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She says that while "as a black writer, you are shouldered with this responsibility to bring your race forward," she believes her first duty is to the stories she feels compelled to tell.
"I don't write underneath anyone's gaze," Hall says. "I don't write underneath a white gaze or a black gaze or anyone else's. I just always write what I want to write. And sometimes that gets me in trouble.
"People in the black community — not necessarily artists, they can be politicians or my parents — they're like, 'Why are you writing about black people in that way? Don't you feel as though you could paint us in a good light?'
"And I always say: 'I don't write black and white characters. I write gray characters.' "
Fearless foray
Hall has found a kindred soul in Roger Guenveur Smith, who is directing "The Mountaintop" for the Rep.
Smith himself has a reputation for, as he puts it, "taking on the icon," with warts-and-all solo shows about such prominent African-American figures as Huey Newton (for which he won an Obie Award) and Frederick Douglass. So he appreciates the authenticity of Hall's writing voice.
"I think there's an imaginative fearlessness which is remarkable," Smith says of the playwright. "And I think it's really wonderful that this is a young woman who is from Memphis, who was not even born when Dr. King was assassinated, but whose curiosity and sense of history led her to very imaginatively dig into probably the most compelling story in Memphis."
Smith argues that "The Mountaintop" stands only to humanize the revered King, not tear him down.
"He is monolithic — literally, now that we have a monument," says Smith, referring to the King memorial that was dedicated on Washington's National Mall in 2011. "A brilliant man, a man from whom we can learn so much. But a man nonetheless."
Smith notes that the reason King went to Memphis in the first place was to show solidarity with black sanitation workers who were on strike over job discrimination.
"The guys in the strike carried signs," Smith says. "And the signs said, 'I Am a Man.' That's kind of the directive for this piece."
Larry Bates, who is playing King at the Rep (opposite Danielle Moné Truitt as Camae), says playing even an imperfect version of the icon can be intimidating.
"Those are large, large shoes to fill," says Bates. "(But) the great thing about this play is you get to see a different side (of King).
"I'm honored to be playing him, but I'm not trying to live up to the man."
Bates adds that Hall's dialogue feels steeped in the story's place and time.
"I grew up in the South — I grew up in Louisiana," he says. "And I can tell you — and it's the great thing about getting a piece by a good writer — the language sits with you when it's right. (It's) very authentic, very true."
Moving forward
For all that the play has meant to her life and career, Hall says that if she were to write "The Mountaintop" now, "it would be absolutely, completely, totally different."


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BEIRUT: Deputy Speaker Farid Makari said he has dim hopes for upcoming electoral discussions and expects Parliament to extend its term after it fails to agree on a new election law, according to remarks published Sunday.
"This session will end with extending Parliament' term for 6 months to a year," Makari told the daily An-Nahar.
Extending Parliament's term for six months is an easy way of saying that the lawmakers failed to reach consensus, he said.
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Makari also noted that Parliament's extension could be renewed if regional events continue as they are.
"If the regional scene is not clear enough, they will extend it for another 6 months," he said. "It is an extension that allows for another extension or renewal."
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The Colorado Avalanche have played only three games this season, but center John Mitchell looks like he is preparing for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. We're not referring to his play, which has been solid so far with two goals and two assists through three games. We're talking about his face. As you can see from the photo above that Mike Chambers of the Denver Post shared on Twitter, Mitchell's face is quickly starting to look like he rolled off a jagged 40-foot cliff and somehow survived the fall. According to Chambers, the 28-year-old left Thursday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets after taking a puck to the forehead on his second shift of the game. The gash required 10 stitches to close, but Mitchell was able to return to the game and score an insurance goal in the third period to put Colorado up 3-0 en route to a 4-0 victory. "I could see out of both eyes. I knew I was cut, obviously, but I could see," Mitchell said after the game. "It's always nice when you have a significant injury, you get stitched up and you come back. I just wanted to come back and try and help the team out any way I could. Scoring a goal is obviously a bonus." So that covers the forehead, but what about the rest? During Colorado's season-opener on Jan. 19, Mitchell got cut on the nose while scoring the team's first goal of the season in a loss to the Minnesota Wild. Then on Tuesday, he chipped a tooth during a win over the LA Kings. While Mitchell's injuries may not be as bad as the ones caused by this skate to the face or this skate to the forehead, it's obvious the guy can't catch a break. At this point, he'd probably like to go just one game without having to eat a puck or a stick. The post Avalanche C John Mitchell's face has taken a beating this season (Picture) appeared first on Larry Brown Sports. Related posts: Ryan Duncan's nose and face look pretty rough after being cut by a skate (Picture) Taylor Hall's Face and Eye Looks Gnarly After Being Cut by Skate (Picture) Hockey player Craig Peacock suffers awful cut after skate to the face (Pictures)
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Our first guest on todayâs program is a young mental health intern whoâs trying to promote gardening to improve nutrition, reduce stress, exercise, and for a sense of accomplishment.
Matt Fahy is doing a series of gardening workshops starting November 28 at the Twigs and Leaves Nursery in St.Petersburg. For more information call Matt at 727-488-2597.
Next up a group of Barefoot Gardeners tell us about their Sustainable Living Conference coming up this weekend, November 21 & 22. To find out more you can visit barefootgardeners.org.
Tom Carroll and Peg & Jeff Campbell helped answer listenersâ gardening questions for the remainder of the show. Ants were the hot topic. Tom suggested Boric Acid, Jeff was for urinating on them, and Peg just stays clear.comments powered by Disqus
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New Hope Presbyterian Church offers a variety of Music Ministry opportunities for all ages and worship styles. With both Contemporary and Traditional options, there is definitely something for everyone!
New Hope Singers
Our seasonal choir performs at the 8am and 9:30am Sunday services over the winter months and rehearses on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:15pm. Members are free to sing for either or both traditional services. The singers' presentation of our various Christmas, Holy Week, and other special programs is often accompanied by instrumentalists.
New Hope Ringers
The New Hope Ringers perform at specific traditional services and are often featured during our other special musical presentations. Rehearsal is Tuesday evening at 7pm. Call or email Phil: 239.274.1230. Come ring with us!
If you can read music and are interested in ringing but have never done so, introductory level coaching can be offered for six or more ringers. Register your interest with Phil.
Contemporary Worship
Every Sunday morning, New Hope inspires Fort Myers residents with an upbeat and relevant Contemporary Worship at 11am. No smoke or gimmicks, this gathering features muliti-media presentations, great worship music with a full band, and is a favorite with our younger members and the young at heart.
Contemporary Musical Opportunities at New Hope:
The Praise Team is EXPANDING! Do you play drums, electric guitar, keyboard, or bass? Harmony vocalists and sound technicians are always in demand. Rehearsals are flexible. If you have the time and talent, please email Kevin Kenworthy.
The contemporary music blog is available HERE.
Concerts and Special Worship
We love music at New Hope and frequently invite guest musicians to perform in concerts and in worship. We feature special music during Advent, Christmas Eve and Easter services. We also have concerts throughout the year showcasing music talent from our community and all over the world.
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This year, New Hope Presbyterian Church will be focusing on developing the complete young worshipper with an eclectic approach that will include singing, ringing, familiarity with classic Scripture. Classes meet on Wednesday evenings. More info HERE.


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Well, at least The Rock tried to explain his concerns over KNM. This does not represent my view, nor do I agree or disagree with his view as I have no way of ascertaining its validity. Thanks to The Rock. This will serve as a good exercise where a recommendation based on analyst reports and annual reports, and to see whether it can stand up to vicious rumours. I hope the SC will investigate these purported vicious rumours. Investing should never be like this - no one can/should base their investing on "inside gtrack information flow", the general public cannot be disadvantaged by such situations. If we cannot rely on publicly available information, if we cannot rely on analyst reports, if we cannot rely on independent auditors verification, if we cannot rely on them... how else should investors base their investing decisions on? Of course, if management decides to defraud (e.g. Transmile, Enron), it will be difficult to detect. At this point in time, I would still tend to side with my view that KNM is a vicitim of the oil plays being out of favour and that many foreign funds have sold down. All counters have influential substantial shareholders, they backing out is not out of the norm. KNM is also not that political a counter as its business model is acquisition/ EPS accretive strategy.
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I have been following KNM since early 2006. Made some small money. Recently I reviewed it again and asked around - what's happening to the price? Well the inside news is a total shock to me. No analyst or newspaper have a clue to what is really happening in the company or to its financial backers.
While it's probably not going to be a Transmile, but the people[a few of them, not just one] who have dealings with KNM advised me to stay away from the company. One of the worse thing that happened to them was that the promoter's strongest financial backer decided to pull the plug ! That's is when u see the share price started to crash ! It has nothing to do with foreign funds. This is a local guy.
Second is KNM overpaid for Borsig. When a PE firm sells you something you got to ask WHY WHY WHY ? It was done at almost the peak of the oil cycle. Any acquisitions done in 2007 or even 2006 will be costly to the buyers. Look at Rio Tinto now trying to swallow their USD38 bil debt for buying Alcan ! It can actually bring down Rio if they can't get refinancing or the economy gets worse from here.
The 3rd point is I was told KNM is linked to a political figure whose fortune has taken a turn for the worse since the March 8 general election. This point is related to the first point.
Don't ask me to reveal the names of the no.1 and no.3 guys. If you think what I say here is credible - good. If not - it's your problem. I have bought Transmile shares before it crashed and suffered massive losses when the fraud was announced. Lesson learnt : when in doubt - don't touch.
They are so many other clean stocks/companies to buy/invest. Why bother with a stock just because it was the darling of the analysts, whom none have had business dealings with KNM !! My sources are people who actually have had dealings with them. It is not based on newspaper or desktop analysis. You need to have an inside track in the current crisis before you jump in and put your money at risk. The low tide will expose more fraud.
MY advise - wait for a few more months and see if any more funny business surfaces. No point trying to jump in now hoping to catch at the bottom when we just don't know where and when is the bottom ! Just trying to be helpful...caveat emptor.
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- yok hoong said...
price action suggests there's more than meets the eye though I know someone (from the O&G industry) who will vouch for the main promoter's integrity.
well, i have resisted the temptation of putting some money in the stock (it truly looks cheap at 40cents) but my instinct tells more not to.
- DiN said...
Dammit, I just bought KNM on Wednesday. My decision was solely based on my technical analysis. I've planned to dump them this Tuesday. If this information is legitimate, then I suspect there will be more rallies in a couple of days, before investors start to lock in their profit.
- Ivan said...
TQ Rock for the sharing.
- Eric How, said...
It's lucky me not busy KNM at the moment. Let's see after 2 mth...
- Richard Cranium said...
If I may, please indulge a pet peeve of mine.
I generally find business owners trying to talk up their companies in the hope that the initial momentum can gain legs.
I do know of analysts who are not too bothered to go in-depth, or worse, omit certain facts from their reports.
Let's face it, even analysts can be bought i.e. you surely know of such people being showered with gifts after a good report, no?
While I agree that investment should be based on publicly available information, in Malaysia, this is NOT an even playing field.
Sometimes internal grapevine is the better yardstick, since we can't trust business owners, analysts, and Star Business pundits.
Hell, I don't even trust myself sometimes.
- James Bull said...
main promoter pull plug? Well i think this info is good when the distribution process begin.
technical trader should notice that accumulation and distribution are not something rare. one should ask why the distribution news only surface at this price? Is the distribution over?
further more, I read so many negative comments about knm in forums and blogs recently and i never saw that even when its long term bull trend gone. My experience tells that if there is really a huge problem, ie accounting scandal in a company, retailers are the last one to know but not circulated among small ikan bilis.
Personally I guess the distribution process ended when capitulation happened the day the boss was hit by margin call. This could be the beginning of the accumulation process.
Ops i guess i should stop here...talk too much may spoil the game plan.
- solomon said...
Whatever you named it whether the promoter or financial backer, I believe there are some truth behind it. Every time you have this sort of counter failing every year...but you need them to stir up the sentiment. Maybe they should have other better choice?
Also, I am extremely disturbed if my beloved pension fund bought heavily in this counter lately.
Another indicator is the buying and selling orders are damn artificially input. Are they genuine, one will know it soon. My opinion is avoid this stock, they are better O&G exposure like SapuraCrest or Petra.
If the Authorities really wanted a healthy uptrend market, they should stop the trading of KNM for a few days. For what reason? They know where to find it...Don't let everyone excited abt the market then you find a show stopper middle of the party.
The Rock, I like your sharing. But some times, it is better to keep quiet...?? Some confidentiality will do some good.
No offence.
The keyword we should watch out for the next couple of reporting seasons...Impairment of Goodwill.
- Jackie Lee said...
This kind of statement shouldn't be appear at all because there is no truth about it and it merely a speculation only.
I really agreed with Mr Dali as the sharp falls in this counter was based on certain factors and not because of something fishy going on in KNM.
How about KLK from RM 19.00 drop until RM 7.00 a share in six months times. Would you call it something wrong is happeneing inside KLK ?
Let us be right that the global world market is facing a financial crisis. Even a blue chip counter also can go down to a level that sometimes it is hardly for us to believe.


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TELL CITY - The public is invited to join in an official groundbreaking for the Tell City Riverwalk Monday.
A ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Sunset Park.
Tell City obtained $434,981 in grant funding from the Indiana Department of Transportation for a paved walkway that will extend along the river side of the floodwall. The project is also expected to include the repaving of the parking lot in front of the boat ramp in Sunset Park.
Refreshments will be provided.
TELL CITY - Perry County sheriff's deputies aided by Tell City and state police arrested two people on drug charges early Saturday.
According to Deputy Jason Shadwick, officers received information that Everett Smith, 30, of Grandview was staying at 7006 Stem Road. Smith was wanted on a warrant for escape issued in Dubois County. Shadwick said he and other officers also received information that illegal drug activity may have been taking place in the house.
TELL CITY - Memorial Day may have marked the start of summer, but Tell City residents will be thinking spring cleaning next week as the community's yearly roundup of unwanted items begins.
In fact, residents willing to haul their own unwanted items can get a head start Saturday.
The week of June 7-11 has been designated spring cleanup week in Tell City.
TELL CITY - June menus and order forms for Angel Food Ministries' discount-food program are available at The News.
The program offers $30 boxes of food valued at $60 or more, as well as senior boxes of 10 fully cooked meals for $28 and an allergen-free box of food for $23. There are also meat and fruit and vegetable specials for the month.
TELL CITY - A June 10 blood drive in Tell City will honor fallen officers. The event will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 213.
This is the fourth year the Red Cross will host blood drives across the state to honor fallen officers and raise awareness of the need for blood. In 2009 every county in the state held at least one Fallen Officer Blood Drive and a total of 4,980 units were collected.
For more information on the event or donor requirements, call (800) 448-3543.
TELL CITY - The Indianapolis Colts 2010 Make It Personal Tour plans to visit Tell City from 4 to 6 p.m. June 15 at the Tell City High School.
Fans will have a chance to meet Colts players and cheerleaders, receive free giveaways, register to win tickets to a pre-season game and more. Those attending will also have a chance to catch an NFL punt, try a rock-climbing wall and interact with Colts inflatables. Children can also sign up for the Colts Kids Club.
For more information, visit www.colts.com/events.
ROCKPORT—Mater Dei scored the winning run on a ground out in the bottom of the seventh to edge Tell City 5-4 in the Class 2A baseball sectional semifinals Monday.
Tell City led much of the game, fell behind by a run in the fifth inning, and then came back to tie the score 4-4 in the sixth with the help of some aggressive base running by pinch-runner Cordell Snyder.
Jordan Heck hit a double to left field to lead off the top of the sixth inning for the Marksmen, and Snyder went in to run for him.
ROCKPORT—Trent Gunn drove in four runs as Tell City trounced North Posey 10-2 in the first round of the Class 2A baseball sectional Saturday.
Gunn tripled to right-center field in the first inning to stake the Marksmen to a 1-0 lead. That hit scored Trent Benningfield, who led off the game with a single up the middle.
The Marksmen added two runs in the third inning.
Nick Kleaving walked, Mike Maddle was hit by a pitch, and Gunn and Shane Weedman hit RBI singles.
ROCKPORT—Perry Central had only three hits in a 12-0 loss to Mater Dei in the first round of the Class 2A baseball sectional Saturday.
Perry Central got singles from Lucas Bryant in the first inning, Seth Raetz in the fourth, and Joey Peter in the fifth.
But those were the only Commodores to reach base, as Mater Dei gave up no walks and committed no errors.
No Perry Central runner made it past first base.
Mater Dei had 15 hits, including seven for extra bases.
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Real-life / IRC BAD meeting tonight...
----- Forwarded message from Hereon <email@example.com> -----
You are invited to the November 12, 2003 Bay Area Debian meeting. :)
It will be held at QCup, a wifi enabled (802.11b) tea & snacks cafe in
Milpitas, tomorrow, 11/12, from 6+PM to 9+PM. [Whoever gets there first,
make a BAD sign or Debian swirl out of materials found onsite, ala
McGuyver. :) ]
We will have a special topic for those who wish to participate, in
addition to our normal "discuss anything of interest".
SPECIAL TOPIC - (Optional. For those who wish to help or learn.)
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2) Determining configuration parameters.
3) Getting a demo working.
4) Connecting w/ any remotes that might exist for this meeting.
5) Documenting this for use by others.
This is open to everyone, no matter what your skill level. Come to
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==== USUAL TOPICS =====: Discuss anything of interest to attendees.
This is open to everyone, no matter what your skill level. Discuss
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LOCATION: 1679 N Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas (408) 956-9097
----- First, get onto Dixon Landing Rd in Milpitas.
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Go North on 880, about 1 mile north past 237. Take the Dixon Landing
Road exit (toward the hills). As you come off the freeway, you'll curve
right, and come to a stop up a T intersection at California Circle. Make
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Dixon Landing Road, heading toward the hills.
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Landing, & go over the freeway, towards the hills.
----- Then:
Drive about 1/3 mile, going over/past the RR Tracks, and make a Right
(thus heading South) onto North Milpitas Blvd (NMB becomes Warm Springs
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Left & head North toward Freemont.)
Head south on North Milpitas Blvd about 1000 feet. On your right hand
side is a shopping center. In there is QCup.
Public Transportation:
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Or from BART take VTA 180 and get off at Jacklin and Milpitas blvd and
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2) From downtown SJ take vta 66 north and get off at Milpitas blvd and
Dixon-Landing and walk south on Milpitas blvd.
3) Via light rail go to i880 station at Tasman and Alder and take the 33
or 74 and transfer to the 66 northbound( ask the vta personel how to make
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A police officer who was part of an anti-terror operation in Likoni, Mombasa has succumbed to his injuries.
The officer was part of a combined contingent of General Service Unit and Anti-terror Police Unit that was acting on a tip-off from the public about possible terror activities.
A suspect who was arrested in Changamwe led the officers to a hideout in Likoni. As the officers attempted to gain access to the suspects' house a grenade was hurled at them injuring several officers and killing the suspect who led them there.
The two suspects in the house however died after one of their own grenade exploded, killing them instantly. The injured officers were rushed to Pandya and Aga Khan hospitals where they are receiving treatment.
Police recovered an AK 47 rifle with 15 rounds of ammunition, a pistol, and two grenades from the house. An unconfirmed number of suspects have so far been arrested and are assisting the police in a thorough investigation to establish the extent of the terror threat.
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Willsboro The Smith House in Willsboro officially celebrated its new partnership with the Elizabethtown Community Hospital during a July 10 open house.
Members of the Smith House staff and board were joined by Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) staff in celebrating the facility becoming the fourth primary care facility under the ECH brand. Other facilities are located in Elizabethtown, Wilmington and Westport.
"It is a huge difference for people who live here to come to the Smith House instead of heading to Elizabethtown," Jane Hooper, director of community relations for ECH said. "We can offer services here that are supported through the primary care facility. Smith House patients have always been ECH patients and there has always been a relationship there, now it is a more structured one."
"We will have a five-day-a-week presence all year in Willsboro and we are looking to take on new patients and have more of a pediatric base in the community," Primary Care Clinics Manager Robin Dunning said. "The Smith House will now be operated the same as all of our other health centers."
Dunning said the return of physical therapy to the Willsboro community has been a success for the center.
"They used to have physical therapy here and it moved to Essex," Dunning said. "Once that closed, the community really missed the service and that was something that was always at the top of the list when we asked people what services that wanted."
"We started physical therapy here again a couple of months ago with two and three days a week," Hooper said. "Now we are up to offering it five days a week."
Dunning added that they will also be looking at increasing what they can offer to the community.
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Kim Jong Il's Birthday Marked in Sri Lanka
| Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- The Sri Lanka-People's Korea Friendship Association issued a bulletin titled "Self-Reliance of DPRK" on Feb. 2 on the occasion of General Secretary
Kim Jong Il's birthday.
Many countries and regions of the world are now in the grip of an economic crisis but the DPRK is striving to attain the goal of building an economic power in the spirit of self-reliance, the bulletin noted, and went on:
Self-reliance is one of the revolutionary modes peculiar to the Korean people. The Korean people are the ones who make redoubled efforts as the outside pressure upon them increases and give fuller play to the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude as conditions become harder.
The revolutionary spirit of self-reliance is being given fuller play than ever before in the DPRK at a time when all the Korean people are giving free rein to the inexhaustible mental power to unfailingly fling open the gate to a thriving nation till 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung, the founder of socialist Korea, concluded the bulletin.
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How many mails you carry on sending each day by means of your outgoing SMTP mail server? May be you do hundred or perhaps thousands of mails every day? You make use of bulk emailing in order to continue communication with the consumers, or to carry on sending the bulletins as well as the commercial schemes and undoubtedly it is the essential element of the business. In such cases, from time to time you may face problem of failure in delivery of the electronic mail. It is very common, while 5-10 mails may remain undelivered or face trouble of sent failure out of thousands of mails (certainly proviso you have unambiguous, healthy along with fine sustained list of subscribers). SMTP is actually the abbreviated form of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
Electronic mails not reaching their end targets are very common due to anti spam filters
Now what is going to happen especially if even ten percent or all of the mails not at all get to their end? This nightmarish can extremely well understand in case someone categorize you as the spammer. In the present day more or less 90% of the electronic mails sent are actually spam. As a result, it is actually not a matter of surprise that everybody endeavors to stay away from spam mails. Filters in such case actually attempt to obstruct as much as emails possible, companies build and offer anti-spam filters. Due to this filters unfortunately sometimes your lawful trade communication is blocked.
The anti spam filters may be helpful for your emails if they are recognized well by them
It is obvious for you to become distressed while this occurs. Let me attempt to assist you out the trouble and make these anti-spam filters friend of yours and be of assistance in configuring your personal outgoing SMTP mail server. After that these filters blocking the spam mails are going to be familiar with your electronic mail from and take care of them just like old friends.
To achieve the aim we are required to detect five easy rules. These regulations were actually made-up in order to verify your mails previous to the delivery of those to the mailbox of the recipient. The filters of anti-spam are constructed on "assigning faith". If anything seems doubtful, they are going to be decreased according to the trust score plus if that is reduced to a great extent, the letter is going to sink into the stupor forever. This is what you are required to do while you set up your personal outgoing SMTP email server, or while you are opting for mass emailing:
* obtain own fixed Internet Protocol address
* build up frontward and reverse DNS pledge
* verify black lists
* build up SPF
* construct the Domain Keys (not obligatory)
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The Sports Network
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, January 23, 8 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: McLeod Center (7,018) -- Cedar Falls, Iowa. Television: PSN, ESPN3.com. Home Record: SIU 4-2, UNI 8-2. Away Record: SIU 3-7, UNI 2-3. Neutral Record: SIU 1-1, UNI 0-4. Conference Record: SIU 1-6, UNI 3-4. Series Record: Southern Illinois leads, 28-22.
GAME NOTES: The Northern Iowa Panthers wrap up a two-game homestand on Wednesday night, as they entertain the Southern Illinois Salukis in a Missouri Valley Conference tilt.
The campaign started off rather promising for Southern Illinois, as it won seven of its first 10 games, but since then it has been plummeting in the standings with losses in seven of its last eight. The Salukis hosted Illinois State this past Sunday and were saddled with a 70-56 setback, falling to 1-6 in MVC play as a result.
Northern Iowa's up-and-down season (10-9, 3-4 MVC) can be largely attributed to an impressive home record (8-2). The team is a disappointing 2-7 everywhere else. The Panthers have alternated wins with losses in each of their last six contests, but they put together one of their best all-around efforts in an 85-55 rout of Drake last Sunday.
SIU holds a 28-22 advantage in the all-time series with UNI, but the Panthers have won eight of the last nine meetings and are 6-0 versus the Salukis at the McLeod Center.
SIU dug itself a huge hole in the first half against Illinois State, and even a 50 percent showing from the field after the break couldn't prevent it from suffering the double-digit setback. Jeff Early was impressive in defeat, tallying 16 points and nine rebounds, while Kendal Brown-Surles and Desmar Jackson scored 13 and 11 points, respectively. The Salukis' season has been a peculiar one. Even though they rank third in the MVC in field goal percentage (.458) and turnover margin (+3.4), their scoring offense (67.1 ppg) is good for 11th in the league. Jackson is the league's fourth-leading scorer, netting 16.7 ppg while also contributing elsewhere with 6.1 rpg, 2.0 apg and 2.1 spg. Early shoots nearly 52 percent from the field for 13.2 ppg, and he is also a strong rebounder with 7.8 rpg (third in the conference). Anthony Beane, Jr. (10.1 ppg) and Dantiel Daniels (9.9 ppg, league-high .663 FG percentage) are also regular contributors to the team's offensive effort.
UNI could do no wrong at either end of the court in its last bout, as it outshot Drake from the field by a commanding 60 percent to 35.6 percent, on its way to the 30-point win. Deon Mitchell shot 6-of-9 from the floor for 20 points, while Jake Koch tallied 16 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Seth Tuttle and Anthony James added to the well-rounded effort with 10 points apiece. The Panthers are used to getting a balanced effort at the offensive end, as all five starters average at least 9.5 ppg. Leading the way is James with 12.4 ppg, although his .414 field goal percentage is the lowest of the starting five. Tuttle (11.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg) and Koch (10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.3 spg, 1.3 bpg) are both strong assets in the low post, while Mitchell (10.8 ppg, 3.4 apg) and Marc Sonnen (9.5 ppg, 44-of-99 from 3-point range) fill out the backcourt with James. As a team, UNI shoots a impressive 45.7 percent from the floor in netting 69.2 ppg, and it has the league's fourth-best scoring margin (+5.4).
Considering how well UNI has played at the McLeod Center and SIU's struggles of late, the Panthers should have no problem dismissing the Salukis in this one.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Northern Iowa 75, Southern Illinois 62


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Siddharta is a five-piece Slovenian rock band founded in 1995. They are named after the popular novel by German writer Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha.
Siddharta's beginner rock'n'roll was first performed before an audience on March 17th, 1995. The band had 40 visitors packed in their rehearsal place at the Šentvid High School, but at this first show the raw energy significant to Siddharta's live performances in the years to come could already be felt. Soon they started developing their own sound and enriched it with the saxophone. Cene R. joined the band, who at that point mostly played club gigs and in the end of 1996 they played their 14 demo tapes in a famous progressive club in Ljubljana, K4.
In 1997 Siddharta - alongside a lineup of other promising young bands - took part in the Tivolski Pomp project, which resulted in a compilation, for which Siddharta contributed their song Lunanai and made their first TV performance in the Pomp show on national TV.
Their debut album Id was recorded at Studio Tivoli in cooperation with Dejan Radičevič and Anders Kallmark between April 1998 and February 1999. An additional studio musician at first, the keyboard player Tomaž O. R. later joined the band as a full member.
The Id cover was designed by two students of Design and fine arts - Maja Bagič and Ivijan Mujezinovič - and won the Zagreb Art and Design Triennial award.The Id promotion began in May 1999 at the Hound Dog club in Ljubljana and met with an outstanding media response. The band overstepped Oxeía and played as an opening act for Liquido and Dog Eat Dog at the biggest Slovenian festival, Rock Otočec, and at the Ljubljana open-air theatre Križanke for the Leningrad Cowboys.
Due to disagreements with their first record company, the band looked for a new one(they signed with Multimedia Records, a Universal Music Group licensee) and new management in September 1999. Id was re-released in October 1999 with a bonus track - Siddharta's first song Stipe – and an English version of the album was recorded. The video for Pot v X was recorded, which took the name of Siddharta from the local fan base to the general public.
In a year, during the Id tour, the band played over 50 live concerts all over Slovenia. Their live performances gave the album a new dimension. Siddharta's presence in the media increased considerably. The band did not stand still. In April 2000 they launched the video for Lunanai and released their first EP Numa Numa, to which some live songs were added; for both they collaborated with the legend of Slovene rock music, Vlado Kreslin. All major music and media achievement award shows were marked by Siddharta at that point in time. Their astonishing performance left an imprint on the Viktor 1999 media award show. Siddharta won nearly all existing awards, including Studio City's Bumerang award for Best Breakthrough 2000. At the Zlati Petelin award show Siddharta celebrated three times: they won the Zlati petelin awards for Best New Act, Best Rock Album 1791, Best Album of the Year (Id). The debut album Id went platinum. It has now been sold in 13,000 copies.
After their headline performance at Slovenia's biggest rock festival, the Rock Otočec festival Siddharta retreated from public life and locked themselves up in the studio. Six months of Siddharta silence later their second album Nord broke out in May 2001. An English version was also recorded. Peter Penko (Laibach, Silence, Coptic Rain) and Žarko Pak (Big Foot Mama, Radyoyo) worked as producers; many guests were invited to work with the band for Nord: Tomaž Humar, Anita Kay, Boštjan Gombač, Bojan Cvetrežnik, Robert Rebolj and others.For the recording of the Nord album Siddharta invited the bass player Jani H., who later joined the band as full member.
Siddharta's third video, the video for B Mashina was recorded, which launched the band to the stars; the video remained on the charts for over ten weeks. The sales of Nord broke all known records of that time as over 7,000 copies were sold in less than two months after release. In Slovenia, the only band to top that was U2. Nord has been sold in 30,000 copies.
Siddharta won another Zlati petelin award in 2001, the Music Group of the Year award.
In the spring of 2001 the band set out on an all-Slovenian stage expedition, playing nearly 80 live performances, selling out even the largest sports halls. In September 2001 their fourth video was recorded, Samo Edini, both in Slovenian and in English just as B Mashina was. After the launch of the video the Nord sales rose 80 per cent.
In November 2001 Siddharta filled the Kodeljevo sports hall in Ljubljana, making it their largest sold-out concert to date.
In February 2002 Primož M. decided to leave the band. Siddharta and Primož, who had been less intensively present in the band for personal reasons ever since the release of the second album, Nord, parted in a friendly spirit. Formally, Siddharta continued their work without a bass player. In March 2003 Jani H. became a full member of the band.
In spring 2002 preparations for a remix album began. Many recognized Slovenian artists and DJ's were invited to work on it, such as Laibach, Umek, Kanzyani, Jamirko, McBrane and others. The remix album Silikon Delta was released in June 2002. Along with the album release, the Under Venus video – an animation video created by Testtube Productions – was launched. It won the never-before-awarded Viktor award for Best Video.
Siddharta won the Viktor 2001 award for Best Performer of the year and Studio City's Bumerang award for Best Band of 2002.
The band wrapped up the Nord tour with a significant performance in Cankarjev dom, supported by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra on June 16th, 2002. The concert was aired live on national radio Val 202 and the video recording shown on national television.
In the end of October Siddharta recorded a commercial for Slovene mobile provider Mobitel, which was aired on MTV Europe. For the commercial Siddharta's remake of Vlado Kreslin's song Od Višine Se Zvrti was used.
The band wrapped themselves in silence once again and started their studio work in December 2002. In July 2003 Siddharta and Multimedia Records, the company they had worked with for four years of their successful musical journey and had released all their previous discography projects: their debut album Id, the single Lunanai, their second album Nord and the remix album Silikon Delta, agreed to discontinue their cooperation. The band thanked Multimedia Records for the support received on their way and proceeded to work with KifKif Records, announcing the release of the new album.
The studio work lasted many months, during which they had worked with Peter Penko, Dali Strniša, Rok Golob and Žare Pak. On August 13th, 2003 the result was released with KifKif Records: Siddharta's third studio album Rh-.The release of the album Rh- had been foretold by the single Rave. Directed by Petar Pašič, the video for Rave was recorded in Belgrade. The video was a huge success on national charts and was played on MTV within the World Chart Express. An English version of the album was recorded and released on Slovenian market as a special limited-edition album on September 1st, 2003. The album was released in unique bloodbag-resembling packages and in music stores placed on transfusion hangers. The special-edition album was released in 1,500 copies, which were sold out in a matter of days.
A month after the release of their third studio album Rh-, Siddharta opened the Rh- tour with a concert on Ljubljana's central football stadium, a concert which astounded all who were there and those who were not. On 13th September Siddharta, accompanied by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and 60 dancers, played before a crowd of over 30,000 people and a few thousand who could not get in as the concert had been sold out way in advance. It was an event never yet seen in Slovenia and it received incredible media coverage.
The preparations for the project had begun many months beforehand, from careful stage-planning to the choreography and music arrangements for the orchestra. Siddharta chose to work with those who had proven to be the men for the job. The choreography was entrusted to Miha Krušič (choreography for the Go Easy video) and the music arrangements to Milko Lazar and Slavko Avsenik Jr (the arrangements for the 2002 Križanke concert). What sprouted was a sight for sore eyes: three stages, breathtaking choreographies and costumes, eye-watering orchestrations, Siddharta at their best, and a blanket of over 60,000 hands.
The stadium concert was the beginning of an amazing tour. Playing two to three times a week, the Rh- tour visited all parts of the country, took a detour to Austria for a day, and ended just after Christmas in a sold-out concert just like all were. The stadium concert was aired on both national radio and television in prime time during the New Year holidays. It received massive response from the media and was labeled event of the year 2003 numerous times.
In February 2004 MTV Europe chose to use Siddharta's My Dice for the new music chart show The Rock Chart jingle. Siddharta gladly accepted the offer.
In March 2004 the special-edition Rh- packaging and its designer Sašo Dornik won yet another designer award: the Grand award of the 13th Slovene Advertising Festival (SOF) in the category of miscellaneous means of advertising.
The end of March was marked by the Viktor awards. Siddharta won two: the fan-voted Popularity Viktor and the Viktor presented by the panel of expert judges - the Viktor award for Special Achievements, a public recognition of the stadium concert success. Siddharta took the opportunity to thank all who helped them bring their idea to life.
The bloodbag, the special-edition Rh- packaging, had a new - third in a row - success at an international festival of creative communication called Magdalena. In the category of Other means of communication the international jury presented the bloodbag creator Sašo Dornik with first prize, the Golden Bra award.
In June 2004 Menart Records presented to their bands achievements and popularity awards. Siddharta won the highest possible recognition of sales in Slovenia named a Diamond record. Siddharta expressed their deep gratitude to their devoted fans for all the support they had received from them.
Siddharta's special-edition CD bloodbag package has been entered to the Cresta (the world's most prestigious designer and advertising awards program) short-list of finalists.
After its world premiere on Monday 13th September 2004 Siddharta's latest video 'My Dice' was aired exclusively on MTV Europe for a week, also marked by being MTV's Artist of the Week. Since 20th September it has also been aired on other important music TV stations and the 'My Dice' single on radio stations across Europe.
Siddharta's fan base grew by the day. With the wish to act upon the requests of their most devoted fans for live performances of some older Siddharta songs and to quench their own thirst for live performances before domestic audience, Siddharta decided to go on a mini tour across Slovenia in the end of 2004 to do just that. It was Siddharta's way of bidding their farewells before retreating to focus on promotion abroad.
Spring 2005 brought the release of the international version of Siddharta's best-selling album Rh- in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland,Croatia and Slovenia. The album was released as a special edition, with a bonus DVD, a special treat for all the fans.


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Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Martinez Adult Ed Center. College financial planning workshop. ($19)
"Air Quality & Children's Health Forum"
Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., Benicia High School Theater. A Benicia First public forum on community concerns about air quality, air pollution and children's health, with panelists Ira Tager, MD., UC Berkeley School of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Center; Paul Roberts, Sonoma Technologies, Inc.; and Jenny Bard, RN, American Lung Association of California.
"Booties Camp: Language and Brain Development"
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"Childhood Matters: When Baby Sleeps, Everyone's Happy"
Sept. 21 at 9 a.m. on 98.1 KISS-FM and 105.1 KOCN-FM. Host Rona Renner and perinatal educator Karen Pollack discuss sleep strategies.
"Understanding Your Middle School Child"
Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at The Creek Youth Center, Walnut Creek. Michael Simon, family therapist and founder of Practical Help for Parents, leads a discussion on tweens, psychological development, middle school and parenting challenges. (Free but rsvp.)
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"Childhood Matters: The Economic Crisis and Families"
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"It's Not Just 'Mean Girls': Understanding Relational Aggression, a Toolkit for Parents"
Sept. 30 at 6:45 p.m., Seven Hills School, Walnut Creek. Panel discussion on mean girls, social aggression and ways to instill empathy and raise cooperative, constructive, responsible young adults. ($15 per person, teachers are free, click here to register.)
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas addresses a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 2, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to meet on Sunday in Amman with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is pushing for a renewal of peace talks, a Palestinian official said.
"US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with president Abbas next Sunday in Amman," he told AFP on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
After meeting Kerry, Abbas would on Monday travel to Qatar for a meeting of the Arab Peace Initiative committee for talks likely to focus on US efforts to revive the stalled peace process, the official said.
Israeli press reports said Kerry would arrive in Israel on Saturday night for talks with the leadership, but there was no confirmation from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose spokesman refused to comment on the issue.
Kerry, who took up his post on February 1, made his first visit to the region alongside US President Barack Obama last month, holding one-on-one talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leadership in Jerusalem and Amman on March 24.
"I think the stage has been set for the possibilities that the parties can hopefully find a way to negotiations," Kerry said in Baghdad a day later, describing the meetings as "a good beginning."
Direct peace talks broke down just weeks after they were started in September 2010 in a bitter row over Israel's settlement building.
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Letters to the Editor: 09.15.07
No windfall
This letter is for anyone who will be retiring from Teachers Retirement System. Your retirement benefit will be greatly reduced by two federal laws, The Windfall Elimination Provision and The Government Pension Offset. If you have ever worked and paid Social Security at another job, your TRS benefit will be reduced if you collect your Social Security benefit. Your deceased spousal benefit will also be reduced or totally eliminated.
Our teachers organizations – the Texas State Teachers Association, Association of Texas Professional Educators and American Federation of Teachers – have let us down on this most important issue, our right to collect Social Security in our old age. I, for one, am tired of paying dues to organizations that do nothing for us.
I am angry that these laws were ever allowed to be passed by Congress in the first place. If you feel you must join, then let your organization know how dissatisfied you are that they have not protected your rights.
Patricia Keller
Fine the culpable
The Caller-Times says "City could face fines." I say that if we are fined, let those who erred pay; even if they no longer work for the city, deduct it from their retirement.
It is not fair that the citizens have to pay every time someone doesn't know their job. The people who ran the water department had many, many years of experience and still did no better than I could have. Why do we pay? They made the mistake, they should pay or do jail time. Simple!
Fred Koeckritz
Getting started
Responding to Mr. Alcott's letter (Sept. 11, "Why not Florida?"), the first appearance of life on Earth is in no way so simple.
The early Earth and its oceans would have been subjected to a rain of organic molecules from space and formed in the pre-oxygen atmosphere by sunlight. These would accumulate in the oceans and on land where rain would wash them into the ocean. Without oxygen to break them down, they'd form an oceanic "soup" -- and more importantly a pasty film -- on underwater surfaces everywhere. All sorts of chemical reactions would occur. Most would have rapidly dissipated, but any that tended to induce similar reactions would persist and accumulate.
Finally, accumulations of reactions that could locally reverse entropy -- that is, form increasingly more complicated molecules using sunlight and other chemicals as an energy source -- would mark the true beginning of life. RNA and DNA would evolve later, probably from nitrogenous wastes of protein breakdown. Every once in a while, small fragments washed from these layers would contain enough self-replicating molecules to function on their own. They would be the first bacteria and life would be poised to evolve into more complex forms.
Ray Jones
Deaf to Petraeus
A recent CBS survey indicated 68 percent of the people trusted the military more than their elected officials. The decision was made long before Gen. Petraeus made his report. The Democrats and Republicans who have voiced their displeasure with the general's report never gave it a chance. They had already made up their minds to oppose it.
The war on terror and in Iraq was lost a year ago in the November elections. The terrorists aren't stupid; they can see the results on CNN or Al Jazeera. They know they have won the battle with the American public. They won't stop, once they have run us out of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the rest of the Middle East.
I suggest we save them the trouble, and leave as soon as possible. While we are at it, we should leave Korea, Japan, Germany, and all the other countries where we have a military presence. It will send a message to our allies, that we can't be trusted to defend freedom anymore. To the Iraq people it will be one more knife in the back from the Americans. I support our troops and I support the battle for Iraq freedom. I am part of the generation born after World War II, and I wish I wasn't. I am glad my father is not here to see our being run out of another fight for freedom.
mike looney
Go 'green'
I would hope that those deciding what the Coliseum's future will be will go to the "Smart Growth" and "Global Green USA" Web sites.
These two sites offer ideas that if incorporated into the Coliseum would enhance the structure, deliver the awe factor, and bring Corpus Christi a little closer to the future of the planet.
arthur brooks
Chlorine wash
I suppose there are many more other things to complain about but this is getting old, like everything else in this stagnant city. Now the water smells like a swimming pool instead of a toilet bowl; my scalp is irritated. I'm still paying for bottled water and paying for a clarifying shampoo to use on my hair once a week because of all this chlorine that is in the water now, including who knows what else we'll find out two months from now.
The outside firm handling the debacle said it best when it was mentioned that the "leaders" should start setting the best example to restore the people's faith by not drinking bottled water at public meetings. Par for the course of the people chosen to lead this city. That's why we are in the mess we are in.
Brenna Castellares
Take-charge guy
The gentleman on the local news who took it upon himself to remove graffiti from his neighborhood fences with a pressure washer should be commended.
Not only did he do more than just complain about the problem, he also realized that the graffiti eradication truck and the small group of volunteers currently trying to combat this community problem need the physical assistance of the general public. So next time you get mad because the graffiti is still on your fence or building, have a look in the mirror to find the person who does not care enough to help take back his or her neighborhood.
Ruben George
Weigh merit
In reply to the Monday, Aug. 27, letter "No role model" from Frances Benson, I have an opinion and just that. It's not a certainty or even the truth; it's just a gut feeling that successful women in positions of authority should be commended.
I'm not an expert on the topic of Hillary Clinton and her political career, but what I do see is an individual who should be judged on her accomplishments, not who she is married to. Do I dare mention the unmentionable; yes, I'll do it -- Bill Clinton. There, I said it, and I'm sure an avalanche of letters will be received, or at least formulated, in many reader's minds.
Hillary Clinton should be judged on her merit and not on gender. She should be judged on her ability, on what she has accomplished, and not on the mistakes, actions and failures of some other person. Bill Clinton disappointed many with his less-than-honorable actions, but that's no reason to condemn Hillary Clinton.
Focus on the positive. We could have a woman as president and, in my mind, a woman running the country is just what we need. Let's leave the lyin', cheatin', woman-chasin' phrases to the country music singers; they do it best.
Liz McMullan
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†Ellipsoolithus Mohabey 1998 (theropod)
Reptilia - Dinosauria - Elongatoolithidae
Full reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362
Parent taxon: Elongatoolithidae according to Q. Wang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Continuoolithus, Elongatoolithus, Heishanoolithus, Macroelongatoolithus, Macroolithus, Nanhsiungoolithus, Paraelongatoolithus, Porituberoolithus, Spongioolithus, Trachoolithus, Undulatoolithus
Subtaxa: Ellipsoolithus khedaensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore


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CAIRO (AP) - The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during the upcoming Muslim four-day holiday.
Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Cairo on Wednesday that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad will issue a statement on accepting a truce today or tomorrow. The Eid al-Adha holiday begins Friday.
Brahimi didn't elaborate on how such a truce would be monitored.
The fighting in Syria has killed more than 34,000 people since March last year, according to activists.
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