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ENON, TEXAS (Houston County). Enon, a farming community 2½ miles east of Grapeland on Farm Road 227 in north central Houston County, grew up around a school established there in 1883. In 1897 its school had an enrollment of fifty-one. By the mid-1930s Enon had two churches, a cemetery, and a number of houses. After World War II most of its residents moved away, and by the mid-1960s the community was no longer shown on highway maps. In the early 1990s only a few scattered houses remained in the area.
Houston County Cemeteries (Crockett, Texas: Houston County Historical Commission, 1977; 3d ed. 1987). Houston County Historical Commission, History of Houston County, Texas, 1687–1979 (Tulsa, Oklahoma: Heritage, 1979).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Christopher Long, "ENON, TX (HOUSTON COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrevf), accessed October 09, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Amir Johnson, a forward for the Toronto Raptors, was ejected in last night's game against the Portland Trailblazers. Johnson had an odd obsession with touching the ball before it was either inbounded or given to a player to shoot free throws, and on one occasion he tussled with a referee for it and was thrown out.
According to Yahoo! Sports, Johnson said an in interview, "I guess the ref didn't let me have the ball so we kind of got into a tug of war. No words were really said and he rejected me out of the game and I kind of lost my cool from there."
This incident was seen as very odd and unusual because it Johnson doesn't usually lose his temper or obsess over touching the ball. Many players in the league do have routines, but sometimes they have to be broken when officials get in the way. How the player reacts next, is his choice, but if it's too much for the officials liking, then he will be ejected, and that's what happened to Johnson.
After the game Johnson came to the realization of how foolish his actions were. The Associated Press reports that Johnson said, "I think it was just really childish. It was something that didn't need to happen."

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Unlicensed Devices and Equipment Approval
On September 7, 2004, the Commission released a Report and Order in the matter of "Unlicensed Devices and Equipment Approval." This document contains corrections to the final regulations that appeared in the Federal Register of September 7, 2004 (69 FR 54027).
Effective October 7, 2004.
For further information contact:
Nancy J. Brooks, Office of Engineering and Technology, (202) 418-2454.
Supplementary information:
The final regulations that are the subject of this correction relate to "Unlicensed Devices and Equipment Approval" under § 15.247 of the rules.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contain an error, which requires immediate correction.
List of subjects in 47 cfr part 15
Communications equipment.Accordingly, 47 CFR part 15 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:
Part 15—radio frequency devices1. The authority citation for part 15 continues to read as follows
47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 304, 307, 336, and 544A.§ 15.247 2. Section 15.247 is amended by removing paragraph (b)(5) and by revising paragraph (e) and by adding paragraph (i) to read as follows: * * * * *
(e) For digitally modulated systems, the power spectral density conducted from the intentional radiator to the antenna shall not be greater than 8 dBm in any 3 kHz band during any time interval of continuous transmission. This power spectral density shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section. The same method of determining the conducted output power shall be used to determine the power spectral density.* * * * *
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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate sports reporter
The Carbon High Dino baseball team started off their season, just where they ended up last year on Monday.
Few teams can say that, because most end up in a state tournament where they lose their last game of the year. But for the defending 3A champions, it was like old times. That was except for the fact it was early spring baseball against a 2A opponent in Moab, with a few players from last years state squad missing.
Nonetheless a win is a win and the 6-5 decision was a good start.
Coach Lane Herrick was pleased with his squad as they played hard all the way through the game. Carbon scored two runs in the seventh to take the lead.
Grand High, however, was able to put one more on the board before the contest was through but it was not enough.
Herrick says his team has a number of things to work on. They are a young team, but they are expected to produce big results.
Hopefully their preseason record will live up to the expectations; the Dinos are presently ranked number one in the 3A division. With that early ranking a lot of teams will be gunning for them.
The squad leaves for St. George later this week to play in the Pizza Hut Classic on Friday and Saturday. They will face off with Tooele and Cedar on Friday. The Buffalos always have a good team and the Redmen will have a lot of fans there, because they will be close to home.
On Saturday they will have a run in with Wasatch. The Wasps are ranked second in the state so that should be a good reality check for the Carbon boys.
The tournament will wrap up with one final game on Saturday night. That match-up will be determined by the results of the previous games.
Tuesday was a transition day.
The weather went from pretty nice to cold and blustery.
It was a bad omen for the Carbon Lady Dinos softball team as San Juan blew into town and froze up a young and inexperienced squad with a 6-1 victory.
For Carbon it was their first game of the season, and the cold could have affected them.
Or maybe it was just the early season jitters. Regardless, San Juan had less trouble with the cold and put on a good offensive show.
Carbon coach Tony Pinedo saw some good things from his players on the field however.
"We have some learning to do and we will move along as the season progresses." Pinedo commented, "We are a young team that lacks experience."
With that loss the team hopes to find better weather as they head south to play some games against other 3A schools and then to participate in the Pizza Hut Classic this weekend in St. George.
First they will take on Dixie and Pineview on Thursday and then on Friday the tournament starts with them playing in five games.
In those games they will battle several teams and the weather to gain some of the needed experience before starting region play.
Their next home game will be against Union on March 23 and they start Region 8 competition on March 28 against Granite on the Dinos home field.
The College of Eastern Utah's baseball team is well into its season already. Play started back in February with a road game to Arizona.
The Eagles are struggling this year with a 1-7 conference record. They are second from the bottom of the standings and six games behind of conference leading Southern Idaho.
Tuesday afternoon they played a double header against Weber and swept the two game set. The early game saw Craig Lanzarotto hit a three run homer in the 4th to put the Eagles up.
They finished off with a 6-3 win over Weber.
The second game was another good offensive output from the Eagles as they overpowered Weber 7-2.
Overall the team's record of 7-11 is a bit more encouraging than its league mark in the Scenic West Athletic Conference.
The league has changed some this year with the Golden Eagles joining the standard teams of Southern Idaho, Northern Idaho, Colorado Northwestern, Snow, and Salt Lake Community College, along with Southern Nevada Community College and Western Nevada Community College.
The high point of the season for the Eagles so far is a 12-2 victory over Weber State on February 25.
The 11 hits resulted in 12 runs while Weber committed four errors.
CEU moves on to Henderson, Nev. for a weekend series against Southern Nevada CC.
The team's next conference game will be against conference leading Southern Idaho on March 17 and 18 in Twin Falls, Idaho.


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"The plane is ready for departure." The call came loud and clear over the loudspeaker. "It's time" my mom said as if to echo the call. As I reached down to pick up my bags my heart was racing. The events of the last few days came rushing through my mind. For some time now the idea of being a missionary priest had become a central focus. Not that I really knew what that meant, but Christ was calling. Prayer, different personal experiences and an internal yearning proved that. A simple fifteen-year-old Minnesotan boy from a small town called Forest Lake was about to set out on the adventure of following the Lord's will.
The evening before, as I tried to cram everything into a suitcase, I realized it was a hopeless battle. Too many white shirts, dress pants, black shoes... "When have I ever put on a pair of black shoes anyway?" I thought to myself. It could not all fit. I tried to sit on top, zip up one side and then the other. No good. I had to take something out. What could I take out? Unexpectedly, tears filled my eyes and I could not hold them back. I tried to turn away so as not to be seen but mom, who was never far off, put her hand on my shoulder and said "You know you don't have to go." "I know" came the reply without thinking "but this is what I am supposed to do." Brushing away the tears I looked back at the suitcase, reached in and slowly took out my favorite pair of jeans and T-shirt. "I don't think I'll need these." Now, with a small push on top I managed to zip the suitcase closed.
That was the evening before, and now the plane was ready for departure. Suitcase in hand, I headed for the ramp. My parents, my cousin and my aunt were there. I waved farewell with a half-worried grin and passed through the doors to go down the passageway. "I am alone now," I thought to myself, and then I said with a whisper "No Lord, I am with You. Let's go."
As I write these lines, fourteen years late in the city of Rome, six months before ordination, I can not but thank the Lord for the gift of my vocation. For the gift of his closeness in my life since an early age. I never asked for it. I was not prepared for it. The call was his to make and he made it. As the famous Bible verse says; "It is not you who have chosen me but I who have chosen you..."
When I entered the minor seminary run by the Legionaries of Christ to study to become a catholic missionary priest, I was fifteen years old. In the minor seminary I finished 11th and 12th grade in one year and graduated from high school in 1996. As the years have gone by many things have changed; people, countries, languages, cultures, but the Lord has never left my side. He has been strength, courage and fortitude. A true friend you can trust in.
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This ProFTP guide is for Debian but it should be similar to every distro as long as you follow some basic steps. This should show you how to configure your ProFTP to have users only being able to see its home dirs.
I have set up Proftpd using a fairly basic proftpd.conf file, on a Slackware 10 box (not sure of full details, I didn't build it). I have a user that will ftp in either over teh net or from the LAN, and I want to limit that user to their home directory and sub-directories of their home directory (ie - they can't "cd ../" up the directory tree, etc). The user will need to write to their home directory, as well as pull stuff out of it when offsite.
Is there a way to get Proftpd to do this, or is there some sort of permissions deal I need to set up with this user?
Here is /etc/proftpd.conf. I am going to kill the anonymous section, just in case you were wondering.
# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# It establishes a single server and a single anonymous login.
# It assumes that you have a user/group "nobody" and "ftp"
# for normal/anonymous operation.
ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"
#ServerType standalone
ServerType inetd
DefaultServer on
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 30
# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User nobody
Group nogroup
# This next option is required for NIS or NIS+ to work properly:
#PersistentPasswd off
SystemLog /var/log/proftpd.log
TransferLog /var/log/xferlog
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory /*>
AllowOverwrite on
# A basic anonymous FTP server configuration.
# To enable this, remove the user ftp from /etc/ftpusers.
<Anonymous ~ftp>
RequireValidShell off
User ftp
Group ftp
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UserAlias anonymous ftp
# Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
MaxClients 50
# We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
# in each newly chdired directory.
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message
# Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
<Limit WRITE>
This ProFTP guide is for Debian but it should be similar to every distro as long as you follow some basic steps. This should show you how to configure your ProFTP to have users only being able to see its home dirs.
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Intimidation prompts cancellation of weekly Mass on Spanish campus
Catholic World News - January 26, 2011
The University of Barcelona has decided to stop scheduling a Mass on campus every Wednesday until security measures can be adopted to protect Catholic worshipers from a small but aggressive group of "secular progressive" protesters.
The protests, organized by a group of about 40 anti-Catholic students and faculty members, are termed "boycotts," but actually have involved assaults on the students attending the weekly Mass. University officials had been screening those who entered the chapel, asking them to identify themselves as Catholics, but the aggressive protests continued, forcing the school to take stronger measures.
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Officers learn to lead in 'hostile territory'
Students and staff from the 254th Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) Basic Course recently participated in a weeklong, scenario-driven field training exercise (FTX) at Fort Hunter Liggett in Central California.
The FTX is the culminating event in this course that is designed to give newly selected Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officers an in-depth look at what it takes to become leaders in the field.
Class officer in charge, Lt. Josh Turner, described the training.
"FTX simulates an unimproved terrain in hostile territory where our job is to provide construction support with limited resources," he said. "FTX requires us to conduct operations all up and down the chain of command. The experience familiarizes us with what our subordinates will be doing when we give orders and what our superiors are looking for when we receive tasking."
The FTX is preceded by one week of instructor-led training in the classroom. It provides the practical training portion of the course where students apply what they have learned and work to improve their leadership skills.
Michele Osborne, who has developed curriculum for CECOS courses for six years, said the exercise puts students into a real-life tactical situation.
"They are challenged to think on their feet," she said, "and they apply the leadership skills they have learned in a controlled environment."
Ensign Mallory Smith, a student from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, said communication is key.
"One thing I want to focus on when I join my unit is to ensure everyone in the COC (Command Operations Center) knows what is going on. It was very important to communicate on patrols and let the officers back in the COC know what you see."
Ensign Nick Lacour, a student from NMCB 133, concurred.
"Knowing the importance of effective communication in the COC and recognizing message priority based on urgency will help me when I head to battalion," Lacour said.
The Basic Course director, Lt. Riley Smith, enjoys seeing the students in action. He believes the competitive aspect of FTX increases the students' effectiveness in the field.
"It's always gratifying to watch each CECOS class transform from a team of individuals to an individual team," he said. Nothing hastens that process more than a little shared adversity — FTX, in this case."
CECOS provides classroom instruction and hands-on training on the roles and responsibilities of Navy CEC officers. The seven-week Basic Course focuses on officer competencies, military training, facilities management and construction project management. Additional training is provided specific to members' first duty stations and on the fundamentals of government contracting.
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Seahorses are valuable global commodities that are traded around the world for use in traditional Chinese medicine, aquaria, and for curiosities. Since 2004, the international trade of seahorses has been regulated.
Project Seahorse takes an active role in providing information to many levels of the trade network, from customs officials, to traditional medicine practitioners, and aquarists. By monitoring fisheries and the seahorse trade, we promote the sustainable consumption of seahorses.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
We engage TCM traders and practitioners in Hong Kong and mainland China, supporting their work to make trade sustainable and promoting greater conservation awareness in TCM consumers. Projects: Fostering marine conservation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Working with the Traditional Chinese Medicine community in Hong Kong and Vancouve: Developed a voluntary code of conduct for seahorse imports to Hong Kong, in collaboration with traditional Chinese medicine business groups.
Aquariums and aquaculture
Working with our colleagues around the world, we improve the sustainability of the aquarium trade in seahorses, ensuring that purchases come from sustainable sources and developing monitoring systems for the live trade of other syngnathids. Some of our successes include:
Fish and seafood consumption
The food we choose to eat from the ocean has an immense effect on the marine ecosystem's health. Making smarter choices at the table means everybody can contribute to marine conservation. Project Seahorse helped to move the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) and the Zoological Society of London (UK) towards the sustainable consumption of seafood to reduce our impacts on fisheries.
Program publications
Koldewey, H.J. and K.M. Martin-Smith (2010) A global review of seahorse aquaculture. Aquaculture DOI:10.1016/j. aquaculture.2009.11.010
Nadeau, J.L., J.M.R. Curtis and S.A. Lourie (2009) Preservation causes shrinkage in seahorses: Implications for biological studies and managing sustainable trade using minimum size limits. Aquatic Cons. 19 (4): 428-438
Lunn, K.E., M. J. Villanueva Noriega, and A.C.J. Vincent (2008). Souvenirs from the sea: an investigation into the curio trade of echinoderms in Mexico. TRAFFIC Bulletin 22(1):19-32
Giles, B.G., S.K. Truong, H.H. Do and A.C.J. Vincent (2006) The catch and trade of seahorses in Vietnam. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(6):2497-2513
Grey, M. and A.C.J. Vincent (2006) Extent and possible conservation implications of fish use for research, testing and education in North America. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 16:569-578
Grey, M., A.-M. Blais, B. Hunt and A.C.J. Vincent (2006) The USA's international trade in fish leather, from a conservation perspective. Environmental Conservation 33(2):100-108
Hunt, B. and A.C.J. Vincent (2006) Scale and Sustainability of Marine Bioprospecting for Pharmaceuticals. Ambio 35:57-64
Martin-Smith, K.M. and A.C.J. Vincent (2006) Exploitation and trade in Australian seahorses, pipehorses, sea dragons and pipefishes (Family Syngnathidae). Oryx 40:141-151
Baum, J.K. and A.C.J. Vincent (2005) Magnitude and inferred impacts of the seahorse trade in Latin America. Environmental Conservation 32:305-319
Foster, S.J. and A.C.J. Vincent (2005) Enhancing sustainability of the international trade in seahorses with a single minimum size limit. Conservation Biology 19:1044-1050
Grey, M., A.-M. Blais, and A.C.J. Vincent (2005) Magnitude and trends of marine fish curio imports to the USA. Oryx 39(4):413-420
Foster, S.J. and A.C.J. Vincent (2004) Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management. Journal of Fish Biology 65:1-61
McPherson, J.M. and A.C.J. Vincent (2004) Assessing East African trade in seahorse species as a basis for conservation under international controls. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 14(5):521-538
Job, S.D., H.H. Do, J.J. Meeuwig and H.J. Hall (2002) Culturing the oceanic seahorse, Hippocampus kuda. Aquaculture 214:333-341
Wilson, M.J. and A.C.J. Vincent (2000) Preliminary success in closing the life cycle of exploited seahorse species, Hippocampus spp., in captivity. Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 4:179-196
Vincent, A.C.J. (1997) Trade in pegasid fishes (sea moths), primarily for traditional Chinese medicine. Oryx 31(3):199-208
Vincent, A. (1995) Seahorse conservation and traditional Chinese medicine. Abstracts of Chinese Medicine 6(2):272-281
Vincent, A.C.J. (1995) Trade in seahorses for Traditional Chinese Medicines, aquarium fishes and curios. TRAFFIC Bulletin 15:125-128


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Does anyone know how I can get rid of the little pencil icon that always shows in anything I write? I have no idea how it got there in the first place.
Donna,You aren't supposed to get rid of it. Click on it and it allows you to edit your post. In case you are on the rampage one day and decide to post a rant in the Chaff forum about "Cheez Whiz and how it's causing the decline of western civilization", it allows you to moderate yourself and go back to change it if you deem necessary.Hope this helps.Chris
Well why is it that I seem to be the only person in the forum that has it in their posts?I think Western Civilization needs Cheez Whiz. I'm figuring out how to dehydrate it!! : )Thanks
Donna Wrote: "Well why is it that I seem to be the only person in the forum that has it [a pencil icon] in their posts?"Probably, because it wouldn't be polite to change other people's posts (as much as you might think the change would be for the better :-). In order to remove even the temptation of the sinful desire to edit someone else's words—the pencil will only appear in your own posts. PAX.
Edited by lrmblue on 08/09/2008 09:58:07 MDT.
Thanks, Blue...except my question still hasn't been answered. I understand it's usage, but why don't you have one in your posts? This pops up each time in mine.
Each user only sees it in their own post. I don't see the pencil you see in your posts. You don't see the pencil I see in mine.It's user specific. Try logging out, then read the posts. You won't see any.
A forum reader will only see the pencil icon beneath posts that they authored. It lets the author go back and edit what they wrote.
Sorry I wasn't able to answer your question more clearly, Donna, please forgive me. However, I imagine between Cameron's, Christopher's and my responses you should now have more information about that pencil than you need (or want). I remember having the exact same question when I made my first post on BPL (in general, I don't do much posting on internet forums—so I was/am pretty ignorant about various forum formats). PAX
Well..thanks everyone! I didn't know you couldn't see the pencil in my posts. I was wondering how annoying it might have been to everyone. Thanks again. : )
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Microsoft has silently made another change for Windows 7 users, deciding to end support for dynamic themes that brought fresh images on computers running this particular OS version via RSS feeds.
The company hasn't provided any official announcement about the end of support for dynamic themes, but WindowsObserver writes that the last update took place in June 2013, so it's pretty clear that Microsoft isn't quite keen on bringing new images on Windows 7 computers.
Redmond confirmed in a mailed statements that Windows 7 dynamic themes are no longer supported and even though users can keep them on their computers, no new images will be provided.
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The GMS-714 Quad VCA/Gate module is now available in two forms, the original 1MU format and a 2MU module with additional controls. Added on each channel are an initial gain control and a switch to select whether the channel input to the internal mixer is taken before or after the output connector. This allows the user to exclude the channel from the internal mix. Shown here is the new GMS-714W module.
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He believes boundless enthusiasm will make up for fly-half Francois Gelez and scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili's relative lack of experience.
And he wants them to feel free to express themselves.
The 22-year-old Yachvili from Biarritz has only one cap while goalkicker Gelez, aged 24, has played for Les Bleus seven times.
Yachvili replaces captain Fabien Galthie, who ruled himself out last week with a shoulder injury, while Gelez has been retained after a near faultless kicking performance in France's 38-3 win over Scotland on February 23.
"It is true to say that they are young and that they lack experience but they have a lot of enthusiasm," Laporte said.
"They will gain that experience by playing more games. At the moment they definitely are the best at those positions.
"What we are expecting from them is to be themselves and to feel free to express their rugby.
"We don't know yet whether they will be selected again for Italy - it will all depend on their performance on Saturday as well as on the evolution of injuries.
"But it would not be a bad thing for us to rely on the same half-pack partnership for the rest of the tournament."
In the absence of the charismatic Galthie, back row forward Fabien Pelous will lead the defending 6 Nations champions.
France team to play Ireland in Dublin on Saturday, March 8:
C Poitrenaud, A Rougerie, X Garbajosa, D Traille, V Clerc, F Gelez, D Yachvili, I Harinordoquy, O Magne, S Betsen, O Brouzet, F Pelous (capt), S Marconnet, R Ibanez, JJ Crenca.
Replacements: J-B Rue, C Califano, D Auradou, S Chabal, M Barrau, G Merceron, T Castaignede.


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Men Go Here, Women Go There: Worship Experience at Seyyid Madani Darga Ullal
As we walk up to the Mosque, it is busy with men and women coming and going. Upon making our way to the entrance of the building, we remove our shoes, and step inside the busy place of worship. We are ushered to a room off to the side where we are fed caramels, plantains, dates, and told about the history of the Mosque we are all about to enter. I am feeling anxious and excited to see this Mosque, as I have only ever heard about them, but have never been inside one.
After our Mosque orientation, we are invited to visit the shrine. As we exit the room off to the side to the main part of the building, I hear someone say, "women go that way," pointing down the vast gathering area to an indeterminate direction. My immediate inner reaction to hearing this is, "here we go again." Often in the various airports we have traveled in and out of on this pilgrimage, men and women have been separated in the airport security lines for being hand searched. I am not a fan of airport security in the first place because who I am does not match my identification. And, even though I move easily through the world passing unanimously as male, I still find it hard to separate myself from those 32 years where I was made to go in the line that matched my identification.
As the women in our group make their way past me, I turn to the entrance of the shrine, step up to the entrance where the attendant is at, and wonder if he will figure me out and turn me away because I am not like the other men here to worship. Shame can feel terrible. Shame feels more terrible when I am turned away from being part of something I really love, like experiencing God in new ways. But, there is no shame. The attendant looks me in the eyes, smiles, and says, "right in here, sir."
I enter into where the shrine is. The room is exquisite, with a large shrine located in the center. To the side of the shrine stand two Imams giving blessings. I see Bernie with an Imam holding a blue sash to Bernie's forehead for a blessing, and decide I would like to be blessed too. As I am waiting in a short line for a blessing, it dawns on me that I have not seen any of the women from our group yet. I wonder if perhaps they have a separate shrine to worship at. And, if they do, I hope it is as ornate as the one the men have. It is now my turn to be blessed, and again feel the anticipation of a possible gender nightmare at hand as I step up to the Imam. The Imam looks me in the eyes, and places the blue sash to my forehead, and offers a blessing. No questions. No confused looks. Just blessings.
We finally see the women from the group, and learn that they were not allowed in the shrine room where the men were worshipping. And, they did not have a separate shrine to worship. Instead, they were only allowed to watch the men be blessed from behind a dark glass window. I could not help but feel that part of me took that repressive journey with the women. But, I didn't.
Finally, I should feel a large sense of satisfaction and pride for being seen for who I really I am. And, a large part of me wants to feel that way. But, there is a small and burning piece of me that is beginning to understand the privilege that comes along with fully living life the way I feel most comfortable. This privilege is something I struggle with finding acceptance around. I know what it feels like to be turned away from something because of my gender. And, now I know what it feels like to be accepted because of my gender. I hope someday there is no wall that divides people.
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I'm not sure how into photography you are, but if you're looking for a good camera that will shoot in RAW format but won't weigh as much as a DSLR, the Canon S100 is the way to go. It's light and takes excellent pictures (for a compact). It doesn't take AAA batteries... though I'm not sure how many high end cameras do these days. You can even get a kit for it that allows you to use filters... pair that up with a mini tripod and you have the makings of a pretty decent landscape photography setup. IMO, the RAW capability is the key factor here... you pay for it, but if you're good with Lightroom & Photoshop, RAW allows you to pull so much more from a photo than .jpg.
I don't know of any cameras that use AAA batteries. The camera comparison tool on dpreview.com doesn't show any cameras that use/used AAA's.There are a few that use AA's though. Canon makes most of them. Do you want a moderate amount of zoom or a lot?I like a lot of zoom for hiking trips, so the Canon SX150 interests me.http://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsBatteryNew&includeDiscontinued=No&sort=newestFirst&view=list&page=1¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CSLRLike%2CLargeSensorCompact¶mSpecsBatteryNew=AA
Edited by leaftye on 06/15/2012 15:12:01 MDT.
Stephen,I would recommend panasonic sz 20. Try to google for its reviews. I think somewhere online is on sale now for about $250.
Hi folks,I am not in to photography at all but I did get some lessons on a BPL trip a few months ago, alas all now forgotten.I am looking for a point amd shoot camera that can take good landscapes, if its too heavy or bulky it will get left at home.Even though I work in IT I dont know the first thing about photoshop, the best i cna do is few minor alteration with MS Paint.The reason I asked baout AAA's is that what my GPS and Head lamp use but its not a big deal. We do have a decent camera at home (cannot even remember what brand it is) but when I am off backpacking my wife is often on holidays herself so we need two cameras.So I am complete novice.Will have a look on that website.Cheers,Stephen
Stephen,I use the Canon Powershot SX 150 that Eugene brought up before. It uses AA batteries, as does my GPS receiver (Garmin Etrex 30) and my headlamp (Zebralight H51). My kids use the Canon Powershot A1100 and A1300 which also use AA batteries. I'm very happy with the picture quality of the SX 150. The A1100 is great for the snapshots the kids take, but I prefer more zoom and a bigger lens - even if it means more weight.Best Regards,Manfred
Thanks Manfred,It is certainly worth looking at that type of camera for the extra features.Also I am a bit of a tech nerd (I work in IT) so I like my toys.Cheers,Stephen
If you can find one, the Ricoh GX200 can use AAAs and is a very advanced compact as well.The current demands of digital cameras pretty much excludes powering them with typical consumer batteries, which is why everything not entry-level takes proprietary Li-ion cells.Cheers,Rick
Hi Rick,From what you have said and the previous posters have mentioned AAA's are problay out of the question, something I can charge from a USB cable will do me.Cheers,Stephen
If you really want to use AAA's, you could get AAA to AA adapters. It won't save much weight, and there's a chance that the AAA's won't provide enough juice to operate a camera meant for AA's, and of course the battery life will be much shorter than with AA's.As far as AA cameras being lesser than those with lithium ion batteries. That's rubbish. Lithium ion batteries give camera manufacturers an opportunity to downsize their cameras, gives them the perception of prestige, is slightly faster to swap, and gives them another revenue stream. What they don't tell you is that providing you with those 'advanced' lithium ion batteries almost always comes with a shorter battery life. The people that dispute this either haven't done their research or they are only considering alkaline batteries instead of MUCH better options like nimh or lithium.
Hi Eugene,I have some AAA to AA adapters at home, I think I will just go with the best camera for the job and not worry about battery cross compatability with other kit.Cheers,Sstephen
It's not a bad idea. There are quite a few excellent compact cameras. Sadly there are much fewer AA choices than there used to be, so a camera with another battery type is likely to serve you best. Pentax seems like the last company that's still trying to produce a nice camera that uses AA's, but that's a DSLR and much heavier than what you're looking for.You said you wanted something durable. Are you looking for something that's ruggedized? Crush resistant, waterproof and probably more tolerant of cold temperatures? They weigh a little more and the picture quality suffers somewhat, but it might be worth it if that means you're more likely to get the shot. The worst thing is seeing a critter, and having to pull a camera out of its protective case and watch the shot fade away before the camera is ready to shoot, or missing all kinds of spectacular weather pictures because you don't want to get your camera wet.The cameras in this comparison report may be slightly outdated, but it's a decent place to start:http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q311waterproofcompactgrouptest/
Edited by leaftye on 06/15/2012 19:58:01 MDT.
Thanks Eugene,Will look at that review.I would like to be able to use it as you describe.
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Deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements are now staples of the enforcement strategy of the Department of Justice, which lauds them for their powerful incentive effects. Regrettably, these incentives often allow the DOJ to wring concessions from private parties that are disproportionate to the level of their offenses. The DOJ gains this improper leverage because to the target firm, the consequences of prosecution, typically in the form of loss of licenses, is worse than the consequences of conviction, which often imposes only modest fines. One illustration of the potential abuse is the recent DPA with Toyota, whereby its least important wrong—ostensible misleading of consumers—attracted the most severe sanctions. A good first step toward curing this practice would be independent review of DPAs and NPAs.


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Vietnam: Challenges and opportunities in 2011-2012
Thursday, 01 September 2011 20:24
Vietnam has made significant progress in its development journey. However, the progress has resulted in new challenges such a macroeconomic instability, a dearth of infrastructure and a move towards a more knowledge-based economy.
When thinking about the Vietnamese economy's outlook, my ears resound with the voice of late President Ho Chi Minh, the nation's father-figure, who read the Declaration of Independence in Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945:
"A people who have courageously opposed French domination for more than eighty years, a people who have fought side by side with the Allies against the fascists during these last years, such a people must be free and independent.
For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country, and in fact it is so already. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilise all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty."
The Vietnamese people won a glorious victory of national unification in the protracted resistance war against foreign aggressors for 30 years, experiencing ups and downs during the development cause of the economy.
In 2010, Vietnam became a (low) medium-income country with its status being promoted further in the region and in the world, targeting to basically become an industrialised and modernised country by 2020.
The world: "Spectre" of new economic crisis
We are living in the era of globalisation, the prosperity of each nation depends very much on fast-changing international situation.
Vietnam joined ASEAN in 1995 to link the country's advantages with the region's so that the national economy grew fast and sustainably. But only after two years, in 1997, the regional crisis caused negative impacts on Vietnamese economy, reducing the country's annual economic growth rate from 8.2 per cent during 1991-1997 to 6 per cent during 1998-2004.
When our national economy recovered with the yearly growth rate of 8.5 per cent during 2005-2007, the world's economic crisis impacts have sent the rate down to 6 per cent between 2008 and now.
In 2010, the world's economy rehabilitated with many quite optimistic forecasts. However, from the beginning of 2011, the "spectre" of new economic crisis has appeared with more obvious signs.
Public debt has emerged as a problem in the international arena. The world's leading economy, the United States, has just experienced fears of bankruptcy, causing domino impacts on many other economies. In the latest moment, both the Republican and the Democratic Parties reached the common voice to the solution of raising the US' federal debt ceiling. Even worse, Standard & Poor's downgraded the US' AAA credit rating for the first time by one level to AA+ while keeping the outlook at "negative".
Besides the US, pubic debt is a thorny problem of many countries worldwide. The Business Week has listed 10 countries with the rate of public debt/GDP at risk level in 2010, namely, Iceland 310 per cent, Japan 227 per cent, Greece 124 per cent, Italy 120.1 per cent, the US 99.3 per cent, India 88.9 per cent, Portugal 84.6 per cent, Germany 84.5 per cent, Ireland 82.9 per cent and France 82.6 per cent.
The EU along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided two urgent bailout packages for Greece and urgently organised meetings to find out solutions to "domino effects" of the public debt crisis.
The oil crisis is threatening the world's economic growth. Oil price fluctuations in 2011 can be considered as an oil crisis linked to political uncertainties in the Middle East and the North Africa. Oil prices reached over $100 per barrel sometimes. Many people forecast that oil prices could increase by $40-50 per barrel if political turmoil in the region prolongs.
Gold prices hit new records due to world economic fears. The prices surpassed $1,900 per ounce sometimes and are fluctuating between $1,740-1,760 per ounce. Worries about escalating prices, monetary fluctuations and stock market ups and downs have made gold as an important investment channel.
The world securities market is also down in the mouth. In the beginning of August 2011, financial investors sold off shares to shift to gold, resulting in a loss of $2,500 billion in the global capital market, a reduction equivalent to August 2008.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called countries to provide urgent relief for tens of millions of people who have fallen into famine. Millions of people have died of hunger in many African countries due to poor crops and escalating food prices.
It is said that in order to escape from the current downtrend, every nation must make full use of its internal strength while every government must take bold solutions to stimulate economic growth, rather than relying heavily on external assistance.
Vietnam: Challenges and opportunities
In early 2011, the Communist Party of Vietnam announced the 2011-2020 socio-economic strategy and the 2011-2015 plan with ambitious targets.
However, the high inflation during the first seven months is a great challenge. July's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.17 per cent on-month, making the CPI in seven months to surge 14.61 per cent against December 2010 and 22.16 per cent on-year, causing interest rate fever and devaluations of the Vietnamese dong. Many businesses have been facing mounting hardships, even forcing them to close their factories.
High inflation in 2008 came in as a large amount of money was pumped into the market to buy back more than $9 billion. This year, higher inflation is partly attributed to increasing world prices. However, it is largely due to slow response of the government, defending Vinashin at any cost, besides chronic problems such as ineffective public investment, wasteful and inefficient operations of state-owned enterprises.
Meanwhile, the property market is gloomy. By the end of June 2011, total outstanding loans of real estate firms stood at over VND222 trillion, or $11 billion, accounting for more than 10 per cent of the national GDP. Of which, there were many overdue loans with annual interest rate of 24-25 per cent plus overdue interest rate, pushing a lot of the debtors to the wall. Although many property businesses have had to "sell off" their products via sales promotion and discounts, but there have not been any positive signs yet.
The securities market performed negatively with five consecutive sessions going down in the second week of August. The VN-Index lost additional 16.96 points (4.2 per cent) while HNX-Index fell more than 2.5 points (3.68 per cent). The indexes of both bourses in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are tending to drop and seeing no signs of recovery. Many securities companies have shut the door or cut personnel amidst many investors having shifted to the gold market.
An unprecedented phenomenon in Vietnam was that long queues of people waited in front of private gold shops to buy and sell gold in early August, concerning over further devaluations of Vietnamese dong and increasing world gold prices.
Although Vietnam's foreign debts are now said to stay at a safe level, the government should be aware of controlling the growth of such debts, at $32.5 billion by late 2010, equivalent to 42.2 per cent of the national GDP, up $4.6 billion against 2009. Last year, Vietnam had to pay $1.67 billion back to its foreign lenders, including interests and charges worth of more than $616 million, up 30 per cent as compared with $1.29 billion in 2009.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vietnam's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and Long-Term Local-Currency IDR at "B+" and the outlook on the ratings is stable. But, a ratings downgrade would likely occur if there is backsliding on the authorities' tightening package and a failure to rein in inflation, risking further loss of confidence in the Vietnamese currency and intensified risks to economic stability.
Vietnamese banking system's bad debt rate stood at 2.5 per cent by end-2010, causing concerns over the debt management capability when banks are in the race of mobilising capital by raising interest rates.
Operations of state-owned economic sector have been a problem for a long time. However, there are no suitable solutions. At the 12th National Assembly's 8th session, many deputies proposed to inspect the entire operations of state-owned economic groups so as to avoid the Vinashin case. Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is typical for that.
The Government Inspectorate uncovered many EVN's wrongdoings in equitisation, requesting the group to report to the prime minister on advancing more than VND756 billion ($36.52 million) raised from equitising its members for investment projects. EVN's investments outside its core business accounted for 7.22 per cent of its total investment funds and 4.82 per cent of its equity. At a meeting with the prime minister on February 24, 2009, the government leader asked the group to focus investment capital on ensuring the nation's power supply. The country's sole power distributor is incurring huge loans, including VND6.6 trillion ($318.84 million) borrowed from PetroVietnam and Vinacomin and $36 million from Hiep Phuoc Power.
The low efficiency of public investment is a chronic and thorny problem. Although the Resolution 11 considers cutting public investment as an important solution to fight against high inflation, the attitude of "sympathy and concession" of leaders of ministries has not brought about results as expected.
Nevertheless, Vietnam's economy showed some positive signs in the first seven months of 2011.
The agriculture sector had a bumper crop. Agro-forestry-fishery exports surged as compared with the same period last year.
The country's total export earnings were estimated at $51.46 billion in the first seven months of this year, up 33.5 per cent on-year, the highest growth rate so far. The figure was forecast to reach $86 billion for the whole year. Trade deficit was $6.64 billion, reducing by $850 million, or 11.3 per cent on-year, accounting for 12.9 per cent of export turnover, much lower than the first seven months of 2010 (19.4 per cent).
The tourism sector continued to develop. In the seven-month period, 3.4 million foreign tourists arrived in Vietnam, up 17.3 per cent on-year. The country was forecast to welcome 5.8 million international arrivals this year, earning total revenues of $5.2 billion.
Although foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in seven months was equal to 74.9 per cent of the same period last year, more than $6 billion of FDI was realised in the period, nearly reaching the figure of the corresponding period of 2010, while domestic investment capital plunged and many construction works were suspended or delayed.
The financial-monetary sector witnessed positive signs. The foreign exchange rates have been relatively stable during recent months after devaluations of the national currency. Forex reserves increased and state budget revenues exceeded the initial target.
In a bid to cope with challenges and look forwards goals of the new development strategy, Vietnam now has better internal and external advantages than the beginning of the 21st century.
The nation's economic potentials have increased obviously. The country's GDP was VND1,980 trillion in 2010, a four-fold increase against 2000 (VND441 trillion). Meanwhile, export-import turnover was $156.9 billion in 2010, a 5.21-fold increase against 2000, including export earnings of $72.2 billion, a 4.79-fold rise against 2000. Total social investment capital was VND830.27 trillion last year, a 5.5-time increase against 2000.
The country's relations with other regional countries have improved. The nation, a member of international institutions such as IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and World Trade Organization, has developed trade and investment relations with almost all the countries worldwide.
Vietnam's economic outlook relies on anti-inflation results in the remaining months of 2011 via the Resolution 11. Solutions to rein in inflation linked with monetary-fiscal tightening policies must come from the across-the-board strategies. Each industry and sector must be applied with separate solutions in order to deal with difficulties, stimulate production and expand business activities. For example, for industrial production, it is necessary to provide preferential credits for businesses as additional capital will help them raise the output and export turnover.


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"And I started getting pamphlets with my vitamin samples at the doctor's office. So it's, it's basically advertising, that's how I heard about it."
The ads urge parents to deep freeze cord blood. That can cost up to two thousand dollars, plus about $125 every year for storage. It's not cheap, but private banks say they provide peace of mind. Morey Kraus is the chief scientific officer of ViaCord, a private bank that advertises here in Houston.
"What they're doing is putting a safety buffer in case they need a unit for a child where they may not know that there's a disease. Or maybe for a yet unborn child who may have a disease later."
Doctors use the stem cells to treat leukemias, lymphomas and other disorders. They can also get stem cells from bone marrow, but it can be harder to find a genetic match. Private banking of cord blood increases the odds of certain treatments working, but only for that particular family.
There's another option. Parents can donate the cord blood to a public bank, so the cells can be used to treat other patients. Crystal Hansen explored donation when she gave birth last summer.
"Because I felt like if someone was able to use it now, I'd rather them have that option, you know I don't want to squirrel something away on a 'what if.'"
That "what if" question is the big question for parents. Again, Lawhorn:
"Oh, the choice. It's — especially when they tell you, some of the brochures tell you like it can help treat 80 different diseases and you think "oh my gosh, my child could GET 80 different diseases and I could potentially save my child if I were to do this. You almost feel like a bad parent not doing it."
So what are the odds that a baby would actually need the saved cord blood? Estimates range from 1 in 400 to 1 in 200,000. Given the uncertainty — and the price tag — the national associations for obstetricians and pediatricians recommend against private banking. Unless your family has a specific medical need, they suggest public donation where it's available.
Critics of private banks say they prey on parents' emotional fears, and blur the science. Again, Crystal Hansen:
"And they listed all the things that cord blood could be used for, and most of them? I mean, it's still in an experimental phase. And so — it's such a racket."
Morey Kraus of ViaCord acknowledged that the marketing has to be clear and accurate.
"We're very much in the camp of, you know, emerging therapies are in an experimental stage and that alone should not be a reason to bank."
Nevertheless, many parents do choose private banking. They are betting on a future in which cord blood could be used to treat more diseases than today, diseases like cerebral palsy and diabetes.
"The field is growing. It's viewed as a promising potential biological resource."
Dr. Charles Cox is a pediatric surgeon at the University of Texas in Houston. Cox is planning a clinical trial to infuse cord blood into children who suffer brain injuries. The theory is that the stem cells could decrease permanent brain damage. But there's a catch — it has to be the child's own cord blood, banked privately at birth.
"It's not science fiction, but it's not ready for prime time either. And so, it's somewhere in that gap between those two. And then you have to make the decision based on those pieces of information."
Valerie Lawhorn is still trying to decide.
"Do I keep this when I could be saving another life? I don't know. Those are questions that I don't have the answer to."
From the KUHF Health, Science and Technology desk, I'm Carrie Feibel.
Texas Cord Blood Bank: www.southtexasblood.org
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank: www.mdanderson.org
ViaCord: www.viacord.com
Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation: www.parentsguidecordblood.org
Cord Blood FAQs from the American Association of Blood Banks: http://www.aabb.org/Content/Accreditation/Cord_Blood/cord.htm


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Lake County Library
January 27, 2014
LAKEPORT – February 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Lakeport Library, Peter McRae will present "The Poppies of Mohammed", his novel about the heroin smuggling trade from Pakistan and Afghanistan. McRae uses fiction to expose the heroin trade that finances the Taliban and al Qaeda. While earning his Master's degree in international relations at San Diego State University, McRae became interested in terrorism and he says that "his academic specialty deals with the inability of international law to deal with twenty-first century violent conflict."
This free program is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Lakeport Library, located at 1425 N. High Street, is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is 263-8817.
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I'm so thrilled to introduce to you to one of my very favorite bloggers. Emily writes at Wide Open Spaces and reliably inspires me every day of the week. She is always either writing about about things I am completely enamored with, like hope chests or penmanship or walkable cities or autumn, or about something I hadn't realized I was enamored with until she wrote about it, like quatrefoils. I know you will enjoy her refreshing approach to life, and am so thrilled to have her take on my first ever WOULD OR DID interview. Thank you, Emily!
Hi, I'm Emily from Wide Open Spaces. This week I am dreaming that my Wide Open Space is in North Carolina but check back next week, it may be Maine. Or Northern California. Or Italy. I am a mom to two, nearly three, and I love my job. The pay is terrible but the benefits are top notch. Some things that make me smile are, in no particular order: quiet, folk music, bare feet, great shoes, chocolate with peanut butter, fitting into my favorite jeans, traveling, staying home, simplicity and abundance. Lucky for me—life tends to offer just enough of each.
5 gifts that WOULD or DID make Emily happy
1. a bowl of cherries. The mom of my best friend brought this to my home years ago, I believe for my birthday. The bowl was beautiful, ceramic with a deep green glaze. It looked amazing filled with those gorgeous cherries. I may have received this ten years ago but it continually registers in mind as one of my favorite gifts of all time. Lovely, simple, useful, delicious.
2. a stack of photographs. A couple of years ago my husband wrapped up a box of photographs that he had had printed off. Now, in the age of digital photographs, I have a computer full of images but none to hold in my hand. After moaning about this once again, my husband took the time to go through our thousands (literally) of photographs and choose a few hundred of the best ones. He had them all professionally printed, matted with white borders, just the way that I like them. It was such a thoughtful and touching gift.
3. tickets to Paris. Or any other romantic and decadent locale. I'm not sure if I can imagine a better gift than being surprised with an amazing trip. It shows such forethought and intention. All of the planning that would go into both the trip and pulling it off as a surprise…possibly the best gift ever?
4. a set of lessons. Cooking, sewing, reupholstering, guitar, flower arranging, calligraphy, letterpress, crocheting, bread baking…the list is endless. There are so many skills that I would love to learn. My husband and I have talked about choosing a new continuing education course each semester to do together. One year, my parents gave us grilling lessons along with a new grill for Christmas. I love the idea of giving experiences over material goods and a set of lessons are a gift that keeps on giving.
5. a day to myself. I may speak for all mothers of small children right now, this gift is pretty huge. Should you ever be scratching your head as to what to give a mom to little ones—I think this is it. If someone that I knew well and trusted, a close friend or family member, offered to watch my kids for the day and give me a day off…I might weep. So often that is all that we need as moms, but so rarely get. A little time to ourselves that we might come back to our families recharged and ready.
5 gifts that WOULD or DID make someone else happy
1. a bowl of cash. My mother is great gift giver, very creative and fun. One of my favorites is for a wedding gift. Should she find something like a salad bowl on a couple's registry, she will get it along with some beautiful salad tongs. She'll purchase some cute fake veggies from a craft store and crumples cash up as the salad greens. She then tosses in the veggies. Such a fun way to give a cash gift rather than just the old check in a card.
2. a stack of gifts. When Sean and I were first married and a little poorer than we are today, we came up with a plan for Christmas. We would exchange five gifts, and the total sum that could be spent was $100. It was our best Christmas with the most meaningful gifts we have ever given each other. It was so fun getting creative and trying to figure out the best way to use those precious dollars. There were several gifts that were purchased from antique stores and some were handmade or simply written on a piece of paper. I may not remember what I have given or received in the years since, but to us those 10 gifts have become treasures.
3. a vintage copy of a favorite childhood book. This gift seems really personal and shows the recipient that they are known, which is something I think we all love to feel when receiving something. If I ever heard someone mention something like a favorite childhood book, I would try to make a note of it and then later look for a beautiful copy to give them on their birthday or at Christmas.
4. an evening together. The last few years I have started giving less physical gifts and more "dates." A show with my mom, or a dinner out with a friend or a weekend away with Sean. I try to pick a great theater and fantastic restaurants or romantic digs to hideaway—but really what I am hoping to give is a memory. Something that remains afterwards as we are inevitable saying—"we have to do this again." And meaning it.
5. a bouquet of flowers, preferably wildflowers. Here's my rule on flowers: while nice on a birthday or anniversary or Valentine's Day… they are so much more lovely on any day but those. On a no-day at all, just thinking of you kind of day. I love to leave them on a friends doorstep, prettily arranged in a mason jar, with just a small note "thinking of you."
photo credits
a stack of photos: a class in calligraphy: a trip to France
a vintage book: flowers in a jar


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Gold funerary mask
Quimbaya, AD 600-1100
From Colombia
This funerary mask, cast in the classic form of the Quimbaya style, represents a person with filed teeth and wearing a nose ornament. In common with many Quimbaya figures in gold, the eyes on this mask appear closed. This may be used as a visual device to give the idea that the gaze is not directed outward to the visible world, but rather focused on the spirit realm and the sources of natural inspiration.
The ancient cultures of present-day Colombia used a variety of metalworking techniques, such as hammering, casting and gilding. The Quimbaya culture developed in the central valley of the Cauca River, in south-western Colombia. Quimbaya metalwork is renowned for the use of the lost-wax method of casting. In this process, a clay and charcoal core is fully modelled in the round and then covered with a layer of beeswax and the details of the finished object are added in wax. A clay mould is then applied over the wax. When heated, the wax melts and the molten metal is poured into the mould. This method was used to produce objects on a large scale.
More information
C. McEwan (ed.), Precolumbian gold, technology, (London, The British Museum Press, 2000)
G. Reichel-Dolmatoff, Goldwork and shamanism: an ico, Medellín, Colombia, Editorial Colina (, 1988)
W. Bray, The gold of El Dorado, exh. cat. (London, Times Newspapers and Royal Academy of Arts, 1978)
Height: 11.500 cm
Height: 11.500 cm
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Annual commemoration service for Borneo and Malaya veterans
Posted: May 23, 2014|
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A COMMEMORATION service will take place at The Belvedere on Plymouth Hoe on Sunday marking the cessation of hostilities in Borneo.
About 20 people, including veterans, a bugler, and standard bearers, are expected to attend the annual service which begins at 12noon.
The event is being organised by the Plymouth and South West Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association.
The service will be led by 3 Commando Brigade's padre.
Hostilities in Malaya and Borneo ended in 1968.


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Calke Abbey
Explore Calke Park
A designated National Nature Reserve and, until opened to the public in 1985, a largely secret world of ancient and partly tamed landscapes.
The park plays host to some of the oldest trees in Europe and is a haven for all sorts of wildlife.
There's lots to see so download a map of Calke Estate to help you explore.
Calke Park has a diverse landscape that makes it a wonderful place to walk.
Join a Park Guide or Ranger walk to experience the Calke Abbeys' seasonal highlights or download a trail and explore at your leisure.
We are proud of our National Nature Reserve status, which means that we're a place where wildlife comes first.
We word hard to protect important areas of wildlife; we are also a site of Special Scientific Interest.
Ancient trees
Most trees in the park are probably descended from the original wildwood that covered Britain thousands of years ago.
The Old Man of Calke - named to celebrate our NNR status - is thought to be over a thousand years old.
The Limeyards are an area of industrial heritage that has been reclaimed by nature and covered by woodland.
Where the lime rich soils are opened to the sunlight common spotted orchids can be seen in in June and July.


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Application Information
Scholarship Overview
These scholarships are for graduate students who have been accepted into or are in an approved Masters or Doctoral program in areas related to Clinical Laboratory Science, including Clinical Laboratory Education or Management Programs. Applicants cannot complete their education before the scholarship is awarded in September 2015. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
How easy is it to apply?
Not too bad
This scholarship's application process may have items such as essays that could take a couple hours.
How much competition is there?
The competition for this scholarship will be average.
Class Year: Is this you?
- College senior
- Master's-level study
- Doctoral-level study
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- Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
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The Von Bondies Live To Rock 'n' Rock And To Live At Home, Abroad
You have to give credit to Von Bondies main man Jason Stollsteimer. He has stuck it out in Detroit, while the state's economy and local garage scene have been on a down slide for some time. JS's frenemy Jack White moved to Nashville (taking fellow Raconteur Brendan Benson with him), Meg White lives in LA (eek!), and worse than that, fellow Michigander Iggy Pop lives in goddam Miami-fucking-Beach. Now, some might say that without the Detroit connection, The Von Bondies would be just another unexciting rock band, so maybe he needs Detroit more than it needs him.
It has been three years since the release of their sophomore (and major label debut) album, Pawn Shoppe Heart (Sire), and the band has gone through some changes, not of location but of membership. Mainstays Stollsteimer and drummer Don Blum have lost guitarist Marcie Bolan, bassist Carrie Smith, and replacement bassist Yasmine Smith in those three years. Currently, The Von Bondies are a five-piece, with newbies Matt Lannoo on guitar, Leann Banks on bass, and Alcia Gbur on keyboards. The band plans to release their second album for Sire in 2008, and to promote that LP and their existence, they are embarking on a two-month tour.
The winter-time trek begins for the band January 9 in the town that wasn't fake or sunny enough (I'm guessing) for the the Iggster, Ann Arbor, MI, then takes the band around the East Coast (with a little Canada thrown in), before a hop across the pond for a round of European dates. A band that is taking Detroit rock into outer space, SSM, and another band from the D, Freer, will be along for the U.S. and Canadian dates. Look for all that, as well as the band's new album, Love, Hate and Then There's You, sometime next year.
* SSM, Freer
Xiu Xiu, Fucked Up, and 186 Independents File Class Action Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds and Wenner Media
Looks like Canadian anarcha-core band Fucked Up are taking it, not to the streets, but to the courts. It's the people vs. the man, and this time "the people" are 186 of your favorite bands. Joined by Xiu Xiu, which the complaint describes as "often thematically dark, marked by non-narrative, evocative lyrics delivered in small fragments," the two groups have motioned for action, seconded that action, and filed a class action lawsuit against RJ Reynolds and Wenner Media on behalf of all 186 bands name-checked in the four-page Camel "Indie Rock Universe" spread featured in Rolling Stone's November issue.
The suit, filed in Alameda County on December 17 and which reads like it was written by a devoted-reader-of-Pitchfork attorney, alleges the unauthorized use of artist names, unauthorized use of artist names for commercial advantage (right of publicity), and unfair business practices. The lawsuit, the first calling for accountability by Rolling Stone for its part in the ad, requests that the magazine issue an admission that the artist names were used without consent in a spread equal to the size of the original advertisement in question, along with punitive financial damages. The equation conceptualizing damages at $750 per issue, per band, could amount damages at nearly $200 BILLION. Zing!
The bands cited in the ad -- in what Rolling Stone is defending as a "special editorial fold out" -- were surprised to find their songs streaming through Camel's thefarmrocks.com without authorization from both the artists and their labels, inciting the Kill Rock Stars letter of complaint sent to RJR on December 13 (TMT News). As an interim solution to the accusations, Camel has suspended the website and disabled the tracks, but the damage has been done.
Reprehensibly, Rolling Stone claimed the spread had nothing to do with Farm Rocks' (committed to "supporting and promoting independent record labels") nine-page ad campaign appearing on either side of it, which is not only shameless bullshit, but an insult to readers' intelligence. As section 17 of the Fucked Up lawsuit states, "It is obvious to any reasonable person viewing the actual offending foldout... that it is the star attraction of a carefully designed and executed marketing and advertising pitch for Camel cigarettes. Indeed, that is the only possible impression that can be left on the mind of any sentient twenty-first century being with eyesight." And as such sentient beings, we can conclude that Reynolds and Stone are trying to play us for fools, attempting to reduce the indie community to a mindlessly consuming and unquestioning target audience, which Fucked Up and Xiu Xiu have asserted we certainly are not.
We could go even further, interpreting the legal action as a refusal to allow major corporations to appropriate independent culture simply for product endorsement. This is calling bullshit on wolves in sheep's (or in this case indie kids') clothing, who were trying to gain credibility with their next generation of smokers, as section 16 reads "The intendment of the entire multi-page advertising pitch generally, and the foldout in particular, is in its essence an effort at ingratiation, insinuation into target readership favor, and association in readers' minds of Camel members of the target audience, which defendants planned, predicted or hoped would be generated by the use of the ersatz taxonomy of 'indie rock.'"
So, Jann Werner, come on down! You're 2007's embarrassment to us all! And Xiu Xiu, Fucked Up -- our heroes.
The "Indie Rock Universe" spread, name-checking the following bands in the November 15 "fold out":
!!!, 1990s, A Place to Bury Strangers, Against Me!, AIDS Wolf, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Architecture in Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Babyshambles, Band of Horses, Bat For Lashes, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, Biffy Clyro, Bjork, Black Dice, Black Mountain, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Boards of Canada, Bonde de Role, Boredoms, Boris, Bright Eyes, Brightblack Morning Light, Bucks and Gallants, Built to Spill, Cat Power, Celebration, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Coco Rosie, Comets on Fire, CSS, Daft Punk, David Pajo, Dean and Britta, Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhoof, Devendra Banhart, DeVotchka, Diplo, Dirty Pretty Things, Dirty Projectors, DJ Mehdi, Dr. Dog, Dungen, Ellen Allien and Apparat, Emily Jane White, Emma Pollack, Erase Errata, Explosions in the Sky, Fall Out Boy, Feist, Fields, Franz Ferdinand, Frog Eyes, Fucked Up, Fugazi, Ghostland Observatory, Girl Talk, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Gogol Bordello, Grizzly Bear, Guided by Voices, Guitar Wolf, Gym Class heroes, Handsome Furs, High on Fire, Home Blitz, Hot Chip, Husker Du, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Interpol, Iron and Wine, Jans Lekman, Japanther, Jesu, Joanna Newsom, Jose Gonzalez, Joy Division, Junior Boys, Justice, Kaiser Chiefs, Klaxons, Last Days of May, Laura Veirs, Lavender Diamond, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Les Savvy Fav, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Little Claw, Low, M. Ward, M.I.A., Mates of State, Matmos, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Mountain Goats, Mum, My Chemical Romance, My Morning Jacket, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Pornographers, New Young Pony Club, Nirvana, Oakley Hall, Octopus Project, Of Montreal, Panda Bear, Panic! at the Disco, Parts and Labor, Pavement, Peter and the Wolves, Pissed Jeans, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Plain White T's, Prinzhorn Dance School, Psapp, Radiohead, Ratatat, Ryan Adams, Scout Niblett, Sea Wolf, Shitdisco, Sigur Ros, Simian Mobile Disco, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Sons and Daughters, Spoon, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus, Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo, The Cribs, The Cure, The Decemberists, The Fiery Furnaces, The Fratellis, The Futureheads, The Go! Team, The Gossip, The Hold Steady, The Killers, The Magik Markers, The National, The Nightwatchmen, The Ponys, The Rapture, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Rogers Sisters, The Shins, The Silver Mt. Zion, The Smiths, The Stills, The Strokes, The Thermals, The Thrills, The USA Is a Monster, The World, TV on the Radio, Tyvek, Vampire Weekend, We Are Wolves, White Denim, White Magic, White Stripes, Wilco, Will Oldham, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Parade, Wolfmother, Xiu Xiu, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo
Boredoms Announce U.S. Tour Without Monday Dates. Chuck and Heroes Air Monday Nights. You Figure It Out.
Fresh off last month's release of CD/DVD Live at Sunflancisco on Commmons (TMT News), Boredoms have announced a pretty fucking fleshed-out U.S. tour. Okay, so they're not hitting any smaller cities, but cut them some slack -- it's not easy to get eYe's hair looking so radiant, you know.
As we already reported, Yunnan Colorfree, Yoshimi's soundtrack to the documentary of the same name, was released last November. So, purchase that too before you buy tickets. An informed listener is a cool listener, to paraphrase Heidegger.
$ "in the round"
Wyclef Jean Performs at RIAA Party, RIAA Probably Settled, Ladies Go Wild for Garth Brooks in Tight Wranglers
Dear Reader and Garth Brooks,
AFTER THE FACT NEWS, BABY: So, apparently, Wyclef Jean headlined a wicked-heavy-totally-ultra exclusive RIAA party in Washington in December.
The WAY TOTALLY AWESOME EVENT was also hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America, Sound Exchange, plus other hard-roccccckin'* DC-ites. I can just picture the scene now: hip, hip, hip...
And though WJ probably had the crowd hippy-shaking hard, there's someone boasting more chops who could have crooned all the girls crazy.
THE [UNNECESSARY] POINT: As some of you may or may not know: Wyclef is NOT the top-selling RIAA solo artist.
Garth Brooks is. ([Chris Gaines=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gaines], though, is not.)
Mmmmm. Garth Brooks. Wrangler jeans. Stetson hat. I do believe, reader baby, that I have the vapors.
And so should you.
Using this article as an entry point to explore my enigmatic fixation with Garth's manliness and potentially spark your interest in the bold American hero in tight Wrangler jeans,
AJ Pacitti
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Confirm U.S. Dates, Landing
The Jicks (with Stephen Malkmus) have a new album. You knew that already. It's called Real Emotional Trash and is due March 4 on Matador Records. You also knew that Stephen Malkmus was the frontcutie of Pavement and an original member of Silver Jews. BUT, did you know that Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks are friends with Radiohead???
Now that I've got your attention, you should check out new track "Baltimore" (MP3). It's classic Malkmus. And if you listen closely, you might just hear lyrical references to Judy's "What's Up, Baltimore?" article (TMT Article), which in fact is a reference to What's Up Matador. I smell me some conspiracy!
The Jicks are bringing ex-Pavement frontcutie, ex-Silver Jews member, current friend of Radiohead Stephen Malkmus on a tour of the United States this spring. They'll be hitting -- hey... [waves hand in front of your face] are you paying attention, bumpkin?? Hey... HEY!! Remember the "Paranoid Android" video? Okay, good... good. Now keep your eyes opened. Hello? Ah fuck it, you lazy bastard, here are the tourdates, with more expected in April. If you miss any of this, not my fucking fault. Man, you try to write a news story...
Tourdates, with random Radiohead song titles interspersed:
RIP: Oscar Peterson Dies of Kidney Failure
- Official website: http://oscarpeterson.com
- Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
- Oscar Peterson Trio Live at Newport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Ht4Rm-qo4
Geffen Announces Happy Round of Holiday Layoffs, Former Employees More Disgruntled Than Clark Griswald
In the hilarious holiday classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, lovable loser, Chicago Bears fan, and over-burdened family man Clark Griswald is understandably upset when he learns that his Christmas bonus, upon which he was so unwisely depending to give his family a truly merry Christmas, is being withheld due to budget cutbacks at work.
Hilarity ensues...
In the pilot episode of now-iconic (and now-terrible) "cartoon for adults" The Simpsons, sort-of-lovable loser, donut fan, and under-qualified family man Homer Simpson is understandably upset when he learns that his Christmas bonus, upon which he was so unwisely depending to give his family a truly merry Christmas, is being withheld due to budget cutbacks at work.
Hilarity ensues... AND the family gets a kick-dick dog.
In the heart-breakingly real world of the "everything is super" Record Industry, approximately 15 expendable losers, money fans, and hopefully NOT family men (and women) -- including veteran publicists Jim Merlis and Jycorri Robinson -- were understandably upset when they learned last week that their Christmas bonuses, upon which they have been so unwisely depending to give their families a truly merry Christmas, were being withheld due to the fact that they had just been FIRED from Geffen/Interscope Records in the latest round of "sky is falling" industry layoffs, which included Island Def Jam and Sony BMG earlier this month.
Aaaaaand hilarity ensu... oh wait...
Oh well, thank goodness I still have a job.
...Oh, but P.S. Geffen maintains that, contrary to rumors, they will NOT be closing and that everything is great and that music is awesome. They also want to remind you all that they discovered Wang Chung. Happy Holidays, everyone!!
High On Fire Enjoy Going on Such Long Tours That I Now Have Carpal Tunnel From Typing Out All The Dates
High On Fire are set to bring pestilence, scourge, and loads and loads of long-haired dudes in black to a venue near you this winter! Former Sleep guitarist Matt Pike and crew are embarking on an American tour so packed that I am not really looking forward to typing out all the dates. But I will! Because I love you! Now go get me a sandwich.
Just kidding! I'm not really into emotional blackmail. But seriously, get me a sandwich. I've had a hard day of being unemployed, and all I want to do is kick up my feet and talk about heavy metal, so here we go. High On Fire is taking the loudness on the road for a five-week tour so smoking hot it will burn the frost right off the ground. They're touring in support of Death Is This Communion, the band's latest release on Relapse Records. No, I don't want mustard! I hate mustard! Thanks, that's better. Say, you wouldn't mind typing up a few things for me, would you?
The Pogues Announce Tourdates; See Them Before McGowan Dies
Q Magazine named The Pogues one of the top 50 bands to see before you die in 2001. You will outlive Shane McGowan. So, really, The Pogues are one of the top 50 bands to see before he dies. His teeth were rotting out of his head when he was 20 and are completely gone now. His liver has filtered an ocean of alcohol. I've never seen him without a cigarette in his hand. He sounds like he starts every day by gargling cinder blocks. He's always a half step away from falling over. And he's written some of the best Irish songs, and some of the best songs, ever.
Perhaps the ugliest man in music (he makes Tom Petty look like Matt Damon), McGowan left the band in 1991. But since reuniting with The Pogues in 2001, the group has garnered critical praise for its live sets. They are apparently at the top of their game, and this March, the Irish group will have a chance to prove it with a handful of dates on the East Coast, as well as a two-night stand at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago.
Catch them while you can, because a celebrity death pool list is not complete without McGowan.
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Results Revealed
Ah, another year, another list of "safe" musicians deemed worthy enough to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Seriously, just once, I would like to see an induction list with bands that aren't always entirely mainstream. Need some examples for next year, Hall of Fame voters? No problem: The Smiths, Can, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Television, New Order, The Zombies, The Minutemen, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cure, Tom Waits, Kraftwerk, The MC5, The Stooges, Roxy Music, Donovan, Nick Drake, etc., etc., etc.
All right, I'm getting ahead of myself, and you're probably starting to wonder who the inductees were for the 2008 class, right? The not-so-surprising list is as follows: Madonna, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, Dave Clark Five, and The Ventures. Little Walter is also being honored for his work as a sideman, and Gamble & Huff are being honored for their production work.
The whole shebang goes down March 10 at the induction ceremony in New York City at the Waldorf Hotel.