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Renewed violence broke out in Myanmar's Rakhine State on 21 October involving Muslim and Buddhist communities. Official figures report the death toll from the latest outbreak of inter-communal tensions, which mostly involved Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine, to be at least 89, with 136 injured and over 5,000 houses torched. More than 30,000 people were officially displaced. Human rights groups have used satellite imagery to show that Rohingya and other Muslim communities are being explicitly targeted in this latest wave of violence.
On 19 October a car bomb in Beirut killed eight people, including Lebanon's intelligence chief Brigadier-General Wissam al-Hassan, and wounded dozens. The opposition alleged Syrian involvement and demanded the resignation of the pro-Syrian Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his government. The attack triggered demonstrations and clashes in the capital and elsewhere, deepening sectarian tension as Lebanon struggles to contain spill over from the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
On the Korean peninsula, Seoul announced on 7 October a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missile system. North Korea condemned the move as part of a plan to invade, and claimed it has missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. On 19 October Pyongyang – in its most strident warning for months – threatened military strikes on a location from which South Korean activists planned to launch an airdrop of propaganda leaflets to the North.
In Guinea-Bissau, an alleged coup attempt on 21 October by a group of ethnic Felupe soldiers failed. Suspected coup leader Captain Pansau N'Tchamá was swiftly arrested and three accomplices were reportedly killed, sparking fears of a backlash against the Felupe minority. The government accused Portugal, former army Chief of Staff Zamora Induta and ousted Prime Minister Carlos Júnior of involvement in the coup. Opposition leaders, on the other hand, maintain the coup was a government ploy aimed at giving it a pretext to clamp down on its critics.
Philippines President Benigno Aquino's government signed a peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country's largest and best-armed insurgent group. The agreement, which envisions the creation of a new autonomous regional government called the Bangsamoro to replace the failed Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, is the best chance for peace with the MILF for years. Both parties have been careful to underscore the hard work that lies ahead in implementing the agreement's terms.
Historic parliamentary elections in Georgia marked the country's first democratic transfer of power since independence. President Saakashvili quickly conceded the defeat of his United National Movement to the opposition coalition Georgian Dream, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, which took 55 per cent of the vote. International observers praised the conduct of the elections. The change in government might signal a thaw in Georgia's relations with Russia, although the new government has ruled out restoring diplomatic ties as long as Moscow continues to recognise the independence of breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Charities call for wider reform of the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
1 Jul 2016
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The Charity Commission is looking for responses to its proposals of how it will use its new power of issuing an official warning to charities and trustees.
The total number of registered charities in Scotland has risen by 7 per cent to 24,055, according to the Office of Scottish Charity Regulator's annual report for the year ending March 2016.
The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into 72 Royal Air Force mess charities, following the theft of more than £72,000 by an employee.
The Charity Commission has now made available its latest annual return for charities to fill in.
The level of trust in charities in Scotland has fallen slightly following negative media reports, according to reports published this week by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
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William Russell Craft
Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: October 15, 1919 in McEwen, TN
Died: January 12, 2009 in Wellsburg, WV
High School: Wellsburg
College: Alabama (school history)
Drafted by the Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers in the 15th round (132nd overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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sunken apple and honey cake
There are recipes on my Cook This list that I've been plotting for years but take forever to jump from that place where they're a rough idea of how I think something might taste good and how I'll make that happen. There are items on the list which are just the names of dishes I haven't tried yet and want to learn more about. And there are recipes that make me kick myself every time I see them because how have we not made a good hearty tortilla soup here yet? And where is that Russian napoleon I've been promising you? But this here is none of the above. Exactly one month ago, someone emailed me (hi Angela!) and asked if I had ever made a German Sunken Apple Cake [which sounds even cooler in its native language: Versunkener Apfelkuchen] and I had barely finished reading the email before I had a new tab open because I had to immediately know what it was.


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The the 1st Annual (S.W.A.T) Sanctified Women Anointed for Truth Conference, May 2-3, 2014 will take place at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church 848 Porter Rd Decatur Ga 30032.
Hosted by Pastor Derek Jones and First Lady Kimberly Jones the two day event will feature speakers from all across the country delivering messages to uplift women.
The speaker for tonight Friday May 2, 2014 at 7 pm is Minister Janet Reid from California. A thought provoking leader, Minister Reid has been a regular on the Women's We Must Pray Prayerline which was founded by First Lady Jones and Sister Tammy Storr. The Prayerline has women from all over the globe participating in morning prayer every weekday from 6:50 am until 8 am.
Other presenters on the program are Sister Tammy Storr, Sister Dana Perry and Minister Geneva Crownheart all of whom will speak on Saturday beginning 8 am. Ushering in praise and worship are Minister Holli Means and Sister Cynthia Urquhart.
Get there early and get your seats you will not be disappointed by the event. For more information contact the church at (404) 294-4129.


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We all know that tablets are selling like hot cakes, as the need for a traditional desktop PC begins to fade. According to Canalys' latest data, PC market share for desktops and laptops is being eaten away by Apple's iPad and Mac range.
If we combine both the iPad and Mac systems, they ship 27 million units - or 20.1% of the 134 million computers that were shipped during Q4 2012. This is the first time that Apple has reached over 20%. HP have taken over second place ahead of Lenovo, where HP shipped 15 million PCs to take 11% of the market. Samsung walked up into fifth place with 11.7 million PCs shipped, and a nice 9% share.


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Ancelotti Family
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Ancelotti Family
|Italian-American Mafia Family
|McReary Mob; Pegorino Family
|Black PMP 600s with mesh grills and spoilers; black Sentinel STDs with sun louvers on the rear windows
|Knife, Pistol, Uzi
|Fruit Markets, Alderney; Salvage Yard, Northwood, Algonquin
|Giovanni Ancelotti, Charles Matteo, Frank Garone, Anthony Spoleto
Reputed Members and Associates
- Giovanni Ancelotti, 78, Don of the Ancelotti Syndicate since his uncle's death in 1978.
- Gracie Ancelotti, 31, Giovanni's daughter and secretUnderboss. Gracie is not believed to be involved in the family business, but she's linked to many Capi and associates; eventhough the LCPD think that she is not involved in the family business she is involved because If you look her name up on the police car computer you will find that she is wanted for "Racketeering".
- Frank Garone, 31, Senior Capo. Frank ownes a green NRG 900F and sorts out most of the families shit.
- Anthony Spoleto, 55, aka "Tony Black", Senior Capo. Tony black ownes a garage/Junkyard in northwood called Rusty Shit.
- Charles Matteo, 60, aka "Chubby Charlie", Giovanni's right hand man and Underboss, currently in hiding somewhere in Alderney after skipping bail on racketeering charges.He is hiding in the old sprunk factory in Port Tudor.
- Rocco Pelosi, enforcer and nephew of Giovanni Ancelotti.
- Anthony Prince, 50, aka "Gay Tony", nightclub entrepreneur and close friend of the Don's daughter Gracie.
- Luis Fernando Lopez, 25, Dominican Gangster and Associate of Anthony (Gay Tony) Prince.


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Michael Beasley was fresh off being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The versatile forward missed out on the high that playing with newly signed Miami Heat superstar LeBron James would have provided. But in July, just as he was adjusting to the change in scenery, Timberwolves team president David Kahn inexplicably revealed a private conversation that he'd had with Beasley, telling the local Twin Cities ESPN Radio affiliate: "He's a very young and immature kid who smoked too much marijuana and has told me that he's not smoking anymore, and I told him that I would trust him as long as that was the case."
The NBA wasted little time fining the T-Wolves organization $50,000; Kahn was personally hit with an additional $50K fine. The association is always quick to distance itself from the sticky-icky, at least in the public eye, since it doesn't mesh with the family-friendly corporate image that the NBA seeks to project to the mainstream. Yet the reality is that marijuana has long been as much a part of the NBA as the nothing-but-net three-pointer.
As it happens, this wasn't the first awkward run-in that Beasley's had with pot. In September 2008, at the NBA's Rookie Transition Program, the cops showed up at the hotel room of two of his fellow rookies, Mario Chalmers and Darrel Arthur, following a fire alarm. The cops claimed that the room smelled like marijuana, but no pot was found and no charges were filed. Curiously, Chalmers and Arthur were both excused from attending rookie camp and then paradoxically fined $20,000 for "missing" camp. However, they weren't fined or suspended for any drug-related violations, and both later denied any involvement with marijuana.
Even more curiously, ESPN had originally reported that Beasley was also present in the room, but wasn't asked to leave the camp. Then the story was "updated" and all mentions of Beasley were removed from the article. All of these actions are suggestive of a cover-up. The NBA—and its primary media partner, ESPN—seem willing to go to great lengths to disassociate a group of high-profile rookies from marijuana.
But the story doesn't end there. Beasley was later fined $50,000 by the NBA for his involvement in the incident after Heat team president (and legendary coach) Pat Riley forced him to confess to league officials that he had, in fact, snuck out the door when police arrived at the Chalmers/Arthur hotel room.
Less than a year later, in August 2009, Beasley reportedly checked into a Houston rehab center, just days after he posted a picture of himself on Twitter with two plastic baggies that might have contained pot in the background. There has also been speculation that all of the publicity surrounding Beasley and marijuana was actually intended to cover up his use of harder drugs, and that this was the real reason he went to rehab. (After all, "kicking" pot doesn't generally require professional rehabilitation services.)
The Beasley saga is just the latest story linking pot to NBA players, but it wasn't always so. In the 1970s and '80s, the NBA was regarded as a cocaine-fueled league, the nadir of which came with the death of 22-year-old Len Bias in 1986. Bias had just been drafted two days earlier by the world-champion Boston Celtics, and died after a night of cocaine indulgence.
Coincidentally, one of the NBA's most prominent earlier pot scandals also involved the Celtics (fittingly known as the "Green Machine"). The team's solid, stoic center, Robert "the Chief" Parish, was busted in 1993 after a drug-sniffing pooch detected pot in a FedEx package in San Francisco that was addressed to Parish's Massachusetts residence. When the package arrived in Beantown, drug dogs there also smelled pot, and Parish was charged with possession.
That Parish was the NBA's oldest player at the time (39) may have been a telling indicator that the Chief was using the herb in a medicinal capacity—the better to cope with the stresses and strains of playing the rigorous sport at such a relatively advanced age. In fact, Parish played until he was 43, making him the third-oldest player in NBA history—and he played far and away the most games in league history as well, which should drive a stake through that tired old "marijuana kills motivation" argument.
By 1997, some were calling pot smoking in the NBA an "epidemic," as epitomized by a New York Times "special report" headlined "Marijuana and Pro Basketball: N.B.A.'s Uncontrolled Substance," which declared that 60 to 70 percent of NBA players "smoke pot and drink excessively."
That "drink excessively" part seemed to get lost in the uproar touched off by the article. And though NBA Commissioner David Stern (the man largely credited with rescuing pro basketball from those coke-filled dark days of the late 1970s) and players' union president Billy Hunter both denounced the report, there were several major repercussions from the Times piece. First, in 1998, then–US Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey used the article as the inspiration for a self-serving essay that appeared in the Washington Post, ironically titled "A Clean and Sober NBA." Not surprisingly, McCaffrey's piece was consistent with US drug policy in general: It completely ignored the debilitating influences of the legal (and corporately sanctioned) substance known as alcohol and focused solely on the NBA's allegedly "uncontrolled" pot use, which McCaffrey then went on to embellish, to embarrassing effect. The Drug Czar stated that it was "routine for players to build an addiction [to marijuana] bad enough to run afoul of the law before their problem receives attention."
A year later, urine testing for marijuana was added to the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, after having been absent from previous agreements (which made the NBA the only league at the time to ostensibly "permit" cannabis use among its players). So when it came to the hypocrisy of legal booze and illegal weed, the NBA proved equal to any other professional or college sports league. All those lucrative sponsorships with major beer companies have clearly impaired the NBA's judgment when it comes to distinguishing between pot and alcohol use among its players.
But despite the NBA's official disapproval, the use of pot hasn't seemed to decrease. In 2001, one of the toughest players in hoops history, power forward Charles Oakley, claimed that 50 to 60 percent of players smoked weed. A Rocky Mountain News survey released in 2005 reported that NBA players estimated on average that one out of three of their colleagues—roughly 30 percent—smoked pot. In 2008, Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks caused a stir when he admitted on ESPN Radio that he smokes marijuana during the off-season and that "everybody in the media world and in the sports world knows that NBA players do smoke marijuana." Asked how many, Howard offered the rather high figure of 70 percent, while his Mavericks teammate, Jason Terry, thought that only 5 percent of players got high—a wildly unrealistic claim.
As for the argument that only fringe players use pot and not the superstars, what about the aforementioned LeBron James, who has acknowledged that he smoked pot during his high-school years? Aside from Kobe Bryant, you don't get much bigger than King James.
Then again, some may argue that players like James and Howard are part of a pot-smoking younger generation—but not so fast. You don't get more old-school than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, six-time MVP, six-time NBA champion, pro basketball's all-time leading scorer, and one of the league's most iconic figures ever with his unstoppable hook shot and trademark goggles. Jabbar freely admitted smoking and enjoying pot in his 1984 biography Giant Steps.
Still, in 2000, Abdul-Jabbar was arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence after a cop pulled him over for speeding and smelled pot in the car. Kareem failed a field sobriety test and got popped, but at least he had a medical-marijuana defense: He was using pot to cope with the migraine headaches that afflict him.
So the question remains: Is the use of pot confined to the off-season, as Josh Howard asserted, or is it clandestinely approved by coaches and general managers during the arduous season—because they'd rather see their prized players getting stoned in their hotel rooms rather than out at a bar or strip club, where danger always lurks? (Since it's usually not quite as dangerous to be stoned and asleep in a hotel bed.)
Whether it's half the league or just a third smoking pot, the simple fact is that marijuana's here to stay, even in the NBA. The day will finally come when a player challenges the league's pot policy—especially if he has a legitimate medical reason or lives in a state that has legalized it, as California may do in November. And when that day comes, professional sports may finally recognize that, far from hurting players, pot actually helps them remain on the field.


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Heritage Convocation to take place on Friday
The annual Heritage Convocation will take place on Sterling College's 126th birthday, Friday, Nov. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in Culbertson Auditorium. The public is invited to attend this free event.
During this year's Heritage Convocation, Sterling College alumni will be looking at the origin of many different traditions that Sterling College has acquired over her 126 years. These traditions include the origins of the Alma Mater, rowdies, ring ceremonies, chapel and many others.
"We are taking the opportunity during this convocation to celebrate the heritage of Sterling College, the legacy of those before us and the legacy we are leaving for those who will come after us," said Amy Thompson, director of alumni and parent relations.
Towards the end of the Heritage Convocation, there will be a time where Scott Carter, Sterling College alumnus of '88 and vice president of institutional advancement, will lead a quiz for students to see how much they know about Sterling College history.
Sterling College is a Christ-centered, four-year college located in Sterling, Kan., with a mission to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith. For more information, visit www.sterling.edu.
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Sacramento Valley Infectious Disease Specialists
The following Sacramento Valley current list of Sutter Health Infectious Disease Specialists are affiliated with the Sutter Health network. You can filter by city, gender and more to find doctors near you.
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The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Network
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Richmond Bluegrass Festival
Presenting our second annual Richmond Bluegrass Festival: an all day celebration of music with mobile gourmet food vendors (including King Of Pops - Richmond, Carytown Burgers & Fries, Estes Bar.B.'Que,Bonbontruck, The Dog Wagon, The Official Gelati Celesti Ice Cream Makers, Olio Cart VCU, Paris Creperie rva, Goatocado) unique beers will be on draft and merchandise (Richmond Bluegrass Festival tees and editioned silk screened posters with the art of Katie McBride), for all ages, free to the public. Beginning at 2pm, Sturgeon City, River City Band, Green Boys, Long Branch Ramblers and closing with the Hot Seats at 7:30pm.
The Hot Seats
The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. Homer and Jethro, The Skillet Likkers, George Formby, Harry Reser, Woodie Guthrie, Gus Cannon, Phil Ochs, Tommy Jarrel, Arthur Smith, Uncle Dave Macon, Frank Zappa - these are pools from which The Hot Seats draw. Their original music is simultaneously hard to classify and instantly identifiable, combining the virtuostic soloing and tightness of bluegrass, the band-driven rhythm of old time, the jerky bounce of ragtime, and the swagger of good old rock and roll. Add some eastern melodies, a few modernest ideals, and an uncanny feel for comic timing, and you begin to approach this sound.
Long Branch Ramblers
Old-Time and early Country Music from some of the funnest and finest musicians out there, with Ben Townsend (The Fox Hunt, Iron Leg Boys, Old Sledge) on banjo, fiddle, guitar, vocals, and Sabra on guitar, feet and vocals.
Video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBZca2VWFyQ
The Green Boys
The Green Boys are a four-piece band based out of Richmond, Virginia. Equally mislabeled as bluegrass, folk, or honky-tonk, the boys sometimes mention the idea of being a part of a "country-revival". It's a half-serious notion that nonetheless approaches the crux of the band's complex sound.
River City Band
Based in a rich traditional bluegrass sound and set up, River City Band is a group that stays true to their down home roots while continuously exploring many different genres and tastes. With crisp, soulful harmonies, strong lead instruments, and a rhythm that can burn down the barn or hold your hand steadily through a beautiful waltz, the group can create the right mood and texture for any setting.
Sturgeon City
Sturgeon City attempts to pay homage to the classic voices of bluegrass, folk, jazz and blues traditions, whilst leaving their own indelible mark on each tune that they play. Each member of the band has a unique voice that is expressed in Sturgeon City's original music, and their interpretations of classic tunes. The sum of their contributions is much greater than their value individually. Synergy baby. String-band music.
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JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has appointed state Sen. Vincent Davis to a chancery judge post representing Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson and Wilkinson counties.
Barbour says Davis, a Democrat from Fayette, will bring integrity and leadership to the bench. Davis replaces Judge Kennie E. Middleton, who died in September.
Davis will resign his Senate seat and a special election will be held to replace him.
Davis has a general law practice in Natchez. He also has served as city attorney for Fayette since March 2004 and is a former assistant district attorney. Davis is an Alcorn State University graduate, and received his law degree from Mississippi College School of Law.
Davis has been in the Senate since 2008.
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Bottoms up!
Being from a beer brewing town in Germany, and having a big interest in beer I wanted to experience the different styles here in Vancouver. The Downtown Vancouver area has been in the news a lot lately for the large boom of brewery's currently in operation and opening up in the next year. Excitedly, I began my journey at the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown Vancouver after work and walked 5 minutes to the Aqua bus (a small foot passenger ferry). I then rode the aqua bus to Granville Island in False Creek where the popular Granville Island Brewery is located. There, I had the chance to try several of their tasty beers, including their famous Honey Lager and their current limited release Ginger Beer in their tasting room. While walking through Granville Island, I spotted the Public Market; a colourful and agile place where fishermen sell their fresh seafood and florists make you feel like being outside in the nature.
I returned to Downtown Vancouver by the Aqua bus ferry service, and took a bus to get to the Steamworks Brewery in Gastown at Waterfront Station. There I spent the whole evening talking with the brew master and tasting some of their selected beer (I highly recommend their Saison). I had to cut my evening off short, as it was getting late, but I will continue on my quest as there are still 10+ places in Vancouver that I need to discover.
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My keyboard just broke down, so I wanted to enable the on-screen keyboard, found in "Universal settings", via the command line (by logging in to that PC via ssh)....
Unfortunately, I cannot find any guidance to doing that - any ideas?
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Starting Friday and going through Sunday the Campout Festival "Lightning in a Bottle" will take place in a new location halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in the Lake San Antonio recreation area at 2091 New Pleyto Rd, Bradley, over the Memorial Day weekend, May 22 – 26.
At the opening ceremony the Chumash Tribal Chairman, 'Lone Wolf', will provide the message of 'Mother Earth and Father Sky'. There will be Music by a variety of Artists, A Yoga line up, programs to Inspire, and speakers sharing inspirations and insights on varied subjects. Visit here for more in-depth information, where you can also checkout this page.
There will be Campgrounds available for camping, showers available for a fee, campfires in designated areas, and cooking and grilling in enclosed propane grills. All full weekend and 2-day passes include camping, just park your car in the general parking area and walk or take the shuttle to the campgrounds. For those who prefer to keep their cars with them, they need only purchase a 'car camping' pass to be able to drive their cars to the campgrounds. RV camping is also permitted at the RV Hookups on site. Visit camping here for in-depth information about costs and how to purchase tickets is also available on line.
Lightning in a Bottle believes it is better to leave the event site better than you found it, so they ask that you bring little trash with you, and take with you when you leave, be sure to follow their policy "leave it better, leave it beautiful".


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True story: one of our girlfriends got invited to a "Villains Party" (years out of college, the occasional theme party still comes around) and decided to go as Gosling's character from Drive. We spent hours of our lives that we'll never get back searching every vintage and thrift store within a thirty-mile radius for the perfect jacket, when it turns out she could've just bought a Drive Replica Jacket ($160). We're not sure when anyone else would ever want to wear this, but we needed you all to know it's out there, just in case.
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"Sebastian" from the blog Snowflakes In Hell sketched the growth and successes of the pro-gun blogosphere in a May 17 panel discussion at the National Rifle Association's convention. Well worth the watch.
Whether they're real or fake, I think guns generally do more harm than good when in the hands of anyone but police officials and the military, and any gun around a child should be immediately confiscated and destroyed.
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When you need a light, portable Public Address system, look to the Wireless Presentation Pro from Califone. Ideal for emergency response needs, lecture hall, meetings and conferences, field trips, and tours.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use with groups up to 150 people. Includes standard belt-pack transmitter beltpack transmitter, which has a 100' transmission range to the PA, and clip-on lapel mic for hands-free operation which conveniently store inside amplifier to prevent loss.
See also item #M16222, which works on a separate frequency (206.400 MHz), enabling two units to be used in the same area without any crosstalk from one PA to the other.


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The spacecraft hardware was essentially that of the 1986 design, in place of the nuclear reactor of previous designs power would be generated by huge farms of solar panels, developed from those on the Salyut 7 and Mir stations.
The spacecraft itself became part of a more logical program with sequential launch of evolving hardware, beginning with unmanned spacecraft and ending with piloted expeditions. Five launches of the huge Energia booster would be required to assemble the spacecraft in low earth orbit. Mission specification was as follows:
The ship designed to perform this mission would have a mass of 355 metric tons.
This would be apportioned among the modules as follows:
This evolutionary approach to the exploration of Mars was to be conducted in three phases:
Of course by the late 1980's all such studies by GKB NPO Energia were only a way to usefully occupy the engineers of the corporation and had no chance of authorization.
Mars 1989 Mission Summary:
Crew Size: 4. Electric System: 15,000.00 average kW.
Gross mass: 355,000 kg (782,000 lb).
Height: 600.00 m (1,960.00 ft).
Span: 280.00 m (910.00 ft).
Thrust: 441 N (99 lbf).
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Subject: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section
Date: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:09 AM
The reason you people don't beleive in God is because you won't let Him into your hearts. I feel pity for those who cannot sense something just because you can't see it with your eyes. Nothing is a part of everything and God is everything and nothing.
You say you need proof of God? Well you'll get it if you let yourself have it. I can feel His presence soaring through my soul. When I think about Him I feel such joy, such a sense of control over my destiny, such a sense of spiritual fullfillment. You can't tell me that's not proof of God. You know the wind is blowing because you feel it, and I know God is real because I feel it. It's as simple as that.
I'd should also mention that as a Christian i've had some terrible encounters with athiests. You people are always rude, patronizing and frequantly political extremists. Don't pretend to have morals because you don't. Why would you?
Patricia Robertson
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To: "Karen Dearne"
Subject: Re: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section
Date: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:20 PM
The reason you people don't beleive in God is because you won't let Him into your hearts.
Is this the reason that all unbelievers "don't believe in God"?
No. I am at least one exception to your claim, thus invalidating your claim altogether.
I lack a god-belief (see the difference?) because nobody has made a claim for the existence of a god that holds water with me.
You're welcome to give it a try, though; lay it on me!
Most people who claim the existence of a god, when pressed for proof or further details, bring forth with nonsensical talk such as "you won't let Him into your hearts" and "Nothing is a part of everything and God is everything and nothing." What on earth is that supposed to mean?
I feel pity for those who cannot sense something just because you can't see it with your eyes.
I sometimes feel the same way (but mostly let people make their own mistakes). Most of us realize that vision is not the only way to detect phenomenon, but a few must visually see it in order to believe it.
In fact, I go further than you, in that I sometimes feel pity for those who cannot sense something even when they can see it with their own eyes.
You say you need proof of God?
I say that those claiming the existence of a god must make a strong case for their claim before I will go along with it. (See the difference?)
Well you'll get it if you let yourself have it. I can feel His presence soaring through my soul.
What does this mean?
When I think about Him I feel such joy, such a sense of control over my destiny, such a sense of spiritual fullfillment.
I feel similarly aroused when thinking about the love that (I once thought) my high-school sweetheart and I had. I also feel that way when reading a Romantic novel. What's the difference? To me, both feelings are the result of fantasy. The difference is that you portray your fantasy as reality, whereas I admit that my fantasies of my old girlfriend are just make believe and the Romantic novel author markets her books under "fiction."
You can't tell me that's not proof of God.
Think what you want.
I say that your subjective sensations are not something that you can share with me, and thus you cannot offer this as proof -- at least not as "proof" that I have any business considering. I cannot enter into your mind and verify that you are even telling me the truth about your subjective sensations. To overthrow the preponderance of what science has discovered, you would need to come up with stronger "proof" than one person's internal, unverifiable subjective sensations.
Besides, many who claim their own subjective sensations as "proof" of the existence of a god also tell us that the subjective sensations of others are not "proof" of a rival god (such as the Christians might claim against the Muslims).
You know the wind is blowing because you feel it, and I know God is real because I feel it.
I can know the wind is blowing because I can measure it with instruments and independently verify what my feeble senses initially tell me. I can also set up a tape recorder in my bedroom and independently verify my suspicion that the "popping" sounds that I sometimes "hear" as I am falling asleep are only in my imagination.
Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, describes a similar encounter with what he called "God." Unfortunately for his case with me, I have also taken the drug belladonna, which he was on when he encountered his "God" for the first time. I have also taken the drug LSD, which Wilson later took for three years in his quest to further commune with his "God."
Nevertheless, I know that Bill Wilson knew that his mind was being blown and that he felt it. I merely question the conclusions that he derived from his subjective sensations (which, he admits, were drug-induced).
I'd should also mention that as a Christian i've had some terrible encounters with athiests. You people are always rude, patronizing and frequantly political extremists. Don't pretend to have morals because you don't. Why would you?
As an atheist, I've had some terrible encounters with Christians. Some Christians (such as yourself) are very bigoted, and would judge all atheists according to the behavior of a few. You have said so yourself, here in this letter, that atheists are "always rude" (your words). You are a Christian and you are a bigot of the worst kind. Does this mean that all Christians are bigots? No. Many Christians are not bigoted at all -- despite the fact that numerous passages from the Bible encourage bigotry.
As an atheist, I've had some terrible encounters with Christians. Some Christians lie about America's history and tell the public (and our public servants) that America is a Christian nation. They want all of us to follow their own narrow interpretation of Christianity -- including their fellow-Christians who disagree with them, and even those who reject the Christian claims altogether. Does this mean that all Christians support theocratic political tyrrannies? No.
Here's an experiment: Why don't you pretend that an atheist is treating you just the same way you have treated me here (lying; bigotry; making patently false or indecipherable claims). Then, please tell me how you would respond to this behavior. Could it be that atheists are responding to unfair and immoral behavior the best way they know how? Could it be that such responses tend to be seen as immoral by those whose self-appointed task it is to be hostile and to find fault?
As for being seen as political extremists, here is a test: Imagine that our money said "One Nation Without Gods" or "All Gods Are Make-Believe" on it. Would you just sit there and find this acceptable? If not, would your behavior in trying to change this injustice easily be seen by some as resembling that of "political extremists."
Meanwhile, I don't have to pretend to have morals, because I have a strict moral code for myself, and my actions speak for themselves. I am well loved in my neighborhood and at all the bars I frequent. I am a model tenant and a model citizen. I pay my bills as quickly as I can, and I keep my house in order -- as verified by a building inspector once a year.
My morals are posted again and again, all over this Letters section. I challenge you to find me a hypocrite! I challenge you to show that my actions do not equal my words, and that my behavior does not equal my values, or that I hold others to stricter standards than I hold myself.
I also challenge you to show that any values I do hold are patently wrong. I challenge you to do this with concepts that are understandable to a wide audience, with concepts that hold true in time-space reality. Until you do this, I can safely write you off as a bigot of the rudest variety.
Cliff Walker
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I am on day 2 of the week again at the photo job, Yesterday I called my manager and put in my two weeks. Not a minute too soon. The woman I worked with yesterday was a joy. Everything we did wrong was my fault somehow, any reason we were slow was my doing. Ugh this new crew of ppl are no it all's. She got there 30 minutes late and I had something turned wrong and she goes "Have you even set up spring layout??" Are you serious??? Who are you? Not to mention I am back to being sore as hell. I am happy I put in my two weeks. Goodbye!!!!!! Spring season was so much better when you worked next to someone but didn't shoot with them posing. My manager said he would call me in the fall and see what I was doing. Then I went straight to the plant nursery and told them I could start on the week of 4/7. I can survive 2 weeks....I can survive 2 weeks. I got a fortune cookie last night that said "one door closes and another opens".
Wednesday was amazing, I got off work early and was driving home and got pulled over by a cop for an expired sticker. It expired when I was dealing with all the stuff with my dad. I replaced Husbands two truck stickers but completely bypassed my own. So now my sticker costs $240 dollars. Needless to say I went straight from the DMV to Dairy Queen. Don't worry I still went to the gym and lifted and did water aerobics that night.
I hope I can exercise tonight, this job kicks me down so bad. Last night when I got home at 3, I was pretty much parked on the couch cuz I hurt so bad. My mind wanted to go to Werq my body said no way. Oh and to top it off my last scheduled day is located over 2 hours away....of course.
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Sounds like you are getting out just in time. I would love the garden job. I think you would be perfect for it. So rewarding to see things grow and tend to the plants and you will most likely get some cool stuff to add to your yard.
I'm always paranoid that I will let my sticker, driver's license, or insurance expire somehow so I'm always checking.
I'm miserable right now with arthritis. I am okay exercising inside but not outside. Such a pain!
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Dude that blows - I'm so sorry people have been crappy to you and about getting pulled over to top it off. I'm glad you've stuck to working out with the exception of needing that night off - which is totally allowed! I skipped working out yesterday night because I can't stop coughing up a lung (UGH!) and my eating has been like crap since my days off this past weekend.
I just need a do-over. Sounds like at least there's light at the end of the tunnel with the change in jobs. No one deserves to be miserable where they work - trust me! And don't feel like a Debbie Downer when you need to vent - we've all had those kind of weeks and we're here for you!
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Ugh, what a week! At least it's almost over!
Can you contest the ticket for the expired sticker by going to the office and explaining re your dad? There should be some sort of sympathetic allowances made. (I was late filing taxes one year due to DH being very ill, and IRS actually let me off with just a warning. Really, go to the office and talk to the people, it might help.)
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Good for you girl! They can stick it where the sun doesn't shine!! Haha!!
I'm sure you'll be happier working closer and honestly how uptight can your new co-workers be... I'm imagining they are very zen!
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Home Depot, Inc. is another company to suffer a security breach. The Home Depot, Inc. is a retailer that sells home improvement products and building materials. The company serves customers with full-service building materials and home improvements that benefits consumers and contractors alike. They also service and sell lawn and garden products. To increase their product lines, they also hire independent contractors to install flooring, roofing, windows, kitchen cabinets, vinyl siding, and other products as possible. They hire professional repairmen, general contractors, remodelers, tradesmen, and other professionals.
In 2011, Home Depot reported to the SEC that they felt that their technology system and process could affect their business. Their software is managed by third-party service providers who conduct their own analysis and manage the transactions and data. The system is compromised and as today, September 2, 2014, Home Depot does have a reported compromise of their consumer credit services. Home Depot, Inc., is now under investigation for a possible breach of customer credit and/or debit card data. Home Depot relied on this third party for the integrity and management of their data. They realized in 2005 that this technology management could cause disruptions or cause the corporation to experience errors.
Home Depot, Inc. changed their supply chain and technology in 2005 with the intent to simplify customer interactions. The goal was to give customers a better retail experience. The idea was to employ new web-based tools and service. Sometimes simplifying a company's access to information can lead to a lower security which can cause a breach. Home Depot, Inc admitted that they feared that the new software program could fail altogether.
Home Depot, Inc., also feared the new logistics and supply chain software could affect their ability to meet customer's demands if there were a lot of computer glitches or failure of the software. Today, Home Depot, Inc. had to admit there was a computer glitch of huge proportions that confirmed a breach of consumer data. Other companies were also compromised in the past such as Target Corp.
This breach of security will hurt Home Depot, Inc. as it has hurt other companies. Home Depot, Inc. is a strong public corporation with its stock up 91.78 and strong financials. It seems to be a hard lesson for companies as they try to progress with technology and meet the customer's demand as quick as possible but it is vital that these breaches are stopped and protect the customers that they strive to serve. Home Depot, Inc. will contact the customers who had their information compromised and will try to salvage customer relations.
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According to Comic Book Movie on Sunday, "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice's" producer Michael Uslan, who had also been an executive producer since the days of Tim Burton's "Batman" films all the way through Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy, revealed recently Bruce Wayne's age bracket. Burton was being interviewed when taking a look back on the character throughout the years and had addressed the outcry from fans and audiences which revealed their objectives to certain actors playing specific characters.
Uslan addressed the out-of-the-box thinking on the part of a director. Firstly, the "Batman v. Superman' producer noted that Robert Downey, Jr. had his initial reaction from fans in 2008, then of when Heath Ledger was casted as The Joker in "The Dark Knight", there was indeed a considerable reaction, and then finally the opposition that uproared when Ben Affleck was cast as the new Batman character. Apparently, the "Daredevil" movie flop still followed Affleck to this very day.
"We've been through this I don't know how many times already. Every time a director makes a creative, out-of-the-box-thinking decision on casting, it tends to get this. I remember even the 'Iron Man' (2008) guys got it on Robert Downey Jr. initially. Of course, we got it intensely when another genius, Chris Nolan, chose Heath Ledger to play the Joker (in 2008's 'The Dark Knight'). And it was a huge outcry: 'How can a guy who just played a gay cowboy (in 2005's 'Brokeback Mountain') play the Joker? You're going to destroy the greatest villain ever, this is going to be a laugh.' "So, this has happened time and again, and it happened with Affleck. To go back to the original thought of Bruce Wayne in his mid-40s, I think he's going to be extraordinary."
That being said, it seems people do now have an idea of the Zack Snyder's Batman's age. The rumors of Bruce Wayne being in his 50s had been more prominent, but considering Ulsan's comparison in the aforementioned quote, this seemingly gives an idea to fans his age. Also fans had been rather doubtful he would be represented as being in his 50s anyhow and recently there had been Detroit video clips being posted on YouTube where one can see the greying temples of the Dark Knight that had been rather telling of his age.
Most of the said filming had been Affleck running through mock wreckage that could have been representative of the aftermath of Superman's battle with General Zod from the original "Man of Steel" film and Wayne Enterprises likely to even have taken a hit being how there was a prop "Wayne Financial" building sign found within the wreckage.
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Suffolk County Police say the plane came down near exit 61 in Eastport around 1:30 p.m. Officials say there was one person onboard the plane at the time. No injuries were reported.
Police said the pilot, Frank Fierro, of Lake Ronkonkoma, had taken off from Sparado Airport in East Moriches and experienced "engine trouble" about a minute after taking flight. They said he "realized the plane would not make it back and decided to land on the median of Sunrise Highway." Officials say there was no damage to the plane or the highway. The FAA was responding to the scene.
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Neil Patrick Harris is one busy man. When he is not playing Hedwig on Broadway, he is showing off his bare essentials for "Rolling Stone." The "How I Met Your Mother" actor has been a wanted man, including being sought as a replacement for David Letterman as the host of "The Late Show." Although Harris seemed to have been an ideal choice to replace the late night veteran, he revealed on Wednesday in an interview with Howard Stern why he wasn't interested in replacing Letterman.
Stephen Colbert was eventually selected to take over as host of the CBS late night talk show, but before Colbert, Harris told Howard Stern in a recent broadcast that he met with CBS CEO Les Moonves to discuss the possibility of his next gig as being a replacement for Letterman.
Although it would be an opportunity that would be hard for most to turn down, Harris felt he wasn't suited to be a talk show host. In an interview with "Rolling Stone" he touched upon the network's interest in him. He said, "I was flattered that I was kind of being considered. How exciting to be considered for something like that."
But it only took a minute for Harris to voice his concerns about the possibility. The 40-year-old actor revealed those concerns, saying "I told him the things that concerned me: about the longevity of that kind of gig, that I think I would get bored of the repetition fast and the structure of it is so set. I don't have any interest in doing monologue, commercial, sketch, guest, guest, musical act, good night."
Ironically, it is his ability to entertain a crowd and his ability to adjust on the fly that made him a consideration. From his hosting gigs at major awards shows to his Broadway role as German rock star Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," Harris definitely seems very comfortable when it comes to live audiences. But just because he turned down "The Late Show" doesn't mean he won't be seen on CBS somewhere down the road. Harris said he pitched the idea of a weekly variety show, something that would give him more time to prepare for and gain audience interest.


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EducationPh.D. (2003), University of Tennessee-Knoxville
M.A. in Geography (1990), Louisiana State University
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