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The Power of Independent Thinking
David J. Theroux Discusses Libertarianism on WichitaLiberty.TV
Recorded: Sunday, December 1, 2013
Independent Institute Founder and President, David J. Theroux discusses libertarianism and gives liberty-based perspectives on current events with host Bob Weeks on WichitaLiberty.TV.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Political Ideology and Philosophy
C.S. Lewis Challenge in our Secular Age
Recorded: Saturday, September 14, 2013
David Theroux and panel members Andrew Dósa and Roy Carlisle speak on C. S. Lewis perspectives at the "To Everyone an Answer: 10th Annual EPS Apologetics Conference" at Biola University. David is President of the C. S. Lewis Society of California.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Culture/ Society, Entertainment
David Theroux Discusses Youths Political Future
Recorded: Friday, April 12, 2013
Independent Institute Founder and President, David J. Theroux discusses libertarianism, politics, and today's youth with host Gary Franchi on the Next News Network.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Culture/ Society, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics
Jonathan Bean on the History of Racial Segregation
Recorded: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean engages with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel on positive market influences toward racial integration in America.
Experts: Jonathan BeanType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Race Issues
David Theroux on Life in a Libertarian Society
Recorded: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Independent Institute President David Theroux speaks with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel discussing What if libertarians were in charge?
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Political Ideology and Philosophy
Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Recorded: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Ron Paul, Richard Shenkman, and Ivan Eland, author of Recarving Rushmore, discuss which presidents were the best and worst at promoting peace, prosperity, and liberty.
Experts: Ivan Eland, Ron Paul, Richard Shenkman, David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Government Power, History (U.S), Politics
David Theroux on ABC7 on Selling Government Land to Reduce California Deficit
Recorded: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
David Theroux proposes that California sell government land to reduce the states budget crisis in an ABC 7 MoneyScope report.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Fiscal Policy/Debt, Land Use
P.J. ORourke On the Wealth of Nations
Recorded: Friday, February 9, 2007
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In this hilarious and insightful examination of Adam Smiths work, P.J. shows us why this seminal book on economic liberty is so relevant today and why it has been so revolutionary.
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Alex Tabarrok on Americas Radio News Network
Recorded: Monday, January 14, 2013
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director for the Independent Institute, discusses gun buyback programs on Americas Radio News Network hosted by Ernie Brown and Rachel Sutherland.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: RadioIssues: Crime, Gun Control, Regulation and Deregulation
Alexander Tabarrok on Bounty Hunting & Defending the Indefensible
Recorded: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director at the Independent Institute, speaks with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel on bounty hunting and defending the indefensible.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: TelevisionIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Privatization
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights (Oakland)
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
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It looks like your symbol set is transparent so where they overlap you can see through them. You've done a pretty good job at avoiding such overlap, but it still shows up in a few places, particularly the forests on the islands. Adding an opaque background to your symbols would make things a lot easier, and give you more flexibility in placement.
The effect along the coastline also has an artificially precise look that clashes with the rest of the image. Drawing very precise parallel lines very close together like that is hard. You should also be careful about masking out wide washes of colour too as that tends to require techniques like wax-resist which are more common with textiles and which as I understand it tend not to be suitable for really fine and even lines. It's the kind of thing that can give a map a really obvious "done on a computer" look. If you want to do something about it, I'd suggest increasing in spacing between the outset lines and using a vector outset operation rather than a raster one if you have that available (Inkscape can do it if you don't mind using another program). Then maybe add a little bit of jitter or some natural noise of some sort if it still looks a bit too precise.
If you want to emphasize a "hand drawn" look, try to think about the media and process behind it. For instance, a coastline that's purely defined by a colour wash would be unlikely as a colour wash would be added toward the end of the process for emphasis and decoration once all the features had been put in by some more precise means like a pen. Little touches like that aid in suspension of disbelief for the viewer. That's why for maps like this I generally choose to get all of the "pen" work in first and then add textures, and whatnot afterwards, if I do so at all.


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Maine's high school graduation rate was the 10th highest in the country, federal officials say, while Vermont ranked third and New Hampshire seventh.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The U.S. Department of Education says northern New England states have some of the best high school graduation rates in the country.
The department on Wednesday released rankings that for the first time compare states using the same data.
Vermont had the third-best graduation rate, at 87 percent, while New Hampshire ranked seventh with an 86 percent rate. Maine came in 10th, at 84 percent.
Iowa had the highest graduation rate, 88 percent, while the District of Columbia had the lowest rate, 59 percent.
The Portland Press Herald says the ranking method essentially bases the rates on students who enter school as ninth-graders and graduate within four years. The approach allows for direct comparisons among states.


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DP031: The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!
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After Burmy evolved into Mothim, Ash and co continue through the Eterna Forest where, along the way, they meet Gardenia, an overenthusiastic fan of Grass-type Pokémon. Ash declares a battle with her and she accepts. Will Ash win against this Grass Geek, and could she be the only one?
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- Gardenia: "Oh please trade with me."
Brock: "You don't wanna mess with those guys."
Ash: "They're Team Rocket."
Dawn: "And those guys are the bad guys."
Gardenia: "That can't be true!"
Ash, Dawn, Brock and Cheryl: "Huh?"
Jessie, James and Meowth: "Huh?"
Gardenia: "There's no way! A Grass-type Pokémon trainer can never ever be all that bad."
- This is another episode where Dawn's Piplup doesn't appear.
- There's a fan-service moment where Gardenia has no undershirt, but only for just a moment.
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Yea, that's cheating all right.
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I might be totally wrong here, but I've been in the same situation before, and I really hated all the obvious bs my ex threw at me. :P
I don't think I would be upset if my girl kissed her best friend passionately, or any girl for that matter. A guy yes, but it just feels different for me I guess if its just another girl. Now if it happened all the time, then maybe I might start to worry she's switching teams...but as long as I was her man I don't think I would mind.
The thing here is what you two have agreed upon in your relationship. A relationship is a mutual agreement to be with a certain person for a certain value.
It really doesnt matter if either of you is pansexual, bisexual or whatever, that has nothing to do with it.
And its not like she is an animal that cant control her urges if she is pansexual. Thats like saying gay people jumps every available person he/she can.
Pansexual is just about not caring what gender it is that you fall in love/have sex with, you fall in love/have sex with the person, not its gender.
If you both had agreed that its cheating to kiss another person, then its cheating.
If you both agreed that it isnt, then its not.
It all depends on what you have agreed on. If you dont know how far you BOTH can go and what is considered ok, then you should discuss it.
If you need to ask, the answer is always going to be yes.
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IMO, it is all up to you. It is not our standards that your girlfriend should abide by, its yours. Just as you should abide by any standards she has (just to counter any argument that i'm being sexist >.>)
if it made you feel uncomfortable, then you need to confront her. imo though... this is not as bad as if she had done it to a guy. because guys become led on much more easily, which to me, is far worse than just doing something crazy with her best friend. I somehow doubt she was attempting to seduce her friend.
Jesus Christ. stop being puritan.... If you insist on the cheating... well so be it... But I tell you , you are rather puritan..
They were drinking.... They weren't sober. They had a good time, and two girls ended up exchanging a kiss. It wasn't in an enclosed environment and situation that he had zero chance to get ever aware of it. She didn't purposely set up a scenario, it was a spur of the moment.
It's a non-issue to me. We don't own other people. They are not our property.
They didn't kiss because they are in love. They kissed because they had fun and it was triggered by the comfort of a group of people having an awesome time.
So to me it is not cheating, as long as I am actually present.
The question rather is, what relationship basis actually exists here. There seem to be trust issues. That indicates a bad relationship.
If I was HER, I'd ditch him.. If you don't trust me enough, that you question my love to you. If you misread a spur of the moment, where you even took part, with me betraying you. Questioning my loyalty, then GTFO..
Who cares if it's defined as cheating or not? More importantly are you comfortable with it? If you are, then don't change anything, if you aren't then do something about it. Let her know! How important is that bit of freedom to her? Would she be willing to give that up because it makes you uncomfortable? Just how uncomfortable does it make you? Why does it make you uncomfortable, do you get jealous and/or insecure, do you have different exceptions of the relationship or relationships in general?
Kissing someone else while in a relationship isn't a crime, and in some rings it's perfectly fine to make out with other people while dating/in a relationship while it's heavily shunned in others. A lot of morally wrong or right depends on what both people agreed on and expect from a relationship.
Doesn't matter if it's a guy or a girl she's kissing, it's still cheating.
The only objective way to look at this for some people who do not grasp the concept of pansexual (or bisexual) is to imagine she was kissing a guy instead of a girl. Imagine it was a guy, and ask yourself if he should be hurt? Then we pile on the fact that she told him it would NOT be okay if he kissed another girl. Yes, she thinks it's okay for her to do it, but not okay for him to do it.
This is not okay.


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Black Guards (Elite Guards in TRON: Evolution - Battle Grids) are the upgraded version of the original guard programs. They often operate in teams of four.
Black Guards are the commando elite of Clu's forces and also serve as his personal guard. They are a deadly force to be reckoned with, as they are prepared for any mission with their advanced fighting skills and their sheer numbers. After Rinzler, they are the most vicious programs on the Grid.
Black Guards have red-orange circuitry, and for head-gear they wear jet black helmets that cover the entirety of their faces.
Black Guards are well equipped for combat, regularly being in possession of Batons, Light Grenades, and Identity Discs. Their batons are stored on their arms and are used to expand their armament with various additional weapons such as a sword, or staff, and the two halves can also separate to form a pair of dual nightstick weapons. The grenades are kept within easy reach clamped to their thighs.
Black Guards commonly use Recognizers for transportation, and on occasion will air drop from these aircraft using dorsal Tron chutes attached to their backs. Many Black Guards can use their batons to provide personal transportation by generating Light Cycles, or Light Jets.
It is unknown whether the Black Guard existed during Flynn's rule of the Grid as they only appeared after Clu started his rebellion.
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Outside of the movie canon, some Black Guards are encountered wielding a personal riot shield. They make great use of their Tron chute wings to overpower their opponents, making them a tough enemy for beginner players of TRON: Evolution.
The Black Guard first appeared when Clu began his rebellion to destroy the ISOs. Clu and a team of Black Guards ambushed Tron and Flynn, with Tron fighting off the guards while Clu dealt with Flynn. Ultimately, Tron was able to defeat all four guards easily.
The guards assisted Clu in the Great Purge, hunting and killing every ISO in the streets. Some of the guards fought Anon, a prototype system monitor program who was assisting the ISOs in the Purge. According to Quorra, it was mostly thanks to the Black Guards that Clu won the war against the ISOs.
In 2010, Clu had taken complete control of the Grid and the guards continued to serve as Clu's personal guard. They were dispatched to recapture Sam Flynn at the End of Line Club, sparking a chaotic fight also involving various rebellious patrons taking Sam's side. The clientele of the establishment were easily overpowered and the guards' superior numbers had Sam outmatched until the timely arrival of Kevin Flynn and Quorra. Two guards were able to maim Quorra before Kevin could intervene, his power interfering with their processes so that the club patron could gain the upper hand. A lone guard was then able to snatch the identity disc from Kevin's back as he escaped, only to have it taken once when Castor derezzed him from behind.
Four more black guards accompanied Clu during his visit to the End of Line Club. After a conversation between Castor and Clu, they planted charges in the club, before abandoning it and Castor to their fates. Four guards also fought with Clu during the Light Jet fight over the Sea of Simulation against the Flynns and Quorra. All of Clu's escort were killed in the battle.


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The Congress recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Shelter for most people in the developing countries consists largely of domestic materials assembled by local labor. While recognizing that most financing for such shelter must come from domestic resources, the Congress finds that carefully designed programs involving United States capital and expertise can increase the availability of domestic financing for improved shelter and related services for low-income people by demonstrating to local entrepreneurs and institutions that providing low-cost shelter can be financially viable. The Congress reaffirms, therefore, that the United States should continue to assist developing countries in marshalling resources for low-cost shelter. Particular attention should be given to programs which will support pilot projects for low-cost shelter or which will have a maximum demonstration impact on local institutions and national policy. The Congress declares that the long run goal of all such programs should be to develop domestic construction capabilities and to stimulate local credit institutions to make available domestic capital and other management and technological resources required for effective low-cost shelter programs and policies.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 221, as added Pub. L. 91–175, pt. I, § 105,Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 807; amended Pub. L. 92–226, pt. I, § 103(a),Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 22; Pub. L. 93–189, § 5(1),Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 93–559, § 7(1),Dec. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1796; Pub. L. 94–161, title III, § 311(3),Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 861; Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 117(a)(1),Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 115(a),Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 950; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 101(1) [title V, § 541(a)], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1903.)
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473is based on 311(a) of H.R. 5119, Ninety-eighth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives May 10, 1984, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–473.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 221 ofPub. L. 87–195, pt. I, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 429, as amended by Pub. L. 87–565, pt. I, § 104(a),Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 256; Pub. L. 88–205, pt. I, § 104(a),Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 88–633, pt. I, § 103(a),Oct. 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 1009; Pub. L. 89–171, pt. I, § 104(a), (b),Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 89–583, pt. I, § 104(a),Sept. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 798; Pub. L. 90–137, pt. I, § 104(a),Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 90–554, pt. I, § 103,Oct. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 960, related to general authority for foreign investment guaranties by the President, prior to the general reorganization of this subpart by Pub. L. 91–175, pt. I, § 105,Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 807.
1984—Pub. L. 98–473substituted ", including essential urban development services, is" for "requirements are" after "The Congress recognizes that shelter" and, in the remainder of the section substituted "shelter" for "housing" wherever appearing.
1978—Pub. L. 95–424generally revised the statement of policy to clarify that in developing countries, financing, materials and labor for most housing must be obtained from local sources, while United States capital and technical expertise can increase the availability of housing and related services for low-income people by demonstrating financial viability of credit systems for low-cost housing.
1977—Pub. L. 95–88struck out provisions that the total face amount of guaranties issued under this section outstanding at any one time not exceed $430,000,000 and added section 2182 (c) of this title to the enumeration of sections setting out the conditions under which guaranties shall be issued.
1975—Pub. L. 94–161substituted "$430,000,000" for "$355,000,000".
1974—Pub. L. 93–559substituted "$355,000,000" for "$305,000,000".
1973—Pub. L. 93–189substituted "$305,000,000" for "$205,000,000".
1972—Pub. L. 92–226substituted "$205,000,000" for "$130,000,000".
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–424effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 ofPub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Use of Funds From Sale of Notes for Discharge of Liabilities Under Guaranties; Transfer of Funds and Cancellation of Notes and Interest
Pub. L. 90–249, title I, § 120,Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 941, provided that: "Hereafter, none of the funds obtained or authorized to be obtained from the sale of notes under authority of paragraph 111(c)(2) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 [section 1509 (c)(2) of this title] or paragraph 413(b)(4)(F) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 [section 1933 (b)(4)(F) of this title] may be used for the purposes of discharging liabilities under any guaranties (exclusive of informational media guaranties) issued under sections 221(b) and 224 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [subsec. (b) of this section and section 2184 of this title], sections 202(b) and 413(b)(4) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 [sections 1872 (b) and 1933 (b)(4) of this title] and section 111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 [section 1509 (b)(3) of this title]. Any portion of the funds in the reserve established pursuant to section 222(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [section 2182 (e) of this title] which are attributable to the funds realized from the sale of notes specified in the preceding sentence shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cancel all such notes and sums owing and unpaid thereon, including interest to date of cancellation."
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Welcome to Skamania
Welcome to a Washington State resort that combines the classic charm of a Cascadian-style lodge with the most modern technology, amenities and recreational choices of today. A place where you can relax, play and learn. Where majestic mountains blend seamlessly with ancient waters. Inspiration abounds. Bonds are made stronger. And the challenges of today melt away replaced by thoughts of hope and a happier, more productive tomorrow.
Located inside Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, guests enjoy a rare glimpse into one of our nation's most beautiful natural wonders. Adventure beckons around each corner. Hiking, biking, golfing, whitewater rafting and fishing are just a few of the more than 45 different recreational choices offered in and around our expansive, 175-acre wooded estate. Or, just simply relax beside the warm glow of a fire or enjoy the Waterleaf Spa to help cleanse away the cares of the day. And, Skamania Lodge's talented team of culinary professionals provides one of the area's most celebrated Farm to Table programs- nearly every ingredient in our epicurean offerings is grown within 50 miles of our expansive property.
A perfect meeting is in our nature. Our 22,000 square-foot modern conference center is annually ranked among the finest meeting venues in the Pacific Northwest. Unique touches designed to ensure the success of your next off-site meeting or event include ergonomically designed chairs, an abundance of natural sunlight, the most advanced technology, a Conference Center Concierge and much more.
Brand Promise - "Authentic, Inspired and Rejuvenating..."
We warmly welcome and invite you to relax and enjoy the classic comfort of our Washington State Resort, Skamania Lodge, and the natural beauty of the Columbia River Gorge. Our promise to you is to deliver the very best experience and to help you create lasting memories.
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Caught up in a web of wonderful
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Every spider web begins with a single thread. This seemingly delicate structure of silken strands looks like it would burst apart in the faintest breeze, when in actuality the threads are stronger than steel. This is hard to believe, when one comes upon a web glistening with morning dew as if daintily covered with crystals by garden pixies. A web hypnotizes with an impressive mix of strength and beauty; a desirable combination in just about any design.
Here is a collection of spider web and arachnid influenced design–from a teacup to modern furniture to a human-sized web installation. It's an ode to the arachnid and the magic she unknowingly weaves into our world.
Baita Design Studio in Brazil created a tea set inspired by spiders–and how could it not be? It's clean, crisp, geometric glamour would have Ms. Muffet coveting an invitation.
Okay, so it has twelve legs and the real thing has only eight. But this Henry Snider spider wall clock is spot-on retro sleek–although I feel as if I'm being watched. Get more Snider spider clock info here.
It's the Spiderpodium from Breffo. Use eight bendable legs to hang almost any portable handheld device almost anywhere on anything. Very handy, er leggy.
This laptop stand was designed by Duncan Fitsimmons of Vitamins Design, London. It's edgy, yet fun. A little unexpected whimsy at the office never hurts. Find out more.
This multi-faceted room divider was designed by Jean-Marie Massaud. It's a breezy, beautiful and organically brilliant tumble of threads that move through space with elegant purpose–much like our eight-legged friends. Add it to your home.
It's called the Bantam chair and was designed by Ryan Dart. The legs imitate animal legs. The modern attitude imitates a bold and strong arachnid confidence. It's a perfect perch to sit, wait and contemplate all the angles–of both chair and life, or simply what to eat for lunch…perhaps that fly in the corner. Feed your info fix.
DMY Berlin 2010: Designers at FOR Use/Numen wove a web around scaffolding in a former airport using almost 700 rolls of conventional transparent self-adhesive tape. Amazing. And apparently, not as sticky as a real spider web. More photos and details.
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Update the look of your outdoor lounge space with covers designed to resist the effects of rain and sun. They're the perfect finishing touch to our durable Torrey Collection. Click to read an article on recommended care.


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Two men have been convicted of stealing wire from active utility poles in Craven County, selling it., then using the money to buy drugs. The pair face between 10 and 23 months in jail.
Justin Corbett and Toshiaki Hirae were convicted in Craven County Superior Court after entering guilty pleas. The two climbed utility poles, cut the ground wires, and stole copper wiring from them. They then sold the copper at various scrap yards and used the money to buy illegal drugs.
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Women in the Abolition Movement: Historic Sites in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Visit historic sites in four cities that commemorate women involved in the United States' anti-slavery movement. With free African Americans, runaway slaves, and Quakers leading the way, the anti-slavery movement grew stronger each year leading up to 1865 when Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, freeing all slaves. Women, primarily those in the middle and upper classes who had extra time to crusade, were an important element to the movement. Click on each city below to learn more about the strong, brave, determined women abolitionists who lived there. Information about important locations relating to the abolition movement and museums and libraries that commemorate the movement are also listed so that visitors can take a female anti-slavery focused tour of each city.
Additionally, visit the Web site of the National Park Service to learn about the Underground Railroad and find a list of sites throughout the nation that were part of the Railroad.
For more information on the Underground Railroad, please visit the Web site of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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A Noticeable Lack of Enthusiasm - Eric Carlson, from CopenhagenWritten by Eric Carlson
Among the stranger things I've witnessed in the last couple days was a room filled with young people at the Klima Forum last night at Bill McKibben's 350.org event. Bill actually gave a rousing speech, but the audience was noticeably subdued, as though they were expecting defeat this week. Even more surprising was the outright anger and disappointment at President Obama, their president. It's no small axiom that young people swept Mr. Obama into power, through Iowa, the primaries and general election. Yet, at this evening's main event of young, idealistic activists, when Obama's name was mentioned, there was not a sound. One might argue at least there were no boo's, but I can't see how this is anything but bad news for the young president. Activists and turnout win elections, and this may be, as McKibben reminded us last night, "the canary in the coal mine" for Mr. Obama's political future if he can't figure out how to deal with climate change. On the flip side, front runner for President of the Universe: the president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed. President Nasheed is the Maldives' first democratically elected leader and has committed the tiny island archipelago nation to being carbon neutral by 2020. With chants of "3 5 0" throughout the hall, the president lifted the audience into a real call to action for a real cause, global survival but more personally the Maldives' survival.
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Somewhere in the suburbs of northern New Jersey, a phone rings. The caller is bearing news: "I just heard that there's a station open. I'll text you where you need to go." It doesn't matter that it's 9PM. You have to take your opportunity when you can. So you run out the door to get in line and hope that they don't run out before it's your turn.
Three hours later, you're told that they're all out. Sorry. So you start to look around for another source, as you steel yourself over the prospect of having to do it all over again, with the same results.
Is this a driver suffering through another post-Sandy gas line? Nope. It's a media buyer looking for GRPs. Because of the storm, there are only so many viewers that can be reliably measured, so research is being rationed now.
"Why didn't we come up with alternative research sources before all this?" laments the poor buyer, exhausted from yet another marathon buying session.
Far-fetched? Sure. But as any recent gas-line survivor will tell you, the unthinkable does happen. And while you're at the mercy of circumstances, you do a lot of thinking about how things might have been different. So it's easy to see how any interruption of resources – whether it's gasoline or viewership statistics – will have a real impact upon people's lives and commerce.
This storm served as a practical demonstration of the fragility of our technological world. Sandy disrupted power for millions of homes across the New York DMA and beyond, and with it took half of the sample homes that produce the viewing estimates of the nation's largest TV market for several days.
Has there ever been a more crystal-clear example of why it's so imperative to keep exploring improvements in media measurement?
The reality is that we're in a data-centric world with media options growing all the time. It's necessary that our measurement capabilities continue to keep in step. And it's not just because of a random natural act, but because we can't measure the media of the future with technologies of the past.
Panel, diary, census, set-top box, DVR, active meter, passive meter, whatever the new or existing avenue to the data– to measure live and time-shifted viewing on such a wide spectrum of platforms traditional TVs, online, through gaming systems, streaming, tablets, mobile, and more – it will never really be practical to end our pursuit of the most advanced research methods to measure them.
With so much of the industry clamoring for things like single-source measurement and brand-specific ratings, all it took was a really bad storm to show how easily measurement can become a house of cards. We can't take for granted just how hard it is to get these measurements right, even for things that ordinarily work quite well.
It's incumbent upon the industry to encourage not just those methodologies that seem to be "alternative", but to embrace those smart and practical improvements to measurement that can help us the next time we find ourselves at the mercy of Mother Nature - or even just the next wave of simultaneous screening.
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About the Author
Turtle Valley is the fifth book to come from talented Canadian author Gail Anderson-Dargatz, whose novels have been published in several languages worldwide. Her first novel The Cure For Death By Lightning met with terrific acclaim and garnered her the UK' s Betty Trask Award and a nomination for Canada's Giller Prize. A Recipe For Bees soon followed with nominations for the Giller and the IMPAC Dublin Award. A Rhinestone Button was a national bestseller in Canada and her first book, The Miss Hereford Stories, was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
Her style has been called "Margaret Laurence meets Gabriel García Márquez" because her writing tends towards magic realism, but Anderson-Dargatz says the ghosts and premonitions in her novels arise from her family's stories of the Shuswap-Thompson area, which she carefully transcribed. "My father passed on the rich stories and legends about the region I grew up in, which he heard from the interior Salish natives he worked with," she explains. "And my mother told me tales of her own premonitions, and of ghosts, eccentrics and dark deeds that haunted the area."
Anderson-Dargatz has recently moved home to British Columbia's Shuswap-Thompson area, that landscape found in so much of her writing. She is married to photographer Mitch Krupp, who took the beautiful photos that are reproduced throughout Turtle Valley. Now at work on her next novel, she is an adjunct professor in the creative writing optional-residency MFA program at the University of British Columbia.
Of her inspiration for Turtle Valley, Anderson-Dargatz writes, "It all started back in 1998 when I helped evacuate my parents from the Salmon Arm fire. Almost the whole city was evacuated, in what was the largest peacetime evacuation in the history of BC up to that time. It was both terrifying and visually beautiful, as fire quite literally rained down on the Salmon River Valley. Even as we went through it, I knew I would write of it someday, and I did, in Turtle Valley."


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The Green Goblin wasn't the first Spider-Man villain and he's not the most powerful, but the colorful character has become Spidey's signature nemesis over the years, appearing in just about every board game, video game, and animated series based upon the wall-crawler's exploits, as well as featuring prominently in Sam Raimi's trilogy (played with great aplomb by Willem Dafoe). Norman Osborn, the wealthy industrialist who first took on the mantle of the Green Goblin, did not figure prominently in this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man, but director Marc Webb laid the groundwork for his big screen return, setting up Osborn's company, Oscorp, as the manufacturer of the biotech that inadvertently created both Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) and the Lizard (Rhys Ifans) and also inserting a tag scene at the end that shows a mysterious figure that may or may not be Norman Osborn.
While most speculate that Electro will be the primary villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 because of the Electro-ish lightning seen in the credits, the return of Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin are inevitable, especially in light of the recent news that Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) will likely have "a very small part" in ASM2 as Peter's other major love interest, Mary Jane Watson, and that Sony intends to "build to the classic 'Death of Gwen Stacy' story" that saw the Green Goblin killing Peter's high school sweetheart. Help us choose the new Green Goblin: Who do you think has the drive and determination to play a billionaire industrialist willing to experiment on himself to save his own life?
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The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on treatment works for which grants are made under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the same type of work on similar construction in the immediate locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, [1] the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176) and section 3145 of title 40.
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Source(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title V, § 513, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2,Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 894.)
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In text, "sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40" substituted for "the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (46 Stat. 1494; 40 U.S.C., sec. 276a through 276a–5)" and "section 3145 of title 40" substituted for "section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c)" on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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Girls roundup: Whelan, Fletcher lead Charleston Catholic to win
Anna Whelan scored 18 points and Samantha Fletcher had 17 points and nine rebounds Friday night as host Charleston Catholic earned a 49-39 girls basketball win against Valley.
Catholic pressured its way to a 29-11 halftime lead. Peyton Mullen's eight steals led the defensive effort as Catholic (8-11) won handily despite 24 points by the Greyhounds' Alexis Payne.
Valley, ranked ninth in Class A, fell to 9-5.
The Knights (13-5) held the Red Dragons to nine points in the second half. Torri Wilson led St. Albans (9-10) with 11 points.
Khadija Payne added 10 points for the Tigers (15-2). India Harrison paced the Cougars (8-9) with 14 points.
Abby Watson turned in 25 points and 13 rebounds for Hurricane (5-14).
Alliyah Webb chipped in 12 points for the Black Eagles (10-11) and Taliah Cashwell had 11. Haeley Moore tallied 17 points for the Generals (10-10).
Madison Morris notched 19 points for AAA No. 2 Spring Valley (18-3) and Sarah Kelly 14. Savannah Shamblin scored 24 points for Nitro (9-11).
For the Patriots (4-11), Madison Syner had a team-high 20 points.
For the Huskies (10-9), Caroline Thornburg finished with 13 points.
Avery Pivont netted 23 points for the AA No. 6 Bobcats (13-5) and Tyra Wynes contributed 10 points, eight assists and four steals. Hope Nester scored 21 points for the Panthers (8-10).
Adreana Vance had eight points for the Class A Panthers (9-8).
Shayna Gore contributed 12 points and 12 assists for the Wildcats (11-6) and Hannah Tothe chipped in 12 points. Taylor Lucas paced Lincoln County with 12 points.
Breanna Mazzella netted 19 points for Richwood and Hannah Green had 10.
Samantha Stout's 11 points led Webster County (10-8) and Brandi Clevenger tossed in 10.
Chelsey Hager had 14 points for the Vikings (0-18).
Ashley Curry and Hannah Church totaled eight points apiece for Mingo Central (9-9).
Amanda Carver scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for South Charleston Christian (5-10) and Haileah Light scored 10 points.
Shelby Cicenas led Grace Christian (10-4) with 10 points.
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Chrissy Farmer finished with nine points and Hannah Church scored six in the win for the Miners.
Savannah Ambrose added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the No. 5 Mountain Lions (13-4). Bobbie McNabb, Heather Snead and Melissa Murphy each scored 12 points for No. 6 Pocahontas County (12-5).


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A former Pitt Community College student was sentenced for a deadly hit and run in 2011 on East 5th Street in Greenville that killed one of his passengers and injured three others.
Omar Chahid pleaded guilty Wednesday to 1count of felony hit and run and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He was sentenced to 18- 31 months in prison which will be followed by 6 months under house arrest. 22 year old Taylor Weiss was killed in the crash. His mother spoke with us about the sentencing.
"I am thrilled that he cannot drive for 24 months once he's out. I am thrilled that he can have drug and alcohol testing at any time, that he has to go for treatment. I want redemption," said Alisa Weiss
Chahid has already served 13 months in prison, which will be subtracted from his sentence. He was initially charged with D.W.I., but the D.A. says there was no clear cut evidence to show that he was under the influence of any substances.
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Market Wrap: Oil Jumps, Indexes Hit New Records on GOP Win
Stocks returned to record levels Wednesday as a rebound in oil prices boosted energy stocks, powered by the GOP takeover of the Senate.
Stocks returned to record levels Wednesday as a rebound in oil prices boosted energy stocks, powered by the GOP takeover of the Senate.
On Tuesday, voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors: One state has a thriving economy, and one doesn't, but in neither case will it really effect the outcome.
If Pennsylvania's governor gets his way, the state will pay for $1.8 billion in transportation by raising taxes on gas. Yet, his spokesman insists, "it's not a tax increase."
Major stock-market indexes climbed Tuesday as investors waited for the finish of a closely fought U.S. presidential election. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 146 points at 13,259 just before 1 p.m. EST.
Zillow really needs to get its own house in order. Investors are turning against the real estate information website operator after it posted a disappointing outlook for the new quarter.
Here's your hour-by-hour election night guide: when the polls close in the key states, and how the results will unfold. Word to the wise: Beware of early exit polls. They got it wrong in both 2000 and 2004, so be patient and wait for the actual votes to be counted.
Usually, reporter Bruce Watson covers events like today's election from a journalistic distance. This time, he'll be a bit more hands-on, as a first-time poll worker. To do so, he'll be balancing two agendas: Making sure that everybody who wants to vote is able to, and making sure that every vote is legitimate.
We've heard from poll after poll in recent months predicting who would win the presidential race: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. But poll respondents don't have anything to lose when they give their opinions. Gamblers betting on the outcome do, and they give overwhelming odds to one candidate.
From a Starbucks coffee to a scoop of Ben & Jerry's, Election Day freebies have long been popular: Here are a few of the retailers offering savings to customers who can prove they've cast their ballots.
With less than a week to go before Election Day, there are usually a few clear indicators that one candidate has momentum, some idea of how the remaining undecided voters are going to break. It was obvious in 2008. Between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012, that's just not the case.
Unemployment rates fell or held steady last month in nine key swing states at the center of this year's presidential election. Rates dropped in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and North Carolina. They were unchanged in New Hampshire and Virginia.
Concern about the economy topped voters' priority lists Tuesday and turned many votes over to Republicans, according to preliminary exit polls.
While polls may close late tonight across the country, we probably won't know the names of all the winners for days, weeks or potentially months as challenges and demands for recounts delay final tallies.
With elections near and joblessness still so high, Congress and even the Fed are chasing short-term solutions that won't really help matters. More finely targets policies would be effective, but don't expect any until, with luck, after Nov. 2.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Central State Hospital expects to cut about 280 employees in the next month while transferring out patients with developmental disabilities.
Tom Wilson, a spokesman for the state Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, tells The Telegraph of Macon on Friday that the last 16 patients should be transferred to community care by June 30.
Wilson says more jobs could have been lost, but 80 employees at the Milledgeville, Ga.-based hospital left on their own in the last month while the number of patients declined.
The hospital will continue with a forensics unit that handles about 182 people with mental illness, and a nursing home that cares for about 138 patients.
Patients with developmental disabilities have been transferred sometimes back to their parents' homes or group home settings.
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AURORA, Colo.—A gun violence remembrance is planned on the anniversary of the mass shootings at an Aurora movie theater.
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns says the event will start with a news conference at noon on July 19. Participants will read the names of gun violence victims until 12:38 a.m. on July 20, the time of the shootings began.
The group says a survivor of the 2012 shootings and family members of victims will participate.
The event will be at Cherry Creek State Park.
Twelve people were killed and 70 injured when a gunman opened fire in the theater. James Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Holmes' trial is scheduled to start in February.


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While admitting systemic problems, the new head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says the vast majority of the employees at his beleaguered agency are not the problem.
Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson spoke Thursday in Fayetteville, home to a medical center with one of the country's worst average waiting times for veterans seeking primary care treatment.
Gibson recounted changes the agency is making to address the issue as he defended VA employees, who he described as working harder for less pay than similarly qualified professionals in the private sector.
The VA released the results of an internal audit this week showing patients at the Fayetteville center wait an average of 29 days for a primary care appointment. New patients wait 83 days.
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Agency The Daisy Foundation
Eligibility To be eligible, the principal investigator of the study must be a registered nurse with a current license. Also, research must impact patients or family members of patients with an auto-immune disease or cancer.
Due Letter of Intent: April 1
Complete Grant Applications: June 14
Budget Up to $2,000
Summary To stimulate the use of patient-focused data and/or previously generated research findings to develop, implement and evaluate changes in nursing practice in treatment of patients with cancer and auto-immune diseases. Both nurses who have research/EBP experience as well as those who do not are encouraged to apply. Eligible projects may include research utilization projects, continuous quality improvement projects, performance improvement initiatives, or outcomes evaluation projects. Interdisciplinary and collaborative projects are encouraged.
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Footprint's fully revised and updated 5th edition of Vietnam is essential when planning a trip to this long, sinuous country. Acclaimed for its coverage of the Vietnam War, this guide also features a comprehensive food and drink section and detailed listings of all the best places to stay. Whether crossing the Mekong Delta or trekking in the north, this latest edition provides the independent-minded traveller the opportunity to get off the beaten track.
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Ill check this out later.. But, it looks nice ramah!
Hey there,
This is just a very quick tutorial on how to get some crunchy coastlines without having to mess around with layers and filters. It simply involves using a brush with some angle/size/scatter variation set and preferably a little variation in the brush shape. I'm including two basic brush shapes with this post at the bottom. They are both pretty similar to each other but subtly different. I use Photoshop but hopefully this will be relevant to Gimp too...
Here are the steps...
1) Download and install the included brushes in your brush directory.
2) Open up PS and your map.
3) Select one of the new brushes.
4) Draw.
5) Job done.
And here's a few images of a landmass shape I just made. Took me less than 2 minutes in total. You can get better results than this if you take the time but I'm off to watch a film in 10 minutes so I'm in a rush.
First image was me roughing in a large area with the brush set at 35 pixels.
2nd image I lowered brush size down to 20 and added a few finer sections.
3rd image I lowered brush again to 10 pixels and added some even finer sections.
4th image I changed to white and cut away some sections to give some more variation.
Like I say, this was done very quickly. I might spend some time tomorrow and refine this post.
Hopefully this will be helpful to someone. Let me know if so.
Here are the brushes... Coastline Brushes.zip
EDIT: Oh, and if anyone finds this useful and refines/makes new brushes that work well with this then it would be cool if you post them up in this thread for others to use.
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Ill check this out later.. But, it looks nice ramah!
That's an awesome idea! Glad I thought of it!!
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Brushes downloaded, Thanks Ramah! This is kind of how I do my coastlines now in Serif Drawplus.
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Cool beans! Nice job Ramah, and thx for sharing.
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@ RobA: It's one which ships with the program - You will find it under the 'nature' folder and it's called 'fog'. The way I use it is to draw a rough coastline shape using the pencil tool, filled with black. Use the fog brush as an outline and use the pressure tab to make it larger / smaller along the circumference of the shape. Convert the shape into a bitmap (higher res = better crinkles), and then convert that into curves. Example attached.
(apologies to Ramah for the Jack)
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First National Bank of Tennessee keeps training program alive
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They work with kids and mothers in the community helping them learn more about everything from nutrition to health. This fall though, the teachers on the front line of that effort needed a little help themselves. LBJ&C Development Corporation runs Head Start programs in the area. Their students receive financial assistance to further their education at Volunteer State Community College at Livingston. The funding sources for that program ran out for LBJ&C and the teachers found out that they would not be able to take fall classes. It was a desperate situation until First National Bank of Tennessee in Livingston stepped in.
"It was really a pleasant surprise. I never expected it," said Dorothy Pippin, Executive Director of LBJ&C. "Without that donation we would not have been able to further the education of our teachers and improve the quality of our program."
The 43 students in the program are taking their classes this fall at Vol State at Livingston, with tuition and books paid for through a donation from First National Bank of Tennessee.
"In addition to this funding, First National through an affiliate foundation has approximately 30 full-time scholarships to Vol State, Tennessee Technology Center at Livingston and Tennessee Tech University. These two programs combined will exceed $100,000 for this year. First National Bank of Tennessee believes in giving back to those that make our existence possible," said Jim Evans, Community President. "We value our youth, our schools and our community."
Students say the help came just in time.
"I was very excited when I found out," said student Sharon Ray of Allons. "I wasn't going to get to go at all, and now I can finish my degree."
The First National Bank of Tennessee money not only helps the LBJ&C workers, but also the thousands of families those teachers will assist through Head Start.
"To have a well trained and educated staff means that children will receive a better quality of services," said Pippin.
"First National Bank of Tennessee thanks Vol State for being a vital part of the educational system in this county, and we realize that education is the future of this community," said Evans.
LBJ&C is working to secure more money for the education program for coming semesters. While spring semester is still posing a problem, the organization hopes that fall funding for tuition will be available.
For more information about LBJ&C visit the website at www.lbjc.org or call 931-528-3361.
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I am so sorry for your loss of Bailey. I have been thru two and still remember the day they said goodbye. DH said more goodbyes like that.
The pain and heavy heart will always be but the memories of them, the naughty things they did, the good things they did, the way they always waited for you to come back (even if you just went to take a 5 min shower) will ease that heavy load.
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So sorry for your loss of Bailey, it is so hard to let them go even though we know we are doing the right thing, and I don;t think the pain ever goes away , but we do get a bit better at coping, and through the tears and heartache you will be able to remember the special times you spent together.
"How do we say goodbye
To the ones we love the most
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Now close your eyes real tightly
Let your feelings overflow
They never really left you
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Run free, play hard and sleep softly Bailey
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Rest in peace, sweet Bailey
Rest in peace, sweet Bailey girl.
I, too, lost my girl, Smooch, about the same age that your Bailey was.
It helps to know that I did the kindest and most loving thing for her and love her so much.
I know the emptiness and the quiet.
Try to hold on to the wonderful memories of Bailey and KEEP YOUR HEART open to love, again!
I added Bailey to our 2013 Golden Retriever Rainbow Bridge List:
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ml#post1950122 (GRF Goldens that passed in 2013 - The list)
Tucker, Tonka, and Karen
SNOBEAR at the Bridge
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SMOOCH at the Bridge.
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I am very sorry for your loss. I know the pain and feeling of sadness as many of us on this forum. Hugs.
Rest in peace sweet Bailey.
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I'm so sorry for your loss of Bailey. My heart goes out to you because I know what you're going through, I've been through it more times than I wish.
Everyone grieves differently in their own way, you can't put a time frame on it. Take each day as they come- give herself time to grieve and your heart to heal. I hope in time you will be able to find peace in her passing and you will be able to smile when you think of her. She'll always be with you.
Godspeed sweet Bailey.
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I'm so very sorry for your loss of Bailey... I was in your shoes a few years ago, I knew it was the right thing to do and I laid on the floor with my arms around him and cried. He will always be with you, grief is a difficult journey. I hope you will post some photos of Bailey and share some stories when you are able. This is a community who shares a bond with you and will be here whenever you need to talk. Praying for peace for you, Bailey already has it.
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So sorry for your loss. Godspeed Bailey.
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I am so sorry about Bailey. I too know your pain. We helped our Oakley to the Bridge on November 23 2012 and not a day goes by that my eyes don't fill with tears at least once. I don't know when it gets easier - but know that many here are sharing your sorrow. Rest peacefully Bailey.
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May 2, 2016
It looks like it will be a full football weekend besides celebrating Florida State's National Championship tomorrow.
Super Bowl XLVIII is this Sunday, but in Tallahassee, the Super Bowl was played two days early on a smaller scale - like much smaller.
The DeSoto Trail Elementary Super Bowl kicked off its sixth year with about 150 mini football players, cheerleaders, mascots, and fans.
Kids from Kindergarten through 5th grade participated.
Of course, it was the Denver Broncos versus the Seattle Seahawks.
The anticipation for the game was building all week.
"They're preparing, they're prepping, they're doing their little skits and telling each other, 'oh, we're going to win. This team's going to win,' all the way throughout the year...throughout the week," said Dr. Cassandra Poole.
The Seahawks won the game 49-35.
No word on whether they will be going to Disney World.
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Easter Traditions at Skamania
Easter Sunday at Skamania Lodge has become quite a tradition for many families that like to come out and enjoy brunch with us. Our culinary team really pulls out all the stops when it comes to putting out the very best. Offerings include baked items from our own bake shop, omelets to order, carved prime rib, glazed ham and potlatch style salmon. Many other favorites include eggs benedict, dungeness crab, peel-n-eat shrimp and a wonderful array of dessert items - not to mention the champagne that's included!
The day starts early at 8am with our an Easter egg hunt where children hunt for over three thousand eggs that are (not so hidden) on our riverside lawn. Later in the morning we have spring animals on display for kids to check out as well as arts and crafts and activities before and after their Sunday Brunch. With families gathering together there are lots of photos and memories made every day. This year we are expanding our seating capacity due to high demands into the Stevenson Ballroom where guests will enjoy the same offerings as the Cascade Room plus a grand piano playing in the background. It's aways nice to see so many of our guests enjoy themselves the way they do on these special occasions.
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Hi, I'm Scott Fegette, Senior Product Manager for Dreamweaver. We talked a little bit earlier about jQuery Mobile in general, but I wanted to spend a little bit more time talking specifically about the jQuery Mobile page model and what you'll find within it. As I mentioned in one of the previous videos, jQuery Mobile is made to be very declarative. You should be able to read it and work with it just like normal html. In fact, that's all it is. But let's take a look at what the special parts of the html are and what makes that unique to a jQuery Mobile application. You can see we've just got it in Design View right now, so we can edit all of these pages at once, but, again, you'll notice jQuery Mobile pages aren't exactly pages, as opposed to this one page we've created--actually has 4 pages in it. And the pages themselves are just simply a div with a data-role of page. Within that, there's usually 3 data-roles--divs and data-rolls--associated to them, that are always included. Header--of course, the header of your page, content area--that's your main content section; and your footer. Footer and header are usually themed a little bit different; content is your area to work with. That's really all there is; everything within it is just simply < h1 >s, unordered lists, list items-- markup that you're used to seeing. Now, all you need to do to edit this is--we can come through very quickly and say, "Mobile App 2," "Mobile App 3." You get the idea; we can very quickly mock-up the content around out application, just by working in Dreamweaver's design view and seeing all these pages at once. And we don't have to worry too much, because when we flip on Live View, we're going to get that application directly. We can already see some things are happening; we have a little bit too long of a title here--to work with. We can move that around a little bit. Remember, you can always resize Dreamweaver's window to get a different view port. And from here, we've got pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Unfortunately, I haven't created page 5 yet, so let's turn off Live View again--let's come down here. Now, the best thing about jQuery Mobile, again, is that it's all declarative code, and it's all in one page, as opposed to creating a new page, filling it with a bunch of information, and working, all you really have to do is just copy an existing page, paste it on top, and let's change that to page 5. Here, we can change the headline to Page 5, as well. And maybe just make sure--page 5 content-- Save that, and when we flip back into Live View, now we can actually go right to that new page we created. That's all there is at creating new pages within a jQuery Mobile application. As you can see, it's very quick and simple to throw things together. This navigation list that we have, I might also add, if you roll up to page 1, you'll see it's nothing more than just a simple unordered list with a data-role of List View. And that little data-role turns it into these nice little buttons with the icons that you see here, to where your application has navigation pages-- everything all ready to go, all in one page. So as you can see, working with jQuery Mobile is as easy as working with your existing markup and just adding some content in. All you need to do is start typing, and you can have a mobile application up super fast. We like to think that Dreamweaver CS5.5 is going to really help you turbo-charge your mobile development workflow. By all means, check it out, and keep posted to WTV Channel. We'll be posting more tricks, tips, and little sneak peeks as we go. Thanks for tuning in.
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jQuery Mobile greatly simplifies the implementation of mobile-specific interfaces while still using clean, semantic HTML and CSS. However, the way pages are implemented in jQuery Mobile can be a bit of a shift for new mobile designers. In this video we'll look at the components of a jQuery Mobile "page", and how you can quickly build out an entire jQuery mobile application within a single HTML file.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Dr. Ron Paul Liberty Defined: The Future of Freedom
Recorded: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ron Paul, the former 12-term Congressman and Presidential candidate,
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#1 New York Times bestselling books, Dr. Paul is a leading advocate for individual liberty, privacy, limited constitutional government, low taxes
and spending, free markets, restrained foreign policy, and sound money.
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Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
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It was indeed a historic three-day international meeting that gave government leaders, major donors and civil society organisations an excellent opportunity to address the pressing needs of Tanzanians youngest children – meaning those aged between zero and eight years.
The theme of the rare gathering held recently in Arusha was as soothing as it was compelling: "Nourish their bodies. Feed their minds. Secure our future". It could hardly have been put better.
A critical look at the facts and figures made available to delegates and the media painted a sombre picture of the lot of millions of infants and young children.
The situation is all the sadder considering the huge number of organisations established with the express aim of soliciting funds and other resources with which to add value to the lives of these otherwise helpless children. Were this indeed the case, these children would surely more fully enjoy their basic right of developing to their fullest potential and therefore contribute fully to their communities and the larger society.
Unfortunately, some of those setting out ostensibly to champion the rights of these fragile members of society often end up misusing the very resources that would have helped them accomplish their noble vision.
The result shows in the data periodically given by such notable agencies as UNICEF and UNESCO, particularly in relation to the nutrition, health care, education and safety of infants and younger children.
Cases in point include these cruel facts, all well-substantiated and widely acknowledged: a whole 42 per cent of under-fives in Tanzania are physically and emotionally stunted, another 16 per cent are malnourished, 63 per cent don't attend pre-school, and half of all young children in rural areas live below the basic needs poverty line.
This First Biennial Forum on Early Childhood Development and was co-organised by the government and reputable international agencies including the World Bank, UNICEF, The Bernard van Leer Foundation, and Children in the Crossfire.
As noted, there was also a heavy presence of representatives of scores of Tanzanians NGOs, CBOs, FBOs, etc., etc., among them an umbrella agency known as Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network – TECDEN, for short.
All these had visions and missions that that were just about identical, declaring that they were out to contribute to the building of a Tanzania where all children in the zero to 8 age bracket "are treasured in such a way that their basic rights are met and their rights to survive and really thrive are realised".
There was much optimistic talk at the Arusha meeting – as well as consensus on the need to mobilise community, national and international resources to support the implementation of programmes revolving around children's nutrition, health care, early learning and protection.
We only hope that all concerned will implement their pledges and ensure that all resources coming their way but meant to improve the lot of infants and younger children actually go into supporting the right causes and not otherwise.
All stakeholders must take stock of their contribution to initiatives to guarantee our children as good a deal as resources allow, at least by desisting from acts likely to sabotage such well-meaning efforts.


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For children, excursions with grandmother are an adventure. As time passes, however, the ride into the golden years can get bumpy; if you're financially unprepared, it can take a dramatic turn for the worse, and even drive you and your family into bankruptcy. Here are some steps you can take to prevent that.


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As voter suppression laws continue to be debated in states across the country, members of the African American press and voting rights advocates say the repercussions of that debate are already being felt. The most immediate metric, they note, will be whether voter turnout is reduced. For some observers, that is a likely prospect. "Talking about the guys who are not going to vote, four years ago, they took chances," said Harold Meeks, publisher of the Tell Us USA News Network, an online news magazine with bureaus in several cities. "I owe $23,000 in child support, but I'm going out to vote for the Black man," Meeks said, describing a hypothetical Detroit voter in 2008. "They're not going to take those same chances again, particularly with these other voices saying that we're going to scrutinize you," he continued. Continue Reading →


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- "It is often said of the Malfoy family that you will never find one at the scene of the crime, though their fingerprints might be all over the guilty wand. Independently wealthy, with no need to work for a living, they have generally preferred the role of power behind the throne, happy for others to do the donkey work and to take the responsibility for failure. They have helped finance many of their preferred candidates' election campaigns, which have (it is alleged) included paying for dirty work such as hexing the opposition."
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Malfoy is the surname of a wealthy pure-blood wizarding family. They live in Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England, and are related to many other pure-blood families, including the Blacks, Lestranges, Greengrasses, and Rosiers as well as the Tonks and Lupin families, of mixed wizarding and Muggle heritage, much to the Malfoys' disdain,[1] although they are not against marrying half-bloods[2]
Early history
The Malfoy family consists of an ancient line of pure-blood wizards, most of whom attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and were traditionally Sorted into Slytherin. The family first arrived in Britain with Armand Malfoy, who founded the family estate Malfoy Manor on land obtained from King William I.
The Malfoy family would soon gain reputation for pure-blood supremacy and courting richness and power from those around them. Until the passing of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in 1692, the Malfoys integrated themselves in high class Muggle society. They expanded their already large estate with the lands of their Muggle neighbours, and dabbled successfully into Muggle currency and assets, becoming one of the wealthiest families in wizarding Britian. Though they opposed the Statute of Secrecy at first, they soon embraced it and cut off all ties with Muggle families, denying that they had ever fraternized with such people.
After this period, the Malfoys instead began to seek influence over the newly formed British Ministry of Magic, using their considerable wealth to do so. Though no Malfoy is known to have ever aspired for the position of Minister for Magic, many members of the family financed the elections of their preferred candidates for the post, even going so far as to pay to have the opposition hexed.[2]
Recent history
Lucius Malfoy, the son of Abraxas Malfoy, was one of the few pure-blood wizards left by the late 20th century. He joined the Death Eaters when they came to power in the First Wizarding War. He married Narcissa Black, a fellow pure-blood, and they had one son, Draco, who would later become Harry Potter's main rival in his school years. The Malfoy family was one of the first wizarding families to repent following Lord Voldemort's first defeat, claiming they had been bewitched, in 1981[3].
They allied themselves with him again during the Second Wizarding War, believing strongly in the notion of blood purity.[4] However, Voldemort became displeased with Lucius for his failure to obtain the prophecy involving him and Harry Potter in 1996. While Lucius was in Azkaban, Voldemort ordered his son Draco to kill Albus Dumbledore, a seemingly impossible task, as a way to punish Lucius.[5]
After Dumbledore's death at the hands of Severus Snape and the Death Eaters' escape from Azkaban in 1997, the Malfoys had fallen out of favour with the Dark Lord, and were extremely uncomfortable with having their home used as his base of operations.
Draco then married Astoria Greengrass some time between 1998 - 2005, and had a son called Scorpius circa 2006. In 2017, Draco and Astoria were at King's Cross station to see Scorpius off to Hogwarts when Harry Potter saw him again.[6]
Before Voldemort's ultimate defeat, the Malfoys switched sides; Narcissa lied to the Dark Lord in assistance of Harry Potter, and neither she nor Lucius participated in any of the fighting during the Battle of Hogwarts.[6] None of the Malfoys were subsequently imprisoned in Azkaban because of this defection.
Malfoy family crest
The family crest pays homage to Salazar Slytherin, bearing the colours black, green and silver, as well as images of several serpentine creatures. The Latin words "Sanctimonia Vincet Semper" appear inscribed on a silver banner, meaning "Purity Will Always Conquer"[7].
Known members
- Armand Malfoy (11th century): The first Malfoy in Britain, arriving with the Norman Conquest. Was given land in Wiltshire because of his services to King William I.
- Nicholas Malfoy (14th century): He is believed to have dispatched many a fractious Muggle tenant under the guise of the Black Death, though escaping censure by the Wizards' Council.
- Lucius Malfoy I (16th century): Is believed to have been an unsuccessful aspirant to the hand of Elizabeth I.
- Brutus Malfoy (fl. 17th century): The editor of anti-Muggle periodical Warlock at War
- Septimus Malfoy (late 18th century): Had a lot of influence in the Ministry of Magic in the late 18th century.
- Abraxas Malfoy (fl. 1954): The father of Lucius Malfoy and possibly a friend of Horace Slughorn. Died of Dragon-Pox sometime between 1954 and 1996.
- Lucius Malfoy (b. 1954): The son of Abraxas Malfoy, the husband of Narcissa Malfoy, and the father of Draco Malfoy. He was formerly a Death Eater.
- Narcissa Malfoy (née Black) (b. 1955): The wife of Lucius Malfoy, and the mother of Draco Malfoy. She has two sisters, and many other relatives. She married into the Malfoy family.
- Draco Lucius Malfoy (b. 5 June, 1980): The son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, the husband of Astoria Greengrass and the father of Scorpius Malfoy. He was formerly a Death Eater.
- Astoria Malfoy (née Greengrass) (born c. 1982): The wife of Draco Malfoy and the mother of Scorpius Malfoy. She has a sister who is about two years older than she is.
- Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy (born c. 2006): The son of Draco and Astoria Malfoy. Sorted in 2017 along with Rose Weasley and Albus Potter.
Malfoy is derived from the French "mal foi," meaning "badly (or in this case, bad) faith" or "unfaithful". In law, "bad faith" refers to a case in which a malicious motive on the part of a party in a lawsuit undermines their case. This would be relevant to the general cruel natures displayed by Lucius and Draco as well as Narcissa. In existentialism, "bad faith" is a philosophical concept in which people blame their own failures on external factors, thus denying responsibility for their actions. Also, this most likely refers to the Malfoys' tendency to switch their loyalties to avoid danger or punishment, rather than steadfastly supporting their presented views.
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