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KATHMANDU, MAY 24 - Anthems are sung on a wide array of occasions, during flag-hoisting ceremonies, on momentous national days, international sporting events, as well as in schools, colleges and universities on special occasions. But what is an anthem, and what is its significance?
The word 'anthem' derives from the Greek word 'antiphon', which refers to a musical piece that is performed by a choir or congregation. By definition, an anthem is a celebratory song or composition that eulogises, extols or exalts whatever entity it might represent—be it the motherland or fatherland, sports teams, or educational institutions—and is sung by people who share territories or identities in various forms. Anthems essentially serve to glorify the high points of a shared past, a common culture, or a collective struggle in a group's history.
National anthems are generally picked from the tunes that have already proven to be popular among citizens, but there are also cases of anthems that have been specially-commissioned. Although most countries have their own anthems, the practice is relatively new, having gained notable popularity in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Besides countries, there are a number of international organisations, unions and movements that have adopted their own anthems. The global Socialist movement, for instance, is marked by the sound of The Internationale, while the European Union uses an extract from Beethoven's Symphony No 9. The African Union, on the other hand, has its own unique composition titled Let's All Unite and Celebrate Together, and while the UN has no official anthem, a Hymn to the UN was performed on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, on October 24, 1971, by the Catalonian maestro Pau Casals, the lyrics to which were attributed to poet WH Auden. The then UN Secretary General U Thant had expressed his hope that this hymn would become the de facto UN anthem over the years.
Is the time then ripe to adopt an anthem for the Earth? What would it be? And which language should it be written in? And what idea should it convey? What occasions should it be sung on?
I believe an Earth anthem is long overdue. For one, such a composition is necessary for paying tribute to Mother Earth, to whom we owe our existence, all our riches and glories. Secondly, an Earth anthem would make us more conscious of our global citizenship and aware of the responsibilities that come with it. And thirdly, given its broader perspective, it would only enrich our repertoire of already-existing anthems and would be a reminder of the multiple identities that we carry starting from villages to cities to nations and finally the planet Earth.
As far as the language of the Earth anthem is concerned, it would perhaps be best to compose it in English-the global lingua franca, as its primary language, or it could just be a wordless musical piece. In this, one could definitely take inspiration from the anthems of countries such as Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which comprise of instrumental compositions with no official lyrics.
A number of Earth anthems are already available on the Internet, reflecting sincere efforts by individuals and organisations who want to give a voice to our planet. Most of them are very recent attempts, written and produced after 2009, and notably all of them have originated in the West. Majority of these, however, are songs related to environmental activism, and therefore can't be categorised as Earth anthems in their truest sense; after all, the purpose of an anthem is to eulogise and praise its subject matter, which, in this case, would refer to the planet and its species. An Earth anthem needs to be written with the objective of capturing the voice of all the species inhabiting the Earth, including but not limited to us Homo Sapiens. I've made my own attempt to craft a poetic piece in the same vein:
Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl/the most beautiful planet in the universe /all the continents and the oceans of the world/united we stand as flora and fauna/united we stand as species of one earth/all the people and the nations of the world/all for one and one for all/united we unfurl the blue marble flag/black, brown, white, different colours/we are humans, the earth is our home.
With the proliferation of social media, and the ease with which one can share one's work with a large readership now, more and more Earth anthems will no doubt be churned out over the coming years. And perhaps one of these will stand out as representative of the diversity and dynamism that our planet encompasses, and we will finally have an anthem for the Earth.
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Posted By Corey Krakower On Apr 27 2010 @ 11:33 am In Montreal Canadiens | 9 Comments
On the surface, Hal Gill is a bad skater for NHL standards. For a guy his size he really doesn't engage physically as much as he should. He doesn't move the puck up the ice like Andrei Markov. He rarely gets points and is never seen on the ice for powerplays. Gill has been a whipping boy this season for fans that look at his physical tools and can't understand how he makes $2.25 million dollars.
For all the "crap" that is poured onto Gill, you have to give credit where credit is due, and I don't think anyone can dispute the fact that the 6'7 defenseman has been one of Montreal's most valuable players in these playoffs, and he is one of the main reasons why Montreal will play a seventh game against the #1 Washington Capitals. He is truly the Canadiens' unsung hero (with an honorable mention to Josh Gorges).
Sure – Halak has been exceptional, especially last night. Mike Cammalleri has been on fire offensively. Tomas Plekanec has been an incredible 2-way player in this series. But no one does the things that Gill does – you know; those little things that make the difference in a short 7 game playoff series.
Gill has been an absolute force with his long stick. He leads the team with a +1 plus/minus rating, which is even more impressive considering he plays a lot of minutes against Washington's top 2 lines. He has blocked 25 shots in 6 games, which is second to only Anton Volchenkov in the NHL. His total shorthanded time on ice in the series is 29:37 (close to 5 minutes per game), yet he has only been on the ice for 1 goal against while on the PK.
$2.25 million for a player like that who elevates his game in the playoffs sounds about right.
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Madigan can run but he can't hide. He wants you to fax him. So, fax him.
If you were like me on Friday you were going to find a way to send a message to Democratic Party Chairman and House Speaker Michael Madigan.
He had disrespected our union and its members with his drop dead letter telling the We Are One coalition of public employee unions that he had no time to meet with them about pensions.
And while the union leaders themselves had proposed no membership response to this disrespect, a number of pension activists, bloggers and union members wanted to express their unhappiness directly to the Speaker.
We suggested calling or sending an email in a coordinated response last Friday.
If you were like me, you may not have been able to get the Speaker's office in Springfield. The line was constantly busy.
I was able to speak to an unenthusiastic staffer when I called the Speaker's Chicago office.
Then I sent an email.
The unenthusiastic staffer told me and others to send a fax.
In Ken Previti's words, "A fax?"
I faxed things years ago at my old school. But a fax machine is rarer than the old land-line phone I used in my video on Friday (I was mocked quite mercilessly about that).
But have no fear. Technology has given us online faxing.
Since the Speaker wants you to fax him, fax him.
Do it now!
February 10, 2013 8:23 pm
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(773) 581-9414 FAX Chicago
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Potato chips changed Myrtle Young's life. It's only fitting then, family thought, that some of them be there to see her off.
Some of Young's collection of potato chips that look like famous people, animals and objects will be among the memorabilia at her viewing and funeral this week, her daughter, Marilyn Young Wiles of Fort Wayne, said Monday.
"It was part of her life, so it is going to be with her," Wiles said of the chips and memorabilia, which will include a repeating video clip of her famous guest appearance in October 1987 on "The Tonight Show," with host Johnny Carson.
Young, 90, died Saturday morning of congestive heart failure, Wiles said. She had been wheelchair-bound for the past five or more years, but lived in her own home until being hospitalized Thursday.
The viewing will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Joy Fellowship Assembly of God church, 109 Moeller Road in New Haven. The funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements are being coordinated by Covington Memorial Gardens on Covington Road in Fort Wayne.
Young had been a potato chip inspector for 17 years at the former Seyfert's plant at Lima Road and Interstate 69 when she called up The News-Sentinel in summer 1987 to tell us about her unique collection. She had seen a "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cartoon about a peanut shaped like a wooden shoe.
"'That's nothing, they should see what I've got!'" she said of her collection of potato chips that looked like horses' heads, boots, cartoon character Yogi Bear and more.
The reporter who went out to interview her, Alan Derringer, found 100 unusually shaped chips arranged on newspaper on her Formica kitchen table and a total collection that covered most of a spare bed.
Young's job had been to pull brown, burned and raw chips off of the conveyor system as the chips headed toward packaging. She told Derringer she began collecting unusually shaped chips in 1986.
As he was leaving, he remembered saying her collection was just the sort of thing that could attract interest from "Late Night with David Letterman," which then followed "The Tonight Show" weeknights on NBC, Derringer recalled Monday during a phone interview from Detroit, where he is Autos editor at The Detroit News.
Two weeks later, Young was off to New York City to appear on "Late Night." But her celebrity status soared after the October 1987 appearance on Carson's "Tonight Show."
"He was utterly charmed by her," said Derringer, who accompanied Young on the trip to write about her experiences for The News-Sentinel. Carson kept Young on stage so long the show had to cancel the appearance by actress Jennifer Tilly, who also was scheduled to be a guest.
But what really made Young well-known came when Carson and sidekick Ed McMahon pulled a trick on her: McMahon distracted her by telling Carson to look at one of the chips in the collection. When Young turned to see what chip he meant, Carson grabbed a potato chip from a bowl hidden behind his desk and bit down on it, making a loud crunch. Thinking it was one of her prized chips, Young whirled back around "with her hand over her heart and a look of horror on her face," Derringer wrote.
"She about had a heart attack," he recalled Monday.
In 1999, the editors of TV Guide named that moment the funniest on television in the previous 50 years. Carson also included it in on Volume 3 of "Johnny Carson: His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show," a four-volume set of show highlights released in May 1994.
The "Tonight Show" appearance led to guest spots on many other shows, including Bill Cosby's "You Bet Your Life," Geraldo Rivera's "Geraldo," Vicki Lawrence's "Vicki!" and "The Chevy Chase Show." Young also took her collection, which included a prized chip resembling comedian Bob Hope, overseas to appear on shows in London and Amsterdam, her daughter said.
Young had another scare in 1990, when a local chiropractor reached through a crowd to grab one of her chips and started eating it at a retirement expo at Memorial Coliseum. A Seyfert's official assisting Young made him spit out the pieces.
After retiring from work as a potato chip inspector at Seyfert's, Young stayed on as a tour guide to show school groups and other visitors around the plant and to show off her chip collection. The plant closed in 2000 and later was demolished.
Interest in Young's potato chip collection began to wane about 2006, and she also became less able to travel, Wiles said. Wiles and family are ensuring the chip collection, which now includes about 250 to 300 chips, will live on as a historic artifact.
The collection continued to bring Young pleasure even late in life. Every time she had a new home caregiver, she would show the person her collection and recount her experiences when sharing it, granddaughter Pam Tracy of Fort Wayne said.
Young also became devoted to feeding rabbits, squirrels and birds in her backyard, Tracy said.
"The squirrels would come tapping on the back patio window when they were hungry," she said. Young then would slide open the door and toss them shelled or unshelled peanuts.
Young didn't specify any funeral arrangements, but she seem pleased when family members kept saying they thought part of her chip collection should be there, Wiles said.
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Ruby Wax-Sane New World, Monday 3rd March at the Brighton Dome
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Brighton Festival: 3rd-25th of May
Brighton Festival is an annual celebration of music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and family events, which takes place in venues both familiar and unusual across Brighton & Hove for three weeks each May. This year's (48th) … Continue reading
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Ella Eyre at the Concorde 2 on Thursday 13th March
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The Feeling Brighton Concorde 2, 24th March 2014!
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London Grammar @ the Brighton Dome Sunday 23rd February!
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Modelworld at the Brighton Centre 21st-23rd February 2014, a great day out for the kids!
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Happy Weekend everyone! The FTG gang gathered around to put down some good ol' four player Borderlands 2 action for this week's Friday Night Poker; we're trying to make this a regular thing, but with staffers literally located across the globe across a multitude of timezones, schedules, and consoles, it can be quite the pain the ass getting a four person co-op game going, even on a weekend!
So, this co-op happened Saturday (yes, the video series is called "Friday Night Poker", but again, you do the video when you can do the video) night, September 22nd with a four player run on Borderlands 2. This week's victims are Gamergirl, Phazon117 and Shanghai Six, while Smikey1123 pulls up a little late and without microphone recording capabilities, so he plays our mute friend who occasionally revives us. No one of the group has beaten the game yet, and everyone is leveled between 13-18, but we do run some story missions, so mild spoiler alert.
This week, the gang talks about the Wall Street Journal's horribly-yet-hysterically written review of Borderlands 2, Shanghai talks about playing the captivating "Oregon Trail in Space" kickstarter game FTL (Faster Than Light), we talk about Sony screwing up with the announcement of yet another Sony Playstation 3, and….hey, wait…was this week the Tokyo Game Show?
Check out some of our other Friday Night Poker videos with our Diablo 3 Hardcore playthrough!
I also hate to give ANY traffic to the Wall Street Journal for that terrible Borderlands 2 review, but you really just have to see it to believe it. It also makes me laugh that the review has 3500 comments and the next highest number of comments for an article on that blog is in the 60s. Angry nerd mob, attack!


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COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City's freshman boys basketball team played its make-up game with Carroll Wednesday night in Columbia City.
The Eagles were handed their third loss of the season, falling 51-38 to the Chargers.
Carroll took a 34-16 advantage at halftime, after several Columbia City shots weren't falling.
The high-scorer for the Eagles was Jordan Bechtold, with four 3-pointers and a final tally of 18 points.
Rob Wood scored eight points.
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By Douglas J. GillertAmerican Forces Press Service
TACOMA, Wash., April 25, 1996 "I'm sorry, ma'am, all pediatrics appointments for the month have been filled. Please call back on the first Tuesday of next month, between 7:30 and 10 a.m. ..."
Frustrating messages like this should disappear under TRICARE, DoD's managed health care plan. TRICARE, said officials, will dramatically increase patients' access to health care.
How access will improve is being demonstrated in the northwestern United States, where TRICARE Region 11 began operating last spring. Here, a combination of military treatment facilities and a civilian managed care organization provide health care to 400,000 service members and retirees and their families.
By summer 1997, the schedule calls for 12 regions to be directing military health care nationwide. Managed care programs also are slated for U.S. service members and their families overseas.
"TRICARE has allowed us to fill the gaps and inconsistencies in our health care delivery system and standardize the benefit throughout the region," said Army Dr. (Brig. Gen.) George J. Brown, who commands Madigan Army Medical Center here and oversees Region 11 TRICARE. TRICARE support contracts will vary from region to region, but the basic services won't change, said Brown, and Region 11 patients are learning TRICARE provides fast appointments, indepth health care information and a wide choice of services.
Full benefit from these services comes only with enrollment in Prime, the TRICARE health maintenance organization option.
All active duty members are enrolled in TRICARE Prime; families of active duty members who choose to enroll in TRICARE Prime pay no enrollment fees. Military retirees under age 65 who enroll pay an annual fee. All Medicareeligible DoD beneficiaries and CHAMPUSeligible beneficiaries who elect not to enroll in TRICARE Prime remain eligible for care in military medical facilities on a spaceavailable basis.
Every region will offer similar access standards, said Dr. (Col.) Paul Evans, family practice director at Madigan: within 24 hours for urgent (nonemergency) care, within seven days for routine care and within 30 days for wellness care (health maintenance appointments). And while some procedures may differ, he said, Region 11 offers a good overview of how TRICARE will operate everywhere.
Health professionals and benefits counselors at eight service centers provide information and enrollment assistance in the region. These staff help CHAMPUSeligible patients with their health care needs, answer any questions about TRICARE, enroll new Prime members and assist persons transferring from other regions.
"Many people don't realize they have to disenroll from one region before they can enroll in another," said Alice Acker, field coordination manager of the TRICARE service center in Silverdale, Wash. "Because of the difference in contracts, the procedures may be different, so it's a good idea they come by here before they seek health care services."
To help people determine the level of care they need, the region offers free phonein health care advice. "We're running about 4,000 calls a month," said Larry Naehr, director of Foundation Health Federal Services, which operates the Region 11 managed care support contract.
Callers can talk to personal health advisers registered nurses who help them decide if they need to see doctors right away or if they can take care of the problem. At the same number, an audio library provides information on hundreds of health topics.
"My wife uses the nurse advisory line regularly," said Air Force Master Sgt. Randy Parkin, first sergeant of the 62nd Civil Engineering Squadron at McChord Air Force Base. "The service is prompt and courteous. One of the advisers even called back to see how she was doing."
Another phonein service connects callers with a health care finder. Usually registered nurses, finders work out of TRICARE service centers. They are Foundation Health employees.
"We help people find the care they need, any time of the day or night," said Judy Bunce, who works at the Madigan service center. At least one finder in the region is always oncall after normal duty hours and takes calls at home.
Health care finders help callers obtain specialty care referrals, nonavailability statements for TRICARE Standard care and emergency access to health care for persons traveling outside their home TRICARE region. "In addition," Bunce said, "we often just offer them reassurance.
"Some callers are really distraught," she said, "so we calm them down. Once they understand they're talking to a trained health care professional, they begin to relax and know they're going to get the help they need, and we can point them in the right direction. They're especially pleased when we call them back in a few days to see how they're doing."
Yet another phone call connects people to the region "nerve center" the TRICARE Regional Appointment Center in downtown Tacoma. Here, 50 operators answer nearly 60,000 calls a month from people seeking access to the health care system.
The center's tollfree number is printed on plastic cards TRICARE Prime enrollees receive. In addition, direct access telephones clearly labeled "TRICARE Appointments" are located in central areas of military treatment facilities.
"We book appointments for the six military facilities in the western Puget Sound area," said Ann Saunders, center director. This includes Madigan, Bremerton Naval Medical Center, McChord and three other naval facilities at Oak Harbor, Everett and Bangor, Wash.
The center operates 11 hours daily and books appointments for anyone with access to a military facility. An automated call distribution system commonly used by large customerservice organizations to route calls enables them to handle the daily traffic.
Since the center is connected to DoD's Composite Health Care System a central data base of worldwide patient information operators can update callers' personal data such as home addresses and telephone numbers. The defense eligibility enrollment reporting system data base shows eligibility for military health care, and a Foundation Health data base indicates TRICARE status.
After confirming the caller's TRICARE enrollment, Saunders said, the operator can book the appointment. If necessary, she can put the caller on hold and use another line to contact the clinic for appointment options before finalizing the transaction.
"The average length of a call from connection to confirmed appointment is three minutes," Saunders said.
"That's a little longer than I'd like it to take," said Spc. Mark Cleveland, "but it sure beats not getting an appointment at all. With TRICARE, I know my family and I can get in to see a doctor when we need to."
Foundation Health's Naehr said other regions have taken note of Region 11's processes. "As the first region up, we've pioneered TRICARE, so naturally, there's an interest in how we work," he said. At least one Region 12 in Hawaii asked how to put together a similar central appointment center, Naehr said. And Regions 1 (Northeast), 2 (Virginia and North Carolina) and 5 (East Central) expressed interest.
"The lessons we've learned can and will impact other regional contracts," Naehr said. "TRICARE is a young program that will go through many adjustments and refinements as it expands across the nation."


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TEDxLilongwe 2014
Saturday 15 November 2014
TEDxLilongwe returns to Crossroads Hotel for a second year, presenting live talks, performances, and TEDTalk videos to spark deep discussion and connection.
Sunday 16 November 2014
TEDxYouth@Lilongwe will showcase live, simulcast talks from the TEDYouth conference held in New York City. The day will also see inspiring talks from local youth.
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Those of you who know my research won't be surprised to learn that I'm currently working on a collection of mobile marketing reports that will eventually make up our mobile marketing playbook. (For more information about Forrester's new playbooks, check this out.) But what you probably don't know is that the report I'm working on right now isn't about mobile marketing — it's about mobile marketers.
My hypothesis is that as a company decides to commit to mobile marketing, experts either emerge or are hired to shepherd programs specifically designed to engage the mobile audience. It sounds easy enough, but there are a couple of things that complicate this seemingly straightforward evolution. First, mobile isn't really just "a" channel. There's more than a dozen mobile tactics that a mobile channel manager could be responsible for, including mobile display, mobile search, and mobile messaging, in addition to mobile sites and apps. Second, for a lot of those mobile tactics, there are already embedded non-mobile counterparts, like digital media buyers, email marketers, and search specialists with whom the mobile marketer may need to collaborate.
So, for this report, I'm hoping to speak with several of you mobile marketers out there to understand things like:
· How you got into your current role and what it entails.
· Where you sit in relation to other marketers at your company.
· How you collaborate (or not) with your non-mobile counterparts and whether you're involved in helping to train them on how mobile affects their areas of expertise.
· How your role impacts other stakeholders outside of the marketing department.
If you're interested in participating in this research, please feel free to leave a comment below, contact me on Twitter, or email me at mparrish AT forrester.com by October 1st. (In case you've never participated in research with Forrester before, please note that if you have things to say but don't want to be quoted, we can make that happen. We'll never publish your name or quotes from you without your permission.)
And while you're flooding the comments and my inbox for this report, keep in mind that I'll be working on a bunch of other reports for this playbook, too. If you have interesting tales to tell about how you built a business case for mobile marketing, or the KPIs you track for your programs, I'd love to hear them.
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A much-anticipated bill on juvenile courts is expected to be passed into law next week that should see an end to minors being brought before criminal courts for petty offenses.
Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said on Wednesday that House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, would consider the bill on Tuesday for final approval.
"We hope the bill gets passed … so that we can guarantee legal certainty and rights protection for minors," he said.
He added that among the key provisions of the bill was an obligation for the juvenile court to prioritize restorative justice over punitive measures.
"This means that the needs of the perpetrator, victim and the victim's family must be considered in reaching a solution that is aimed at healing [rather than punishing]," Amir said.
The minister said one important point was that offenders younger than 12 years old would no longer be incarcerated. Another addresses the importance of respecting the minor's privacy and prohibits the media from naming them in news reports.
Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, the Justice Ministry's director general for human rights, said most of the minors caught up in the court system tended to be victims and were not treated well.
She said the bill would change that by ensuring that all their rights were respected. She added that one way was by giving jail sentences only for serious crimes.
"Never again will we hear of cases where a child has been jailed for stealing sandals or instant noodles," she said.
Harkristuti also said prison guards who failed to release juvenile inmates on time would be punished, adding that this was a common complaint.
Linda Agum Gumelar, the minister for women's empowerment and child protection, welcomed the planned passage of the bill, calling it a major step toward the proper treatment of juvenile offenders.
"Children deserve to get only simple punishments, not punishments that can destroy their future prospects," she said.
Linda, who is also the chairwoman of the Indonesian Women's Congress (KWI), said the bill would ensure guidance for the offenders of even the most serious offenses, such as murder or rape.
"That way, these children who come up against the law won't be treated as criminals but will get guidance," she said.
Calls for the bill to be passed quickly have mounted following a series of cases in which minors have been brought to trial and even abused over petty offenses.
In May last year, a 14-year-old boy in Central Jakarta was acquitted by a court of stealing a Rp 10,000 ($1.06) cellphone credit voucher, following a massive outcry over the fact that he had been held in an adult prison for three weeks and not allowed a lawyer during questioning.
In another case, an 11-year-old boy in South Sulawesi, was charged with accidentally hitting a local businessman's house with a stone while trying to hit a bird.
The homeowner chased the boy down by motorcycle and hit him, then went on to press charges against the boy. Prosecutors ignored the assault charges filed against the businessman by the boy's family.
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His parents alleged that the police forced a confession from the boy by beating him before his case went to court. Even though he was later convicted, the boy was returned to his parents' custody. The officer who accused him was sentenced to 21 days in detention and given a one-year ban from promotion and a written warning.


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Spokane Historical, http://spokanehistorical.org/ . Created and maintained by Larry Cebula, et.al., Public History Program, Eastern Washington University. Reviewed by Geoff McGhee.
The Theodore Roosevelt Center's Digital Library, http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library.aspx. Created and maintained by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Reviewed Brenden W. Rensink.
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I had been involved in another such experience when I was pastoring in Philadelphia, Pa., that dealt with low-income housing. It was a productive, community-wide project that was able to produce an ecumenical spirit.
Together, we were able to acknowledge service to one God and respect for diversity for the community good and for mission and service to the larger community.
So when the Charleston Area Justice Ministry came along, I was thrilled to be involved in the forming group.
One of its strengths is that there is clearly a lot of diversity involved. We are a group of black and white congregations that are theologically very diverse. I would like for us to extend that more to our Latino and Asian brothers and sisters as well now.
The diversity of our theological backgrounds and our ability to come together over an idea that we all could support has been quite an achievement.
At last count, there were 20 congregations involved in our community. Our work is to energize folks in each of these participating congregations to act on a particular issue.
The success of this is due to having an independent organization creating this core leadership as opposed to one denomination.
This has to be clergy inspired. Lead pastors of congregations need be on board for this to really work so we can address a number of issues such as affordable health care, juvenile justice and justice for everyone in our court systems. These are issues that grieve me.
The justice ministry has lot of work, and many opportunities to pursue.
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It seems that bringing back decade-old FPS mechanics is rather risky. If you make things deliciously old-school with few of today's modern shooter tropes, you limit your audience but those who stick around will be very satisfied with your efforts. Put in too many of today's conveniences, though, like RAGE or Duke Nukem Forever did, and the same things that gained people's support in other games suddenly become detractors; no one complains about regenerating health in Gears of War 3, but Duke Forever sure got flak over it (including a healthy dose from me).
With a new publisher overseeing the business side of things, the upcoming success of developer Croteam's Serious Sam 3: BFE always seemed just a little bit iffy to me, mostly because I had no idea what Devolver Digital would do to try and promote this game, and it seemed unclear where the developers would go beyond just mad amounts of monsters and huge explosions. Turns out, they didn't really have to go anywhere, nor did they try, and the result turns out be rather refreshing - almost not even as a result of the developers' efforts, though, because Croteam has managed to differentiate themselves by staying the same. I guess it just shows that FPS games have really changed that much.
Serious Sam 3 stars Sam, er, something or other, as he, er, shoots a bunch of crap out in Egypt. Yeah, there's a story, but frankly, nearly every time I played I couldn't stand to watch it. Online co-op players voted almost unanimously to skip the cutscenes, too, as all you really need is hordes of monsters, huge guns, and Sam kicking out awful one-liners at the end of every big gunfight. The level design alternates between wide-open spaces and tight, flashlight-illuminated corridors, although I quickly found that the big, outdoor spaces probably should have been focused on just a bit more - especially once you start playing alongside other poeple.
I experienced much of the game's frantic and ridiculous campaign over in cooperative mode, where up to sixteen (!) players are supported to bring together some of the most chaotic FPS gameplay I've seen in years. Classic co-op mode seems to be the way this game was intended to be played, even compared to just playing alone, although local co-op (including split screen play - yes, on PC!) is also in. The sixteen-player games I joined were complete Charlie Foxtrots where people constantly died and respawned instantly on the highest difficulty, splinters of the group would get lost in the game's massive levels often, and everything was about as wild and unpredictable as you can imagine when 16 people get together to play Serious Sam. Admittedly, I'm not sure how long it will be viable to get this many people together, as even during prime time in the first couple weeks of the game's release, I've only usually seen two or three co-op games going with more than ten people in them. Still, every one I've been in generally ran smooth even with players from Russia and France joining, and a few weird online-only glitches with floating players and such do little to ruin the fun of this game.
Croteam probably could have scaled back some of this silliness and delivered a more polished experience that might even compete with other, more story-oriented shooters, but that's just not what Serious Sam was ever about. Many of the original enemies and weapons have returned in full force and the same Egypt motif has been only mildly updated with some modern-day urban scenes. Don't get me wrong, though: everything's been remade for the HD era, without rampant reuse of old assets or anything - it's just done in pretty much the same style of the first game, and thankfully the failures of Serious Sam 2 have been left behind.
This third major game does still hold onto the original's more old-school, 90s-inspired conventions, so there's no cover, no regenerating health, and no mercy. Sam can perform cool melee kills to instantly finish quite a few of the game's enemies, although the usefulness of these becomes limited after the first few levels since Sam can take damage from other enemies while going through the long, drawn-out kill animations. Here, once the action heats up, you need to be nearly constantly running backwards and shooting, as dozens of enemies will often come rushing at you at once.
Those who expected a true spiritual successor to the frantic first person shooters of yesteryear might have had a bit of fun with Hard Reset, but if you're like me, you'll find that it's just not the same. For fans of these classics, I imagine the days of Painkiller, Doom on high difficulty, or the original Serious Sam brought great memories with little hope of them ever coming back. But luckily, SS3 does succeed in bringing those days back, and while its haphazard and sometimes lackadaisical way of slapping together old-school action with modern-day visuals can be a bit jarring, awkward, or just downright ugly, you won't likely care once you get into the thick of battle. Props to Devolver for setting the price at a slightly modest $40, which I didn't really expect, either. You get quite a bit for the money, too, as the campaign is quite long, and the wealth of features, gameplay modes (including deathmatch-type play for those who desperately need it for some reason) and configuration options make this one of the most raw, brutal, and unapologetically fun PC FPS experiences you'll have had in quite a while.


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U.S. Sentencing Commission Public Hearing
May 27, 2009 8:00am - May 26, 2009 8:00am
The United States Sentencing Commission is holding a public hearing at the Stanford Law School on May 27-28, 2009. This public hearing is the second in a series of regional hearings to mark the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ("SRA").
The Commission is extending an invitation to any who might be interested in attending.
The public hearing will take place at the Stanford Law School in the Moot Courtroom (on the lower level), 559 Nathan Abbott Way. The hearing will allow commissioners to hear directly from judges, practitioners, academics, and other individuals about their experiences with, and any suggestions regarding, federal sentencing policy. In particular, the Commission is interested in the following topics:
- How has the advisory nature of the federal sentencing guidelines after the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005) affected federal sentencing?
- What should be the role of the federal sentencing guidelines in federal sentencing? What, if any, changes should be made to the federal sentencing guidelines?
- Does the federal sentencing system strike the appropriate balance between judicial discretion and uniformity and certainty in sentencing?
- How should offense and offender characteristics be taken into account in federal sentencing? What, if any, changes should be made with respect to accounting for offense and offender characteristics?
- What type of analysis should courts use for imposing sentences within or outside the guideline sentencing range?
- How have Booker and subsequent Supreme Court decisions affected appellate review of sentences?
- What, if any, recommendations should the Commission make regarding the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure?
- What, if any, recommendations should the Commission make to Congress with respect to statutory changes regarding federal sentencing?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. View from the Appellate Bench
- Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Honorable Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. View from the District Court Bench
- Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, Chief District Judge, Western District of Washington
- Honorable Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Northern District of California
- Honorable Susan Oki Mollway, District Judge, District of Hawaii
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. View from the Probation Office
- Marilyn Grisha, Chief Probation Officer, District of Idaho
- Christopher Hansen, Chief Probation Officer, District of Nevada
- Elizabeth Kerwood, Deputy Chief Probation Officer, District of Hawaii
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. View from the Executive Branch
- Lawrence G. Brown, Acting United States Attorney, Eastern District of California
- Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney, District of Oregon
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. View from the Defense Bar
- Davina Chen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Central District of California
- Thomas W. Hillier II, Federal Public Defender, Western District of Washington
- Douglass A. Mitchell, CJA Panel Attorney, Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, District of Nevada
Thursday, May 28, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. View from the District Court Bench
- Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, United States Chief District Judge, Northern District of California
- Honorable Lynn Winmill, United States Chief District Judge, District of Idaho
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m View from Academia
- Dean Kevin Cole, University of San Diego Law School
- Professor Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
- Professor Franklin E. Zimring, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Community Impact
- Larry Fehr, Senior Vice President, Pioneer Human Services, Seattle, Washington
- Michael Finigan, Ph.D., President, NPC Research, Portland, Oregon
- Caroline Fredrickson, Director Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union, (Formerly chief of staff of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wa)
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Just wondering if they are handy as they seem....
I'm thinking it would make measuring a client's room much easier....it would save having to climb over things or move things to get measurements, but I worry about the accuracy of them. They say the accuracy is 99.5% +/- 1 digit.
I had the same thought as you only to be totally disappointed!
Apparently the trick to accuracy is that it has to read from level surfaces but nothing is ever level...hence the wacky measures.
Sounded like a great fancy shmancy tool but the so un-shmancy good old tape measure never fails! :D
Since you said D'yn didn't have anything to hang, I'm thinking you must mean a laser level???
What I'm talking about is an actual laser measuring tape. You're supposed to be able to hold it against one wall and measure to the opposite, but it's really inaccurate. Inaccurate anywhere from a few inches to a few feet...obviously not something that's good for drawing up floor plans!
And no - LOL! I wasn't drinking! :D It's Zircon brand.
NOOOOO!!! I so wanted one!!! I almost dug a hole through the ground to Canadian Tire one Sunday afternoon because I wanted it so badly.
I know Dyn got one, and I haven't heard her complaining about it, unless she hasn't had anything to hang lately. I wonder if there's a difference in product?? Which one did you get, so I know to stay clear of that one! - or did you have a drinky-poo?
...I picked one up to test it out and it's a hunk o' junk. Totally inaccurate...it reads one measurement then a completely different one & I haven't even moved it.
The big dummies. :mad:
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COLUMBIA CITY — Danny Gater, at 18, is hardly the "king" of his own "castle," but he's working on becoming the master of his domain and when it comes to his immediate goals, he plans to keep his ego in "check" and not "pawn" his preparation off on anyone else.
The overabundance of chess terms is another way of saying that the Columbia City High School senior is preparing to return to the national stage in hopes of yet another chess trophy.
"I'm studying and trying to improve," said Gater Thursday afternoon while moving chess pieces at his dining room table.
"You're not exactly trying to to trick them (the opponent), your just trying to make good moves and hope your opponent makes a mistake."
Gater started playing chess in sixth grade and by the time he was a seventh grader he was studying and learning from a local chess master.
Earlier this year Gater placed first in the 12th grade and under division at the Scholastic Chess of Indiana's State Championship.
Next month he will compete in the National High School Championship tournament in the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashvill,e.
That tournament is held April 29-May 1.
"This is called a national tournament, but there is no single representative from each state," said Laura Gater, Danny's mother. "It is open to all high school players."
In December of last year, Gater competed at Orlando, Fla. in the National K-12 Championship.
"It was at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort," said Laura. "It is open to all kindergarten through 12th graders."
His performance in Florida was stellar, although he said he came up short of the top prize.
"I won all the games I was supposed to win (five of seven matches), but lost to the higher-rated player," he said.
In 2009, Gater competed in the Denker tournament in Indianapolis, the same tournament he will compete in at Orlando July 29-Aug. 3.
"Each state winner plays alongside his or her state flag," said Laura.
In 2009, Gater's performance at this tournament netted him a $2,000 scholarship.
In all, Gater has garnered nearly 50 trophies, plaques and medals and also checkmated his way to a scholarship to the University of Texas-Dallas where according to Laura he hopes to play of the chess team.
The U.S. Chess Federation has Gater scored at 2,144. His goal is to achieve a ranking of 2,200, which is "master" status.
"The key is to make objectively good moves and to complicate the game to make more of a chance for your opponent to make a mistake," he said.