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Ruth and Lawson Van Kuren
Ruth and Lawson Van Kuren have made seeing the world via cruise ships a habit.
Once upon a time there was a husband who said to his wife, "I want to buy you a hot tub." His wife said, "I want a cruise." It was their 25th wedding anniversary. Ruth Van Kuren packed her suitcase. Lawson Van Kuren packed his suitcase. They enjoyed the cruise and began to plan for another.
Ruth Van Kuren said, "We went every other year. We started going on 61 day cruises." Their plans and dreams began to grow. They studied Singapore, Malaysia, Cape Town, and Casablanca in Morocco. They talked about Cape Town, the capital of the Republic of South Africa. They discussed exploring the city...
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Does geography have any bearing on being fat or fit? Take Hawaii, 365 days of summer, beaches, water and outdoor sports and a population of morbidly obese, hypertensive, diabetic stricken happy people. A recent poll conducted on Facebook asked this question, "Why is there FAT in Hawaii?"
Here are some of the comments:
"I believe that living a healthy lifestyle means change. Not a lot of people take that seriously because of the laid back lifestyle we have here in Hawaii. Being healthy isn't always beening skinny, but being fit." Sonya S.
"It's also the way we were raised, to respect others as individuals, not to judge, we welcome one and all just as they are, we are the ALOHA state. No worries, no problem." Tisha D.
"I think that another reason is most families have two parents that are working full time. Then, there's the second job (taking kids to, from and after school activities, etc), and the third job (the house). After all is said and done, there's no time for exercise or we're too tired. They say make the time, but why are those without kids or single the ones that are skinny? Coincidence? I think not. Time is precious." Noe W.
"Our Doctors should help us by telling us the hard truth instead of just prescribing meds for conditions that can be prevented by changing our diet, and loosing weight." Pohai A.
"The people have always been cash poor. They could only afford processed meats or spam, or generally cheap cuts of meat. With cheaper cuts, they are higher in fat, and tougher. Then they have to be seasoned with a higher content of salt to make it edible." Ryan B.
"We are too rushed in our lives, fast food is convenient. For some, we use food as a substitute for what is missing in our lives. We mistakeningly use food to fill us up. Food is medicine; it is a drug. Some try to over-medicate." Matt C.
"Food is a way of life in Hawaii more so than any other state I think. It's a cultural experience, a bonding experience (special occasions), people like to share more with food than any other thing, it's more from the heart when we give with food." Mike P.
The last comment sums it up best. Fat and happy in Hawaii and full of Aloha.


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My romantic women's fiction title, Vanity Fare (w/a Megan Caldwell), is out at the very, very end of this year. Then there are at least three Megan Frampton historical releases: Hero of My Heart, which comes out April 8, then a short story titled Her Betrothed's Dilemma, and then another full-length, title TBD, coming in October.
Huh. I really loved Molly O'Keefe's contemporary, Can't Buy Me Love. I also thought A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant was stupendous.
The pomegranate and prosecco cocktails we have on Christmas Eve. Makes dealing with the family a wee bit easier.
Little Drummer Boy.
Every year, my husband Scott makes a Christmas mix CD that we send out to family and friends. He has an enormous Christmas music collection, and his discs are amazing. Plus he's on a mission to find versions of "Little Drummer Boy" (see above) that I can tolerate.
My mother-in-law makes homemade donuts and cinnamon buns on Christmas Eve, which we eat Christmas morning.
A contact lens case from one of my closest friends. I haven't worn contact lenses since I was thirty years old.
I like to think I am an awesome gift-giver, but I know I've given my husband some shirts he thinks would look better on my gay black husband.
This is an odd one, but one holiday I had a tremendously bad asthma attack, and I spent Christmas Eve on the couch looking at our tree without my glasses. Because of my astigmatism, the lights kept oscillating, and it was so pretty. I felt very at peace at that moment.
Instead of leaving cookies and milk for Santa, I left a can of Pabst Blue RIbbon and a pack of Camels because my dad said Santa would like those better.
I don't really collect anything—I have too much stuff already.
Giveaway Details: Megan is giving away an ARC of her upcoming release, Vanity Fare to one lucky winner! US/Canada only, just tell Megan what the weirdest thing YOU collect is!
Hi Megan and Nat, et al!
Loved the interview questions and your answers. The Christmas tree lights sounds (well horrid because of the reason), but wonderful and beautiful. I can totally see that. There's something always mesmerizing about a twinkling Christmas tree at night. Of course I'm also on "sick brain" right now, so you know.
As for a weird thing I collect… nothing comes to mind now, but when I was little I collected unique pencils and erasers. One that comes to mind is an eraser shaped like a purple crayon. Looked just like one of the larger ones.
Don't enter me in the giveaway please, I'm just here to show Megan some love. 😀
Oh! Duh! And I wanted to add – the holiday mix CD sounds awesome!! What a great gift. Jealous – I need someone like that in my life!
The weirdest thing I collect is ink pens. I work in the medical field and drug reps would bring in these neat ink pens and give us tons so I started collecting them. Some of them are really unique 🙂
Cat whiskers
Miniature bottles of alcohol I buy from everywhere I travel.
Cooking magazines – it's outrageous how many I have. Great interview – can't wait for Megan's books and her difficult characters!!!
I collected rooster statues at one point until my husband left my favorite one in someone's freezer in South Africa. Long story but the collecting bug stopped after that. And prosecco and pomegranate cocktails sound divine!
Caribou coffee mugs :). I even have one that's a Christmas tree ornament.
not weird…. but I honestly collect/hoard books… that's it really
Fridge magnets of places I've traveled or seen.
The only thing I collect is cobalt blue glass. I don't think it is weird though…although I do have some strange shaped cobalt blue objects. Like a couple chickens, a frog, fish and a couple of balls that hang. Most of it is bottles, vases, etc. though.
Great interview!
I don't think I collect anything to weird…I collect giraffes (but giraffes are so cool), I also hoard yarn and books 😀
beads I guess and if you ask my husband 🙂 books
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SPOKANE — A second Spokane police officer has been accused of lying about the 2006 beating death of a man who was wrongly suspected of stealing money from a convenience store ATM.
Officer Timothy Moses was charged last week in Spokane Municipal Court with making a false statement. Arraignment is set for May 3.
The Spokesman-Review reported Thursday that Moses, 52, is accused of lying to FBI agents and federal prosecutors when he changed his story in 2010 to a version that was more favorable to his friend, officer Karl F. Thompson.
Thompson was convicted in federal court in 2011 of using excessive force against Otto Zehm and lying about the encounter to investigators.
Spokane County prosecutor Steve Tucker said the case was filed in municipal court as part of a deal between Moses and federal officials. Moses agreed to resign from the police department and plead guilty to a misdemeanor in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping their pursuit of a felony charge, Tucker said.
Moses went on leave from the police force April 16.
Thompson was the first police officer to confront Zehm, 36, in a Spokane convenience story in 2006 and immediately attacked him with his baton. Other officers joined the attack and Zehm died two days later without regaining consciousness.
Moses told a grand jury under oath in 2009 that Thompson told him he felt threatened by Zehm because Zehm "lunged" at him with a Pepsi bottle. Store security video, along with witness statements, later showed no evidence that Zehm lunged toward Thompson before Thompson struck Zehm with a baton.
But in 2010, Moses told federal investigators that he no longer remembered Thompson using the word "lunge."
Moses also reversed his position on baton strikes delivered by Thompson.
In 2009, Moses told the grand jury in sworn testimony that Thompson told him that he had struck Zehm in the head, neck and upper torso with his baton and that he relayed that information to the ambulance company that transported Zehm to the hospital. But in 2010, Moses met with federal officials and told them he no longer remembered telling an ambulance employee that Thompson had struck Zehm in the head, neck and upper torso.
Instead, Moses said he remembered Thompson saying that he struck Zehm in the "leg and then again a number of times all over," according to an FBI report.
The location of the baton strikes is important. Striking an individual in the head with a baton is considered deadly force, which requires a higher threshold for justified use.
Moses testified at Thompson's federal trial only after the U.S. Department of Justice obtained a waiver preventing him from seeking protection from self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. During his testimony, Moses said federal prosecutors intimidated him into giving that grand jury testimony.
U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby declined to comment on the case or the ongoing federal investigation involving the actions of other Spokane police officers.


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Martha Graham, P. E., Director of Public Works for the City of St. Augustine, recently had an article published in the professional public works magazine, APWA Reporter (American Public Works Association.)
The subject of the article written with the assistance of city engineer Marcus Pinson, was Maria Sanchez Lake.
The lake has undergone some positive changes over the past few years in order to stabilize the flow of water to reduce flooding by installation of a new weir system and instrumentation which would transmit a variety of information directly to the engineers located at city hall.
More recently, work is being completed on the stabilization of the shoreline and removal of silt in portions of the lake.
The APWA Reporter is the journal of the American Public Works Association, a 29,300 member international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services. Ms. Graham and Mr. Pinson are commended for their efforts to have a City of St. Augustine public works projects featured in the publication and receive such widespread recognition.
To read the article about Lake Maria Sanchez public in the APWA Reporter, click here.


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by Clyde Mariano
Diminutive Khim Iglupas ousted Patricia Nicole Paez, 6-2, 6-1, yesterday to inch closer to winning the 18-under girls title of the 25th Andrada Cup tennis tournament at the Rizal Memorial court.
Miguel Luis Vicencio also advanced to the final in the 10 unisex at the expense of Rafael Liangco, 6-0, 6-2.
Like in her previous victories, Iglupas, who beat Guia Arzaga, 6-0, 6-1, in the quarterfinals, encountered
little resistance from Paez in their semifinal showdown that lasted less than an hour.
Iglupas will face the winner between second seed Maia Balce and Precian Rivera.
Iglupas, a beautician's daughter from Iligan, also advanced in the quarterfinals of the 16-under where she will meet Frances Michaela Santiago.
Santiago ousted Katrina Penaglor, 6-0, 6-1.
"I played pretty good," said the 16-year-old Iglupas who lost to Marian Jade Capadocia during the final of the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Open two months ago.
Iglupas is bidding to win her second plum in five months since ruling the ITF junior doubles with Roxanne Resma last August in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, top seed Eric Olivarez Jr. eliminated Emmnauel Vacalares, 6-1, 6-0, to advance to the semis in the boys' 18-under. He also reached the Final Four in the boys' 16-under at the expense of Jeremiah Tomacruz, 6-0, 6-1.
Olivarez awaits the winner between Jerome Romualdez and Aidyl Ignacio in the boys' 16-under.
Third seed Emmanuel Vacalares and John Bryan Casa also entered the semis in the boys' 16-under. Vacalares ousted fifth ranked Emmanuel Fuellas, 6-3, 6-0; and Casa eliminated Chris Justine Prulla, 7-5, 6-3.
"I gave my best to win. I'm happy I won," said Olivarez, nephew of Philta president and Paranaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez.
In the boys' 14-under, top seed Arthur Craig Pantino ousted Mark Rafael Directo, 6-0, 6-0; Joseph Anida crushed Aldwin Rosales, 6-0, 6-0; and second ranked Jacob Martin dumped Gabriel Tiamson, 6-4, 6-2, in the quarterfinals.
In the girls 12-under semis, Bettina Catoto whipped Julia Ignacio, 6-1, 6-2, and Denise Bernardo dumped Kryshana Brazal, 6-2, 7-6 (0).


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Once a player comes off a pick & roll, to be truly effective, they must know how to attack the defense when it's vulnerable. Austin McBeth, Smart Basketball Training lead trainer, explains how to execute a pocket pass and shows you a simple partner drill you can use to practice passing off a pick & roll.
Drill Summary: If you're doing the drill with a partner in the gym (no players available to play defense), you'll need an object (chair, trash can, cone) and a two foot hurdle to throw the ball through. Set up with the object on the wing to simulate the on-ball defender and put the hurdle where you want to practice throwing the pocket pass. Have the partner without a ball come up and screen the object as the ball handler jabs baseline and comes off the screen shoulder to shoulder with their partner. The partner then rolls and the ball handler throws a pocket pass through the hurdle to their teammate. Work on the pass on both sides of the court.
This clip came from Championship Productions' video, "Smart Basketball Training: Passing." Browse over 900 basketball videos online at ChampionshipProductions.com!
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The WNBA's Minnesota Lynx are fresh off their third championship in five years, and head coach Cheryl Reeve is largely to thank for their success. In this clip, Coach Reeve runs through her "Fist Out" spread pick & roll offense that's designed to let a point guard attack the basket and kick to shooters on the perimeter.
Drill Summary: Set up with the point guard out high on one side of the floor, the 4-man on the opposite side of the top of the key out high, wings spread out in the deep corners and the 5-man at the weak side block. To begin, the 5-man comes up and sets a high ball screen for the point guard, who drives to the lane looking to score. As the point guard drives, the 5-man rolls to the basket. If the point guard gets to the lane and the defense collapses, they can dish to either wing or the 4-man for an open shot (the wing on the same side of the rolling post should fill up as the roll occurs). If your 4-man isn't a great shooter, they should receive the ball and immediately dribble toward the wing in the corner, creating a two man game situation.
Keys to the Drill:
1) Good angle on initial high screen.
2) Point guard looks to score, if possible.
3) If defense collapses, kick to a shooter.
4) Maintain good spacing.
This clip came from Championship Productions' video, "Cheryl Reeve: Corner Offense, Set Plays and Practice Drills." Browse over 900 basketball videos online at ChampionshipProductions.com!
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Rob Fulford has been the coach for one of the top high school basketball programs in the U.S. over the past couple of years. Here you will see a drill called "Group Pick & Roll Shooting", where Coach Fulford puts his team through a side pick and roll breakdown drill. Huntington Prep uses a good amount of side ball screens in both transition and half court offense. The beauty of this drill is that it gets all three players involved.
Drill Setup: You only need two baskets for this drill.
Athlete Movements: The drill starts as the post player sets a side ball screen for the guard around the free throw line extended. The ball handler uses the ball screen and drives middle. The post player then rolls to the basket. A perimeter player in the corner replaces in the area where the ball screen was set. The main point of emphasis for this drill is that the three players involved need to read the defense and see if there is going to be help defense on the post player rolling to the rim. If there is no help, the player rolling to the rim gets the ball for a strong finish. If there is help on the roller, the replacement player should get a three-point shot on the wing. At the end of the drill, each player gets a touch and a shot.
Teaching Points:
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Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan is one of the game's top visionaries when it comes to the pick & roll offense. The concept was in place when a Donovan-led Florida program won back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007 and has proven to be quite effective at the high school, college, and professional levels.
Watch as Coach Donovan discusses the overall background, key concepts and important techniques to the offense, including the flat pick & roll (which offers multiple opportunities to score in a half-court setting). Plus, catch a breakdown of the offense and plays in action 5-on-5 and see what you can take away from this exclusive look with one of the game's most respected coaches.
Some of the hardest things to guard in the game of basketball are ball screens and pick and roll action. At Florida, Coach Donovan has featured a few big guys that are quite talented and can catch and pass with the best of them. Any time that you are running pick and roll action, it's key to have a big guy that can pass, catch and also step back and shoot three-pointers. Under this concept, the big guys need to roll to the basket or roll toward the baseline where they can hit that 15-foot jumper or create something off the dribble.
Everything done here is also based out of spacing and trying to take advantage of the way our pick & rolls are being guarded. For the offensive breakdown, Coach Donovan likes to work backwards and first runs through three main ways that the pick & rolls can be defended:
1) You'll get a hard show or trap
2) You'll get a switch
3) The opposition will back off or go under the screen to keep the ball out of the lane.
Once you go through a bunch of pick and rolls through the game, you'll get a good feel for how they are being defended. Therefore, you need actions in your pick and rolls to take advantage of how the opposition is playing them.
First, we want the floor to be extremely spaced. Next, we want the wings to go down to the dead corner to start out. The screener starts off above the three-point line and angles his body with the pick. Players will then move based on when the screener moves off.
The first screen is a ball screen between the top of the key and mid-court. We will take the screener and turn him facing the opposite basket. How far he comes out is based on where and how the point guard is being defended. He's got to give the guy with the ball one step so he can make a move. Note: This is perfect for teams who have their best player as the PG and he's getting constantly pressured and hounded. It's also a great way to relieve pressure so he can go off either way.
So in review, the screener comes up and makes a back screen for the point guard. Once this happens, the PG has the entire floor to work with now.
The goal here is to get two guys on the ball as much as possible. If this happens, our PG has done this job. Now, we are looking to play four against their three in this situation.
Next, there's a drive down the lane and the option for a pitch out for the three. The guy on the baseline also must make a read. It's his job to get open. Also, if a player gets the ball to the middle of the floor or paint area, his done his job. That's the last place the defense wants the ball. So if your player gets in the middle, all other players must work to get open.
Meanwhile, if the ball gets to the man in the corner, there is the opportunity for an immediate post up. We can now throw the ball up top and get right back in it as well. Remember, the screen starts at the FT line. Move and get open and make the game easy for each other.
Watch players running the offense now as Coach Donovan provides some key tips along the way. Players should drive the ball down the lane right away. Someone will top you but the game is easier now that you're in the paint. Drive the ball down the middle and then make a play.
It's key that players don't always pass directly into the corner on the 4-on-3. Get the ball into the middle of the paint every time. Meanwhile, off-ball players must read the play and get open.
For the screener, right when you set the screen up top, roll towards the basket and not backwards (where you'll be a non-threat). The screener must get back into the play quickly after the screen. Also, the PG must make effective use of the screen by rubbing right off his man.
The clips above can be seen on Championship Productions' DVD "Billy Donovan: The Spread Pick & Roll Offense." To check out additional videos featuring Coach Donovan, click here.
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Tom Rivas
|Tom Rivas
Tom's Love-meet.net profile pic
|[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV]]
|Full Name
|Tom Rivas
|French Tom
|Date of Birth
|Place of Birth
|Puerto Rico
|Date of Death
|Age at Death
|Puerto Rican
|Liberty City
|Lyle Rivas (cousin)
|Main Affiliations
Lyle Rivas
Brucie Kibbutz
Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince
Tom Rivas is a character from Grand Theft Auto IV. Tom Rivas is a Puerto Rican-born homosexual man. He is the cousin of Lyle Rivas, but isn't in the same criminal activities as his cousin. His nickname is "French Tom", also using it on his love-meet.net account.
He owed Brucie Kibbutz a great deal of money, Tom went into hiding when Brucie tried to collect on his debts. In order to lure him out, Brucie and Roman Bellic set up a fictionalised Love-meet.net account for Niko Bellic that depicted him as a rich gay man who enjoys spending his wealth on his boyfriends. Tom agreed to meet Niko at The 69th Street Diner, where, after some awkward conversation, Niko killed him.
During the conversation between Niko and Tom, Tom mentions that the Maisonette 9 and Hercules nightclub owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince is actually completely broke which plays a large part in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Rivas
First Name: "French" Tom
Age: 26
Place of Birth: Puerto Rico
Affiliations: N/A
Criminal Record:
- 1995 - Prostitution
- 1998 - Prostitution
- 1999 - Coercion Blackmail
- 2003 - Possession Controlled Substance: Methaphetamine
- 2004 - Fraud
- Cousin of chop shop operator, Lyle Rivas.
- Known homosexual hustler and con man.
- Often charms older gay (sometimes married) men before emptying their bank accounts and disappearing.
- Based in Broker.
- Tom's love-meet.net profile remains on the site after his death.
- Tom can be found on the police computer records, listed for "soliciting an officer."
- If he is able to leave the diner before you kill him, he will run around in a circle around the block. His path was probably pre-determined, but he just runs around like that until you kill him.
- He is a hooker and possibly a gold digger as his police profile does mention something about takeing a lot of money from his dates and ditching them and he calls gay tony a loser because his broke
Niko and Tom's hot date at the 69th Street Diner.


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GREEN SPRINGS — Ohio troopers say a 6-year-old boy was seriously hurt when he was dragged about 90 feet underneath a sport utility vehicle.
The State Highway Patrol said in a news release that Tye Warwick was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk Sunday afternoon when he was struck by an SUV pulling out of a drive-thru convenience store in Green Springs, about 40 miles southeast of Toledo.
Patrol Sgt. Brett Gockstetter told The Advertiser-Tribune of Tiffin that the 19-year-old driver said she didn't see the boy and didn't realize she had hit anything.
Gockstetter said at least three people lifted the SUV to rescue the child, who sustained broken ribs, a punctured lung and scrapes. The newspaper reports he was hospitalized in serious condition.
The patrol said the accident remains under investigation.


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Most of the time when I update my system, Update Manager downloads whole packages from the list. Even if the package only changes in a few lines. What I mean is, for a 4MB package that has only for example 2KB lines changed, Update Manager downloads the whole 4MB. With my connection this is horrible since it takes very long (Remember I download between 10KB to 50KB most of the time). Since there are several big packages, we could be talking between 2KB changes separated in 100MB of packages that I would have to download from scratch even though I had already downloaded them 24 hours ago for example.
So why does a Cache Manager need to download the complete package again when all that has changed is one small part. More importantly, is there a way that I can tell it to verify the source package to see what has changed and securely download only the modified part?
I will add that this is
aptitude and
synaptic also. All of them work the same way and when a 50 line of the package changes, I have to download the whole thing. Is there a more efficient way of updating, a configuration, a parameter?


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If you haven't heard of these British Fruit Pastilles, then you're in for a treat. They're made by Rowntree, a branch of UK Nestle, and the name is often included in the candy's name. It's like Kleenex and Scott Towels. I tried these under recommendation of my boyfriend, who had them on is trip to England a few years ago (gosh, it's been that long already?) and when we say them in the grocery store the other day he bought a pack for me to try.
The fruit pastilles look like gummies and have a hard packed coating of granulated sugar on them. They're hard, you can't squeeze them, and they sound like dice when you roll them in your hand. They're like dusted gems and are very nice to look at.
The texture of these, right away, it completely awesome. They're thick, very chewy and only the tiniest bit sticky. They give a great chew, similar to a Starburst, but with the sugar coating it allows for more chew, and it's really fun to eat.
Lime: Shaped like the currant, round with nubs on each end and green in color. It has bright notes of lime with that tartness following right after the initial sweetness. The flavor isn't floor cleaner artificial thankfully, and it has an intense citrusy flavor.
Lemon: Shaped in a half moon slice and bright yellow. Very sweet and mild in flavor. The lemon is authentic, and only the tiniest bit tart at the finish.
Orange: Round and Orange. Starts off very sweet, and then the nice full, orange flavor kicks in. it's not overpowering, and has a nice even flavor to it. Very tasty.
Strawberry: Strawberry shaped and red in color. Immediately flavorful, like a sweet strawberry jam. The taste starts off more floral then gets more intensely fruity and jammy toward the end.
Currant: Shaped like a real lemon, round with nibs on each end and dark purple in color. Oh, how I love that the purple is currant and not grape! The taste is immediately floral with rich, deep flavors of blackberries and raspberries. It's a very rich, almost wine-like flavor. It's so good. Love it.
These are awesome. Love then, they're like a more convenient version of fruit pate. If you find them, I highly recommend trying them.
Rating: Will Buy Again
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By Rob Moseley
Editor, GoDucks.com
In one split-second, each team lost a player for the rest of the game in Oregon's 66-3 win over Nicholls at Autzen Stadium on Saturday.
The Ducks were affected by new NCAA rules designed to prevent targeting an opponent's head, as cornerback Terrance Mitchell was ejected following a hit to Nicholls quarterback Beaux Hebert.
"We've been harping on that all fall camp," UO coach Mark Helfrich said. "It looked like a foul from my angle, and we need to coach it better. That's on us."
Because the foul occurred in the first half, Mitchell had to miss the rest of the game. Had it occurred in the second half, Mitchell would have missed the first half next week at Virginia.
Troy Hill replaced Mitchell. He finished with four tackles but also was flagged for pass interference and was in coverage for Nicholls' longest completion, of 56 yards on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Pac-12 officials have the option to review Mitchell's hit and consider additional sanctions.


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Yosuga no Sora
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|Yosuga no Sora
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Yosuga no Sora original visual novel cover
|Drama, Romance, Comedy, Harem
|ADV, Visual novel
|December 5, 2008
|Written by
|Takashi Mikaze
|Published by
|Kadokawa Shoten
|Comp Ace
|Original run
|May 26, 2010 – ongoing
|Anime television series
|Directed by
|Takeo Takahashi
|Original run
|October 4, 2010 – ongoing
Yosuga no Sora (ヨスガノソラ?, lit. "Sky of Connection") is a Japanese romance/drama adult visual novel developed by Sphere. The game was originally released for Windows PC on December 5, 2008.[1] It has since been adapted into a serialized manga and a TV anime series. A sequel/fan disk titled Haruka na Sora was released later on October 24, 2009 which contains new and expanded scenarios for several characters from the original game.[2]
Tragically orphaned by an automobile accident, the Kasugano twins travel to their grandparent's countryside residence via railcar, hoping to reconstruct the shards of a shattered life. Future uncertain, Haruka Kasugano clings to memories of the past, hoping to find the strength he needs to safeguard his ailing sister. With a destiny irrevocably tied to that of another, Sora Kasugano clings to moments of the present, drawing comfort and security from the company of her brother. Two lonely souls so physically alike, yet spiritually divergent, unaware of the challenges these conflicting expectations will unveil in the days to come.[3]
Main characters
- Haruka Kasugano (春日野 悠 Kasugano Haruka?)
- Voiced by: none (game), Hiro Shimono (anime)
- The protagonist of Yosuga no Sora. With a gentle appearance and slim profile, in many ways Haruka is the spitting image of his fraternal twin sister Sora. Personable and honest, he forges lasting friendships with remarkable ease. Haruka copes with the loss of his parents with a stout heart, burdened with the knowledge that the future of his delicate sister depends on him. As a result, he has a tendency to dote on his sister and worry about her constantly. He cannot swim either. Sora and he are well regarded around the village, as their grandfather was once a doctor there.
- Sora Kasugano (春日野 穹 Kasugano Sora?)
- Voiced by: Hiroko Taguchi (game, anime)
- A quiet, fragile and reclusive girl, and fraternal twin sister to the main protagonist. Cursed with illness and frailty since birth, Sora was denied the sort of independent life that many take for granted. Yet beneath Sora's angelic doll-like appearance lies a troublesome personality that's prone to withdrawn laziness and demonstrates a rather severe lack of social graces. In all honesty, Sora doesn't care for anyone else, and would much rather just surf the Internet and eat instant food, so long as Haruka is always by her side. It's implied that her strong bond with Haruka, strengthened as a result of the tragic loss of their parents, may be leading her towards fantasies of incest between twins. She is the main heroine of the series. She hates Nao, although it is implied that they were once good friends. She is often seen carrying a rabbit doll, which she received as a present before she and Haruka left the village.
- Nao Yorihime (依媛 奈緒 Yorihime Nao?)
- Voiced by: Yuka Inokuchi (game, anime)
- Beautiful, intelligent and an excellent swimmer, Nao is Haruka's next-door neighbour and childhood friend. When the Kasugano twins last visited the area, their departure was particularly painful for Nao, who had grown quite close to Haruka, to the point of having sex with him on one occasion, about which she feels guilty. Upon their return, she attempts to rekindle their former close relationship. Nao's compassion and maturity projects an sense of sisterly love towards others, though for Haruka there is a deeper and more intimately sensual feeling. Sora harbors great resentment towards the popular Nao, though she resists every request to explain the reasons why, although it is likely because Sora saw the pair having sex when they were younger.
- Akira Amatsume (天女目 瑛 Amatsume Akira?)
- Voiced by: Kayo Sakata (game, anime)
- The ever-cheerful Akira lives alone at a small yet sacred Shinto shrine. Since the passing of her foster father two years ago, she has been in the care of Yahiro, who lives nearby. Akira's energetic liveliness is contagious to those around her, with an innocent personality that makes befriending the girl second nature. Due to her residence, Akira spends much of her time practicing the habits and traditions of a miko shrine maiden, including performance of requisite ceremonies and holiday festivals. She also devotes a lot of her time to helping the elderly in the village, making her beloved by all. She is later revealed to be Kazuha's half-sister.
- Kazuha Migiwa (渚 一葉 Migiwa Kazuha?)
- Voiced by: Ryōko Ono (game, anime)
- The stunning daughter of an influential magnate, Kazuha lives a cultured life that some might compare to modern princesses. Sharp-minded and attentive to detail as a result of her parents' constant travels and long distance liaisons, she learned from a young age to behave responsibly and befitting her social standing. Nevertheless, Kazuha does not consider herself superior to others, and doesn't hesitate to lend a helping hand whenever asked. Kazuha is an experienced viola player, yet she shies away from playing in competitions, preferring to play only for those she cares for. She dotes on Akira constantly and worries excessively for her well-being, and this leads some to speculate that they may be romantically involved. However, it is later revealed that Akira is Kazuha's older, illegitimate sister from a different mother.
- Motoka Nogisaka (乃木坂 初佳 Nogisaka Motoka?)
- Voiced by: Tae Okajima (game, anime)
- Motoka is a college student struggling to make ends meet, working as a maid in the Migiwa Household to pay the expenses of tuition. While not ideally suited for household chores, her warm compassion and captivating personality offset these deficiencies. She is best friends with Ifukube Yahiro, a notorious drinker, which makes Motoka's low tolerance to alcohol a particularly hazardous social issue, especially since she has a particular fondness for the taste of sake.
Supporting characters
- Kozue Kuranaga (倉永 梢 Kuranaga Kozue?)
- Voiced by: Yukari Minegishi (game, anime)
- Chairman of the Student Body, a position of serious responsibility and important functions, Kozue is often seen as a stick in the mud by her peers. She nevertheless cares for them, only nagging to mitigate the potential community damage. This often proves to be a full time job however.
- Yahiro Ifukube (伊福部 やひろ Ifukube Yahiro?)
- Voiced by: Ryōko Tanaka (game, anime)
- Best friend to Nogisaka Motoka and proprietor of a family owned candy store, the rouge looking Yahiro would prefer spending her time sleeping and drinking. In truth, the ill tempered and sardonic mannerisms hide Yahiro's true personality: a woman whose past is a field littered with the shattered glass of lost dreams, forgotten promises, and broken romances.
- Ryouhei Nakazato (中里 亮平 Nakazato Ryōhei?)
- Voiced by: Takurou Nakakuni (game, anime)
- For all his faults and freakish behavior, Ryouhei is the kind of person you can always count on, in spite of being a self-confessed idiot. Carefree and spontaneous, he brands himself as the ultimate ladies man, applying cheesy pickup lines whenever a pretty face draws near. Yet when the situation calls for it, Ryouhei can offer profoundly sound advice, with an eye that quickly identifies the root of a problem.
- Illustrations by:Takashi Hashimoto, Hiro Suzuhira
- Script by:Yukiji Tachikaze, Seiri Asakura
- Music by: Manack
Release history
The game was originally released for Windows PC on December 5, 2008.[4] A sequel/fan disk titled Haruka na Sora was released later on October 24, 2009 which contains full scenarios for Kozue and Yahiro, an expansion to Sora's story from the original game, and additional bonus material.[5]
Yosuga no Sora has been adapted into a 12-episode anime series that started airing on October 4, 2010. Each episode consists of a 22-minute feature segment and a 3-minute omake segment. The main plot of the anime is presented in a multi-arc branching format that will independently tell the stories of Kazuha, Akira, Nao, and Sora while sharing certain common episodes. The title of each episode incorporates the names of the characters it concerns. The bonus segment focuses on Motoka's story, relying more extensively on humor and super-deformed character designs. Each segment has its own ending credit sequence in each episode.
Episode list (Main Feature)
(In brackets are the episode numbers for each arc, e.g. (A3) is the thrid episode in Akira's arc)
|Original air date
Drama CD
The game release of Yosuga no Sora was supplemented by several drama CDs made available to pre-ordering customers at select Japanese retailers.
Yosuga no Sora has been adapted into a manga of the same title, serialized since the May issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine.[6]
The OST for the original game, with music composed by Manack, was released by Sphere on 27 February 2009.
The OST for the anime adaptation, with music composed by Manabu Miwa (Manack) and Bruno Wen-li, consists of both new compositions and newly-arranged versions of tracks from the original game. It will be released on two CDs, subtitled "Arrange" and "New", accompanying the Japanese Blu-Ray release of the anime with volumes 1 and 3 respectively.[7]
External links
- Sphere's official Yosuga no Sora website (Japanese)
- Official Yosuga no Sora anime website (Japanese)
- Yosuga no Sora (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopediako:요스가노소라ru:Yosuga no Sora


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Saudi Aramco Friday inaugurated the Fourth National Oil Company (NOC) Forum, a gathering of chief executives from NOCs.
The inauguration ceremony took place at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah Producing facility in the Rub' al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert. Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi welcomed the NOC delegates. Minister Al-Naimi is also Chairman of the Saudi Aramco Board of Directors.
"We are delighted to have you with us this evening and for the next several days of discussions and deliberations," Al-Naimi said. "The National Oil Companies Forum is a tremendous opportunity for public-sector petroleum enterprises to address the issues facing their organizations and our industry as a whole, as well as a chance for NOC leaders to meet and interact with their peers in an environment free from the constant hustle and bustle of daily operations and activities."
During the two-day event, participants from more than two dozen NOCs will discuss matters in two broad categories: Human Resources, and Sharing of Best Practices. During the Human Resources session on November 25, the discussion will focus on sub-themes such as recruiting and retaining qualified staff, advanced technical training, and preparing global oil industry leaders of tomorrow.
During the Best Practices session on November 26, sub-themes will include finance and investment decisions, managing complex projects, and the role of NOCs in community development.
The first NOC Forum gathering was hosted by Algeria in 2002, followed by Norway in 2003 and Brazil in 2005. After the 4th NOC Forum is held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the 5th NOC Forum will be held in China, in April 2008. These events confirm the commitment of the attendees to work toward ever-increasing cooperation on shared challenges. The participating NOCs in the 4th NOC Forum included:
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), UAE
• Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
• China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC)
• China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC)
• Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC)
• Gazprom, Russia
• Iraq National Oil Company (INOC)
• Kazmunaigaz, Kazakhstan
• Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC)
• National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
• National Oil Corp. Libya (NOCL)
• Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC)
• Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), India
• Petroleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA)
• Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Mexico
• Pertamina, Indonesia
• Petrobras, Brazil
• Petronas, Malaysia
• PetroSA, South Africa
• Qatar Petroleum
• Rosneft, Russia
• Sinopec, China
• SOCAR, Azerbaijan
• Sonangol, Angola
• Sonatrach, Algeria
• Statoil, Norway
More information on the Fourth National Oil Company (NOC) Forum can be found on the Saudi Aramco's website.


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ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine baseball team clinched a berth in the 2014 America East Tournament with a 7-0 victory over Albany on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond. Colin Gay (Franklin, Massachusetts) led the Maine offense with three hits, two RBI and a run scored.
Maine improves to 21-26 on the season with the win and 8-10 in America East play. Albany falls to 10-32 overall, 5-16 in conference action.
Maine added to its lead in the bottom of the eighth inning. Brenden Geary (South Hadley, Massachusetts) walked and Salcedo followed with a single to right field. Geary scored on a wild pitch and Salcedo scored when Gay singled.
Maine returns to action on Tuesday, May 13 when it hosts Boston College at Goodall Park in Sanford, Maine. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 PM. The Black Bears return to Mahaney Diamond when they host UMBC for a three-game series on May 16 and 17.


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JWC TO HELEN WELSH; 23 October 1848; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18481023-JWC-HW-01; CL 23: 140-142
5 Cheyne Row Monday night [23 October 1848]
My dear Helen
If you were a Socinian,1 duly inspired by the precept "Let your care be the welfare of others" you would not give way to those long fits of silence; for a letter from you always promotes my welfare, considerably, for the time being. You write very nice letters and you are a very nice cousin, and I have no fault to find with you but that you are not sufficiently sensible of your own importance to me.
For me; I am incorrigible as to "the welfare of others"—at least in the matter of letter writing the idea of giving pleasure cannot prevail with me to write and I write always from one of two motives, from a need to receive a letter, only to be extracted by giving one, or from gratitude for what is vouchsafed me "on the voluntary principle. The latter motive sets my pen agoing just now—and an exceedingly bad pen it is!— Jeanie having been a better correspondent lately has kept me up with the current of your affairs, and I trusted to her to keep you up with the current of mine. All the five weeks I spent at the Grange I was kept in a whirl of things amounting to what Anthony Sterling calls "a state of mind"— I wrote few letters—and those were not worth having— I was very glad to get back to Chelsea again where I might find some work however humble, and call my soul my own—to a certain extent—and it was full time! for I was got so habituated to the vastness and splendour of the Grange, and the luxury of all sorts; that for the first time in my life my own home looked excessively small and poverty-stricken to me on first returning to it!— Part of this impression was owing I suppose to the new paint and paper, which impaired that familiar face of Home which on other occasions had always compensated for difference of size and decoration— my room was clean and tidy to a degree! but it was a room without associations for me till I had got all the little pictures, books &c replaced and various incongruities reconciled; for instance, there was a splendid mirror over the mantle piece a present from Lady Harriet; and that threw the home-made chintz window curtains quite out of keeping; we have now got regular red stuff curtains with brass poles—only think! and things begin to feel straight again— But what is all that to you who live according to Helen Mitchell "in the very beautifulest house in the whole earth— no! there's not the match of it!— On the mantle piece of every bedroom a pair of candle sticks: real china the very pattern of some in Christy's shop!!2—six and sixpence the pair!!—" In fact since Helen came to hand she has done nothing but talk of this house and the beautiful Land (Lawn?) before it—and the "grawn dinner" that was cooking and the "grawn dresses on the bed"!— She arrived last night having been expected since Saturday and in crossing the threshold her first words to me were—"I'm afu late!" her second—"Eh! sic a bonny hoose ye ken!"— I thought she meant my own 'hoose' and wondered what she saw of it in the dark—at the door step—but it was "Miss Welsh's hoose" I soon found—Heaven knows how she will prosper—she has a strange half-witted look after the calm rational Anne— But to each their merits and demerits—time will show how the balance lies. Anne is still here—doing the work—while Helen hems towels— She (poor Anne) tho married is anything but joyful to go away—she seems taking it to heart more than Helen did—has in fact in these last weeks developed herself into one of the most affectionate little beings I ever saw— She is to stay some days yet—"and then we must part" she says "if I staid a week longer it would be as bad at the end of the week"!— If Helen can go on at all; it will be a great escape for us from a new Isabella and Slow coach3 period— As I mean to continue giving out the washing I do not see if she avoid liquour where she can break down— Mrs Piper has turned out a most double-faced mischievous little woman—and I believe now that she did great harm to Isabella in putting her up4—her object seems to have been to keep me in a continual mess that she might be of importance and get presents by it— Her conduct with Anne has been most disgraceful saying every thing to make Anne a disobedient discontented servant—while abusing her to me but Anne had the sense to see thro her and pay no head to her false talk— The Devil is busy still you see—
The town is dull as ditch water—nobody almost to call— The Pepolis have come back to sell off and return to Bologna for good and all—or rather for ill and all— She has not one friend there—not a single english acquaintance—and Pepoli has so many old friends and old loves that I fancy she has little of his company—she looks worn and miserable but makes little or no complaint I see however all how it is and will be, and pity her from the bottom of my heart
God bless you love to Walter and Mary Ever your affectionate / Jane Carlyle


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Taking Spirit Personally
Feb. 8, 2012 No Comments Posted under: Substance Abuse
By Ian Lawton
When I was a kid I thought my school was haunted because the teachers kept talking about school spirit. I kept a close watch over my shoulder during school assembly. Even for adults, the word "spirit" can be confusing because it's used in so many ways. We talk about the Christmas spirit, the spirit of the age, the spirit world, a free spirit, being with someone in spirit, the spirit leaving the body, the strong spirit and the weak flesh, to name just a few.
Some people don't use words like spirit or spirituality at all because they bring to mind other worldly or even guilt laden ideas from their upbringing. When you hear stories like the one I heard this week, I'm not surprised. This is horrific and it's the sort of situation that makes me question whether I want to be associated in any way with religion. A local family moved to our area about 5 years ago from San Francisco. Their daughter walks with a frame. When they first moved here, their daughter was playing with some neighborhood kids. One of them took her aside and asked her what school she went to. The kid then said, "I'm sorry but I only play with kids from the Christian School." The daughter was upset as you can imagine and told her parents. The mother was talking to her neighbor soon after and brought this conversation up. Sure enough the mother confirmed that her kids were only allowed to play with kids from the Christian school. That is bizarre enough, but it gets worse. She then went on to tell the mother that her daughter's disability was a punishment for her sin. That's quite a welcome to the neighborhood. A basket of muffins would have sufficed.
As Anne Lamott said, "You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."
What a demoralizing worldview, and self-righteous too. It's strange enough to imagine a divine being sitting somewhere out of harm's way, poking and prodding at our lives, pulling strings from beyond. Its stranger still to try and guess what each event, illness and recovery means. It's downright cruel to manipulate someone else with one of these "messages". And it's confusing when these messages clash with each other. For example, we had a flat tire a few nights back while driving a group of students home from a function. The parents came to pick up their kids while I waited for AAA. Unbeknownst to me, one of the kids left his backpack in the car. The mother came back to pick it up and told me she had been praying that I would still be there. That's odd because I had been praying that I wouldn't be there. IT WAS COLD and late and I was missing Desperate Housewives.
The basic problem I have with this sort of worldview is that it's narcissistic. You create a spirit world in the image of your personal hopes, and it feeds the need to feel special and cared for. Therefore you end up looking for validation and meaning in all the wrong places. It's even more elusive than looking to your partner, or parents, or authority figures for validation.
Ask a different question instead. Whatever you think spirit is, do you think it's personal? Does it have an agenda, a preference for how your life unfolds? Even if you don't use the word "God" but replace it with other words like universe or consciousness, ask similar questions. Does the universe have an agenda? Is illness a punishment from God or the universe, and is being cured a gift from God or the universe?
Let me be very blunt here. And this is one of those truths that will set you free, but may first piss you off. As I see it, spirit has NO preference for whether you are sick or healthy. As the Mad Men Ad man, Don Draper said, "I hate to break it to you, but there is no system. The universe is indifferent."
For me the issue is not so much whether there is any such thing as divine intervention. That's an unanswerable question. A more fruitful question is whether we NEED divine intervention from outside of ourselves and whether a belief in divine intervention lets you off the hook when it comes to taking personal responsibility for your life and choices.
This may disappoint some people. Maybe you comfort yourself with the thought that even when you feel very alone, or if you are struggling with challenge, there is some invisible force holding your hand. I prefer to see spirit as an inner sense of wellbeing. It creates the sort of inner peace that feels surreal, as if it's coming from beyond you. But its not. YOU have access to it ANY time.
Some might say, "Just let me have my external God. It's a harmless belief and it gives me comfort." But it's elusive and dependent on circumstances. I believe that both the personal responsibility and the inner mastery to conjure your own comfort are more sustaining and sustainable than a belief in an external force. This is the key point. What may seem like an inconvenient, and uncomfortable, truth that spirit is NOT personal will actually set you free because you will stop taking things personally. You're not suffering as part of some cosmic plan, and you're not well as part of some divine reward program. You are what you are because of all sorts of genetic and environmental factors and life choices. The young girl has a walking frame because she likely has a spinal problem. Period. It means nothing about who she is as a person, or who her parents are. You have gout, coronary issues, a bad back, fading eyesight and every other frailty under the sun because you are a human being who is getting older.
It may seem a harsh truth, but it sets you free to live fully no matter what the circumstances. Once you stop taking spirit, and your health personally, you are liberated to live while you are alive and stop wasting time asking pointless questions like "why me?" and looking for deep and dark reasons for every challenge you encounter. Take responsibility, take nothing personally, take two aspirin, get a good night's sleep and get up tomorrow ready to live what's right in front of you. Reality is always there waiting for you, ready or not.
Aldous Huxley said,
"The spiritual journey does not consist in arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one's own ignorance concerning one's self and life, and the gradual growth of that understanding which begins the spiritual awakening. The finding of God is a coming to one's self."
More From Ian Lawton: http://www.soulseeds.com/grapevine/
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History of PDCCC Center at Smithfield
The center was started on the grounds of the old Smithfield High School. This facility was launched with mutual efforts by the College and Isle of Wight public schools to serve the Isle of Wight community.
Open PDCCC at Smithfield on the top floor of the Smithfield Library in 1993. Renovated and leased for free to college by Isle of Wight County.
Dr. A.C. Rogers, a retired veterinarian was named the first coordinator of PDCCC at Smithfield.
PDCCC at Smithfield's officially dedication was September 1993.


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Thousands Set to Protest Court Treatment of Rabbis Monday
100 buses will carry thousands to Jerusalem, for a rally opposite the Supreme Court in support of rabbis' freedom of religious opinion.
By Gil Ronen
First Publish: 7/3/2011, 5:43 PM / Last Update: 7/3/2011, 5:52 PM
Thousands of people are expected to attend a rally outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem early Monday evening, to protest what they see as hostile treatment of respected rabbis by the judicial authorities. The protest follows the questioning of Rav Dov Lior and Rav Yaakov Yosef by police over the "haskama" (rabbinical approbation) they gave to a book that discusses the halachic views on the morals of war.
The rally had been planned in advance and 100 buses were rented in order to ferry the participants to the capital. However, following the arrest of Rav Yosef Sunday morning, the number of participants – and buses – is expected to grow.
Thousands took part in protests Sunday and confronted police when Rav Yosef's arrest became known.
Rav Lior, who was arrested last Monday, called Rav Yosef Sunday and expressed his support for him. He called on Yosef not to weaken or break despite the legal system's persecution and to continue to "firmly insist on voicing the opinion of Torah without fear."
Besides Rav Lior and Rav Yosef, the rabbis who will speak at the rally include Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, Rav David Dudkevitz, Rav Chaim Druckman, Rav Eliezer Valdman, Rav Shmuel Yaniv, Rav David Chai Cohen, Rav Shimon Cohen, Rav Elyakim Levanon, Rav Yeshayahu Meitlis, Rav Zalman Baruch Melamed, Rav Mordechai Nagari, Rav David Fendel, Rav Tzvi Farbstein, Rav Gideon Perl,
Rav Nachum Rabinovich, Rav Chaim Retig and Rav Yehoshua Shapira.
Knesset members are also expected to speak.
The organizers decry what they call "an arrogant political campaign of silencing [opponents], exemplified by the arrest pf Rav Lior and Rav Yosef, and their questioning over the haskama they gave to a book of halachic exposition."


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It is spring and soon the trees will put their leaves out and even as we speak the grass is getting green. The snow packs are melted and we tend to get some rain through the area. However, spring is still the wildfire season throughout Pennsylvania. The leaf litter on the forest floor is drier than it has been since they fell in the fall. The repeated freezing and thawing over the winter months pushes the water out of the leaves that have fallen and now they are very easy to light on fire.
The need for caution and the danger is evident with the brush fire on Will's Mountain in neighboring Bedford County near Centerville Township. The fire that started on Saturday, April 19 has been reported to be 50% contained but has gobbled up 800 acres so far. While officials have not yet determined the cause, the fire does put an exclamation point on the danger of wildfire during the spring.
When you head out camping especially in the spring, you need to take proper precautions to prevent wildfire from your activities. There are some basic tips that will keep you and the forest safe.
Build your campfire smartly. Build it in a safe location. You should always use a provided fire ring. Before you start your campfire, check the area to ensure that all flammable materials are well clear of the fire. This includes all extra firewood.
Control your fire. Keep your campfire small. You don't need a fire 50 feet high. Playing with fires is dangerous and could cause a fire to spread to the environment. Trash should never be burnt in the campfire. Paper that is put into the fire could cause burning ash to rise and land on an ignition point. Be prepared just in case. Have a container nearby with water in it in case the fire gets out of control.
Never leave your campfire unattended. An unattended fire can spread very quickly. Put the fire out before you leave the campsite or before you go to bed. When you are leaving the campsite for good, make sure that the fire is completely out with no signs of smoldering ashes.
Before you leave home, check out the fire danger level for the campground. This can be done in several ways. Check the county Emergency Services website for the county you are headed to. In Cambria County you can follow them on Facebook. Another place to look is on the National Weather Service website. When fire dangers are high, they will put a Fire Weather Watch. One more place to check is the Pennsylvania DCNR State Forest website. Under their wild-land fire section, you can find a current list of advisories and county fire bans in Pennsylvania. There are also links to national fire danger maps. You will also find fire danger boards in all state forest and parks in Pennsylvania as well as near local fire companies.
The last tip is to ask yourself if you really need a campfire. I admit campfires are relaxing, fun and the food tastes great. However, in times when the fire danger is high, using a propane camp stove is a safer way to go. They generally don't put out embers and when you are finished, you turn it off and it is out.
So get out there and have fun, but be careful with fires. Help save our beautiful forests for more camping, hiking and biking in the Johnstown area.


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Three years ago this week, Denver-based Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) - "a national, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving the process and culture of the civil justice system" – hosted a National Conference on Evaluating Appellate Judges (on 11-12 August 2011) at the University of Denver (Sturm Hall, 2000 E. Asbury Avenue, Denver CO 80208).
Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold was, by special invitation, a featured panelist on the topic of "Evaluating Appellate Judges: Are we doing it right? How can we do it better?"
(Short answers: "NO", and "view CTBC's Evaluations of Judicial Performance page for an idea").
To the Institute's credit, they (IAALS) extended the invitation even after being taken to task for their involvement in the "Know Your Judge" campaign which likely violated Colorado campaign finance laws in advocating against Clear The Bench Colorado's judicial accountability efforts during the state's 2010 judicial retention elections without ever bothering to register with the Office of Secretary of State, as required by law.
Conference panelists and attendees shared widespread agreement on the need for substantive evaluation of judicial performance (even as opinions differed on the best means for reaching that goal) as a "vital component for ensuring public trust and confidence in the judiciary." The IAALS Post-Conference Final Report quoted Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold on that topic:
Clear the Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold echoed this sentiment: "Providing substantive information is not only important for the judges…It is absolutely critical to cementing respect for the process and respect for the rule of law."
Recommendations for Improving Appellate Performance Evaluation
A strong majority of conference participants agreed that review of written opinions is an essential component of the evaluation process:
As the principle work product of appellate judges, and the primary—if not only—way in which appellate judges communicate the legitimacy of their decisions, conference participants were unanimous in expressing a need for some sort of opinion review, based upon appropriate criteria, as part of the JPE process. (IAALS Post-Conference Final Report)
Despite the widespread concurrence on the need to consider written opinions of appellate judges as the principal source for evaluations, few conference participants had concrete ideas on how to go about evaluating appellate opinions and presenting the results in a format useful to the public - the voters who have the final word.
(The exception, of course, was Clear The Bench Colorado's "Evaluating Appellate Judges")
The conference's final report, typically, punted:
"No clear direction emerged from the conference as to the approaches that should be taken in evaluating appellate opinions. Accordingly, IAALS established a task force to study this issue in detail and formulate recommendations for states interested in changing an existing, or incorporating a new, system for appellate opinion review as part of the judicial performance evaluation process."
Several months (almost a year) later, the "task force" issued its report:
AN OPINION ON OPINIONS: Report of the IAALS Task Force on Appellate Opinion Review
Unfortunately, the "task force" recommendations simply perpetuated the current model of failing to provide relevant, substantive evaluations of judicial performance against a standard of constitutionality. Similar to Colorado's current model of non-evaluative "evaluations" the report recommended training virtually guarantees a whitewash providing little or no information useful in distinguishing "good" judicial performance from bad:
Training for Opinion Reviewers:
Coordinators of performance evaluation programs should provide adequate training to opinion evaluators, to ensure consistency both in conducting the evaluation and in understanding the purpose of the evaluation—i.e., to assess the quality and clarity of the opinion rather than to revisit the particular outcome(s) reached. ("Opinion on Opinions", p.3)
Another year later (two years after the conference), the IAALS "task force" issued an update:
AN INFORMED OPINION: Direct Opinion Review and Appellate JPE
Unfortunately, the updated IAALS report just parroted the legal establishment line about "official" JPE (Judicial Performance Evaluations) providing "substantive" information of any value to voters.
Moreover, the incestuous relationship of IAALS with the state's "official" (taxpayer-funded) organization, the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation (COJPE) - the organization's executive director, Jane Howell, was one of five members of the "task force" appointed to generate recommendations - undermines the credibility of the "task force" report (which, unsurprisingly, endorses an expanded but otherwise fundamentally unchanged status quo).
There is a clear public need and demand for substantive, independent evaluations of judicial performance - but, just as clearly, the "official" COJPE "rubberstamp reviews" and consistent recommendations to reflexively retain incumbents (99% overall, and a staggering 100% "retain" recommendation record at the appellate court level) is NOT a credible solution.
Clear The Bench Colorado has shown the way towards a method of substantive, informative, well-researched and extensively documented evaluations of judicial performance - a model that could (and perhaps should) be emulated nationwide.


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I am seeing a lot of new web services are implemented using a REST style architecture these days rather than a SOAP one.
what is the difference?
I am seeing a lot of new web services are implemented using a REST style architecture these days rather than a SOAP one.
what is the difference?
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There is no such thing as one being better, they are different and what is better depends on your needs.
If you need a lot of standards based functionality with relatively rich clients SOAP will deliver that. It gives thinks like metadata, WSDL, security or reliable messaging to name but a few through the WS-* specs. It is also transport agnostic and completely XML centric.The flip side of the coin is that there is a big standard that is not always implemented in an interopable fashion.
REST on the other hand is all about HTTP and its way of doing things. Very flexible and allows any kind of data format you like. So not just XML but also SOAP, images or VCards to name a few. It embraces the web standards so will work with almost any programming stack. The flip side is far fewer standards so it can be much harder to figure out how to do something.
An advantage of REST over SOAP is that the action is specified by the HTTP method and by the URL, this means that fewer bytes have to be sent as compared to SOAP which relies on verbose XML. And fewer bytes means less latency; therefore, I would recommend using REST instead of SOAP.


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Max Scherzer trade rumors are just getting started for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers have to deal with Scherzer turning down a huge contract offer and trade rumors are just something that comes with the territory. According to a report from late Sunday (March 23) on USA Today, the Cy Young Award winning pitcher doesn't want fans of the team to worry just yet.
Speaking about the breakdown in negotiations with the team, he stated, "I'm here to win. I'm here to try to get a ring for Mr. I. If I had a contract, it's not going to make me pitch better; not having a contract is not going to make me pitch worse." Reading between the lines, it appears that he is trying to assure fans that he will acting professionally in the final contract year he has with the team. It also might not read as reassuring that he will definitely be back with the franchise.
There has been debate in the press between the front office of the team and agent Scott Boras about what caused negotiations to break down. Boras claims that the team rejected a contract extension that he offered. According to a report from SB Nation, he stated, "Max Scherzer made a substantial long-term contract extension offer to the Detroit Tigers that would have placed him among the highest-paid pitchers in baseball, and the offer was rejected by Detroit. Max is very happy with the city of Detroit, the fans and his teammates, and we will continue negotiating with the Tigers at season's end.''
It had been stated that the All-Star pitcher was offered just under $25 million per season for the next seven years. If it is true that he turned down a deal of that magnitude, it should not be surprising to anyone that the Max Scherzer trade rumors have surfaced. If the team does not feel that they can afford to pay more than that per season, there could be a blockbuster deal on the horizon. It would be a huge risk to allow one of the better pitchers in Major League Baseball to get to free agency, so the Detroit Tigers might want to start seeing what the market is like.
This offseason alone, the team has dealt away Doug Fister and Prince Fielder, showing they will not be shy about pulling the trigger on another big deal.


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Ok this is probably the most absurd question you'll ever read, but it came to my mind, and I cant shake it off. Eulers Identity states that: $e^{i\pi}+1=0$. So my ridiculous question is why was it stated this way? Why couldnt it have been $e^{i\pi}=-1$? Are there any reasons for this, or it could have been either of the two, but this one was chosen?
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The reason is to get just the $5$ "fundamental" numbers $\pi,e,i,0,1$ into one equation.


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I want to change the url of my solution from mycompany.no to mycompany.com. How can I preserve the Social Tags. SocialTag Url property is readonly it appears. :( Does there exist a powershell or something for social tags similar to Move-SPSocialComments http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh393959.aspx
I think that if you configure a valid alternate access mapping you can resolve your problem.
In this page you can find how to configure it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263208(office.12).aspx
Or you create a script that Create the tag with the same properties except the url, afterwards you Delete the old tag.
More information about the SocialTagManager: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.server.socialdata.socialtagmanager_members.aspx.