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In Belfast to explain the Israeli electoral system was diplomat Rony Yedidia-Clein. Rony conducted a breakfast briefing to elected representatives and NGO leaders, met MLAs at Stormont and the media. In the evening, Rony was amongst those addressing over 600 Christian supporters who packed the Ulster Hall in Belfast for a Taste of Tabernacles – a spectacular evening of colour, music, dance and worship. Rony delivered a message of thanks from Israel's president, Ruvi Rivlin, to the director of the Irish branch of the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, Brian Silvester, in tribute to his years of dedicated friendship towards Israel and the Jewish people, and for the amazing work of the branch.
NIFI welcomes Israeli diplomat to Belfast
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Israel goes to the polls – on St Patricks Day.
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Who will lead Israel after the 17 March general election?
Benjamin Netanyahu, whose brother Jonathan was named after Irishman, Colonel John Patterson, whose wife was from Belfast?
Netanyahu speaking last year at the reinterment in Israel of the remains of Colonel John Patterson and his Belfast-born wife, Frances Helena Gray.
Or Isaac Herzog, whose father was born in Belfast and whose grandfather served as rabbi to the Belfast Jewish community?
Herzog accepts the Belfast coat of arms from NIFI's then co chair, Terry McCorran.
Israel the only multi party democracy and free country in the Middle East – where the people decide.
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Northern Ireland Friends of Israel – welcome to our Website!
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 04/03/2015
Shalom from Northern Ireland Friends of Israel! Launched in March 2009, over 650 supporters have joined our mailing list and over 6,500 people have attended our events! We have fostered strong ties between Northern Ireland and Israel and promote understanding between the peoples of both countries. We were honoured to host the ambassador of Israel, HE Ron Prosor, in Belfast (seen above, meeting First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness). We wish to promote positive engagement with all those who seek a just and lasting peace between Israel and its neighbours.
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Holocaust Memorial Day in Northern Ireland 2015 – 70 years since the Liberation of Auschwitz
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 25/01/2015
Check the list for Holocaust Memorial day events across Northern Ireland here http://hmd.org.uk/events/find/Northern%20Ireland?page=1
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Tribute to Paris dead
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 13/01/2015
Tributes paid in Israel for those slain in Paris, including the four Jews out shopping for Shabbat at a kosher shop – all being buried in Jerusalem today. NIFI extends the condolences of its supporters to their families and friends.
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Israeli goods go to a good cause
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 22/12/2014
IsrACTION Day – a day for buying Israeli products and donating them to good causes across the UK and Ireland. NIFI is proud to donate Israeli goods to Adullam church in Belfast's inner city for its "Hope on the Streets" initiative, which has for a number of years been distributing warm clothes and food to those in need on the streets. NIFI is proud to play its part. Photos show Sharon Lough, the church's Pastor Paul Burns and lots of goods from Israel being donated.
NIFI wishes its supporters chag Chanuka sameach for those who celebrate Chanuka, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate Christmas, and a happy and peaceful new year to all our supporters in Northern Ireland, Israel and around the world.
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Holocaust Education Trust Ireland – message from Dr Denis MacEoin
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 19/12/2014
FAO Irish Holocaust Education Trust
Dear Sirs,
Some of you may have known or heard of the late Helen Lewis MBE, a Holocaust survivor who found refuge after the war in Belfast, where she found a new husband and brought a young family into the world. In later life, she was awarded the MBE for her services to dance in Ulster, and she wrote, after many years, the story of her time in Terezin and other camps. One of her two sons, Michael, was in my class at RBAI, and her younger son was in my brother's class. I got to know her in my teens when I studied at the Lyric Theatre's drama school (run by Mary O'Malley), where she was our dance teacher. A dynamic, strong, determined yet deeply kind woman, she was the first truly formative presence in my life then. I have not forgotten the moment when, getting down to work, she rolled up her sleeves and I caught sight of the numbers tattooed there. I knew what they meant and that she had been in a concentration camp, but back in those days she never spoke openly of her experiences.
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First Minister briefed in Brussels
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 13/11/2014
Important briefing: Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, learns about EU funding which benefits Hamas. Mr Robison is shown here meeting Alex Benjamin, political director of the European Friends of Israel. Alex was a founding supporter of Northern Ireland Friends of Israel. Here he presents Mr Robinson with the book: Hamas Terror Tunnels – Paid for by the EU?
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Treating Trauma in Northern Ireland and Israel
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 29/09/2014
"One of the most moving experiences of my life", says Northern Ireland Assembly member, Michael Copeland MLA about his recent visit to Israel. Michael brought with him a small group of sufferers and counsellors dealing with Post Traumatic stress disorder to see the world-famous Trauma centres of Israel at work. Early diagnosis and a dedication to turn negatives into positives were two lessons the group brought back home with them. Michael says, "we met a tremendous cross section of the kaleidoscope which is Israeli society, including Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arabs, Arabs who are Israeli citizens, Bedouins, Muslims and Christians". You can read an interview with Michael and group members here. Our photo shows Michael with the former Mayor of Sderot, David Bouskilla, during the latter's visit to Stormont when the conversation quickly turned to trauma treatment in both countries.
Michael Copeland, a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, recalls a recent protest near his office in Belfast during Operation Protective Edge. "There was civil disorder, with people waving Palestinian and Israeli flags." He also recalls how Israeli goods were removed from stores, one of many vignettes of how the conflict played itself out in Europe. "The world's press does not do Israel great justice," Copeland notes. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Herzogs of North Belfast – say no to deleting our unique Jewish heritage in North Belfast
Posted by nifriendsofisrael on 14/08/2014
Sarah Herzog 1899-1979 – 185 Cliftonpark Avenue (marked by a blue plaque as the birthplace of Chaim Herzog, president of Israel).
In August 2014 the plaque was removed from the building following a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
If she's remembered at all in Belfast, it's as the mother of Chaim Herzog, president of Israel, born on Cliftonpark Avenue in 1918. But Sarah Herzog was an important personality in her own right.
Her son, Chaim, described her as "clearly the dominant individual at home. She was very pretty and gracious and, although petite, almost regal in her demeanour. Wherever her home was, it was a centre of grace and culture and, later, in Israel, a magnet for the Jewish community from around the world."
Sarah Herzog was a prominent figure in the development of the leading geriatric and psychiatric hospital in the Middle East, which is named after her – the Sarah Herzog Memorial hospital in Jerusalem. She would head the women's division of a political party. She was awarded two honorary doctorates and was an accomplished speaker – in English and in Hebrew.
Sarah's communal responsibilities were to begin in Belfast when in 1917 – still in her teens – she married the Belfast rabbi, Isaac Herzog. It was in Belfast where she first assumed the title of rebbetzin, the designation of a rabbi's wife, and took on pastoral and charitable responsibilities. Born in Riga (Latvia) in 1899, to a distinguished rabbinical family, she was brought up in London. Her husband was destined to become the first chief rabbi of the Irish Free State and then, from 1936, chief rabbi of the Holy Land.
In 1977, Sarah Herzog became the founding president of World Emunah, a Jewish women's organisation which today has 180,000 women as members from almost 30 different countries. http://www.worldemunah.com/. As she had been widowed for almost 20 years by that time, Sarah didn't owe this appointment to the status of her husband.
Emunah is one of the largest social providers in Israel, and has helped absorb Holocaust survivors and over 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands. Emunah's many projects include two named after Sarah: Neve Sarah Herzog, in Bnei Brak, which brings educational and employment opportunities to religious Jewish women; and the Sarah Herzog Children's Home in Afula, in northern Israel, which provides a residential home to over 90 children who are unable to live with their families.
In the years that she lived in Belfast (1917-1919), Sarah Herzog's principal task was to bring order to the home of the rabbi. Isaac was an outstanding Jewish scholar, but very unworldly. The community paid him a weekly salary in cash on a Friday morning. He was often left peniless by the onset of the Sabbath on Friday evening. His generosity attracted every hard up case, from within and outside the Jewish community. Never refusing anyone, the rabbi was left unable to pay his own rent. Following marriage, it was at Sarah's insistance he was paid by cheque and all charitable cheques had to be signed by both of them!
On the morning he was sworn in as president of Israel in 1983, Chaim crossed Jerusalem to pray at the graves of his father and mother, and reflected: " my mother continued on as a grande dame, even as she lost her husband and her younger son. She was fully in charge of her senses and clever to the very end. She had been offered – several times – the opportunity to run for the Knesset (Israeli parliament)…She devoted her life to Israel – starting schools, helping immigrants and setting up the largest mental and geriatric hospital in the Middle East. As I stood by their graves, I so wished they could have witnessed this day." Sarah Herzog's remarkable record of communal activism flourished in later life in Israel, but the seeds were sown as a young rabbi's wife in north Belfast.
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I know this was last raised here in 2009/2010, I have started to get these reboots on a regular but intermittent basis for the past 2 months, so far, always when returning to an idle machine with nothing running. I have a DEL Inspiron 580 with Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-bit) with Service Pack 1. Has anything been resolved for this issue in recent times please? I have read the Microsoft article 2028504 and have not attempted to associate my problem with those 3 scenarios and their so-called resolutions. I am not very technically proficient and hope there is a straightforward solution, but judging from the 2009/20010 comments doubt there is one. I noticed some victims quoted their Eventdata, so here is mine for what it may be worth. Bugcheckcode80 BugcheckParameter1 0xffffffffffffffd0 BugcheckParameter2 0x1 BugcheckParameter3 0xfffff800032cce0d BugcheckParameter4 0x0 SleepinProgress false PowerButtonTimestamp0
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With no replies after 10 days I guess no one has an answer. I have just had another after a lapse of over one week. I will close this if no one replies soon. The bugnumber is 80 again.
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Hi Buddy check this link out here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028504
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He already did... "I have read the Microsoft article 2028504"
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Turned off the sleep function for screen and PC, and only use sleep when I want it. So far no subsequent Kernel Power errors. Maybe the problem lies with W7 and the sleep function? I am closing this thread.
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Many Americans don't know where the Great Middle Class came from. They see it as a natural outgrowth of "free-market capitalism" when it was really the product of conscious government policies, starting with the New Deal. That confusion must be addressed in this political season, says Beverly Bandler.
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Iraq War's 'Trifecta of Failure'
Official Washington likes to pretend that the neocon-driven Iraq War "surge" secured a "victory," rather than face the evidence of a multi-faceted failure. But the news of an Iraqi arms deal with Moscow underscores the scope of the U.S. policy disaster, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Romney Tests the Limits on Lying
Americans may see themselves as worldly cynics when it comes to political lying, observing that all politicians do it. But Mitt Romney is testing the limits with his ever-shifting positions and outright lies, notes Lawrence Davidson.
How Petraeus's Afghan 'Surge' Failed
In 2009, Gen. David Petraeus insisted on a troop "surge" in Afghanistan like the one he had overseen in Iraq. Yet, despite the positive PR for Petraeus and his "surges," little was accomplished beyond putting more U.S. GIs within range of devastating IEDs, as Gareth Porter wrote for Inter Press Service.
Ryan's Distortion of America's Founding
Rep. Paul Ryan wraps his Ayn Randian philosophy of unrestrained selfishness in phrasing selectively lifted from the Founders, but the Republican vice presidential nominee misses the role of democracy and self-government in establishing human rights, says historian Jada Thacker.
When Debate 'Zingers' Backfired
Exclusive: Zingers are often the most memorable moments in presidential debates, but they are rarely spontaneous. In 1992, aides to President George H.W. Bush prepped him with insults intended to question Bill Clinton's patriotism but the script went awry, reports Robert Parry.
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Mitt Romney and his neocon advisers want to confront the Muslim world with a "credible military threat" as if more American "tough-guy-ism" will quell the region's anti-Americanism. But the reality is that the long history of U.S. intervention has engendered the hostility, says the Independent Institute's Ivan Eland.
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When Madrid lost 3-4 to Schalke recently,and Ronaldo scored twice.. i CLEARLY REMEMBER Pedmar saying our BBC is now "just C" hahaha... Now all of a sudden THIS?...
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Spot on Gary Lineker.
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Hey guys, with the team NOT playing at its best right now, what would u guys prefer to win this season? Champions League OR La Liga??
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Cant believe Pedmar couldnt tell u were joking hahaha... OMG!! poor dude... Madrid's form has clearly messed him up more than imagined lol.
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We are slowly sliding... So soo painful to watch.. Maybe too early to say, but at this pace, its gonna be a trophyless season SMH!!!!!
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Strange game... Barca will turn it around in the 2nd half... surely they aint gonna slip today, OR....?
Modric coming back ALMOST seem like a new signing to me.... I have missed that little man.... Thank God!!
So true Zilch... so so true.
Rafinha better than Isco??? SERIOUSLY why are we even responding to that? lol lol
We just CANT play them at the Calderon.... NO Pepe... NO Ramos... NO one to bully them abit... SMH!!!
Couldnt agree more Pejvl... We definitely need to let them see more of the ball.. ONLY way we can get a result today would be based on counter attacks.. Atletic...
Juventus vs ac milan lyon vs psg sporting lisbon vs benfica A greaaaaaat weekend id say!
My oh my!... whats happening to Dortmund?? Another home defeat....this time to Augsburg.. How are the "mighty" fallen.
What assist u talking about?? the game that finished 3-3??? he had NO assist (if u talking about that game)
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Oh my... White for PRESIDENT lol
Thank you Cjayzz.... at least i know i wasnt DRUNK when i read Pedmar's comments haha.
Nah!!!!... we should have benched Bale or better still sold him like Pedmar suggested after he didnt pass two balls to his team mates a couple of weeks ago... M...
Thank you for clearing that one out for us all franky..lol. However, id rather we play an average game and win 6-0 haha
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Healthier and Wiser? Sure, but Not Wealthier
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH; J. Alex Tarquinio contributed reporting for this article.
Published: June 13, 2004
BY many measures, today's older workers appear better equipped for retirement than any previous generation. Their homes are worth more than their parents' homes were. Their bank accounts are fatter. And study after study suggests that typical late-middle-age employees have accumulated more wealth than their counterparts did a quarter-century ago.
But virtually all of these studies have a flaw, a crucial asset that is left out of the equation. Add it back in, and the rosy picture suddenly darkens.
That asset is the traditional pension, an employee benefit that was widely available until the early 1980's but has been vanishing from the American workplace ever since. More than two-thirds of older households -- those headed by people 47 to 64 -- had someone earning a pension in 1983. By 2001, fewer than half did. The demise of the old-fashioned pension has been much discussed, but the effect on family finances has not. That is because the impact has been hard to measure.
New evidence suggests, though, that the waning of the pension has, imperceptibly but surely, stripped older workers of an immense store of wealth -- much more than they probably guessed, if they thought about it at all. Retirement benefits today, particularly the 401(k) account, simply are not worth as much as the older kind of benefits. Some studies suggest otherwise, but they tend to rely on average balances of retirement accounts, and the averages have been skewed upward by the extraordinary gains of a few wealthy households.
When the holdings of more typical households are tracked instead, today's near-retirees turn out to be a little poorer, in constant dollars, than the previous generation was when it approached retirement in 1983. The sweeping change in employee compensation appears to be the reason, according to new research by Edward N. Wolff, an economist at New York University who analyzed 18 years of household financial data collected by the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Wolff found that the average net worth of an older household grew 44 percent, adjusted for inflation, from 1983 to 2001, to $673,000. But much of that growth was in the accounts of the richest households, which pushed the averages up. When Mr. Wolff looked at the net worth of the median older household -- the one at the midpoint of the economic ladder, a better indicator of what is typical -- the picture changed. That figure declined by 2.2 percent, or $4,000, during the period, to $199,900.
For a generation to emerge from two bullish decades with less wealth than its parents had ''is remarkable,'' Mr. Wolff said. Based on economic growth and market returns over those 18 years, he said, their wealth ''should be up around 30 or 40 percent.''
The Fed's household-finance data also show that when pensions were more common, they served as a social leveler. Companies that offered them had to use the same pension formula, involving years of service and salary, for all workers in a plan; otherwise, the companies risked losing their tax break. The rich in those days bought big houses and invested in stocks and other assets that were out of reach for the middle class. But pensions would offset, to some degree, the difference between how these groups lived in old age. Traditional pension plans were part of a system that reduced the poverty rate among the elderly to just 1 in 10 in 2002, the lowest in half a century.
The advent of self-directed retirement plans, by contrast, is giving rise to an elite minority who are well prepared for retirement, and a majority who are falling behind, the numbers show.
''The people at the top did better than they ever would have under the old system,'' Mr. Wolff said. ''Basically, they made out like bandits.''
JANE NOBILETTI, who sells long-term care insurance in Manhattan, has not done the math, but she senses some of this already. Earlier in her career, she earned a partial pension when she worked at a large insurance company. But after she had spent more than 20 years there, the company merged with another and began cutting costs, and Ms. Nobiletti felt compelled to leave.
By resigning, she walked away from the biggest part of her pension; traditional plans normally pay the maximum to those who stay 30 years. She said that she enjoyed her new job, and that she had never tried to calculate how much of a pension she forfeited by leaving her former employer.
''Once you've lost it, there's no point in thinking about it anymore,'' she said. Her current employer, a small insurance wholesaler, has a 401(k) plan, and Ms. Nobiletti, who is in her early 50's, is using it to supplement her reduced pension.
''The pension that I do have, I'm glad it's going to be there, but it's no big deal,'' she added, estimating that she will receive $1,000 to $2,000 a month when she is old enough to collect the benefit.
''I'm not set up, by any stretch of the imagination. I won't have the lifestyle that I now have. I will have to sell my apartment and move out of New York, and I don't want to do that.''


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I picked a few of these from a lake in northern Utah while canoeing, hoping I'd be able to grow em in my tanks since they're just pretty.
Does anyone know the name of the plant or what kind it is? They were firmly attached to the lake floor; leaves were in the surface and only the flowers were exposed.
Ah, cool... apparently found all over the US too, and anywhere that's "wet" enough, though I've never seen one (or maybe just not this nice hehe).
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#8 4-time B1G Freshman of the Week
The Big Ten conference recognizes student-athletes with outstanding performances with several weekly awards, including B1G Freshman of the Week. Colorado native Daryl Turner was selected four times during his premiere season with the Golden Gophers - taking the number 8 spot of our Top Ten Moments from the 2013-14 Season.
His first Freshman of the Week honor came after the Gophers win over the Badgers. Again, Turner had 4 first place finishes along with two second place races as well.
Turner's third selection for B1G Freshman of the Week came in wake of another B1G Conference "W" against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
The fourth honor for the freshman was the result of a Golden Gopher win over the University of Hawaii in January. Turner took first in both the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 49.54 and an impressive 100-yard freestyle finish with a 44.91 over All-American senior captain Derek Toomey.
In addition to his Freshman of the Week honors, Daryl Turner was selected as Swimmer of the Week after the first meet of the season against Arizona State. Turner took home the gold in each of the four races he competed in. Including the 100 back, 100 free, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay.
Turner proves to be a strong performer in Minnesota's sprint relays, as well as the 100 back and 100 free.
The only question is, how many times will Daryl Turner be selected for B1G Swimmer of the Week in his remaining three seasons with Minnesota?
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All I ask is that ThunarVFS not suck.
One of the main reasons I don't use GNOME anymore is because GnomeVFS was such a godawful piece of shit for years and years, with nobody seeming particularly concerned about it.
I would be all "Hey, I'll use the GUI to copy these files from one drive to another" and GnomeVFS would be all "Sure thing! I'll have that done sometime after the heat death of the universe!"
Don't even get me started on the SMB performance.
All I ask is that ThunarVFS not suck.
Don't worry. It'll be like it's not even there
I will tell you what can be done to fix this issue:
good luck with that.
tom@muon:~$ hammer
hammer: command not found
tom@muon:~$ wrench
wrench: command not found
tom@muon:~$ screwdriver
screwdriver: command not found
tom@muon:~$ tweezers
tweezers: command not found
Obviously your system administrator doesn't trust you using such powerful tools and has removed access to them for your account.
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DA: Suspect Charged With Rape, Assault Of Female Inside Montgomery County Tanning Salon
Authorities have announced charges against a man who is accused of raping a female inside of a tanning salon in Montgomery County.
Zeoli Show Log 1.13.15
Rich covered the reinstatement of fraternities at the University of Virginia, Chris Christie's State of the State Address in New Jersey, and another potential Mitt Romney run for President. He talked to Jim Steyer from Common Sense Media about the Student Privacy Protection Act and Christine Flowers about the relaxing of sanctions by the NCAA against Penn State.
Washington Post Blogger On UVA Rape Story: Rolling Stone 'Would Never Live It Down' If The Story Is False
The author of the story, Sabrina Rubin Erderly, is being criticized for not attempting to speak with any of the alleged unnamed perpetrators accused of the gang rape of a female student in 2012.
DA: Delaware County Man Found Guilty Of Raping Girl Multiple Times In A Church
The District Attorney's Office announced 49-year-old Troy Posey has been found guilty of raping a teenage girl multiple times back in March.
NJ Assemblyman: Goal Of Bill Is To Broaden Definition Of Rape
If New Jersey Assemblyman Troy Singleton's (D-Burlington) bill passes, that definition might have to be broadened.
Lincoln University President Resigns After Controversial Remarks On Rape
A suburban Philadelphia university says its president has resigned after he was criticized for comments about women and sexual assault.
Montgomery Co. DA On 2005 Allegations Against Cosby: Even If Everything The Victim Said Was True, There Still Wasn't Enough To Go With
Then Montgomery County District Attorney and now Commissioner Bruce Castor talked with WPHT host Dom Giordano about why he did not file charges against Cosby even though he felt that the comedian was guilty.
Warminster Man Arrested On Rape Charges
Fifty-five-year-old Robert Callahan was arrested on Monday as the result of an investigation into a rape that happened on Nov. 15, 2014.
Delaware Man Accused Of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
Delaware State Police have charged a 30-year-old man in connection with a rape involving an 11-year-old girl.
Ex-Montgomery County DA Stands By Decision Not To File Criminal Charges Against Bill Cosby In 2005 Case
Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor says he has no regrets for the way he handled a potential rape case involving comedian Bill Cosby in 2005.
Maryland Man Arrested For Kidnapping, Rape After Note From Victim Found In Del. McDonald's
Dover police have arrested a Maryland man on rape and kidnapping charges after a note was found in a McDonald's bathroom from a woman who said she was being held against her will.
Del. Man Facing Rape, Sexual Extortion Charges
Edward B. Wescott, of Georgetown, was arrested on Oct. 25th after police picked him up at a predetermined location near Georgetown where he was supposedly meeting a 16-year-old girl.
Execution Date Set For Convicted Delaware Rapist, Murderer
A Delaware judge has set a Dec. 4 execution date for a man convicted of raping and killing a University of Delaware student.
Police Urging Caution In Wissahickon Park After Woman Attacked On Trail In Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia police are asking those using recreation trails along Wissahickon in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy to be extra alert after a 51-year-old woman was attacked Friday evening by a man who attempted to rob and rape her.
Police say the suspect, who is not being named because he is a juvenile, is from Harrington.


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This was the second time my husband and I stayed in one of the cabins at Shadow Mountain and again we had an excellent time. The cabin was very clean and had everything you could want including a jacuzzi tub, very comfortable bed, nice little kitchenette, DVD player with rotating TV, great fireplace, and visiting hummingbirds! The excellent customer service comment was prompted by having two problems solved very quickly. Our toaster quit working while we were there for 3 nights and the furnace was either on full blast or off entirely. We reported the problems to the management. They apologized and brought us a new toaster and fixed the problem with the furnace sometime while we were out catching our limit in trout (about 3 hours.) Small things happen whether you are at home or away with no warning, the key to their good customer service was that once aware of the problem, they took care of both problems quickly. We will be back again!
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About three months ago, some post production guys from The Mill decided to troll the Internet with videos of fake UFO sightings over London. I decided to join in on the fun and released a short YouTube video under a fake persona, "documenting" another sighting in Istanbul. Within several weeks, the video climbed up to 10,000 views – by far surpassing any view count I had on any other clips and tutorials uploaded to YouTube. It has also been "verified" by several "UFO authorities" and featured in magazines and UFO sighting websites around the world.
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Minnesota Twins fantasy team preview
Teams don't usually get better by losing their best hitter and best pitcher.
For the Minnesota Twins, the departures of Torii Hunter and Johan Santana likely mean that the streak of six winning seasons that ended last year is unlikely to be renewed in 2008. This year's club features a lineup full of new faces, an unproven rotation and a very solid bullpen.
What's Changed?
Key Additions
Delmon Young, OF
Brendan Harris, 2B
Adam Everett, SS
Mike Lamb, 3B
Craig Monroe, OF
Livan Hernandez, SP
Carlos Gomez, OF
Philip Humber, SP
Key Losses
Johan Santana, SP
Torii Hunter, OF
Carlos Silva, SP
Matt Garza, SP
Jason Bartlett, SS
Jason Tyner, OF
Rondell White, OF
If the lineup is young, the rotation is downright juvenile, a far reach from the Santana-Brad Radke-Carlos Silva years. Apart from new addition Livan Hernandez, no Twins hurler has made even 50 career starts. Not that there aren't some intriguing names in the bunch, though.
The Offense
2007 Team Stats
OBP+SLG (OPS): .721 (27th)
Runs Scored: 718 (25th)
Home Runs: 118 (29th)
Attempted Steals: 142 (9th)
Metrodome Factor:
Runs: 0.867 (28th) | HRs: 0.751 (27th)
|Probable Lineup
|Carlos Gomez
|Joe Mauer
|Delmon Young
|Justin Morneau
|Michael Cuddyer
|Jason Kubel
|Mike Lamb
|Brendan Harris
|Adam Everett
|*Projected round a player will be drafted in an ESPN standard 10-team league.
Ballpark: The Twins will play in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for only two more seasons, as Hennepin County is building a new facility scheduled to open in 2010. Once known as the "Homerdome," the Metrodome has been a moderate pitchers' park in recent years. It depresses runs by around 5 percent, home runs by right-handers by 11 percent and home runs by left-handers by 20 percent.
Top sleeper: Jason Kubel has fewer than 700 major league at-bats to his name, thanks mostly to knee surgery that cost him the entire 2005 season. His minor league track record suggests a high-average hitter with very good plate discipline, a touch of speed and potential 30-homer power. His fine 2007 second half suggests that fulfilling that promise might be a reality soon. Kubel's power, contact ability, walk rate and fly-ball tendencies continue to progress nicely. Expect him to emerge as a fantasy option this year.
The Rotation
2007 Starters Stats
Record: 59-65 (17th)
ERA: 4.33 (10th) | WHIP: 1.34 (6th)
Batting Average Against: .276 (17th)
Home Runs Allowed: 130 (25th)
Team Fielding Percentage: .984 (13th)
Metrodome Factor:
Runs: 0.867 (28th) / HRs: 0.751 (27th)
|Projected Rotation
|No. 1
|No. 2
|No. 3
|No. 4
|No. 5
|No. 6
|*Projected round a player will be drafted in an ESPN standard 10-team league.
Backup to watch: Monroe could be one of the American League's most valuable reserve outfielders. He can play center field if Gomez isn't ready to play everyday, but he'll also serve as the primary backup option at designated hitter and both outfield corners. Monroe's 2007 season was affected by a season-long knee ailment. The 28 homers he bashed in 2006 look like a career year, but prior to last year's drop-off, he had been a steady earner in the power categories. Monroe's batting average and contact rate have slipped for two straight years, and a modest rebound at age 30 is by no means assured. However, his history makes him a sound endgame gamble, and he should find enough at-bats to provide at least a solid late-round power boost.
|Stephania Bell on Francisco Liriano
Liriano underwent Tommy John surgery to reinforce the inside of the elbow joint in November 2006 and spent all of 2007 rehabilitating. As is often the case during this long recovery period, Liriano's body got a nice extended rest, and he had the opportunity to fine-tune all the muscles that contribute to his pitching, not just those in his forearm.
The timing of Liriano's surgery makes his return particularly promising. Normally, pitchers return to pitching approximately 12-14 months after the procedure. Spring training will mark 16 months since his surgery, meaning Liriano has been the beneficiary of a little extra recovery time given that he has not been pressured to rush his return.
So far the lefty has been throwing full-speed bullpen sessions and live batting practice and is reportedly looking healthy and strong. So what can fantasy owners expect? Past history of players on the same time frame suggests that although the arm comes back strong and the velocity is there, the time away from the game (Liriano has been out for close to a year and a half) necessitates some adaptation to regain finesse and command. This is not unlike the return of an NFL running back after ACL reconstruction; it generally takes a year of competition to regain full confidence and mobility in the leg, even if it is comparable in strength to the nonoperative side. Given their recent roster moves (including the trade of Johan Santana), the Twins must be confident that Liriano can deliver, and it is reasonable to expect that he will be solid in his return.
Trainer's room: Joe Mauer was slowed by hernia problems last year, and Jesse Crain lost most of 2007 to shoulder surgery. Both say they're ready to go in 2008, but the big question will be how well Francisco Liriano comes back following Tommy John surgery. There's plenty of precedent to suggest he'll be effective this year and will regain 100 percent of his previously unhittable form by 2009. Liriano's rehab has reportedly been trouble-free, and he should be well worth a mid-round bid this year. Don't expect No. 1 starter numbers until next season, but he should be able to provide good enough numbers to make him a a worthwhile fantasy option.
Prospect to watch for 2008: The third overall pick in the 2004 draft, Phil Humber, was shipped to Minnesota in the Johan Santana trade. Humber had Tommy John surgery in 2005 and has been effective, though not dominant, since then. He's not regarded as a high-ceiling prospect, but he's a polished college product with good command of four pitches and is now more than a full season removed from his elbow surgery. If one of the Twins' young starters falters, Humber could get the call. He has the talent and makeup to surprise, and he bears watching in the spring.
Prospect to watch for the future: In line behind Humber for a rotation spot is top pitching prospect Anthony Swarzak. Like Humber, Swarzak is not a flamethrower but has good command of several plus offerings. The 22-year-old will begin the 2008 season by getting his first taste of Triple-A, where a good campaign would leave him well-positioned to compete for a rotation spot heading into 2009.
The Bullpen
2007 Relievers Stats
Record: 20-18 (15th)
Saves/Opps: 38/52 (T-19th)
ERA: 3.80 (8th) | WHIP: 1.33 (8th)
Batting Average Against: .255 (18th)
Strikeouts per 9 innings: 7.36 (14th)
|Projected Bullpen
| *Projected round a player will be drafted in an ESPN standard 10-team league.
Baserunning philosophy: Under manager Ron Gardenhire, the Twins have consistently been among the league leaders in stolen-base attempts. Delmon Young, who comes over from the run-happy Rays, shouldn't see a big drop-off in stolen base opportunities, while other newcomers like Adam Everett and Brendan Harris could boost their modest value by chipping in a few steals in the club's small-ball offense. The big beneficiary of the green light, however, would be Carlos Gomez. The youngster has premium speed, and if he hits enough to keep the center field job all year, he could be a legitimate contender for the American League stolen base crown.
Will Harris is a fantasy baseball and college football analyst for ESPN.com.
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The Back To The Future iPad Case Won't Tell You The Future But It Will Protect Your Tablet
Remember that scene in Back to the Future 2 when Marty buys that Sports Almanac? Bet every time you see that scene you wish you had that very book in your hands to bank on your future like Old Biff did with the knowledge of the past…we know we do! Although it won't change your future, the Back to the Future iPad case will protect your device from anything bad happening to it. The cover looks exactly like the Grays Sports Almanac that was featured in the second film. Your iPad will be safely wedged inside so that you can at least check the actual results of all the sports games going on right now or in the past (sorry, no present ones available to help you change you future). The case is a limited edition item at Firebox and is compatible with the iPad 2 and up for $31.49. There's no rear-facing camera holes on the case, but the nicely padded authentic recreation of Biff's stolen book of destiny won't let anything bad happen in the future to your iPad.
Kristie Bertucci
Kristie Bertucci is an L.A.-based writer, who can't live without her MacBook Pro. When she's not writing, she's either reading or shopping (online, of course) and loves lazy days so she can catch up on her DVR-recorded shows and movies. She's definitely a Mac girl, she loves music and is currently on a mission to to have an insane and enviable iTunes library.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A father who saw his son killed by Los Angeles police on live television filed a $20 million claim against the city Friday.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Groups trying to overturn a new California law allowing transgender students to choose public school restrooms and sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders have filed a lawsuit claiming state officials are unfairly refusing to count signatures seeking a referendum.
ESCONDIDO POLICE CHIEF APOLOGIZES FOR GAG GIFT: ESCONDIDO (AP) - A Southern California police chief has apologized for a holiday party gag prize that included mug shots of intoxicated people.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's jobless rate dropped to 8.5 percent in November, the state Employment Development Department said Friday, continuing a positive trend after increasing temporarily over the summer.
OAKLAND (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.
EUREKA (AP) - A civil liberties group has accused a Northern California school district of pervasive racism and of condoning weekly traditions in which female students are groped.
PG&E FINED $14M OVER INCORRECT RECORDS: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Pacific Gas and Electric Company has been fined with $14.35 million for failing to promptly notify state officials of incorrect records related to a Northern California natural gas pipeline.
MOORPARK (AP) - Authorities say a student who spurred a lockdown with a threatening note at a Ventura County high school killed himself by stepping in front of a train.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A federal judge abruptly interrupted a weeks long hearing so that he could begin considering whether the prolonged solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates in California prisons violates their civil rights.
$8M SETTLEMENT IN ALLEGED CALIFORNIA TEACHER ABUSE: ANTIOCH (AP) - A San Francisco Bay Area school district has agreed to an $8 million settlement with the families of eight special education students in an alleged teacher abuse case.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two California officials have announced plans to introduce legislation requiring smartphones to have a "kill switch" that would render stolen or lost devices inoperable.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A woman known as the face of San Francisco Bay Area's nude rights movement was married in front of City Hall wearing only a veil.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The identity of one of two jackpot winners of the near-record Mega Millions lottery drawing remains unknown.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In a bitter fight over the effects of affirmative action, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law school data on race, attendance and grades should be available to the public.
ORANGE COUNTY REJECTS MAPPING DANGEROUS DOGS: SANTA ANA (AP) - Orange County has rejected a proposal to create an online map pinpointing dangerous dogs in more than a dozen cities.
• STORE OWNER SUES LOTTERY WINNER FOR HALF OF PRIZE: MILPITAS (AP) - A woman who won $1 million from the California lottery is being sued by a San Francisco Bay Area liquor store owner who sold her the winning scratch-off ticket.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years led to a homeless man known as "Africa" being on Los Angeles' Skid Row, where he was shot by police after authorities say he became combative and appeared to reach for an officer's weapon.
WOODLAND (AP) - The mother of an infant found dead near the Sacramento River was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter and abusing or endangering the health of a child.
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SUNNYVALE (AP) - An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a San Francisco Bay Area city's ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California received a double dose of bad drought news on Tuesday, with state officials saying the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is far below normal and that residents again aren't coming close to meeting Gov. Jerry Brown's call for a 20 percent cut in water use.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Non-resident enrollment will be capped at the University of California's Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses next year to address concerns that California students are being displaced, but the system also does not plan to admit more residents to any of its campuses unless it gets more state funding, university President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday.
SANTA ANA (AP) - Two teachers have been charged with having sex with students and providing alcohol and cocaine to them during an overnight beach camping trip in Southern California.
OAKLAND (AP) - The family of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain-dead after her sleep apnea operation went awry filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on Tuesday detailing the emotional, chaotic hospital drama that included a court battle over ending life support.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A homeless ex-convict killed on Skid Row by Los Angeles police had an active warrant for violating probation in a bank robbery case, a U.S. marshal said Tuesday.
IRVINE (AP) - Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens.
FRESNO (AP) - A dozen wells used to pump oil-and-gas in California's Central Valley have been ordered to stop production to protect underground drinking-water from contamination, officials said Tuesday.
MODESTO (AP) - California's Department of Toxic Substances Control says it is suing a glass company for violating recycling laws after it added hazardous waste dust to wine bottles made at its Modesto plant.


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What a busy end to the year. Tape continues to be strong in the market place with the new use cases around Cloud, Analytics and Big Data showing the most growth. Interestingly, at the same time that the value proposition of tape continues to be as strong as ever for persistent data, some in the industry would have us believe that the "management" of tape is a monumental task…folks this is not your father's tape solution!
One article I read recentlyin the Enterprise Storage Forum from a guest author (http://bit.ly/1xZsXgN) does a very high level compare of the ease of use of Amazon cloud. The article goes in great detail to indicate that personnel will be needed to continually physically move tape in and out of the solution in order to grow the tape data storage. This is simply the most limited view of the usage of tape and heralds back to the late 80's, when data storage could not keep up with the constant demands in the existing physical foot prints. Further in the article the author tries to indicate that the cost of the infrastructure for tape cannot exist as an off premise (off-prem) without that physical movement of tape, again simply note true. With TS1150 drives in Enterprise automation an IT department can Back-up or retain persistent data of up to 150PB un compressed, all under a user accessible file system.
Although alluding to the cost of Amazon Glacier as being much less expensive than tape, it makes no real comparisons of pricing. Well let's take a quick look at how this would play out.
I will preface this that all pricing is based on available pricing from IBM price with an industry standard discount and prices for Amazon Glacier are direct from the pricing page (http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/) as of 6/1/2014. I also will say as a storage "guy" I admit that in every case back-up and long-term storage of data require some overhead and in all compares will assume that a Systems Admin level1 takes 1/3 time per month to manage the environment for tape ($2500 monthly).
To make a compare that is logical and not so complex we get lost we will make some assumptions:
• 2PB of data storage
• Single Data archive - this indicates that we are doing a single copy compare
• Note Amazon recommends a second copy of this data is retained in a separate geo in Glacier
• Bandwidth is not an issue with standard internet based transfers
• Scenario 1
• True Archive with with data access as an exception
• 5 Year retention
• Tape must include Servers, Maintenance and Management
• Scenario 2-3
• Archive with retrieval at 10% and 20% per month
• 5 Year retention
• Tape must include Servers, Maintenance and Management
• Scenario 4 – Use as Disaster recovery of 40% of the data
Here is how the Numbers play out:
• Scenario 1 – True Archive 5 year cost
• Glacier: $1.2M (1¢ per GB/Month)
• Tape: $357K (0.2¢ per GB/Month)
• Scenario 2 – 10% retrieval per month
• Glacier: $2.06M (1.7¢ per GB/Month)
• Tape: $357K (0.2¢ per GB/Month)
• Scenario 3 – 20% retrieval per month
• Glacier: $2.66M (2.2¢ per GB/Month)
• Tape: $357K (0.2¢ per GB/Month)
• Scenario 4 – Use as Disaster recovery of 40% of the data
• Glacier: $1.2M (1¢ per GB/Month) $35K 1 time, 229 hours to Full recovery*
• Tape: $357K (0.2¢ per GB/Month), 128 hours to Full recovery
*Data transfer is based on a standard internet connection and assumes no special performance based connectivity has been serviced with Amazon.
So I fully agree, push the data to the cloud with Amazon Glacier and your data can live forever at 1¢ per GB per month, just please do not ever pull it back and if you do, expect the costs to rise significantly. Also be aware that first access to data is specified as 3-5 hours without a guarantee, so RTO must be longer for all data than 5 hours. If you are constrained by CAPEX and need to migrate costs in your infrastructure cloud services like Softlayer are going to become a requirement,
Do not get me wrong, I support Disk and Cloud storage and BaR models, I am a firm believer in the power of tiered solutions to create the most efficient and cost effective solutions.
Don't be fooled by complex arguments around the physical movement of Tape media. Todays models use "truckless" data replication and tape in the namespace is still the least expensive option.
*Note: At the time of this Blog I checked Amazon and they have recently changed the charge metrics on data retrievals, at first glance the cost of the long term storage comparisons are only minimally affected.
#IBMdpr #IBMStorage #tape
*Disclaimer: Costs indicated in this blog are not a guarantee of price and are for examples only. Real costs and prices for Hardware and service will vary.