grape hyacinths have finished blooming,i notice little green pods on the ends where the flowers were. are these seed pods that produce new bulbs? |
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Yes. Let the pods dry on the plant. When they're dry you can break them open and collect the seeds. I don't know how long it takes to go from seed to blooming size or the germination rate, though, since I've never collected seed but just let them drop around the parent plant. |
thank you duluthinbloomz4 for the info.i will collect them and wait and see if anyone has more info on the germination time. thanks again |
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07 September 2012 14:00
Sent in from our spy photographer in the United States, these spy shots show Lexus's next-generation IS saloon testing ahead of a 2013 reveal.It's been a long time coming – the current IS has been on sale since 2005, with only mild trimline changes and tweaks to keep it fresh. During the same period, Mercedes has heavily revised the C-class, and BMW has come along with the brand new best-in-class F30 3-series.
Absolutely. The new IS is sure to get Lexus's current 'spindle grille' arrangement, as seen on the LF-LC concept car, and latterly the new LS and GS saloons. An F-Sport version with lowered suspension, sporty wheels and more flared bodykit is also likely too – even the flagship LS limo got the 'F' treatment in its recent reveal.Whether or not there'll be more than just the saloon seen testing here is up for debate – the first-gen IS also came in a rare estate format, but the current car shunned pet-carrying capacity. It's not been a one bodystyle range – Lexus does offer a convertible IS with a folding hard-top roof, but it's so rare we'd forgive you for ever having set eyes on one outside of a Lexus dealership.As the spy shot camo-striptease continues, there'll be more clues on what models of IS we'll see in the UK, so stay tuned to CAR Online. Here's hoping for a return for the flagship IS-F to keep the next twin-turbo M3 honest…
The current IS is the sore thumb of the Lexus range – it's the only model that Toyota's posh arm doesn't offer as a hybrid. There are electric motors in their family hatch (CT200h), limo (LS) and even full-size SUV (RX) but the fleet-market-friendly IS makes do with conventional internal combustion only. It'll be interesting to see if Lexus goes down the hybrid route with the next car.Or could piston engines depart from the IS altogether? CAR recently scooped a US-market Lexus HS testing a hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain – click here for the spy shots and full story. If trials are successful, one imagines there's no reason why (most likely in the US) hydrogen power couldn't migrate into the next IS.
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RE: Lexus IS (2013) spy shots
Agree. Pix are only valuable if they really are worth more than the proverbial thousand words. These pix definitely aren't.
08 September 2012 19:55
rickerby says
How much did those photographs cost? It was a complete waste of money, anything could be lurking under that cladding. You may as well have just given the text telling us that a new IS was on the way.
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Google's quarterly results were strong, as revenue was up 45% year-over-year to $14.1 billion, however, not as strong as investors and analysts were expecting. Revenue increased 15% quarter-to-quarter. Google's search query volume increased and over a half billion Android devices have been activated - 1.3 million activated every day. Google's U.S. revenue grew 23% year-over-year to $5.4 billion and its UK revenue increased 16% to $1.2 billion. While Google saw robust growth in the U.S., UK and Japan, it experienced tepid growth in Europe.
Motorola's gross revenue was $2.6 billion with $1.8 billion attributed to mobile and $797 million related to the home market segment.
Google noted it has 200 times more video advertisers than an average U.S. television network. The company also indicated its enterprise business continues to thrive and is seeing great traction in retail and education sectors with Dillard's (NYSE:DDS), Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) and Office Depot (NASDAQ:ODP) now using Google's Enterprise products.
Over the last year Google's stock price has been up and partially back down as shown below:
The Mototola low-margin situation probably hasn't gone away, and Google is also reportedly having some problems supplying its Nexus 4 device due to strong demand. The supply issue is not surprising, as the $299 cost of an unlocked Nexus 4 is $400 cheaper than a comparable unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III. So it appears that someone, possibly Google, is subsidizing the price difference, so once again Google could take a hit to its once pristine profit margins. Additionally, while Google's Price-to-Earnings ratio of 22 is reasonable for a high-technology company, its Price-to-Sales ratio of 6.3 is pretty expensive.
Based on the Motorola/Nexus 4 issues and based on Google reporting its earnings release tomorrow, a long straddle for the company is in order. A long straddle is entered by purchasing a put option and a call option at the same strike price and for the same month of expiration. The position is profitable for a large movement in price up or down. So if the price of the stock tanks or if the stock price goes ballistic, the position generates a profit. If the stock remains near the current price, then the position most likely results in a loss.
Using PowerOptions, a couple of straddle positions for Google were found for January 2013 expiration as shown below:
The straddle with the options having the $705 strike price is attractive, as it is more biased to making a profit on the downside than the other choice. The lower break-even point for the $705 straddle is $662.70 and the upper break-even point is $747.30.
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I had the framers make a 'box' set in the wall where the TV would go and I put 2 pieces of 2" PVC pipe from the box to the attic. Made it much easier to get wire up to the attic later. As time passes, your need for wiring will change...any wires you pull now will probably be obsolete down the road. The conduit to the attic is what you need....Most remote speakers will be ceiling mounted so there is much less need to get wiring down into the other room's walls. Of course if you are installing a intercom system, pull wires for that now. Another good trick is to take many pictures of the framing before the sheetrock goes up. You can refer to them later for help snaking wires down wall cavities later. That also helps when you are putting up curtain hardware. Good luck on your new house. BTW, in what area of the country are you building? |
Kansas City area. Thanks for the info. |
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Color and Image swatches are configured for global product attributes, much the same way that WooCommerce handles adding an image to a Product Category. You can use swatches on each variation that you have setup.
Setting up global colors and swatches uses an interface you will be familiar with. It's recommended that you set up any color or image swatches you will be using over and over in this way. Navigate to Products > Attributes and you will be presented with the following screen:
Create or choose a product attribute set to start configuring the swatches. For more information about setting up and managing Global Product Attributes See Setting up attributes In the example below we've configured a Color attribute and have setup the colors on our existing terms.
When creating a new term for this attribute, you will have the ability to choose a color swatch or image.
When editing an existing term, you will also have the ability to remove or change the swatch information.
Once you have configured your Global Product Attribute Colors and Images you need to enable the swatch picker on each product you would like to use them on.
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The first step in using Color and Image swatches is to setup product attributes and configure a variable product. You can use global attributes, per product attributes or a combination of both.
Once you have created product variations you will see a new tab on the Product Data area called "Swatches". This is where we configure the product to use our product attribute colors and swatches, configure product specific colors and images, and optionally override the defaults from a global attribute.
Enabling Global Color and Image Swatches on the Product
Expand the attribute you would like to configure and choose Global Colors and Image Swatches from the Type dropdown. This option will use the swatch configuration you have previously setup for this global attribute. Publish your changes to enable the pickers on the product.
Enabling Per Product Custom Color and Image Swatches
Per product custom color and image swatches are used when you need to configure swatches that are different from the global setup, or if you want to add swatches to a per product attribute. Get started by expanding the attribute you want to configure, and choose Custom Colors and Images.
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Why is the main picture of my product not changing while selecting variations?
WooCommerce Variation Swatches and Photos extension allows you to put pictures or colors for each attribute. It does not however change the main product image. To change the main product image, you will need to go to into your variations options and upload the picture for each variation. An example of why this works this way is because lets say you have two attributes used for variations. Color and design for a t-shirt. You can use Variation Swatches and Photos for the color attribute displaying what the color looks like. The next selectable attribute would be design along with a picture for each design that could be used for the t-shirt. If a color and design is selected, you can have an image from that variation which has your t-shirt design with selected color and design combined.
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Big Wave Waimea
Photograph by NOAA
Two thin lines of white water created by surfers trickle down the front of a giant wave in Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore. These monster waves appear each winter here as storms blow wind across of 2000 mile fetch of sea, delivering them untouched to Oahu where they make first contact with land.
Surfers such as these two paddle out into the oncoming swell, screw their courage to the sticking place, and accelerate themselves down the face of two-story high walls of water for the thrill of their life.
Waimea Bay is known internationally as one of the best big wave surfing spots in the world. As such, people travel from around the earth to get a chance to experience it firsthand.
From NOAA:
Big Wave Waimea,"Huge surf with an offshore wind on Oahu's North Shore." Photographer: Ian Masterson
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Called Tyrell Arms from 1831-44 (Tyrells were a local family resident at Gipping Hall).
Now residential, the building dates from the late 18th century.
listed building grade II
last updated 31/07/2014
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
The name also occurs elsewhere in the country and may have referred to the Lily that was associated with The Virgin Mary, if so this would suggest that pubs of this name dated back to before the Reformation and the reluctance to use the name afterwards, There is no evidence to put the Stowmarket pub back that far though.


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Frontier Newbie Toolbox
Thanks for befriending the newbies! Dave Winer
If you are brand-new to Frontier, the first place to go! Introduction There is a common complaint on all the Frontier lists: "Where are the docs?". It's true that there's a huge amount of documentation and resources available online, but the problem is where to find what you really need. Usually, the Frontier Newbie doesn't even know where to start! So let's try to put a bit of order into what might appear as a monstrous hydra. You will find on this site what I consider the best path for a Frontier Newbie to follow. I won't offer a comprehensive list of all the resources online. This will just be my choice of the best tutorials for you, the Frontier Newbie. And it's not going to be the usual list with just a sentence or two and a link to a resource, but more like a resume or an abstract of what you will find, and a recommendation on whether you need to read all of any given reference, or just part of it. To get the maximum out of The Frontier Newbie Toolbox, I suggest that you follow it in order, starting from this page to the next and so on. Why should I ask this in this HTML age, where you can jump from one link to another? It's because The Frontier Newbie Toolbox is conceived more like a mountain that you have to climb step by step. So tutorials that appear in the last section assume that you have read the tutorial in the preceding section. But if you want to do it another way, go for it ! You have been warned! Important Note If you even don't know what is Frontier, here is an official description from the Frontier 5 Home page: Frontier 5.1 is a cross-platform content management system for Windows and Macintosh. If you want to know more about Frontier, have a look at What is Frontier?. You can also go to Thea's Galleria of Great Frontier Web Sites to see actual websites managed by Frontier. And last but not least, if you want a broader perspective on Frontier as a scripting environment, see Testimonials. Note to the old hats Your tutorial, or your suite/script, might not be discussed in The Frontier Newbie Toolbox. If you think that it should be there because it sheds a different light on Frontier and might help a Newbie, please, send me an email. But don't be misguided. The Frontier Newbie Toolbox is not a comprehensive list of all the Frontier resources, it's my choice of what I consider to be the best introductions to Frontier. Thanks for your understanding. Credit Thanks to Lynn Siprelle and Jeb Bateman who took the time to revise my text and offered advice. The last revision from Lynn was made the 3 August 98. So if something is not well written, its my fault, not Lynn's fault ! And thanks to the many authors of the tutorials and suites reviewed here! Any advice, corrections, protestations to The Frontier Newbie Toolbox will be gladly received. Just drop me an email. Thanks. |
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Articles are arranged from most recent (December) to least recent (January) for this particular year and topic.
Please note: At the time that these news stories were initially indexed by the National Indian Law Library, access to the stories was free. Sources such as the New York Times and L. A. Times may require a Login and Password, even if acccess is free. Please contact the National Indian Law Library if you need help accessing an article or feel we missed an important one.
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• • Appeals court upholds Seminole Tribe's sovereignty (The Florida Independent) 09/09/10
• • Supreme Court considers petition in Pueblo casino jackpot case (Indianz.com) 08/18/10
• • IRS is probing casino payouts (The Miami Herald) 06/28/10
• • Seminole tribe accused of violating federal laws (Indian Country Today) 06/14/10
• • How the Supreme Court talks about Indian Tribes when they're not looking (Turtle Talk) 06/03/10
• • Pueblo's governor enjoys sovereign immunity (Indian Country Today) 04/30/10
• • 2nd Circuit blocks foreclosure suits against Oneida Nation (Indianz.com) 04/27/10
• • Opinion: Smith and Baum: tribes must decide battleground on employment law (Indian Country Today) 02/22/10
• • Mashantucket tribal member loses appeal in promotion suit (theday.com) 02/03/10


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Obama fundraiser at Sarah Jessica Parker's house: How'd it go? (+video)
(Read article summary)The $40,000-a-plate event chez Sarah Jessica Parker raised plenty of cash, but also raised eyebrows, feeding conservative criticism that the 'celebrity-in-chief' is out of touch with needs of struggling families.
The first couple attended a much-promoted fundraiser in Manhattan Thursday night at the home of actress Sarah Jessica Parker. So how did that go? Did the combined star power crash the West Village power grid? Did President Obama raise (tasteful) basketsful of cash? Did first lady Michelle Obama steal the show?
No, yes, and yes. That's what it seems from the report of pool journalists who accompanied the president, in any case. We can't write from personal experience because due to a postal glitch our personal invite went to Meryl Streep instead.
First of all, very famous people did attend the $40,000-per-person event. The aforementioned Ms. Streep was there, for instance. Co-host Anna Wintour, Vogue editor, helped preside over the event.


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On Memorial Day, while addressing a crowd at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, President Obama criticized the way returning servicemembers from that conflict were treated calling it a "national shame" and vowing not to send troops into harm's way unless absolutely necessary.
For Vietnam vets in Queens, the memories of combat remain as vivid as ever, even now, nearly 50 years after the war began.
"They would call us baby killers and drug addicts," recalled Stephen Smith, a resident of Rockaway Beach, who served in the Army from 1967 to 1969. "We were just there to do a job. We didn't start the war. We didn't get the respect that people coming home today receive."
At the age of 23, Smith was drafted and soon found himself in boot camp at Fort Jackson, in North Carolina, where it became clear that things were about to change in his life. For eight weeks he lived in a tent town on the base with his fellow soldiers.
"They stripped you naked, shaved your head and gave you a uniform," Smith said. "They made us all look the same. They took away our civilian identity."
While in the thick of the Vietnam War, Smith feared for his life nearly every single day. Although he returned from battle without injury, for which he considers himself very lucky, he was forever changed.
"It makes you grow up," Smith said. "My mom would say 'You're not the same as you were when you left.' It hardens you. You learn to survive with a lot less."
Some 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War, compared to 4,000 who were killed in Iraq and nearly 2,000 who have lost their lives so far in Afghanistan.
In 2007, Smith, who wanted to give back to his fellow servicemen and women, founded Vets Helping Vets Inc., a nonprofit organization based in South Ozone Park, aimed at informing veterans of their rights and helping them navigate through the often complicated process of acquiring medical compensation for their battle-related injuries.
For former Marine Pat Toro Jr., the time he spent in the service during the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970 is too painful to talk about, even decades later. He said he still can't watch any type of war movie and suffers from "survivor's guilt."
"I don't want to talk about Vietnam," he said. "I don't want to remember. I don't want to try to think about the frame of mind I was in back then."
Toro, formerly of Forest Hills, now of Narrowsburg, NY, said he doesn't regret enlisting in the service or the time he spent in the war, and he praised Obama for thanking Vietnam vets for their service during his Memorial Day speech.
"It wasn't pleasant," Toro said of his time in Vietnam. "And that was compounded by the way we were received when we came home."
Toro takes comfort in helping other veterans and said it has helped put an end to the nightmares he suffered in the years after the war. He is the former president of Chapter 32 of the Vietnam Veterans of American based in Glendale, and now sits on the organization's board of directors.
When Al Cavallo, of Glendale, a former Marine, returned from Vietnam in 1965, he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and had terrible nightmares, reliving his time in the war. He doesn't like to talk about his military service with anyone except a few close friends and relatives.
"There are a lot of things that the public is better off not knowing," said Cavallo, who served from 1961 to 1965. "We did of job. A lot of us got killed. It was a dirty place."
Vietnam was a dangerous place, but Steve Epps of St. Albans made it out in one piece. He served in the Air Force from 1962 to 1971, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. Epps now helps other vets as the community service officer at the Proctor-Hopson VFW Post in Jamaica.
He said he is not surprised that many servicemembers don't like talking about their experiences in Vietnam, having himself seen fellow soldiers blown to pieces by enemy fire.
"It brings horrific scenes to mind," he said. "There were periods of boredom combined with moments of sheer panic and hell."


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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Yun, Janghun firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-01102012-172900 Document Title Building up the local church through a need-oriented diaconal ministry in South Korea Degree PhD Department Practical Theology Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof M Nel Committee Chair Keywords
- diakonia
- need-oriented diaconal ministry
- community
- Korean church
- congregational development
Date 2012-04-01 Availability unrestricted Abstract The theme of this study is the relationship between recruiting non-Christians for the Korean church through the patterns or styles of its diaconal services, and its influence on the religious actions of the church in South Korea.Chapter 1 defines introductory matters: the theme and its motivation, the statement of the problem, the extent of the problem and its purpose, the hypothesis of this dissertation, its structure, delimitation and key concepts.
In Chapter 2 a diaconal ministry effective for the local community is dealt with. It integrates the meaning or usage of diakonia from biblical, historical and theological perspectives, especially to ascertain the theoretical foundation that will meet the need of the local community and will lead them to salvation. The characteristics of the local community are studied to find how the community influences the forms of the diaconal ministry, how the diaconal service can influence changes in the community, and the interrelations between the church and the community.
In Chapter 3 the theoretical backgrounds of congregational development is studied from biblical, theological and historical perspectives. Such a building up of the local church plays an important role to motivate the Korean church to realise its missional task to preach the gospel, to stimulate its spiritual dynamics, to meet the various needs of the local community, and to quicken the members to do the work expected of the body of Christ.
Chapter 4 deals with the empirical perspective. There are many methods of social research. According to the applied research method the Baby School of the Choongshin church and the Pregnant Women's Group & the Baby School of the Gwangyang Daegwang church are analysed. The theories or hypotheses derived from Chapters 2 and 3 are revisited, in relationship to the empirical perspective. With this process, an effective building up of the local church is interpreted as seen from a need-oriented diaconal ministry that complies directly and intimately with the local community and people's actual needs.
Chapter 5 deals with a strategic perspective. It looks at the main factors these two models have in common in the light of a methodological model. Through this model, the use of the diaconal ministry that intimately and lastingly satisfies the need of the local community is indicated with a view to an effective building up of the local church in the Korean society. Applicable strategies and principles to construct successful need-oriented diaconal services for Korean congregational development in different situations are synthetically presented.
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Sufrati / Steakhouse Sufrati / Seafood Sufrati / Pizza Sufrati / American The Chicago-style "deep-dish" pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago in 1943, reportedly by Uno's founder Ike Sewell, a former University of Texas football star. However, a 1956 article from the Chicago Daily News asserts that Uno's original pizza chef Rudy Malnati developed the recipe.
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The White House is pushing ahead with plans to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military.
Friday, press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama is committed to reverse the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which restricts gays from disclosing their sexual orientation in the military.
The news came despite reports, Tuesday, from the Pentagon stating that repealing the don't ask, don't tell policy is a low priority to the Defense Department.
Later Friday, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell took back those statements.
"President Obama has been clear in his direction to Secretary Gates and Chairman Mullen that he is committed to repeal the don't ask, don't tell policy," Morrell said. "He has also been clear that he is committed to do it in a way that is least disruptive to our troops, especially given that they have been simultaneously waging two wars for six years now."
Also Friday, a military official --who spoke under the condition of anonymity-- said the military wants more time before the policy is reversed, because it will put already-stretched troops in the middle of a polarizing debate.
Still, the official says the military expects the ban to eventually be repealed.
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Allergy & Immunology focuses on the management and treatment of allergies, asthma and related disorders involving the immune system. Allergic reactions may be caused by dust, pollen, pet dander, food, insect bites or medications.
Our specialist identifies what triggers an allergic reaction and helps determine ways to manage the condition when avoiding triggers is not possible.
Some of the conditions we treat include:
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