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I am actually very heartened that the House GOP has fought it out this far.
We already have the sequester. Being allowed to keep what we already have is not a victory.
Recklessness is intoxicating -- and the more reckless the better.
Like Thelma and Louise, these guys are barreling towards the cliff and there is not a soul at the GOP to remind them that they are taking the Party down with them.
As if they swallowed a stupid pill, they have lost their common sense; their foresight; their wits.
And the stalwarts of the GOP lost their guts.
Maybe the Party should go down the cliff. Indeed, this might be the only way to have a quick rebirth.
In the meantime, however, we will all suffer; a two-party system is the only way we know how to govern ourselves.
No, there are no winners here -- not even those who think they will win.
I'm sure this Comments Section will fill with supporters for this stunt, but those of us who've lived through generations of politics and economic times know better. It's a stunt and a damaging one. The eoconmy is difficult as it is to move toward recovery, but now thousands of taxpayers and businesses must wrestle with additional costs and uncertainty to mollify a minority of zealots. Congress has a job and it's NOT blockage of someone else's ideology. It's making laws and paying for our common government. And this particular Congress has been historically the worst at both.
You're confused. This IS the rebirth of the GOP, if we can get the useless statist RINOs out of the way.
We should double our taxes to pay for the government we don't want. Anyway, that seems to be the plan.
ahahahahahaha. its absolutely hilarious that tea baggers think they are making productive changes to their party
thats the way American democracy was meant to work according to the Founders. eliminate anyone who disagrees with you. tea baggers are clueless
The Hugo Chavez Dems are going to nationalize one sixth of the economy and we are to take solace in the possible repeal of the 1099 measure? This law is a 2500 page monstrosity. ObamaCare will blow any hopes for limited government no matter what so called "spending limits" the GOP can extract for one fiscal year. ObamaCare means less freedom, no choice and rationed care. Look at the NHS in Britain, even dental care is run by the state and the average Brit has teeth like Austin Powers.
The Democrats represent their constituents.
Republicans represent theirs.
The president represents himself.
This government shutdown will therefore be by popular demand.
And a good thing, too.
yes forcing people to buy private insurance is a government takeover! stupid or liar?
stupid or liar?
yeah long bills are clearly the work of satan or hugo chavez! tea baggers are clueless
This is what happens when you ram through unwanted legislation in a strictly partisan manner, Demodummies.
can now get insurance with a pre-existing condition. more freedom or less?
"...can now get insurance with a pre-existing condition..."
By definition, you cannot insure against a contingency which has already occurred.
Everyone loses in a Government shut down..period. For the rich, it will effect them directly in a year unless they start taking profits sparking a broader sell off. For the poor, they will be out in the street hungry by the end of October. All the guns have been purchased. Get ready for the Tea Party sparked Civil War...
Save face however you wish, House GOPers.
Just do it quickly, pass the clean CR and get back to passing real appropriations bills.
...are first "non-essential" agencies slated to shut down. This is great!
Let us hope that the Dems hold out. Bad as they are, they are slightly better than the crazy Republicans. A shutdown and its effects could be what is needed to wake up enough conservatives to cause them to vote the Tea- Party Crazies out of office next year.
stupid or liar?
nineteen months through congress is ramming according to delusional tea baggers. i suppose they are now in favor of repealing every bill that was passed on a party line vote. is that the new tea bagger standard?
Perhaps if Republicans halt the demand to delay Obama Care it should be replaced with demand that Executive and Legislative Branches be forced to cancel their present Medical Plan and take what the people get "Obama Care" just like the rest of us. Let the Senate decide if they want to shut down the government to save the better than thou meidical plan they enjoy
The GOP is now "audience" driven by talk radio and RW pundits. It has no goals but to be on "right" side of any issue RW radio comes up with. If this were a a parlimentary government the GOP would have lost its majority. Boehner is now the minority leader in the House.
"IRS, CFTC, EPA, NLRB... wrote :
…are first "non-essential" agencies slated to shut down. This is great!"
I agree. A permanent shutdown of all "nonessential" government services is just what this country needs.
Thankfully, we don't live in the United Kingdom but in the United States under its constitution. Too bad for you, apparently, but a blessing for the rest of us.
Apparently the paid Barry Troll thinks you can insure against an event which has already occurred.
This is what is meant by "low information voter".
Congress DOES have to go under the Affordable Care Act. That's why they want to kill it.
Let the sequester continue - it is the only thing cutting ANYTHING from this runaway spending machine. Interesting that OWEbamas administration came up with it and it is all they want to get rid of (along with everything and everybody who opposes their massive spending.
Both parties made sure they were exempt from the negative impacts of ObamaCare . They made sure that the special carve-outs for congress and the president remain intact. Anyone cheer-leading for one political party or the other is a fool. Representatives of the people that pass the laws need to abide by law. Period.
Yes, this is the platform of the Tea Party - if you have a pre-existing medical condition, tough - you're on your own.
stupid or liar?
tea baggers other tactic of choice: petty fogging. stupid or liar?
the word entitlements came up again meaning social security and medicare. I wonder why the democrats adn republicans can't figure out how to fix social security. Especially since a republican and democrat team got together and laid out away to fund it and neither party has brought it up and got to work on it.
one of the ways was to raise the age of retirement one or two years higher and another was to take the caps off and all income that is taxed will be taxed for social security. It was a two party decision that these were the best way to fix the entitlements. Why for god's sake they haven't gotten it done.
Obamacare is a Ponzi scheme because it depends on young healthy people to survive otherwise will collapse
Time to shut down all the nonessential federal government and it's workers. This is the best that Republicans have done in last 4 years. Let the Federal government shut down until the debt is taken care of and in the mean time the rest of the country will flourish except DC. Who cares if the federal government shuts down because most of the task is going to be taken over by the states. Except for the large entitlement states like California and New York rest of the states will do just fine. Of note all the subsidies that California is giving to illegals will shrink and the illegals will have no choice but to go back home. This will kill two birds with one stone, take care of the deficit and the illegal problem simultaneously. What a brilliant ideas that Republicans have come up with. They just need to stick to their plan and do not budge with all these nonsensical democratic BS.
There is nothing like a good Pyrrhic victory to brighten one's day. Way to go R's! There is no way to negotiate with a President who is borderline sociopathic. Just let him build his house of cards and watch it fall later on. That is about the only option. How sad for the U.S.
"We already have the sequester. Being allowed to keep what we already have is not a victory." YES YES! THAT'S IT EXACTLY! Except substitute the word "Obamacare" for "sequester". Get it now???
GOP just made themselves look even dumber. Most Americans view them as trailer park trash.
What would it hurt to delay obamacare 1 year in an attempt to make the act workable? I'm seeing both sides as being very inflexible and not thinking about the people.
I have heard stupidity before but the Republican ignorance and Tea Party insanity is at the point of ridicules Shutting down the government over childishness because they cant take the ball and go home is the response of a spoiled child..
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Brian Miller, the General Services Administration's inspector general, wants more money and more authority to conduct audits of the agency's contracts. (Tom Brown / Staff)
Brian Miller, the General Services Administration's inspector general, wants more money and more authority to conduct audits of the agency's contracts.
"By doing that, we assure that the federal government is getting the best deal and the best prices that it can get," Miller said in a recent interview with Federal Times. "Obviously, if we had more resources, we could do more."
Miller's office gets about $5 million annually from Congress for pre-award audits, conducted at the request of GSA contracting officers before deals are signed. The audits led to the identification of nearly $4 billion in potential savings from 2004 to 2008, according to the Government Accountability Office.
That means taxpayers received up to a $160 return for every dollar spent on the audits.
GAO reported in May that the inspector general audits only "a small sample" of contracts due to limited resources. In 2009 and 2010, the IG planned to audit 145 five-year contracts worth a potential $4.7 billion only about 2 percent of the total value of all contracts on the GSA schedules.
Miller said he has lobbied Congress for more money to no avail.
Of the GAO's findings, he said, "I've shown those to everyone I can find" on the Hill.
When running a pre-award audit, the IG's office takes a closer look at the best deals vendors offer to their customers in the public and private sectors, and tries to ensure that GSA gets the same treatment.
"I think the value we bring is we can actually go in and get the work papers from the companies," Miller said. "That's a lot of work that a contracting officer simply doesn't have the time or the tools to do."
Miller thinks his office should be able to conduct audits without being asked.
"One of the things we've thought about in the future is perhaps getting more authority to go and just do the audits," he said. "I'd like to think we'd give it some meaningful thought, so it wouldn't be purely random."
John Needham, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management issues, said such authority would "give them the independence they need to do what they think are the appropriate audits."
Any action to increase the IG's authority would have to come from Congress, Needham said. GAO recommended in its recent report that GSA work with the IG's office to "target the use of pre-award audits to cover more contracts."
Needham said that, in the past, GSA reimbursed the IG's office for its spending on pre-award audits, which were "treated as an audit service" for the agency. Now that funding comes directly from Congress, it would make sense for the IG to have more authority, he said.
Right now, pre-award audits uncover incorrect information about companies' pricing policies more than half the time, Miller estimated.
The IG's office also should have the authority to interview contractor employees, Miller said, as it does with Recovery Act contracts. Companies don't have to give employee names to the IG's office so it can conduct interviews, although they often do. "In those rare instances when they're not cooperative, we'd like to be able to require them to give us that information," Miller said.
Post-award audits, conducted after contracts are signed and work has begun, could also be expanded, Miller said. Those reviews sometimes result in large settlements. In April 2009, following one post-award audit by the IG's office, the computer storage and data management company NetApp paid a $128 million fine for providing faulty pricing information to GSA.
Still, Miller prefers pre-award audits. "It's more cost-effective if we can save the government money up front," he said.
Miller said he understands money is tight right now for the federal government, but thinks more dollars for audits would be a good investment.
"That's one of the many policy questions: How many resources do you devote to this?" he said. "As you can see from these numbers, I think that the benefit to every dollar invested in this is great."

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A beloved business and computer teacher a Louisburg High School was killed yesterday afternoon in a Highway 68 car accident. The 67-year-old Kansas woman was a longtime high school teacher and had planned to retire at the end of this school year after 29 years of teaching.
Authorities say that the fatal car accident happened because the teacher's SUV was rear-ended by a 23-year-old man from Osawatomie, Kansas. The teacher had been stopped in a row of vehicles which were waiting for a bus to unload its passengers. It is unclear how many school children witnessed this severe crash or whether the impact forced the teacher's car into the cars in front of her.
The impact of the crash was so severe that the teacher was declared dead at the scene. Emergency personnel treated the 23-year-old at the crash site and released him.
The crash remains under investigation and it is unclear what caused the young driver to rear-end the teacher. Common causes of similar accidents include distracted and intoxicated driving.
In response to losing this veteran teacher, school officials decided to open the school building to the community for a group mourning session. KMBC reports that approximately 200 people had gathered by Wednesday evening to remember the teacher. Grief counselors will be available to students today and finals that were scheduled today have been postponed.
Source: KMBC, "Louisburg High School teacher killed in crash," Dec. 19, 2012


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Best & Brightest Awards coordinator Laura Rodgers holds a check with Darryl Worrell, CEO of Envision Credit Union on October 3, 2012.
Standing in front of principals and guidance counselors of public and private Tallahassee schools, Darryl Worrell, president and CEO of Envision Credit Union, donated a check for $175,000 on Wednesday to the Best and Brightest Awards program.
The check will ensure the presence of the Best and Brightest Awards program through 2017. The program awards Tallahassee area high school seniors and eighth-grade students with scholarships.
Worrell said the program is a "homegrown opportunity to develop kids and make them a part of the fabric of the community." ...


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Robin Williams' wife, Marsha Garces Williams, filed a divorce petition in San Francisco on Friday, Mar. 21, seeking to end her marriage to Robin on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.
Marsha is Robin's second wife. They met while he was married to Valerie Velardi and Marsha worked as a nanny for their son Zachary. Marsha later became the comedian's personal assistant. In 1989 Robin and Marsha married and later had two children together.
In 2006, the National Enquirer reported that Marsha gave Robin an ultimatum: get help with his drinking or she'd leave him. Robin checked into the Hazelden Springbrook treatment center in Newberg, Ore.
Upon his release, he moved out of his family home and into an apartment with a "sober companion" he hired to make sure he didn't fall off the wagon.
"I'll do whatever it takes to get my marriage back on track," he told a friend at the time. "I don't want to lose her and I will do anything to win her back."


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The Big Year
Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads -- one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. From David Frankel, the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me, comes a sophisticated comedy about three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams. Their big year takes them on a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing adventures.
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- David Frankel
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- Howard Franklin
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- Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones, Rosamund Pike, Dianne Wiest
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- Comedy
- Run Time
- 1 hour 40 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
Like birding itself, "The Big Year" rewards patience. It respects both the integrity and the eccentricity of the avian obsession, and it communicates something of the fascinating abundance and weirdness of the animals themselves.A.O. Scott, New York Times, 10.13.2011
Failing even to attempt genuinely humorous gags or scenarios, and incapable of conveying the thrill of its obsessive pastime or the majesty of the animals themselves, this feel-good male weepie remains comedically and dramatically grounded.Nick Schager, Village Voice, 10.17.2011
Unfortunately, these comic geniuses are kept caged by the wan script and direction. The best gag in the film is the opening title card; the best joke, a throwaway by a day player.Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10.17.2011
This movie stubbornly refuses to take flight, or generate more than a few chuckles.Lou Lumenick, New York Post, 10.13.2011


text: Henry Houck Elementary School fifth-grader Ethan Gragson takes a close look in order to identify a dragonfly during the Lebanon County Elementary School Envirothon at Coleman Memorial Park in Lebanon on Friday. Palmyra's Pine Street Elementary School had the winning team. Team members are Annabelle Copeland, Molly Gearhart, Maggie Copeland, Luke Groff and Devon Grant. The event was the third of its kind in the last week, following the high school Envirothon at H.M. Levitz Park in East Hanover Township on May 1 and the middle school Envirothon at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on Tuesday. The events were sponsored by the Lebanon County Conservation District and county commissioners. (Earl Brightbill — Lebanon Daily News)


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Monumentum Georg Morgenstierne - Issue 21 - Page 22
Memoir of a Map of the Countries comprehended between the Black Sea and the Caspian; with an account of the Caucasian nations, and vocabularies of their languages
Printed for J. Edwards in Pall-Mall London 1788
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The bibliotheca: a selection Page 52
The lost "Ten Tribes" of Israel were established in Turan by the Persian King Cambyses (6thC.BC) who conquered the Crimean lands of the Scythians and established military posts there. This army consisted of Medes and Israelites (Chwolson 1866) whose ancestors had first been settled in Median coasts of the Caspian Sea by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser in 727BC.
According to Firkovich, by the time of Cambyses the Ten Tribes were on the East Caspian shores spreading to the East. Firkovich says some of them were post in Crimea, where according to Herodotus the Scythians were taking the "Amazon women" as brides. Phanagoria was established not long after that.
As a result of the Persian Empire's outposts and garrisons in Turan, the Cimmerian Scythians soon gave way to the Hunno-Bulgars, the ancestors of all Turkic nations, the Karaims being no exception. The name of the Hunno-Bulgars "was remembered in later Zoroastrian books as Hyon, Hayun, and known to the Greeks in Khionitai, Hermikhiones, and Kermikhiones. The shortened form occurred in Khotanese huna-, Sogdian xwn. Old Indian huna- and western Greek Ounnoi and Latin hunni." (Monumentum Georg Morgenstierne) Etymologically the names pertain to the number 10 referring to the confederation of (in the folkore of the Karaylar at least), Turkicized Israelite "Ten Tribes" which dominated Central Eurasia until the time of the Khazars.
Northern Huns of Kazakhstan and Southern Huns of Kashgar are first mentioned in Chinese records being given a common origin in China's ancient past. The majority of the "Ten Tribes" certainly belonged to Y-Haplogroup PQR forcing ancient Cimmerian-Scythic Y-Haplogroup C to the Northeast by wedging themselves in between Uralic Y-Haplogroup N and Chinese Y-Haplogroup O. Yet, by the end of the 1st century AD, the Chinese General Ban Chao had driven the Northern Huns to relocate their base to western Kazakhstan.
The North Shanyu was defeated by Geng Kui during the Battle of Ikh Bayan, on an expedition sent by Dou Xian in February 91AD, and the Hunnoi are first mentioned by Tacitus in the area of Atyrau (or southern Bashkiria) in the same year. The last ruler of these Northern Huns known to the Chinese was his brother and sole heir Yuchujian Shanyu who was killed by generals Ren Shang and Wang Fu in 93AD. Nevertheless, the Northern Huns did not disappear from history. By AD 139, the geographer Ptolemy recorded that the "Huni" (Χοῦνοι or Χουνοἰ) were between the Bastarnae and the Roxolani in the Pontic area under the rule of Suni (Shanyu). They were led by Maukar son of Nimrod son of Tana from Kushan (descendants of legendary Iapetus who had been exiled to Tartary) following a legendary deer-hunt, where they discovered the Alan Gahan Dulo's Finno-Ugrians and established an alliance dislodging the Wends or Vh'ndur. Some migrated south of the Caucasus in the second half of the 4-th century AD while most of whom fled to the west. The bulk of the Huns remained in greater Bashkiria rather than cross the Volga delta into what is now Kalmykia.
Maukar was succeeded by Kungas, then Varhran, Grumbat, Kidara, Brahmi Buddhatala (Balamber), Baltazár, Alypbi, Uldin, Donatus, Charaton, Octar, Rugila, Mundzuk, Bleda, Attila (434AD–453AD), Ellac (453AD-454AD), then Δεγγιζίχ who furnished Majorian's army with the Hun general Tuldila (457AD-458AD).
In 463AD, the migration of Y-Haplogroup J Caucasian Avars into Dagestan from Abarshahr (Khurasan) displaced the Sabirs (Kipchak speakers of SubarTu) who in turn pushed the Hunno-Bulgars and their Finno-Ugrian subjects north out of Kuban Maeotia back to the Volga Don region. At this point (according to Priscos Rhetor and Zakarias Rhetor) the Hun/Ugors under the rule of Δεγγιζίχ agreed with Byzantium to take the lands of the Άκατίρων around Phanagoria which became the new base in Europe for the Turkicized Ten Tribes.
Δεγγιζίχ was succeeded by Ήρνάχ (469-503) then Диураш then Татра. By the end of their reigns, the Hunno-Bulgars had expanded from Phanagoria to rule what the Byzantines recognized as the Crimean Kingdom of Hunno-Bulgars.
Of the Hunno-Bulgar's cultural artifacts still preserved today, one is the Calendar known as the Uluh Ata Sanavi. Another is the religion of the Crimean Hun State was a mixture of Tura (the Old turkic Customary Tribal Laws) with Tengri Shamanism and Greek Hypsistarianism with increasing Christian influence known today as Karaimism (not to be confused with Karaite Judasm). Gahan Grod was converted to Christianity in this period and began melting the idols of his people to use the silver and gold as currency. He was overthrown by his brother Gahan Mugel in 528AD father of Khinialus father of Sinion. Sinion was succeeded by Gahan Ζάνδιλχος (551-558) then Zabergan. The Avars took control briefly before Patria Onoguria was liberated by the Gokturks to become the On-Oq (Ten tribes) western Turkic Gahanate.
The earliest Hunnic ancestors of the Karaims to bear a recognizable form of their national ethnicon were in fact these Kermikhiones (Ermikhiones/Hermikhiones) mentioned by Theophanes of Byzantium as reported by Photios I of Constantinople. According to Theophanes the Kermikhiones were the Turks who made themselves known to the Greeks in 569AD and occupied the eastern banks of the Don river (Τανάϊδος) at the time of his report (567AD–591AD) having subdued the Kerkhis.
"To the east of the Tanais live Turks, formerly called Massagetai, whom the Persians in their language term Kermikhiones. These tribes sent envoys with gifts to the emperor Justin, asking him not to receive proposals from the Avars." (The bibliotheca)
These Kermikhiones were the remnant of the Red-Huns reported by the Persians who had come from the Kidara of Hunuk (Balk/Kush/Kabul) -the ancestors of the Hazara of Gandhara in North Afghanistan. In the name Kidara we may also see an ancestral form of the name Khazar.
Although liberated by the Gokturks, the On-Oq (Ten-Tribes) actually succeeded their short-lived Gahanate as part of the Western Turkic Gahanate. By the time of Gahan Hubrat Christianity had become accepted among the Crimean Huns but not in any form which would be recognizable today. Gahan Hubrat was the last independent ruler in the Western Turkic Gahanate of On-Oq (Ten Tribes). His son Gahan Batbayan paid tribute to a different family of the Western Turkic Khazaria (Onoq) in order to maintain some independence on the Crimean banks of the Phanagorian kingdom of Kermikhiones.
Thus the Ten Tribes were subsumed into the kingdom of Газария.
Concerning the language of the Kermikhiones it has been suggested that they were originally Finno-Ugric Cheremis (Çirmeş) under the influence of the Sauromatian Suvars of Khazaria who spoke a Kipchak language which resulted in the Oghuric languages like Chuvash. After Gahan Hubrat, a portion of the Crimean Hunno-Bulgars under the leadership of Kuber settled Keramisia. Those who remained in Crimea were more and more Kipchakified over time.
Although it is important therefore to make a distinction between the Karaim ethnicity, and the Karay religion which came later, considering all this history, it should come as no surprise therefore that when the Khazars were converted to the Karay faith by Isaac Ha-Sangari, they claimed to be descended from the lost Israelite tribes of Simeon (Шимойын) and Levi. Perhaps a billion or more people in the world could claim descent from the lost Ten tribes of Israel. The Karaims are unique because they remembered their ancestry as a result of adopting the religion of the Priestly Kereyler.
The conversion of the Khazars was a result of a migration of Karay priests from Khwarezmia. In accordance with the missionary beliefs of the Karay priesthood it was their duty to spread the teachings of Christ the prophet to all the lost Ten Tribes of Israel. From the Karay perspective, Imperial Christendom had generally lost the essence of Christ's teachings from its beginnings in the time of Pope Sylvester who seceded from the Desposyni in 318AD and his allay Emperor Constantine who outlawed Torah Observance in 333AD.
The Karay clergy first became distinct after they were forced out of Mount Izla near Nisibis into the Arabia following the death of Patriarch Catholicos Sabrisho I in 604AD suffering a short period of persecution at the hands of Babai's Persian Church. From 632 Khwarezm was their stronghold until the arrival of the Umayyids during the time of the Afrighid Shah Azkadjavar II (Asukdjavar).
Between 710AD and 712AD, the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik's general Qotayba (Qutaibah) son of Moslem Baheli was invited by the Afrighid Shah Azkadjavar II (Asukdjavar) to secure his position against his brother Khurrazad and commander Hamagard who represented Karaylar.
Abu Rayhan Biruni states in the book that he believed that the main reason for this gap in information was that " When Qutaibah bin Moslem under the command of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yūsuf was sent to Khwarazmia with a military expedition and conquered it for the second time, he swiftly killed whoever wrote in the Khwarazmian native language and knew of the Khwarazmian heritage, history, and culture. Next he killed all the Zoroastrians' priests and burned and wasted their books, until gradually only the illiterate remained, who knew nothing of writing, and hence the regions history was mostly forgotten."
The survivors of the invasion fled to Khazaria. Abu Hanifa was only 13 at the time, but before he died, he had become so impressed by our religion that he was imprisoned for accepting it. In prison he commended it before he died to Anan ben David in 767AD, but with the rise of Umayyid Caliphism, our only safe haven turned out to be Khazaria where The Elk (Bulan) Sabriel became our Chief Gahan under the tutelage of the Karay (not Karaite Jewish) scholar Yitzhak ha-Sangari whose remains rest with his wife's in tombs in the Crimean Karaite graveyard although Judah Halevi, Nahmanides, and Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov all mistook for being a Jewish Rabbi.


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February 24, 2014
The Cover To My New Book
I am finally revealing the cover to my new book. The first thing you notice is just how striking it is or at least I think it's striking. I went for the very minimal approach. I drew a close-up of my hand holding my infamous Uniball fine point weapon. There is much tension as the tip of the pen is about to strike the blank page. Not to brag but it may be the greatest cover in book publishing history or at least in the top few hundred million. The second thing you will notice is that someone very famous was willing to write the foreword. That's right, you read it correctly. So if you are dying to see what's inside, keep an eye out for my posts announcing when you can buy it.
4 comments :
- ElaineB said...
Um, Tommy, I don't know if the first graphic is a shot of the actual book, but "Forward" by Michelangelo should be "Foreword". You got it right in the sketch...
- February 24, 2014 at 5:57 AM
- Kamaraka said...
According to Amazon it will be released march 15. Am I wrong?
Good luckkk
- February 24, 2014 at 8:27 AM
- kane said...
Hi Elaine. You are right. that was fixed for the final version. This was an old comp I made of the cover. The end result is perfect.
- February 25, 2014 at 5:16 AM
- alexb said...
I cannot wait.
- February 27, 2014 at 7:22 PM
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Two people evacuated the SUV they were riding in this afternoon after it started smoking and caught fire on I-10.
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Here are five simple tips that will make your old computers work like new. After all, you may not be needing that costly upgrade.
Disposal of old computers is almost always the direction in those offices that can easily afford to buy new batch of computers to replace the old ones. But for many home users, this is not easy.
Buying A New Computer
Buying a new computer is not always an option for many people, especially during these times of recession. And this may not be necessarily so. Some simple tweaks could make you change your mind and spare you the cost of a brand new one when actually you can leash new life to your "old" computer.
Upgrades may be costly, but there are ways to speed up old computers. Desktop pc computers can be made to work as if they are new. Besides, recycling old computers is an environment-friendly activity. It will take only few simple tweaks to make them work as much as two times its previous speed.
Here are five simple tips that will make your old computer work like new.
1. Partition Your Hard Disk
Partitioning is usually done when formatting a new hard disk. Normally, the new hard disk drive is partitioned by computer technicians into two: a C driver and a D drive. The operating system like Windows XP or Vista is installed and boots in the C drive.
When the C drive is full of many applications, it tends to slow down. The C drive works efficiently if it contains only minimal software. You can check the available memory in your hard disk by right-clicking your drive and selecting properties. There should be at least 10% free memory on your C drive to prevent it from crashing.
It pays, therefore, to allocate more than enough space to the C drive. You can do this by installing your applications only in the D drive. Upon installation of an application, custom install and choose D as the partition to install your program.
There are cases where the partition is already done. When this is the case, you can increase the space available in C using a partitioning tool like the free EASEUS Partition Master. This tool can increase or decrease your C partition thus make your computer run faster. Partitioning the C drive to a size like 8 to 10 MB, just to accommodate the critical operating system, can make your computer work fast. Anyway, you can install the applications in the D drive.
2. Use the Virtual Partition to Save Your Files
You can maintain the fast speed of your partitioned hard disk drive by always saving your new files in the partition where the operating system is not installed. You can find this as the D drive or even E drive when the hard disk is multiple partitioned.
3. Increase the Random Access Memory (RAM)
Why buy a new computer when you can buy an inexpensive random access memory (RAM) module. Adding RAM to your old computer will undoubtedly speed the computer processes instantly. Just make sure you buy the same RAM specifications you have in your mainboard.
Also, make sure that the added RAM has the same memory and speed as the existing RAM. If it's a 512, add also a 512 MB RAM. If you install a different memory size or speed, you might damage the other RAM or the whole mainboard. You can always ask the technician in the computer store regarding a compatible upgrade.
4. Clean the RAM
When you have already used your computer for a time, say two or more months, the port connections get oxidized due to exposure to the air (it contains Oxygen) or dust. As dust is accumulated in the connections, this can cause the computer to hang or restart. This happens especially if you live in highly humid or high moisture conditions.
You, therefore, need to clean the interface points of your RAM (see the picture below). Switch off the computer and unplug it. Remove static electricity from your body by placing your hands on the casing or any grounded object. Open the casing, and look for the removable RAM modules in the mainboard. You may consult your mainboard manual that goes with your computer to find its location. If a manual is not available, type your mainboard's brand and number in Google Search. The brand name and model number can be found usually along the edges of the mainboard. Almost always, your mainboard specifications for RAM can be retrieved.
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To remove the RAM module, carefully unhook the connections at both ends. Pull the RAM modules in a parallel direction to prevent twisting them. Using a pencil eraser (make sure it still has enough eraser on its tip to prevent abrading the sensitive copper terminals), clean the RAM by erasing off the accumulated oxides on the contact points of your RAM and brush off the dirt with a soft paintbrush.
Do the same with your video card, LAN card, and sound card which you can find in your mainboard. Just make sure that you avoid breaking them by not exerting too much pressure when you rub the eraser on the terminals. Placing those things on a flat surface can prevent mishaps.
5. Look for a Good Antivirus Software
If you notice that your computer slows down than usual, it is possible that a stubborn virus has infected your computer. Make sure that you periodically update the database of your antivirus. I found the free Avast Antivirus good enough for my computer's protection.
This saves you the trouble of going to the technician when the reason for your problem is an obsolete virus database. Computer desktops can easily get viruses nowadays because of flash drives.
These tips will surely ensure that your desktop computer works at its maximum utility. Buying computers may no longer be needed. Further, parts from old computers disposed by large companies and made their way to second-hand or used computer stores can still be used. Recycling old computers is the way to go to avoid unnecessary disposal of old computers.


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Making it multigenerational
Making it multigenerational
Mary Umberger
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If Grandma showed up at your door with her suitcase for a permanent "visit," would your home be up to the task?
Never mind the psychological adjustments that would be required of multiple generations living under one roof -- physically accommodating an older person's physical needs can be a challenge in a house that's not meant for it, according to those who have studied the potential impacts of our graying population.
Although most adult Americans expect to "age in place" -- that is, stay put in their older years -- several factors are converging to make that prospect less likely for some of them, according to Elinor Ginzler, senior vice president for livable communities at AARP in Washington.
One factor, she said, is the economy: Retirement nest eggs that took a big hit during the recession will be driving older Americans to double up with their kids or other relatives. Plus, the rapidly expanding wave of multiculturalism in this country will restore, for many, the "old normal" of three or even four generations living together, a practice that faded during the 20th Century, Ginzler said.
It's already happening, according to an AARP study that found that the number of multigenerational households grew from 5 million in 2000 to 6.2 million in 2008. Currently, about 11 percent of people 50 and older are living either with their older parents or with their children or grandchildren, and nearly a quarter of all Baby Boomers expect their parents or in-laws to move in.
"You wonder whether the house itself is going to meet those multiple needs," Ginzler said. "AARP would say, unfortunately, most homes would not."
Ginzler and many in the architecture world are champions of "universal design," which incorporates features and practices that take into consideration the needs of household residents with limited vision, balance and walking ability. But the design philosophy is more than that, Ginzler says.
"Universal design is not just about helping old people -- it's about helping all people, design that makes it easy to live, optimal to use for people of all ages and abilities," she said.
Universal design has gotten the most media attention in homes that are newly built or extensively remodeled. But there are simpler changes that can greatly improve the functionality of an existing house that must accommodate a resident with physical limitations, Ginzler said.
A major consideration: Rethink your rooms. "Examine the rooms you have, not what they were built for -- like a dining room -- and how we use it," Ginzler said. For many families, dining rooms (or even some living rooms) are used twice a year and might serve the multigenerational family better if converted, instead, to a bedroom or even a private designated retreat for the older resident.
"Privacy is a major issue," Ginzler said. "It's so much more than being about the room the older person sleeps in." Living together is a major adjustment for all, and just having a get-away space for the older person can make the transition much easier, she said.
Other considerations:
1. Lighting. "When you start to look at lighting, you're looking at design features that are critical to assuring safety and comfort," Ginzler said. "For older people, falls can be disastrous and a leading cause of death."
Look at something as simple as increasing wattage in light fixtures, she said.
"Then look at where the lights are placed," she said. "Where you have a stairway, light both the tops and bottoms of the staircase. Light the way to a bathroom that would be used in the evening. And you want task lighting in the kitchen for people of all ages and abilities."
2. Floor coverings. Minimize or eliminate scatter rugs to reduce the chance of someone tripping over them. If you must have them, they should be tacked down, Ginzler said.
3. Stair rails. Look at hand rails by a staircase and consider adding a second one so that someone going up and down can hang on with each hand and walk with more assurance.
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|Foetal outcome in women with inflammatory bowel disease treated during pregnancy with oral mesalazine microgranules.
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|PMID: 9845399 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Little information is available about the safety of high doses of mesalazine during pregnancy. AIM: To study the fate of pregnancy and foetal outcome in women taking 1-4 g/day of mesalazine microgranules for inflammatory bowel disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Case reports were collected from the Pharmacovigilance Department of Ferring SA, France, from a survey conducted in three gastroenterology units, and from a teratology information service. The evolution of pregnancy and foetal outcome were assessed by questionnaire. RESULTS: The study covered a total of 123 pregnancies (126 foetuses). Ninety-six women took mesalazine during the first trimester, 85 during the second and 83 during the third. The mean daily dose was 2.1+/-0.8 g; 86 women received <3 g/day (low-dose group), 37 women received > or =3 g/day (high-dose group). The following abnormalities were observed in the low-dose and high-dose groups, respectively: ectopic pregnancy (1/0), spontaneous abortions (1/1), foetal death (0/1), premature deliveries (3/5, P < 0.05), congenital malformations (3/1) and one case of lethal oxalosis. Abnormalities were not considered to be related to mesalazine. CONCLUSIONS: The use of oral mesalazine microgranules during pregnancy is safe at doses < or =2 g/day, and probably also at a dose of 3 g/day.
|P Marteau; R Tennenbaum; E Elefant; M Lémann; J Cosnes
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My less educated view would be: use plastic trees to stop your shoes being squashed in your bag. But don't put them into shoes after you've worn them, for at least 24 hours,so that they can be properly dry first.
In practice, I tend to stuff my shoes with socks to travel, and trust in the power of leather and reality that they won't die if I go without trees for a few days while I'm away.


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I would like to suggest adding a topic for Charity sewing thanks Nancy B
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I would be interested in this topic. I'm aware of charity knitting but not charity sewing.
I think this sounds like a great idea. I have heard of sewing pillow cases for children with Cancer and sewing Christmas stockings for families who lost everything in the Jolon tornado a year or so ago. It would be great to have a place where this information could be posted or found.
You could start a thread in a related board (creative sewing maybe?). Then you can see if the thread stays busy enough over a few months to become its own board.
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Following a successful ride behind the wheel last year, State Farm agents in Wilson County are gearing up for another Celebrate My Drive contest.
According to Mt. Juliet State Farm agent Jeff Gannon, three county schools have already signed up, and Wilson County's six agents seek to sign up more.
"This year all the agents of Wilson County are going together. Lebanon, Wilson Central and Mt. Juliet have signed up and are anxiously anticipating making another run," said Gannon.
The agents also reached out to Friendship Christian School, as well as Watertown High School, to encourage their participation.
"We're excited that we've already got three schools signed up and hoping for more," Gannon said.
Celebrate My Drive aims to teach young drivers safe driving habits. Last year, Wilson Central High School claimed the grand prize of $100,000 and a concert from The Band Perry while Lebanon High School garnered second and $100,000 and Mt. Juliet High received $25,000 for finishing in the top 10 in safe-driving commitments received online.
"Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens in the United States, causing more teen deaths than cancer, homicide and suicide combined," said State Farm spokesman Kip Diggs. "We want to promote responsible driving practices like 2N2: two eyes on the road and two hands on the wheel. And we want to do it in a way that's fun."
The 100 high schools generating the most safe-driving commitments from Oct. 15-24 will win grants, and the top two schools will each receive $100,000 plus a free concert featuring The Band Perry. For more information about Celebrate My Drive, visit celebratemydrive.com.
School administrators who have questions about the registration process may contact Judy McConkey at 615-692-6280.


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Rangers center Derek Stepan (21) beats Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby for the the winning goal Monday night.
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The Caps lead the series two games to one. Game 4 is Wednesday at the Garden; Game 5, Friday in D.C.
Derek Stepan's redirection of a Rick Nash pass/shot from the corner broke the third tie of the game, after the Capitals had come back from 2-1 and 3-2. ...


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My concern for a robot is that, if it broke, I wouldn't be able to pack it out, and I'd feel bad spoiling a trail for others who have to climb over the remains of my broken robot. I'd prefer to have a drone deliver my next days' food and water.
Imagine this for a drone. In advance of your trip, you specify an exact location lat/long and date/time, and a drone flies overhead and drops a five-pound food package with a small parachute. You would need to pack out the empty packaging and parachute.The only problem would be if you could not make it to the appointed location, so the food package becomes wilderness litter.--B.G.--
A nice thing about drones is that they can stay on station at the lat/long requested for a long time. They could arrive at one's destination but not drop their payload until the requesting hiker arrived. I should think a drone could land at many camp sites, especially above the tree line, but even if it had to be dropped, the terminal velocity for packages of loosely packed freeze dried food is so low it wouldn't need a parachute. Attaching something like The Tile App might make the payload easier to find.
Does it need a battery? If so, I hate it. I like being self-sufficient in the wilderness, carrying everything I need on my back. I recently read that over 70% of American adults are over weight and over 30% obese. So methinks robots will drive up the already high cost of health costs.
"No, but I could go for one of those tents like they had in Harry Potter. :)" Ok, i'm in on this one. And Hermione's expandable bag thing. Apparating might make peak bagging a bit less sporting though ;)
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Caribbean Part 2: Reggae Influences
By Music ChakraPublished date: Monday 04 October, 2010
Calypso, Mento and Ska are all dance styles of the Caribbean that have influenced Reggae.
45 minutes
Teacher Type
Secondary Age Teacher, Home Educator
Age Group
11 - 14 years
Project Work
West Indian
Curriculum Graded
UK Key Stage 3
Learning Objectives-
Music of the West Indies
- To become aware of the connections between religion and music.
- To become aware of the different instruments of India.
- To become aware of the different components of a Raga.
- To become aware of the notation of Indian music.
- To compose and perform a Raga.
Lesson Outcomes-
The Music of the West Indies
- All pupils will join in with the rehearsal and performance of songs and develop an understanding of the music of the West Indies.
- Most pupils will produce a well presented project and show an understanding of the context of folk music in the West Indies and perform an acceptable practical exercise.
- Some pupils will show excellent understanding of the historical and social setting and use the keywords in the correct context and perform the Reggae and Calypso rhythm with ease.
Point of Study (UK)-
Board Work - Calypso, Mento and Ska are all dance styles of the Caribbean that have influenced Reggae
Reggae Influences
Calypso music originated in Trinidad and Tobago. The official start is in 1912 however it spread in popularity from 1930. Many calypso songs were banned because the lyrics contained veiled political messages and opinions about the establishment. .... continued on the worksheet
Mento music had its beginnings in Jamaica in the 19th century, and was uniquely Jamaican fusion of African and European musical traditions. But it wasn't until the early 1950s that true Mento recordings first began to appear on 78 RPM discs. Although it was informed by a world of music, Mento is clearly, uniquely Jamaican. And as Jamaica's original music, all other Jamaican music can trace its roots to Mento..... continued on the worksheet
Ska originated in Jamaica in the 1950's. Ska combined elements of Mento and Calypso and was a fore-runner of Reggae. Ska has 3 periods of popularity. Initially the Jamaican scene of the 1960s, the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s, the third wave started in the 1980s and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s...... continued on the worksheet
Reggae Influences
Calypso, Mento and Ska are all dance styles of the Caribbean that have influenced Reggae.
Resource Type is File and format is PDF
Activity Detail
Lesson Type
Board Work
45 minutes
Music Keyword
Reggae, Calypso, Mento, Ska, 2 Tone, Riff, Rastafari
Reggae Influences - Video Presentation
A video presentation of the main points from the weeks module.
Reggae Influences Introduction
A video presentation on the main influences of Reggae music.A Power Point Presentation 2007, PDF and Video File to use.
Resource Type is File and format is PDF
Resource Type is Video and format is Local
Resource Type is File and format is Powerpoint
Class Work - Listen to one song from each Genre then compare them using the chart below
Comparrison Chart for Calypso, Mento, Ska and 2-tone
Initially listen to each song and gather the data in the chart for the feel of the music, the speed, the instrumentation, the sound and how it compares to Reggae. The notes can be made while listening and then discussed as a class. When all the data fields are complete summarise each line by answering the initial question.
Finally in two or three sentences state which is preferred and why. If someone says I did not like any of them, it would be advantageous to point out that like was not used, rather prefer.
Comparrison Chart for Reggae Influences
A chart to accumulate the data required to answer each question.
Resource Type is File and format is PDF
Activity Detail
Lesson Type
Theory Classwork
15 minutes
Music Keyword
Reggae, Calypso, Mento, Ska, 2 Tone, Skank, Riff
Homework - A comprehension question for information found online
The Steel Pan Homework
Write a passage on the history and construction of the steel drum and the instrumentation of a modern Steel Pan Ensemble.
The Steel Pan Homework
A short homework to locate and paraphrase information found online.
Resource Type is File and format is PDF
Activity Detail
Lesson Type
Theory Homework
15 minutes
Music Keyword
Steel Drum or Steel Pan


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Cancer Cell Biology
The Cancer Cell Biology (CCB) program of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (RHLCCC) focuses on basic research in cell biology. This program's mission is to facilitate the creation and exchange of ideas within the cancer cell biology community and then work towards translation of these ideas. Members of this program directly stimulate the flow of fundamental cell-based insights into clinical cancer research.
It was established because of the significant increase in strength in this research area at Northwestern University through hiring and growth of existing faculty. Richard Carthew, PhD, and Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD, lead the program and are located on the Evanston and Chicago campus respectively. The leadership team was selected to complement each other's scientific and medical backgrounds, and to fully integrate the program over both Northwestern campuses.
One goal of this program is to increase the amount and quality of cancer research in cell biology at Northwestern by enhancing existing research efforts in this area. Another goal is to attract high quality basic researchers in emerging intellectual frontiers in cell biology to apply their approaches to unmet needs in the cancer research community. The program consists of 46 faculty representing eleven departments and three schools. Between August 2007 and July 2012, there were 250 cancer-relevant publications from the current CCB Program Members. Twenty-nine (11.6%) of these publications represent intra-programmatic collaborations and 105 (42%) of these publications represent inter-programmatic collaborations.
Total external funding is $19,011,895 (direct) with $2,255,204 (direct) from NCI; $10,986,664 (direct) from other NIH Institutes; and $1,406,092 (direct) from other peer reviewed funding agencies focusing on cancer research.
The research of program members falls into four broad areas: Regulation of protein synthesis with particular emphasis on genome organization and post-transcription control by non-coding RNAs; Post-translational regulation of protein activity and membrane movements; Mechanisms of cell fate determination; and animal models for carcinogenesis. These topics are fundamental to understanding control of cell growth and differentiation. Program members study how these mechanisms function normally and how that function goes awry during neoplastic transformation. An understanding of these mechanisms will lead to the development of new technologies to be used in cancer therapy and diagnostics.
The goals of the Cancer Cell Biology Program are to:
- Investigate the molecular mechanism of gene expression with particular emphasis on genome organization and post-transcriptional regulation, including mRNA stability, RNAi, translation, and protein turnover
- Investigate the mechanisms of intracellular membrane trafficking
- Investigate the molecular mechanisms of cell fate determination, such as cell cycle progression, cellular senescence and apoptosis
- Investigate various aspects of carcinogenesis using mouse models


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Jamaica Pond Poets (photo below), in existence for over 19 years, participates in a variety of literary activities each year, many in cooperation with other groups in the Boston area.
The group sponsors Chapter and Verse, a literary reading series directed by member Dorothy Derifield at the historic Loring-Greenough House in Jamaica Plain. Another member, Alice Kociemba, directs Calliope, a reading series in West Falmouth (Cape Cod), Massachusetts.
Jamaica Pond Poets has been invited to read as a group at the Winter Solstice event at Jamaica Pond and at Forest Hills Cemetery's Poetry in the Chapel Series. The group was selected to conduct a participatory reading at the both the 2012 and 2014 Massachusetts Poetry Festivals.
Jamaica Pond Poets has donated dozens of poetry books by contemporary Boston-area poets to the Jamaica Plain Branch Library and continues to do so. They are on the mezzanine available for check-out.
The group has provided assistance to the Friends of the Roslindale Library in setting up a reading series there, Rozzie Reads, that includes an open mic.
Jamaica Pond Poets meets every Saturday morning in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston to creatively comment on one another's poems.
Members of Jamaica Pond Poets (JPP) have all been published in literary magazines. Several have won awards for their work and published books and chapbooks. (See About the Poets.)
Group members also frequently read at various area events and give workshops as individuals. As of January, 2015, members include Dorothy Derifield, Carolyn Gregory, Holly Guran, Audrey Henderson, Susanna Kittredge, Alice Kociemba, Dorian Kotsiopoulos, Jim LaFond-Lewis, Jennifer Markell, Sybille Rex, Alan Smith Soto, Sandra Storey, and Gary Whited.
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As a community, Walla Walla has been kind. It's been patient and supportive.
It's time to reward those virtues, said Kimi 'Purl Slam' Schroeder, founder and president of Walla Walla Sweets Roller Girls.
"This is us showing them, finally, we are here for you," Shroeder said.
The new roller derby league plans to display what it's made of on Sunday with a first-ever public exhibition rink bout at its new home, the YMCA gym. With a little bit of rough and whole lotta rock 'n' roll.
She's expecting an extravaganza, or at least a "very" fun time, when two house teams meet and collide in the Y's main gym, Schroeder said. "Lunachix" will battle the "Blood Drive Betties" in the league's "Debutante Brawl."
The skaters are continuing to progress through their embryonic phase, the "birth year" required before competing officially in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. In that time, numerous changes have taken place. Skaters, coaches and support crew have rolled in and rolled out, although the league retains most of its founding core.
One of the biggest changes is coming under the umbrella of the YMCA in early June, Schroeder said. The move took the women from a church-owned gym too small for the league's needs to the larger gym at 340 S. Park St.
Relocation has meant more than increased floor space, noted the skating queen.
"Being at the Y lends us a legitimacy and better exposure," Schroeder said.
It also means a more conservative dress code. Traditionally, roller derby athletes amp up their skating personas through costuming and rink performances. A lot of hoopin' and hollerin' and sometimes more than a few inches of skin go into giving the fans a good time.
Becoming part of the Y means adhering to its dress and conduct codes. Although that was hard for some skaters to take, Schroeder sees it as a way to return to her original vision for the new league.
"I'm thrilled," she said. "No cheeks and no cleavage bouncing out. It makes us more family-friendly, even just adult-friendly. A lot of adults are still a bit scandalized about women doing roller derby. They think of the 1970s, of Raquel Welch (in "Kansas City Bomber") and hot, little mamas."
For one thing, that's a perception that goes with banked, not flat, track, Schroeder pointed out. And the Walla Walla Sweets Roller Girls are about being good sports, inside the rink and out, she said.
The teams have done a number of community outreach projects and have a mission to mentor and support at-risk women. At the top of its list, the league's goal is to offer something brand new to the Walla Walla area, Schroeder said. "A fun family experience."
Randy Grant sees evidence that is just what is growing with these Onions. Grant is the executive director of the YMCA. "I am proud to see the husbands and children come down and support their moms in this program," he said.
As a "conservative farm kid" he has some unease about the costumes and hoop-la, Grant conceded. "But (I) realize beyond any superficial differences, we aren't much different. We want the best for our families, for our communities and our country."
The common ground goes farther, he added. Skating, as a sport, is an important tool in building up community welfare - physical, spiritual and emotional. "I am more interested in combating community problems like health issues, general feelings of disconnect and isolation than I worry about fish net costumes."
If roller derby is successful in Walla Walla it can lead to roller skating programs for kids of all ages. Many YMCAs across the nation have similar clubs, such as hiking, bike and dance, Grant noted.
She's all for broadening the sport locally, Schroeder said. Her hope is that Sunday's exhibition bout will not only entice possible sponsors but start a crop of new fans of Walla Walla Sweets Roller Girls.
The evening will include concessions for sale, a half-time show and a color guard posted by Walla Walla area Amvets Post No. 1111.
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There will be a few skaters for the audience to really keep an eye on Sunday at the Walla Walla Sweets Roller Girls exhibition bout, noted league president, Kimi Schroeder.
The league's first public battle will be in the main gym of the YMCA, 340 S. Park St. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m. and the bout begins at 5 p.m.
Tickets, $8 in advance or $10 at the door, are available at Lost Boardroom and Book & Game. Children age 5 and under are free.
Skater No. 2, Venomous Vixen, is the "juking" queen. Rachel McCauley is a real control artist on skates, and can bounce all over the rink without getting knocked down, Schroeder said.
The Blonde Bandita, No. 98, is also know as Katrina Morales. "She's real friendly with the penalty box. She just plays really hard. If that means she's going to get a penalty, that's what it means. I say that with nothing but love," the president said with a laugh.
Also watch the newest referee, Maria Garcia. "Atticus Pinch" is the only female ref working the bout, Schroeder said. "An athlete in her own right, she just joined derby recently and she's just taken to reffing like a fish to water."
For more information call the Y at 525-8863.
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Tickets, $8 in advance or $10 at the door, are available at Lost Boardroom and Book & Game. Children age 5 and under are free.
For more information call the Y at 525-8863.
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If you guys follow Jason Zander's (Visual Studio corporate Vice President) blog, you learned two days ago that the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 whose Beta had been released last December achieved final release stage. Today is generally available (last Tuesday was only for MSDN subscribers).
You can get it from here.
You can get it from here.
Let's summarize the list of C++ new features and fixes that are included in this release. You'll find an expanded description beyond C++ in this Microsoft Support article.
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 enables the following two technologies for MFC:
You can take advantage of these two technologies without breaking the MFC programming model. Additionally, you can find demos in the following directory:
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For more information about the technology improvements in Visual Studio 2010 SP1, visit the following website: MFC Additions for Visual Studio 2010 SP1.
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 adds intrinsic functions or intrinsics to enable the extensions on the AMD and Intel new microprocessors (being released this year). The intrinsic functions allow for highly efficient computing without the overhead of a function call. For more information about the intrinsic function, visit the following website: Compiler Intrinsics.
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Some link to the Connect bug, some don't when the issue was found internally.
For a complete list of new features and fixes, please visit this article.
ATTENTION: if you are to install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 in machines containing the stand-alone Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4, read this first.
The download link doesn't work (yet?)
I was confirmed the time, @jalf: 10am. It's now ready.
So it is. Thanks! :)
I really hope Intellisense is more stable than it was in the beta. ;)
hah, typo in the installer:
"Setup cannot continue becausea previous installation requires your computer to be restarted. Please restart your computer and rerun Setup."
Missing a space after "because". :)
Why does it install a "beta 1" labeled C++ compiler?
Visual C++ Standard 2010 Beta 1 - ENU
@jalf, @AI.x, thanks for the feedback. I'm now showing these to the proper team members.
oh great sp1 is out but i can't install it due to yet another bug that could have been avoided.
You are really good at failing aren't you ?
Yes I'm annoyed and disappointed
Hi @Sam, I guess you talk about the Windows SDK issue, do you? Let me ask about its ETA.
What AI.x wrote.
Is the C++ runtime updated in SP1 ? if so is it possible to build against the old runtime with SP1.
Because if we build and release a product VS2010 RTM . And we now upgrade to SP1 and we need to update one of the dlls in a hotfix for a customer. Then we need that dll to use the same runtime as the rest of our product.
VS2008 change its runtime with its SP, but there was some defines you could use then to use the old runtime.
Thank you for not fixing this: connect.microsoft.com/.../excluding-files-from-c-projects-will-delete-them-from-source-control-also
Goodbye Bullshit2010, hello VS2008 again!
Oh, and by the way: Thank you for making multiline comments in unmanaged C++ further more unreadable than they were in VS2010 without SP1 when a background color is configured for comments that is different from the editor's background color.
Applause! Really great!
And, no, this one is not really solves the problem, as it sometimes completely garbles my editor colors: visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f3dc031f-3d33-4701-81fb-ac5e54cb0a81
The Visual Studio team apparently think their biggest problem is that they "haven't been participating that much in company events like PDC", I kid you not. They say they care about the quality of the product, but words are cheap and the actions of the team speak for themselves.
A lot of people are disappointed with the quality of the C++ part of Visual Studio 2010. A lot of people are disappointed with the performance of the team as regards fixing bugs. Almost nothing gets fixed, and more bugs are added instead, witness the problem with installing VS2010 SP1 onto a machine with Windows SDK 7.1 (in short, things break).
I am not sure either of us will get the bugs we care about fixed in any SP for this version of Visual Studio. There might be a chance these bugs will get fixed in the next version of Visual Studio. However, I am not holding my breath...
Mathias, in 2010 there's no more manifest like in 2008/2005, you can't target runtimes. It uses what ever happens to be installed in windows\system32. So you just have to hope that none of the SP1 MFC class header files have introduced any binary incompatibilities (the last time I checked there were none). So the DLL hell aspect is still a concern as the mfc100, msvcr100, etc files are not protected by TrustedInstaller process, they can be deleted/replaced by older versions by any administrator that's running elevated. It's probably safer to install local copies in your program folder.
Hi @Diegum, correct, have you gotten an answer about the ETA for the fix ?


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