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The Ser/Thr protein kinase AfsK regulates polar growth and hyphal branching in the filamentous bacteria Streptomyces.
Publiceringsår: 2012
Språk: Engelska
Sidor: E2371-E2379
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volym: 109
Nummer: 35
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Förlag: National Academy of Sciences
In cells that exhibit apical growth, mechanisms that regulate cell polarity are crucial for determination of cellular shape and for the adaptation of growth to intrinsic and extrinsic cues. Broadly conserved pathways control cell polarity in eukaryotes, but less is known about polarly growing prokaryotes. An evolutionarily ancient form of apical growth is found in the filamentous bacteria Streptomyces, and is directed by a polarisome-like complex involving the essential protein DivIVA. We report here that this bacterial polarization machinery is regulated by a eukaryotic-type Ser/Thr protein kinase, AfsK, which localizes to hyphal tips and phosphorylates DivIVA. During normal growth, AfsK regulates hyphal branching by modulating branch-site selection and some aspect of the underlying polarisome-splitting mechanism that controls branching of Streptomyces hyphae. Further, AfsK is activated by signals generated by the arrest of cell wall synthesis and directly communicates this to the polarisome by hyperphosphorylating DivIVA. Induction of high levels of DivIVA phosphorylation by using a constitutively active mutant AfsK causes disassembly of apical polarisomes, followed by establishment of multiple hyphal branches elsewhere in the cell, revealing a profound impact of this kinase on growth polarity. The function of AfsK is reminiscent of the phoshorylation of polarity proteins and polarisome components by Ser/Thr protein kinases in eukaryotes.
- Biological Sciences
- hyphal growth
- protein phosphorylation
- peptidoglycan
- cytoskeleton
- tip extension
- ISSN: 0027-8424 (Print)
- ISSN: 1091-6490 (Online)


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It was about that time that the orange-clad RIT faithful packed from rink-side to rafters probably believed a repeat of last year's 5-4 overtime upset of the New York Yankees of college hockey at Yost Arena wasn't going to happen. ...

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Zeljko Obradovic together with his mentor Dusan Ivkovic and many other important sports figures from Serbia, including players like Dejan Tomasevic, Milan Tomic, Zarko Paspalj and coach Dragan Sakota, are in Athens this Friday. The Serbian embassy organized a special celebration for the influence of Serbs in Greek sports and the two legendary coaches will be made honorary citizens, Zoc of the city of Athens and Duda of Piraeus.
Eurohoops.net had the chance to chat with coach Obradovic who is taking a break after 21 straight years of his coaching career. He is just 52 years old, already won 8 Euroleague titles and he will have the chance to take part in the Detroit Pistons training camp. So, his travel to USA will be business of pleasure? "It was a good opportunity for me to go now, because all this years it was impossible for me any kind of contact like this and because we have very good relationship with the people in Detroit. They invited us to go over there, to stay in the preseason camp, to watch all the practices and all the games that they play this period and to stay until the first official game. Just this. I never said that I am not a big fan of the NBA, but it's really very, very different compared to the Euroleague and it's good for me and for Dimitris (Itoudis) to go there and have this experience".
Still there is room also for pleasure: "It's more a chance to see how is everything over there, the way they work and I have big family in the United States, many cousins. They called me, I don't know how many times, the last few years to go over there to meet them and spend some good time with them, so we will be between… everything. Anyhow, I believe that we will have a good time".
We asked his opinion for next season's Euroleague and he didn't really have anything to say, since he is keeping his distance from basketball: "I don't know. It's very difficult to say something, because I am really out from the moment I decided not to coach Panathinaikos. I decided after that to have one year without basketball and, believe me, I am really out of everything. I don't talk with no one, I try to do the things that it was impossible for me to do all those years and I try to spend more time with my family and my friends, something that makes me really, really happy".
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Last Wednesday, the Syracuse Post-Standard published an article lambasting the authority of Wikipedia because it is user-edited and anyone can make a change to its content (Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as source).
Techdirt took the article to task for misunderstanding how Wikipedia works (Misunderstanding Wikipedia)
There's just something that seems to freak people out about Wikipedia, when they can't fathom the idea that "the masses" could produce something of value by simply being able to correct each other, allowing them to build something much more beneficial and much more useful than an expensive encyclopedia edited by just a few people. The columnist ends his piece by stating: "you need to be careful about trusting what you read," while taking this email from a random librarian completely at face value.Techdirt then contacted the author of the offending newspaper article with more information about how projects like Wikipedia work and why they can be authoritative. However, that exercise apparently collapsed into sheer invective on the part of the newspaper writer. This seems odd since the author of the original piece, Al Fasoldt, is a long-time tech reporter. In any case, see Techdirt's version of the exchange (Who Do You Trust, The Wiki Or The Reporter?).
Joi Ito has chimed in with one explanation of Wikipedia's resilience (Wikipedia attacked by ignorant reporter):
The fact that anyone can edit the pages appears to be why people like Mr. Fasoldt question its authority, but that is that exact reason that it has authority. Any comments that are extreme or not true just do not survive on Wikipedia. In fact, on very heated topics, you can see the back and forth negotiation of wordings by people with different views on a topic until, in many cases, a neutral and mutually agreeable wording is put in place and all parties are satisfied. Tradition authority is gained through a combination of talent, hard work and politics. Wikipedia and many open source projects gain their authority through the collective scrutiny of thousands of people. Although it depends a bit on the field, the question is whether something is more likely to be true coming from a source whose resume sounds authoritative or a source that has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people (with the ability to comment) and has survived.Speaking of which, Techdirt challenged Fasoldt to make some factual changes to the Wikipedia and see how long untruths could survive. Fasoldt has not taken the challenge, but Alex Halavais, an Assistant Professor of Communication and the Director of the Masters in Informatics program within the School of Informatics at the University at Buffalo, has (The Isuzu Experiment):
No matter which side of the debate you find yourself on, this sounds like an interesting experiment. So, I have made not one, but 13 changes to the wikipedia site. I will leave them there for a bit (probably two weeks) to see how quickly they get cleaned up. Ill report the results here, and repair any damage Ive done after the period is complete. My hypothesis is that most of the errors will remain intact.Nope. According to Halavais "all [the changes] were identified and removed within a couple of hours. I could have been a bit trickier in how I made changes; nonethess, I am impressed." There are also some great comments on the ethics of the experiment as well as suggestions for future experiments.
One place this debate has been discussed with great insight is Corante's own Many 2 Many which also provides a wealth of linkage (Wikipedia Reputation and the Wemedia Project). In addition to the insight, there is announcement of a cool new project for journalism schools and media centers
Which brings me to an lingering thought — that explicitly codifying reputation introduces a cost which can constrain commons-based peer production. Wikipedia was never supposed to work, somehow does because of good club theory and transaction costs, and has gained a reputation as a resource. Introducing reputation for contributors or articles is the greatest risk to the Wikipedia community. Getting a base study on factual accuracy can help inform this decision as well as educate the public on how to use and participate with this commons resource.Read the whole thing.
I've been quitely forming a group of journalism schools, media centers and experts to engage in the Wemedia Project, which begins with a formal Wikipedia Article fact checking excercise and publishing findings. The USC Annenberg Center has already announced their support and next month we will begin the collaborative research process within a Socialtext Workspace. Without getting into defining truth, you can separate issue of fact, value or policy. The approach is to apply a formal fact checking process to a sample of articles to gain a baseline measure of factual accuracy and explore issues of reputation. [links in original]
Teleread also some interesting thoughts on the issue, though reputational changes are going to be tough ones to figure out (Wikipedia vs. bashers).
One aspect of this that is interesting to me, is the distinction between the authority of a relatively anonymous collective in contrast to the authority of named bloggers. For example, Dana Blankenhorn argues that transparency is a key element to the authority of bloggers (Transparency Makes Blogs Believable):
This transparent relationship is at the heart of blogging credibility. J.D. Lasica tried to explain this to the "media industry" in a recent OJR piece...Absolutely. Transparency is also critical in Wikipedia, but the emphasis is different. Process and mistakes (I would call it "corrections") are emphasized, rather than motives or expertise.
- Transparency of motives
- Transparency of process
- Transparency of expertise, and
- Transparency on mistakes are all keys to success, he writes.
Finally, Mary Hodder, who is now working like a demon for Technorati, has an intriguing post that unintentionally ties these two concepts (blog authority and wikipedia authority) together (Digital Ethics II.. and the New Commodity In Online Media). Her thread regards a debate about digital ethics, which is worth following as well.
Fascinating reading, all of it.
Not to tootle my own horn, but I wrote about this very topic back in July...
see Andrew Lih: Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources? Metrics for evaluating collaborative media as a news resource
Tracked on August 31, 2004 03:56 AMExcellent discussion of Wikipedia authority from Applied Abstractions Corante.com has a great summary of The Importance of... > The Great Wikipedia Authority Debate" href="http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/005925.php">The Great Wikipedia Authority Debate. I have used the Wikipedia as a student excercise and foun... [Read More]
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Tracked on August 31, 2004 07:38 PMThe neverending story from The Aardvark Speaks Alex Halavais proves that Wikipedia is not trustworthy and curiously interprets his experiment as a proof why Wikipedia works. In the meantime, a number of Wikipedia advocates attack a journalist because he quoted the Wikipedia disclaimer and was disap... [Read More]
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Nia you are going to Devonport! So you didn't go back to Te Papa museum!
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Cool. This is a valuable option. Thanks for providing it. I was hoping, that we could run our public wiki without any hurdles but now the spam people are trying to sneak in loads of links and I am happy, that this spam protection helped us with these automated clowns.10 Dec 2010
Sure but can you please remove the captcha for logged in users on this, your public confluence wiki? It takes me at least 2 tries to fill it in each time I add a comment.
- correctly filled in, fails and the "Save" button becomes a "publish.name" button
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Edited: looks like it has been fixed in Confluence 4.3.3 ( CONF-26619 - Incorrect captcha causes button string to show i18n key and gives a strange error message Closed ) - thanks Atlassian!09 Oct 2012
not fixed; confluence 5.2 rc1 still has the issue (as well as all others versions in between)07 Aug 2013
why does it take 3 to 7 attempts of (correct!) word entry until Confluence accepts the captcha input?
Why does Atlassian not fix this issue? It has been reported at least since Confluence 4.0 , if not even earlier.
It is especially annoying that Atlassian's support pages (confluence.atlassian.com) have this issue, reported thousands of times already but neither fixed nor turned off by Atlassian's server configuration (administrator)
This feature is totally useless as long as Atlassian doesn't fix it.07 Aug 2013
Still getting spam with captcha on. Switch to recaptcha. Your mechanism sucks Atlassian.16 Jan 2014
Is it possible to have captcha for Confluence OnDemand? "Spam Prevention" is not on the left hand panel, and I can't find a setting for it anywhere.01 Jun 2014
Rachel Robins [Atlassian Tech Writer]
Hi Matt, sorry for the slow reply, had to do some hunting to solve this one for you. Turning CAPTCHA on and off is restricted to users with system administrator permissions. For OnDemand you can raise a support request here http://support.atlassian.com/ to have CAPTCHA enabled for your instance.
I've updated the Restricted Functions in Atlassian OnDemand page to include this info, and will update this page in the OnDemand docs to reflect the process.03 Jun 2014
I'm still getting spam comments added by anonymous users to my Confluence pages despite the captcha being turned on! Looks like the mechanism has been cracked already or there is a flaw in your implementation. Atlassian, please take a look into this as I'm getting tired of removing spam comments everyday.
PS: I'm using Confluence OnDemand (Cloud) version.10 Jul 2014
We have captcha enabled, but still continue to get spam all the time. Can you please improve the security of this module?09 Oct 2014
We too are getting spam with captcha turned on. Seems like the only secure method is to require login? Of course this means every public wiki will need to have thousands of users and definitely affect Confluence licensing.
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There were more rats on the ice than Panthers at the conclusion of Florida's 4-2 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff victory against New Jersey Sunday night at the Bank Atlantic Center.
OK, so they were rubber rats, but fans threw hundreds of them out onto the ice to celebrate Florida's first playoff win since 1997.
Here's how this rat throwing got its start.
Back on Oct. 8, 1995, Florida player Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the Panthers' locker room — at the Miami Arena — with his stick before the team' home opener that season, then went out and scored two goals with the very same stick that night. Panther fans picked up on it and began throwing thousands of rats onto the ice after every Florida goal during the team's run that season to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Of course, the NHL put an end to the rat throwing with an offseason rule change, but the rats were back in full force on Sunday.
"You can see (the 19,248 fans) have been waiting for this kind of hockey for a long time," said Florida center Stephen Weiss, who scored two power-play goals to help the Panthers even their series with New Jersey at 1-1. "I was just trying to take cover.
"It' cool to see, and I know that was pretty special in 1996 when that team went on its run. It' fun to see (the rats) back."
The series shifts to the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Tuesday (7 p.m., SUN).
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Sheehey, a former South Fork High School standout, recently completed his sophomore season at IU. The book — "This is INDIANA: Tom Crean, the Team and the Exciting Comeback of Hoosier Basketball" — was released Monday.
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Kid's Triathlon Cancelled
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Due to exceptionally low registration numbers, we regret to inform that the Kid's Triathlon portion of next weekend's event has been cancelled. If you're looking for a kid's triathlon that's fun, well run and family oriented, we recommend the kid's event on Saturday, August 10 at the Spring Lake Community Fitness and Aquatics Center. Go to http://www.slcfac.com. Click on the "FAC Blog" tab and scroll down to get information about the event.
Registrations for the main event, next Sunday are coming in at a fast pace with many high quality athletes getting registered.
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The Grand Haven Triathlon and Duathlon event is proud and honored to be chosen to host the 2012 USA Triathlon Mideast Regional Duathlon Championship.
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Anyone who registers for either the sprint or olympic duathlon is eligible to win. Awards will go to the overall winner for male and female divisions and the overall male and female masters winners. This is one of the most scenic and fast duathlon courses that you'll absolutely love. The event will be followed by a picnic with grilled food, a band and numerous raffle items. You will also enjoy over 130 cheering volunteers, in addition to professional staffing, to make sure you stay on course and safe. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We're very excited for this great honor.
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Grand Haven Triathlon Symposium Coming to Tri Cities Family YMCA April 16, 2009
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Thursday, April 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. This symposium is free to all that attend and is open to anyone. You don't have to be a triathlete to attend. Presenters include Grand Haven Bone & Joint, Shoreline Sport & Spine Physical Therapy, MMPC, Envision Radiology, Breakaway Bicycles & Fitness, Gazelle Sports as well as other experts covering areas of nutrition, swimming, biking, running and triathlon in general. ALL areas of triathlon will be discussed and open to questions. ALL levels of abilities, from first time newbies, to seasoned triathletes will benefit from this event. Those that attend will be given an "on site" 10% discount for entry in the Grand Haven Triathlon/Duathlon, Presented by Grand Haven Bone & Joint. In order to receive this discount, you must attend the symposium and register for the race at that time. This event is going to be a great way to obtain an enormous amount of information and network with other athletes. Again, you don't have to be a triathlete to attend. Tell your friends about this free event. No registration is necessary. We hope to see you there. For additional information, please click on the "contact us" tab and click on firstname.lastname@example.com .
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The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, has said that slow release of budgetary allocation to the ministry is responsible for the delay in completing road projects.
In a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant (Media), Mr. Tony Ikpasaja, the minister said that of the N143.59bn appropriated to the ministry for the 2012 fiscal year, only N47.46bn had been released so far for the first and second quarters of the year.
He said N44.073bn had been spent on road projects alone, adding that the ministry was focusing its attention on how to complete ongoing road projects.
He put the implementation rate of the ministry's 2012 budget for the first and second quarters at 31 per cent, saying the amount released had been judiciously spent on projects, including the completion of 12 roads nationwide.
He listed some of the completed roads as the dualisation of Onitsha-Owerri Expressway; reinstatement of Auchi-Okene highway washout in Edo State; reinstatement of Gombe-Potiskum Road washout, Gombe State; construction of Eleme Junction flyover, Rivers State; rehabilitation/construction of Ijebu Igbo-Ajegunle-Araromi-Ife-Sekona Road in Ogun/Osun states, among others.
Giving a further breakdown, the minister stated that 156 projects were in their various stages of completion while 28 highway projects were under the process of procurement for design and construction.
Four others, he added, had already been awarded.
Onolememen also hinted that the thrust of the 2013 Budget was to "concentrate on funding some major ongoing road projects that are critical to the socio-economic well being of the country in line with Key Performance Indicators like reduction of accidents induced by bad roads nationwide and the need to reduce travel times for Nigerians by 30 per cent."


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A bipartisan proposal has been introduced in legislature to extend $2,500 in tax credits to homeowners who do mitigation work outside their homes.
But is January too early to start mitigation around your home?
Vaughn Jones of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control says it's a year round process. And recent drought conditions has fire emergency managers concerned about an early wildfire season.
One of the most important precautionary steps homeowners can do is maintain their yard. Clearing leaves and dead vegetation, trimming the lawn and pruning hedges and trees reduce the amount of fire hazards on a property.
"[I suggest] zero-scaping around your home with rocks, gravel and non combustible materials. If you do have vegetation, you want to keep it green and watered throughout the year and mowed to a height of 6 inches or less," Jones said.
You should also pay special attention to your building materials to reduce the fire hazard risk.
"Ideally we'd have fire resistant materials like stucco, metal, or tile. If you have to have wood you want good solid stuff with not a lot of holes or cracks in them," Jones said.
Homeowners can also protect their homes by screening in patios, covering attic vents and with wire mesh no larger than 1/8-inch to prevent sparks from entering the home.
For more information to protect your family and property visit www.ready.gov/wildfires.
Sign up for emergency alerts at www.coemergency.com.
Rose Heaphy contributed to this article.
(KUSA-TV © 2013 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)


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Noted Cocoa Programmer Contemplates Switch to Java
North Pole - Claus, Inc. has announced they are exploring the cross-platform possibilities of Java. Santa, founder and CEO of Claus, Inc. was an early adopter of Apple computers beginning with VisiCalc on an Apple II.
Help maximize screen space with a small UI trick
Way back in the primordial ooze stage of our new product, it was decided that we needed a custom control rather than use the standard combobox to handle dropdown lists.
Pair programming: Everyone's favorite argument
I dont know how it is for you, but nearly every conversation Ive ever had about extreme programming eventually works its way to pair programming, which pretty much kills the dialog part of the conversation.
I believe nearly every developer eventually creates their own metaphor for programming. Some are rather tame, such as building bridges between users and systems. Others can be quite aggressive.
The best laid plans
I recently started a new assignment at work to improve field validation in our primary Swing application. Like many older GUI based applications, our product relies heavily upon the lost focus event to trigger field validation.
Hesitant Acrobats
Last week, Daniel Steinberg wrote that he attended a local JUG meeting to hear Bruce Tate speak about his book Better, Faster, Lighter Java. I was fortunate enough to be at the same meeting.
Buried treasure can be found nearly anywhere
It started as a typical morning. I was three days behind schedule on a one day project, but hoping to finish it by late afternoon. Of course, Id no sooner gotten into the code, trying to recapture yesterdays flow, when the phone rang.
The Catastrophe Cycle
Are Encapsulation, Polymorphism, and Inheritance peers?
I spend most of my time as a Java developer happily writing code without explicitly thinking about encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance as underlying principles. I mean those things are given. It would be like noticing wheels are round each time I get in my car.
Robogrammer 2303
Predictions do little for me. If they're in the near term, they're just stating the obvious, and if they're far into the future, they seem pointless. On the other hand, it is fun to speculate. In a recent blog, James Gosling mentioned he still dips into C on occassion.


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Application Information
Scholarship Overview
This scholarship is for members of the National Black Nurses Association. Applicants must also be members of a local chapter (if one exists in their area). To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be currently enrolled in a nursing program (B.S.N., A.D., Diploma or L.P.N. / L.V.N.), be in good scholastic standing at the time of application, and have at least one full year of school remaining.
How easy is it to apply?
This scholarship's application process shouldn't take more than an hour or so.
How much competition is there?
Not much
This scholarship won't have as many applicants as most.
Class Year: Is this you?
- College freshman
- College sophomore
- College junior
College Major: Is this you?
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
- Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
- Nursing, Other
- Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
- Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
- Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nursing Administration
- Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
- Nursing Science
- Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
- Pre-Nursing Studies
- Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Nursing Practice
- Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
- Nursing Education
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Geriatric Nurse/Nursing
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other
- Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing
- Women's Health Nurse/Nursing
- Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
- Clinical Nurse Leader
- Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
- Palliative Care Nursing
Community Groups: Is this you?
- National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)


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John Huntsman, former U.S. Ambassador to China and Singapore, governor of Utah and presidential candidate, speaks Monday night at the Boe Forum on Public Affairs at Augustana College. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader
The biggest story of this century will be the rise of China to superpower status and how the United States reacts to it, according to former U.S. ambassador to China Jon Huntsman.
The former Utah governor, one-time Republican presidential candidate and recognized China specialist spoke Monday night at Augustana Colleges Boe Forum on Public Affairs. He talked about the relationship beween China and the U.S. the two largest economies in the world.
I suspect the most important story in the next century will be the rise of China and how we reacted to it, Huntsman told a sizable crowd at the Elmen Center.
He said the next 10 years in China have the potential to be the most transformative in that countrys history, because of several immense challenges its new leaders face. Chief among those issues is a looming debt problem.
Theyre going to have to make their central bank independent, Huntsman said.
Chinas central bank is controlled too tightly by the countrys communist party and government, he said, to adapt interest rates to rapid changes that Huntsman said probably will occur in the next decade.
For Rose Kunkel, who said she comes to see the Boe Forum speaker every year, the future of American relations with China is an important issue.
We do a lot of business with them, Kunkel said.
Another issue Huntsman said China will have to deal with is massive government corruption, which has become a growing source of discontent for the Chinese people.
Its deep, and its endemic, Huntsman said.
The growth and inherent difficulty of managing its citizens access to the rest of the world through the Internet also will be a source of change in China, Huntsman said. He said bloggers are going off the Chinese Communist partys message and causing ordinary Chinese to question how the country is governed. That, Huntsman said, will lead to reforms.
Youre probably going to see 10 years of the most significant change weve seen, Huntsman said.
An opportunity to learn from Huntsmans take on China was prime reason why Steve Petsche of Tucson, Ariz., attended the Elmen Center speech.
I know Americans have a completely messed up view of China, Ptseche said.
I think its critical theyre the next superpower.
The most significant and difficult change China probably will undergo, Huntsman said, is transitioning from a manufacturing-and-production economy to an economy based more on middle-class consumption.
Its a tricky transition theyve embarked on. Theres no guarantee theyll make it to the finish line, Huntsman said.
The speech also focused on problems in Asia, especially in the northeastern part of the continent, the crossroads for a large portion of the worlds economic activity. Huntsman said one of his biggest concerns as ambassador was a lack of communication between the various militaries operating in that region.
Really, the biggest challenge between us is what happens if theres an incident on the high seas or in the air, Huntsman said.
Accidents, Huntsman said, have the greatest potential to ignite violence between the many competing powers in Asia.
How do you de-escalate those situations? Thats the untold story, Huntsman said.


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Freshman Academy
The purpose of the Freshman Academy is to help freshmen transition into the high school atmosphere. This program helps raises the spirit of the ninth graders and unites them as a whole. It allows them to be more motivated and more enthusiastic when it comes to learning. It also allows ninth graders to create a bond with their teachers and with their fellow classmates. In the Freshman Academy, the freshmen are split up into two separate teams: teal team, and black team. These two teams participate in friendly competitions with each other allowing them to gain their puma pride.
Some events that are held for the freshman academy are the BBQ party, Freshman Olympics, Freshman award ceremonies, and a exploration of McLaren Park.
Teachers involved with Freshman Academy
Freshman Academy Team Coordinator:
Ms. Thomas
Black Team:
Ms. Thomas
From: San Francisco, CA
Hobbies: Watching movies, going to
sporting events, going out to eat
Teaching for: 12 years
Classes: Earth Science, Health
Mr. Schwartz
From: Louisville, Kentucky
Hobbies: Tetris, scrabble, making fun of kids
Teaching for: 9 years
Classes: Earth Science, Honors Chemistry
Ms. Traverso
From: Berkeley, CA
Hobbies: Dancing, reading, going to movies
Teaching for: 6 years
Classes: 9th Grade English, ELD
Mr. Pablo
From: San Francisco, CA
Hobbies: Biking, soccer, camping, math
Teaching for: 4 years
Classes: Geometry
Ms. Bautista
From: Mountain View, CA
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, hanging with friends
Teaching for: 1 year
Classes: ELD, 9th Grade English
Mr. Cotsen
From: Buffalo, New York
Hobbies: Surfing, guitar, howling
Teaching for: 1 year
Classes: CCE, US History
Teal Team:
Mr. Rubin
From: New York
Hobbies: Capoeira, handball, physics
Teaching for: 29 years
Classes: Health Education, Physics
Mr. Simpson
From: Huntington Beach
Hobbies: Drums, surfing, bicycling
Teaching for: 20 years
Classes: CCE
Ms. Perdue
From: Quincy, CA
Hobbies: Reading, dancing, laughing, traveling, cooking
Teaching for: 9 years
Classes: 9th and 11th Grade English, Drama
Ms. Bradley
From: San Francisco, CA
Teaching for: 8 years
Hobbies: Soccer, snowboarding
Classes: Geometry, Chemistry, Physiology
Ms. Sibelman
From: Lake Arrowhead and San Diego, CA
Teaching for: 2.5 years
Hobbies: Outdoor activities, dancing, traveling, eating high quality foods
Classes: Earth Science and 10th grade AoHS
Ms. Goldberg
From: Santa Rosa
Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, gardening, camping, practicing Spanish
Teaching for: 2 years
Classes: Geometry


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Rubber Band Patent Rejection Could Bounce Apple Back to Court
No doesn't necessarily mean no at the U.S. Patent Office. Although it reiterated its invalidation of Apple's bounce-back patent in a "final" ruling this week, the case is not closed by a long shot. Still, the decision is worrisome for Apple, as the patent is crucial in a major infringement lawsuit against Samsung. Apple won the case last summer, but its jury award has already been slashed and an appeal is in the works.
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Apple apparently is not accepting the recent ruling by a U.S. patent examiner invalidating a patent it successfully used in a suit against Samsung.
The "final" action does not signal the end of reexamination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the company argues in a filing submitted Tuesday, according to a CNET report.
Nor does it mean there will be no further consideration or reexamination of the patentability of the claims, Apple attorney Michael Jacobs wrote in the document, noting that "finality" is a procedural construct that places certain limitations on what legal actions the parties may take.
A Long Appeals Process
"There is a process in place for appeals at PTO, including an appeal to the entire board," Peter Toren, a partner with Weisbrod, Matteis & Copley, told MacNewsWorld.
Apple has only just begun to wind its way through the PTO's appeals process, he noted. Once it does, and if it still is dissatisfied with the PTO's determination, Apple can take the matter up in the federal circuit court.
If Apple were to push the issue that far, the case could well be heard by the same court that is hearing its appeal of a recent ruling invalidating part of Samsung's judgment, said Toren.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last month struck more than US$450 million in damages a jury awarded to Apple last summer, after it found Samsung had willfully copied Apple designs and software for the iPhone.
Koh made her decision because some of the awards "rested on impermissible legal theories," as she wrote in her 27-page opinion. Koh has ordered a new trial in order to recalculate damages for those products.
Another Twist
The PTO decision, in short, is another chapter in a complex and far-ranging saga. This part of the story began late last year, when the PTO issued a preliminary ruling rejecting all 21 of Apple's claims in its so-called rubber band patent. That patent was among those Samsung was found to have infringed.
The patent examiner last week issued a technical filing that confirmed rejection of 17 of the claims.
If Apple carries the appeals process all the way through federal court and still loses, it could complicate its case against Samsung and give the judge another reason to overturn part or all of the verdict, Toren speculated. "That turn of events, though, if it does come to that, is far off."


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Plexiglass Sheets
Plexiglass. This transparent plastic is often referred to as Acrylite, Plexiglas, Lucite and Polycast, that happen to be specific brand names of Plexiglass. It's also known as Acrylic or PMMA which come from it's chemical name Poly(methyl methacrylate). This material was principally created and introduced to the market in the early 1900′s, and because of its unique properties has become an ideal substitute for glass. Plexiglass is lighter in weight than glass as well as having a much higher impact resistance. Plexiglass is also much easier to handle, cut and fabricate.


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MONDAY, JUNE 24th, 2013
2:00 – 3:30PM Afternoon Workshops
Diversity, Individuality and Indivisible Oneness ~ S.S.Mahan Rishi Singh Khalsa, D.C., PA (Med) Earth Tent This workshop will create the space for transpersonal connection that embodies a vision of Oneness connecting both the seen and unseen, being and non-being. Through a deeper understanding of our innate wisdom of Infinite Love, our field of compassion and universal peace becomes edgeless and all inclusive. Through meditations that clear the subliminal activators of misperception and by unleashing our spacious awareness of being, we cultivate clear vision unifying all dimensions of existence.
Mahan Rishi Singh Khalsa, D.C. entered the House of Guru Ram Das in Princeton New Jersey in 1975 and has been teaching nationally and internationally ever since. He is co-founder of the Khalsa Healing Arts Center in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Dr. Khalsa practices chiropractic and herbal nutrition globally as well.
Website: http://www.khalsahealing.com


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In early 2011, the Mongolian Government proposed the legal hunting of up to four — and possibly many more — snow leopards for the purpose of "scientific research".
Sign this petition and join with Panthera in pledging your support for snow leopards, and telling the Mongolian government that all information required to conserve these cats is obtainable through non-lethal means.
Today 3,500 – 7,000 snow leopards remain across 12 range states in Asia. They are listed as Endangered and are in decline in many parts of their range.
Panthera and our partner, SLT, are conducting the longest and largest ever snow leopard study, located in the Tost mountains in Mongolia. Our combined efforts are resulting in the most data ever collected on this rare and elusive species; and these data are being used to help better protect snow leopards long into the future. Hunting endangered snow leopards will in no way aid research efforts.
Those who have worked with the Mongolian Government to establish and implement sound biodiversity conservation policies have been deeply shocked and disappointed to hear of these plans.
Click here to read the letter by Panthera's snow leopard experts Dr. George Schaller and Dr. Tom McCarthy to the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism requesting that the decision to permit the hunting of snow leopards be reconsidered.
Read more about Mongolia's proposal to hunt the Endangered snow leopard.


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In the wake of a disaster having trained volunteers helps Florida Baptist Disaster Relief be the go to faith based volunteer organization. Every year FLDR plans training opportunities in every region. We try our best to have training events within a two hour driving distance in each region.
Being a trained volunteer allows you to be a credentialed volunteer. Every volunteer must be credentialed to be allowed in a disaster area. During the regional training you will receive your yellow hat, shirt, and official FLDR badge. Beginning in 2015 volunteers will go through a background check before being credentialed.
Download the 2015 Training Flyer now!
2015 Training Locations
March 14 – Region 3 – Pine Grove Baptist Church, Trenton
March 28 – Region 5 – FBC Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach
April 18 – Region 4 – Cornerstone Baptist Church, Inverness
May 2 – Region 6 – FBC Avon Park, Avon Park
May 16 – Region 7 – FBC Cutler Ridge, Miami
May 30 – Region 1 – FBC Lynn Haven, Lynn Haven
June 13 – Region 2 – FBC Perry, Perry
*Click on church name for a map
Registration Fee $35
First Time Volunteers will participate in our New Volunteer Class that is designed to prepare volunteers to be able to respond effectively with our ministry. Information will be shared to help answer the questions that all new volunteers typically have. The class lasts all morning.
After lunch, first time volunteers will be able to choose one to attend a Ministry Area Class to get specialized training in the area they most likely want to work.
You can cross train in other Ministry Areas by attending another regional training event.
*Price includes: lunch, training materials, ID badge, t-shirt, hat and pin. These items will be mailed to you after we have received your background check clearance. Cost for background checks is additional.
Returning Volunteers
Registration Fee $20
Returning Volunteers have several options
During the morning, they may choose to get additional training in their primary ministry area in a specialized class.
After lunch, they may choose to attend another ministry area class to receive training in another specialty thus expanding their ability to minister.
*Price includes: lunch, training materials. T-Shirts may be purchased for $10 each.
**If your badge has expired you will need to attend the New Volunteer Class in order to get a new badge. Badges expire every 3 years. Background checks will be required when badges are renewed. Cost for background check is additional.
I Agree
Training FAQ
Who should attend this training? (1) Anyone who wants to become a new volunteer in the Florida Baptist Disaster Ministry or (2) Any previously trained volunteer who wants additional training or needs to retrain due to expired credentials. (Volunteers must retrain every 3 years)
Why do I have to be trained to be a volunteer? Emergency Management Officials now require all volunteers to be credentialed by an organization like ours before they are allowed to work in a disaster response area. Our training is designed to meet these requirements and prepare volunteers to do effective ministry when called upon.
How do I register? Register at the event site between 8:30 AM & 9:00 AM the day of the event.
Why is there a fee to attend? The cost of training a new volunteer is more than $60. The fee is to help us offset some of the costs. Participants will receive DR shirt & hat, ID badge, training material, instruction and lunch for attending.
What about lunch? Lunch is prepared by trained feeding volunteers on one of our feeding units at the event. The cost of the meal is included in the registration fee.
What about time zones? The schedule is based on the time zone of the event site.
Why isn't there an event closer to me? The training season can only be done between March and June because we have to be ready to re-spond to our most likely disaster, hurricanes, between July –October. With a limited number of weekends available, we have to do regional events. Our goal is to have at least 1 event within a 2 1/2 hour drive for volunteers to attend. We move the sites to different associations from year to year within specific regions.
How old do you need to be to attend training? Everyone can attend the training. Anyone under 18 will be considered a Youth. Youth cannot be called out on their own and will need to respond with their credentialed legal guardian. Youth do not have to pay the registration fee and will ONLY receive a "youth" badge and lunch that day.
Will background checks be mandatory? Yes. The Florida Baptist Convention has now added this requirement to continue the practice of protecting those whom we serve.
Some equipment that FLDR uses requires special certifications. You can receive those certifications by taking a hands on test at the Lake Yale warehouse. Special certification is required for:
- Forklifts
- Skid Steer


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When Dame Helen Mirren walked into the pressroom, one was quite tempted to stand up and curtsy as she is undisputedly one of cinema's most gifted actors and is most outspoken. Mirren is currently starring in The Love Ranch, the first film she and her husband director Taylor Hackford worked on together since White Nights in 1985. The script by Mark Jacobson is loosely based on the Mustang Ranch, the first legal brothel in Nevada. Mirren plays the tough madam Grace Bontempo and Joe Pesci plays her philandering husband Charlie. The following interview is with Mirren and co-star Sergio Peris-Mencheta, an up-and-coming star who plays Armando Bruza.
Mirror: The role of Grace showcased your sexuality and femininity that obviously is quite different from playing the Queen. Is that what attracted you to the role?
Mirren: I have to say that you always look for your next piece of work to be as different from your last piece of work because that way you keep interested and hopefully keep the audience interested as well. It's a bit of a poison chalice to be that kind of an actor because the audience, especially a film audience, really wants you to be the same character over and over again because that's what they're familiar with. The great movie stars are exactly that. If you want to be a certain kind of an actor, you have to resist that even if sometimes it's not in your own self-interest, but ultimately it is in your artistic self- interest. Anyway, I looked for something different, and this was different from the Queen. That said, I don't agree that it's about sexuality or femininity. It's really about a tough working class woman.
Mirror: Did you feel good chemistry with Joe Pesci and were your styles of working compatible?
Mirren: We don't have different styles of working and I don't know why people keep saying this. We work in exactly the same way. We look at the script, we learn the line, we hit our marks, etc. He doesn't like to rehearse and I'm in accord with that. I don't mind running the lines with someone, but I don't want to rehearse it. You want it to happen in the moment on the set. Joe, above all, is a professional. He's been in the business a long time. He knows what's required and he delivers and I respect that more than anything. He happens to be a great actor with incredible energy and it's great to work with that "Joe thing."
Mirror: You met with a real madam. What was that like?
Mirren: Honestly, the great thing about the work we do, and the thing that I love most about my job, is that it takes me into the most unexpected places, places that I would never dream that I would be, and along comes a role that takes you to that place. One of the places we visited was a brothel in Nevada and was introduced to a pretty extraordinary woman, Susan Austin, madam of the Mustang Ranch. She's very elegant, very gracious, very smart, very business like and if you met her on the street, you would think she was the CEO of a cosmetics company. She was a revelation to me and it was great to meet her.
Mirror: Can you both talk about your torrid love scenes? Was it harder for both of you or for your husband Taylor?
Peris-Mencheta: It was more difficult to do the audition than the shooting. Two days after I met Helen Mirren, we did the reading and we had to kiss each other and touch each other. For me it was very difficult. I got to know her and said to myself she's not Dame Mirren, she's Helen and I can touch her. After a while, it was very normal and natural. After all, I'm from Spain. (laughter)
Mirren: I have done this quite a few times and I think in general it's harder for the guy. I know that's a broad generalization. Taylor was great because he was incredibly straightforward and practical about it. He might as well have been shooting a scene about washing up. He gave us direction about where we should lie down and how he was going to shoot it, which really helped Sergio and me. I know it's really hard for people to understand and it's always a question. I can understand why because kissing and sex are so intimate and something you only do with a loved one or a drunken night with someone. (laughter.) The thought of doing it with a complete stranger with whom you are not intimate is difficult for people to get their heads around it. I've often walked into a room and within ten minutes I'm kissing a complete stranger. Actors are use to that because that's what we do. It's our job. It's natural and it's easy. Believe me, it's no big deal unless you choose to make it so.
Mirror: Sergio, to prepare for this boxing role, you trained with hall-of-fame trainer Jimmy Glenn. What was that like?
Peris-Mencheta: I worked out for four months in New York, training for five hours a day. I ate a lot because I had to gain 35 pounds. I turned into another guy that helped me lot to play this role. The worst part was to go into the ring to spar. That was tough.
Mirror: Knowing you were not really a boxer, did they hold back in their sparring with you?
Peris-Mencheta: At the beginning they were polite, but after a while, when I learned some moves and tried to punch, sometimes I would connect and they would want to fight with me, but they did try to respect my face.
Mirror: Are you loosing some of those 40 pounds?
Peris-Mencheta: I'm on it. It's more difficult to gain weight because you have to eat when you're not hungry and you're thinking about having to lose that weight after the movie. So before and after dinner every night, I had to drink Haagen Daz ice cream that I microwaved.
Mirror: Taylor is a boxing fan. Do you have a sport that you love?
Mirren: Ever since I was in my teens I watched boxing and all my boyfriends have been boxing fans, so I'm quite a fan. Three of them boxed themselves, one of them almost professionally. I can certainly watch a boxing match and do love fight night in Vegas.
Mirror: Do you have a special thing that you like to do?
Mirren: Crocheting. Not! (laughter) My husband, incidentally, also loves dance and will happily go to the ballet. We enjoy all kinds of forms of physicality.
Mirror: One can't imagine you having difficulty doing anything, but was capturing an American accent a challenge?
Mirren: Someone said that you are good at accents if you are musical and I'm completely unmusical. I cannot sing in tune or hear a tune and I do find accents very difficult and have to work very hard at them. Some people do them very easily and brilliantly, but I don't. I'm very bad at it. So whenever you see me doing an accent, believe me, it's a lot of work. Given that I've lived in America for 20 years, you'd think it would be easy.
Mirror: Sergio, you've made your first American film, directed by Taylor Hackford, co-starring with Helen, love scenes with Helen. How was this whole experience for you?
Peris-Mencheta: Too much. (laughter) At the beginning it was too much but they tried to make me feel at home and I think that was the key, including the make-up guy Luigi Rocchetti who put on my beard every day. I finally found my place in this big thing. I saw the movie the other day and thought, "I did that!"
Mirror: In the end you go off with the young, gorgeous guy. What is your feeling about the expression Cougar?
Mirren: I think it's offensive. Mind you, a Cougar is a rather beautiful animal, but it's still offensive. Men have been going off with younger women forever, but there's no special name for that.
Mirror: Can you talk a little bit about your photo spread in New York magazine?
Mirren: The photographer is one of the top ten European photographers. He's an art photographer. I lived with a photographer for four years so I'm very much into the art of photography and always give photographers artistic freedom and time, especially if they're top notch. I don't try to control what they do.
Mirror: Thank you so much.
Mirren: You're welcome. Bye. Bye.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following interview originally appeared in the Santa Monica Mirror and the edited version is being reprinted as a courtesy of that publication.


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Maryland has lost its past two games by a combined 73-6 and has little clarity at the quarterback position.
"My whole focus will always be … to make our kids better," Edsall said in response to a question about feeling any pressure based on how the season has gone.Read more
While most of the conversation on Maryland coach Randy Edsall's weekly conference call centered on the Terps' uncertain quarterback state of affairs, the fifth-year coach offered some clarity about the team's linebacker situation, which took a hit when it lost outside linebackers Jefferson Ashiru for the season and Brett Zanotto for the next few weeks with ankle injuries.Read more
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Maryland outside linebacker Jefferson Ashiru and defensive tackle David Shaw will miss the rest of the season with injuries, coach Randy Edsall announced after the game.
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CEBU -- After learning that a minor was hired for the wrecking crew, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Central Visayas region on Thursday ordered the demolition of 157 houses in Barangay Apas, Cebu City, stopped.
Dole Regional Senior Labor and Employment Officer Russel Cañete issued the work stoppage order to Sheriff Edilberto Suarin at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Cañete arrived at the demolition site in Sitio San Miguel around noon to interview Suarin.
Suarin, not the owner of Lot 942 and Lot 947 Aletha Suico-Magat as earlier reported, had hired the 200-member demolition team.
Cañete had wanted to conduct a profile of all demolition crew members to see that no underaged worker was among them. Suarin had ignored him.
Also on Thursday, at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Soliver Peras ordered Suarin to stop the demolition pending his resolution on the petition for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order filed by 15 families affected by the writ of demolition.
"Do not touch anything," Peras told Suarin.
Peras gave Suico-Magat and Suarin until 9 a.m. today, March 8, to submit their position papers.
Without any last-minute save from the court on Thursday, it was the looting, instead, that bought the residents some time because it forced the court sheriff to stop the wrecking crew for about four hours.
That, as Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged on Thursday all agencies concerned, including the Cebu City Government, to consider the plight of those being displaced.
"While some say that this is done in the name of development, there should always be balance. We must consider those who are displaced, where they should be relocated or if we are helping these people find jobs," Palma told reporters.
Palma said he is coordinating with the Cebu Archdiocese's discernment group to help those displaced by the demolition.
The hiring of a minor for the demolition job was found out when tanods of Barangay Apas and policemen apprehended for looting a 16-year-old member of the wrecking crew.
The boy's name is in the list of demolition team members Suarin had submitted to the barangay.
Cañete was waiting for Suarin and the demolition team at the command post set up by the barangay and City Hall at Sitio San Miguel.
Apas Barangay Captain Ramil Ayuman received a report from the affected residents that Suarin and the demolition team had started to tear down a house.
This led Ayuman, Mayor Michael Rama's executive assistant Janesis Ponce, and Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) chief Collin Rosell to rush to the site.
Rosell and Ponce, both lawyers, questioned Suarin's move to demolish the houses.
They said the members of the demolition team were not properly identified because some of them didn't have valid IDs.
This violates Republic Act 7279, known as the Urban Housing and Development Act (Udha) of 1992, which requires proper identification of all persons taking part in the demolition.
Ponce and Rosell told Suarin that either they will do a "citizen's arrest" or he go with them to the command post and face the Dole official.
Suarin went with them and faced Cañete.
At the command post, Cañete told someone on the phone that he was being arrested. Talking over the phone, he walked back to the demolition site and did not return to the command post.
A few minutes after, Ayuman received a report that Suarin and the demolition team had proceeded with the demolition.
Ayuman, Rosell, Ponce and Cañete went back to demolition site.
Cañete then issued a work stoppage order to Suarin and told the sheriff that he could not go on with the demolition until he cleared the crew of minors and formally answer all allegations against him.
Suarin stopped the demolition.
Suarin refused an interview with reporters.
Rosell said what Suarin did was "gross defiance and disregard of authority" of the Dole officer.
Since the demolition started Tuesday, the crew has torn down six of the 157 structures.
Two families had volunteered to dismantle their own homes.
After the hearing at the RTC Branch 10 Thursday afternoon, both Ponce and Rosell said the court sheriff violated some laws in the enforcement of writ of demolition.
Ponce said the City Government will file charges against the court sheriff for alleged violation in the enforcement of the demolition writ.
Suarin said he would heed the judge's order, but said that he did not violate any law in the implementation of the demolition writ.
In their petition, the residents argued that Judge Pamela Baring-Uy of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Branch 6 did not acquire jurisdiction over the case.
Baring-Uy issued the writ of demolition dated January 23 against the families, who occupied the properties owned by Magat.
The families occupied lot 947, with an area of 7,411 square meters, and lot 942, with an area of 9,753 square meters.
Both lots were supposed to be part of the expansion of the then Lahug airport.
The residents also said the lot claimant failed to state in her complaint that their stay on the property is by mere tolerance.
There is a need to issue a restraining order, the residents said, since pursuing the destruction of their houses would cause them "great and irreparable injury."
The petitioners are Rosalinda Gambit, Bradley Manos, Alan Nava, Vicenta Tuyor, Myra Gumahad, Edwin Pedrano, Rona Sayson, Melchor Abellaneda, Jocelyn Francisco, Mary Jane Magpali, Ester Demecino, Margarita Salabsab, Ledwin Linaban, Lando Calumba and Marites Beltran. (PDF/GMD/with JKV/Sun.Star Cebu)
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A Gathered Church
The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930
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This historical survey takes into the account the contribution of a wealth of seminal literary figures such as the poets Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley and William Blake; and the novelists Elizabeth Gaskell, George Elliot, Mark Rutherford and D. H. Lawrence. However, far from consigning his study merely to literature, Davie also includes important orators like Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Farraday and Philip Gosse; political activists like Joseph Priestly, and soldiers like Orde Wingate. Unitarians, Sandemanians, Wesleyan Methodists and the Plymouth Brethren are considered, as well as the older denominations.less
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About two years ago, I began to experience the American epidemic of busyness. I was a junior in college—balancing five classes, a part-time job, student leadership, and a forty-minute commute from the Upper East Side to my college's campus in Midtown Manhattan. Some days, I would leave my apartment at 7:30 a.m. and wouldn't return until 11:00 p.m. While I enjoyed everything that I was doing, I was often left feeling that my day was little more than checking tasks off the long lists I made on loose leaf paper.
While I was adjusting to this new way of living, I had a conversation with my older sister that completely transformed the way I approach my day. Jessica told me that she was learning to "choose joy." This simple truth has become a mantra for me over the past several years. Whether I'm having an off day, feeling blasé, or am overwhelmed by the tasks at hand, I remind myself that being joyful is a choice.
We generally think of the fruits of the Spirit in terms of development. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, they are developed within us. Although it's true that the Holy Spirit develops these disciplines in us, we forget that we are to be active participants in the developing. We can choose to respond to situations with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control.
By being intentional about practicing the fruits of the Spirit and choosing joy, we can transform our workplaces, despite how humble or mundane our positions. We can be counter-cultural, refusing to buy into the philosophy of "working for the weekend" and recognizing that both work and the posture of our heart toward it matter.
So, how can we choose joy as a posture toward work? Here are a few places to start.
Frame your day with prayer and Scripture. I used to wake up and get ready without any flexible time in my morning schedule. Over the past few months, I've been getting up twenty to thirty minutes earlier, drinking a cup of coffee in bed, and spending time with God. And it's made a huge difference in how I approach my day.
Make your office or cubicle a place of hope. I have a friend who has a small card in one of her desk drawers that says, "This is a place of hope." What a lovely reminder that our offices are not simply the space in which we answer e-mails and do projects. (Proverbs 10:28: "The hope of the righteous brings joy. ")
Interrupt your day with prayer and Scripture. One of the men in my community group has set up his e-mail to send him one random prayer request during his lunch hour every day. Another friend reads the daily lectionary during lunch. Create space in your day to pause and spend time with God.
Plan peace. Whether this means being kind to a co-worker who has slighted you or giving a polite response to a rude caller, plan peace in your workplace. (Proverbs 10:20: "Those who plan peace have joy. ")
Rest well. Over the past year or so, I've started being intentional about resting on Sundays. It will change how you work.
May we live in the remembrance that "whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men" and in the joy that comes from working this way.


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As mentioned before, Jones is not known as a great guy. He is not much of a leader. He is not the type of player that is going to dive for the loose ball. He does not have a great attitude and the only thing that can fix this is time and aging.
It's easy to see Terrence Jones as a guy who would not be able to handle the NBA lifestyle and be out of the league in a few years. Jones, however, has top-10 talent and could fall into the 20s on draft night. Oftentimes, this is a good combination. Jones will likely fall to a good team where he can grow under veterans. If this is truly the case, Jones could be in for a bright future.
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Is there any better player other than Kevin Garnett that could whip Terrence Jones into shape? The Celtics still need to re-sign Garnett, but even if they do not, Jones would still fit in well. The Celtics need scorers. It was apparent during the playoffs that it was incredibly hard for them to score. Jones has a knack for getting the ball in the hoop and could use veterans to lead him into the league. With Brandon Bass and Jeff Green likely hot options in free agency, the Celtics need someone ready to step into the power forward spot right away. Jones would be one of the best options for the job.
"There is no doubt, Jones' style of play fits the NBA game better than the college game. However, his biggest problem early on will be his position. He may be matched against bigger players as a 4, but he probably isn't quick enough to guard a 3. Either way, his versatility will allow him to do many things. If he keeps his head right, he could be one of the more productive players in this draft class." – Garrett Tucker, a scout for Future150.com
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