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The original Sin Cara's WWE contract has expired and he wasted little time in finding a new home, signing with the World Wrestling League (WWL) in Puerto Rico. According to PWInsider.com on Jan. 31, the WWL sent out the press release announcing that the "original" Sin Cara was signing with them.
It is unclear how the WWE will deal with this. Sin Cara said that he owns the rights to the character, the look and the name and he does not believe the WWE should be allowed to use it with another wrestler. However, the WWE has put Hunico under the mask for the past few months and Sin Cara is part of an upcoming WWE "Scooby Doo" movie.
Meanwhile, Sin Cara continues to use the name and it was used in the press conference as well for the WWL. Just last night on TNA Impact Wrestling, former WWE superstar MVP made his debut and used the MVP name and gimmick because he owns the right to the character, so the Sin Cara situation could be the same.
The WWL has been in existence since 2012 and operates through cooperative efforts with other promoters, allowing wrestlers to operate with other companies in Latin America, similar to how the NWA operates in the United States.
Along with the Sin Cara announcement, the WWL also announced a Mexican tour that includes familiar names such as Sabu, Carlito, Chavo Geurrero, Juventud Guerrera, Ricky Marvin and Blue Demon.
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The Nature Conservancy today announced the five Finger Lakes finalists for the second annual Nature's Plate Contest. Over the past month, people across the country have been nominating their favorite green restaurants. Voters can now choose the winners in participating states, regions and cities from among the finalists.
Voting for the Finger Lakes winner runs Oct. 1 through Oct. 15. Votes can be cast at www.nature.org/naturesplateNY. Voters also can enter a sweepstakes for a $100 gift card at the winning eatery by checking the "I agree to the Sweepstakes Official Rules" box on the voting form.
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I've come across a type of differential equation and I'm wondering if it can be solved, or if there are special conditions on the equation in order that it is solvable.
The equation can be written rather concisely as:
$c_{jk} \in \mathbb{C}$
$$\sum_{j,k=0} c_{jk} (x)_k\frac{d^j}{dx^j} f(x+k)=0$$
where this is a finite sum and $(x)_k = x \cdot (x+1) \cdots (x+k-1) = \frac{\Gamma(x+k)}{\Gamma(x)}$.
I want to know if I specify initial conditions whether or not there is some unique function satisfying this differential equation. I'm unsure because the $f(x+k)$ as opposed to $f(x)$ throws me off a bit. I've never seen differential equations with the transfer operator before.


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The process has started for 8-year-old Geraldine DeBrum. DeBrum is the young girl who has flown all the way from the Marshall Islands to Redding for medical care.
Nine months ago DeBrum dislocated her elbow. Shasta Orthopaedics decided they wanted to help and put the word out. Many local organizations got together to help, including the Palo Cedro Seventh Day Adventist Church .
Donette Jones is part of that church and is housing DeBrum and her mother. She said that her son has been to the Marshall Islands for missionary work. And she said thorough him she became aware of the medical need there.
"I have grand-kids her age," said Jones. "And when you see someone that just because of circumstances beyond them that they weren't able to get that care I would feel bad if it was one of my grand-kids if they were not able to get care for something, you know who wouldn't help an 8-year-old? "
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Mystery surrounds the fake cell towers discovered across the nation as no one knows who put them there or even when they were erected. These fake cell towers do the opposite of the authentic towers, they act as hacking tools to pick up reception of private cell phone calls and text messages, according to the Business Insider on Sept. 4.
The towers appear to be connecting to phones in use nearby and bypassing their encryption. These fake cell towers are littered throughout the nation and first brought to light in a report published in Popular Science last month. These towers were detected when the CEO of ESD America, Les Goldsmith, used their company's CryptoPhone 500 to detect their locations and so far 17 of the fake towers are mapped.
The map released by Popular Science is dotted with the location of these fake towers. They appear primarily in big cities like New York, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles to name a few.
So far 17 of the fake towers have been discovered, but that doesn't mean there isn't more out there that haven't been found yet. A cell phone cannot tell the difference between the fake and real deal, so whoever is behind the fake cell phone towers have access to any of the transmissions coming from the phones in the area.
ComputerWorld offers a tip on avoiding being monitored as your phone has a way of telling you there is a fake cell tower out there. The performance of your phone goes from 4G to 2G while the intercept is taking place. If you see your phone operating on a slow download signal while you are out and about, this could be what is going on, especially if you are near a military base. Goldsmith said that several of these fake cell towers were found in areas near a military base.
Goldsmith reports that while more of these receptors are popping up out there, no one knows who is putting them in place and what are they being used for? While no phone is safe, the CryptoPhone 500 is a customized Android device that is disguised as a Samsung Galaxy S III but has highly advanced encryption to guard against this type of hacking.
This just puts emphasis on the price you pay for the convenience of wireless. The luxury of making a call from most anywhere you happen to be comes with a trade off of your privacy. As technology is developed to stop such hacking, more technology is developed to bypass it and the circle of wireless technology goes on.


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Aether 2 Mod 1.6.4/1.6.2/1.5.2
About Minecraft Aether 2 Mod
A very extensive mod for Minecraft adding in an opposite realm to the Nether.
The Aether 2 is the sequel to the Aether I. Much has changed since the days of the Aether I, but it still remains a collaboration between people from various different disciplines with a shared goal of creating a new and unique dimension.
The Aether introduces several huge mechanical features to enhance the experience both in the Aether and everywhere else in Minecraft.
Party System
First of all is the party system. Previously in Minecraft, the only real way to form a group with others without having to worry about things such as friendly fire were from overlaying plugins such as factions or towny over a Minecraft server. Now with the party system, you can form a party with your friends, complete with an overlay UI which lets you see who's in your party, their health, their hunger, their armour and the amount of coins they have, without the need for plugins! Players can name their own party, and the maximum party size is 10 players.
One of the features we have worked on for this release is the dungeon system. This system isolates dungeons from the main world and functions with the party system. Dungeon blocks regenerate instantly if broken, meaning no one can get inside even with creative mode. Instead of players rushing into a dungeon and demolishing whatever's there and looting, the dungeon system requires players to form a party first. When the party is ready, you simply right-click on the dungeon door and everyone confirms if they're ready. Since a party can only have up to 10 players, dungeons will present a decent challenge to players. Only one party can be present in a dungeon at any given time.
Dungeons have three modes. The first mode is "available" meaning the dungeon is free for any party to enter. The second mode is "occupied", meaning a party is already inside the dungeon. The third mode is "conquered", which occurs after a player in your party has exhausted that dungeon. A dungeon becomes exhausted for a player either after the player finishes it or leaves when inside the dungeon three times. This prevents players from running the same dungeon for easy loot.
Dungeons also regenerate their loot, mini-bosses and bosses after a party leaves it, meaning that content is available for other parties. This ensures everyone gets a chance at dungeons, rather than whoever gets there first.
The first dungeon that this mod had added is the Sliders' Labyrinth. This dungeon expands an entireisland, meaning you'll have no shortage of loot to grab, enemies to fight or chambers to explore!
The dungeon has three mini bosses which must be defeated before you can gain access to the final boss, the Slider. There's a couple of new twists with this boss, so be careful!
Moas, peaceful and majestic giant birds, populate the Aether in three different colours: Blue, White and Black. Wild Moas cannot be tamed, but they do occasionally drop eggs of their respective colour. These eggs can be incubated with the Incubator block (using Ambrosium Torches). Once incubated, they can be fed with the Aechor Petals of Aechor Plants. They require 8 petals in total to grow, but are not always hungry and will occasionally refuse your offer (which can be done by right clicking them with the Aechor Petal). When grown, you have now completely tamed the Moa, and a saddle can be placed on their backs to ride. Blue Moas can perform 3 mid-air jumps, White Moas can perform 4 mid-air jumps, and Black Moas can perform 8 mid-air jumps.
Flying Pigs
Flying Pigs can also be found wandering around the Aether, and occasionally flying freely through the air. These creatures can be saddled with a Saddle, and flown around without having to deal with a taming process. This allows players to quickly hop into the action. However, Flying Pigs can only jump once, and do not have the privilege of mid-air jumps like the powerful flying Moas.
Aerwhales, the gentle giants of the Aether, can be found floating in the horizon, munching on Golden Oaks and strips of Blue Aerclouds as the sun climbs higher in the sky. When the sun falls.
Cockatrices crawl away from their well-hidden nests, ready to attack. Peaceful as they may seem, these deadly birds shoot poisonous needles at you when provoked. They are one of the few hostile mobs in the Aether.
The Launcher:
The Aether 2 Mod Launcher automatically installs everything you need without any hassle. It updates automatically, so you'll never have to check this page again, theoretically! For the modding wizzes, it installs everything in %appdata%/roaming/.aether/, so you can still manage everything you need.
- Go to The Aether Crafting page
How to Install Aether 2 Mod:
For 1.6.x without the launcher
- Download and install Minecraft Forge installer
- Download The Aether II for 1.6.2, Player Core API and The Threaded Lightning
- Run the Forge Installer and make sure Install Client is selected. Then click OK or change the destination folder if you're not using the default location.
- On the Minecraft launcher, select the profile called "Forge", and launch the game to make sure it runs
- Go to .minecraft (type "%appdata%" in the windows search bar and hit enter, then go to the folder called .minecraft)
- Copy the three files you downloaded to the folder called "mods"
- Now run the profile called Forge and you're ready to play!
For 1.5.2
- Download and install Minecraft Forge installer
- Download Aether II Mod
- Open the file you downloaded, "aether_1.5.2_1.0.zip", using winRAR and extract the contents in the .minecraft folder. Now it should be working fine!
- Play and Enjoy
- Updated to1.6.4
- Created a launcher for convenient installation
- Created the Threaded Lightning mod to fix the performance problems
- Several bug fixes
DOWNLOAD Aether 2 Mod
For 1.5.1
For 1.5.2
For 1.6.2
Aether 2 Mod: https://mega.co.nz/#!EYh1FBza!QDTBG1xWTvnxlzG-WFhHTytXkgd_-w2g5VA3nHeIM-w
Player Core API: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/201399095/Player-Core-API-1.6.2.jar
The Threaded Lightning: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/201399095/The-Threaded-Lightning-1.6.2.jar
Java: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/201399095/Aether-2-Launcher-Start-1.6.2.jar
Exe: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/201399095/Aether-2-Launcher-Start-1.6.2.exe
For 1.6.4
Manual Install: http://www.mediafire.com/download/g78kh05tardpetr
Aether 2 Launcher (requires Java 7): http://www.mediafire.com/download/qgr6n3901owjz01
The Threaded Lightning: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5woi7dk3jcz4zmh
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Iowa State University's solar cars inspire imagination and discussion at North Fayette Valley High School in West Union. North Fayette Valley science and I-Tech students met and interacted with college engineering students while asking questions about the solar car program on Monday. During the meeting, PrISUm team member Jeff Christensen, a junior in mechanical engineering, cruised around [Continue Reading…]
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In the new trailer for the thriller "Enemy" we get to see Jake Gyllenhaal come face to face with himself…literally. E! Online shared the new trailer on Feb. 3 and it is intriguing, suspenseful and loaded with Jake!
It starts out with a shy professor watching a film and discovering he has an exact double. Once he knows of the man's existence, he is determined to find him and learn more about his doppelganger. The search makes him come a little unhinged.
There are snippets of him with his girlfriend and talking to his mother in search of answers before he actually comes face to face with his apparent twin in a hotel room.
In order to film the scenes where both versions of himself appear on screen at the same time, stand-ins were sometimes used so Jake could convince viewers there was really someone there, according to director Denis Villeneuve
Check out the trailer and see what you think. No release date has yet been announced.
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Extra Innings Opener Leads to Wildcats Split with NCAT
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Release: 04/18/2014
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Now taking on games seven and eight of the 21-game road swing, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (20-22, 12-8 MEAC) split the series-opening doubleheader with the North Carolina A&T Aggies (14-24, 7-10 MEAC) in a pair of Good Friday matchups at War Memorial Stadium.
"I thought they were pretty similar games in the respect that they were both tight games," Head Coach Jason Beverlin said. "The difference was we didn't let it slip away late like we did the first game.
In the first outing of the day, the Aggies earned victory after cutting into the Wildcats lead late in the regulation innings, forcing extra innings and eventually earning the win by working the counts.
The Wildcats built a lead slow but steady in the doubleheader's opening contest, as Eros Modena reached base on balls in the first and came home on Jordan Robinson's RBI groundout. After reaching on a double, Matt Noble touched home by advancing on the throw to second, as the Aggies attempted to catch Josh Johnson stealing and instead committed an error.
Robinson got the Wildcats started in the sixth, reaching base on an error by third baseman Timothy Ravare. Johnson joined him on the basepath with a bloop single into shallow center. Robinson came home on a delayed double steal, and Johnson joined him once again, scoring from second on a Bryant Munuz RBI single fired up the middle.
In the meantime, the Aggies had notched one run in the third, as Dylan Hipp scored from second on a Luke Tendler RBI single to right field. The Aggies again narrowed the B-CU advantage in the eighth with an 0-2 count home run by Micah Carmony to right field.
As starter Keith Zuniga went well beyond the century pitch mark, N.C. A&T led off with a single for Luke Tendler, drew a walk, and added a sacrifice bunt to open the bottom of the ninth. Entering in relief, Donte Lindsay loaded the bases on a 4-0 walk, yielding the mound to Michael Austin. Designated hitter Stefan Jordan coaxed out a full count walk and Carmony added to his RBI total with a sacrifice fly, tying the game at 4-4. Austin secured the final strikeout, sending the Wildcats to extra innings for the fourth time this season.
In the 11th, catcher Lester Salcedo led off the frame with a double for the Aggies, and the Wildcats intentionally walked Cameron Jergens. Ryan Hill coaxed out a walk to load the bases and call Chris Waltermire into action for the Wildcats. Waltermire secured two outs and had substitute second baseman Kyle Clary behind in a 2-2 count, but the Aggies' freshman found the perfect gap in right field for a walk-off RBI single, ending the game in a 4-3 loss for the Wildcats.
Zuniga went eight and a third innings, striking out four. Pitching one and two-thirds, Austin (0-2) takes the loss for the Wildcats. Hipp (1-0) earned the win for the aggies, pitching two innings and striking out two.
Early in the second game, the Wildcats worked the counts themselves, drawing an RBI walk for Julian Santos in the top of the first to bring in Modena, who singled through the left side. After reaching base on balls, Robinson touched the plate to make it 2-0 on an Eric Sams RBI single to right center in the second.
The Aggies trimmed the B-CU lead in the third to 2-1, as Hipp scored on an error during a rundown at third.
However, the Wildcats were quick to take the run back, as Modena placed a two-out double down the third base line in the fourth and Bryant Munoz made it count with an RBI single to right field, pushing the B-CU lead to 3-1.
Over the next two frames, Montana Durapau combined with efforts from Waltermire and Logan Blum to keep the Aggies at bay, stranding three N.C. A&T runners. In the seventh, Blum struck out one and walked another before handing off to John Sever. Sever struck out the two remaining Aggie batters to secure the 3-1 victory and earn his second save of the year.
"I knew it was time to get it done," Sever said. "I went out there and threw as many strikes as I could to get the win for my team. It always feels good to win, but we've still got work to do."
Durapau (8-0) earned the victory, pitching five innings with three strikeouts and no earned runs allowed. For the Aggies, starter Brian Poag (2-2) takes the loss, throwing two innings.
Stepping up to open the series, Munoz was an offensive key in each contest, hitting .714 (5-for-7) on the day with two RBI.
"I'm just feeling confident," Munoz said. "I'm seeing the ball really big and just doing my best to put runs across and get on base for the team."
Modena batted 3-for-8 with three runs scored. Meanwhile, Amendolare, Noble and Sams each tallied two RBI apiece.
The Wildcats and Aggies meet on Saturday at 1 p.m. for the series rubber match at War Memorial Stadium.
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HUDDLESTON, Va. – The good news for Jason Williamson: The Wagener, S.C., pro was able to hold off a bevy of hard-charging competitors and cling to a slim lead at the Evan Williams Bourbon Blue Ridge Brawl. The bad news: Red-hot Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., tapped into Smith Mountain Lake Friday for another 17-plus pound day, which was enough to move into second, just 5 ounces off Williamson's 36-11 pace.
HUDDLESTON, Va. – Virtually lapping the field with a pristine Saturday, Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., opened up a 6-plus pound margin at the Evan Williams Bourbon Blue Ridge Brawl, the third Bassmaster Elite Series event of the season. The red-hot Reese continues to pile up the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year points this year and at the conclusion of the tournament Sunday, he will be in the driver's seat for what he deems the most coveted award in professional bass fishing.
HUDDLESTON, Va. – The sight bite was right for Jason Williamson Thursday on picturesque Smith Mountain Lake at the Evan Williams Bourbon Blue Ridge Brawl. Williamson of Wagener, S.C., persevered through a frustrating morning eventually regrouping at his primary area and picking off enough spawning bass to accumulate 22 pounds, 9 ounces, good enough for a scant 1-plus pound lead over Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fla.
Staunton River Head Coach Brian Divers took a chance on Chance.
It paid off big-time.
All aboard! The bandwagon is moving out, so you'd best be a' jumping on it.
That's the way that Jefferson Forest played in topping the Staunton River softballers, 5-0.
Many springtimes ago, my older brothers played a trick on my father.
The Beauty — Smith Mountain Lake — and the Brawl, the Elite Series anglers third stop of the 2010 season, meet up again this week to showcase the best bass fishing has to offer.
The weather's been great and SML promises to fish as good as it looks during the Evan Williams Bourbon Blue Ridge Brawl scheduled for this Thursday through Sunday, April 15-18.
An enthusiastic crowd packed Susie B. Gibson Auditorium at the Bedford Science and Technology Center for a Republican mass meeting Monday. Three hundred and thirty-two registered voters participated in an election that chose Nate Boyer as the new Bedford County Republican Party chairman, replacing Kevin Corwin who was stepping down.
A fundraising event, held at Avenel and attended by 70 people, raised $6,000 for Astride with Pride, a therapeutic riding program.
According to Stormi Shelton, who heads the program, the program has 35 riders this year. It's a bit of a challenge because the program is down two horses. One horse has been retired and Dan, an enormous mule, died.
Another challenge is that, like most non-profits, Astride's budget has suffered due to the economic downturn.
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Baseball Edged By Wright State in Series Opener, 3-2
May 16, 2013
CHICAGO – The UIC baseball team (24-26, 11-11 HL) held a 2-1 lead after six innings of play against Wright State (22-26, 9-10 HL) on Thursday evening at Nischwitz Stadium, but the Raiders scored lone runs in the seventh and eighth frames to squeak out a 3-2 victory. The contest formed into a pitching duel between UIC's Tomas Michelson and WSU's Casey Henn as both offenses combined for just 10 hits. Michelson was given the loss despite tossing 7.1 innings and allowing just two earned runs and six hits. Henn ended the day with 11 strikeouts, while giving up a mere three hits.
"Both teams had great pitching tonight," said head coach Mike Dee. "We just gave too many at-bats away in early in the game."
Redshirt senior Alex De LaRosa paced UIC at the plate by going 2-for-3 as Ryan Boss and Zenon Kolakowski tallied the other two hits for the Flames.
Wright State began the contest with a single run in the first inning to take the early 1-0 lead. After three scoreless frames, the Flames scored two runners in the fifth as Joe Betcher drove in the first run on fielder's choice. Kolakowski collected the second RBI on a single to center field that forced Alex Grunenwald across the dish, giving UIC the 2-1 edge.
WSU rallied and tacked on single runs in the seventh and eighth to cement the one-run triumph.
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This session will focus on two key areas: Vendor Management and Deposit Account Agreements.
NCUA is asking credit unions to implement a written policy as part of this year's examination focus. The Vendor Management portion of the session will include how to implement a vendor management policy, how to select and monitor vendors and also how to negotiate contracts with vendors.
The often overlooked but important deposit account agreements such as signature cards are the focus of this "nuts and bolts" program. These documents are often out-of-date, incomplete, filled-out incorrectly or simply do not exist. The information presented is designed to help you review your agreements and answer the following questions: What information must you have, what information should you have and what are the problems that arise from incomplete or no agreements. Also included will be a discussion of the trend to incorporate deposit agreements into multi-purpose forms along with membership application agreements, TIN certifications and marketing materials. Don't miss it!
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One global perspective is that President Obama's five year-plus foray into foreign policy has at best helped produce global chaos. Now, with Secretary of State John Kerry licking political wounds inflicted by Iran and the Russian invasion of Crimea, Mr. Obama has sent the Rodney Dangerfield of politics, Joe Biden, to reassure Eastern Europe of his "unwavering support."
Since Russia seized Crimea, the administration's "unwavering support" for NATO and East European nations like Ukraine has amounted to a couple speeches, flyovers by politicians like Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden, and freezing U.S. bank accounts of as many as 10 Russians who likely emptied their Western accounts months before Mr. Putin snatched Crimea.
Even the staunchest supporters of this administration can't hang their campaign hats on a single successful foreign policy, short of giving Mr. Obama credit for killing Osama bin Laden, an operation ordered by President George W. Bush and carried out by SEAL Team 6 during Mr. Obama's first term.
Traditional allies like Israel have become frenemies under Mr. Obama's watch while Iran continues its nuclear ambitions and North Korea regularly fires missiles and tests nuclear bombs while rattling sabers at South Korea and thousands of U.S. troops stationed there.
Now, the Cold War is heating up again and armed Russian troops are spilling into Ukraine faster than the administration can download the speeches that Mr. Biden so often mangles.
Sending Mr. Obama's gaff-prone sidekick to tour a handful of European countries to tamp down regional anxieties over Russia's designs on Ukraine is about as effective as it was when then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deployed four Americans to a rented house in Benghazi to mediate between warring Islamic factions.
The administration lacks the credibility required to convince our allies the it has made a "bedrock commitment" to honor NATO's basic premise that "if one member nation is attacked, all will come to its defense."
"President Obama and I view Article 5 of the NATO Treaty as an absolutely solemn commitment which we will honor," Biden said in an appearance with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, referring to the collective self-defense clause in the agreement. "We will honor."
But what does "honor," mean to this administration? Are we to believe that President Obama is going to build an international coalition to drive the Russians from Crimea, or will the administration task battle-weary U.S. troops it is withdrawing from Afghanistan to defend Ukraine and European "honor."
No, the solution does not lie in diplomacy or blusters of war and it has little to do with honoring our military commitments to Europe.
Western Europe is energy dependent, addicted to petrol that it doesn't produce. Russia is the regional pusher. Crimea is gone, and if Europe is to contain Russia's future aggressions, it must stop relying on Russia to fuel its ecomomies.
More than 50 percent of the Russian government's revenues come from Russia's state-owned gas-export monopoly, Gazprom; energy is Russia's largest export.
Energy exports add $40 billion to Kremlin coffers annually and about three-fourths of Russia's gas exports – around 130 billion cubic meters in 2013, according to Gazprom, go to Western Europe.
Crimea was seized as U.S. and Western European foreign policies slumbered, belated drawing of red lines notwithstanding. However, in lieu of plausible military options, the president would need to convince Western Europe to produce more fossil fuels and start importing from Western countries, and fast.
Energy is Putin's weakness. An already struggling Russian economy would likely fold under a successful Western embargo against petroleum products and he knows that.
The problem for the West is that there will be no such embargo put in place.
Western Europe will find it too difficult to kick its addiction to relatively cheap Russian petroleum. Russia's massive petroleum reserves will continue to finance Putin's aggressive foreign policy as Western European countries continue to line up at the trough of Russian oil and gas.
This is quite a quandary for a U.S. administration that won't even stand up to domestic environmental extremists who forbade it to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The U.S. needs oil from Canada to replace its own addiction to crude mined by unfriendly nations and OPEC.
Wednesday, in the setting of the grand Presidential Palace in historic Vilnius, Biden met with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Latvian President Andris Berzins, who flew in to hear Biden trash-talk the Kremlin.
"Russia cannot escape that the world is changing and rejecting outright their behavior," Biden said. "And that there is a price to pay for naked aggression."
Crimea consists of a mostly Russian population that this week voted by an overwhelming 96-percent margin to secede from Ukraine and become a Russian territory.
That is more of a home coming celebration than "naked aggression." The President would be far wiser to call Mr. Biden home, approve the Keystone project without delay and remind Western Europe that it is financing Putin's "naked aggression."


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Yield: Serves 4.
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- 4 lobsters, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 pounds apiece
- 1 cup tomalley, or what is available from the 4 lobsters
- 1/2 pound unsalted butter, melted
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine, melted
- 3 stacks salt-free saltine crackers (3/4 of a 1-pound box)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon cooking sherry
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
Cook the lobsters. Split down the middle and remove the intestinal tract and the "lady," the small sac near the head. For the filling, mix the tomalley, melted shortenings, and the crackers, well crumbled. Add the Worcestershire sauce, cooking sherry, and mayonnaise. Mix well. Fill the split lobsters with the stuffing mixture, padding it up over the top. Wrap the claws in foil so that they won't dry out, and bake at 400 degrees F until stuffing is crisp on top (about 20 minutes or so).
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On March 31, 2014, Richard Watts of Videology Productions in Naples, Fla., announced new film updates which include a brand new cast member. The film is a work of fiction, but aspects of the film are based on historical events. Watt's film is "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon."
Shooting any film requires specific steps.
"Shooting a historical or documentary type film, like Watts', requires a few more steps. A film's portrayal of the past depends upon thousands of choices about the physical, behavioral, and cultural details of the period and place being presented. Being authentic involves much more than getting the costumes and the architectural details right. There are usually advisors (such as re-enactors in this case) who are experts on the particular genre, period of history and more." - United Film & TV Artists
One can better understand all the above from what writer, director and producer Richard Watts has to share.
According to Watts, this film will be a blend of fictional and historical facts, thus research, documentation and authenticity are important aspects of it. Richard, has this film required any "special attention" due its genre?
"Yes, due to the film featuring local history, some of the shooting locations will be in Naples and on Lee County beach(es). Also, since it's about Juan Ponce de Leon a re-enactor group from Bradenton, and other groups, have "signed on" to appear in the film. Such groups are crucial to achieving authenticity (re-enactor Bill Boston)."
In addition to the re-enactor group's help, is there anyone else on board this film project that has to do with the historical side of it?
"Yes, one of the interesting aspects of our project is that an actual descendant of Juan Ponce de Leon, Austin Graham, has joined our cast. She will be portraying the character Frangiemil Malgarejo. That character is an architect renovating the old church in San Juan, Puerto Rico."
Acting Examiner.com fans, all fans, will want to know more about this young actress and model as well as her family lineage. Is there more to share about her and film's theme?
"Juan Ponce de Leon, the famed explorer, is Austin Graham's 14th great grandfather. Her grandmother spent most of her life documenting the lineage of their family and wrote a book about their heritage. Austin's mother, Dee Graham, compiled their family tree with the help of an expert in Spanish paleography. Austin appears with us to explain the story and her role in it."
Are there any other facets of the film you want shared?
"The story in the film features an enigmatic Indian - Calusa shaman, (Coacoochee) who oversees a 500 year old secret that involves the Florida panther, the passion flower and the water of a spring on Pine Island, Fla. The character wears a bracelet (in slideshow) that identifies his role as overseer.
We searched until we found an artist who understood the spiritual significance of these elements to the story and had her design the bracelet. The instant you look at the bracelet you'll sense an peculiar spiritual connection at work. Somehow our artist managed to infuse that bracelet with spiritual energy."
Thank you Richard Watts for sharing with us the many facets and updates with your film.
View and enjoy the "How To" list and photos below. This is a basic listing of 12 steps plus many sub-categories. Some films require less or even more and in a different order. Note use of "authenticity" in this case, as the film's genre is historical. Financial support can also be of concern, so raising funds could be considered another one of the steps!
"How To" of Filmmaking
- Story Idea
- Genre & Film Style
- Length of Film, Title, Rated (PG, PG-13, R... )
- Writing & Blocking of Story (Screenplay) - storyboard
- Authenticity - research, architectural, documentation, resources...
- Talent Agency (in this case, Protocol), Cast & Crew - castings, readings, background...
- Location(s) - transportation, permits...
- Wardrobe & Makeup - period costumes, appropriate makeup...
- Lighting & Sound
- Filming - equipment, types of shots, props, still photography...
- Editing - legal aspects, music, special effects, credits...
- Screening - promoting, media, premiere, trailer, locations, film fests...
To learn more about this film go to Overview of "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon." Those interested in being a part of this film go to Contact and Showcase Your Product.
Film's Historical Element - Jaun Ponce de Leon
"Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named. He is associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth, reputed to be in Florida." - Wikipedia
Prop - Bracelet worn by film's "Overseer"
"A character in the film wears a bracelet that identifies his role as overseer. We searched until we found an artist who understood the spiritual significance of these elements to the story and had her design the bracelet; The instant you look at the bracelet you'll sense an peculiar spiritual connection at work. Somehow our artist managed to infuse that bracelet with spiritual energy." - Richard Watts
Film's Writer, Director, Producer Richard Watts with Cast Member Austin Graham
"One of the interesting aspects of our project is that Austin Graham, a descendant of Juan Ponce de Leon, has joined our cast. Austin will be portraying the character Frangiemil Malgarejo, an architect renovating the old church in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Austin is a young charismatic actress and model from St. Petersburg, Fla." - Richard Watts
Prop - "The 4th Letter"
Richard Watts organized a table reading of his script for 'The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon.' It was held in Naples, Fla.
Among the many who read, some of the talent from UFTA (United Film & TV Artists) read as well.
Film Prop
"The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon" has many props, and this is one of them.
Film audiences will enjoy the realistic efforts of the film's cast and crew when it comes to making this film come to life!
Film Re-enactor Bill Boston and Dixie
Bill Boston will be a conquistador in the film.
"Our film, a fictional story about the Spanish Explorer, weaves in some legends that you may have never heard before. Watch for it!" - Richard Watts
This is one of many props in the film "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon."
Props and the authenticity of everything film-related, an historical film, is important in order to carry the film off, make the audience believers!
Cast Member - Austin Graham
Austin Graham is a model and actress represented out of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Graham is the descendent of Juan Ponce de Leon and therfore an additional reason and asset to be part of the film "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon" written, directed and produced by Richard Watts from Naples, Fla.
Conquistador Hat as Prop
Conquistadors were known for their special kind of hat, and this prop will make that happen in the film "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon."
This prop, and others like it, help make the film more believable. The film's writer, director and producer is Richard Watts.
Richard Watts and Austin Graham
Here is the writer, director and producer of the film "The 4th Letter of Ponce de Leon" Richard Watts.
With him is actress Austin Graham. Graham is a descendent of Juan Ponce de Leon!
Passion Flower
Here is a passion flower that represents one in the film's plot.
These kinds of flowers are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous. - Wiki
Austin Graham
Austin Graham is a model and actress and a descendent of Ponce de Leon.
Juan Ponce de Leon, the famed explorer, is Austin Graham's 14th Great Grandfather. Her grandmother spent most of her life documenting the lineage of their family and wrote a book about their heritage.
Florida panther
"The Florida panther plays a dramatic role in our film. In our film, Kowechube, is a panther that is sacred to the Calusa Indians. He is the Guardian of the Spring. When the Conquistadors arrive in La Florida they have a confrontation with Kowechube that leaves him dead. The episode echoes the current status of the Panther in Florida today. Its existence is threatened by the encroachment of land use." - Richard Watts
Richard Watts
"The film will be a blend of fictional and historical facts. It will feature some local history, and I plan on some of the shooting locations to be in Naples and on Lee County's beach(es).
A re-enactor group from Bradenton has signed on to appear in the film, and they are crucial to achieving authenticity." - Richard Watts
Movie Poster
Richard Watts shares about his upcoming film.
"Pine Island, the little Island off the coast of SW Florida, plays a pivotal role in our film. Most people don't realize it but back in 1521 Ponce de Leon landed either on it or nearby."
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- Director Richard Watts announces two new entertainment projects (Photos)
- Naples family hosts movie-related event (Photos)
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2011 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of EstoniaPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 11/144
November 29, 2011
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The staff report (use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this pdf file) for the 2011 Article IV Consultation with Estonia is also available.
On November 28, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Estonia, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis2.
A vibrant recovery has marked Estonia's first year in the euro area, albeit amid nascent tensions. The economy's strong rebound has been grounded in a proven track record of prudent macroeconomic policies, which also underpinned a successful euro adoption and a recent credit rating upgrade. But coming on the heels of one of the EU's deepest economic contractions, the recovery has exposed underlying difficulties. Price pressures have emerged (still mainly imported) and unemployment, while declining, remains high with long-term joblessness on the rise. The latter has mostly reflected mismatched skills.
Following strong growth in 2011—among the highest in the EU—the pace of economic activity and price increases are set to moderate in 2012. In line with weakening export markets, growth is projected to slow to about 3 percent. This is expected to be only partially offset by stronger final domestic demand. The output gap will nonetheless continue to narrow in 2012. Inflation should also moderate as the impact of global food and fuel prices shocks dissipate. Core inflation's outlook remains uncertain given wage pressures largely stemming from labor shortages and mismatched skills. So far, wages increases have not exceeded productivity gains. As a result, economy-wide profitability and external competitiveness have improved. These trends are likely to broadly continue but pressures can remain on core inflation.
With continued volatility in global financial markets, downside risks to the outlook have risen at end-2011. With two-thirds of Estonia's exports going to the EU, recent European and global developments have tilted risks to the downside. Besides the domestic risk that the unwinding past real and financial sector imbalances be more protracted and weigh on domestic demand, external risks associated with the euro area sovereign debt crisis prevail.
Executive Board Assessment
In concluding the 2011 Article IV consultation with Estonia, Executive Directors endorsed the staff's appraisal as follows:
Estonia faces an increasingly challenging environment as it looks to continue implementing policies preserving macroeconomic policy credibility and safeguarding sustainable growth. Following a strong recovery in its first year in the euro area, Estonia's economic activity will likely slow in 2012. In the central scenario, nonetheless, Estonia's economy will continue to approach its potential. Inflation is poised to slow even though pressures on core inflation can remain. Recently, downside risks to the outlook have increased. In addition to a slowdown in exports, a generalized confidence fallout from the euro area sovereign debt crisis could spill over to Estonia despite its strong fundamentals.
Estonia's fiscal position will remain strong but there will be a need to limit the stimulative impact of the 2012 budget in the central scenario, albeit uncertainties abound. Time-bound increases in public investment underlie the budget's positive impulse, while a neutral budget would be appropriate. Recognizing that further significant compression of current expenditures is unrealistic, observance of budgetary allocations will be helpful in this regard. But if downside risks materialize, automatic stabilizers should be allowed to operate while maintaining Estonia's hard-earned fiscal credibility. In addition, given the uncertainty regarding the extent and duration of the global slowdown, fiscal buffers should be preserved and alternative sources of financing be considered.
Looking beyond the current conjuncture, the authorities' medium-term target can safeguard Estonia's strong fiscal position. This will require continued expenditure restraint to counter spending pressures that are likely to emerge. The authorities' ongoing efforts to enhance central government productivity through centralization of accounting and personnel management can help. Still without raising taxes, achieving the fiscal target on a sustainable basis, implementing the authorities' plan to reduce labor taxation, and restore fiscal buffers will require reducing non-wage goods and services by at least 2 percentage points of GDP in the medium term. The pace of consolidation should be mindful of long-term investment needs and cyclical developments.
A fully fledged multi-year fiscal framework can support the medium-term target, bolster Estonia's high fiscal credibility, and limit pro-cyclical policies. A successful framework should reflect Estonia's fiscal tradition of simplicity and transparency, which has facilitated monitoring and accountability. The central element of such a framework would be multi-year expenditure ceilings and their strict observance while revenue collections adjust to cyclical conditions. In addition, fiscal buffers should continue to be an integral part of Estonia's fiscal framework. While there are benefits as well as costs of holding liquid assets, gradually rebuilding buffers appears appropriate given increased global uncertainty.
For the financial sector, the challenge entails safeguarding stability in the context of heightened global financial tension. Estonian banks have scant direct and indirect exposure to euro area sovereign debt, while at the same time capital and liquidity buffers have increased substantially since 2007. However, the legacy of the previous crisis continues to burden balance sheets and dependence on financing from parent banks remains high, although both of these factors are declining. The latter has proven a stable source of financing, but parent banks in turn rely on short-term wholesale funding. Limiting potential contagion will thus require continued improvements in cross-border supervision. Developing regional crisis resolution tools—in close cooperation with relevant authorities—can provide critical backstop to Estonia's sizable fiscal and financial buffers. The scheduled December high-level meeting of Nordic regulators provides an opportunity to make progress in this critical area. In addition, an early and gradual institutional adoption of Basel III requirements can reduce funding risks but its implementation should avoiding creating headwinds for credit conditions.
Financial resilience can also be supported by further enhancing the regional and domestic resolution frameworks for banks and addressing weaknesses in Estonia's bankruptcy law. The recent adoption of a domestic resolution law provides a welcome tool to minimize the cost of a bank failure. This could be supplemented by introducing a bank-asset separation authority as well as by developing cross-border bank resolution tools in coordination with the EU and regional partners. In addition, legal clarifications regarding the Reorganization Act for corporations have improved its effectiveness, while the recent adoption of an analogous law for individuals ensures broader coverage. Still, reforms are needed to shorten the lengthy and costly bankruptcy process.
More broadly, sustainable growth will entail enhancing Estonia's attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), addressing skill mismatches, and increasing human capital. Estonia's 2020 Competitiveness Strategy highlights the need for further improvements in the business environment to continue to draw FDI. The urgency of boosting knowledge-based activities and remaining an attractive destination for FDI has been heightened by growing competition from emerging markets. Furthermore, fully drawing on Estonia's resources and developing their potential will also require addressing skill mismatches and continuing attention to foster human resources in technical fields as well as to attract highly-trained individuals to support sustainable income convergence to EU levels.


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On if she feels this year's championship can be won by any team in the league
"I certainly think it is. So many teams have beaten teams that are ranked higher than them. It came down to the wire where people were ranked, especially from four through 11 or 12. It's anybody's tournament. I think it'll come down to who's playing well and who can play three or four games back-to-back."
On what Tulane needs to do in order to win the C-USA Championship
"We need to be consistent. For us, we've got to go out, keep playing like we've been playing and just be consistent. The key to winning in the tournament is to not get into the moment where you're worried about what's going to happen. You just have to be consistent and play how you played when you were successful during the (regular) season."
On if she feels her team's depth will be an advantage next week in Tulsa
"I think that's a big advantage for us. The games are going to be more intense than ever. When you get into the postseason, they're more intense. When they're more intense, the players you can use to contribute will certainly help."
On the C-USA Championship being in Tulsa, site of the Green Wave's last title win in 2010
"I think our seniors will remember our trip to Tulsa. It certainly was a fond memory and this is where they'll be finishing their Conference USA careers. It's a new year, and right now with tournament time it's a new year for everybody."
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Law Blog Small-Town Lawyer of the Day: Andrew Jackson
A Law Blog colleague was driving through Kenansville, N.C., a few weeks back when she was pulled over for speeding. The cop handed her a $150 ticket for going 70 in a 55 mph zone ($30 for the ticket; $120 for the court costs).
After returning to New York, she suddenly found herself with a handful of new pen pals — North Carolina lawyers soliciting her business. Click here for the eight letters she received eight letters from Tar Heel attorneys. "THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES" read all of them. The gist of the letters: Hire me because I'll save you time, you could lose your license, and your insurance rates could spike.
Our colleague decided to pay the ticket and move on with her life. But her story got us wondering: Who were these lawyers and what was this niche business all about?
The Law Blog just checked in with one of them, Andy Jackson (pictured) of Clinton, N.C. Jackson, 37, is a sole practitioner who recently bought out the law office of a retiring attorney and inherited a bunch of clients. He describes his practice as a "carriage trade" — assisting the local townspeople with deeds, wills, trusts and other legal documentation.
He's been doing the traffic-citation work for about a year, and explained how it works. The North Carolina administrative office of the courts tracks citations statewide. It's not something anyone can get online — Jackson pays a third-party contractor, who has complete access to the records, to provide him with a list of violators in his county and the neighboring one.
Here's the math: He pays the contractor 35 cents per name, and buys on average about 650 names per month. That comes to about $225 per month. Jackson's fee per client is $345 — he gets $200 and pays the $145 ticket for the client. "Many cases," he says, "result in no insurance points and no license points being assessed." (Rarely does he get a case dismissed, but if he does he pockets the $145.) So by the Law Blog's fuzzy math, he breaks even by converting one prospective client. Jackson says he has about a 3% response rate — which means he signs up about 20 customers a month. By the Law Blog's fuzzy math, that's $4,000 per month. Not bad!
Jackson has been doing the traffic-citation work for about a year. He says he's going to stick with it as long as it's profitable. "It pays the bills," he said. "And I gotta tell ya, it beats the hell out of real-estate closings, which have suddenly gotten real slow."


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Dhoom 2: Back In Action, also abbreviated and known as D:2, D2 and D2: Back In Action) is a 2006 Indian Bollywood action directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra at an estimated budget of Rs 350 million.[1] It is the second of the films in the Dhoom series. Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra star in the film as Jai Dixit and Ali Akbar Fateh Khan as buddy cops. The duo attempt to nab Mr. A/Aryan (Hrithik Roshan), a professional thief whose passion is to steal rare and valuable collectibles using high-technology gadgets.
Both films of the Dhoom series caused Indian youths to ride their motorcycles rashly, thereby causing an increase in the number of road accidents in Mumbai, India. This prompted the city's police commissioner to appeal to the censor board to delete the fast-paced rash driving scenes from the film.The film was mainly shot in India, Rio de Janeiro and Durban, becoming the first major Hindi film to be picturized in Brazil.Many critics praised the film's heavy action sequences.
The film distributor, Yash Raj Films, promoted the film by forging associations with Pepe Jeans and Coca-Cola.It was promoted as Coke Uthale, Dhoom Machale that alluded the drink to the film's soundtrack.India's biggest video game producer company, FXLabs, also confirmed to develop a game based on the film's theme by naming it as Dhoom 2.
Premiering on 23 November 2006 in the United States, the film had the widest release in India with over 650 prints across the country.It became the highest grossing Indian film of 2006,fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film in India and the eighth highest-grossing Bollywood film in overseas markets.The film was generally well-received by both critics and the mass audience. It was a box office success and was elevated to a "blockbuster" rating on Box Office India after grossing over Rs 1.34 billion (USD$34 million). The film received 80% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Suet Dispensers
A great variety of suet dispensers is available, not including the kinds like pinecones or logs you fashion yourself. Most common are simple wire cages sized and shaped to fit one commercial suet cake. But all types work well and discourage squirrels and what some people consider less-desirable bird species (blackbirds, grackles, and starlings) from invading.
If these or other suet thieves (raccoons and possums, even dogs, cats, and bears) appear and take over, your dispenser needs to be a little more creative. For instance, Duncraft offers Suet Haven ($22). It allows smaller woodpeckers and nuthatches to reach in but thwarts larger birds and most animals. Another approach is to shield the suet cake from all sides but the bottom, thus excluding birds that typically don't feed while upside down, such as starlings and grackles (Lyric's Selective Suet Holder, $17).
While you might place some seed feeders in full sun in an open location, suet dispensers are best in or near a tree and out of full sun to help prevent the suet from melting.
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Do you have a birdhouse in your garden? Become part of the The Birdhouse Network (TBN), a continent-wide birdhouse monitoring project. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and funded in part by the National Science Foundation, TBN collects valuable information from participants about the birds they see in and around their birdhouses. To get started in TBN, only one birdhouse, which you provide, is necessary. For an annual fee of $15, you receive a subscription to Birdscope, access to the data entry portion of the Lab's Web site, and membership to an electronic mailing list where you can interact with other birdhouse landlords and with scientists at the ornithology lab. For more information or to sign up, call (800) 843-2473.
Ithaca, New York-based Alison Wells is director of communications and public outreach at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
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President Obama has introduced a new element in the immigration enforcement situation, and that is "mortal child endangerment" He says that if a refugee child faces mortal danger in the home country, then they be awarded freedom in America.
What constitutes mortal danger? How is that to be proven?
It begins with the child refugee being assigned an attorney who will assess and argue the case. Who pays for that? America taxpayers, that's who. Is that right?
No it isn't, and here is why.
The argument about the child's safety should happen on home country soil. It should happen with the home country providing legal representation for the child. The burden belongs in the home country.
Now, if the home nation has such a huge problem taking care of its population, then it can appeal to the U.N., Organization of American States, U.S. and other developed countries for assistance. The desperate situation belongs squarely where the problem begins. That is where assistance may be rendered.
Obama's idea is to spread refugee children throughout the country in detention centers that the press argues are not open for public scrutiny. He is taking on the problem instead of putting it back where it belongs.
Yes, it is a humanitarian crisis, but the problem and solution doesn't belong to the U.S. It is being imposed by foreign governments that should not be let off the hook. In fact, presidents of nations who have mismanaged this problem may be eligible for prosecution for crimes against humanity. Has anyone thought about that?
This situation needs and requires professional oversight. Congress should not let President Obama freelance with this problem because he is not competent to come up with the right solution.
What guidance are Republicans offering on this subject? Apparently they are AWOL. Will voters not remember this gross dereliction of duty by members of the U.S. Congress in November?
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The White House said Monday it was "likely" that immigrant children facing mortal danger in their home countries would be allowed to stay in the United States.
The comments come amid a growing debate over a 2008 law that allows many of the children flooding across the southern border an automatic asylum hearing.
"These children will — and other immigrants who are attempting to enter the country without documentation — will go through the immigration process and that means their claims of asylum will be considered by an immigration judge and by asylum officials," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday.
"What that means is it means that if a immigration judge determines that they face a credible threat of death upon their return to their home country, then, again, I'm not an immigration judge, but it is likely that the immigration judge will find that that person should be granted humanitarian relief."


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Attitude is EVERYTHING! - What I Learned From Ironman Part III
Monday, September 16, 2013
One of the really cool parts of the Ironman for me was having Mike Reilly doing the announcing. Reilly has been the �Voice of Ironnman� for the past 25 years, announcing the World Championships in Kona every year as well as over one hundred other Ironman races. As one article on Reilly said �to some athletes, hearing Reilly say those four, iconic words is just about as important as making it to the finish line. When his voice booms �YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!� over that microphone, lifelong dreams are realized.�
I know that as I did my training, imagining that moment was incredibly motivating and emotional for me. And when it actually happened, it was magical - I never imagined that I would cross to the sounds of �I come from a Land Down Under� by Men At Work (maybe I�ll need to add that one to my running mix) � but having Reilly say those words and then quickly mention that I�m a mother of four was a moment that I�ll probably replay in my mind for the rest of my life.
So, having Reilly make an appearance at the Athlete�s Banquet a couple of days before the race was a huge treat. I looked forward to hearing words of wisdom from this man who had been at the finish line to see tens of thousands of athletes complete their journeys. I�m sure that over the past quarter-decade he has seen it all. When he spoke, this is the advice that Reilly gave. �During the race a lot of things will happen that you can�t control. But there is one thing that you can control. Your attitude.� That�s it. Seriously? Have a good attitude? I was left feeling a little let down that his advice was so basic. Where was the magic secret to finishing the Ironman?
As it turns out, that WAS the magic secret. In the weeks leading up to the race I have to admit that I was somewhere between scared and terrified depending on the day. Sure I had done a lot of training, but was it enough? I could go through a long list of things that I could have, maybe should have done better. More running. Longer bike rides. More hills. Spinning over the winter. More swimming. More, more, more�.
But on race day, the reality was that I had to work with whatever level of fitness and proficiency that I had built. Instead of focusing on all the things I could have done better, I chose to focus on what I had done well. Training on the actual bike course. Increasing my comfort level swimming in open water. Improving my running technique. And most importantly, coming in to the race un-injured and feeling physically well. And I thought about everything that I had learned from endurance races over the past few years. How to eat during the race. How to pace myself. How to come up with a race plan and then adapt it to changing conditions.
During the race itself I tried to keep the positive attitude going. I smiled whenever I could. I thanked every volunteer and cheering spectator I saw (and learned that the more energy you give out, the more you get back). When the going got rough I concentrated on what was not hurting (my feet are killing me, but wow, my knees are really holding up well!) And I tried to think about how far I had come instead of how far I still had to go. The absolute best feeling of the day was half-way through the marathon when I knew that I had only 21KM left to go and 5 hours left before the midnight cut-off. I knew that as long as I kept putting one foot in front of the other I would be an IRONMAN! From that point onward it felt like a bit of a party � the sun had gone down, the volunteers were still pumped up and all that was left was to get to the finish line and hear Reilly say those words.
So what is the weight-loss lesson here? There are many, many things in life you can�t control. But you can control your attitude. You can choose to focus on what you are doing right (I�m drinking more water, I�m eating way more vegetables) instead of on what you could have done better (damn you Pumpkin Spice Lattes!). You can focus on what is feeling good instead of what is hurting. You can celebrate how far you�ve come instead of dreading how far you still have to go. You can give positive energy to others and others will send it right back at you. None of us are perfect � we can all be doing things better or doing more, more, more � so let�s stop beating up on ourselves and try to enjoy this journey. It sounds simple, but it�s true � attitude is everything!
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Your attitude is the one thing that you totally control. So glad it worked for you. Congratulations.
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I strongly agree attitude is everything. Also, my fastest half marathon occured when I was cheering back at the crowd for turning out instead of focusing on trying to keep myself going.
Very motivational blog, thank you.
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I'm loving your "Lessons Learned from IronMan" blogs!! Great wisdom is in these reviews... Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
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Thanks for this powerful lesson!
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Great post... I appreciate the words of wisdom.. There is no one that can tell it like some one who has endured one of the toughest endurance events on the planet. Thanks for sharing... You ARE an Ironman!
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Attitude IS everything. It will get you through when your body doesn't want to! What a great memory for you that he added "mother of 4" to your announcement.
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Thinking about those words and then the oh so important added "mother of 4" gave me chills. What an incredible memory for you!!
I love how you thought about what you DID do instead of the more more more. Great advice!!
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Attitude is everything most definitely and not only in Endurance Racing but life as well.
Good luck on the run!
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Alcohol is not permitted in PK Park, except at the Hospitality Tent where it is legally dispensed.
Smoking will not be permitted in the seating, aisle, or covered areas of PK Park. Spectators can move to designated areas on the concourse if they wish to smoke.
Umbrellas will be allowed as long as they do not interfere with other patron's view. Glass or metal containers, vacuum bottles or other similar insulated containers (thermos-type containers), open plastic beverage containers (unless empty), weapons, fireworks, laser pointers, noise makers, explosives or munitions are not permitted inside P.K. Park. Patrons agree as a condition of the ticket license to allow inspection of any articles capable of concealing these prohibited items.
The throwing of frisbees, balls, or other such objects is not allowed inside P.K. Park, tunnel or ramp areas.
Ticket Sales and Will Call will open 90 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and is located in the North Ticket Building at Autzen Stadium. The gates to get into the PK Park will open 60 minutes prior the scheduled start times. All tickets will be scanned for the 2011 season.
Start times are currently available for all home game, though they are subject to change. Please stay posted to start times by CLICKING HERE.
Tickets Sales and Will Call ticket operations will close at the end of the 5th inning. The park will not be open to fans that do not have tickets after that point.
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Beginning with the 2009-10 athletic season, there will now be a $10 per ticket charge for all duplicate requests, including Print-at-Home tickets. Original tickets will no longer need to be returned to our office and there will be no refunds issued. Duck Athletic Fund members will be permitted to receive two sets of duplicates without being charged (limit of 8 total tickets). We reserve the right to refuse this service to anyone that is found abusing this policy.
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In the event 5 innings of a game are not played, except when the Ducks are in the lead at the end of 4 1/2 innings, all tickets to the postponed game are good for the announced make-up game.
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ADA parking will be located in the Autzen parking lots in designated spaces near the east gate.
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The Mid West Reggae is one of the longest running reggae festivals in the United State and this year's line-up includes several top international reggae entertainers. This is the first year for the festival at this venue and the site offers three days of music, camping, swimming, food vendors and arts & crafts. This is the best party of the summer!
Headlining the event this year will be SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) who are based in Washington DC, Morgan Heritage (The Royal Family of Reggae) direct from Jamaica, The Wailing Souls from Jamaica and The Meditations, also from Jamaica. In all 18 reggae bands will take part and a Gospel style brunch is scheduled for early Sunday morning. The festival features one of the best sound systems in the country and the venue allows swimming and camping. You can even bring in your own supplies for the entire weekend and cooler and picnic baskets are allowed. Please note no glass is allowed. All of the information is at www.MidwestReggaeFest.com.
Tickets are $100 for the whole weekend; $85 for Saturday & Sunday and $65 for Sunday only. Admission includes camping and swimming. The first 500 tickets sold will receive a $15 discount.
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A Spooky Village at the Sydney Biennale
Most kids get spooked by scary faces they imagine in inanimate objects, from gnarled trees and shadows on the wall to those suspicious carvings in the wardrobe.
Randi Jorgensen and Katrine Malinovsky, inspired by childhood recollections of seeing faces on houses as they walked home at night in Denmark, have created a village of human-like houses for the Biennale of Sydney, which opens to the public on Friday.
Visitors enter the walled medieval-style town through a 13-meter tall gate to find a circle of five houses with glowing windows. They seemingly communicate with each other by puffing smoke from their chimneys. The windows are eyes, doors are mouths and roofs of copper or tar paper are hair.
"I think it's the same all over the world. You see a house on a hill standing and looking at you. It can be in a nice way but it can also be in a scary way," Ms. Jorgensen told the Journal in early March as she took a break from painting one of the plywood houses.
"The Village" is located in an old ship-building hall on Sydney Harbour's Cockatoo Island. The island has a checkered history, at various times housing a naval dockyard, a penal colony, and a reformatory for girls. "It's great not being in a white cube," says Ms. Jorgensen.
Ms. Jorgensen and Ms. Malinovsky, known as Randi & Katrine, considered modeling each of the houses around real-life characters who'd been imprisoned on the island. In the end, that proved overly ambitious. "It's difficult to look at a person and then try to turn that person into a house," Ms. Jorgensen says.
The 39 year-old is dressed for work in a gray T-shirt and three quarter blue jeans, her hair is in a loose pony tail and her fingers are spattered with white paint. The artist is exhausted from jetlag that forbid sleep the night before, and a little nervous to be doing the interview without Ms. Malinovsky, who's been delayed in Copenhagen after her baby son fell ill. Usually, when one can't think of the best answer, the other steps in, she says.
Ms. Jorgensen relaxes when she begins to talk about her art, but her initial angst is indicative of the close and complementary relationship she has with Ms. Malinovsky, who is 37. The two met at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art and have been working together since 2004.
"When I met Randi and was thinking maybe we could do something together, it was because she was different from me," Ms. Malinovsky says by phone after flying into Sydney a few days later. "If we were doing a model, I'd try to calculate stuff. I like to find mathematical angles, and she's more doing it intuitively."
The pair became known to the Danish public after winning a competition to decorate a ferry. They colored it in the style of a traditional cruise ship and painted on the side a depiction of cars parked inside, and an ocean vista, as if viewers could see through the ship.
Typically, their work is at first glance comforting and familiar, with an undercurrent of the strange. They're influenced by Sigmund Freud's concept of the uncanny, where something can be familiar and alien at the same time, as well as French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's examination of the house as a manifestation of the soul.
They like to play with scale. A solo exhibition last year at the GL Holtegaard gallery on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen included "The Clam Box," a giant takeaway food container decorated on the inside with abalone and blue mussel shells. The towers in "The Village" seem huge in comparison to most sculptures as they loom over the viewer, yet they are much smaller than real buildings.
"We like to have things to look like real things you've seen before or things you can recognize – everyday stuff, but then with a twist," says Ms. Jorgensen. "It's always with a lot of layers. Sometimes you really have to use your imagination as well, and make your own story maybe."
"The Village", Cockatoo Island, Biennale of Sydney, March 21 to June 9. The Biennale is a free event. Biennale ferries from Circular Quay cost A$7 (US$6.27) return, children under 16 travel free. www.biennaleofsydney.com.au