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See There When You Can't Be There Place this plug-and-play camera in your home, office, vacation home or almost anywhere else you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location. The camera can be viewed and controlled from a standard Web browser, video display, or even a compatible cell phone or PDA1 and requires no additional software for the PC that you're viewing it on. All of the other required software, including control software (TCP/UDP) and e-mail software (SMTP), is already inside the camera. Bring Any Image Right Up Close Equipped with a 42x zoom function (a 21x optical zoom and a 2x digital zoom2), the camera lets you zoom in and out in a total of 12 steps (10-step optical zoom and 2-step digital zoom) to view objects that are close or far away. CCD Sensor for Enhanced Image Expression This camera features a CCD (Charged Couple Device) for sharp, enhanced image expression. The image refreshing speed (maximum) has been increased to 30 images per second3 for smoother displays of moving images. Record Directly onto SD Cards The camera features an SD Memory Card slot for recording images captured by the network camera directly onto an SD Memory Card (sold separately). Power up without a PC Power over Ethernet (PoE) means you can use your camera without connecting to a PC. Just plug your camera into a wall outlet, and both the power and the data are transmitted over the same CAT5 wire. Plus, each camera has a built-in Web server with IP address. To view the camera's images on a PC, simply open a graphics-capable Web browser and type in the cameras specified Internet address (password optional). Control the Camera Remotely Using a standard Web browser, video display, or even a compatible cell phone or PDA, you can control the movement of the camera. There is 350 Pan (left & right) movement and 210 Tilt (up & down) movement available. You can also assign a "Home Position" that allows you to return the camera to a pre-designated shooting position. Up to eight shooting positions can be registered in advance, so you can aim the camera exactly where you want it. You can also click on the part of the image you want to see, and automatically bring that part to the center of the screen. Sensor Recording and Image Alerts With the built-in sensor, the camera can be set to record and/or notify you when someone enters the room. It can even automatically move to a preset location when triggered, just in case someone was viewing a different part of the room. Record Only What You Want to Record The camera can be set to automatically record video at certain times and certain speeds. In addition, with optional, external sensors attached to the camera, it is possible for the camera to email4 or record when triggered by motion, sound, light, timer, or even a push button. These convenient functions eliminate your need to constantly check the image. Create Your Own Free Web Address The FREE viewnetcam.com service allows you to create a personal Web address (e.g., http://bob.viewnetcam.com) at which your camera's live image can be found on the Internet. Access your Panasonic Network Camera live from virtually any Internet connection point around the world! Your Web browser is the only software you'll need. Here's how the camera and service works: special software embedded within your Panasonic Network Camera gives your camera the ability to locate your unique Internet address. No matter what kind of Internet connection you have or which Internet provider you use, the viewnetcam.com service will keep your camera's Internet address permanent. Features
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Buyer to pay PayPal "gift" option, shipping to CONT. US locations included in auction pricing.1.**SOLD** Stuff sack sale: 151/2x8 silnylon MLD, 10x51/2 silnylon, 13x9, 9x8 patagonia. All in perfect condition. **SOLD**2. **SOLD**pack towel sale: one XL, one L, one M, good condition washed and ready for use. **SOLD**3. **SOLD**Titanium pot sale: near new SnowPeak 600 mug, 900ml ti pot w/lid very good cond., SnowPeak short spork as new cond. (not in picture) **SOLD**4.**SOLD** SnowPeak gigapower stove, with box and SnowPeak windscreen, near new conditon. **SOLD**5. **SOLD**SUL starter basics kit: Gossamer gear poly groundsheets (2) one new, one near new, Gossamer Gear unused finger toothbrush, Aloksaks used, various drpper bottles & storage bottles all NEW, shaving lotion (100 shaves) NEW, bug spray, Ben's deet, Purel mini, BPL platy topper red top for alcohol users, BPL firestarters, UL razor NEW . **SOLD**6.**SOLD**Platypus plusbottle 1 liter NEW in package, Platypus 1.5 liter NEW, will include Platypus sipper tube (clean not sure if it was used or not). **SOLD**All purchases will also come with a BONUS item, keep it for yourself or forward it as a PIF!!!Couch
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I added a near new condition STAR FIRE remote canister stove in box as the PIF item & some moleskin for this group. All for $19.99 shipped with the SUB UL starter kit.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the latest unemployment report shows the economy is "limping along" as a result of failed leadership and bad fiscal policy coming from the Obama administration.
Ryan says news that employers added just 96,000 new jobs in August "is not even close to what a recovery looks like."
He commented during an interview with CNBC before a campaign appearance in Nevada.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August, down from 8.3 percent in July. But the drop was only because more people gave up looking for work.
Ryan says he and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will push for low tax rates, economic growth and regulatory reform to help employers create jobs.
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1, 2012 - Clean
Water Action and Three Rivers Waterkeeper filed in
federal district court today a settlement of their case
against the Municipal Authority of the City of
McKeesport. The two groups had filed a lawsuit in July
2011 under the Clean Water Act seeking an end to
McKeesport's acceptance and discharge of wastewater from
Marcellus Shale gas drilling operations.
the settlement, McKeesport has agreed to stop accepting
any deliveries of Marcellus Shale wastewater at their
plant. Additionally, if McKeesport decides in the future
that they want to accept oil and gas wastewater, they
will have to apply for a permit under the federal Clean
Water Act through the state Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP), subject to EPA approval. Any proposed
permit would also undergo public review and comment. The
settlement covers both shale gas wastewater and coal bed
methane wastewater discharges.
Settlement (PDF)
25, 2012 - Two
environmental groups and McKeesport's municipal
authority have settled a federal lawsuit that claimed
the city was violating state and federal environmental
laws by treating wastewater from Marcellus shale
drilling operations, according to court documents.
2011 -
According to the Pennsylvania DEP
Wastewater Report for the first half of 2011, McKeesport
Municipal Authority continued to receive and dispose of
Marcellus Shale wastewater. The DEP report details
946,050 gallons (22,525 Bbl – barrels) of Marcellus
drilling brine that was dumped there from CNX Gas Co LLC
operations in Center Township and Morris Township in
Greene County, Pa.
Story 9-22-11
The Youghiogheny River flows into the Monongahela
which then flows toward Pittsburgh
New limits were imposed by the
Department of Environmental Protection at the end of 2008 to only allow
treatment plants to accept 1% of daily flow as gas
drilling wastewater.
Toward the end of 2009, the Municipal Authority of McKeesport was
accepting an average of 80,000 gallons (twenty 4,000 gallon tanker loads) of
gas drilling wastewater per day. The water is diluted with treated
sewage and dumped into the
Monongahela River upstream from
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Below are photos of this sewage
treatment plant located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania at the
confluence of the Youghiogheny River and Monongahela River.
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York, PA - As a result of an early-morning gas line fire at Ore Valley Elementary School in York Township, and resulting traffic problems, the entire Dallastown Area School District will operate on a two-hour delay, according to district Supt. Stewart Weinberg.
No word was given as of whether Ore Valley Elementary would shut down for the day.
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Despite the dislocations, confusion and hardships of the hurricane, 98,350 Ocean County residents cast their votes for President Obama and members of his Democratic Team. Votes were cast by mail, email, fax and early voting, and a record number of vote by mail ballots were recorded. The Ocean County Democrats provided information on where and how to vote, arranged rides to the polls, and sent dozens of walkers to knock on doors to help get out the vote.
Congratulations to Senator Menendez for his state wide victory, as he won 58.5% of the vote and easily defeated his Republican opponent. In Barnegat, Democrats Susan Conway and Elaine Taylor won a decisive victory. They will be joining Len Morano to form a new Democratic majority in Barnegat.
In Lakewood, Meir Lichtenstein easily won re-election to his seat on the Township Committee, where he will continue to serve with Democrat Committeeman Ray Coles.
Greg Handshy and Ernest Reevey will join Mayor Joseph Champagne, Council President Ed Murray, Councilmen Don Williams and Councilman Marvin Sykes on the South Toms River Council.
We want to thank Democrats Sal Martino and Jim McClure in Point Pleasant, Miraim Medina in Lakewood, Mitch Geier in Plumsted, Peter Ferwarda III in Little Egg Harbor, Brooke Hollister and Lynn Hansen in Berkeley, Robyn Paciulli-Griffith and Ken Mullarney in Beachwood, Shawn Judson in Lacey, Eli Eytan in Toms River, Irene Merlin (who came within 7 votes of victory) and Dawn Antonus in Ocean Gate, Michael Doran and Natalie John in Seaside Heights and Sharon Cadalzo and Barry Moffett in Point Pleasant Beach all for being willing to put their name, time and efforts forward to provide an alternative for the voters in their town and to support the entire Democratic ticket. Their willingness to run helps spread the Democratic word and lays the groundwork for future victories.
Our Congressional Candidates also deserve our thanks for their time and efforts in Ocean County and beyond. Brian Froelich, in the 4th district, gave a strong challenge to 30+ year incumbent. Brian received more votes than any other previous candidate seeking the position. Cassandra Shober, who ran in the 2nd district which included Long Beach Island, and parts of Stafford and south, ran a strong and effective campaign in Ocean County and throughout her district. In the closest congressional race in the state, Shelly Adler came within 6 points of taking back the 3rd congressional district.
We also want to thank our county slate, Sheriff Candidate Bob Armstong, and Freeholder Candidates Joseph Grisanti and Pat Barndt. All three received the endorsement of the Asbury Park Press, and were exceptionally well qualified to lead our county.
Everyone at the Ocean County Democrats would like to say "Thank You" for your support, your donations and hard work under strenuous, difficult conditions.
But, let us not forget that, as we celebrate the President's victory, as well as victories throughout the state and county, many are still suffering from the aftermath of the storms. Let us not forget the volunteers, the first responders, and all of the neighbors & family members who reached out to help. This spirit of service and community is what makes Ocean County, New Jersey and our Country great. We ask that you continue to support with your energy and donations the efforts to assist our neighbors here in Ocean County as they recover from the storm.
From the entire Ocean County Democratic Organization, thank you for your efforts both on election day and throughout the year. We look forward to working with you in 2013.
Wyatt Earp
Chair, Ocean County Democrats
Marta Harrison
Vice-Chair, Ocean County Democrats
John Kostopoulos, Southern Regional Director
Jason Varano, Central Regional Director
Christopher Leitner, Northern Regional Director
John Salonis, Office Manager
Mitch Seim, Campaign Consultant
Corresponding Secretary Tim Ryan
Recording Secretary Joanne Sitek
Treasurer Nick Montenegro
State Committee
Committeeman Peter Strohm
Committeewoman Kay Dolan
Committeeman William Coulter
Committeewoman Susan Resch
Committeewoman Nilda Frulio
Committeeman Wyatt Earp
Committees and Chairs
Club Outreach Kevin Barron
Labor Relations Fred Potter
Bylaws John Ducey
Campaign Committee Greg Handshy
Office Management Jon Salonis
Election Committee Chris Leitner
Training Chris Leitner
Young Democrats Jef Henninger
E-Communications John Coan
Legal Committee Michael Collins
ADA Committee Jim Sigurdson


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Ohio University-Chillicothe played two different teams Saturday, and they played two completely different games.
The Hilltoppers picked up just two hits in a 13-0 loss to Mercyhurst Community College, getting them from Kirsten Jones and Brooke Hoskins.
Things got better in Game 2, with the Hilltoppers putting 13 runs on the board in a 13-4 win against Southern State Community College. Stephanie Wright got the win in Game 2, allowing six hits and striking out five in the complete game. Erin Bane led the team with two RBIs, and Wright finished 4-for-4 with a triple.
OU-Chillicothe will be back in action at 1 p.m. today at VA Memorial Stadium against OU-Lancaster.


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The online application is now open. The deadline for all materials is January 5.
For either current or prospective students, there may be fellowships available to you. Most deadlines are in the autumn.
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JP students investigate the resilience, resistance, and recovery of reefs and organisms in response to a changing climate at the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.
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State finally captures Civil War nemesis
How do many Mississippians remember the military career and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant?
Let's put it this way — Union Gen. Grant's first major battle of the Civil War was the 1862 Battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862, in Tennessee, when he engaged Confederate forces led by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. The Confederate forces attacked Grant's army from their base in nearby Corinth, Miss.
My great-great grandfather, Confederate Pvt. Stephen Hammack, was killed in a skirmish with troops under Grant's command at Farmington during the Battle of Corinth in October 1862.
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Peter V. Hobbs Memorial Endowed Lecture in Experimental Meteorology
Professor Paul Markowski
January 23, 2014
7:30-8:30, Kane Hall, Room 220
Dr. Paul Markowski
Professor, Department of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University
Lecture: "Storm Chasing: What I've Learned"
This lecture has closed.
I will talk about my lifelong interest in tornadoes, and how fortunate I am to be able to make a living by studying them. I will discuss how our understanding of tornadoes has evolved in time and been shaped by recent field projects like the first and second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiments (VORTEX and VORTEX2), as well as state-of-the-art computer simulations.
About the Speaker
Paul Markowski, Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, was a leader of the recent second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) and 2013 recipient of the National Weather Association's Fujita Award for his research on tornado formation. He has served as the Chief Editor of Weather and Forecasting since 2012.
Professor Peter V. Hobbs
Hobbs Endowed Lectures
Description of Lectureship
The purpose of the Peter V. Hobbs Memorial Endowed Lectureship in Experimental Meteorology shall be to sponsor open lectures in the field of experimental meteorology. Peter Hobbs felt strongly that the furthering of science must be nurtured through the open exchange of ideas amongst scientists. To that end, he planned to fund an Endowed Lectureship in Experimental Meteorology for the Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Washington where he had worked for 42 years.
Peter Hobbs was deeply involved all his working life in the field of experimental meteorology which ranges from the microscale, through the mesoscale, up to the global scale, and includes both the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere. The common threads in this field are the ubiquitous roles played by aerosols, clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere.
The gift to establish this endowed lectureship was made in loving memory of Peter by his wife and three sons.
The CARG's Convair-580 research
aircraft in Pietersburg, South Africa,
during the SAFARI-2000 Field Project.
Photo: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Hobbs Career Information
Professor Peter V. Hobbs was a faculty member of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington from 1963 to 2005. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, in 1960 and 1963, respectively. Director of the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group at the University of Washington from 1963 to 2005.
Principal research interests were cloud and precipitation physics, mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric chemistry and air pollution.
In addition to his steady stream of discoveries about all aspects of clouds—published in 340 papers—Hobbs advised more than 50 graduate students after arriving at the University of Washington, repopulating the field of atmospheric physics.
None of this would have been possible had Hobbs not had a talent for stringing together the funds for aircraft for 40 years, starting with a WWII vintage bomber previously owned by eccentric billionaire aviator Howard Hughes.


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Sent by Charles Robert Darwin, Down, Bromley, Kent to Joseph Dalton Hooker [none given] on 10 January 1864.
References Wallace's letter to Darwin of 2 Jan 1864 about Herbert Spencer.
A typical letter handwritten by author in English and signed by author.
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Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy.
As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up - and his courtiers were in their usual poses Wednesday when the high court took up the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal statute that blocks certain benefits for married same-sex couples.
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Laptop Stand with Stereo Speakers and Quiet USB Powered Cooling Fans
The Kinyo CF-990 Ultra Silent Cooling Fans prevents your laptop from overheating and includes Built-In Stereo Speakers for audio enhancement. The slim and lightweight stand is designed for Laptops and Netbooks up to 15 inches in size. Powered by the USB port on your laptop there is never a need to carry batteries or AC adapters. An overheated laptop can lead to a number of inconvenient and costly problems, including sluggish performance, battery fires and burnt-out processors. Protect your investment by keeping your laptop cool and running properly! The cooling fan is powered by simply plugging it in to the USB port on your laptop.
The CF-990 features a comfort and ergonomic tilt work surface while keeping your laptop cool with dual silent cooling fans. The cooling stand features built-in 2 channel stereo speakers with easily accessible volume controls and 3 mode switches (fan only, fan with speaker, speaker only) for settings.
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This 2.1 audio system is the perfect companion for notebooks or PC, MP3 players, digital media, iPods, and smart phones. The 15-watt, aluminum brushed subwoofer and two accompanying spherical satellite speakers wrap elegantly around your PC or laptop and optimizes the surrounding space. The volume can be controlled by the two buttons located on one of the satellite speakers. The discrete and compact design make this speaker and subwoofer set ideal for travel.
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As the nation's worst oil spill continues to unfold, a team of archaeologists from The University of Southern Mississippi worry about the future of their research along the fragile marshes of Grand Bay, east of Pascagoula, Miss.
Southern Miss archaeologists received a grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to establish a timeline for cultural activities of the prehistoric Grand Bay area that Native American tribes called home.
The research site location, only a half-mile from booms picking up residual oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion, could sabotage their efforts if oil continues to drift inland.
"It (oil) would pretty much shut down the ability to do archaeology in a place like this for a very long time," said Dr. Ed Jackson, team leader and professor of anthropology at Southern Miss.
Researchers are finding large deposits of shells or middens left by natives who fished, hunted and collected shellfish. Many of the sites were severely damaged by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina and will be further endangered by oil. Much like many Gulf Coast residents today, the natives were heavily reliant on the Gulf of Mexico for food and survival, according to Jackson.
"(Hurricane) Katrina brought a renewed awareness of how fragile these resources are. The shell middens on Grand Bay are as fragile as the marshes that surround them," Jackson said. "Oil will contaminate the material in the middens, leaving them unfit for scientific investigation."
Jackson and his team of six anthropology students are especially distraught at the thought of losing the chance to learn about the Grand Bay area Indian culture.
His team includes Lynn Funkhouser of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Michelle Hammond of Wiggins, Miss., Barbara Hester of Gulfport, Miss., Sam Huey of Mobile, Ala., Nicole Musselwhite of Ocean Springs, Miss. and John Ladner of Kiln, Miss. They spend at least seven hours a day digging holes in the ground as airboats nearby tend miles of booms to protect the marshes of the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Grand Bay National Estuarine Reserve.
"This research gives us another piece of evidence of how people adapt to coastal environments," Jackson stated.
While little to no archeology research exists on this area, Southern Miss researchers hope to completely excavate the site before the oil comes ashore.
In the meantime, researchers can only take it day by day, watching the water to see if they will have to vacate the site for good.
For more information on Grand Bay research, contact the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at 601.266.4306.
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The GLTD tower is the result of over ten years of constant development of a tower that was inherently safe when lowering the wind turbine and that allowed bringing the wind turbine to any convenient height for inspection and service. By making flying and owning a wind turbine a rewarding experience, the tower makes small wind a viable and sustainable resource. Independent Power Systems has developed this tower for a safer and easier method to install and service small wind turbines. We have extensive experience installing and working with standard tower designs, and with this experience we have realized their shortcomings and the potential for problems.
About the GLTD Tower
The GLTD tower is a cantilevered design that stands 40 feet tall and hinges 15 feet above the ground. An integrated, industrial hand winch allows raising and lower of the tower by one person, making installation, inspection, and service very easy. An automatic disc brake system incorporated into the winch prevents the tower from falling and makes raising and lowering of the tower very safe. The winch and winch line are always connected to the tower, thereby preventing the possibility of operator error.
Our tallest GLTD tower is 40 feet tall. It works best in locations that have little obstructions, i.e. open land areas or coastal locations. Consult with the wind turbine manufacturer for minimum tower height required for your site.
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Barnabas and Saul Begin Their First Missionary Journey
1Now there were in the church that was at An´ti-och certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyre´ne, and Man´a-en, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
The Apostles Preach in Cyprus
4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleu´cia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5And when they were at Sal´amis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus: 7which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8But El´ymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 10and said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
Paul and Barnabas at Antioch of Pisidia
13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphyl´i-a: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 14But when they departed from Perga, they came to An´ti-och in Pisid´i-a, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17#Exod 1.7Exod 12.51 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought he them out of it. 18#Num 14.34Deut 1.31 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners#13.18 suffered he their manners. Some early manuscripts have he bore them as a nurse. in the wilderness. 19#Deut 7.1Josh 14.1 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20#Judg 2.161 Sam 3.20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21#1 Sam 8.51 Sam 10.21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22#1 Sam 13.141 Sam 16.12Ps 89.20 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24#Mark 1.4Luke 3.3 when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25#John 1.20Matt 3.11Mark 1.7Luke 3.16John 1.27 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28#Matt 27.2223Mark 15.1314Luke 23.21-23John 19.15 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29#Matt 27.57-61Mark 15.42-47Luke 23.50-56John 19.38-42 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30But God raised him from the dead: 31#Acts 1.3 and he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33#Ps 2.7 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm,
Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee.
34 # Isa 55.3 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise,
I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35 # Ps 16.10 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 38Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41 # Hab 1.5 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish:
for I work a work in your days,
a work which ye shall in no wise believe,
though a man declare it unto you.
42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 47#Isa 42.6Isa 49.6 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles,
that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. 50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51#Matt 10.14Mark 6.11Luke 9.5Luke 10.11 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Ico´ni-um. 52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
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Thirty-four years ago, when the Oahu General Plan first was adopted, the second city of Kapolei did not exist, pineapple and sugar were plentiful and "sustainability," as an overarching policy, was never mentioned. Today, issues involving population growth around the second urban center in West Oahu, redefining the mission of island agriculture and better managing natural resources are among the key issues that city planners face as they envision what Oahu will look like in 2035. COMMUNITY MEETING THURSDAY » The city Department of Planning and Permitting will hold a community meeting to initiate the review and update of the Oahu General Plan at 6 p.m. Thursday at Mission Memorial Auditorium. Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. » Landowners, business owners, community organizations and residents are invited. The city will present the project's purpose and scope, discuss preliminary findings and begin gathering community comments. » More information at honoluludpp.org. The process starts Thursday with a public meeting to begin soliciting community input for the update of the Oahu General Plan. "This update will focus on population and housing growth, the economy, affordable housing and sustainability," said Jiro Sumada, deputy director of planning and permitting for the city. "To the extent that these issues affect residents, businesses and even visitors, it is important that all sectors of our community participate in this update." The General Plan, first adopted in 1977 and last updated in 2002, is the overall long-range plan for government, the private sector and communities to manage population and urban growth on Oahu. "As a set of broad policy statements, it is not that the plan has changed, but our community that has changed, and the plan should reflect current community values, priorities and concerns," Sumada said. The Department of Planning and Permitting has identified several "hot topics" based on recent trends in population growth. ALTHOUGH the island's population has roughly doubled to about 953,000 in 2010, according to the most recent U.S. census, the growth per year has steadily declined, from about 13,000 annually in the 1960s and '70s to about 6,000 per year the last two decades. In the last three decades, the majority of the island's growth outside the main urban center has been in Central Oahu and Ewa, according to a DPP analysis of key planning issues. The original plan identified Ewa to become the island's second major center for economic activity, but that growth has occurred slowly. According to DPP, the region has achieved only about 30 percent of the new permanent jobs projected by 2035. But even with a projected increase in the number of people who live and work in Ewa, planners expect the majority of residents will live outside the region. Sumada notes that a 1992 revision of the plan called for a "mass-transit system" for residents of Ewa and Central Oahu — a goal being fulfilled by the city's planned $5.4 billion rail project. "Considering future mobility trends, the current policy to add jobs and economic growth in Ewa will continue to be an important strategy to reduce the demand on regional highway networks," the DPP planning analysis states. THE GENERAL Plan also studies trends in the economy such as increased tourism and military growth in the islands since the '70s as well as the changing landscape of agriculture. Current language in the plan, according to the DPP analysis, is "left over" from days when sugar cane and pineapple were plentiful: "Provide sufficient agricultural land in Ewa, Central Oahu and the North Shore to encourage the continuation of sugar and pineapple as viable industries." But acreage in agricultural production has declined by almost 37,000 acres since 1980, and livestock production has gone down 70 percent in the past 30 years, according to the report. Planners are seeking input on whether the General Plan should be amended to recognize that the era of plantation agriculture has ended and whether the focus should shift to providing more products to be consumed locally. The update of the General Plan also seeks input on whether "sustainability" should be formally adopted in the language of the plan. The DPP analysis broadly defines sustainability as a recognition that a balance is needed between using the resources necessary to move society forward and leaving sufficient resources for future generations. "Several recent city programs, projects and plans have been imbued with some discussion of sustainability," the DPP analysis says. "However, the General Plan (the county's overarching land use planning document) is currently silent on that subject, although taken as a whole, its objectives and policies reflect many sustainability principles."
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Warren Touts Fighting Wall Street in Senate Bid Versus Brown
Republican Scott Brown tapped into anger with Washington to capture a U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Elizabeth Warren, a consumer advocate and Harvard law professor, is wagering on public disgust with Wall Street to help Democrats win it back in 2012
One year out, the race in Massachusetts is emerging as one of the nation's premier Senate contests, already featuring attack ads from both flanks, packed rallies, and a poll that shows Warren, a newcomer to electoral politics, close to Brown.
"I really, quite frankly, was not ready for the campaign in terms of getting my mind right," Brown said Nov. 11 at a fundraiser in Whitinsville where several dozen supporters crowded around him, sipping drinks in the living room of a supporter. "I'm laser-focused sharp right now."
A poll published Oct. 2 by the Boston Herald and University of Massachusetts at Lowell may have helped focus Brown's attention. It showed him ahead of Warren, 41 percent to 38 percent, with a survey error margin of 3.8 percentage points.
The campaign intensified last month after Warren claimed credit for the "intellectual foundation" of Occupy Wall Street, the loose associations of nationwide protests against the growing wealth gap in America.
Mayhem 'Matriarch'
Republicans quickly branded her the "matriarch of mayhem," and issue regular "incident reports" detailing "the antics of Professor Warren's intellectual offspring." Crossroads GPS, a group established with help from Karl Rove, a former political adviser to President George W. Bush, paid for ads assailing Warren for siding "with extreme left protests."
Warren, 62, responded with commercials that touted her humble origins and said "Wall Street and the big banks are crushing middle-class families." The League of Conservation Voters ran ads against Brown, 52, over his vote against closing oil-industry tax breaks, echoing the Democratic strategy of framing him as a Republican foot soldier.
The Massachusetts race offers Democrats -- defending 23 Senate seats next year versus 10 for Republicans -- one of their few chances for a pickup as they bid to maintain their chamber majority. Democrats also are itching to avenge a historic loss. In January 2010, Brown captured the seat vacated by the death of Democratic icon Edward Kennedy in a special election held amid voter outrage over the health-care overhaul President Barack Obama ultimately signed into law.
Warren's Entry
Brown seemed on track to easily win a full term in 2012 until Warren entered the race in September. Warren, who gained a national profile by fighting to create a new federal financial consumer-protection agency, is expected to win the Democratic nomination at a June convention or in a September primary.
Her challenge is to become better-known and win the trust of independent voters who swung the 2010 election to Brown, said Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic consultant with the Boston-based Dewey Square Group.
"Nobody has had a better start to a campaign than Elizabeth Warren has had," Marsh said. "But she needs it to be a 12-month-race."
Brown's allies will try to vilify Warren before she can define herself with voters while cultivating his personality as, in the Massachusetts vernacular, a "regulah guy," other consultants say.
"Brown caught on in the final days and no one had time to catch him" in the 2010 vote, said David Guarino, a partner at the Boston consultant firm of Melwood Global. "He can't have that again."
Tea Party Reaction
One part of Brown's 2010 victory formula that may be missing next year is committed assistance from Tea Party activists. Key Brown votes, notably in favor of the 2010 overhaul of financial regulations that Warren championed, have left some of them unwilling to mobilize for him, said Carlos Hernandez, head of Massachusetts' North Shore Tea Party.
"We were on the ground for Brown, and then we got slapped in the face," Hernandez said.
Warren has been greeted by large crowds as she travels the state telling her story and recruiting volunteers.
At a meeting in a Boston gymnasium on Nov. 13, Warren shook about 1,000 hands and, in her speech to the crowd, depicted herself as a political neophyte.
'Fancy-Pants Professor'
The Oklahoma-born daughter of a carpet salesman and a mother who worked at a department store, she was nine months pregnant when she earned her law degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Two decades ago, she moved to Massachusetts to become what she called a "fancy-pants professor at Harvard."
She earned a standing ovation after saying, "I have only run one campaign: to get a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau."
Warren went to Washington in 2008 to head the congressional panel overseeing the bank bailout program and worked with Obama to create the consumer bureau, an idea she is credited with originating. The president nominated someone else in July to head the agency as it became clear Senate Republicans would block Warren's confirmation.
Warren is attracting support from some people who haven't worked in campaigns. "I never put a sign in my yard, never put a bumper sticker on my car," said Frank Iamelli, 59, a retired insurance executive, as he waited at the Boston rally to sign up with her campaign.
As Brown seeks to broaden his support in traditionally Democratic Massachusetts, he has focused on issues with statewide appeal.
Fishing Issue
He has pushed the federal government to alter fishing catch rules, garnering praise in coastal towns like Gloucester and New Bedford. He and Representative Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, called on Obama to fire Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, which enforces rules on fishing stocks.
He also endorsed Richard Cordray, the former Ohio attorney general Obama nominated to run the consumer agency Warren set up. Other Senate Republicans have been blocking a confirmation vote on Cordray until changes are made in the agency's structure and funding.
Cemetery Visit
The Brown who can win next November, Republicans say, is the one who on Veteran's Day -- Nov. 11 -- visited a cemetery in the Boston suburb of West Roxbury, turned up the collar of his farm jacket and shook hands as the blustery sky threatened rain.
He unveiled a monument to service members, sponsored by the motorcycle group Rolling Thunder, after talking about his service in the National Guard.
"We're all Americans first, folks," Brown said, to murmurs of approval.
"I don't see anybody with a love of country like him," said Marie O'Donnell, 68, a retired fourth-grade school teacher.
Democrats like to refer to Brown as "Kentucky's third senator," a reference to his alleged fealty to Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican minority leader, and Rand Paul, a Tea Party favorite, who both represent the Bluegrass State in the Senate.
"If Brown stands too tight with the Tea Party or the Republican leadership, he's in trouble," said Guarino, the Boston-based consultant.
John Walsh, the Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman, said Brown will suffer from the simple math of running in a general election. Walsh estimates that Brown won by 50 votes per precinct in the 2010 special vote. He estimates 135 Democrats per precinct who didn't vote then will cast ballots in a presidential election.
"If they come to the polls," Walsh said, "they will not vote for Scott Brown."
Nate Little, Massachusetts' Republican Party executive director, is betting that energized Democrats can't trump voters' trust in Brown. "That determines, to a great extent, who is going to win," Little said.


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BETTER ME: Drinking leads to poor eating habits for some
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Researchers have found another reason why we should cut back on adult beverages: We tend to eat poorly on the days we drink alcohol. A recent study has revealed that people who drink more are also likely to eat less fruit and to consume more calories from a combination of alcoholic beverages and foods high in unhealthy fats and added sugars. In summary, as alcohol intake increases, diet quality decreases.
A few ways to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women include:
Control your weight through diet and exercise.
Know your family history of breast cancer.
Limit alcohol intake to no more than one drink per day.
Discuss the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy with your health practitioner.
Women in their 20s and 30s should receive a breast cancer screening every three years and women over 40 should receive one every year.
Women who smoke are about 13 times more likely to die from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease than women who have never smoked; male smokers are around 12 times more likely to die from COPD than men who haven't smoked.
People with heart disease are at higher risk for cognitive impairment, providing more evidence of the interconnection between our physical and mental health. Mayo Clinic researchers found that those with heart disease — especially women — were more likely to experience mild cognitive impairment, exemplified by problems with language, thinking and judgment.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that more than 10 million people over the age of 50 in the United States have osteoporosis and another 24 million are at risk for the disease. Key interventions include resistance exercise or other weight-bearing exercise, balance exercises and adequate calcium consumption.
People in midlife who look on the "sunny side" are likely to have healthy cholesterol levels, according to findings by Harvard University researchers. Researchers report that optimism is associated with a healthier lipid profile. Researchers don't know whether optimism causes healthier lipid levels or whether people with healthier lipid levels are generally more healthy and optimistic. This research provides one more piece of evidence suggesting that our psychological and physical health are intertwined.
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1 container (16 ounces) Low Fat Cottage Cheese
1 pkg. (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
4 eggs, beaten
1 jar (7 ounces) roasted red peppers, well drained, chopped
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
Heat oven to 350degrees. Mix ingredients until blended. Pour into 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 40 min. or until center is set. Consider substituting ½ cup chopped red bell peppers for the roasted peppers. Makes 8 servings. Each serving has: 160 calories, 7 g fat, 480 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber and 16 g protein.
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Hello all, my name is Cherie and I had a fall on January 1st of this year, in which I herniated discs in my thoracic spine, with cord impingement at T5/T6. I currently have horrible burning spasms along my bra line and pain that wraps around my rib cage that hurts with breathing. I have been through PT and have just underwent my first epidural steroid injection (still wondering about that as the injection was at the T10 level).
I'm holding out hope for the next two injections to help me as I work full-time as a paralegal - sitting at a desk doesn't help, and I have have 2 little ones to take care of.
I don't want to be on narcotic pain medication but I cannot take any anti-inflammatories or NSAIDS due to a platelet disorder so my options there are limited. I'm mostly concerned about tylenol intake with all the reports on that lately.
Just wondering what everyone else is dealing with, what their experiences are and whatever other advice could be offered.


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September 27, 2012
Pumpkin Caramel Apple
by Guest Blogger
1. Give your apples a good wash.
3. Wrap the bottom of the stick in a freezer bag so that none of it will actually touch the apple. {Not that you eat the core anyway} Place the stick over the stem and push down firmly to secure the stick, but not go all the way through.
I think both versions are delightful!
Add a little treat bag around the apple and they make a great little gift for the hubs!
You can even add a little fall themed note like one of these:
Hey "pumpkin" you're the greatest!
You're the "apple" of my eye!
You're always so "sweet" to me!
I'm "fall"ing for you all over again.
For more fun ideas like pumpkin caramels or doily pumpkin treat bags,
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Those are so precious…I love how you used real sticks for them. I will be making these this fall for sure!
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West Branch marks National Library Week with open house
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Community members are invited to a National Library Week open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Angelo West Branch Library, 3013 Vista del Arroyo Drive.
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ARM-based Google TV platform confirmed, due soon?
updated 05:35 pm EST, Fri January 14, 2011
Google TV with ARM underpinnings coming soon
An unnamed but "very high authority" source at Google has confirmed that an ARM-based Google TV product is coming out, ARMDevices said on Friday. The rumors of such a device are nothing new, with ARM linked to discussions with Google on just such an undertaking as far back as November. Technical details of such a product were still unknown, however.
The collaboration would also likely drop the price of Google TV hardware, even lower than the $300 Logitech offering, the Revue and Sony's $400 Blu-ray player. More Google TV products are due from the likes of Vizio, Toshiba, Samsung, Sharp, LG and others.
"If Google TV is to be mainstream, it must be built on a lower power system," ARM President Tudor Brown said in November, "on lower cost technology."
Exactly how low the price point of Google TV on ARM hardware will go remains to be seen when a more official announcement is made.


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Cue orchestra for Handel's "Messiah." "Haaa-lelujah, Hallelujah, Ha--lay-lu-jah!"
And the heavens opened and the angels sang. Many longtime Gophers football fans haven't smiled this broadly since their last crew cut. For the first time in 53 years, the Golden Gophers beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
It never gets old, does it?
"As we told the kids, you've got to get over the thing where everybody says, 'Well, you haven't beaten them since 1960' and da, da, da," said acting head coach Tracy Claeys.
The "da, da, da" was code for: "And you never will."
"You know, I wasn't here back then," Claeys said. "I wasn't here 30 years ago when they (Huskers) scored 84 points. I was a freshman in high school. Those have no meaning to us.
Good approach, although a half-dozen of his predecessors said the same thing and then got waxed by Nebraska. But after Saturday's game, it was Claeys who got to hand out gratuitous compliments to the losing team.
"They're very talented," he said of the Cornhuskers.
Ha! I wonder what it feels like to be consoled after all those easy victories over the years. It's like a feisty pedestrian telling a would-be mugger, "Nice try, big fella."
The critical play, the moment in which a deathly quiet and afraid TCF Bank Stadium crowd realized that victory actually was in reach, occurred with 4:30 left. That's when the breath of Jim Wacker blew a Nebraska punt out of bounds.
With its heart a pumpin' and its corpuscles jumpin,' the spirit of the Rev. Sunny Jim hovered over the stadium. He represented all the former Gophers coaches who never had the slightest chance in a game like this. And when the time came, he huffed and he puffed and he claimed a small part of the long-awaited victory. Golly.
Nebraska trailed by four and had to punt out of trouble just seven yards from the goal line. Having scored on their previous possession, the Cornhuskers seemed poised to kick away, stop the Gophers' offense, and then make a final run at the winning touchdown. There was plenty of time.
But the punt left the foot of Sam Foltz and, instead of spiraling high and deep, headed toward the Gophers' sideline. The measured distance was just 27 yards, leaving the Gophers a mere 34 yards from salting it away. It was an unexpected turn of events.
Somewhere behind a cloud, Wacker was grinning and whispering: "Jeepers, did I do that?"
Afterward, Claeys quickly bemoaned the fact that there were some plays "left on the table" by his Gophers. That seemed to indicate that: 1) he didn't understand the historic nature of what had just happened; or 2) the program has lurched forward to the point where a Gophers coach can afford to be picky after a victory over Nebraska.
Now, these Cornhuskers are good but not a powerhouse.
Saturday, the Huskers and quarterback Taylor Martinez often took to the air. The results were not nearly as spectacular as when they handed the ball to running back Ameer Abdullah. It's as if they do their opponents a favor when they throw.
"Taylor was the least of our problems," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said.
OK, but my guess is that Pelini is going to be under fire for throwing so much. He was asked about it after the game and insisted it all would have worked out if his guys had played better.
Claeys, meanwhile, is doing an excellent job of filling in for ailing coach Jerry Kill. In fact, the current system -- with Claeys and Matt Limegrover running the game-day operations while Kill serves as inspirational leader -- is working out splendidly. The program appears solid.
"We're starting to believe, and that's all that really needs to be said right now," said quarterback Philip Nelson.
Quite a few people are starting to believe. There will be a lot of old-timers dancing around -- or trying to -- in celebration. For the next week it's going to be all buttercups and rainbows. This was a huge victory, if not aesthetically, then symbolically. A bit of distance has been placed between the current Gophers team and its not so illustrious past. And senior Gophers fans, after 16 losses spread over 53 years, are having their Nebraska moment.
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I don't argue that Dee was a hero, but the Post's writing seems to argue she wasn't a human being
GLAAD has refused a press-credential request from the New York Post, citing such recent Post headlines as:
I don't believe, as GLAAD does, that the word "tranny" is as universally insulting as the N-word. Plenty of transgender folks and drag queens ("drag queen" sounds like a term that will be considered offensive in a few years) use the word freely, and not just in the "reclaiming a hateful word" way that we have seen with black people using the N-word of gay people using "faggot."
However, the context is unmistakably dehumanizing and contemptuous when the Post—whose anti-gay coverage of AIDS in the '80s spawned GLAAD in the first place—uses "tranny" (and "she-male") in headlines to sensationalize and make light of stories about rape and assault and murder.
Reading the headline I highlighted above absolutely reminded me of the anti-gay coverage of Stonewall in the '60s, and especially of the heartless news coverage of the infamous Upstairs Lounge fire. Back then, when 29 gay people were burned alive, The media was as anti-gay as the populace back then.
The Post is still publishing in the past, and, for all of its arguable flaws, GLAAD is trying to push the media into the present. I think GLAAD's decision is appropriate and I applaud them for making it.


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Great to see Africans showing the world the true African identity and not what has been shown only through a biased westernized media over the decades.
Africa is an incredibly diverse continent with extraordinary beautiful people...from the berbers in north africans to masai in east africa the spectrum of hues of the people are truly amazing...most notable in my travels to Africa are the kindness of the people...in Africa, the people are very humble and its all about the you (the visitor) versus in America, its all about me me me and more me. I hope the exhibit comes to the US soon.
Great to see this wonderful slide show! I grew up in Tanzania, East Africa and when I returned to this country as a teenager, it was quite a shock reconciling the images of Africa circulating in popular American culture with my experience and the images I had of family, friends and communities in East Africa. But then, I soon realized that there is a similar disconnect between the images of African-American families and communities and the way we too are portrayed in the media. Perhaps this is why I was moved to create "Digital Diaspora Family Reunion" http://www.DDFR.tv as a space where people of the African Diaspora could represent ourselves through our family photographic archives.
It isabout time people on the continent of Africa take charge of how they are perceived image wize. Afircans in the Diapora need to actively do the same!
A step in the right direction by no small measure. China is a huge market - right choice of place. However, more is need to address Africa's image of self. How we value and view ourselves first and foremost is crucial to the African Renaissance Project.
Ms. Essamba, the Chinese are moving their people there because China has a problem with overcrowding and Africa has lots of land, which is being purchased by them, and where will you live in the future? The Chinese have their own people to satisfy and help prosper. If your African leaders do not use the little wealth they get to help their own, then in 30 years, you will have no place to go and suffer under the second class citizenship of not being Chinese. As a black American I studied and lived in China nearly 30 years ago. So I say to you: Wo hao xiang nimen [feiguomen] dei xue Zhongwen tebei hao, yaoshi nimende shunhou yuelai yuehao, (I surely think Africans will need to study and speak Chinese very well if you want to survive the future).
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Jones scored on runs of 3, 14, 13 and 65 yards, a 45-yard pass to Ben Jamison and a 50-yard fumble return. He also ran for a two-point conversion and passed to Jamison and Tarver Hayslip for two more.
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Memorial services for Nancy Ann (Charles) Gabriel, 54, Eudora, were Saturday, Aug. 12, at DeSoto Baptist Church. An additional service was held Monday at Lake Cemetery, Republic.
Mrs. Gabriel died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, at Kansas University Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 28, 1945, in Superior, Neb., the daughter of Don and Jean (Kendig) Charles. She graduated from high school in Republic in 1963, and earned a bachelor's degree in education from Kansas State University in 1970.
Mrs. Gabriel had taught for 25 years in the Emmett, St. Mary's, DeSoto and Olathe school districts, and she was a member of a number of professional educational organizations. She received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City in 1992.
She volunteered for activities including general education degree completion courses, Pet Partnership, education for homeless youths, the Jane Goodall Institute, Special Olympics, Crop Walk and the American Cancer Society. She was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority.
Survivors include her husband, Arlen Gabriel, of the home; a daughter, Christie Eubank, Portland, Ore.; a son, Dane Peterson, Richmond, Va.; her parents, Don and Jean Charles, Republic; and two brothers, Michael Charles, Republic, and John Charles, Hays.
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How to set missing album artist field to "various artists"?, was: "Album grouping"
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Got a slight issue with my music library in that the album artist tags are all over the place... as a result grouping in certain Foobar configs goes a bit mental, mainly on compilation albums. I was wondering if anyone knows a quick and easy way of sweeping my library to set the album artist field to "various artists" should the artist fields consist of multiple artists, for example. Not too concerned about tag accuracy at the end of the day, just that the albums are grouped...
Had a look at the right click context menus and found that under properties > tools is "automatically fill values". Wondering what string I'd need to do this? %album artist% highlights the field... then I'd need to do something like;
If artist field of track 1, 2 and 3 match then album artist equals artist. If not, set album artists to "various artists". Is this possible within a string?
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As far as I know foobar2000 normally handles files on per track basis so I doubt it's possible.
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Winston-Salem - Forsyth Co. clerk of court Susan Frye has been working with Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. Schools, a Forsyth district judge and the Winston-Salem City Council to facilitate a proposal to convert the former Hill Magnet (middle) School into a new juvenile courthouse.
Problems with overcrowding and security concerns in the current juvenile court location-the Forsyth County Hall of Justice-are two primary premises behind the plan, which still needs to go before the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners within the next few weeks before it can move forward.
Frye and Forsyth Co. district court judge Denise Hartsfield said the proposal also is part of the court system's efforts to look ahead, in the event House Bill 725-the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act-passes through the North Carolina legislature. That bill would increase the age limit (from 16 to 18) at which juveniles accused of misdemeanor offenses would be tried and charged as adults. Both opponents and proponents of the bill have expressed concern that the bill would burden an already overcrowded juvenile justice system in the state, because all 16- and 17-year-olds accused of misdemeanors would automatically go through juvenile court. Currently, North Carolina is one of only two states that prosecute 16- and 17-year-olds accused of misdemeanor crimes as adults.
Upon the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners' potential approval of the proposal, Frye estimates the building renovations and total transformation would take about 12 months to complete. Frye conducted a feasibility study last month to assess the costs of the project. She said the study suggested about $5 million would be necessary in order to complete the necessary renovations.
The Forsyth County court system is consulting with school attorneys about who would own the property. To abide by state law, the school system would have to sell the property if the whole building were to be used for non-school purposes. Since Frye said her proposal entails using only half of the school, the school system technically could retain ownership and use the remaining half for school.
Forsyth County district court judge Denise Hartsfield said she has received feedback about the proposal from community members, some of whom have expressed concern about having juvenile court services in that building. But, she affirmed the building is in a good location and would be secure at all times. She said she supports the proposal to move juvenile justice services to a separate courthouse and cited, again, the overcrowding problem in the current facility and a backlog of cases.
Frye and Hartsfield said the new location most likely would be more convenient for parents of accused juvenile offenders to access. However, they speculated attorneys might find the separate location an inconvenience, as they no longer would be able to handle all of their cases from the Forsyth County Hall of Justice.
Structurally, Frye said her proposal would turn the school commons area into an area in which families can gather and juvenile counseling services can be provided. The front hallway would be converted into a sally port for accused offenders to enter the courthouse. Administrative offices would become sheriff's offices and holding cells, which would be separate for males and females. Frye and Hartsfield said the holding cells at the Forsyth County Hall of Justice are very small in size and number.
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The approach takes advantage of the attractive pairing of complementary strands of synthetic DNA—based on the molecule that carries the genetic code in its sequence of matched bases known by the letters A, T, G, and C. After coating the nanoparticles with a chemically standardized "construction platform" and adding extender molecules to which DNA can easily bind, the scientists attach complementary lab-designed DNA strands to the two different kinds of nanoparticles they want to link up. The natural pairing of the matching strands then "self-assembles" the particles into a three-dimensional array consisting of billions of particles. Varying the length of the DNA linkers, their surface density on particles, and other factors gives scientists the ability to control and optimize different types of newly formed materials and their properties.
"Our study demonstrates that DNA-driven assembly methods enable the by-design creation of large-scale 'superlattice' nanocomposites from a broad range of nanocomponents now available—including magnetic, catalytic, and fluorescent nanoparticles," said Brookhaven physicist Oleg Gang, who led the research at the Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). "This advance builds on our previous work with simpler systems, where we demonstrated that pairing nanoparticles with different functions can affect the individual particles' performance, and it offers routes for the fabrication of new materials with combined, enhanced, or even brand new functions."
Future applications could include quantum dots whose glowing fluorescence can be controlled by an external magnetic field for new kinds of switches or sensors; gold nanoparticles that synergistically enhance the brightness of quantum dots' fluorescent glow; or catalytic nanomaterials that absorb the "poisons" that normally degrade their performance, Gang said.
"Modern nano-synthesis methods provide scientists with diverse types of nanoparticles from a wide range of atomic elements," said Yugang Zhang, first author of the paper. "With our approach, scientists can explore pairings of these particles in a rational way."
Pairing up dissimilar particles presents many challenges the scientists investigated in the work leading to this paper. To understand the fundamental aspects of various newly formed materials they used a wide range of techniques, including x-ray scattering studies at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) and spectroscopy and electron microcopy at the CFN.
For example, the scientists explored the effect of particle shape. "In principle, differently shaped particles don't want to coexist in one lattice," said Gang. "They either tend to separate into different phases like oil and water refusing to mix or form disordered structures." The scientists discovered that DNA not only helps the particles mix, but it can also improve order for such systems when a thicker DNA shell around the particles is used.
They also investigated how the DNA-pairing mechanism and other intrinsic physical forces, such as magnetic attraction among particles, might compete during the assembly process. For example, magnetic particles tend to clump to form aggregates that can hinder the binding of DNA from another type of particle. "We show that shorter DNA strands are more effective at competing against magnetic attraction," Gang said.
For the particular composite of gold and magnetic nanoparticles they created, the scientists discovered that applying an external magnetic field could "switch" the material's phase and affect the ordering of the particles. "This was just a demonstration that it can be done, but it could have an application—perhaps magnetic switches, or materials that might be able to change shape on demand," said Zhang.
The third fundamental factor the scientists explored was how the particles were ordered in the superlattice arrays: Does one type of particle always occupy the same position relative to the other type—like boys and girls sitting in alternating seats in a movie theater—or are they interspersed more randomly? "This is what we call a compositional order, which is important for example for quantum dots because their optical properties—e.g., their ability to glow—depend on how many gold nanoparticles are in the surrounding environment," said Gang. "If you have compositional disorder, the optical properties would be different." In the experiments, increasing the thickness of the soft DNA shells around the particles increased compositional disorder.
These fundamental principles give scientists a framework for designing new materials. The specific conditions required for a particular application will be dependent on the particles being used, Zhang emphasized, but the general assembly approach would be the same.
Said Gang, "We can vary the lengths of the DNA strands to change the distance between particles from about 10 nanometers to under 100 nanometers—which is important for applications because many optical, magnetic, and other properties of nanoparticles depend on the positioning at this scale. We are excited by the avenues this research opens up in terms of future directions for engineering novel classes of materials that exploit collective effects and multifunctionality."
This research was funded by the DOE Office of Science.
The Center for Functional Nanomaterials is one of five DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs), national user facilities for interdisciplinary research at the nanoscale, supported by the DOE Office of Science. Together the NSRCs comprise a suite of complementary facilities that provide researchers with state-of-the-art capabilities to fabricate, process, characterize and model nanoscale materials, and constitute the largest infrastructure investment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. The NSRCs are located at DOE's Argonne, Brookhaven, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge and Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. For more information about the DOE NSRCs, please visit http://science.energy.gov.
The National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) provides intense beams of infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray light for basic and applied research in physics, chemistry, medicine, geophysics, and environmental and materials sciences. Supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences within the U.S. Department of Energy, the NSLS is one of the world's most widely used scientific facilities. For more information, visit http://www.nsls.bnl.gov.
DOE's Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit science.energy.gov
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