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Posted onThe Coast Guard said mariners whose credentials expire between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 will receive an extension because of a lapse in appropriations during the government shutdown.
The Coast Guard announced it is unable to process all mariner credentials in time to ensure that all mariners receive their renewed credentials before their current documents expire.
Under the authority of 46 United States Code 7507, the Coast Guard will be granting extensions to national endorsements until Dec. 31. Affected mariners are asked to visit the National Maritime Center's website to print the letter granting the extension and obtain updates. Mariners are instructed to retain the letter with their credentials and have it available for the Coast Guard or other officials who may ask to examine them.
The Coast Guard will issue a new credential to mariners who must renew their credential and are likely to sail on international routes. Mariners whose credential expires between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 and are likely to sail internationally are asked to contact the National Maritime Center.
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Hi Michał,
the MIDI control of the HDSP mixer is only a software control (at least
in those cards I know: Multiface I, II, hdsp9632, hdsp9652); it is not
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Workarounds can be to use tools like mididings and amixer to set up the
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Google TV enthusiast web-portal, GTVHacker has been able to exploit vulnerabilities in the Google's new Chromecast.
The group exploited bugs in the device on the first day of its release and modified the system and activate shell access "to better investigate the environment as well as give developers a chance to build and test software on their Chromecasts." The group said that the device is more associated with Android than ChromeOS.
The new Chromecast can be attached to a television's HDMI port and it allows users to stream media from various devices including smartphones, tablets and computers. Google will launch the device in the US market priced at $35 and the company has not announced plans for its global launch of the device yet.
Google had earlier tried to expand into the television industry without much success. The company has launched a £200 set-top box in association with Japanese technology giant, Sony in 2012 but the device was not able to attract a significant number of users in the market. The company had also launched Google TV in 2010 but it was banned by several TV networks and required customers to buy expensive hardware. Google also had to scrap the Nexus Q device from its offering due to weak response.
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(Updates with Romney's support of one-year extension in last three paragraphs.)
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate will seek another vote on a payroll tax cut for workers this week in an attempt to pressure more Republicans to support an extension into 2012.
Legislation proposed by Senate Democrats yesterday would cut the payroll tax paid by employees to 3.1 percent next year from the current 4.2 percent. The $185 billion cost would be offset by a new 1.9 percent surtax on annual incomes exceeding $1 million and by raising the fees charged to lenders by government-owned mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The proposal was sponsored by Senator Robert Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat who is facing a tough race for re-election next year.
The measure nods at some of the concerns Republicans have raised about how a payroll tax cut extension would be offset. The plan reduced the millionaire surtax rate from 3.25 percent to 1.9 percent and incorporated ideas that were raised during negotiations of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee. The proposal also trims the package's cost by eliminating a proposed payroll tax cut for employers.
"It is imperative that we come together," Casey said in a statement. "The legislation is fully paid for and includes measures that have received bipartisan support in the past."
Democrats control 53 seats in the Senate and would need the support of at least a few Republicans to secure the 60 votes that will be necessary for passage. Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican to support an earlier Democratic payroll tax cut proposal last week. Three members of the Democratic caucus opposed the measure, which didn't clear the 60-vote threshold.
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Unless Congress acts, the reduction to 4.2 percent in the employee portion of the Social Security payroll tax, from 6.2 percent, will expire on Dec. 31. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, has said that failure to extend the payroll tax cut into 2012 could shave half of one percentage point from U.S. gross domestic product next year.
"Raising taxes by $1,000 next month will have an immediate negative impact on the economy," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said on the Senate floor yesterday. "We all know Congress can't afford to play chicken with this economy."
President Barack Obama said Republicans would be "leaving 1.3 million Americans out in the cold" next month if they allow the payroll tax cut to lapse.
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"It's important insurance for them against the unexpected," Obama told reporters yesterday. "It will spur spending. It will spur hiring and it's the right thing to do."
Republican leaders said it was unlikely that they could support the proposal. Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said, "The only thing bipartisan about adding a tax hike on job creators is the opposition."
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, criticized the surtax proposal in an e-mail, calling it a "permanent tax hike on small businesses to pay for temporary one-year tax policy."
In response to criticism that Democrats were using a permanent tax increase for high earners to offset a temporary payroll tax cut, the legislation proposed yesterday would end the surtax in 10 years.
It also proposes means-testing eligibility for unemployment compensation and food stamps, a provision Republicans included in their plan. Democrats wouldn't require high earners to pay higher Medicare premiums, as Republicans had earlier proposed.
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The plan would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise their guarantee fees by at least 12.5 basis points while allowing the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to determine the details. The higher fees would raise $38.1 billion, according to Casey's summary.
House Republicans plan to propose legislation in coming days that would extend the 4.2 percent payroll tax rate for one year for employees. House lawmakers will seek to avoid cuts to physician reimbursements by Medicare and address expanded unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the year. The Republican plan also is expected to include language expediting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada as well as an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to limit emissions for industrial boilers.
On the Republican presidential campaign trail, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday on a radio talk show that he supported a one-year extension, marking a shift from October when he appeared to reject the idea.
"I would like to see the payroll tax cut extended just because I know that working families are really feeling the pinch right now," Romney said yesterday on Michael Medved's radio show, according to the New York Times.
At an Oct. 10 debate hosted by Bloomberg LP and the Washington Post in Hanover, New Hampshire, Romney said he didn't want "temporary little Band-Aids" for the tax code. "I want to fundamentally restructure America's foundation economically."
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McClean was introduced by O'Neill as a second-half substitute in the 3-1 win at Fulham and received a mixed response from the travelling Sunderland supporters.
Following the victory O'Neill backed McClean to cope with a few jeers and revealed the Republic of Ireland international has also received death threats.
"James will deal with it (the booing). I think it is to do with the issue last week, it's a free choice in this world," he said.
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According to figures released today by ABI Research, shipments of media tablets in the second quarter were 13.6 million units compared to just 7.3 million netbooks. In the previous quarter, netbooks had a clear edge, out-shipping tablets, 8.4 million netbooks to 6.4 million media tablets.
A couple of important caveats to ABI Research's release. First it's worth noting these figures are for shipments, not sales. For example, there are reportedly hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry PlayBooks sitting in distributors warehouses that have been "shipped" but remain unsold.
That said, ABI Research analyst Jeff Orr said the latest figures are likely the start of a long winning streak for tablets over netbooks.
"This is a trend that we do not expect will reverse," said Orr, the research firm's Group Director for Mobile Devices. "As they are different segments, this is not a direct replacement behavior, but a changing of leadership for the most interesting device type."
It's also worth noting that while the report covers all media tablet shipments, this is still a market dominated by Apple's iPad. ABI Research says Apple's iPad 2 captured 68% of media tablet shipments in 2Q11
Orr cites ease of use as a key reason for consumers preferring tablets.
"Media tablets are perceived to be easy to use, compared to the keyboard and mouse interface of a netbook computer," he said. "Those who have avoided PCs because they are difficult to use – think the Baby Boomer generation and older – see media tablets as an opportunity to re-engage with Internet access.
Orr also noted that while there are a number of low cost tablets available, price isn't what's driving most of the interest in the devices. In fact, he said the average media tablet costs approximately $600, while the average netbook is only about half of that.
Another research firm, DisplaySearch, also released a tablet forecast this week, projecting that tablet shipments will grow to nearly 330 million units in 2017.
While 32 million netbooks and 60 million media tablets are expected to ship worldwide in 2011, ABI Research says that netbooks still hold interest in underserved countries, where PC penetration to the home, along with broadband services, are not widely available. Media tablet shipments will primarily cater to the early-adopter consumer audiences of Western Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea.


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Yeah cannot use this. The whole thing comes apart and doesnt last long enough to get the job done. Have tried to work with whats left of it but no go. My original review below:
I love buffing my nails rather than polishing them. I agree this gives a great shine, but mine tore in several places first time I used it. I have used so many different buffers over the years, have short nails, so not sure why this tore but its the top layer on both sides that just came up and away from the sponge-y part beneath. I know this wont last long because its already falling apart and I've only used it once. again, great shine, shape and idea too, maybe I have a defective one? I wont be buying this again and have to add I looked so forward to finally finding one in the store!
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Great product! You use the gray side first to buff, it makes the surface of the nail more even then you use the white side, which is like magic. it makes your nail look like you have fresh clear polish on. After I had done my nails a week before and had nail polish on even after taking off the polish my nails were still shiny. The best part is that I only paid 3 bucks at Target. I love this product!
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I love this so much. Not only does it give bare nails a great shine, it is also fantastic for "perking up" existing nail polish using the white side only. I just renewed a two-week-old pedicure with Crazy Shine, with next to no effort...
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I pick this thing up @ home all the time, it makes my nails look like glass. The shine lasts through polishing and removal and gives a great smooth surface to lay your color on. The biggest downside? It squeaks. I'm pretty sure my boyfriend wants to toss it out the window when I pick it up while we're watching a movie.
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Unbelievable and so easy. It definitely gave my nails a polish shine. I only tried on bare nails. Followed directions of buffing my nails with the green side, then with the white side. And, viola...shiny nails. Love it.
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This really works. Makes my bare nails look like I have oil on them they're that shiny. Even after I take off my polish my nails are still super shiny. Mine was about $3-4 but then I also had a $1 off coupon. This isn't a full blown buffer. It won't buff away stained nails. I have a four sided buffer that I use once a month. The first two step I use my old buffer and just use this one for the final two.
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Hello, Thanks to my forum friends who encouraged me and started me on Daylilies by sending me seedlings and seeds. I am so hooked that most of my garden space is occupied by them. The day lilies have started to bloom, let me present them as they come. Arif |
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Those are all very pretty. I think my favorite is the second one. Nice to see the daylilies blooming. |
- Posted by mantis__oh z6 OH (My Page) on Thu, Apr 24, 14 at 16:26
The second to last is an interesting color. Do you have any idea of the parentage? |
Welcome back to the forum Arif, it has been a very long winter for many in the US. What a nice surprise to see your lovely flowers again this year. Are #'s 2 and 4 first time blooms? Beautiful! Please keep posting as they open. Many thanks,Susan |
- Posted by organic_kitten 8 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 24, 14 at 19:50
Very pretty. I really like the last one. kay |
Susan, except the first one the rest are all first time blooms Regards Arif |
How pretty. We are nowhere near the bloom stage in Oklahoma, so it's so nice to see yours. I particularly like the 4th one down and LOOK! you even have some chicken fat going on the edges of the last one. I love those fat edges.......Maryl |
Beautiful.. Mine never bloom. But the plant is healthy with green leave and spread well( become 4 from only one since I planted 3years ago).. My country is having tropical climate..is it the weather that caused it not to bloom?? Kind regards. |
Some more beauties. Although all are colorful, the yellows and orange tones are my favorites.....Roshiah: You might get more replies if you ask under your own post, but I suspect that maybe you may have a daylily that requires chilling over winter to bloom properly. Like some trees (Peaches for instance) that require a certain number of cold days to set fruit, some daylilies need cold weather. The daylilies are classified as Dormant, Semi-evergreen and evergreen. You may need an evergreen daylily and that may not be what you have now.......Maryl |
All those lilies are so lovely! I'm jealous. I have two daylily's and hope to have more some day! |
I had none, Susan got me started by sending me seedling and seeds all the way to Pakistan, other friends chipped in and kept sending me seeds. Now I have hundreds of mature fans and many more seedlings. Now there is a sever competition for space between Hippeastrums and Daylilies. More to come |
It is so easy to get obsessed with daylilies as everyone on this forum knows. Arif you have some lovely blooms I especially like the orange and yellow bi-color. Linda |
Arif, Is there any chance of posting pictures of your gardens? Are your lilies planted with other flowering plants, or are they in beds of their own? You have some beautiful lilies and I hope the temperatures will stay cool enough for you to harvest some seed this year. The possibilities are endless. Regards, Susan |
So pretty! Lovely bicolor in that last batch |
Wow! These are lovely. |
Your last photo was my favorite flower from your 2013 seedlings. And it may well be my favorite this year. There is nothing shy about that one! Regards, Susan |
Mine too, its my favourite colour and the shape reminds me of a group of dancers. Some more pictures. Arif |
I like your near white, very pretty! They are all nice. Thanks for posting. |
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Some marvelous edges, unusual forms, bicolors! |
Blooming for the first time, Late but one to my liking |
I adore this one. The color is so rich, the yellow edge frames the purple beautifully. It seems to have held up well even in your very hot climate. |
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What a lovely collection of daylilies you have. Thanks for sharing. |
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He was born Toshio Okumura (奥村 利夫 Okumura Toshio) on November 29 1931. He was the son of kabuki performer Katsutoji Kineya (Kineya Katsutōji) who was renowned for his nagauta and shamisen skills, and younger brother of actor Tomisaburo Wakayama (Wakayama Tomisaburō).
Shintaro Katsu began his career in entertainment as a shamisen player. He switched to acting because he noticed it was better paid. In the 1960s he starred simultaneously in three long-running series of films, the Akumyo series, the Heitai Yakuza series, and the Zatoichi series.
His best known role was as blind Yakuza anma (masseur) Zatoichi in the series of films by the same name, which were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Katsu played Zatoichi in 25 movies between 1962 and 1973, starred and directed a 26th in 1989 and played the role in four seasons of a spin-off television series, the role comprising almost 30 years of his career.[1]
Katsu became a force to be reckoned with within the Japanese entertainment industry during his long and varied career, not the least of which was the company Katsu Productions, which was formed after the closing of Daiei Studios.[2] By all appearances Katsu Productions' focus was on producing film and television that challenged the established values of its industry, presenting many films that pushed the limits of their time. Though not always initially artistically appreciated, many of these films have gone on to be considered classics (The Goyokiba and Kozure Okami series, etc.). Introducing more intense themes of sex and violence, the influence of many of these films can still be found in contemporary Japanese cinema.
He is also known for his troubled personal life. A heavy drinker, Katsu had several skirmishes with the law regarding drug use as well, including marijuana, opium, and cocaine with arrests in 1978, 1990, and 1992.[1] These incidents resulted in his being removed from consideration for several parts both in Japan and abroad, amongst them an ad campaign for Kirin Beer in Japan (the campaign was pulled as it had already been in progress) and the lead role in Ridley Scott's 1989 film Black Rain (he was replaced by Ken Takakura).[citation needed]
He had also developed a reputation for being something of a troublemaker on set. When director Akira Kurosawa cast him for the lead role in Kagemusha (1980), Katsu left before the first day of shooting was over.[3] Though accounts differ as to the incident, the most consistent one details Katsu's clash with Kurosawa regarding bringing his own film crew to the set (to film Kurosawa in action for later exhibition to his own acting students).[4][5] Kurosawa is reputed to have taken great offense at this, resulting in Katsu's termination (he was replaced by Tatsuya Nakadai). In her recent book, Waiting On The Weather, about her experiences with director Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami chalks the differences between Katsu and Kurosawa up to a personality clash that had unfortunate artistic results.[6]
He was the husband of actress Tamao Nakamura (married in 1962), and father of actor Ryutaro Gan (Gan Ryūtarō).[7]
Katsu encountered further controversy and personal disgrace when stunt actor Yukio Kato was killed on the set of Zatoichi 26 by his son, who was co-starring, due to a prop-related mishap. (An actual sword was mistaken for a prop; Kato was fatally wounded). Katsu Productions was eventually bankrupted by a combination of gambling debts, and general mismanagement.[citation needed]
In her book, Geisha, A Life, famed Kyoto geisha Mineko Iwasaki claims a long time affair with Katsu, whom she calls by his given name, Toshio. The affair ended in 1976, and eventually the two became good friends until his death.
Katsu produced the manga-based Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami) series of violent jidaigeki films starring his brother Tomisaburo Wakayama which were later compiled into the movie Shogun Assassin, as well as co-writing, producing, and acting alongside his brother in the TV series "Oshi Samurai" ("The Mute Samurai").
His other television work includes the police drama "Keishi-K" ("Superintendent K") which he starred in (as Katsutoshi Gatsu), co-wrote, directed, and produced. His daughter, Masami Okumura, co-starred. Other well-known film work includes the Goyokiba ("Fangs Of The Detective", known in the US as Hanzo the Razor, as Detective Itami Hanzo) trilogy of exploitation movies. He was also an accomplished shamisen player, as well as a vocalist, recording several albums in both pop and Enka. Nonetheless, his name remains synonymous with Zatoichi, the blind swordsman.
He died of pharyngeal cancer on June 21, 1997.
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Masha Gessen is a prominent journalist who is also a lesbian and an outspoken LGBT rights advocate in Russia. After Russia passed two anti-gay laws in June, she decided it was time for her, her partner and their children to leave. In late December, they moved to New York.
"The only thing more creepy than hearing someone suggest the likes of you should be burned alive is hearing someone suggest the likes of you should be burned alive and thinking, 'I know that guy.'"
That's what Gessen wrote recently, referring to an experience she had with one of Russia's most virulent homophobic public figures.
Gessen is the author of a critical book about President Vladimir Putin, published in 2012. Her new book is about Pussy Riot, the Russian group that has used punk rock as a form of performance art to protest against Putin. Their most famous action was in February 2012 inside a Moscow cathedral where they danced and played air guitar as their boom box played what they called "A Punk Prayer":
"Virgin Mary, Mother of God, chase Putin out
… The phantom of liberty is up in heaven,
Gay pride sent to Siberia in a chain gang
… Virgin Mary, Mother of God, become a feminist."
The action resulted in the arrest of three members of the group. Two of them, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, were sentenced to two years in prison.
"Not coincidentally, their arrest … launched Putin's crackdown on the opposition and on his critics, which has lasted for the last two years," Gessen tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "So, in a way, both their performance and their arrests marked the beginning of a new political era in Russia."
As part of Putin's pre-Olympics prisoner amnesty, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were released last month, two months before their sentences were up.
Gessen's new book is called Words Will Break Cement: The Passion Of Pussy Riot.
Interview Highlights
On the working conditions inside the women's prison where Nadezhda Tolokonnikova served time
What had happened at her penal colony was that the sewing factory that has served as the life blood of every women's penitentiary institution in Russia, and many of the men's ones, was taking on more and more orders, so the inmates were forced to work longer and longer hours. By the end of the summer, the work day was about 17 hours, so they were allowed to sleep about four hours a night, if that. They wouldn't get days off except maybe every six weeks or so. So they were incredibly sleep deprived. The working conditions were very unsafe and they were also … fed very, very poorly in the prison colony.
So Nadezhda decided to protest first inside the prison by going to complain to the warden and saying that they needed to return the work day to the legal limit of eight hours. In response, he threatened her with murder.
On the open letter Tolokonnikova wrote from prison
She violated this unspoken taboo against talking about what happens to women's hygiene in prison. This is one of the key ways of controlling and humiliating women in the penitentiary institutions. They're systematically denied the right to wash themselves. There's usually one bathing day a week. In Nadezhda's colony, this bathing day, women are escorted to a common washroom, so there are 8,200 women in a very small space, all of them naked, all of them elbowing each other out of the way to get to a faucet, which may or may not have running water. …
The experience was so humiliating that she actually told me … that she had taken to hiding from the guard when they were about to be escorted to this common washroom, just to avoid the experience.
On Russia's anti-gay laws
What [the anti-gay propaganda law] means is that any portrayal of LGBT people, LGBT relationships and LGBT families is now illegal in Russia if it's accessible to minors, which of course is a problem for LGBT families because we are ourselves examples of LGBT families and are by definition accessible to minors who live in our own homes.
So the natural consequence of these laws is a campaign against LGBT parents which began with the second law, … which is a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples or single people from countries where same-sex marriage is legal. … It's not just new adoptions, it can be used retroactively to annul adoptions that have already taken place.
… It's Putin's effort to shore up his constituency around this very vague but very potent idea of traditional values — the Russian family, the orthodox religion — and against the West. Nobody represents the alien West in Russia better than LGBT people do.
Part of the reason for that is because there was never any conversation about sex and sexual orientation in Russia. While the Western world was having the sexual revolution, we were having the Soviet Union. So this is really the first time that issues of sexuality, as absurd as that sounds, have been brought up in the public arena in Russia.
On being "out" in Russia before and after the anti-gay laws
I lived in Russia full time for the last 20 years and I've always been out. So yes, I've been able to be out. I've been out to my employers; I've been publicly out; I've been one of those people that are invited to every talk show that's ever devoted to LGBT issues, which were never so heated as they were in the last year.
… One of the pernicious things about what's going on in Russia is that there are few people who are as publicly out as I was, but [LGBT people] are generally comfortable, or have been comfortable until recently. So they don't have a closet to hide in, especially if they have kids. Often their pediatrician knows, their school teachers knows, their neighbors know. What are they supposed to do? How are they supposed to suddenly un-come out and prevent social services from coming after their kids?
On what she learned while reporting on the upcoming Sochi Olympics
I did some investigative work on the construction in Sochi and the incredible amount of corruption and shoddy construction and theft and embezzlement that was going on there. To give you an idea, there was a point starting about three years ago and until quite recently where a reporting assignment in Sochi was probably more dangerous than a reporting assignment in a war zone for a Russian journalist. People were getting beaten up, intimidated and killed around Sochi [for exposing corruption].
… We actually don't know much about what we're going to find in Sochi [for the Olympics], except that an incredible percentage of the money that was allocated to the construction there was stolen, so there's every reason to believe that the construction is of poor quality, shoddy and probably dangerous. We also know that Sochi itself is going to be turned into essentially a military zone for the duration of the Olympics. It's going to be heavily restricted, no protests are going to be allowed, very little communication is going to be allowed, very little freedom of movement.


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1 Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God. | 1 The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
2 But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, some of the Jewish believers criticized him. | 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him |
3 "You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said. | 3 and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them." |
4 Then Peter told them exactly what had happened. | 4 Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: |
5 "One day in Joppa," he said, "while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me. | 5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. |
6 When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of small animals, wild animals, reptiles, and birds that we are not allowed to eat. | 6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. |
7 And I heard a voice say, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.'" | 7 Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.' |
8 "'Never, Lord,' I replied. 'I have never eaten anything forbidden by our Jewish laws.'" | 8 "I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' |
9 "But the voice from heaven came again, 'If God says something is acceptable, don't say it isn't.' | 9 "The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' |
10 "This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to heaven. | 10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again. |
11 Just then three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying. | 11 "Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. |
12 The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry about their being Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon arrived at the home of the man who had sent for us. | 12 The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. |
13 He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, 'Send messengers to Joppa to find Simon Peter. | 13 He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. |
14 He will tell you how you and all your household will be saved!'" | 14 He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.' |
15 "Well, I began telling them the Good News, but just as I was getting started, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning. | 15 "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. |
16 Then I thought of the Lord's words when he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' | 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' |
17 And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to argue?" | 17 So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?" |
18 When the others heard this, all their objections were answered and they began praising God. They said, "God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of turning from sin and receiving eternal life." | 18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life." |
19 Meanwhile, the believers who had fled from Jerusalem during the persecution after Stephen's death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the Good News, but only to Jews. | 19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. |
20 However, some of the believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and Cyrene began preaching to Gentiles about the Lord Jesus. | 20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. |
21 The power of the Lord was upon them, and large numbers of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord. | 21 The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. |
22 When the church at Jerusalem heard what had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch. | 22 News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. |
23 When he arrived and saw this proof of God's favor, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord. | 23 When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. |
24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And large numbers of people were brought to the Lord. | 24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. |
25 Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to find Saul. | 25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, |
26 When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching great numbers of people. (It was there at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.) | 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. |
27 During this time, some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. | 27 During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings to predict by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) | 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) |
29 So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. | 29 The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea. |
30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem. | 30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. |
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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At bars, restaurants, coffee shops, playgrounds, parks, the conversations are often the same: "Wait a minute, what year did you graduate?" "Oh, do you know so-and-so?" "That's so funny, I go to yoga with her."
Sarasota's community of young adults has always been small, a minority squeezed together amid an aging, often retired, population. Some 14.1 percent of the county's residents are 18-34, compared to 31 percent who are 65 and older. And 49.6 percent of county residents are 55 and over. The small size of our young adult population is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because you can move here, throw yourself into the city and have an outsized impact pretty much right away. A curse, because it can get awfully tiresome running into the same two dozen folks at this or that trendy nightspot. The fishbowl effect allows young folks to connect easily; it also allows a small coterie of blowhards to shout down everyone else.
Demographers and commentators use the term "millennial" to describe today's young adults, referring generally to Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s, and a whole cottage industry has grown up around analyzing millennials' behavior and preferences. Mostly, that's with the intent of trying to sell them things, notes Brad Edmondson, a New York-based journalist and former editor of American Demographer magazine. But some facts are broadly accepted. Millennials are much more ethnically and racially diverse than those who came before them, for one thing. The Pew Research Center found in 2010 that only 61 percent of American millennials were white, compared to 70 percent of those 30 and older, and the numbers show a marked uptick in the portion of Latinos, in particular. Millennials are well-educated, more likely to have finished high school and to have attended college than their parents, and they're socially liberal, believing more strongly in marriage equality for gays and lesbians. They're also much less religious than older Americans: A quarter told Pew they are not affiliated with any particular denomination.
Baby boomers who grew up in Sarasota agree that the city today's young people live in is a far cry from the Sarasota they remember. Edmondson, a fourth-generation Floridian whose family runs a South County farm, grew up in Venice in the 1960s and '70s. He went to Cornell University and now lives in Ithaca, N.Y. "There was just nothing for a young person to do, in addition to there being no jobs," he says. Being young meant being a member of a distinct minority. "That's one reason why I got the hell out of there," he says.
Robin Draper, who grew up on Siesta Key during the same period, says she and her high school classmates felt the same way. "There was not a young hangout," she says. "Young people basically went to the beach. There wasn't much to do besides fish."
And even if they wanted to stay, the economy worked against them. "Sarasota has always been more suited to the aging population and health care and tourism and services, attorneys," Draper says. After living in California, Draper returned a few years ago to care for an aging parent—the same path that now leads many baby boomers to our town. At her heart, she was always a "full-blown Florida gal," she says, and after she returned, she started writing a blog called Authentic Florida. She says Sarasota offers more opportunity for young people than it did for her generation. "The economy is diversifying more, and it's a good area if you're an entrepreneur. If you want to hang out and develop a business or skill online, it can support that," she says.
So what's it like for millennials living in Sarasota these days? As with most things, it depends on whom you ask. Some agree that Sarasota now offers jobs and opportunities far beyond what Edmondson and Draper remember. An increasing group of young people who grew up here, moved away and then found their way back say the city is on the cusp of becoming a hip urban destination, a place where they can succeed financially and make their mark in social and nonprofit circles, too. Still, the typical millennial in our county is not an affluent young professional or stylish gala chair. Instead, our millennials are likely to be blue-collar and service workers—a growing percentage of them children of Latino immigrants—who struggle to make ends meet. Many feel stuck, trapped in an economically unequal city where the jobs still mostly revolve around caring for the elderly or serving tourists.
There is no real one story about what it's like to be young in Sarasota, only a profusion of stories. Here are some.
Pulled Back by Family
Six months after coming back to Sarasota, Deva O'Donnell wanted out. She grew up in Sarasota, left for the University of Central Florida, and returned in 2009 to work at Richard's Foodporium, owned by her father. The city felt dead, she says, and she was bored. She wound up in San Francisco, and had no desire to return. But then her dad found out he had throat cancer, and asked her to come back to handle P.R. and marketing for Richard's. She couldn't pass up the opportunity to be closer to her family, to learn from her father and to maybe even one day take over the burgeoning chain of natural food stores.
Finding a place in Sarasota's young social world was easy. Already good friends with Michael's On East assistant general manager Molly Klauber (another millennial who came back to work in her family's business), O'Donnell quickly grew close to Tatyana Sharoubim, owner of downtown's T. Georgiano's shoe boutique. "She took me under her wing and reintroduced me to Sarasota, and a lot has changed in the last three years," she says. "I can't figure it out quite yet, if it's gotten cooler, or it's the age we're at." When she was 25 and wanting to party, the city seemed lame. Now that she's 29, she's content with a couple glasses of wine and chatter about business connections and galas. Having more money in her pocket helps, too. For young people working entry-level jobs fresh out of college, $10 cocktails can be a barrier to the social scene.
O'Donnell thinks Sarasota has a "California feel" it lacked before, pointing to new hangouts like Perq Coffee Bar and Social on First as evidence that businesses are starting to cater to millennial tastes. Another sign of change: Her friends are starting to be asked to help organize fund raisers and festivals.
Many in Sarasota worry that the city's small size might mean they'll hit a career ceiling at some point, but O'Donnell says she's not concerned. For one thing, as part of a family-owned business, she'll have no trouble climbing her corporate ladder. But even for those who aren't part of a family business, she says, there's tremendous opportunity. Let's just take social media and blogging, for example—"not a lot of people are doing it here," O'Donnell says. "I think you're more likely to get your foot in the door here with people you know."
Limited Pay and Opportunities
Lisandra Santiago's mother moved to Sarasota from Puerto Rico in the late 1970s. Santiago, now 27, enjoyed growing up in Sarasota, but she says she knew that "for a career that I would want, I'd have to leave." Her mother had finished high school and her father dropped out of school in middle school; Santiago was determined to go to college. She left town to attend Jacksonville University. But after she graduated in 2008, her mother became ill. Instead of accepting a promising marketing job in Jacksonville, Santiago is now working as a supervisor at Bed Bath & Beyond.
"It was hard to find a job because Sarasota only specializes in service, health care and legal," she says. There wasn't much in the way of opportunity for a young graduate interested in international business, and she's found it tough to find a community. "I've seen the diversity grow slowly, but it's grown," she says, pointing to new events like the county's Puerto Rican festival as signs that people are making an effort to connect different ethnicities and races.
Santiago graduated right before the financial implosion of 2008, and while she's seen a modest uptick in the number of local jobs worth applying for, she says the pay is often terrible. One job she interviewed for required a college degree and asked applicants to complete a math test. The wage? $10.50. "This doesn't add up," she says.
She started working at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time and was promoted after three years. While she's moved up within the company, the salary still isn't good enough for her to afford her own place. Instead, she lives with her mother. "I want my independence, like I used to have in Jacksonville," she says. "I don't have it here."
From Brooklyn to the Beach
Sarasota was a "second home" for Francesca MacBeth, 31, when she was growing up. Her family lived in New York City but spent much of the winter in Sarasota, where her father, Victor DeRenzi, is artistic director of the Sarasota Opera and her mother, Stephanie Sundine, often directs opera productions. So when Francesca and her husband, Peter, decided to leave Brooklyn for a better place to raise their son, her thoughts kept coming back to Southwest Florida.
The couple wanted their son to have a "less harried, crazy upbringing," one that was "simpler, easier and allowed for more fresh air," MacBeth says. But they didn't want generic suburbia, either. Both work in the arts—Francesca as an opera stage manager, Peter as a theatrical carpenter—and although their work often takes them out of town, they wanted to find a home base where the arts were valued.
They also value diversity, and MacBeth says they've found a surprising amount of that since closing on their home in August 2012. "Sarasota's certainly not a melting pot, but increasingly it is drawing different people," she says. "You have to work to meet them, but they're out there." Having a son, who's now 2, made establishing connections much easier. From mama-baby yoga classes to impromptu playground visits and kids' birthday parties, children's interests can force adults together. "The community opened up very quickly to us," MacBeth says. "I feel really grateful in that area." The notion that Sarasota's young people are adrift in a sea of old people just isn't accurate, she says: "I don't feel like I walk out of my front door and am confronted with white hair."
And it doesn't hurt that Sarasota is a lot cheaper than Brooklyn. "When you live in New York, whether you're renting or you're buying, you have to work so hard just to make ends meet," MacBeth says. "There isn't the same desperation of having to make tons of money."
Tech Success—and Growing Clout
Conventional wisdom holds that there are only a few paths to career success in Sarasota. You can make a good living in real estate and development, in financial and professional services that cater to the wealthy retired, or as the owner of a limited range of businesses. But outside of that, most young people will never quite achieve what they could in a larger community.
Balderdash, says Chris Laney, the 26-year-old director of communications at Digital Frontiers Media. Laney, who has also launched several multimedia oriented companies on his own, thinks technology and entrepreneurship have eliminated geographic career barriers. "You create your future," he says. "We have companies here that do incredible work with companies all around the world; most people don't even realize that. You're limiting yourself [if] you're saying, 'This is as far as I'm going to go."
Chair-elect of the Sarasota Young Professionals Group, Laney says plenty of other young people share his conviction. The 10-year-old organization has come back strong after bottoming out during the recession. Membership, which had dropped to 300, has rebounded to 450.
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I have past experience using NFT to grow various types of greens over the past couple of years but I now want to expand to a second system doors to incorporate vegetables. I was wondering how much variety I could plant in it. I don't want to make something with 40 sites when I can only grow one type of vegetable. So can I get away with bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, string beans, ect in the same system using the same nuts as they go from veg to flower?.... Thanks everyone! |
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- Posted by Cole_Robbie 6 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 1:25
I think you'll be fine. When you read about one vegetable having a certain NPK that is optimal, that means optimal in the sense of not wasting fertilizer, especially in a commercial operation. In a small-scale home system, the extra cost in fertilizer would not be significant to keep the NPK at numbers all the plants could enjoy. |
- Posted by Robert.1943 10b (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 1:47
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- Posted by jackblasto none (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 11:31
Hmmmm, I'm very curious about several of the posts here. I too am doing something similar... Right now I have two flood tables, one hosting lettuce, the other hosting peas and onions. CLEARLY, I am wanting to get as much getting along of the different vegetables that I can grow different foods in my limited setup. First Question is from Cole Robbies post. "I think you'll be fine. When you read about one vegetable having a certain NPK that is optimal, that means optimal in the sense of not wasting fertilizer, especially in a commercial operation. In a small-scale home system, the extra cost in fertilizer would not be significant to keep the NPK at numbers all the plants could enjoy." What exactly is "NPK"? I am defining all my parameters with TDS and pH and have never heard NPK be used so I'm a little confused. Could you clarify on what that is determined by? Thanks. Your thought DOES make me happy as I'd love to mingle some of my veggies. The next question arose when I read Nekbet's post "Lighting will be different too, if you're indoors." I have been using that website you referred to as my guide for my veggies tds, etc. Where would I find a resource that would outline the lighting variances? Like I said earlier, I have lettuce, peas, and onions growing in two flood tables. The lettuce in about half the nutrients BUT all of it under the same 1000 watt bulb. I plan on expanding into cucumbers, etc. and am now wondering if I have TOO MUCH light for some of these plants? Is there such a thing? Am I good on light and don't need to worry? Thanks. |
NPK are the three primary macro nutrients in your fertilizer. Nitrogen potassium and phosphorus. they are also the primary dissolved solids that affect your EC readings. Calcium contributes a bit as well. When you measure EC you're measuring the overall quantity of dissolved solids in your nutrient. When you build your nutrient, is should be based on (primarily) the desired ratio of nitrogen to potassium to phosphorus. Did that help clarify NPK vs EC? |
- Posted by Cole_Robbie 6 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 18:13
Grizz beat me to the answer. NPK is the three numbers on any container of fertilizer, often separated by hyphens. Too much light is typically when the heat of the bulb burns the plants, although different crops will have different optimal light intensities. Is your bulb a metal halide? The cukes and peas would probably like a little more red in their light. If you add tomatoes or peppers, they definitely do. Adding HPS light, even if in smaller bulbs, would probably help your fruiting and flowering by balancing out the spectrum of your light. |
Here is a link that might be useful: wiki article on NPK
Thanks for all the input guys! Here is the pic of the new system going in. 30 feet of 4" pvc. All I have to do now is plumb it this weekend and we are good to go. Also, What should my spacing be like between bell pepper plants going down the tube. The tubes run parallel 2 feet spar from one another. Thanks again! |
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Mel Kiper and Todd McShay recently updated their mock drafts and both have the Steelers taking defensive players. Kiper, like in his last mock, has the Steelers taking the talented pass rushing defensive end Ezekiel Ansah. McShay has the Steelers continuing their Ohio State tradition and taking Johnathan Hankins.
Kiper has mocked Ezekial Ansah to the Steelers two times in a row and it certainly is an interesting pick. Ansah is an unbelievable athlete who is an incredible pass rusher but at 275 pounds, can he stand up and play outside linebacker? The answer is probably no but with the Steelers using their nickel formation much more, Ansah would be able to come in and be a pass rushing force right away. However, he does not fit the Steelers draft strategy of taking juniors in the first round, as the Steelers have done in six of the past seven years.
McShay on the other hand, has the Steelers following their trends and taking the talented Ohio State defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins. Hankins has had a very good college career and has consistently taken on double teams. He does not rush the passer much but he is capable of doing it. He is a guy who could probably play five out of every six downs while taking every other third down off. He sometimes looked fatigue when playing all three downs the whole game and therefore, he would take some plays off when he knew his job was to rush the passer. He would be able to come in and compete for the starting nose tackle job right away.
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Two years after the shooting that left former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with a permanent brain injury, Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, sat down for an exclusive interview with "ABC World News" anchor Diane Sawyer.
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"They continue to amaze me with their purposefulness and their resilience as the years– now two years have gone by to the day since she was shot, and how much they want to turn it into something that matters," Sawyer said.
See the full interview at 6:30 p.m. ET on "World News" and on "Nightline" at 12:35 a.m. ET
Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents at a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket on Jan. 8, 2011. In August 2012, Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty to the mass shooting that left six people dead and 13 injured, including Giffords.
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Kelly and Giffords — who both are gun owners — plan to meet with member of Congress to push for what they call a "consensus common-sense idea" which would include focusing on background checks to screen out the mentally ill and targeting big magazines that fire numerous rounds, Sawyer said.
"She going to be up there walking as best she can down those halls and sitting in the offices and saying, basically, 'look at me and tell me you're not going to do anything,'" Sawyer added.
The couple traveled to Newtown in the wake of the December shooting death of 20 children and six adults at the school.
Kelly found it tough.
"He tells us he sat down the family of a young girl who died and he said he just felt lost and he couldn't handle it …," Sawyer said, adding that when she asked Giffords about her reaction to the shooting, the former congresswoman replied: "Enough."
Sawyer said Giffords has made significant progress in her recovery but now has some frustration when the words don't come fast enough to convey what she's trying to say.
In addition to her brain injury, Giffords was left with a paralyzed right arm and partial blindness.


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