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SEATTLE - Last season, Stanford walked off a rambunctious CenturyLink Field with its perfect season no longer intact. With a 17-13 defeat at the hands of Washington to give the Cardinal its first (and only) Pac-12 loss of 2012, the Farm Boys owed this building.
And, nearly one year to the date after last year's loss to the Huskies, the Cardinal can officially call it Even-Steven with The Link after a 55-17 thumping of Washington State thanks to a career passing day from quarterback Kevin Hogan and two touchdowns from the Cardinal defense. Stanford (4-0), which extended the second-longest active winning streak in the nation to 12, dominated on both sides of the ball and outgained the Cougars, 560-373, in total yardage.
"We played a good 60 minutes. We didn't play perfectly, but we played well. Guys played hard and didn't worry about the score," said David Shaw, Stanford's Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football. "We had a chance to play a lot of young guys … It was nice to get those guys on the field and get them some experience. I told the team those reps are going to pay off for us big in the future."
After the teams traded field goals on their opening possessions, Stanford took off for good. On the ensuing possession following an Andrew Furney field goal, Hogan found Devon Cajuste down the middle of the field for a 57-yard touchdown hook-up. The third-and-9 long-distance connection was the first of three TD tosses for Hogan, who passed for a career-high 286 yards by completing 16 of his 25 attempts with one interception.
The Cardinal defense forced a quick 3-and-out after Isiah Myers dropped a pass on third down, setting up the Stanford attack with an opportunity to create some separation. Hogan and Co. took advantage, as the quarterback scrambled for a first down on third-and-6 and then hit Cajuste on a 33-yard strike the very next play to push the edge to 17-3 early in the second quarter. Cajuste finished with his first collegiate 100-yard receiving game, amassing 115 yards on four receptions and two scores.
Washington State (3-2) kept it within shouting distance for the remainder of the first half in large thanks to Deone Bucannon's interception of an underthrown Hogan pass in the end zone, thus stalling a 17-play Cardinal drive. Connor Halliday led the Air Raid-minded Cougars into scoring position but could not inch closer to the Card before the break, as Furney pulled a 45-yard field goal attempt wide late in the first half.
If there was any doubt about which side would be victorious going into the locker room, the Farm Boys quickly erased that uncertainty in the third quarter. After punter Ben Rhyne pinned the Cougars inside their own 10-yard line, Trent Murphy blasted Halliday, who could not step into his throw and lobbed it right into the hands of safety Jordan Richards for a pick-six. Richards' interception gave the Stanford defense its 28th straight game with a takeaway, another streak that is second-longest in the nation (Missouri has a 34-gamer). Halliday, hobbled by the Murphy hit, would have to leave a few plays later and finished the night 24-36 with 184 yards and that interception.
Stanford's 24-3 lead quickly became 31-3 the next time the offense touched the ball, as Hogan needed just two plays to drive the Cardinal 54 yards into the end zone; the bulk of it coming on a 45-yard touchdown bomb to Washington native Michael Rector with 8:45 remaining in the third.
Stanford's 31-3 lead quickly became 38-3 the next time the defense touched the ball when Washington State backup quarterback Austin Apodaca threw it right into the mitts of Murphy, who ran it back 30 yards to the house in a play that was eerily similar to his pick-six of Keith Price at The Link last season.
"We knew it was going to come out quick. Washington State did a good job early moving the ball, but if we could make them hold the ball, we knew we were going to have a chance to get after them," Shaw said. "We got to the quarterback a bunch. They floated a couple of balls, we got our hands on a lot of balls, intercepted two and could have possibly had four. But defensively we stayed aggressive, and guys played well."
The Cardinal took some flak for letting Arizona State cut a 32-point lead down to 11 last weekend at home, but no such comeback was to be had for the Cougars in Seattle this time around. Stanford won the fourth-quarter by a score of 17-14, and the Cougars didn't burst through until they fell behind 48-3. Although the game had been well out of hand by the time the final frame of regulation rolled around, Stanford was able to show off just how explosive the rest of its backfield can be with long touchdown runs from Remound Wright (53 yards) and Barry Sanders (22 yards) to provide the final Cardinal tallies of the evening. Despite getting just three carries, Sanders looked much like his father, making great cuts and forcing defenders to hug air as he juked his way past the defense
Meanwhile, Washington State punched it in on fourth-quarter scores thanks to two Apodaca touchdown passes - a 47-yard hook-up with Gabe Marks with 8:24 remaining to make it 48-10 and an 8-yard connection in the end zone with Rickey Galvin in the final 30 seconds to provide the final score. A redshirt freshman, Apodaca finished the evening 15-29 with 138 yards, two touchdowns and a pick.
Shaw's boys return to The Farm next Saturday to take on nationally-ranked and undefeated Washington in a chance to completely erase the Ghosts of CenturyLink Field's Past.


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For many years now, by tradition, the center has celebrated Valentine's Day by recognizing two residents to fill the role of king and queen, however this year, the event grew tremendously in size with the addition six princesses chosen to make up the first ever, White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Royal Court.
Fellow residents, family and staff members not only got to vote for the royal couple, but they also had the opportunity to cast their votes for six members to fill the court.
According to Luwanna Harvill, coordinator and spokesperson for the event, one resident was selected from each hall to make up the royal court. The six princesses chosen to make up the royal court were: Ann Hiryak from hallway 100, Martha Deal from hallway 300, Laura Foster from hall 400, Bertha Bush from hall 500, Ruby Allen from hall 600 and Ruby Brown from hall 700.
Everyone attending the special celebration enjoyed refreshments with entertainment provided by George Brewer, a live DJ who helped transform the dining area into a dance floor. Laura Watson, a nurse at the center, danced an elegant Cinderella dance with Davenport.
Debbie Bohannon, With Hospice Home Care provided the princess crowns and sashes for the princesses, while Francis Alford made corsages.
Amanda Burgos and Hannah Thrower, both regular volunteers at the center, along with a representative from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, also spent the day being very helpful in making the holiday a special one for the residents and their families.
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If Marvel Cinematic Universe requires an adrenalizer component to shift movie-goer's fandom up a notch towards "The Avengers: Age of Ultron", then who better to subsist its Phase 2 dynamism then its First Avenger.
Marvel's cinematic Living Legend enhances just that attention; now, April 4 through April 6, and all because of its opening weekend geyser of ticket sales.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is breaking expectations; on its way redefining this year's box office kudos.
On its inaugural three-day, the sophomore Steve Rogers flick enjoys a Helicarrier contrail height of $95. million. That upthrust made it 2014's greatest box office crowners bar any genre. An achievement hyping Marvel's latest to be a comics film grossing more on its debut than this year's comics flicks "I Frankenstien" and "300: Rise of an Empire" combined (sans throwing in the original animation screenplay "The LEGO Movie" to boot).
April gets a new vanguard benchmark as the month's greatest openers succumb to "Captain America: The Winter Soldier".
But even franchises out of the Marvel Comics stable fluctuate due to the superhero action-thriller's newfound dominance. It climbs into the Top 10 at 8th place by beating out "Thor: The Dark World" and Sony's "Spider-Man 2". The line is drawn still by "Iron Man", staunch within a 7th place rank.
The First Avenger isn't without film setting limits. In comparison to superhero movies overall, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" could only find a decent initial undertaking at eleventh place. A far super-soldierly leap from the listing's respective Top 5: "The Avengers"; "Iron Man 3"; "The Dark Knight Rises"; "The Dark knight"; "Spider-Man 2".
Being of a trendsetter part of the industry doesn't make the movies replete down the weekend placings.
A skip down the box office allotments sets a long off second slate where the Russell Crowe starring Paramount-ambitioner "Noah" by Paramount lands at $17. mil, just ahead of Lionsgate and Summit's sci-fi blockbuster "Divergent", a $12.9 million gainer for the weekend.
The weekend of April 4 to April 6 wasn't without additional upward movers. "God's Not Dead" broke the leaderboard barrier into the Top 5 on its 3rd week running. Pure Flix Entertainment's drama assumes 4th place with $7.7 million. At $6.1 mil comes "Muppets Most Wanted" claiming 5th.
For comic book movies' side of theater offerings, this ticket-sales breakout fires off what the 2014 stakes take to exceed. What movie-goers can look forward to challenge what began the commercial salivation over superhero fare. It's the likely Spring preamble to the upcoming Summer's proliferate attempts.


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HTC One X and One X+ won't receive any more Android updates
If you own either the HTC One X or the HTC One X+ and were dreaming about tasting some Android 4.4 KitKat at some point in the future, here's some bad news for you.
It turns out that neither of those handsets will receive any more Android software updates from HTC. This has been made clear by the Taiwanese company's arm in the Netherlands (via Twitter) for the One X+, and famous HTC-related stuff leaker @LlabTooFer has also apparently confirmed the information for the One X with HTC's UK arm.
No KitKat, no nothing, then. Not even Android 4.3. The aforementioned devices will be stuck on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean forever. Of course, you could go the custom ROM route, but we're talking about official updates here.
None of this should be incredibly surprising to you considering HTC's track record on issuing updates for its smartphones. Basically, if you sport anything but the company's latest flagship device, you're left in the cold in this regard. It's been like this for a while.
Yet those who have a One X or One X+ have it a lot better than anyone who's ever purchased any of the Desire-branded midrangers that the company has been churning out like crazy over the past year or so. Those handsets generally never receive software updates – not even one.
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The story of Noah's ark is easily one of the most widely known stories of the Bible. It has expanded beyond just another standard Bible study, but one that serves as more of the 'kids' story to younger people as well as toys and merchandising to help them learn about it. There have been numerous takes on the story but nothing quite like director Darren Aronofsky's film aptly titled Noah that features Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Nick Nolte and Frank Langella, but how far does it tread away from the story and does it deliver as a whole or will it sink to the bottom as the rest of the world is said to have done?
Noah follows the story of a man chosen by the creator to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world all while struggling with his decisions as a father, husband and his faith to protect and do the right thing for humanity. Anytime you take on a story from the Bible the first issue you are going to run into are those that want to argue the "true story" aspect of it all. While there is a huge argument there depending on your beliefs that has nothing to do with this film. It is already being attacked by various religious outlets, but the misconception is that Aronofsky is mocking the story, but in reality he is just making a different interpretation of it. This film steers away from the direct "Bible" aspect and in more of a main stream direction with a bit of a sci-fi twist. For years filmmakers have taken iconic stories both religious based and not to bring their own re-telling of it and most miss the mark, but this one nails it right on the head. Obviously with the twist in the direction of the story it has a lot of differences, but in reality the original story is intact whether the religious want to admit it or not. Aronofsky took the time to try and explain every aspect of the story in this new version that in turn does in fact make some of the "real" story make a little more sense. Crowe gives one of his best performances in quite a while bringing a wide range of emotions to the role and makes the audience feels his struggle with every decision. The rest of the cast do a great job rounding it out, but as expected this is Crowe's movie all the way. One of the sci-fi elements brought into the tale are the addition of Fallen Angels that assist with the build and fighting against those not worthy that at first might throw you with their monster rock appearance, but once they explain their origins helps to make it work even better. Of course if you are telling the story of the ark there is going to be the flood sequence and it is epic. The visuals of the flood coming during their fight against those that want on the ark is a visual treat that once again stays true to the idea and brings something new to the vision.
This may be based on a religious story, but this is not a religious film. It keeps the essence of the story intact, but does bring new elements to enhance the idea. People need to see this for what it is a movie and stop acting like it is some sort of blasphemy. There is nothing here insulting to God or Christianity, but instead a different approach to telling the story and one that will most likely reach more mainstream audiences. If you want to go into this film ready to hate it for not being the "true" story then just skip it because it is not the story you have been told, but is a great film nonetheless. In addition to the film this Blu-ray also includes numerous feautrettes that is sure to enhance the viewing experience.
Prepare for the flood and grab your copy of Noah when it hits stores on July 29th.
For more information head over to http://www.noahmovie.com/


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1. From the descriptions below, please select the one response that best describes how your experience/education meets the experience/education requirements for the District Asset Forfeiture Coordinator, GS-11 position. You must show that you meet the requirements described below. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY 1 RESPONSE. IF YOU SELECT MORE THAN ONE RESPONSE OR LEAVE THE QUESTION BLANK YOU WILL BE RATED INELIGIBLE. NOTE: Your application material must support your responses to the following questionnaire.A. I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level of Federal service performing the following duties related to the position of District Asset Forfeiture Coordinator: assisting in the management of recovered property and/or assets including arranging proper storage and disposal of a variety of material goods; providing technical advice on policies, procedures, and regulations regarding property-related issues; recommending policy and/or procedure improvements to management personnel; monitoring financial records to ensure expenditures and obligations are accurately recorded and accounted for; coordinating team operations based on project objectives and plans of action; identifying appropriate actions in complex or unfamiliar situations based on established methods and protocol.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Please select only one letter for each item.A- I have not had education, training or experience in performing this task.
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Dry overnight, rain later tomorrow.
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A dry end to the day across the region with some evening sunshine, followed by some good clear spells and light winds through the night. Minimum Temperature 10 °C.
After a dry morning with some sunny spells. cloud will thicken from the west with rain spreading east through the afternoon, becoming more persistent and heavy in places by evening. Maximum Temperature 20 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Wednesday starting mainly dry, but further rain, heavy at times, spreading east during the day. Sunny intervals and the odd shower Thursday. Friday breezy with rain clearing to scattered showers.
Updated at: 1436 on Mon 27 Jun 2016
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Rain spreading in from the southwest through Tuesday.
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Showers in the north will become confined to northern and western Scotland overnight leaving much of the country dry with clear spells. It will turn fairly cool in rural areas.
After a bright start, rain will gradually push northeastwards across England and Wales with strong winds developing across southwestern coasts. Elsewhere, showers will become more frequent through the day.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Unsettled and generally fairly cool through the period with showers or longer spells of rain, interspersed by drier and brighter interludes. It will often be windy, especially across southwestern coasts.
Updated at: 1537 on Mon 27 Jun 2016
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UK Outlook for Saturday 2 Jul 2016 to Monday 11 Jul 2016:
The changeable and often unsettled weather is likely to continue across most parts through this period. Bands of rain are expected to push eastwards across the country, these interspersed with drier and brighter periods, but also some showers, perhaps some heavy ones at times. The wettest weather is always more likely in the north and west where it will occasionally be windy too, whilst the south and east will see the best of any drier spells along with generally lighter winds. Temperatures on the whole are expected to be near, or somewhat below average for the time of year, but feeling cool more generally in the northwest in any wetter and winder spells. Conversely, it will feel warm in any drier and sunnier periods, especially in the south and east.
Updated at: 1240 on Mon 27 Jun 2016
UK Outlook for Tuesday 12 Jul 2016 to Tuesday 26 Jul 2016:
Changeable conditions are likely to persist at first, with rain or showers across many areas, particularly the north or northwest, and temperatures near average. Around the middle of July there is the possibility that a spell of more settled weather will develop, potentially bringing longer dry periods to much of the country. With this change there would be more in the way of sunshine with generally warm temperatures and lighter winds. However there is also the possibility of more humid continental air moving up across the southeast at times, bringing very warm temperatures and a risk of some thundery showers here.
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David wrote, "Why do you stand afar off, oh Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?" (Psalms 10:1)
It may be easy to think that one should react with a brave and courageous attitude while dealing with life's circumstances. However, the OT gives us a Biblical example of one man who struggled to remain positive while navigating through the desert times in his life. David, a spiritual giant; a man after God's own heart, was not afraid to spill his guts when he felt alone and abandoned by God. While we can all appreciate his honesty, his thoughts were not kept in the silence of his heart, but he mustered up enough courage to ask, "God where are you?" "Why do you seem to hide from me when I need you the most?"
Much like David, I too have found myself in situations where I could not find traces of God. I longed to feel His presence and I so desperately wanted Him to remind me that He was close by. However, while he remained at a distance, He also kept His silence.
Although I felt shunned by God, He was definitely at work. Once I regained focus, I was able to recognize His handprints. The impressions of His handprints were on every situation, which was sure proof that He had been with me all along.
So often we allow our circumstances to cloud our view of seeing God working in our lives. Moreover, God just want us to trust Him and let the evidence reveal the truth. Proverbs 3:5 instructs us to Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not to our own understanding.
Your experience may indicate that God is in a far distance. The truth is that God "is not far from you at all." Even David admits later that, "The LORD is near to all who call upon Him. (Psalms 124:18) My friend, you can rejoice in this wonderful promise, knowing that you have a God who is always there; He is always ready to listen, and He is always ready to love you through each and every circumstance life may thrust upon you.


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Cellex-C Mother & Child Skin Care Stretch Mark Cream is s soft,buttery-yellow colored cream contains powerful moisturizers and rich blends of botanical oils and butters designed to help reduce the scaring of the stretched skin during pregnancy by keeping it as elastic as possible. The collagen encouraging nutrients help support the recovery process of the skin and improve its appearance of stretch marks both pre and post pregnancy.
Immediately produces a supple, moist skin texture with a velvety soft, dewy feel. Ingredients in this formula work synergistically to produce noticeable results in the shortest period of time. Helps assist the skin's ability to "snap-back" following pregnancy.
Directions: Smooth cream over your skin twice daily, morning and night. Massage using circular motion until cream is fully absorbed. May be used safely during pregnancy.
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Free Skin Cancer & Other Screenings at Bellefonte Primary Care South Ashland June 16
Bellefonte Primary Care South Ashland (2910 Carter Avenue) will offer free skin cancer screenings Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. In addition to the skin screenings, free blood pressure checks and glucose and lipid panels will be offered.
The health screenings will be performed by Matthew T. Lewis, D.O. Lewis earned his medical degree from Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Ky. He also is a graduate of Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va. Lewis completed his residency in family medicine at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Lewis is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.
No appointment is required. For more information, contact Bellefonte Primary Care South Ashland at (606) 326-1358.


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On Saturday, Sept. 25, book lovers from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and beyond will descend upon the National Mall (located between 3rd and 7th streets in Washington, D.C.) for the 10th annual National Book Festival. The festival, held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., will feature presentations in numerous pavilions – Children, Teens & Children, Fiction & Mystery, History & Biography, Contemporary Life, and Poetry & Prose – and children will enjoy the Let's Read America Pavilion and the Pavilion of the States. Admission is free, but attendees can purchase books by the featured authors in the Book Sales Pavilion. Book signings will occur throughout the day, and interested readers will want to line up early.
Featured authors will include Rosemary Wells (Max and Ruby's Bedtime Book), Marilyn Nelson (Snook Alone), Mem Fox (Let's Count Sheep), Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman Cooks), Jonathan Safran Foer (Eating Animals), Isabel Allende (The Island Beneath the Stars), Diana Gabaldon (the Outlander series), Elizabeth Kostova (The Swan Thieves), Stacy Schiff (Cleopatra), Jonathan Franzen (Freedom), Chang-rae Lee (Surrendered), Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games trilogy), and Brad Meltzer (Heroes for My Son).
Visit the National Book Festival website for a complete list of featured authors, the presentation schedule, and book signing times.


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Obama Markets Hawaii Obama Surfer Doll Days After Christmas Terror Attacks
Barack Hussein Obama is marketing a new doll, called the "Obama Hawaain Surfer Doll" to commemorate how he sat on vacation in Hawaii as our nation went through the most tragic terrorist attacks since 9/11.
Obama does not care about what happened on that day of infamy, where armed terrorists boarded our planes and crashed them into buildings.
If so, he would not have been in Hawaii on Christmas as 300 Al Qaeda militants planned ways to kill your wife, children and other loved ones.
It is no secret, America is not safe. Al Qaeda and other terrorists admit that they are plotting more ways to attack our planes. Obama was in Hawaii on Christmas, not doing his job in keeping our nation safe.
A proper president would have been home with his family, in the cold winter snow of Washington, DC, taking a quick break to open gifts with the wife and daughter and then back to the war room.
It is no secret that terrorists hate Christmas, since it is the birthday of our Lord and Savior. Obama should have had security preemptively quadrupled and several Arab towns preemptively bombed for good measure.
Now what do we have? Fear. Insecurity. Emboldened terrorists.
Al Qaeda terrorists are now feeling very bold and know that they can attack us at any time. Instead of facing the wrath of a million bombs and bullets for yet again declaring war on Earth, they know that Obama will not care and just try to market a doll for slap money in the wake of their attacks.
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The daffodil is a symbol of strength and courage in the fight against cancer.
Buy a daffodil pin and wear it in April to show Canadians living with cancer that they are not alone.
For more information, visit www.cancer.ca
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Another question today; I have gnome-shell installed on both my laptop and my desktop, but on my desktop it acts entirely different then if it is on my laptop.
I know that sounds weird, so here is a description:
On my laptop, Gnome-Shell is used through a menu (accessed using the windows button on my keyboard, or an on-screen button) which lists all my open applications and workspaces. I prefer this version greatly.
On my desktop, though, Gnome-Shell acts nothing like this. Instead, the top of the screen lists applications and places. Through applications I can access, obviously, the different applications, and through places I access the home folder and the like.
These two enviroments are entirely different, yet both go under the moniker "Gnome-Shell". How is this, and how do I convert my desktop to the laptop format of gnome-shell?


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At the end of the 1960's the military identified a need for a Satellite Radio Navigation System (SRNS) for use in precision guidance of the planned new generation of ballistic missiles. The existing Tsiklon satellite navigation system could not be used for this purpose; it required several minutes of observation by the receiving station to fix a position. What was needed were navigation satellites of a new generation with autonomous orbit correction.
In 1968 to 1969 research institutes of the Ministry of Defense, Academy of Sciences, and Soviet Navy worked together to establish a single solution for air, land, sea, and space forces. This resulted in a 1970 TTT requirements document that established the requirements for such a system. After further basic research in December 1976 a decree was issued by the Soviet state for establishment of the YeKNS/GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System. The schedule was revised in August 1979 and July 1981. Technical specification were set by a review commission in August 1976. The draft project was completed in 1977-1978. A September 1978 state commission reviewed the draft TTZ specification, which was completed in November 1978. This consolidated the requirements of the Ministry of Defense and eight other ministries (civil aviation, commercial shipping, etc.).
The decree of 29 August 1979 scheduled flight trials of 4 to 6 prototypes in 1981, preliminary acceptance of a 10-12 satellite constellation by 1984, and operation of the complete 24 satellite system by the end of 1987. Reshetnev at NPO PM was responsible for the complete satellite, with PO Radiopribor MOM under N Ye Ivanov providing the control, communications, and housekeeping systems. LNRII MRP under Yu G Guzhra built the navigation-timing system. Actual flight trials began in October 1982 with the launch of two mass dummies aboard a Proton booster. This was followed by a total of 22 spacecraft by the end of 1987, and 31 by the end of 1989.
Two Etalon geodetic satellites were also flown in the 19,100 km GLONASS orbit to fully characterize the gravitational field at the planned altitude and inclination.
The GLONASS signals were also used by many Western GPS receivers as a complement/backup to the GPS system itself. The operational system contained 21 satellites in 3 orbital planes, with 3 on-orbit spares. Glonass provided 100 meters accuracy with its C/A (deliberately degraded) signals and 10-20 meter accuracy with its P (military) signals. The spacecraft was 3-axis stabilized, nadir pointing and had dual solar arrays. The payload included L-Band navigation signals in 25 channels separated by 0.5625 MHz intervals in 2 frequency bands: 1602.5625 - 1615.5 MHz and 1240 - 1260 MHz. EIRP 25 to 27 dBW, right hand circular polarized. On-board cesium clocks provided time accuracy to 1000 nanoseconds.
AKA: 11F654; Uragan.
Gross mass: 1,370 kg (3,020 lb).
First Launch: 1982.10.12.
Last Launch: 2011.10.02.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Sophomore Kevin Cordes posted a time of 51.65 to win a title in the 100 breast leading the Arizona swim team on the third day of the Pac-12 Championships on Tuesday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Cordes recorded an impressive time of 51.43 in the prelims earlier in the day before cruising to victory in the finals. He is the current American record holder in the event with a time of 51.10 which he recorded at the AT&T Winter Nationals back in November. Meanwhile, Andrew Sovero placed eighth in 53.71.
The night started off strong for the Wildcats when Eric Solis posted a NCAA "B" cut time of 3:46.32 in the 400 IM final to finish fourth. It was a new personal best time for Solis, breaking his previous best time of 3:48.03, which he recorded in prelims earlier in the day. Freshman Michael Meyer clocked in with a time of 3:47.54 to finish eighth.
In the 100 fly, Arizona junior Giles Smith recorded a third place finish with a time of 46.16. Smith currently owns the third fastest time in the event nationally at 45.81, which was recorded at the AT&T Winter Nationals.
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or and Woody Joye went 1-2 in the consolation final of the 200 free. Shapira Bar-Or clocked in with a time of 1:35.53 and Joye came in at 1:36.56 – both were NCAA "B" cut times.
Meanwhile, junior Mitchell Friedemann finished fifth in the 100 back with a time of 46.84. Michael Sheppard, who also earned a spot in the finals, finished eighth with a time of 47.72.
To close out the night, the Arizona "B" team won the consolation final as Sheppard (47.96), Mickelson (52.83), Matt Hurko (47.87) and Joye (43.30) cruised to victory with a time of 3:11.96. In the final, the Wildcats placed third as Friedemann (47.35), Cordes (50.91), Smith (46.29) and Shapira Bar-Or (42.25) finished with a time of 3:06.80.
The Wildcats currently sit in fourth place in the team standings with 340 points. Cal leads the way with 583 points followed by Stanford with 520 points and USC with 404.5. Utah (199.5), Arizona State (195), UC Santa Barbara (154) and Cal Poly (74) round out the team standings after three nights of competition.
Wednesday's final day of action will get underway at 11 a.m. (PT) with the prelims of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly. The finals will begin at 6 p.m. with those events in addition to the 1650 free and the 400 free relay.
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It's a rare beast that movie comes in so quiet and understated yet still packs one hell of a punch. "Museum Hours" takes us into a stunningly beautiful other world that we simply don't want to come out of.
When a Vienna museum guard (Bobby Sommer) befriends an enigmatic visitor (Mary Margaret O'Hara), the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways artwork reflects and shapes the world and the people who live in it.
Much like a trip to the museum, "Museum Hours" is the kind of film that you have to let sit with you and seep into your skin as it finds those genuinely fascinating and interesting moments as it navigates not only the aesthetic aspects of art but the emotional and transformative ones that occur both in and outside of the museum. Director Jem Cohen takes such immaculate care to make us an audience notice every single frame of the movie as it unfolds in front of our eyes. There is never a wasted moment and he wants us to know it as his simple yet truly stunning framing of the entire film made it feel like we were watching a painting inside of a painting. Cohen focuses less on the narrative but instead forces us to focus on the more subtle moments, which much like life make not only the artwork but life itself all the more richer. It's very much a type of essay film at its very nature, but rather then hit us over the head again and again with idea it only pushes home the ideal that we should never ever stop looking as there is art all around us. While the film admittedly has a very leisurely pace that probably needed a little trimming, it works as a very enjoyable near set piece that avoids any didactic tendencies thanks to an anchor of a handful of solid performances.
As our museum guard Johann who holds it all together, Bobby Sommer in his first on screen performance isn't necessarily delivering a character performance, instead it almost serves as a narrator for the visuals hitting the screen. He never really draws attention to himself, instead he forces the attention to what is happening around him, if he is in or even out of the museum. Mary Margaret O'Hara encapsulates the tourist vibe as an explorer in a new city, as almost the foreign subject in a painting that pulls our view away from the background and Ela Piplits as an art lecturer in the middle of the film and gallery, dissecting things that go on around us and it was such a key performance reminding us the narrative and our focus isn't necessarily where it should be and we have to look it all to truly appreciate this work of art.
Picture and sound quality on the Blu-Ray are first rate and the special features include the short films of writer/director Jem Cohen including "Amber City", "Anne Truitt, Working" & "Museum (Visiting The Unknown Man), an alternate English voice over track, the theatrical and festival trailer along with a booklet of wonderful essays by Luc Sante and Jem Cohen.
Like all pieces of art, "Museum Hours" is a subjective one but if you look and I mean really look you'll see something pretty special staring you straight in the face as it is a film that plays so well in those beautifully subtle and intelligent moments between these two unique characters.
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Enlightenment via Letting Go Meditation
How to Let Go
Enlightenment Experiences via Insight Meditation
I was originally going to provide a very nice and simple yoga set to help with eye problems, but then my morning meditation session propelled an enlightenment state, sharing which I felt would be of great benefit to all of you. So the Yoga for Eyes set will have to wait till next week, while I provide you the details behind the meditation which opened my inner eyes instead :-).
There are many different insights which can explode during silent meditation that launch one into an enlightened state, and I have shared many of these in the ongoing series Insights from Advanced Meditation Practice. I have also explained in some detail how one can set the stage for such insights to occur in Chapter 12 of the Silent Mind Meditation Program, The Silent Mind Meditation Technique. Today's meditation caused such as explosion, although it did not quite follow the sequence laid out in the Silent Mind meditation technique.
As I sat and watched the mind and thoughts carefully, as usual, many observations about the nature of the thinking process began taking place. But the explosion that created the dramatic shift in awareness, was a relatively new insight that occurred this time.
In inquiring into the reality of thoughts and the constant process of becoming, it suddenly began to be clear that although thoughts were taking place, since I was not choosing the thoughts, I was not choosing my "reality", or what to do/think next. In fact it became startlingly clear that since thoughts dictated the content of my "reality", and I did not choose my thoughts, I therefore cannot choose my reality.
There was no way to really determine what my next thoughts were going to be exactly, this led to the realization that things were happening on their own. In other words, certain thoughts would come up, based on them, certain activity were engaged in by the "me" of the thoughts, and then other thoughts would come up and the cycle would on and on. It was as if everything was on auto-pilot and I was not really doing anything at all.
Well if this was the case, what is it that I can do? What is going to be done is going to be determined by the thoughts that arise, so what is it that I can do? That's when the insight exploded and I was thrown back onto the Witness Consciousness.
All I can do is let go and watch! Everything is just happening, I am not really in control of it. It is determined by the thoughts that arise, I can only watch.
This let to a great freedom, as a profound letting go took place. A deep, silent, blissful watching emerged and I resided as that.
One thing I would like to mention here, is that seeing clearly, through and through, is the key for insight to take place. Analysis, reasoning, etc doesn't bring it about. You have to learn to look, which is another way of saying, you have to learn the Art of Meditation.
Article Series - Journal Entries of Enlightenment Experiences
- Enlightenment via "Who Am I" Advaita Vedanta Meditation (Neti Neti)
- My Time at an Osho Retreat When My Body Disappeared
- My Baby Is Silencing My Mind
- The Day When My Identification With Anmol Mehta Snapped
- The Miracle of Self Awareness - I AM ALL
- The Time I Met God - Good News & Bad News
- Enlightenment via Letting Go Meditation
- Zen Teaching of Emptiness & My Encounter With It
- How to Attain Enlightenment
- Interpreting Spiritual Dreams and Enlightenment Experiences
- Anmol's Experience of Higher Consciousness and Divine Bliss
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In a documentary written in collaboration with Stephen Hawking, the narrator (supposedly Stephen Hawkings) says that by the time the cosmos was 10 minutes old, it had already expanded thousands of light years in diameter. How is it possible that matter was traveling faster than light?
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Because space itself was expanding faster than the speed of light.
Which is perfectly acceptable by the way with Special Relativity, because the speed of light is only a barrier for matter traveling through space. There is no such limit for the speed with which space itself can expand (or contract), as far as I know.
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Two of Saints left tackle Terron Armstead's four starts last year were against the No. 1 and No. 2 defenses, or Seattle and Carolina, respectively. He also got to see Cameron Jordan, New Orleans' Pro Bowl defensive end, up close every day in practice.
Yet, asked Monday night to name the best NFL player he played against as a rookie in 2013, Armstead said it was Saints outside linebacker Junior Galette — "hands down."
Galette has the "most unorthodox style you would ever see," Armstead told SiriusXM NFL Radio hosts Alex Marvez and Gil Brandt during an interview. "He's not the typical 6-3, 6-4, 270-pound (pass rusher). He's very nimble, very agile, his change of direction is incredible.
"I believe this guy will — he had kind of a breakout season last year, but I think (he will take) even another step."
If Armstead's prediction for 2014 is true, it may be more difficult to deny the 6-foot-2, 258-pound Galette his first career Pro Bowl and should boost New Orleans' chances of reaching the postseason for the sixth time since coach Sean Payton was hired in 2006. Some felt Galette merited a selection to the most recent edition of the NFL's all-star game after racking up 12 quarterback sacks, which was second on the Saints to Jordan (12.5) and sixth overall in the league.
Though Armstead's plaudits to Galette were notable, they weren't the sole focus of the young tackle's discussion with Marvez and Brandt. Armstead spoke frankly about how he feels he grew with "each game, each snap really" after he was tabbed to replace Charles Brown, who was benched in the middle of a Week 15 defeat at St. Louis and is now with the New York Giants.
Armstead struggled in the first half of a Week 16 setback at Carolina, in which the Saints essentially lost the NFC South title to the Panthers. But he then settled in well as New Orleans beat Tampa Bay in Week 17, upended Philadelphia in the first game of the playoffs and was eliminated at Seattle in the divisional round of the postseason.
"It's a different rhythm than being at practice, scout team and all that stuff," said Armstead, who had been a backup since the Saints picked him out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the third round of the 2013 draft. "If you're not a starter, you'll get zero reps with the No. 1 offense so you'll be out of rhythm. But getting those snaps — like, each snap I felt I got better; I got more comfortable; I feel like it's going to make it even better this year."
Armstead also spoke about how he hurt a hand in the first quarter of the playoff game at Philadelphia, which culminated in the first true away postseason victory in Saints history. He welcomed the offseason by undergoing a minor surgery on the hand and needed "a few months" to rehabilitate.
Afterwards, he went to Florida to train with some Saints teammates and other NFL peers. He was back in New Orleans on Monday for the first day of voluntary offseason conditioning workouts, where he said Saints quarterback Drew Brees preached the message, "Let's make this push for a (Super Bowl) ring."
"That'd be the ultimate accomplishment," said Armstead, who was 18 when Brees and the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV at the end of the 2009 campaign.
Additionally, Armstead said it was difficult to see "great friend" Brian de la Puente — the Saints' starting center since 2011 — depart to Chicago in free agency. But he expressed confidence in the Saints' front office however it chooses to replace de la Puente.
Second-year Saints offensive lineman Tim Lelito was de la Puente's understudy. ESPN recently reported that New Orleans has visited with free-agent center Jonathan Goodwin, a one-time Pro Bowler who was with the Saints from 2006-10, left for San Francisco for three seasons and is back on the open market.
The Saints have also reportedly hosted a couple of centers who will be available in the upcoming May 8-10 draft.
"I'm pretty sure the administration knows exactly what they're doing," Armstead said. "I'm pretty sure they will bring in someone veteran. If not, Tim Lelito … is already in the building (and) is very, very good, so I'm pretty sure everything will be fine."
Finally, before signing off, Armstead talked about how he's re-launching the youth football program in his hometown of Cahokia, Ill., and hopes someone from there joins him in the NFL soon.
"My hometown is a really big talent pool, actually, so I'm just trying to motivate and encourage those guys to get out and play and chase your dreams," Armstead said. "I believe this will be a big step (toward) getting more guys into the eyes of scouts to go to college and make an NFL push."


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The Asics 116 marks the arrival of Asics to the game improvement tennis racquet category. Offers one of the largest sweetspots available on the market today. 28mm wide beam and 16x22 string pattern for a very solid feel at ball impact, almost anywhere on the racquet face. The oversized head, combined with a light 10.6 ounce strung weight, longer 27.25 inch length, and slight head heavy balance ensure stability and forgiveness.
Midwest Sports only ships Asics products to domestic addresses in the U.S. and U.S. Territories.
Cost: Demo cost is $15.00 for 1 racquet and $20 for 2-4 racquets. Shipping includes delivery to your door and return shipping back to Midwest Sports. Demo up to 4 racquets at a time. Our program ships anywhere in the continental U.S.
Delivered to your door!: UPS delivery takes 2-3 days to most areas. You will receive an e-mail the minute they are shipped with a tracking number. Use them for 7 days from the day you receive them. Example: Receive them on Monday, keep them until the next Monday. To return to Midwest Sports you may drop off at any UPS store or follow instructions on return label for alternate drop-off options. Simply place the label included with the demos on the box. Midwest Sports will be notified by UPS when the racquets are picked up. Please Note: Due to possible demo maintenance (re-stringing, re-gripping) prior to being shipped out, demo orders are not guaranteed to ship in the same time frame as new product orders. Occasional delays are possible, but are typically no longer than 1-2 days.
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I played with the Asics 116 demo racquet after reading about how spin friendly the racquet is and the large sweet spot. I am a 3.5 69 year old player who plays mostly doubles now, both from the baseline and the net. I found this racquet to be very easy to hit and was pleased with the spin I got from the baseline. It's power is average, but enough depending on the strings. Net play was ok, but I liked the Wilson Steam 105 better at the net. Overall, the racquet is worth the money and I would consider buying it if I had not purchased the Wilson Steam 105.
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Opinion: UK Bans Best Friends
April 17, 2012
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I'll never forget meeting my childhood best friend on the first day of kindergarten. We sat on the same bench waiting for our parents to pick us up after school. We were the only girls left, sporting our matching plaid uniforms and Pippi Longstocking pigtails. We sat an awkwardly safe distance of six feet apart, not talking to anyone (boys had cooties, of course). Unexpectedly, she pulls out her coloring book and asks me to help her color her favorite princess. I gladly accepted the invitation, and we've been friends ever since. Adorable, right?
We all have our childhood best friends. The attached-at-the-hip, inseparable, we-can't-live-without-each-other, kind of friend. For some, these friendships have stayed strong through thick and thin. For others, time, distance, or disagreements stood in the way. In either case, try to imagine your childhood without this accomplice. Everything seems to change.
Select schools throughout the U.K. have decided to ban children from making best friends. This effort attempts to curb bullying and protect children from the pain of losing a friend. Instead, schools are encouraging children to interact as a group.
According to The Sun, educational psychologist Gaynor Sbuttoni said, "They are doing it because they want to save the child the pain of splitting up from their best friend. But it is natural for some children to want a best friend. If they break up, they have to feel the pain because they're learning to deal with it."
There seems to be an ever-growing theme in schools to protect kids from any kind of pain. However, nurturing children in a bubble is merely shielding them from reality.
Therefore, few are in agreement with this new rule. The most obvious concern is the manner in which this rule is going to be enforced; it would be nearly impossible to implement, especially outside of school.
In addition, a New Jersey Middle School recently banned hugging.
CBS wrote that the school's principal announced, "hugging can be inappropriate and we want to make sure that there's no inappropriate physical contact. We certainly do not have a policy against hugging nor do we intend to or have we suspended students for hugging." The school wants the students to stay focused on academics and save the public displays of affection for home.
I am in accord with the majority as I believe that this rule is unnecessary. While I do recognize that learning to interact in a group setting is very important, it is also crucial to learn how to work and communicate with others one-on-one. There are more effective ways to teach children how to work with others than to deprive them of their comfort. Whether best friends or bear hugs, schools should let kids enjoy being kids.


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This most attractive, compact, grassy-looking perennial forms arching clumps of neat, cream and green striped foliage. Because it is not reliably hardy, it is best grown on its own in a container and makes a superb patio plant that adds foliage interest to a group of perennials or shrubs grown for all-year-round effect. Alternatively, grow it in pots and bed it out for the summer by plunging the pots up to the rims in a border. In mild areas, it can live outside permanently and looks good grown with grasses and foliage plants or in an evergreen border. It is also known as 'Variegatus'.
Family: Convallariaceae
Genus: Ophiopogon
Species: jaburan
Cultivar: Vittatus
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: White
Foliage colour: Silver variegation
Feature: Flowers, Dramatic foliage
Sun exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
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During Easter weekend, Broward animal officials are waiving adoption fees for pets.
The free adoption event is March 30 and March 31.
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The PSA Test Debate
the effectiveness of frequent prostate cancer screenings. More from HealthDay News:
The researchers looked at more than 17,000 men who had prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing every two years or every four years. Among 4,202 Swedish men screened every two years, the overall incidence of prostate cancer diagnosis over 10 years was 13.14 percent, compared to 8.41 percent among the 13,301 Dutch men who were screened every four years, said the researchers from Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.So, I guess this tells us prostate screenings are "kinda" effective. Certainly contrary to this study contending that PSA testing is still "valuable." Dennis Thompson of HealthDay News reports:
The total number of interval cancers -- those diagnosed based on symptoms during the years between screening tests -- was 31 (0.74 percent) among the Swedish men and 57 (0.43 percent) among the Dutch men.
The differences in the interval cancer rates and aggressive interval cancer rates between the two groups were not statistically significant, the study authors said. This indicates that two-year screenings don't reduce the number of interval cancers, as might be expected.
The cancer society recommends annual screenings for prostate cancer beginning at age 50 for most men, and at age 45 for men at high risk. Those at high risk include blacks and men who've had a close relative suffer from prostate cancer before age 65.And here's one more side of the debate. Dr. Fuhrman isn't sold on PSA tests. In fact, he believes they're wrought with false confidence. Some of his thoughts:
The screening involves two steps: undergoing a digital rectal exam and testing for PSA levels in the blood.
In the rectal exam, the doctor feels the prostate to see if there are any bumps or hard spots that might signify cancer.
And although PSA is not an indicator of cancer, but a protein created during inflammation of the prostate, doctors have found that highly elevated levels indicate an increased risk for cancer.
Studies now show that the regular testing of PSA levels can indicate cancer risk by showing rises or falls in the protein's levels.
Incredible as it may seem, the PSA test does not accurately detect cancer. If you are over 60 years old, the chance of having a prostate biopsy positive for cancer is high, and the likelihood you have prostate cancer is the same whether or not you have an elevated PSA. More and more studies in recent years have demonstrated that prostate cancer is found at the same high rate in those with lower, so-called "normal" PSAs as those with elevated PSAs.1 An interesting study from Stanford University in California showed that the ability of PSA to detect cancer from 1998 to 2003 was only 2 percent. The elevations in PSA (between 2 and 10) were related to benign enlargement of the prostate, not cancer.Ultimately it's your decision, but, all this will certainly have you scratching your head.
Remember, the pharmaceutical/medical industry is big business. Too often, treatments are promoted from a financially-biased perspective, leading to overly invasive and aggressive care without documented benefits.
If you want to have your prostate biopsied, radiated, and cut out, go ahead, but you do not need a PSA blood test first to decide. The PSA test is just an excuse to give men a prostate biopsy.


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Northrop DELTA
In 1935, when the RCAF wanted a high performance photographic aircraft, it considered the Northrop Gamma but instead settled on Northrop's transport version of the same aircraft, the Northrop Delta. Canadian Vickers was commissioned to build an initial four aircraft under license and these were the first all-metal stressed-skin aircraft to be built in Canada. The Delta used the same wing as the Gamma, had split flaps and a non-retractable undercarriage like its predecessors. The larger fuselage accommodated up to eight passengers.
For RCAF use, the design was modified to accept three Fairchild A-3 cameras at the rear of the cabin. The cabin floor was strengthened to accept freight loads and a large upward opening freight door was installed on the port side. Two Deltas were armed with a defensive machine gun fitted in an open hatch in the roof. Protection from the slipstream was provided by a plexiglas fairing. This particular installation was not very satisfactory causing buffeting and a marked decrease in performance.
The RCAF Delta's were flown by No. 8, No. 119 and No. 120 Squadrons.
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Footprints of the Scw'exmx Elders is a compilation of stories by the Coldwater, Shackan and Nooaitch Elders of the Nicola Valley. The Elders were asked one question, "How do you want to be remembered, or what do you want the younger generations to remember?" The Elders answered the question, in their own words.
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Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Business Programs (UBP Advising), Registration Festival is designed to help students in major and course selection for Spring registration. Various academic departments in the Bauer College and targeted student service departments are asked to participate in this festive information fair!
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Community Information
Jewish Community of Belgrade: LINK
Federation of the Jewish Communities of Serbia: LINK
Chabad Lubavitch Serbia: LINK
From Balkan Insight >> An exhibition of photographs and documents, entitled "The Jewish camp in Zemun – Holocaust and Collaboration in Serbia", opened at the Atrium Gallery of Belgrade City Library on Monday to mark the International Day of Commemoration of the Holocaust. The photographs and other archive material deal with the victims, those who collaborated with the German administration and the propagators of anti-Semitic ideology. Culture Minister Bratislav Petkovic said at the opening of the display that it should remind people of the "shameful propaganda" conducted in Serbia in the Second World War, which supported persecution of Jews. The more »
From ZeeNews >> Serbia marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day by a central ceremony at Belgrade's Staro Sajmiste concentration camp memorial to celebrate the day when the largest Nazi death camp in Europe- Auschwitz -Birkenau was liberated 68 years ago. The central ceremony held yesterday included laying wreaths and paying tributes to the victims of the Holocaust, and Serbian Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic said that this day needed to be a call to everybody to remember the victims because many brutal crimes had not been punished. "A monstrous plan to destroy the entire Jewish people, but also members of other more »
From the Jewish Daily Forward Dragan Jankovic, a slim bespectacled man with a quick smile and thinning hair, is the living local repository of Jewish heritage in Pirot, an ancient market town in southeastern Serbia whose Jewish community was wiped out in the Holocaust. A photo-journalist who long worked for a local newspaper, Jankovic is a devout Christian, but became fascinated with Jewish history and culture as a student in Belgrade more than two decades ago. He made friends there at the Jewish Historical Museum, and since returning to Pirot he has spent years collecting material and memories about Jewish more »
From Haaretz Serbia has generated dichotomous associations in recent years: At one end stands the best tennis player in the world, and on the other the most notorious war criminal Europe has known since World War II. Novak Djokovic and Slobodan Milosevic. A collection of tennis titles and shiny winners' cups, and piles of bodies and mass graves. These roughly delineate the immediate associations that Serbia has generated in recent years: At one end stands the best tennis player in the world, and on the other the most notorious war criminal Europe has known since World War II. Two events more »
From Radio Srbija Serbian President Boris Tadic laid a wreath at the monument to victims of genocide in World War Two located inside the complex of the former concentration camp Old Fairground in Belgrade. The wreath-laying marked the beginning of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. Tihana Pavicevic has more. President Tadic said that "over six million Jews, innocent children, men and women of this nation, perished under the onslaught of blind hatred, political and religious fanaticism. This dark, cruel genocide, carried out by Hitler's henchmen and domestic collaborators. The President said that Serbia will spare no effort to preserve more »
Below are links to information about the Jewish community of Niš, in southern Serbia. The Synagogue in Nish: http://www.makabijada.com/nishSinagoga.htm Problems preserving remains of the Nish Jewish cemetery: http://www.makabijada.com/NisEnglish.htm Featured press Reports on the community: http://www.makabijada.com/nisenglishcemetery.htm
One of the most pleasurable results of running a blog, such as Lemberik, is that occasionally one chances upon new Eastern European Jewish community websites. One of these is the Bejahad initiative: http://www.bejahad.com/index.html. Though no detailed information in English exist (though an English version of the website is stated to be forthcoming), and I do not speak Croatian, I gather that the purpose of Bejahad is to bridge and maintain links between Jewish communities found in the former Yugoslavia nation states. A very interesting initiative: if anyone happens to have more information, please contact me. Below is a loose, 'Google', more »
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What is a section waitlist?
How do waitlists work?
How do students join or leave a section waitlist?
A student is given the opportunity to join a waitlist when he/she attempts to register for a full section with available waitlist capacity. In order for the student to officially waitlist for the class, he/she must select the waitlist option from the drop-down and click the submit button to complete the request.
Students may drop from a waitlist using "Manage My Waitlist" on myCWI.
Can a student add to more than one waitlist?
A student can add to more than one waitlist for different courses, but not for different sections of the same course, i.e. ENGL 101.
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Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya
Bless Me, Ultima Fate and Free Will Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Line)
Quote #1
He is a Márez, the vaqueros shouted […] He is his father's blood! (1.190-192)
Dealing with the claims that his parents' families lay on Antonio from the moment he comes into the world is at the very heart of who this kid is, the struggles he faces, and the journey he takes.
Quote #2
Only I will know his destiny. (1.198)
Well someone's getting territorial. Antonio hears Ultima say this in the dream he has about his birth, before Ultima ever even shows up to the joint (and already she's staking her claim). With this little tidbit, Anaya establishes the deep connection between Antonio and Ultima, and he grants Ultima a pretty heavy dose of power. She is the only character who can truly see how another human being's life will turn out. At least, that's what Antonio seems to think.
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I saw the old woman who had delivered me from my mother's womb. I knew she held the secret of my destiny. (1.411-413)
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Kinpu Shrine
A quiet place with a variety of seasonal flowers
A shrine for mountain asceticism registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site
Photo credit: Nara Visitors Bureau, Photo: Tatehiko YanoKinpu shrine is dedicated to Mount Yoshino, which is famous for cherry blossoms and is considered to be a local god who is said to guard gold mines. The old shrine deep in a quiet part of Mount Yoshino used to be a place for ascetic training up to the Edo Period (1603-1868) and was also a bustling place with inns and teahouses. Many practitioners visit the place for ascetic training in the mountain even today. In July 2004, the entire area was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range."
Abundant nature is preserved here. Trees grow luxuriantly in all seasons adorned with seasonal flowers, such as hydrangea in early summer, in addition to cherry blossoms. Along a part of the approach where trees are cut down, new cherry trees are planted and will grow into a row of cherry blossom trees with Japanese atmosphere.
According to legend, Minamoto Yoshitsune, one of the most popular warrior heroes in Japan, hid himself from his pursuers in the shrine. The hall where Yoshitsune hid himself is called "Yoshitsune Kakure-to," but the building is said to be a latter-day reconstruction. Anyway, the low-keyed and austerely elegant style shows us the Japanese culture at the time.
Address: 1651 Yoshinoyama, Yoshino-gun Yoshino-cho, Nara
Phone: 0746-32-3081 (Yoshino-cho Commerce, Industry and Tourist Department)
Admission Fee: Free admission to the grounds
Directions: Take a short walk from Yoshino Station on the Kintetsu Yoshino Line (one hour and 50 minutes from Shin-Osaka) to Yoshino Ropeway Yoshinoyama Station, and then ride Yoshino-Omine Cable Car for 25 minutes to Okusenbonguchi and walk for 5 minutes. (Car) one hour and 30 minutes from Katsuragi Interchange on the Minami-Hanna Expressway.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Hosea Chanchez battled scandal photos leaked online last week, but on Monday Chanchez confirmed the pictures are real during a television interview. Chanchez yesterday joined syndicated talk show host Wendy Williams. During the sit-down interview, Chanchez didn't expect Williams to confront him about the leaked pictures. Until Williams' TV interview (taped previously), Chanchez reportedly had neither spoken about the pictures nor confirmed they were true.
Wendy Williams changed that on Monday.
Williams is known for her own unique manner of interviewing guests. So on Monday she told Hosea ("The Game") that, to prepare for her interview, "[Your pictures were] the last thing I looked at before I came out here today."
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Chanchez, polite but embarrassed, appeared displeased by Williams' remarks. Chanchez then sat as Williams didn't just discuss the pictures but also the subject of the pictures (brushing his teeth). Williams told Chanchez that, for her, there is nothing more attractive than a man brushing his teeth. His co-star Coby Bell interrupted Williams, effectively getting her off the subject.
It didn't work.
The website which posted the photos claimed that they were taken by a "popular groupie". Williams asked where the pictures came from. Castmates Coby Bell, Tia Mowry and Brittany Daniel, disputed that allegation, telling Williams that the pictures were not taken by a person Chanchez knew.