text:
Gear Review
from 2011 Heritage rider
i have a 155 2011 Heritage and i couldn't ask for a better board. other than park (which i don't go into much) this board is amazing... powder, steeps, crud, anything. its got a great look to it too, definitely different from most other boards out there... if you are trying to decide between the sl and heritage, and you don't do much park, i'd go for the heritage.
View More Details on Never Summer Heritage Snowboard


text:
Learn The History Of Your House
Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
FREE workshop, Tuesday, June 29th, Hosmer Library 6:30-8:00 pm.
Do you know the history of your house? Each neighborhood has a unique and interesting hisory influenced by the housing development patterns of Minneapolis and its residents.
This first workshop is about taking a survey of your house. The goal of this project is to document our aging housing market through an organized inventory of all properties. Participation of our neighbors is the most crucial component of this project, and you can find out the benefits for you and your community by attending this first workshop.
For more info, go to www.preserveminneapolis.org
Lake Street Closure Saturday
Filed Under traffic | Leave a Comment
On Saturday June 26, 2010 from 1 to 9 pm there will be a Somali Independence Day celebration on Lake Street from Pleasant Av to Blaisdell Av. Those streets will be closed to traffic.
Detour routes will be made available closer to the date. Expect heavy traffic and some initial confusion related to traffic routes and parking.
Please plan accordingly and forward this alert to any friends or family who frequent the area and who may be affected. For questions, contact Lt Gwen Gunter at firstname.lastname@example.com or 612.673.2755.
Luring Incident at 43rd & Nicollet
Filed Under crime | Leave a Comment
On Sunday, June 20, 2010 at approximately 8:30 p.m. there was a luring of two eleven year old boys. The incident occurred near 43 St E/Nicollet Av S.
A male in a vehicle pulled up next to the children and said he would give them five dollars if they got in the car with him. The boys refused and the suspect left without further incident. The children walked home safely to a nearby address.
The suspect is described as a bald, black male. He was driving a black Buick Regal with Minnesota license plates similar to MEU602. That is not the correct plate per Department of Motor Vehicles records.
There is no further information at this time. Please see this tip sheet for safety tips regarding luring.
UPDATE: Here is a link to tv news coverage. There was also an earlier broadcast with KFNA president Chris Sur highlighting the importance of block leaders.
For questions, contact:
Amy Lavender, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, 5th Precinct
(612) 673-5407
Race, Unemployment & the Need for Economic Justice: Early Mornings with Elizabeth!
Filed Under City Council, community engagement | Leave a Comment
Early Mornings with Elizabeth!
Friday, June 25th 7:30 – 9am
Turtle Bread 4762 Chicago Ave S In the Pizza Biga Room
Race, Unemployment, and the Need for Economic Justice
A new report indicates the Twin Cities has the second highest rate of black unemployment of any large metropolitan area in the US and that blacks in the Twin Cities are three times as likely as whites to be unemployed. How can we better address this unacceptable status quo? Join our panel of visionary thinkers and add your ideas to the mix.
We welcome quests Louis King, CEO of Summit Academy OIC, Russ Adams, Executive Director of Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, and Mike Christensen, Director of Community Planning and Economic Development at the City of Minneapolis.
Free coffee courtesy of Turtle Bread!
8th Ward Office: (612) 673-2208 or firstname.lastname@example.com
'It Pays to Change Kingfield' Community Carwash
Filed Under community engagement, fundraising, youth | Leave a Comment
Create change in your community by getting your car washed! Dollars raised at this fundraiser will go to the It Pays To Change Kingfield youth project!
June 19th 10am to ????
June 20th from 1 to 5pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
4100 Lyndale Avenue South
Regarding: 4451 Garfield Ave S
Sheila Kerwin has applied for a variance to reduce the required south corner side yard from approximately 8 ft. to 2 ft. 8 in. in order to allow for the construction of a new attached garage accessory to an existing single- family dwelling located at 4451 Garfield Avenue South in the R1A Single-Family District.
The Minneapolis Board of Adjustment will meet on Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 317 City Hall, 350 S. 5th St., Minneapolis, MN. Your comments can be made verbally at the meeting, or submitted in writing, to: Shanna Sether, City Planner – 250 South 4th Street, Room 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: 612-673-2307 Fax: 612-673-2526 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Cancelled: Public Hearing Regarding Blackbird Cafe
Filed Under board, businesses, redevelopment | Leave a Comment
Regarding: 3800 Nicollet Avenue
This public hearing has been cancelled.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Taser Pain May Be Considered By Supreme Court As Excessive Force
Professor Robert Weisberg is quoted by Ariane De Vogue of ABC News on a potential Supreme Court case that would determine if Taser guns are a form of excessive force.
Federal Judge's Dissent Was Summed Up When He Wrote, "Bull Pucky!"
The Seattle police officers say they chose one of the safest tools in their arsenal when they used a Taser gun against a pregnant woman resisting arrest.
"This case looks very dramatic on its facts," says Robert Weisberg of Stanford Law School. "But that doesn't mean it's a very good case for the court to take." Weisberg notes that both parties have filed petitions asking for the court to step in and that there is no decision below imposing damages.
"The Supreme Court might say 'This is procedurally too weird a situation to be the right vehicle for us to say something about Tasers,' " Weisberg says. "I think the court is likely to view Tasers as a legitimate means of inflicting non lethal force. If so, it may find it impractical to declare a constitutional rule about when Taser use is okay and when it isn't because the legitimacy of Taser use may just depend on the situation. If so, the court's view might be, 'we don't want to treat Tasers differently from other non lethal means of force' therefore it's not desirable to have a rule for Tasers. The rules governing Tasers will be the general rules governing excessive force and therefore we don't want to make a constitutional doctrine out of Tasers."
He says in general that lower courts have tended to defer to police on the use of Tasers, but there have been a few cases where a person has won a lawsuit against police, where the Taser use was arguably unnecessary and where it happened to inflict serious harm.


text:
Stream it now
Heartbreakers 2001
A mother and daughter con team seduce and scam wealthy men...
- Release Date:
- March 23, 2001
- Duration:
- 123 min
- Director:
- David Mirkin
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, T.J. Thyne, Ray Liotta, Ariane Von Kamp, Kevin Nealon, Sarah Silverman, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Carrie Fisher, Monnae Michaell, Zach Galifianakis, Alan Blumenfeld, Steve Mellor, Nora Dunn, Paul Aldane'e, Peter Spellos, Jack Shearer, Sigourney Weaver, Ricky Jay, Patricia Belcher, Elya Baskin, Jason Lee, Michael Andrew, Anne Bancroft, Phil Hawn, Robert Malone, Brian Patterson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine Butterfield, Ken Magee, Michael Hitchcock, Larry Williams, Oleg Shtefanko, Robert Alan Beuth, Russell Hess, Stacey Travis, Lawrence Sacco, Jackie O'Brien, Janni Brenn, Denalda Williams, Richard Bernard, Johnny Bolton, Pierre Gonneau, Shawn Colvin, Andy Brewster, Gonzo Raymond, Adam Novicki, Scott Wordham, Haresh Raval, Jack Douglas Cooper, Geremy Dingle, Bernadette Birkett, David Mirkin, Jennifer Genco, Kenny Levine, Zane Musa, Andrew Schnurr, Mark Tortorici, Todd Wolfe, Arshag Chookorian, Leonid Galperin, Miamon Miller, Igor Serykh, Stuart Silverstein, Terry Austin, Gerry Lock, Tracy Gossett, Tricia Manzardo, Irving Ong, Jason Pattillo, Gibran Perrone, David Sirois, Todd Vittum, Kat Slatery, Larry Williams, Michael Andrew, Steve Mellor ...
- Country:
|watch movie
|100% 10/10 10/10
|over 2 years
|n/a 5/10 10/10
|over 2 years
Rossi32 L
|n/a n/a n/a
|1 month
|n/a n/a n/a
|8 months
|100% n/a n/a
|8 months
|n/a n/a n/a
|8 months
|n/a n/a n/a
|1 year
Sigourney Weaver just makes this movie, she is the sexiest woman alive.
I thought this movie was hilarious. I wonder if there is something wrong with me, because all my friends seem to disagree. Great performances by Weaver and Love-Hewitt!
In what could be called a female version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt star as a beautiful mother-daughter team, Max and Page, who con men out of their thousands through a simple plan: Max marries a man and the next day, walks in on that man being seduced by Page (who is posing as someone other than Max's daughter). A quick divorce follows and mother and daughter walk off with a fortune. It's a plan that has worked for years, but now Page is beginning to come-of-age and wants to start her own scamming business. While Max must come to terms with her daughter's independence, the two resolve to pull one last scam. Their target turns out to be a wealthy tobacco magnate (brilliantly played by Gene Hackman). Various mayhem ensues, with double-crosses galore and even a budding romance between Page and a beach bartender (played by the always charming Jason Lee). The actors are clearly having a romp in this sexy comedy, but alas, most of the comedy comes up just short of the mark. There are some funny bits, to be sure, and one brilliant scene (Hackman, as the tobacco magnate, defends marketing cigarettes to children). But the movie is a bit too uneven and begins to drag near the end. It is a shame, really, because Weaver, Hewitt, Hackman, Lee and Ray Liotta are all charming and put forth a good effort in making the comedy work. Heartbreakers is not necessarily a particularly bad comedy, just a somewhat forgettable one, with little in the way of acerbic wit or pure hilarity.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Here is a list of my favorite Jennifer Love Hewitt movies with (rating):
Trojan War (1997) 8/10
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 10/10
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) 10/10
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) 8/10
The Suburbans (1999) 7/10
The Audrey Hepburn Story (TV, 2000) 10/10
Heartbreakers (2001) 10/10
The Tuxedo (2002) 8/10
More ratings...
Ok, I just saw this movie again the other night on TV and I'd have to say it's pretty good. Con movies tend to rely on twists and chacter development rather than a real plot....and in this sense, Heartbreakers really delivered.
No big laughs up front, only minor giggles until Ray Liotta embelishes his character in the final stanza, at which point you finally realise why this movie's in the "comedy" section
I'll give this 7 out of 10
2 pts for eye candy
3 for characters and plot
and another 2 for ray liotta
The celeb rating need no further elucidation, I should hope.
As for movies:
Awful movie. I only caught about 2/3 of it, actually. This movie is commendable only because it is one hundred and twenty minutes of JLH goodness. The women is a goddess. Terrible actress, but who cares? Ray Liotta provides the most accessible comedic material in the film. We were all eagerly anticipating the inevitable pistol-whipping of Sigourney Weaver. To quote Dave Chapelle, "Don't you watch my movies?"
As for music:
These albums have been keeping me busy lately. Good stuff, you should check it out if you haven't already.
As for me:
Moving out next week into a new apartment roughly half a mile away. On vacation the week after that. School starts two weeks after that. After that...well I don't know. Back to the grind, I suppose. *Shudders*
there is not much fun in this movie but the story and its sequences makes it good.
Best in Show: Sigourney Weaver
One for the future: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Stand-out scene: Statue shenanigans
Brainer or no-brainer: No brainer
Stands up to one viewing or repeated?: Repeated
DVD commentary any good?: n/a
From the director of the equally treasurable Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion, this knockabout slapstick comedy features pitch-perfect performances from Weaver, Hewitt, Hackman and Liotta. In the hands of less-skilled performers such free-wheeling material can fall flat but this film just sparkles with invention and cheerful spoofery. Sigourney Weaver should really do more comedy, her deft timing adding extra layers to to your enjoyment level. Hewitt, who cut her teeth in TVs Party of Five proves to be an excellent foil to the experienced actress, here playing con artist mother and daughter. Specialising in divorce settlements, the mother marries their 'mark' only for the daughter to trap him in a compromising position in order that the mother walk in and demand a divorce. Ray Liotta hams it up as one such 'mark' while Gene Hackman makes the most of the chance to portray a physically repulsive millionaire on his last legs. Yes, the story's entirely predictable and the premise of men unable to control their lust a somewhat spurious basis but you forgive it as the journey's so entertaining. Weaver's idea to have Hackman's characters' housekeeper dressed up like Mrs Danvers is nothing short of genius. Loved it.


text:
There is about a two foot long rainbow you fly over on Peter Pan, and it looked to be partly covered in dark filth today.
If you go soon, please report back if you notice this too, or if you observe that it's been cleaned.
We had an excellent day at Disneyland! The best part was the 4pm show of the Golden Horseshoe Revue. I've never seen my 7-year-old laugh harder than when Miss Lily Belle flirted with me during her song where she walks through the crowd. That crowd was about the best audience I've ever sat with, and the show is what made them cheer for the occasion. Surprisingly, I didn't miss the comedian, though I felt a little sorry for the two men in the cast who had so little to say & sing. I don't see how this show could have been better. This must be returned in all its glory to Disneyland for another 30 year run. I like how a CM pointed guests to the next available CM when ordering food before the show, but it shouldn't have taken us ten minutes to get one delicious root beer float, which was a good Disneyland value at under $5, in my opinion.
"Aladdin" is still going strong with a great cast, but it seems to be the first live theater experience for many young adults in the crowd. They need to be told more emphatically that texting during the show is not permitted. Also, the first part of "A Whole New World" is weird without the carpet soaring over the audience. Aladdin and Jasmine need to dance around the stage with the carpet or ride a carpet on stage during the whole song. Currently it reminds the scene in "Amadeus" where there is dancing during an opera without music--something was obviously & painfully missing. Other than that, this show had an excellent cast!
We had an enthusiastic and funny Jungle Cruise guide.
The Indy ride looks great except for one hallway which was totally dark both times we rode it, but shouldn't have been.
Great job to the janitorial staff that cleans the men's room closest to the Carnation Cafe--it wasn't just clean; it was perfectly clean.
And congrats to those who always seem to keep ALL of the lights on Mickey's Fun Wheel always lit at night.
Frustration on Buzz when our vehicle stopped about ten feet beyond where I could have hit the target on the first Zurg. No seven-figure score today.
We picked a most excellent day to go. It rained on our drive there and the rain stopped by the time we got off the parking tram, and the crowds were surprisingly small in both parks all day. There are a few attractions being refurbished, but we still felt like we only rode & saw a third of what we could have.
About 200 people watched the flag lowering ceremony with us, and that was special.


text:
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.By Luke Alnutt I have a friend who for years refused to get a mobile phone. Eventually he succumbed, driven by his corporate overlords who wanted to be able to reach him. One of the reasons he said he didn't want a mobile phone was that their proliferation had destroyed any chances of serendipitous encounters. We used to bump into people on the street, he said, and catch a movie or a drink or a show, but now everything is digitally preordained. We just call and arrange and leave nothing to fate. The sentiment that the digital world, and more specifically the Internet, has killed serendipity pops up every now and again, the handwringing often preempted by Google announcing some algorithm changes or with Facebook introducing "frictionless sharing." In 2009, Damon Darlin declared in "The New York Times" that the digital age "is stamping out serendipity." We used to go to people's houses and discover music in record collections or books on shelves. Darlin argued that our social streams of Facebook "likes" are not a replacement for serendipity, but instead group think, filtered and vetted by friends who had presumably been selected (by us) for their shared tastes. This year, Eli Pariser wrote a book on the increasingly personalized Web called "The Filter Bubble." Its main premise was that the Internet, fueled by algorithms, was limiting our horizons. Tech giants like Google were increasingly personalizing our search results, and the result would be that we would discover less. Our past consumer preferences would define the things we discovered (and then bought) until our true, variegated selves were replaced by bland caricatures, our personalities defined by the things we had once liked on Facebook. If I once expressed a preference for Jo Nesbo on Amazon, I would be forever stuck in a world of Scandinavian crime fiction. Even though I may have moved on (or at least wanted to move on) to fantasy novels, the Internet would do little to help me make that leap. Social networks were also dangerous, warned Pariser. There was little serendipity or discovery there, but just an echo chamber with our friends (who we had presumably selected because they thought like us) all sharing the same content. This was a far cry from the cosmopolitan, eclectic Internet ripe for discovery that we once imagined. Where once we might stumble across a strange and life-changing tome in a tumbledown book shop, now we would just buy what Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, told us to buy. In the same vein, an interesting new piece from a German academic, Miriam Meckel, considers the algorithm-powered world we live in: It's a life in the rear view mirror. The algorithms which compute all these recommendations and suggestions for us are forever stuck in the past, as they base their calculations on our actions in times foregone. Through the analysis and evaluation of this data, the algorithm creates a more or less linear projection into the future of all we ever did, desired and loved. This projection may be quite accurate, since man is a creature of habit. What we once took a liking to, we will probably like all our lives. Without serendipity's intervention, the algorithms we created may force us into a never-ending time-warp, dwelling forever in the status quo of our own preferences and desires. [...] Serendipity is involved when we enter a book store and stumble on a random book that we would have never read, had it not been in the right place at the perfect time. It is serendipity, when we browse through a newspaper report and suddenly find ourselves riveted by its content even though we were neither interested nor familiar with the topic only minutes ago. It is rare to read an argument about the Internet and serendipity without an anecdote about a book store (usually dusty) and the verb "to stumble." They are sentiments that make up what I would call the Imagined Analogue Past. This from a review I wrote of Pariser's book: While not exactly a techno-pessimist, Pariser falls into the techno-pessimist's trap of the Imagined Analogue Past. It is a rose-colored world that always forms the backdrop to books about the effects of the Internet. A world without digital distractions, with enlightening serendipitous encounters, where civic-minded news producers made sure we saw reports about famine in distant lands. In the Imagined Analogue Past we all had meaningful offline friendships, devoid of any superficiality. If we have a tendency to romanticize this pre-digital past, do we somehow do the same with these serendipitous encounters? In a fascinating talk about serendipity, cities, and the Internet, Ethan Zuckerman looks at the origins of the word: Serendipity, at first glance, looks like the positive side of unintended consequences, the happy accident. But that's not what the term meant, at least originally. The word was coined by Horace Walpole, an 18th century British aristocrat, 4th Earl of Oxford, novelist, architect and gossip. He's remembered primarily for his letters, 48 volumes worth, which offer a perspective on what the world looked like through an aristocrat's eyes. In a letter written in 1754, Walpole tells his correspondent, Horace Mann, about a unexpected and helpful discovery he made, due to his deep knowledge of heraldry. To explain the experience, he refers to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, in which the titular characters were "always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of." Walpole's neologism is a pat on the back – he's congratulating himself both for a clever discovery and for his sagacity, which permitted the discovery. It is the "sagacity" that is key. Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was accidental, but it was the result of months of groundwork, observation, and knowledge. Louis Pasteur once said that "In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind." So if we take a more scientific approach, serendipity doesn't exist in a vacuum: what we stumble upon has a context and it isn't perhaps as random as it may seem. The argument goes that the "serendipity" we find on Twitter and Facebook isn't true serendipity because the content recommended to us has been selected by our friends, who we have presumably filtered for interests, tastes, and political preferences. Yes, we might find unusual and unexpected things, but they will all be within the parameters of our friends' interests and our own expressed preferences. But is that really so different to our past lives in the pre-Internet world? Strip away the nostalgia and maybe our moments of serendipitous discovery before the Internet are much more rational than we would like to think. We didn't stumble across that book -- it was there because the librarian put it there because the Dewey system of classification told her to. That fabled dusty book shop was recommended to us by a friend, who we were friends with because they liked the same sorts of books (and dusty book shops). Those stories that caught our eyes in newspapers were there because of the business models and limitations of print; the design of newspapers was based on rational and commercial decisions and editors made those choices for myriad reasons, most of them far more banal than seeking our enlightenment. Perhaps in the past, we discovered a great new band, a replacement support act for a band we were going to see. We didn't, however, end up at that club by chance but rather because they played the music we liked or we were taken there by friends with similar music tastes: just like in the Internet era, our discoveries were still taking place within parameters. Maybe once we bumped into a stranger who changed our lives -- a moment of serendipity, as we remember it. But was it? Perhaps the clothes we were wearing, or the way we wore our hair, indicated our preferences and drew us closer to that person (there were signals before Facebook). Birds of a feather flock together and all that. Just like then, we chose our friends because they liked the same things as we did. In the Imagined Analogue Past, however, we tend to ascribe something mystical to our moments of discovery as they often represent something momentous for us: a long and happy marriage, children, a love affair with a certain genre of literature, music, or film. The language we use to describe these encounters is heavily laden with fate: we bump into life-changing people, we discover music, we stumble upon intellectual enlightenment, we find love. Serendipity, of course, is much more poignant looking back than it ever was at the time. There are plenty of random things that happen in our lives that go unnoticed, but we tend to ascribe values of serendipity to things that have more meaning to us later. We want our own origin stories to be magical and not mundane. It's hard to find many people who don't think that their intellectual horizons have been broadened by the Internet. Or more specifically, those who think that, these days, they discover less. There are, after all, online spaces that represent that record fair or that book store. Take musical discovery: I rarely listen to the radio radio any more but I constantly listen to Radio Paradise, a listener-supporter radio based in California. I discover plenty of music that way, or by wandering through MySpace, or recommendations from friends. As a teenager I got into the Velvet Underground after hearing "Heroin" on the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's Doors film. If I were a teenager with the Internet, I would have discovered the Velvets much sooner. The "loss of serendipity" argument -- often made by people who wax lyric about the joys of human-to-human interactions -- actually takes a rather dismal view of humanity and puts little faith in the capacity for humans to seek enlightenment on their own, without the help or hinder of machines. It is also an argument steeped in what Evgeny Morozov has termed "Internet-centrism." Cyber-utopians and cyber-skeptics are similar in one major respect: they both ascribe too much power to the transformative power of the Internet, to the detriment of all other social, political, or economic factors. Fears about the dark arts of algorithms are also broadly consistent with other techno-panics in history: about the printed book, the telegraph, the telephone, the typewriter. As the economic historian Joel Mokyr has argued, it is felt that "new technology dehumanizes, turns people into slaves of their own technology." Now we are worried we will become slaves to algorithms. That doesn't mean, though, there is nothing to be cautious about. Meckel's conclusions are sensible: we need a public discourse about the increasingly personalized world we are living in, as consumers we need to be aware of what personalization strategies are being used and given the chance to opt out. She also suggests that "we also need what we haven't thought of looking for yet." That, I suppose, will be the challenge: how to engineer randomness and how to ensure that our webspaces are not echo chambers and are places that enable enlightenment and discovery instead of curtailing it. Engineered randomness sounds oxymoronic, but perhaps less so if we accept that pure randomness and pure serendipity never really existed anyway. In Zuckerman's talk, he points out that even in cities -- those supposed engines of serendipity -- we are still creatures of habit in our "pattern[s] of home, work, and hobby." Even in the cities, there is still a predictability to our lives. "When we talk about cities, we recognize that they're not always the cosmopolitan melting pots we dream they are," he writes. Taking the lessons of discovery in a city, Zuckerman suggests a way forward online: One of the reasons curation is such a helpful strategy for wandering is that it reveals community maxima. It can be helpful to know that Times Square is the most popular tourist destination in New York if only so we can avoid it. But knowing where Haitian taxi cab drivers go for goat soup is often useful data on where the best Haitian food is to be found. Don't know if you like Haitian food? Try a couple of the local maxima – the most important places to the Haitian community – and you'll be able to discern the answer to that question pretty quickly. It's unlikely you dislike the food because it's badly made, as it's the favorite destination for that community – it's more likely that you simply don't like goat soup. (Oh well, more for me.) If you want to explore beyond the places your friends think are the most enjoyable, or those the general public thinks are enjoyable, you need to seek out curators who are sufficiently far from you in cultural terms and who've annotated their cities in their own ways. It is serendipity, but it is cultivated serendipity. Speak to the people who claim that they have made plenty of unexpected discoveries on the Internet and they will usually tell you about a friend who always "posts lots of really cool stuff." If we accept that serendipity has always existed within the parameters of our lives, our preferences, our friends, then seeking out meaningful curators is one of our best bets at finding it online. Copyright 2011 by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). All worldwide rights reserved. Read the original article here.
Al Qaeda in Syria says detains U.S.-trained rebels
Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank;Jewish arsonists suspected
WFP forced to cut food aid for Syrian refugees by half
In a Yemen hospital, malnutrition menaces young lives
After Ebola criticisms, WHO plans for 4-month epidemic response
Meet Kenya's special, invisible children
Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola
Aid rushed to Myanmar flood victims, as more heavy rains forecast
UK investigative group turns its attention to climate change
Libya food imports fall as turmoil disrupts deliveries
Suicide bomber kills six, injures 11 in Nigeria market -NEMA
Austria admits flaws in handling refugees, pledges action
UN raps Philippines for failing to rehouse typhoon homeless
Under Western pressure, Kosovo to put war crimes court to new vote
What do drones, orangutans and gold mines have in common?
Ebola disrupts Liberia birth records, poses trafficking threat-UN
Despite $7bln to 'Power Africa', why continent remains in the dark
Religious attack on Jerusalem Gay Pride parade wounds six
El Salvador fails to protect children from gang violence - group
A new star is born as Germany's refugee crisis worsens
Leaders of Nigeria, Cameroon try join efforts against Boko Haram
Malawi a model for Africa in liberalising abortion, activists say
Afghan Taliban name a new leader, but peace talks delayed
Hit by migrant exodus, Eritrea urges UN to investigate trafficking
Houthis bombed indiscriminately in Yemen's Aden - rights group
Drought-hit forests store less carbon than thought


text:
MILLBURY, Mass. — There are some great football games on the slate in Central Massachusetts this weekend. The game of the week pits undefeated Auburn against Grafton. Check with your local Daily Voice reporters for updated scores and recaps.
Friday, Oct. 26
Millbury at David Prouty: 7 p.m. The Woolies (4-3) suffered a last-minute loss to Bartlett last week, 26-20. Randy Mogren rushed for 127 yards.
Prouty (3-4) scored a last-minute touchdown and two point conversion to defeat Uxbridge, 22-21.
Grafton at Auburn: 7 p.m. The Indians (5-2) forced four turnovers and running back Cody Munoz had 104 rushing yards in the 45-6 win over Oxford.
Auburn (7-0) started slow but eventually ran away from Tantasqua, 30-7, last week. Running back Tyler Desjardins had four touchdowns.
Northbridge at Oxford: 7 p.m. The Rams (6-1) took their first loss of the year last week, 42-27, at Shepherd Hill. QB Matt Phelan had three touchdowns, two rushing and one passing, in the losing effort.
Oxford (1-6) was blown out by Grafton, 45-6.
Bartlett at Leicester: 7 p.m. The Wolverines (5-2) shut out Southbridge, 12-0, last week behind Nick Kenneway, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Bartlett (3-4) beat Millbury, 26-20, on a last-minute, 80-yard touchdown by Akheem Belnavis, his fourth of the game.
Hudson at Shrewsbury: 7 p.m. Shrewsbury (5-2) dropped a tough game last week to Wachusett, 33-20. Jay Reynolds caught two touchdown passes (9 and 35 yards) from Mike Coggeshall in the Colonials' loss.
Hudson (4-3) beat North Middlesex, 27-7, last week.
Holy Name at Algonquin: 7 p.m. Algonquin (1-6) lost to Marlborough, 20-7, last week. Danny Bishop had a 15-yard touchdown run for the only score.
Holy Name (4-3) beat Gardner, 32-8.
Wachusett at Westborough: 7 p.m. The Mountaineers (5-2) beat Shrewsbury, 33-20, last week. Quarterback Scott Beardsley passed for a 61-yard touchdown and rushed for two more in the victory.
Westborough (0-7) lost to Nashoba, 42-7, last week as the Rangers are still seeking their first win of the season.
Saturday, Oct. 27
Xaverian at St. John's: 1 p.m. The Pioneers (4-3) lost their third game in a row, 37-34, last week to Leominster. Shadrach Abrowkah had three touchdown runs for the Pioneers.
Xaverian (1-7) lost to Bridgewater-Raynham, 32-27, last week.


text:
Below is the poem entitled There is Hope which was written by poet
Degenhardt. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
Read Poems by
Michael Degenhardt
There are words on the walls
Of the inner city buildings
Displaying vulgar interpretations
Of life
There are hints on the streets
That things may get better
As gangs disassemble
And die
But the now in this place
As you walk down the streets
Is of fear and hesitation
Thoughts to run
Because… you all know
Things don't change that quickly
Most young ones on the streets
Have guns
Why has the world gone crazy?
When will it ever change?
Life that we knew, no longer true
It's a mess and so rearranged
…but there is hope…
There's a sign on the wall
Enter here, if you will
The Lord calls you to come
It's a church, built of brick
A foundation so strong
Inviting us all in, to keep us
But we pass and keep walking
As the streets stay dark
And it's in these moments
We cry
So the people that pass
Inspire fear and horror
That we think this evening
We'll die
Why has the world gone crazy?
When will it ever change?
Life that we knew, no longer true
It's a mess and so rearranged
…but there is hope…
As a candle still flickers
In the corner of the church
Undying burning of hope
It lives
Not a dollar, just prayer
Is all you will need
For it's your love, He's asking
You give
There is hope
There is light
There you are


text:
Another day, and another batch of stories online about how Google Google Glass will destroy the very fabric of western civilisation – this week it's about facial recognition software and how Google will not allow this to happen until they have safeguards in place.
Putting aside the obvious questions I always have on this – Will Google ensure that it meets US laws or the stricter European Union laws on data protection? Will it be on a country by country basis? What about someone in another region? – I'm more impressed in how Google Glass has vaulted over the primary question of 'does society actually want Glass?'
It's far easier to ask a child if they will be taking their toy bear to bed or their toy cat to bed, than asking if they are going to go to bed. By framing the choice as after the bedtime decision, it's accepted far more easily that the day is over and sleep is needed.
'Google Glass has privacy concerns!' 'Google Glass doesn't work with prescription glasses!' 'Google Glass will be the world's leading cause of movie piracy in 2015!'
Every time another round of controversy flares up, the Glass team should embrace, engage and address all of these issues in public, with lots of social media commentary. Just like a child going to bed, it builds on the perception that Google Glass has been accepted by society as 'something that will happen.'
Never mind that there are only two thousand or so units in public circulation through the 'Explorers' program, never mind that the people using it are used to working with cutting edge tech where all the issues haven't been worked out, the first limited run of hardware has succeeded in convincing the world that Google Glass is here to stay without ever actually asking the question.
More on Forbes:


text:
Why only a pastor could have become Martin Luther King Jr.
In Louisville, Kentucky, in the library of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, behind the stacks of books, stands bookshelves containing doctoral dissertations. (In order to graduate with a Ph.D. degree, one has to write a 150-300 page "dissertation.") Amongst those dissertations is one with the long title of "The Slave Religious Experience in Biracial Churches in North and South Carolina from 1822-1861." That would be mine.
I chose to focus on African American Church History because I am interested in why African Americans and whites in the South do not frequently worship together today. Martin Luther King reflected this by writing, "It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning." As I studied American Church History, though, I realized there was a time when blacks and whites commonly worshipped together: before the Civil War.
Right, that time when most blacks in the South were slaves. Blacks and whites frequently worshipped together because (after the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion) it was illegal in most southern states for blacks to gather without a white presence, to travel without a pass, or to learn to read. Most worship services in the South consisted of whites in front and blacks in back. Even so, slaves continued to meet in black-only worship settings, only now in secret. Over time, the slave preacher became the underground head of the slave community. At a time when the slaves were denied any (or few) leadership roles by the whites, the slaves established their own leader, the slave preacher. So it was in the slave underground religious services, known as the invisible institutions, that leaders were groomed and developed. Fast forward over the Civil War (1861-65) to the period of Reconstruction (after 1877), when the federal government sought to rebuild the war-torn South. As the ex-slaves built new lives, they often turned to their own churches for help, the churches that used to be illegal and meet secretly in the woods. And the ex-slave preacher who used to slip away to preach in the woods now found himself the head of a struggling and very poor community. So, the black preacher played an immensely important role in the development of the African American community after the Civil War. And even more so as Jim Crow/discrimination laws came into effect, with the added burden of the Ku Klux Klan. So the standing of the black preacher in the life of the African American community grew even more. In addition, African American clergy were the main leaders in the African American community that the whites in the South could admire and respect. Sure, African Americans became doctors, lawyers, even college presidents. But some in the white community could always say that they were not as good, or as educated, and ignore them. But to be an ordained person is have a stamp of approval by the same God who ordains blacks and whites. So, when it came time to develop greater equality for blacks, to strive for civil rights for blacks, that leader of the movement would have to be a pastor. Just as was true time and again since slavery days, the person to stand up, who the whites could admire, would be a pastor. I think it is safe to say that if Martin Luther King Jr., had not been a pastor, he would not have become Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader.
Questions/comments contact Mark at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Category Archives: WNMU MTS
8th Annual Academic and Research Symposium
MTS did its best to get each presentation recorded, and students who participated can request a FREE COPY of their presentations directly from us by simply completing the media request form. We will provide your recording on DVD (or adequate flash drive if preferred). Still photos of most poster presentations and presenters are also available on request. (Or check out The Gallery)
Congratulations students on jobs very well done!
Great Race 2013!
Bomb Squad takes second place at WNMU's 46th annual Great Race!
Some interesting data from EDUCAUSE…
Reprinted here with permission from the author
New Student Cameras
With student lending on the parabolic rise…and requests for MTS cameras easily at the top of those requests…we decided it was high time we updated our offerings.
Meet the Canon EOS Rebel T3 1100D, the newest member of the MTS family and the recommended choice of our photography instructor for student work!
Naturally, we still have our other Panasonic Lumix and Fuji cameras to offer as well. Request your booking today! (Just specify the Canon Rebel or other choice in the "Other" field at the bottom of your request–subject to availability.)
Dear Nearpod,
We love how we went from first hearing about you to launching our first complete presentation within minutes. We had been wanting something to come along and liberate us from the confines of our Library Instruction Room, leaving us free to instruct from the stacks–or at least the comfy chairs of the forum area. — While we are not quite there yet there is definite promise. Over the next few months we will get to know each other a little better and come fall…who knows? You might just be the one we've been looking for!
Student "Clickers" at WNMU?
Attention Mustangs!
Using iPads for "Wireless" Presentations
Some of us remember the good old days when all you had to do to find the remote was follow the wire that ran from the T.V. all the way to the couch cushions. Fast forward almost 40 years and we again find ourselves tethered to our newest devices whenever we want to share our iPad content with a larger audience.
That is, until now…
Thanks to our newest "little black box" you can now ditch the 50 foot HDMI cable wrapped around your shoe as you make that important presentation and mirror most content from your iPad directly onto a monitor or large projection screen through a data projector. Thanks Apple TV!
Want to try it? Go to the Reserve Equipment page to make a request today!
"Explain Everything" and "Educreations" Now on MTS iPads!
These two apps allow you to use the iPad as a "handheld whiteboard" capable of pages, accepting inserted images and, with Explain Everything, being integrated into Canvas!


text:
Free Weekly Newsletter
Join thousands of design-conscious readers for exclusive offers, gardening inspiration and innovative design solutions for enjoying outdoor spaces.
Sign Up Today
* Required
We will never sell or distribute your email to any other parties or organizations.
Bagging: Transfer the beans to plastic freezer bags. You might limit, as I do, the amount per bag to a single serving (usually a half-cup) for each family member. Since we are a family of two, I place one cup in each one-quart bag. In any event, do not overfill bags. When the bag lies flat in the freezer, the beans should form a single layer. Vacuum Sealing: To avoid freezer burn, express all air from the bag, to create a vacuum-seal. I remove the air by partially sealing the bag, inserting a drinking straw, and sucking. True, this is a primitive way to vacuum seal, but it does the job. If you have an electric vacuum-sealing gadget, by all means use it.
Label and Date: Label and date the bag. If properly blanched, frozen, and sealed, green beans will stay fresh for an entire year of good eating.


text:
How to Be a Guest Blogging Pro with Targeting Traffic?
There is no doubt that guest blogging is a great way to expose your website to millions of people, to get back links and to drive traffic towards your website as well. However, one thing that you must keep in your mind while publishing any guest post is; what impact it will have on your blog. The most important thing to consider in guest blogging is the effect of that particular guest post on your website. For example; if you are running a blog about sports cars but you publish your blog post on a blog that is based on kittens then you will never get good quality traffic in return. You need to target your guest posts wisely and this is the same thing that we are going to discuss in this post.


text:
MINNEAPOLIS--Parents for Heart presents "Conversations with a Survivor" a speaking event featuring author Bill Coon on Saturday, November 30 at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis starting at 2:00 p.m.
Parents for Heart is a local support group for families of children affected by congenital heart defects.
Bill Coon is a two-time heart transplant recipient, author and speaker. This event is free and open to the public. Coons book, "Swim: A Memoir of Survival" provides readers with a glimpse into his life story and gives hope and insight to those in similar situations.
For more information visit Parents for Heart.
(Copyright 2013 by KARE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


text: One of the hottest young coaches out there right now, Shaka Smart would be a big coup for Tennessee. He's been coaching at VCU since 2009, making the NCAA tourney every year and the Final Four in 2011. Christopher Hanewinckel Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsGregg Marshall has been head coach at Witchita State since 2007, leading them to the Final Four in 2013 and an undefeated regular season in 2014. Scott Kane Scott Kane-USA TODAY SportsOnly 35 years old, Archie Miller just let Dayton to an Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA tournament. Spruce Derden Spruce Derden-USA TODAY SportsHad huge success at UCLA, including three Final Four's, but was fired in 2013 after posting a 25-10 record. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports USA TODAY SportsHead coach at Xavier since 2009, where he also played and served as an assistant. Brad Penner Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsDonnie Tyndall is currently coaching at Southern Mississippi, and was an assistant at LSU from 1997-2001. Chuck Cook Chuck Cook-USA TODAY SportsLawrence Frank has extensive NBA experience, as head coach at Detroit and is currently an evaluator for the Nets. He was an assistant at Tennessee from 1994-97. Kim Klement Kim Klement-USA TODAY SportsAfter 7 years as an assistant at Ole Miss, Michael White has been head coach at Louisiana Tech since 2011. Ivan Pierre Aguirre Ivan Pierre Aguirre-USA TODAY SportsA Tennessee coaching legend, the 61-year-old coached at Maryville High, Tennessee Tech, LMU, and has been at Belmont since 1986. Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports USA TODAY SportsA former Tennessee staffer under Jerry Green, Tad Boyle is seeing some success now at Colorado, making the NCAA tourney the past three years. Kyle Terada Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsTom Crean has lots of head coaching experience, with stints at West Virginia, Michigan, and now Arizona. Pat Lovell Pat Lovell-USA TODAY SportsWill Wade just had a strong first season as a head coach at UT-Chattanooga and is a Tennessee native, from Nashville. Gary A. Vasquez Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY SportsBobby Lutz spent 4 years as head coach at Charlotte, but was fired in 2010. He's currently an assistant at NC State. USA TodayRick Stansbury retired as head coach at Mississippi State in 2012, after 14 years, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family USA TodayLike this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:ReplayLast SlideNext Slide


text:
Two former and controversial political figures are now in the 1st Congressional District race, though one is a bigger surprise than the other.
More politics
To read more political coverage, go to postandcouier.com/politics.
As expected, two-term Gov. Mark Sanford will formally join the field today by issuing a press statement confirming that he will go after the seat he held for three terms previously, beginning in the 1990s.
The move will be his first ballot test among Republicans and other voters since the final months of his term as governor were overshadowed by his affair with an Argentine woman, now his fiancee.
Meanwhile, former Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash also jumped in Tuesday.
His announcement came as he is currently in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he said he will resign his position as criminal justice adviser for the U.S. Embassy.
Due to the recent attacks on our Constitutional freedoms, I was gravely concerned that I would no longer recognize my country upon my return, Nashs emailed statement read. Then I realized I had a clear opportunity to do something about it by running for Congress.
His daughter, Kelsey Nash, confirmed the note was genuine.
Nash will run as a Republican. He will be back in the U.S. within the next week or so, Kelsey Nash said.
Nash served three terms as sheriff but did not seek re-election in 2008 after various controversies arose.
He also drew attention for his strict discipline while in office that included hanging a Ten Commandments plaque in his office, and said it was Gods will that he serve as sheriff.
In other 1st District events, former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic formally kicked off his bid.
Another declared candidate, Teddy Turner, announced a campaign launch reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lighthouse on Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant.
State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, will have his formal kick-off at 3 p.m. Thursday at Scout Boats on U.S. Highway 78 west in Summerville.
The seat became open when Gov. Nikki Haley picked Tim Scott to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by Jim DeMints resignation.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.
Notice about comments:
The Post and Courier is pleased to offer readers the enhanced ability to comment on stories. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the newspaper. We ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point.
We do not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. If you find a comment that is objectionable, please click the X that appears in the upper right corner when you hover over a comment. This will send the comment to Facebook for review. Please be reminded, however, that in accordance with our Terms of Use and federal law, we are under no obligation to remove any third party comments posted on our website. Read our full terms and conditions.


text:
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
Returning to the subject of patent tying, price discrimination, and the promotion of innovation, Christopher Leslie's recent article comes to the following conclusions:
1. Tying law should apply equally to patent tie-ins as to other tie-ins.
2. Tying law generally should be "fixed" by requiring proof of anticompetitive effects. In other words, per se treatment should be jettisoned. (In reality, although many courts still speak of "per se" illegal tying offenses, they often analyze competitive effects. But there is language in some relatively recent cases suggesting that the offense of per se illegal tying may still exist.)
3. So long as the elements of a tying claim (including anticompetitive effects) are proven, then the fact that the patentee was using the tie-in as a metering device should be irrelevant.
I personally suggest that point no. 2 above makes eminent sense. Point no. 3 at least has the advantage of simplicity of administration. But I find, perhaps surprisingly, that point no. 1 is the most interesting one. For one thing, it may be overbroad. Patent law, after all, distinguishes between staple products (those that have uses unrelated to the patented product) and non-staple products (which are specially designed for use with the patented product). Sale of a non-staple product can, at least under certain circumstances, amount to contributory patent infringement. So if non-staple products are in some sense within the scope of the patent grant, why shouldn't a patentee be able to engage in metered tying without worrying about tying law?
Please see full article below for more information.
Firefox recommends the PDF Plugin for Mac OS X for viewing PDF documents in your browser.
We can also show you Legal Updates using the Google Viewer; however, you will need to be logged into Google Docs to view them.
Please choose one of the above to proceed!
LOADING PDF: If there are any problems, click here to download the file.
See more
DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.
© Howard Ullman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up to create your digest using LinkedIn*
Back to Top
Copyright ©


text:
Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 7:00 pm
Moda Center (Formerly Rose Garden), Portland, OR
Sorry, this event has already taken place. Please see similar events below.
|Tweet | State Guides | Gift Certificates | Policies | Blog | About Us | TicketMasters sold out |


text:
Utah Wool-Free Sock Yarn is great for all types of knit and crochet projects where you need a finer yarn: shawls, baby sweaters and blankets, hats and scarves, and, of course, socks!
Contents: 93% Acrylic & 7% PBT
Yarn Weight: 2 - Fine
Recommended Knitting Needles: 2.75mm (USA Size: 2)
Knit Gauge: 32 stitches x 42 rows = 4"
Recommended Crochet Hook: 2.75mm (USA Size: 2)
Crochet Gauge: 23 single crochet x 28 rows = 4"
Skein Weight: 1.7 ounces
Skein Yardage: 235 Yards
Care Instructions:
We are aware of the importance of dye lots and make every effort to pull the same dye lot on orders for multiple skeins of yarn.
7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
Recommend: Yes
This yarn knits up nicely, provides wonderful striping capabilities and doesn't split. It also is a superwash yarn, allowing machine washing.I've made three pairs of socks with this brand and every one of them have worn very well.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
Report inappropriate review
We have a 3-5 day in-house process. There will be an additional 1-7 days for delivery.
**During peak Holiday Seasons (Mother's Day & Christmas) it can take an additional 1-2 business days to get your order shipped.
We do not accept International orders online.
To place an order with an International billing or shipping address:
You will need to order by calling 405-745-1275. Customer Service is available Monday - Friday 8:00-5:00 CST.
Your order will need to ship to a US Destination, such as a freight forwarder. By doing so your order will be eligible for our US shipping rates which often include free shipping.
If you would like for us to ship your order directly to you, you will be charged the actual postage amount. That amount is calculated once your order is picked, packed and ready to ship. International shipping address are excluded from all shipping discounts. All orders shipped to an International location are charged the actual cost of shipping.
Please note that this policy does not include Military Addresses, Guam, Puerto Rico & the US Virgin Islands. We will accept and ship orders to these destinations.
Expedited shipping is unavailable at this time.
Shop Hobby Lobby
Attention Customer Service
7600 A SW 44th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73179
If you wish to exchange an item(s) you ordered for a new one:


text:
Hi, I created an animation in Daz Studio 4 for the genesis character. when I export the animation as an FBX to unity, it play very well in unity, but the problem is that the character always move to the origin (0,0,0) even if I put it on any place. It seem that the transition is a part of the animation as I can see in the Animation Window. I can't edit the transition because the animation is read only in the animation window. I am new to these stuff, what is the problem ?
asked May 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM
add new comment (comments are locked)
I believe you have to create an empty game object and parent it to that. Then just move the parent-
answered Jul 27, 2012 at 01:46 AM
add new comment (comments are locked)


text:
Durrani (Pashto: دراني) or Abdali (Pashto: ابدالی) is the name of a chief Pashtun tribal confederation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Originally known by their ancient name Abdali later as Durrani they have been called Durrani since the beginning of the Durrani Empire in 1747. The number of Durranis are estimated to be roughly 16% of the population of Afghanistan or 5 million individuals. Durrani are found throughout Afghanistan, although large concentrations are found in the South, they are also found to less extent in East, West and Central Afghanistan. They are also found in large numbers in Pakistan, mainly inhabiting the Western area of the nation. The Durrani Pashtuns of Afghanistan are usually bilingual in Pashto and Persian while those of Pakistan in Pashto and Urdu.
The Durranis have been prominent leaders, as the royal family of Afghanistan is derived from this tribe, and a substantial number of Durrani Pashtuns are bureaucrats and public officials, as well as businessmen, wealthy merchants and hold high ranks in the military. The particular dialect of Pashto language favored by the Durrani Pashtuns tends to be tinged with a slight Persian inflection and is considered a more urbane and mixed dialect, as opposed to the original, rougher "Pukhtu" version favoured in the north and by most of the Pashtuns of Pakistan.
Courtesy: Wikipedia
Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the modern state of Afghanistan in 1747 and ruler of the Durrani Empire.
The Durranis are, like other Pashtun people, Indo-European, Iranic in heritage and language. They were known in the past as Abdalis, from approximately the 7th century until the mid-18th century when Ahmad Shah Durrani was chosen as the new Emir and the Durrani Empire was established. One of Ahmad Shah's first acts as Emir was to adopt the title padshah durr-i durran ('King, "pearl of the age"). He united the Pashtun tribes following a loya jirga in western Kandahar and changed his own name from Ahmad Shah Abdali to Ahmad Shah Durrani. Since that period, the kings of Afghanistan have been of Durrani extraction.
The origins of the Abdalis were most likely the Hephthalites. However, the mythical account of the Abdalis is traced to (Qais ul-Malik) Abdal Rashid (the first and founder of the Abdali tribe). Abdal had three sons, one of them was Ibrahim [Sarabun] whose first son was Sharf ud-din [Sharakh-bun] and he had a son whose name was Tarin and Tarin's son was Malik Abdul and Abdul's son was Rajjal [Rajor] after Rajjal comes his son Isa, who produced a son Sulaiman (Zirak Khan) who was the ancestor of Durranis. The Zirak line begins with Sulaiman (Zirak Khan). Zirak was father to Popalzai, Barakzai (tribes), and Alakozai.
The Durranis were the most divided Pashtun tribe(مهمبن)during the rule of the Ghilzai-dominated Taliban, with some having openly opposed them. The Durrani are the politically dominant Pashtun group in Afghanistan as the current President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, is of the Durrani sub-group known as the Popalzai and has close ties to the last king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, another member of the Durrani tribe Mohammadzai/Barakzai.
According to Hayat Khan history of Afghanistan from their progenitor Bor Tareen, otherwise known as Abdal, are descended two main division the Zirak and the Panjpai. The term Abdal, however, gradually superseded that of Bor Tareen and came into special prominence when Ahmad Shah Abdali Sadozai/Popalzai commonly known as Durrani, began his career of conquest. The Achakzais are, in strictness, a branch of the Barakzai but Ahmad Shah, Durrani himself an Abdal Tareen, fearing the growing numbers of the Barakzai, separated them from the parent stock, since which time their organization has remained distinct. It is still used, though sparingly, for the Achakzais, who have become localised in Toba and are regarded as a separate political unit from the rest of the Tareens.
Courtesy: Wikipedia
Sadozai Abdali tribe is the tribe Ahmad Shah Abdali was from. The Durrani Tareen tribe is divided into two branches Panjpai and Zirak. Durrani tribes of the Zirak branch include Popalzai, Alikozai, Barakzai, Badozai, and Achakzai.
The Panjpai branch are mainly found in the western Kandahar Helmand and Farah area, and they include Alizai, Noorzai, Ishakzai or Sakzai, Khogyani(Khakwani), and Maku.
The literacy rate of the Durrani is the highest among all the Pashtun tribes and are also considered the most liberal of the Pashtun tribes. The Durranis continue to live close to other people of Afghanistan and culturally overlap in many ways with the Tajiks whom they often share more cultural and socio-economic traits in comparison to the more tribal Pashtuns such as the Ghilzai, which is the other major Pashtun tribe.
Courtesy: Wikipedia
Description: The figure shows the splitting of the Zirak line into the Popalzai, Alokozai, Achakzai (Barech) (the Historical and famous area of Barech Tribes are Qilabes, LashgarGah and Showrawak) and Barakzai branches.
Courtesy: Wikipedia


text:
A64 3200+ 1Mb Cache+eVGA 6800GT, 3Dmark2k3, WoW !
View Single Post
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Delaware
Posts: 177
Re: A64 3200+ 1Mb Cache+eVGA 6800GT, 3Dmark2k3, WoW !
Originally Posted by
A waterblock and being creatively "ghetto" with a portable AC unit got me to 492/1.30. I am not saying this approach will work for everybody and I have seen legit scores in the mid 14's when the Ultra core is from 470-500 on a rig like yours.
EDIT: Some drivers do perform better than others in 3dmark03. For me it takes 3.81, 254(3-3-2-5) with Turbo GAT, and the card on 492/1.30. I have seen a guy with a 3.06 at 3.4 with an Ultra on 480/1.30 pull 14.1. The best AMD+Ultra score I have seen in a forum was from a FX-53 of course with a card at 499/130. He was doing 14, 723.
I agree that legit 14000 scores are obtainable in 03 with the Ultra even on air. That's why I posted my 3DMark03 compare score of over 14000. I just wanted to see the original posters compare link seeing that he is claiming a score of well over 15000 with a GT.
P4C800E-Deluxe P4 HT email@example.com Zalman 6500-CU WinXP SP-2 DX9.0c
2X512mb HyperX PC4000 @ DDR 480
XFX 6800 Ultra running 455/1300
SB Audigy 2-Klipsch Pro-Medias 4.1
22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB
2-ATA 100 7200 rpm WD Drives
View Public Profile
Find More Posts by rellingsen


text:
Porto Flip
A classic drink made with port, brandy, and a whole egg, from Bourbon and Branch in San Francisco. It's served at room temperature.
For more recipes, check out 6 Spiced Cocktail Recipes from Bourbon and Branch in San Francisco »
Porto Flip
About This Recipe
|Active time:
|3 minutes
|Total time:
|3 minutes
|Special equipment:
|Cocktail shaker and strainer
- 1 ounce brandy
- 1 1/2 ounces ruby port, preferably Six Grapes
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup
- 1 egg
- Whole nutmeg for grating
Add brandy, port, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker. Add egg (yolk and white.) Shake vigorously for one minute. Strain into an old fashioned glass. Top with freshly grated nutmeg.


text:
Lynn in contention in Dominican Republic Open
With an eagle on a par four helping out on his front nine, Sanford native and Overhills grad Chip Lynn carded a two-under par 70 for a three-under par overall score through Friday's third round of the Dominican Republic Open.
Lynn is playing his debut event on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica NEC Series. He's shot rounds of 70, 73 and 70 at the Hard Rock Golf Club at Cana Bay, playing at par 72 and 7,253 yards, to be tied for 10th and six shots behind leader Maxi Godoy, of Argentina, who has a two-shot lead on the field.
Lynn made 12 pars, four birdies and two bogies in his opening round on Wednesday. With three birdies in the first six holes of his second round, Lynn was to five-under par before falling back in the pack later in his round.
On Friday, Lynn, who agreed to a sponsorship with Carolina Trace Country Club last week, made birdies on No. 3 and No. 5, both par fours, before making a two on the par-four seventh to go to five-under par for the tournament at that point.
Lynn plays regularly on the eGolf Professional Tour and the National Golf Association Tour.
The fourth and final round of the Dominican Republic Open is set for Saturday.


text:
Why can't go online with ios 7
I just updated to ios 7 on my iPhone. Now I can't go online. Setting gives me "renew lease" message. I should be able to go online anyway with my data plan. What does renew lease mean.
Welcome to Mac-Forums..
Renew lease refers to your IP address and should only be for your WiFi connection, not your cellular connection.
Can you confirm that the cellular data option is enabled? Also disable WiFi and see if you can get to the Internet..
When your iPhone negotiates with a router for connection, it "leases" an IP address from that router. "Renew Lease" means that the lease time for that IP has expired and that it needs to be renewed to gain Internet access.
You didn't say what cell phone provider you are using, but on my Verizon 4s there is a cellular IP assigned by Verizon to the cell data side. WiFi gets an IP from whatever hotspot it finds; in my home that's my WiFi router. So I have two IP addresses. What Ashwin suggested will eliminate the WiFi as the source of the renew lease message. If it goes away, the problem is with whatever router you are trying to use. If it reappears, it is the lease from you cellular provider that needs renewing.
|All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:17 PM.
Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2015, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.


text: September 2014 How Important Is a Pilot's First Airplane? May 2015 The Real Helicopter Parents March 2015 UAV U. February 6, 2015 Why Are There So Few Female Pilots? April 13, 2015 Living in the Age of Airplanes July 30, 2015 Google's Future Air Force December 10, 2014 Motorcycles of the Air July 24, 2015 In Rural Virginia, a Drone Makes the First Legal U.S. Package Delivery December 31, 2014 Is [Your Invention Here] The Future of Aviation? Technically Speaking August 2014 Why We Don't Have an SST More Recent Stories »


text:
instead of bleached flour!!
I add pureed beans (northern, chickpeas, etc.) to soups and it adds flavor, thickening, and nutrition.
When making any soups, stews or chili's with beans mash them a bit once you've submerged them in the liquid. This naturally thickens the liquid to a great consistency! This will also cut down your use of "cream" soups or flour (which means less calories!) Bon Apetit!
When making a cream soup, use an immersion blender to thicken soup. In some soups like potato reserve some pieces and add to thickened mixture. Great Carb reducer!


text:
4-H Youth Development Program
Blue Mountain Humane Society
Save Wonderful Animals Team (SWAT)
4-H Youth Development Program
Contact: Debbie Moberg-Williams, Director, 328 West Poplar, Walla Walla, WA 99362, 509-524-2685, email@example.com
Mission: As a component of WSU Extension, the 4-H Youth Development Program teaches life skills that lead young people to become self-directing, positive, contributing members of our society.
Volunteer Opportunities: Become a 4-H leader to work with youth in school or special activities, or volunteer as a resource person.
Required Skills: Volunteers should be respectful and cooperative, have a positive attitude, and be willing to provide leadership and guidance to youth or others. Specific skills or talents that will enhance the quality of our programs are useful.
Skills Learned: Volunteers will have the opportunity for training and access to educational information. Volunteers will share interests with others, increase public relations skills, make useful contacts, and provide a benefit to their community. Volunteers will increase leadership ability, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Training: 4-H leaders participate in the appropriate training for the areas in which they volunteer. Various types of 4-H training are offered throughout the year.
Volunteer Types:
- Individuals who can come on a regular basis
- Individuals who can help with a project occasionally when it fits his/her schedule
- Individuals who can come help out once with a big project
- Individuals who can earn credit (service-learning) by working with your organization
- Groups of volunteers who can come on a regular basis
- Groups of volunteers who can help out once with a big project
Blue Mountain Humane Society
Contact: Nikki King, 7 East George Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (509) 525-2452, email@example.com
Mission: Prevent cruelty and promote kindness to companion animals in our community. We are committed to stopping the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets by ending overpopulation and homelessness. To achieve this, we provide quality shelter, spay/neuter, foster care, adoption, and re-homing services for companion animals in our community. We provide spay/neuter and humane education, animal control services, and cruelty and neglect investigation services to ensure that companion animals have home with responsible, committed, and loving caregivers.
Volunteer Opportunities: Everything from animal care to office guru! Dog walking, care and socialization, kitty care and socialization, photography, creative writing, office assistants, Farmers Market (May-Oct), 3rd and 7th Class Talks (help with), kitty care at PETCO
Required Skills: We look for volunteers who want to make a difference! Whether you are a college student missing your own pets, a volunteer who wants work experience, or an advocate who wants to speak for those who have no voice, we can use your time and talents.
Skills Learned: Volunteers will experience first hand the difference that one person can make. They will learn about teamwork and what it takes to care for those who are homeless. The solution to pet overpopulation and homelessness lie in the actions of a whole community, not just individual owners. Volunteers here can be part of that awesomely simply solution.
Training: New volunteers need to attend 1 new volunteer orientation. Orientations are held every Thursday at 5 p.m. or groups by appointment at other times.
Volunteer Types:
- Individuals who can come on a regular basis
- Individuals who can help with a project occasionally when it fits his/her schedule
- Individuals who can come help out once with a big project
- Groups of volunteers who can come on a regular basis
- Groups of volunteers who can help out once with a big project


text:
The Simpcw are a division of the Secwepemc, or Shuswap, who occupied the drainage of the North Thompson River upstream from McLure to the headwaters of Fraser River from McBride to Tete Jeune Cache, over to Jasper and south to the headwaters of the Athabasca River. Archaeological studies have identified winter home sites and underground food cache sites at a variety of locations including Finn Creek, Vavenby, Birch Island, Chu Chua, Barriere River, Louis Creek, and Tete Jeune.
Many ancestors of present band members lived in villages or camps located on land which is now the reserve of the Simpcw First Nation. Evidence of life in earlier times can still be found at these ancestral village sites.
The Simpcw traditionally were noted for their hunting ability. In the summer months much of their time was spent in hunting camps in the mountains above the North Thompson and upper Fraser Rivers. Both river systems provided salmon, which were caught in weirs, nets and by spear. Both meat and fish were smoked or dried then stored for consumption. Numerous plant foods were also collected and preserved for winter use. There was active trading, and sometimes warfare with the Sekani and Cree people. Presently Simpcw people practice many of their traditions while learning and working in modern society.
Now, the Simpcw First Nation has a membership of nearly 700 people who are a culturally proud community, valuing healthy, holistic lifestyles based upon respect, responsibility and continuous participation in growth and education.
Chief Rita Matthew
Rita Matthew, eldest daughter of Ida and Louis Matthew, was born and raised in Chu Chua except for two years when the family moved to Vavenby and on to Blue River. Previously married in the Okanagan with four children, 9 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Owned and operated a Hairdressing business for 8 years, completed Grade 12 at 26 years of age and went on to complete a Bachelor Degree, Professional Teaching Certificate and Masters Degree in Education. Owned and managed a tree service business and worked in education consulting and as administrator for the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society and a Provincial Native Education Centre with Okanagan College. Most recently administered an Aboriginal Life Skills Centre for 13 years which planned and delivered an Aboriginal Life Skills Facilitator Training Program and Job Readiness programs in Kamloops and in urban and First Nations communities throughout BC. Moved back to Chu Chua in 2005. Worked on a Health project, community census taker, as administrative assistant and in the past four years as Education Program Manager for the Simpcw First Nation.
Elected chief of Simpcw First Nation on April 15, 2012
Contact Information
|Mailing Address:
|Box 220, Barriere, BC, V0E 1E0
|(250) 672-9995
|(250) 672-5858
|General Information:
|email us
|Rita Matthew
|Kerri Jo Fortier
|Tina Donald
Tom Eustache
Joan Miller
Shelly Loring
Dan Saul
Don Matthew
|Election Date:
|April 2015 (3 year term for C&C)


text:
The war on the poor becomes a war on the middle class
There are a lot of competitors when it comes to listing and ranking the most hard-hearted and destructive acts of the last couple of General Assemblies and the first year and a half of the Pat McCrory administration. There were the cuts to education, the attacks on teachers, the attacks on voting rights, the shameless gerrymandering, the attacks on reproductive freedom, the repeal of the Racial Justice Act, the reckless disregard of our fast-failing natural environment, the absurd decisions to abet the spread of guns, the giveaways to predatory lending companies, the huge tax shift away from the wealthy and profitable corporations and toward the middle class and the poor and the cuts to the civil and criminal justice systems – just to name a few.
And then, of course, there was the truly remarkable and shameful decision to decline billions of federal dollars that would have created thousands of jobs and provided access to affordable health care for hundreds of thousands of uninsured North Carolinians of modest income. By most measures, it's hard to think of an action that can top this one for simple and direct cruelty in the service of ideology.
And yet, as a powerful new report from the analysts at the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center reminded us recently, there is another contender – one that involved not just preventing the easy and logical expansion of the societal safety net, but that affirmatively and aggressively dismantled it.
The act in question, of course was the shredding of North Carolina's once comparatively decent unemployment insurance system – a system that had been dragged slowly and painfully from being one of the nation's stingiest and least effective toward the middle of the national pack over the past few decades.
Last winter, state leaders imposed unprecedented cuts to that system that may very well have been the deepest and harshest in American history. Last summer, those cuts went into effect and tens of thousands of families suffered mightily. This summer, the law has made things even worse as the result of additional cuts.
As of July 1, North Carolinians who have lost their job through no fault of their own will be able to receive a maximum of only 14 weeks of unemployment insurance compared to the previous maximum of 26. No other state offers fewer weeks. Meanwhile jobless workers qualifying for unemployment insurance will get nearly $300 less on average each month.
Anytime you cut the maximum duration of an insurance benefit by 46 percent and the average benefit itself by 25 percent (from a modest $301.89 per week to a truly preposterous $227.91) you're going to wreak havoc with families who depend on it. Unfortunately, there's even more to the story than that.
The system makes things especially tough for people in the hardest hit, highest unemployment counties. That's because the new calculation of maximum benefit weeks (now just 14) is a function of the official statewide unemployment rate. But, of course, that lower overall rate – itself a fiction because so much of it just reflects people giving up looking for work – does not reflect life in numerous counties. As the BTC reports: "Today, even as the state unemployment rate declines, there remain 11 counties with unemployment rates above 9 percent."
Who designs a system like that? Who tells a person laid off from a job in a poultry processing plant in a depressed part of the state that, after a dozen years cutting up chickens, he or she now has three months at a couple of hundred bucks a week to completely overhaul their life?
For decades the political right has been justifiably criticized for waging what amounts to a "war on the poor." In recent years, however, the war has been expanded. Where once the right crusaded against "welfare" and other public structures designed to lift people out of poverty, now it also seeks to actively undermine structures designed to preserve a strong middle class – things like public education, progressive taxation, consumer protection laws and unemployment insurance.
Sadly, by all indications, North Carolina is now on the front line in this rapidly expanding conflict. Let's hope the members of the shrinking middle class decide to fight back before they're completely overrun.
Rob Schofield is director of research and policy development at N.C. Policy Watch.


text:
‹ Exit photo gallery
Red Line graffiti: What used to be and what is still there
You may have noticed it--or maybe not. Either way, some of the graffiti alongside stretches of the Red Line have recently been scrubbed away. Take a look at what used to be, and what is still there.
A train passes under the Franklin Street bridge near the Rhode Island Metro station in Northeast D.C. TBD's John Hendel and Greater Greater Washington's John Muller recently reported on the buffing of graffiti along this stretch of the Red Line and we decided to see what's left.
(Photo: Joshua Yospyn) fullscreen mode


text:
Eating Out
Where to Eat Naples Fl
I'm going to visit my parents in Naples. If there is one place to eat, something affordable but great at the same time, where is it?
Talk is closed, but that doesn't mean the conversations have to stop!
Check out this post for a more thorough explanation, and jump onto our Facebook page or our Twitter feed to keep the conversations going!


text:
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A school police officer has been treated and released from a hospital, after being injured while ending a stabbing attack at a high school near Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Police said a 16-year-old boy, who was armed with two knives, began stabbing and slashing other teens at the school on Wednesday morning, leaving as many as 19 students injured.
Four of them suffered serious wounds, but hospital officials said all are expected to survive.
The teen suspect is in custody, and investigators are trying to determine a motive.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)


text:
March 22, 2008
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The Matadors salvaged what they could after dropping the first three games of a four-game set with Loyola Marymount, establishing a new season standard with 20 hits in a 10-4 win in Saturday's doubleheader nightcap. All nine Northridge starters got into the hit column, and Billy Swanson had a breakout day, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored while playing excellent defense in center field.
In game one, the Matadors had the score knotted at two in the third after an RBI single in the second and a John Parham solo shot in the third, but a three-run fourth for Loyola Marymount gave the Lions as big a lead as they needed. They added a run in each of the following four innings and snuffed out Northridge rallies in the sixth and the seventh to secure the victory to move to 11-10.
Eight of nine Northridge starters banged out hits, led by Richard Cates and Jowen-James Murray-Thornton, who each managed two knocks. Murray-Thornton smacked a double and a triple to lead the Northridge offense. Drew Muren and Murray-Thornton joined DeMarco and Parham as Northridge players with RBI.
In the second half of the twinbill, the Matadors surrendered the early lead to LMU in the top of the first, but got the run back in the bottom of the frame and didn't look back, expanding the lead in the second and busting the contest open in the fifth, ultimately opening and keeping a 10-3 lead.
In the first, it was Muren setting the table with a one-out double and coming around on a Parham single. Swanson put himself aboard on a bunt single and later scored on a TS Reed ground out to put Northridge in the lead. They added a run in the fourth when Swanson, aboard via a leadoff double, came around on a Reed single.
The Northridge attack exploded in the fourth when they got the big inning that they were seeking all week. Parham smacked a leadoff home run to put Northridge even further out in front, and after a Cates single, Ryan Pineda and Jowen-James Murray-Thornton were plunked in succession to load the sacks. Chris Hannick very nearly smacked a grand slam in his turn, but it instead went as sac fly to the center field warning track that advanced all three runners. Billy Swanson followed with a two-RBI single, and Northridge had leaped to a five-run lead. Swanson again tallied an RBI in the seventh with a sac fly that scored Murray-Thornton, and in the eighth, Pineda and Jeff Pruitt each scored RBI singles, pushing the lead to 10-3, which proved to be the final count.
The Matadors reached 20 hits for the first time since 2006, when they used 21 knocks to down UC Davis on May 6th at Matador Field.
The Lions spent about four hours over .500, and likewise, Northridge spent about four hours below .500. At the end of the day, both sides evened their ledger, either LMU going to 11-11 and Northridge to 10-10.
The series was the final seasoning for the matadors before conference play. They travel to Santa Barbara Friday for their annual three-game engagement with the Gauchos, who currently reside at 12-7.
First pitch Friday is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday from Cesar Uyesaka Stadium in Santa Barbara, and if you can't make it to the game, log on to GoMatadors.com and listen to Sam Farber on the live call right here on the Home of the Matadors, GoMatadors.com.


text:
The act of partnership is empowering. Each collaborator has an important role that complements, harmonizes, and supports one another. The positive and long-lasting outcomes we accomplish are a direct result of collaboration among diverse partners.
Our Approach:
Our unique working model combines the distinct strengths of three interdependent partners—Green Empowerment, an in-country Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and local community leaders. Project goals arise from local priorities—bottom up—and are fueled by community participation and decision-making. Nearby partner NGOs provide the long-term technical support and bring their unique skills, cultural understanding, and network to the process. Green Empowerment facilitates the projects with more than a decade of technical experience and an international network of energy experts, granting agencies, non-profits and accredited university partners. This working relationship between Green Empowerment, a technically experienced NGO, and the community has a more powerful impact on alleviating poverty, mitigating climate change and providing sustainable access to energy and water over the long term.
Seriously Sustainable:
Our projects are technically, economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
"You are not only bringing water to this village—which is an essential improvement in their living conditions; you are restoring their pride by showing that people from far away care about their condition—even though our government doesn't."
–August 2007, Blaan Supreme Elder, Nonobert Malit or "Pastor Nono"


text:
Claims against former hospital consultant Rob Jones could top 1,000
Posted: January 27, 2014|
Up to 1,000 woman could be eligible to join a mass action over the alleged botched work of a former hospital consultant after it was agreed claims dating back 20 years could be considered.
Obstetrician Rob Jones worked at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) until May 2012 despite being the subject of eight reviews and numerous concerns.
After recent former patients were contacted and Mr Jones' work was the subject of five independent reports, it was initially thought that up to 150 women would be taking action against the hospital.
However, a legal framework has now been signed which opens the field to any woman with a complaint about Mr Jones during his entire 20 year tenure at the hospital.
Related content
Mother-of-three Claire Hill, 35, of Par near St Austell, said her health was wrecked surgery performed by Mr Jones nearly four years ago.
"I don't think I will ever get back to being 100 per cent. I think he has taken too much away from me."
Mr Jones delivered the Prime Minister' David Cameron's baby daughter Florence in August 2010 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) in Truro.
But by then he had been the subject of clinical concerns stretching back three years, a nurse's complaint highlighting 15 cases and a national assessment service summary which noted "there appears to be a long history of problems with the doctor".
Six months after Mr Jones left the trust in May 2012, recent former patients were contacted and several independent investigations were launched.
Mike Bird, partner and medical negligence expert at Truro firm Foot Anstey who is handling the claims, said a vital legal framework had now been signed with the RCHT.
It has been agreed that any woman with concerns about her treatment by Mr Jones during his employment at the trust between 1992 and 2012 could be considered,
"Some people have suffered only minor injuries and may already have had those injuries corrected; others have suffered, often in silence, with very personal physical problems," he said.
He said it was possible that up to 1,000 women could join the action after a clinical audit estimated that around 50 patients in Mr Jones' last two-and-a-half years of practice may have suffered some avoidable harm.
Mrs Cameron is not among the women to have taken action.
However, Mrs Hill said an allegedly botched operation performed by Mr Jones in 2010 left her requiring more surgery and eventually undergoing a hysterectomy at the age of 34.
"I do not think I will ever be as physically fit as I was," she said.
"I wish I had left it well alone and I had never met him."
Lorna Watt, head of legal services at RCHT, said the trust was pleased that the protocol to manage litigation had been finalised.
"Over the past year, the trust has been working to the spirit of the protocol to progress cases with those claimant firms which have allowed us to do so whilst the protocol was under development.
"In that time we are pleased to have made good progress on several cases such that settlement of the first claim has already been made.
"We now look forward to working with Foot Anstey and will continue to do all that we can to process the claims as swiftly as possible for the women and families concerned."
Mr Jones is being represented by the Medical Defence Union. A spokeswoman said that he did not wish to comment at present.


text:
Ernest Hugh Ogle
Ernest Hugh Ogle, age 73, of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Mary Ogle, brothers, Fred, George and Carl Ogle.
Survivors: brothers: Dwight and Violet Ogle, Ralph Ogle; sisters, Jane and David Beason, Pauline and Harold Spicer, Ruth and Carl Loveday, and Kate Stinnett; sister-in-law, Betty Ogle; several nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and -nephews; his special friends of the New Era and White's School communities.
Funeral service 11 a.m. Saturday at Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel with Rev. David Beason officiating. Interment will follow in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel in Pigeon Forge.


text:
"The Hebrew Bible in Culture" Subject of Symposium at Pomona College
The Hartog Symposium on "The Hebrew Bible in Culture" will be held at Pomona College on Thursday, November 17 from 9:30-5:00 p.m. in Smith Campus Center's Hart Room 201 (170 E. Sixth Street, Claremont). Scholars at the conference will examine the Hebrew scriptures in relation to empire, migration, feminism, militarized revenge and more.
"Too often the potential relevance and importance of biblical studies for a wide range of inquiries is underestimated," says Pomona College Associate Professor of Religious Studies Erin Runions. "We are excited to host this international panel of biblical scholars who will explore the multiple ways that Hebrew Bible continues to affect culture(s) and politics."
The schedule is as follows:
- 9:30 a.m.: "A More Excellent Way: How the Bible of Empire Discovered the Argument Based on Love and Trade" - Yvonne Sherwood (Glasgow University, Scotland) explores transformations of the biblical related to the first European empire in the so-called New World.
- 10:30 a.m.: "islandly conTexted: rooting migration, routing Moses" - Jione Havea (United Theological College, Australia) re-reads the figure of Moses in the exodus story from the perspective of the migrant routes of the natives of Oceania.
- 11:30 a.m.: "Everything Under the Sun: Song of Songs 1:5-6, Caribbean Identity and Slavery" - Fiona Black (Mount Allison University, Canada) examines the themes of Song of Songs 1: 5-6—blackness, work, the sun, and scorn—in relation to Caribbean identity, the whitening of Christianity, slavery and tourism.
- 1:45 p.m.: "By the Book: Psalm 137 and Circuits of Militarized Revenge" - Erin Runions (Pomona College) looks at how Psalm 137 came to be used as torture at Abu Ghraib and as justification for the killing of Osama bin Laden.
- 3:00 p.m.: "What Have Thelma and Louise to Do with Deborah and Ya'el?: Feminism, Violence and the Bible" - Carleen Mandolfo (Claremont School of Theology) discusses the feminist erasure of Ya'el's violence, and asks whether this violence might be appreciated as a vehicle of feminist empowerment.
- 4:00 p.m.: "Sex and the Singular Girl" - Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg (Colgate University) revisits the stories of Dinah and Tamar in the book of Genesis.
Papers will be summarized and then discussed. For advance copies of a paper or more information, contact: (909) 607-0026 or firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
The Joseph J. Hartog Symposium, administered by the Department of Religious Studies at Pomona College, is sponsored by John Hartog, Class of 1974, in memory of his father. The Hartog Symposium is held yearly to explore various facets of Judaism and its influence.


text:
P.O. Box 430620
Miami, Florida 33243
Telephone: (305) 794-6387
Facsimile: (305) 668-7072
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Karen J. Orlin P.L., a law firm, and its Managing Member, Karen J. Orlin, focus on legal services to privately owned businesses, investors in public and privately owned companies, not-for-profit entities such as non-governmental organizations, banks and other financial institutions, and auctioneers and auction businesses. These services include legal representation relating to domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, sales, exchanges, conversions, reorganizations, dissolutions and other business and commercial transactions, corporate and limited liability company governance and fiduciary duty, shareholder agreements, shareholders agreements, stockholder agreements, stockholders agreements, operating agreements, limited liability company agreements, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, consulting agreements, and other shareholder, member, owner, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, voting, sale restriction, option, subscription, investor, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, dissolution, separation, licensing, distribution, agency, vendor, customer and operational, business and commercial agreements, personnel policy manuals, commercial lending and investment, and regulation of auctioneers and auction businesses.
Ms. Orlin provides forensic consulting and litigation support in corporate, limited liability company and not-for-profit entity governance, securities law, fiduciary duty, and legal ethics, including legal malpractice.
She is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Dispute Resolution Arbitrator.
She also is a published author and a seminar speaker regarding mergers and acquisitions, securities law, opinion letter standards, limited liability company governance and fiduciary duty, not for profit entity law and legal ethics and has taught law school and paralegal studies classes in Miami and New York City.
Ms. Orlin holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is AV® Peer Review Rated* by Martindale-Hubbell®, admitted to practice law in New York and Florida, and available to represent clients throughout Florida and the New York City greater metropolitan area.
The first nine years of Ms. Orlin's legal career were in private practice with Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman LLP (now Cooley LLP) in New York City, where she handled a broad range of business and commercial matters. Since 1981, she has practiced primarily in South Florida: more than 26 years in law firms including Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. (now Akerman Senterfitt LLP), seven years as Senior Vice President and in house counsel for a regional, publicly owned financial institution acquired in 1995 by a bank (now a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.) and, during 2007, as General Counsel for a national bank.
Representative Matters
Click Here to view web site terms of use. Without limiting the generality of those terms of use:
Karen J. Orlin P.L., Karen J. Orlin and its and her affiliates and suppliers make available the information and materials on this web site for general informational purposes only. That information and those materials are not intended to constitute, and do not constitute, legal advice and are not intended to constitute, and do not constitute, a solicitation for the formation of an attorney-client relationship; no attorney-client relationship is created through your use of this web site or your receipt of that information or those materials. Anyone accessing that information or those materials should not act upon them without first seeking legal counsel. Further, that information and those materials are general in nature, and may not apply to particular factual or legal circumstances.
The attorney-client relationship can be formed only by the execution of an engagement letter agreement countersigned by Karen J. Orlin P.L. In addition, unsolicited e-mails and information sent to Karen J. Orlin P.L. or Karen J. Orlin do not create an attorney-client relationship with Karen J. Orlin P.L. or Karen J. Orlin, will not be considered confidential, and may be disclosed to others pursuant to this law firm's Privacy Policy.
Karen J. Orlin P.L. and Karen J. Orlin accept clients only in accordance with certain formal procedures, and render legal advice only after completion of those procedures. Karen J. Orlin P.L. and Karen J. Orlin do not seek to represent anyone desiring representation based upon accessing this web site in any jurisdiction where this web site fails to comply with applicable laws and ethical rules. In addition, no attorney of this law firm seeks to practice law in any jurisdiction in which that attorney is not properly authorized to do so. Ms. Orlin is admitted to practice law only in New York and Florida.
Click Here to view Karen Orlin's resume.
Click Here to view Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act 2009 Amendments.
Click Here to view "The Business Judgment Rule" for Directors of Not For Profit Corporations.
Click Here to view Understanding The World of Minority Rights and Fiduciary Obligations.
Click Here to view Walking the Ethical Line.
Click Here to view Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement Provisions Modifying Default Provisions of New York Limited Liability Company Law.
Click Here to view The Title "Managing Member" under The Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act.
Click Here to view The Advantages and Disadvantages of Forming a Florida Limited Liability Company (LLC) Versus a Florida Corporation.
Karen J. Orlin P.L. maintains its principal place of business in Coral Gables, Florida. Its primary telephone number, (305) 794-6387, is a cellular telephone, and its primary facsimile number, (305) 668-7072, is not located in that office. The telephone and facsimile numbers in that office, which are not direct means of contacting Karen J. Orlin, are (305) 441-9548 and (305) 779-4974, respectively.
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience.
*AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards. For further information, see http://www.martindale.com/ratings