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Is There An App for That? You Betcha. Ideas for Your New Christmas Device
*Oh Christmas you've come and gone, and I've got the gifts to prove it. My sweetheart gave me a new iPhone. My boss gave me a new iPad. Great gifts indeed, but a new device is only as good as the apps on it. Get ideas for "Must Have" apps at EURThisNThat.
Apple Wins $30 Million Contract to Provide Los Angeles Students with iPads
*The students across the nation are seeking resources of any kind to help get them through the average school day. Too many schools report that their teachers are footing the bill for basic supplies in their classrooms. But now Apple Inc. has won a $30 million contract that will "pave the way" for the company … Continue reading Apple Wins $30 Million Contract to Provide Los Angeles Students with iPads
Qubeey Inc. Unveils 2.0 Version at International CES Show 2013
*Southern California-based Qubeey, Inc., innovators of the technology platform revolutionizing Internet communications and access, returns for the second consecutive year to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to unveil its latest version, Qubeey 2.0, in booth 36156 in the South Hall. The emerging technology company thrilled CES attendees at CES 2012 with its unparalleled functionality … Continue reading Qubeey Inc. Unveils 2.0 Version at International CES Show 2013
Apple Store Black Friday List Leaked …Yesterday
*This has to be the only time of year that we hear the word "black" associated with something good. Folks are reinforcing their sneakers, tucking money in and around their body in crevices we do not want to know about, doing their sit-ups, jumping jacks and squats to get limber for the awkward lunges, jumps, … Continue reading Apple Store Black Friday List Leaked …Yesterday
Lady O Gives Magazine Staffers Stacks of Cash and More
*Wouldn't you just love to work for Oprah? She's sooooo generous. Case in point, we've learned that the media mogul recently gave her O magazine employees $10,000 each and an Apple iPad, according to a spokeswoman on Wednesday. "As a thank you for their hard work and dedication, Oprah Winfrey surprised the staff of O, … Continue reading Lady O Gives Magazine Staffers Stacks of Cash and More


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As the game moved from regulation into overtime -- then double overtime, then triple overtime -- a question arose: Who would emerge the hero?
Would it be Vincent Cordell, who scored seven of his career-best 17 points in the second overtime?
How about Mark Hill, who made two amazing off-balanced shots and six free throws in the three OTs?
Sadly, no. The heroes were Cal State Fullerton's Gerard Anderson and Eric Williams. Anderson scored 11 of his career-high 25 points in the third overtime; and Williams rebounded an intentionally missed free throw by Anderson, made the layup, drew a foul and made a free throw with 3.2 seconds to play, giving the Titans a 113-112 victory over the Matadors.
Some of the numbers from the game could be considered staggering: 155 field-goal attempts, 110 free throws, 109 rebounds, 75 fouls, 44 turnovers, 17 tied scores, 15 lead changes, 11 players fouling out and 10 players scoring in double figures.
But the numbers Matadors coach Bobby Braswell counts as most important are 3 and 22, as in three critical times CSUN (9-16, 4-7 Big West) needed a defensive stop with its 22 defense (man-to-man) and didn't get it.
After it appeared Hill would be the hero when he made the first of his two off-balanced bank shots -- this one with 1:15 to play in the first overtime to give his team an 83-81 lead -- and drew the foul, he missed the free throw, and Anderson made two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to force a second overtime.
The Titans (13-11, 7-5) took a 92-87 lead with 1:50 left in the second overtime before Cordell made a 3-pointer, then converted three free throws, the last of which came with 15.1 seconds to play, and Hill made his second off-balanced shot, a left-side layup with opposing players all over him. But Jacques Streeter made a 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds to play to send the game to a third overtime, only the second one in CSUN history (the last was in November 1982).
Then came the third OT. Hill made six straight free throws for a 112-110 lead with 11.3 seconds to go.
"We found another way to lose a game tonight," Braswell said. "We got ourselves in position to win the game. All we needed to do was get that defensive stop. ... That's what this program's built on: getting the stop; and we didn't get the stop."
Actually, overtime might have never happened had the Matadors been able to hold their 44-32 halftime lead. Instead, Fullerton came all the way back, first tying the score at 50-50, then taking a 58-57 lead with 6:57 to play.
Hill's two free throws gave CSUN a 76-73 lead with 11.8 seconds to play in regulation, but Devon Peltier made a 3-pointer with 3.7 seconds to play to force overtime.
This loss was the fourth by one point for the Matadors this season, and it hurt the most.
When asked if the loss was devastating, Hill said, "You could say that. It hurts real bad."
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The 10 players to score in double figures, with their totals in parentheses: Kenny Daniels (25 and 10 rebounds), Gerard Anderson (25), Aaron Thompson and Jacques Streeter (21 each), Mark Hill (18), Vincent Cordell (17),Lenny Daniel, (16 and 11 rebounds), Devon Peltier (16), Bryce Webster (12 and 10 rebounds) and Willie Galick(11). ... The 11 players to foul out: Daniels, Thompson, Streeter, Hill, Daniel, Webster, Galick, Orane Chin, Jer'Vaughn Johnson, Raymond Cody and Tony Osunsanmi. ... The four one-point games is the most since four in 1992-93. ... Fullerton has won seven straight at The Matadome. ... Bobby Braswell used his 12th different starting lineup of the season, inserting Raymond Cody for Vinnie McGhee. McGhee, Willie Galick, Rashaun McLemore,Mark Hill and Tony Osunsanmi started the last four games. ... Fullerton's Jer'Vaughn Johnson fouled out of both games against Northridge ... The three overtime game was only second such game in the 1,418 game history of Cal State Northridge basketball history ... The other three overtime contest was a 94-91 victory over Cal State Stanislaus on Nov. 19, 1982 to open the 1982-83 season.


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By Alan Caruba
I am on the Friends of the Earth (FOE) email list and receive a steady stream of theirs and the Sierra Club's lies about the environment. A recent FOE mailing stating that "Devastation from climate change has become all too frequent."
This is simply an outright lie. Inherent in natural events such as hurricanes and typhoons, blizzards, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and forest fires is the damage they cause, but FOE asserted that "People in vulnerable communities are already struggling with dirty air, unsafe housing and increased cancer rates. So when extreme weather hits, its impacts are even more devastating."
All communities, from small towns to major cities are by definition "vulnerable", but the air has undergone significant clean-up over the years so this is not a common problem anywhere. As for cancer rates, they too have been in decline thanks to advances in medical care. It is doubtful that most Americans live in allegedly unsafe housing these days. Houses on both coastlines are vulnerable to ocean storms. Houses inland are vulnerable to floods and fires. There is nothing inherently "environmental" about this. It's about location.
All this is little more than blatant scare mongering and FOE was calling on its members and others who received its email to "Call on President Obama to ensure that all Americans are protected from climate disasters."
No President has any control over weather events. To FOE, however, this is a call for "critical environmental justice."
There is no such thing as "environmental justice." It is an invention of environmental groups that are intent on convincing people that whatever they do or fail to do somehow has an impact on the weather.
Indeed, the entire global warming hoax, now called climate change, was based on the lie that humans were responsible for producing huge amounts of carbon dioxide via industry, driving, or making some toast for breakfast. The environmental enemy was and is the use of energy, but it is energy that has so vastly improved and protected everyone's life.
In a recent article, Dr. Craig Idso, the founder and former president of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, a coeditor of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, and James M. Taylor, a senior fellow of The Heartland Institute and the managing editor of Environmental & Climate News, a monthly publication, examined how "Global Warming Alarmism Denies Sound Science."
They took note of the way the Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change moved away from its earlier predictions and assertions. "The IPCC report contradicts claims that global warming is causing more extreme weather" and "admits the lack of global warming this century defies nearly all computer models that predict rapid future warming." The organization devoted to the global warming hoax has been forced to retreat from decades of lies about it.
While FOE tries to scare people with references to "extreme weather disasters", Idso and Taylor pointed to the fact that "Global hurricane frequency is undergoing a long-term decline, with global hurricane and tropical storm activity at record lows during the past several years…The United States is benefitting from the longest period in recorded history without a major hurricane strike. Tornado activity is in long-term decline, with major tornado strikes (F3 or higher) showing a remarkable decline in recent decades."
This is not to say that hurricanes like super storm Sandy or tornadoes have not occurred, but it is to say that there have been far less. These weather events affecting the United States have been in decline and that is the reality.
The FOE claim that any President can possibly "protect communities" is absurd. It is a lie.
The most worrisome aspect of environmental lies is that they are used to justify governmental policies.
The new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Gina McCarthy, ahead of a trip to China, told a liberal advocacy group in Washington that she has devoted her life to protecting the environment: "And I really see no greater issue and no more urgent threat to public health than climate change."
There is NOTHING the EPA can do about CLIMATE CHANGE.
The present global climate is, in fact, in a lengthy cooling cycle, not caused by anything to do with human activity, but by a reduction in solar radiation due to its own diminished cycle of magnetic storms (sunspots).
Cleaning the nation's air and water is a public health activity, but denying Americans access to the nation's vast reservoirs of coal, oil, and natural gas is an attack on the nation's economic growth and a denial of the energy it requires to recover from the 2008 financial crisis, providing jobs and keeping energy costs under control.
Environmentalism is based on lies and the lies reflect an agenda that regards humanity as the enemy of the Earth.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
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I have seen several Ozarks hillbillies get rich off these Hollywood types who come in to show these hicks how to farm. They buy a rocky brush covered hillside farm at west coast prices, spend several fortunes cleaning it up and building up the soil, then realize it will never produce more than their neighbors farms that they were laughing at. They then sell it back to the original owner for half what they gave for it, with it now ready to farm.
The difference is the ECOmaniacs are not spending THEIR money, they are telling us how to spend ours and in many if not most cases destroying our country in the process.
I'm watching for Indian tribes to build wind farms so they can legally kill eagles for the next thirty years.
Time to start calling them what they are ECOmaniacs. Because they read something in a book or saw it on a screen they know more about caring for our natural world than those who have lived it for many generations. They wouldn't recognize real nature if it slapped them in the face and stomped their toes. Their Hollywood version of reality/fancy is laughable if it were not so serious. Those who would rule others will always find something new to regulate, and our Hollywood audience is ready to support any good socialist cause.
Global warming or climate change is the biggest hoax ever brought upon the world. It is the one world order types who are pushing this load of crap and we had better push back twice as hard as they are if we are to debunk this load of crap and lies they are spreading.
The Obama Administrations Miscalculation on Climate change .... and what we need is ramping up of a food production means to offset the current methods of farming because the growing cycles are going to be shorter if what is said comes to pass .
Government's climate watchdog launches astonishing attack on the Mail on Sunday... for revealing global warming science is wrong
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Great post Alan , thanks !!!!!
Heres some more Gestapoism to go with your post !!!!!
EPA says taking over private property will benefit the economy
Had a talk w/ a 'Greenie' about the climate and humans, I told him since he wanted to reduce the human population he should do the walk instead of the talk and step off the local bridge. He thought that was just crazy talk and I said yes that he was crazy and go take the walk.
Environmental Justice - Social Justice - same extreme left Progressive attempts to increase TAXES and reduce industrialization. FOE, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and others fund a E=GREEN think tank. A few years ago their chief scientist came on TV and said for the earth to be sustainable the population of humans must be reduced by 2/3.
Does that ever prove that the EPA, NASA, NOAA, Endangered species act, and more where they say using Fossil fuels kill millions for lung issues and allergies - then throw on cancer - they predicted that Chernobyl would cause 20 million deaths, well the last real number was in the low thousands if you include all cancers without deducting the rate in the normal population. In fact if you Google the Chernobyl Ladies - they never left for long and they are living longer in the danger dead zone than those that left.
So, needless to say the facts are coming home to roost and their gross misrepresentations are being exposed.
Humanity is the enemy of the earth. The earth is nature but humans destroy nature. They were dropped from the mother ship about 6000 years ago and have done nothing but ravage the earths resources for their own selfish use, the animals and trees and other parts of the earth and nature be damned.
I hope everyone has their sarc detectors on, but this is the way the greenies think!!
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Doctor Sharon P. Williamson, Pastor
Dr. Shay received her Bachelor of Theology degree from White Horse School of Ministries in Indiana. She received her Masters of Theology degree from Life Christian University. She serves in many roles as a full time pastor of VTCOC. She is very active in church ministries and oversees all administration. She organizes our Israel tours. She is the worship team leader and is the director and registrar of Victorious Tabernacle Bible Equipping University (VTBEU). She is a professor at VTBEU who specializes in Old Testament studies.
Dr. Shay recently completed an extensive study of "The Tabernacle". She has been invited to speak at churches and conferences to present her work. She is currently working toward her doctorate degree and spends much of her time in research on various biblical subjects.
Doctor Lawrence A. Williamson, Senior Pastor
Dr. Larry is the founding pastor of Victorious Tabernacle Christian Outreach Center (VTCOC). In 2005, he received his doctorate of Philosophy of Theology from Life Christian University, Tampa, Florida. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. In 2006, he published his first book, "The Lost Army of Melchizedek" and recently completed his second book, "The Fallen Priesthood" to be published in the fall of 2011.
He is devoted to senior citizens by serving as a volunteer chaplain for the past twenty-one years at two nursing and assisted living facilities. He has served in a dual career for over thirty years in commerical banking reaching the position of Vice President in commercial and small business lending. He has organized and lead men's conferences to further help men recognize the call God has placed on their lives as the priest of their home in the role of a father and husband. He is a professor at Victorious Tabernacle Bible Equipping University (VTBEU). His current goals include updating and writing new courses for the University.


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Joey DeFrancesco: I Thought About You
I Thought About You
Joey DeFrancesco (organ)
Organic Vibes (Concord Jazz 2306)
Joey DeFrancesco (organ), Bobby Hutcherson (vibes),
Jake Langley (guitar), Byron Landham (drums).
Composed by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Mercer.
Recorded: Tempe, AZ, August 24-26, 2005
Rating: 100/100 (learn more)
Organ marvel Joey DeFrancesco is best known for carrying on the tradition of bebop, which was set forth by his mentor Jimmy Smith. He has also broadened his discography by showcasing some of the sidemen he has come to know well. One of the highlights of Organic Vibes, an album with Bobby Hutcherson, is this version of "I Thought About You". As the band takes this straight-forward ballad for a spin, the mood is of a softly lit supper club. Hutcherson's crisp, glass-like tone allows the sweetness of the standard's melody to come forward. He really knows the subtlety of his instrument, and DeFrancesco's support acts as a deferential complement. As DeFrancesco emerges from underneath Hutcherson's beautifully spare solo, the heat turns up, and the organist uses a percussion setting throughout his solo for more punch on his many fast runs. After the closing notes on the track, a voice (possibly the sweet Hutcherson) proudly proclaims, "If you don't like that, you don't like ice cream!"
Reviewer: David Tenenholtz
Tags: 2000s jazz · i thought about you · organ
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News Archive
under dark reign of Kim Jong Il
Rome (AsiaNews)
28 February, 2004 - During the Beijing summit meetings regarding
the North Korean nuclear program requests from many exiled North
Koreans were ignored. They had asked to discuss the serious violations
human rights and religious freedom occurring in their homeland.
The situation
experienced by Christians in North Korea is emblematic of the brutal
human rights conditions found in the country. News that manages
to leak out of the country speaks of violent persecutions and tight
government control of religious freedom and worship.
Such news comes
form Christians and political dissidents who have managed to escape
abroad, as well as from tourists, government employees, foreign
journalists and Christian delegations, whose mobility is limited
and mostly restricted to the capital of Pyongyang and immediate
surrounding areas.
to the testimony of a North Korean refugee reported by Forum 18
News Service, some elderly Christians were killed in a small town
on the Chinese border. The motive for their killings, which occurred
in the year 2000, was because they had refused to renounce their
faith. Former North Korean citizens and prisoners, like Soon-Ok
Lee, have said that Christians in reeducation camps and jails are
treated worse than other prisoners.
Due to the
reign of terror which has existed in North Korean, persons living
in nearby regions have only discovered after ten years that they
shared the same faith. Human Rights Without Frontiers says that
in order to escape from police repression Christians meet secretly
in groups of ten, often with members of the same family.
In recent
years Pyongyang has grown worried about "spiritual pollution"
of North Koreans and has attempted to persecute such "corrupt"
citizens living abroad. In China, for example, where there are 100,000-300,000
North Korean refugees, Pyongyang has obtained support from Beijing
to hunt the "fugitives" down.
A Japanese
human rights activist has revealed that During long interrogations,
North Korean government authorities ask the repatriated refugees
what kind of contact they've had with South Korean missionaries
working in China, if they read the Bible or attend church services.
Those they who admit to contact with missionaries or any other religious
affiliations and activities are imprisoned and condemned to death.
The church's Protestant pastor, as some reports indicate, is being
blackmailed by Pyongyang which holds his family hostage.
The situation
is not much better in North Korea. In the capital there are only
2 Protestant churches in addition to one priestless Catholic church
and a new Orthodox center of worship. Many foreigners who have attended
religious services do not believe that the celebrations and faithful
are "fake" or dramatized by the government, but all noted
that sermons were filled with many political references. Others
have said that government propaganda is found to exist within these
churches and are not in constant use.
There are
no exact figures on the number of faithful and places of worship
existing in North Korea. In July 2002, at the request of the UN
Commission on Human Rights, the North Korean government released
brief and evasive information on the status of Christians living
in the country. In terms of Catholic numbers authorities said there
were 800 faithful in the country with 2 "centers of public
worship" and one sanctuary.
The governments
said there were around 12,000 Protestants in North Korea with 2
churches, "500 centers of worship for families" and 20
pastors. In Jan. 2004 an exponent of Baptist Church-run Cornerstone
Ministries told the US Commission on Religious Freedom that there
were 100,000 Protestant North Koreans.
to certain estimates there are about 100,000 Christians out of a
total population of 24 million in North Korea, of which 12,000 are
Protestants and 4000 Catholics. It is said that since communists
took over the government in 1953, some 300,000 Christians have disappeared
and there are no longer priests or nuns in the country, all likely
killed during times of persecution. (MR)
North Korean Catholics attend Mass in South for 1st time in 50 years
SEOUL, South
Korea (CNS) -- North Korean Catholics attended Mass officially for
the first time in South Korea since the peninsula was divided more
than 50 years ago. Samuel Chang Jae-on, president of the Korean
Roman Catholics' Association in North Korea, and 16 other Catholics
of Changchung Church in Pyongyang, the communist country's capital,
attended the Mass March 2 at Seoul's Myongdong Cathedral, reported
UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Chang said
before the Mass began that "though Catholics of Changchung
Church have been without a priest they have strong faith."
The North Korean visitors, seated in a pew near the altar, bowed
their heads after receiving Communion from Auxiliary Bishop Lucas
Kim Un-hoe of Seoul, who presided at the Mass. As many as 1,200
South Korean Catholics also attended the Mass. After Communion,
an eight-woman choir of Changchung Church, all in light-green traditional
Korean dress, sang a hymn praying for peace.
sits North and South Korea Around the Same Table in Beijing
with Miss Kathi Zellweger of Caritas Hong Kong
Rome (Fides
Service) - Fides Service spoke to Miss Kathi Zellweger, Director
of International Co-operation Caritas Hong Kong who is in Rome to
attend a meeting of Caritas Internationalis in the Vatican to discuss
the situation of food shortage in North Korea. Excerpt:
Fides: What is the role of the Catholic Church in N. Korea ?
Miss Zellweger: The Church in N. Korea is very small. Official figures
put the number of Catholics at 3,000 and 800 of these are in Pyongyang.
Unfortunately there are no priests which means that Mass can be
said only when clergy from other countries come visiting: for example
on the occasion of the annual visit by the Holy See delegation,
this year in May. I wish this could happen more often. The Mass
was well attended and the surprise was that there were many non
Korean Catholics present and perhaps for the first time it was obvious
that a regular Catholic liturgical service would be necessary in
N. Korea. With regard to assistance the Church in N. Korea lacks
the structures necessary for taking part in humanitarian programmes.
Delegation´s Mission In North Korea
Priests Left and No Data on Number of Catholics
MAY 16, 2002 (Zenit.org).-A Vatican delegation recently visited
North Korea to improve relations with the People's Democratic Republic.
Vatican envoys,
Monsignor Celestino Migliore, Vatican Under-Secretary for Relations
with States, and Fr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, adviser to the Nunciature
in the State Secretariat, ended their mission on May 14.
was the sixth visit of a Vatican delegation to North Korea. It has
reaffirmed the constant solidarity of the Holy Father in favor of
the North Korean people and has contributed to give continuity to
relations established with governmental authorities of Pyongyang,
in particular, with the Foreign Affairs Ministry," a Vatican
Press Office statement explained.
According to
the statement, the Vatican delegation held meetings in Pyongyang
with officials of the Association of Catholics of North Korea (controlled
by the Communist regime), and was able to celebrate the feast of
the Lord's Ascension with the local and international Catholic community
in the Church of Chan Chung.
The Vatican
and North Korea do not maintain diplomatic relations. Along with
the People's Republic of China, it is the only country for which
the Statistical Yearbook of the Church has no figures on the number
of Catholics.
Before Korea
was split in two, there were some 60 priests in the North. It seems
that after the split, all of them were martyred.
There has been
no news on Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho of Pyongyang since 1962.
It is most probable that he died, although last year the Vatican
missionary agency "Fides" did not discard the possibility
that he was confined in a re-education camp.
In recent years,
Caritas has been one of the few aid agencies that has worked in
the country, offering food and other assistance.
Korea Urged to Allow Missionaries
SEOUL, South Korea, JUNE 21, 2001 (ZENIT.org-FIDES).- North Korea
has been asked to allow missionaries into the country, to help its
people spiritually and materially.
The Commission of Catholic Bishops for the Reconciliation of the
Korean People made the request to the Communist government.
The text of the request was published for the Day of Unity and
Reconciliation of the Korean People, which will be held this Sunday,
a year after the historic meeting in Pyongyang between the presidents
of the two Koreas.
The message asks Pyongyang to grant freedom of worship and invites
Korean Catholics to participate in aid programs to the people of
the North. ZE01062106
Mass goers display Presidential badge
Pyongyang (Fides)
- Julius, one of the very few North-Korean Catholics, has one dream,
to become a priest. The 45 year old layman, a major figure for the
800 Catholics in Pyongyang, is the first North Korean to openly
aspire to the priesthood since 1945 when the Korean peninsula was
divided in
two. Julius lives a life of celibacy, studies theology and leads
Sunday Liturgies of the Word for the faithful in Jangchung Church,
the only Catholic church in the whole of North Korea. But without
a priest, North Korean Catholics are without Mass. This is why Julius
wants to give his life to the Lord.
According the
figures supplied by the Korean Bishops' Conference, in North Korea
there are about 3,000 Catholics. Some were baptised before the Korean
War (1950-1953), others were taught the faith by their parents.
After longs years of hiding and persecution the Catholic Church
in North Korea began to show signs of life in 1989, when Susanna
Im Soo-kyong, at that time a college student, and Father Paul Moon
Kyu-hyeun visited Pyongyang. Both were confined to prison for three
years on their return to Seoul because of the visit. After this
visit the Catholic religion was recognised and the government-controlled
North Korean Roman Catholic Association was set up.
According to
information collected by Fides, North Korean Catholics live their
faith at home, also praying at home. Representatives of the Catholic
Association visit families for catechism. However, nothing is known
of the whereabouts of Mgr Francis Hong Yong-ho Bishop of Pyongyang
until 1962,
and about 50 other priests known to be in North Korea in the 1940s.
Today, if they are still alive, they must be in their eighties or
nineties. Occasionally clergy from the South have been allowed to
visit the North and to celebrate Mass. The last Mass celebrated
in Pyongyang was on November 12, 2000, during a visit to the country
by a Holy See delegation led by Mgr Celestino Migliore, Under-Secretary
for relations with states, who celebrated Mass for about 200 Korean
faithful, all members of the North
Korean Roman Catholic Association, and all wearing the badge of
North Korean President Kim Jong-Il.
The Mass was
celebrated in English with simultaneous translation into Korean
by two of the Catholics present. The Association's deputy-president
welcomed the Holy See delegation on behalf of the others, but the
rest of the people were not allowed to converse with the visitors
from Rome. The
Association's leaders agree that the Catholic community in Pyongyang
should have a priest to hold services, on the condition that he
is "suited to North Korean society". Hymns during Mass
were sung by a local all-male choir, but the hymnbook came from
Seoul. (Fides)
Holy See Still Studying Possibility of Papal Trip
NOV. 14, 2000 (ZENIT.org).- A Vatican delegation had concluded a
decisive visit to North Korea today, the Holy See confirmed.
The visit was
confirmed by Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls. It comes in
the wake of the South Korea president's suggestion last July that
Pyongyang invite Pope John Paul II to the communist North.
In an official
statement, Navarro-Valls explained that the Vatican delegation,
"in its fifth consecutive visit to Pyongyang, hoped to reaffirm
the effective and constant solidarity of the Holy Father with the
people of North Korea, and continue the relations established earlier
with governmental authorities, particularly with the foreign affairs
Members of
the delegation included Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican undersecretary
for relations with states, and Bishop Mariano Montemayor, an official
of the secretariat of state.
"An important
moment of the visit was the prayer meeting with the Catholic community
in the capital, and the Mass celebrated on Sunday in the Church
of Chan Chung," Navarro-Valls explained. "After the Mass, there
was a meeting with the leader of the Association of North Korean
North Korea
is believed to have only about 3,000 to 4,000 Catholics, and no
priests in the capital. Before the 1950-1953 Korean War there were
more than 100,000 Catholics in what became North Korea. For almost
50 years there have been no ordinations.
South Korean
President Kim Dae-Jung, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,
gave a historic boost to rapprochement with the North when he took
part in a summit in Pyongyang last July with North Korean leader
Kim Jong II.
On that occasion
the South Korean leader suggested that the Communist leader invite
John Paul II to visit North Korea, as a sign of peace and reconciliation.
Pyongyang and the Vatican are studying the proposal.
For the Pope
to visit, North Korea would have to respect religious liberty and
establish relations with the Vatican.
Over the last
few days, Duncan MacGregor MacLaren, secretary-general of Caritas
International, also has been visiting this Communist country. Caritas
has worked in North Korea since 1995, when floods caused more than
2 million deaths.
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By Jindrich Dinga on Dec 26, 2007
Jindrich Dinga is an Interaction Designer at Sun Microsystems, and he currently designs developer and consumer software.
It has been a couple of months since we posted the blog entry about changes to the Java installer. Today I want to tell you a couple of things about another usability improvement in the deployment area -- the Deployment Toolkit (DT).
If you're responsible for a web site that provides Java content, like games, applets or other features, you probably struggle with these common concerns: What if people who come to the site don't have the latest Java? Will they come back to the site after they get the latest Java? Are they confused when they have to allow an ActiveX control to run? There are currently a whole set of related issues. Using the Deployment Toolkit, however, these issues will be gone.
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Despite the usual safe haven appeal of precious metals, silver prices have hit 2010 lows.
As the global economy continues to trudge forward, precious metals have taken quite a hit. Much ado has been made about gold prices making fresh lows and when the right time is to buy the yellow commodity, but its sister metal, silver, has been somewhat overshadowed, as it too has been faced with a fair amount of selling pressure. This year alone, silver prices have dipped over 11%, with a fair amount of that drop coming in just the last few days.
Silver Hitting Lows
Silver prices are at their lowest levels since July 2012, as they fell below the $27 threshold late last week. The
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As the Cyprus scare has knocked some volatility into the market, precious metals have actually performed quite poorly despite their usual safe haven appeal. This is a bad sign for short-term precious metal prices because it signifies that at this time, traders do not feel that gold and silver offer safety from the instability currently in the global market. But silver, being a more practical and useful metal than its yellow counterpart, has another factor weighing against it.
The industrial world has been relatively sluggish as of late and has hid behind some of the strong gains seen in the housing market. According to Tom Power, a senior commodity broker at R.J. O'Brien & Associates in Chicago, "Silver is suffering because of weak industrial demand. Prices may continue to remain under pressure."
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WHAT'S HAPPENING:The University of Arizona women's soccer team (0-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-10) will take on the University of Missouri (0-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 Big-12) at home on Fri. Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. Admission at Arizona's Murphey Stadium is free. The Wildcats will then hit the road to take on Pepperdine (0-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 WCC) on Sun. Aug. 28 at 1 p.m.
ARIZONA IN THE PAC: Arizona has been voted to finish fourth in the Pac-10, according to the Pac-10 preseason poll. This is the highest preseason ranking for the Wildcats since Arizona soccer became a part of Pac-10 competition in 1997.
ARIZONA IN THE RANKINGS: The National Soccer Coaches' Association of America has ranked the Wildcats No. 18 nationally. Arizona also received recognition from Soccer Buzz as the No. 25 nationally ranked team and sixth-ranked team in the West Region.
ABOUT ARIZONA: The University of Arizona women's soccer team enters its third season under Head Coach Dan Tobias and his staff after coming off of the most successful season in the history of program. The Wildcats return 15 players from last year's Pac-10 championship squad, 10 of which started at least one match last fall.
"First and foremost we are extremely excited with the group we have returning for the fall," said Tobias. "To have depth at every position is great for us as we continue to evolve as a program. We will not only have depth, but experience. Those are things that are important in terms of our development as a top program in Division I soccer."
The Wildcats will welcome eight new freshmen to the lineup. The newcomers represent the second recruiting class at Arizona for Tobias and his staff. The feeling within the program is that the incoming class has made the team stronger at every position on the field.
"With our incoming class, we wanted to be sure to add depth at every position," Tobias said. "I think overall our player personnel is at a very high level. I'm excited about knowing that we've added some very skilled players at every position."
With eight freshmen and eight sophomores on the squad, the Wildcats will turn to the six seniors and one junior to lead them through the season.
"As the saying goes attitude reflects leadership," explained Tobias. "I look at those seven upperclass-persons and that is where the leadership comes from. That group sets the tone. They've set the tone in the past and we know they are going to do that this fall."
Tobias feels the success of last season's squad and the potential of this year's squad are based on the chemistry and determination of the individuals that make up the team.
"We have a unique group and we talk a lot on our team about the Arizona family as an extended family," Tobias said. "I use that word determination, they are a very determined group and they work for each other. I think they're excited about the prospect of continuing to do things with the Wildcat soccer program that haven't been done before."
LAST TIME OUT:The Wildcats defeated Northern Arizona, 2-0, in an exhibition game in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The Wildcats and the Lumberjacks played a scoreless first half with neither team placing a shot on goal.
Arizona put the first score on the board at 50:52 in the second half when sophomore Kaity Heath crossed the ball into the box and senior Mallory Miller received the cross with a diving header into the goal. The second goal for the Wildcats came later in the half at 81:03 when senior Jennifer Klein placed the ball between two defenders to give freshman London King an open shot resulting in a goal.
All three Wildcat goalies saw time with sophomore goalie McCall Smith starting the game and freshmen Chelsea McIntyre and Devon Wharf seeing action in later minutes.
ABOUT MISSOURI: The Tigers return 10 letterwinners, including 6 starters, from a team that went 9-10-1 overall and 5-5 in the Big-12, finishing sixth in the league standings.
Head Coach Bryan Blitz returns for his tenth season as the Tigers' coach. In nine seasons, Blitz has coached Missouri to a 93-90-6 record.
Wildcats vs. Tigers The only meeting between the Wildcats and the Tigers took place in 2003 when Missorui defeated Arizona, 3-1, on Sept. 7.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE: The Waves return 20 letterwinners, including eight starters, from a team that went 9-7-3 overall and 1-4-2 in the WCC, finishing seventh in the league standings.
Head Coach Tim Ward returns for his eighth season as the Waves' coach. In seven seasons, Ward has coached Pepperdine to a 84-41-15 record.
Wildcats vs. Waves: Pepperdine leads the head-to-head series with Arizona, 4-1-1. The most recent meeting between the two teams came last season on Oct. 1, 2004 when the Waves posted a 1-0 victory and gave the Wildcats their only home loss of the season.
ARIZONA OFFENSIVELY: Up front, Tobias will turn to the experience and leadership of two of the squad's four captains to create scoring opportunities. Seniors Mallory Miller and Kelly Nelson are expected to lead the Wildcat offense as strikers.
Coming off of a season where she led the team with nine assists, scored five goals and earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention accolades, Miller will again look to create more scoring opportunities from the striker or midfield position.
"Mallory can play in the middle of midfield or up front," Tobias said. "She probably played half and half last year. When we play her up front she gets more of a goal scorers mentality. I think she has worked very hard on her own to become a more deadly finisher in and around the box. She is very highly respected player, is a team leader and has done everything to help bring our program to national prominence."
Fellow senior captain Nelson comes off of an injury plagued season. She enters the fall healthy and looks to repeat the success of her freshman season where she scored 13 goals and was named second-team All-Pac-10.
"Kelly is the person in our program that exemplifies perseverance," Tobias explained. "She has overcome so many injuries. She will have an opportunity to begin the season without being injured and she is a very bright striker in and around the box."
The Wildcats also return senior Kamaya Damwijk. Damwijk has already graduated with an undergraduate degree in communications and will use her last year of eligibility to attend graduate school. She walked on to the squad last season and started 10 games and scored six goals.
Damwijk will be joined by sophomore Sally Thurner who also walked on in 2004 and played in 17 matches while scoring two goals, including the game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over Duquesne.
Arizona brings in two new freshmen strikers in Gianna DeSaverio and London King. Desevario joins the squad with an extensive soccer background. She is a tenacious player with good one-on-one and combination skills.
King will add speed to the Wildcat offensive with her explosive ability. Tobias feels both King and Desevario have the potential to grab attention outside of the program at the striker position.
"London and Gianna are similar in their potential," Tobias explained. "We know that with time and dedication they are going to become tremendous strikers, not only on our team and in the Pac-10, but I think regionally and nationally."
ARIZONA IN THE MIDFIELD: In the midfield, the Wildcats will rely on a combination of speed, experience and skill to guide them to success. Senior captain Jennifer Klein will combine with sophomore Amanda Urtuzuastegui to lead the central midfield.
Klein comes off of a season where she scored three goals and had four assists. Tobias understands her leadership skills and consistency will be important from the central midfield position.
"Jen has such great vision, skill and leadership," Tobias said. "She continues to leave a permanent mark on this program and does so by being consistent in all areas."
Urtuzuastegui will join Klein in the central midfield. As a freshman last season, she split time as a defender and a midfielder to give her valuable experience coming into this fall.
"Amanda had a very good freshman season where she got a lot of experience under her belt," Tobias explained. "It is a nice combination to have Amanda and Jen in the central midfield. They complement each other very well."
In the wide midfield position, Tobias will count on senior captain Nikki David, senior Althea Jones, junior Erin Bevacqua, sophomore Sarah Litt and incoming freshman Christina Hughes to create opportunities.
David comes off a junior season in which she tallied five goals and earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention accolades. The Cats will rely on her one-on-one skills and her ability to break down defenses from anywhere in the midfield.
"Nikki is a player who has come full circle," Tobias said. "The work that she has done outside of our team's training environment and the growth that she's shown on and off the field have been incredible."
Jones will join the team as an outside midfielder after she recovers from an ACL surgery she had during the spring.
"Typical of Althea, she is taking everything one step at a time," Tobias said. "She's shown steady improvement. When she comes back she will give us a tremendous attacking presence from midfield."
Bevacqua will return for her junior season after seeing playing time in all 21 of the Cats' matches last season. She spent the summer in the WPSL with a team based in San Diego. Tobias feels that this experience combined with her two previous seasons at Arizona will help her for the upcoming season.
"Erin has really evolved," Tobias explained. "After her summer experience and her two seasons at Arizona, I think she will be ready to play at an even higher level this fall."
Litt has the ability to compete from the outside midfielder or up front as a striker. She comes off of a freshman season where she scored two goals, including the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Weber State.
The newcomer to the outside midfield is Hughes. Hughes joins the Wildcats as one of the fastest players to come out of the state of Arizona this year. She also brings defensive skills and may prove to be an asset up front as a striker.
ARIZONA DEFENSIVELY: The Wildcats will rely on a fairly young defense made up entirely of underclass-persons. Sophomores Claire Bodiya, Nicole Scheid, Kaity Heath and Shannon Kusmit, and freshmen Savanah Levake, Brianna Caceres and Erika Olson will make up the back line for the Wildcats.
Entering the season as a full-time starter, Bodiya will provide the experience and leadership necessary to guide the defense.
"Claire played every minute of every game last year," Tobias said. "It's not just that she played every minute, it's that she played well and made a lot of progress throughout the season. I think her having the opportunity to play next to an experienced player like our first all-American Lindsey Peeples had a great affect on Claire and will help her in her development."
Scheid joins Bodiya in the central defense. After splitting time last season between the midfield and the defense, Tobias sees her versatility as a huge asset for the Wildcats.
"Nicole is our player that can play anywhere," Tobias explained. "She and Claire played all spring together as the center backs and they did a great job. Nicole is a player who is able to retain information and she is just a smart, skillful, very good soccer player. We are very enthused about the central part of our defense."
Heath returns as the left back for the Wildcats. She was feted with Freshman all-America honors from Soccer Buzz for her efforts on the Wildcat defense.
"Kaity is a very solid defender who can also get involved in the attack," Tobias said. "With a season of experience under her belt we believe she will develop into an even stronger player."
After she fights off a few injuries, Kusmit will be expected to add depth to the defense in her sophomore season.
Levake, Olson and Caceres will join the team as freshmen defenders. Levake brings the capability of playing any of the four back positions. Olson is a solid outside back who will provide stability for the defense. Caceres joins the team after competing for a club team that played with a three back system, providing her with the ability to play tough defense.
ARIZONA IN THE GOAL: Like the defense, Arizona will rely on freshmen and sophomores in the nets. The Wildcats will look to 2004 National Freshman of the Year candidate McCall Smith to lead them in goal. She will be joined by freshmen Devon Wharf and Chelsea McIntyre.
A second-year starter, Smith competed every minute in goal last season, broke nearly every Arizona goalkeeping record and allowed only 11 scores while posting 11 shutouts during her freshman year.
"McCall comes in with game experience," Tobias explained. "She has really worked hard on her communication and her ability to manage the game from the goal. She's shown a lot of progress in those two areas."
McIntyre and Wharf will join the team and provide depth and consistency.
"I think both Chelsea and Devon are two goalkeepers that will continue to develop and get better," Tobias explained. "They are both really solid in all areas. We are very pleased with the goalkeeping group we have."
SCHEDULE: This year's schedule includes nine opponents (Pepperdine, Cal Poly, Princeton, Utah, Portland, Washington, California, Stanford and UCLA) that participated in last year's NCAA Tournament. Arizona, the defending Pac-10 champions, will also face five teams (Princeton, Portland, Washington, Stanford and UCLA) that finished in last year's final NSCAA/adidas top 25 national rankings.
"We are very excited about the quality of our opponents for this fall," Tobias said. "We not only get to face some of the top teams in the west region, but we also have some great out-of-region matches against teams like Missouri, Penn, New Mexico and 2004 College Cup participant Princeton. The Pac-10, as always in my opinion, is one of the best conferences in the country and we're always excited to compete against the best."


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Hymns and carols of old have seemingly been fading away into the past and are being replaced by bands and loud praise music in churches around the country.
But there is so much more to these old songs than just music and words. Many of these old favorites were written from the heart and souls of the writers. Many wrote songs from personal experiences that led them to want to share the love of God with others.
But still today at Christmas time, we will hear the music of an old hymn/ carol written on Christmas Eve in 1818. While originally a song of peace, love and joy associated with the birth of Christ, it has been played as background in movies and TV shows that do not have that connotation.
We know this song as "Silent Night," but it was originally written in German and was called, "Stille Nacht," and was written by Josef Franz Mohr.
The story behind the song:
"Josef Franz Mohr was born to an unmarried woman, in Salzburg, Austria, in December of 1792. His father deserted her before Josef was born.
An illegitimate child of that century and culture had very little advantage unless God intervened. Josef's mother found him a sponsor who provided him with a chance for higher education.
Josef chose the priesthood as his profession. Ordained in 1815, he was sent to pastor a church in a remote Alpine village. Three years later while preparing for Christmas services at St. Nicholas Church, Josef experienced an event that would prove to not only bless him and his congregation, but the world over.
The church organ was broken, which in Father Josef's mind made it very difficult to plan an effective Christmas celebration for his congregation.
The young priest took his problem before the Lord. God reminded Josef of a poem he had written several years before. Father Josef quickly jotted down the words, took them to his organist who composed a tune. December 24th, 1818, with just a guitar for accompaniment, Stille Nacht was sung for the first time.
Shortly thereafter, the organ repairman heard the story, took a copy of the song and began to spread it throughout Austria. It eventually came to the attention of a local tailor, Herr Strasser, whose children were singers; local celebrities.
Much to the delight of their audiences, the Strasser children added Stille Nacht to their repertoire. The fame of the children and of the song began to spread to the point that the Strasser's were asked to give a performance of Stille Nacht before the king and queen.
In 1838 Stille Nacht was published in a German hymnbook for general congregational singing. Germans who moved to America brought their songs with them to the new world. It wasn't long before Stille Nacht was translated into English, and Silent Night became America's most beloved carol. Source: Share Faith
Silent Night, Holy Night
"Silent night, holy night, Round yon virgin mother and Child,"
"Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born!
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light; Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Silent night, holy night Wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born!"
Follow this link, to hear this hymn/carol sung in German with guitar accompaniment as it was originally sung one-hundred and ninety- five years ago. Beauty and truth remain.
The truth and joy of the birth of the Christ child was for all of human kind and He came to save the whole world from their sins and to grant eternal life to those who seek Him. Jesus told his disciples to go to the utmost parts of the world to share His Gospel.
To hear this in English click here. This beautiful choir rendition is a far cry from that little church of long ago when it was first sung by that little congregation with only a guitar accompaniment
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The evil in today's world tries to corrupt all that is good and holy; but goodness and holiness will always prevail.
"For unto you for this day, a Savior is born!"


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Celebrity fitness and health expert and creator of the 12 Week Body Transformation, Michelle Bridges has helped dieters shed more than two million pounds. She also has played the role of Jillian Michaels' counterpart on the Australian version of "The Biggest Loser."
In an exclusive interview, Michelle revealed that she feels a lifestyle change is necessary to maintain weight loss, However, she applauds the Paleo diet for concepts such as "cutting out sugar and processed foods, and focusing on eating whole foods."
If you want to go on a low carb diet, Michelle emphasizes that the carbohydrates you include should be in the fruits and veggies family.
"When people think of carbs they think of dense carbs as in potatoes, rice, and bread. Often people forget that veggies and fruit are carbs as well. So provided you're still getting green leafy veggies in your daily nutrition, then your carb levels and fiber levels can still be adequate. However, if you're a heavy exerciser, then you may need to bump up your carb intake," she adds.
Want to burn fat? Michelle revealed her top five superfoods for fat-burning weight loss: Kale, berries, sardines, flaxseeds, and broccoli.
- When it comes to that list, flaxseed is one of Dr. Mehmet Oz's top waist-whittling winners as well. He says that a study showed that those who ate a lignan-enriched meals had 32 percent less abdominal fat than those who did not eat these natural plant estrogens, which are contained in flaxseed. Find out more, including how to use flaxseed, by clicking here.
- Curious about how to use kale? Find out about cookbooks and more, plus get a recipe for making kale chips, by clicking here.
- What's up with sardines? They contain healthy fats. Not into sardines? Find out why Dr. Oz recommends salmon burgers.
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A non-governmental Organization (NGO), Yitzhak Rabin for African Development is to construct a state-of-the-arts International Institute/ Resource Center, for the teaching of Hebrew language, the history of the Jewish nation, and other science related courses in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
African President of the NGO, Dr. Blessing Ogini, announced this during the foundation laying ceremony of the institute by the Deputy Head Mission, Embassy of Israel in Nigeria, Mr. George Deek and the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi in Port Harcourt at the weekend.
Dr. Ogini explained that the institute which will initially comprise Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools, is named after former Israeli Prime Minster, Mr. Yitzhak Rabin in view of his values and peace overtures which led to his assassination in 1995. Mr. Yuval Rabin, first son of the late Prime Minister was present at the ceremony.
He also explained that the school has been designed to international standards to curtail the desire of Nigerian parents to send their children abroad in search of quality education, in addition to creating a greater impact on Nigeria-Israel relationship and cultural values.
Also speaking, Mr. Deek, the Deputy Head of Mission said he did not just come to lay a foundation stone, but to make a statement that Nigeria could and must provide high quality education for its young generation, right here in Nigeria, most especially in Port Harcourt, adding, "we are here to state what you will make here, what Nigeria will make with education, will decide nothing less than the future of this country".
Mr. Deek noted that in this constantly changing world, Nigeria needs creativity and an innovative spirit to build new institutions and new companies that will create new jobs and boost the economy.
He said: "we need every single student to develop his talents and his skills and his intellect so they can increase the level of human resources and help us solve our most difficult problems. If we don't do that, we are sentenced to face greater problems with lesser solutions".
He commended the Yitzhak Rabin Center, particularly its President, Dr. Ogini for being a committed friend of the Embassy and Israel and "for taking this initiative and putting upon his shoulders such immense responsibilities of educating the next generations of Nigerians in Nigeria". He also commended Governor Rotimi Amaechi for endorsing the establishment of the school and personally joining in laying the foundation stone.
The school, according to its founders is expected to commence academic activities before the end of 2012.
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Rota White-eye (Zosterops rotensis) - HBW 13, p. 447
French: Zostérops de Rota
German: Rotabrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos de la Rota
Taxonomy: Zosterops semperi rotensis Takatsukasa and Yamashina, 1931, Rota Island, in Northern Marianas.
Forms a superspecies with Z. conspicillatus, Z. semperi and Z. hypolais; all formerly considered conspecific, but differ in plumage, vocalizations and behaviour, and treatment as separate species supported by DNA-DNA hybridization and analyses of mitochondrial DNA. Monotypic.
Distribution: Rota I, in Northern Mariana Is.
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To its credit, the city government has responded by adding open houses and public hearings to take last-minute input, which has yielded valuable feedback. For instance, many residents are justifiably concerned about opening their neighborhoods to affordable housing and additional development.
But, in fact, the document has been in the making for a long time and citizens have been invited to review it on many occasions. It is time to wrap it up.
We understand it is difficult to wade through volumes of bureaucratic minutia and that is why, until now, most Park City Planning Commission meetings have been sparsely attended.
Nevertheless, in order to attain our goals for a sustainable, diverse mountain community with unique neighborhoods and a vibrant commercial center, we need to agree on a written description of that vision. The new General Plan aims to do just that.
Granted, it may need a few last-minute tweaks. We agree, for instance, with those calling for stronger language to preserve the municipal golf course which has become not only a revenue source but also a beloved natural refuge in the heart of our growing city.
It is also important to note that planning documents are never carved in stone. They can be amended and reinterpreted as conditions warrant.
So let's get this done. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing today (Wed. Dec. 11) at 5:30 p.m. and the City Council will do the same on Thursday at 4:20 p.m. It is not too late to speak out, but failing to finalize a plan as soon as possible will only extend the uncertainty that homeowners say is currently jeopardizing the security of their neighborhoods.
The document can be located on the city's website, www.parkcity.org by clicking "Draft General Plan" under the "News" section on the home page.


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Vitae Pharmaceuticals achieved a milestone in its collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, triggering an $8 million payment. The partnership is centered around 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD)-1 inhibitors for diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
"The quality of the lead candidate and the speed at which the program progresses is a testament to the efficiency of our work together with Boehringer Ingelheim," says Richard Gregg, M.D., Vitae's CSO. "Our lead may have potential as a once-a-day drug for treating diabetes and other metabolic syndrome related indications."
Vitae and Boehringer Ingelheim initiated their agreement in October 2007. The companies combined their research programs, working together to identify and advance novel 11beta-HSD-1 inhibitors for clinical development.
Vitae received $36.5 million in up-front and committed payments and is eligible to receive up to $300 million in milestones based on the achievement of development, regulatory, and commercial program goals. Further milestone payments may be achieved with additional compounds and/or additional approved indications.
Vitae will receive royalties on sales of products commercialized under the collaboration. The initial research term was for two years, however, the companies recently agreed to extend the term into 2010.
11beta-HSD-1 is an enzyme that converts the biologically inactive steroid cortisone into the active hormone cortisol. Cortisol is known to cause resistance to the action of insulin in multiple target tissues including liver, muscle, and adipose tissue. Overexpression of 11beta-HSD-1 in mouse adipose tissue leads to a metabolic syndrome-like phenotype including increased central obesity, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, and hypertriglyceridemia.
In contrast 11beta-HSD-1 knockout mice resist visceral obesity and diabetes through improved function of insulin in liver and adipose tissues, consistent with the beneficial effects of enzyme inhibition. Early evidence has shown that inhibiting 11beta-HSD-1 can reduce glucose and lipids in diabetic patients.
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Immaculate Conception defeated Middle Township High School, 43-37, at the North versus South 2014 Tournament, hosted by Secaucus High School.
Immaculate Conception's Samantha Fuehring worked hard to get her team points. She posted up and used several moves to score. She finished with 7 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 1 steal, and 19 points. IC led at the end of the first quarter, 11-10.
With 6:10 to go in the first half, MT went on a run and led 16-11 when IC called time out.
Middle Township's Lauryn Fields does not disappoint. She can create her own offense and score on anyone. She knows when to attack, when to pull out and shoot, and when to pass. Her greatest contribution to this game was her tenacity when getting rebounds. She would sprint from the outside and secure the rebound, which limited Immaculate Conception's opportunities to score off second shots. She finished with 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists, and 18 points. MT had the led at the half time, 21-18.
MT's Olivia Salvo is has a great set shot. Her consistent shooting was a big factor for MT. She finished with 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 10 points. At the end of the third quarter, MT led 30-26.
With approximately four minutes remaining, IC's Autumn Webster subbed in and hit a three-point shot they desperately needed. This is the third time this season Webster has contributed a clutch outside shot at the end of the game.
With 3:21 left in the game, IC's freshman Khay'la Latimer got an offensive rebound and made the lay-up and drew the foul. She finished the three point play at the foul line, which tied the game for IC, 33-33. Latimer had 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocked shots, 1 assist, and 9 points.
With 2:25 remaining, MT's Fields attacked the basket and drew the foul. She made both foul shots to give MT back the lead, 35-34.
With 1:42 remaining MT fouled IC's Paige Frankel, who made both foul shots. Frankel showed much confidence and composure at the foul line. Frankel had 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 3 points. Upon inbounding the ball against a press, IC's Fuehring stole the ball and scored. IC led 38-35.
The next time MT looked to inbound they threw it long to Erin Ruskey who scored an open layup. MT trailed by 1 point, 38-37.
IC set up an inbound play that got Samantha Fuehring the ball at an open basket, 40-37. MT brought the ball back down and attacked the basket. They drew the foul, but were unable to make the foul shots.
MT's Holly McHaig is a good all-around player. She had 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist, and 5 points.
IC went into a delay and Frankel secured the ball and was fouled. She made the first one. Latimer rebounded the ball off the missed foul shot and was fouled going up. She made both foul shots.
Immaculate Conception Stats
Jasmine Gee - 3 DR, 5 OR, 2 B, 7 PTS (1/2 FL)
Samantha Fuehring - 7 DR, 1 B, 1 S, 19 PTS (2/4 FL)
Breyenne Bellerand - 2 PTS
Paige Frankel - 2 DR, 2 A, 4 S, 3 PTS (3/4 FL)
Whitney Ly - 1 DR, 3 S, 3 A, 1 B
Khay'la Latimer - 1 DR, 3 OR, 3 S, 2 B, 1 A, 9 PTS (5/5 FL)
Nicole Skelly - 1 DR
Autumn Webster - 3 PTS
Middle Township Stats
Bridget Ruskey - 3 DR, 1 S, (0/2 FL)
Holly McHaig - 5 DR, 2 OR, 1 S, 1 A, 5 PTS (1/2 FL)
Oliva Salvo - 1 OR, 1 A, 10 PTS (0/2 FL)
Lauryn Fields - 10 DR, 2 OR, 3 S, 3 A, 18 PTS (5/10 FL)
Julianna Riggitano - 2 A, 1 S, 2 PTS
Charley Hengstler - 1 DR
Erin Ruskey - 4 DR, 2 S, 1 A, 2 PTS
Marinna Peterson - 1 DR, 1 S
DR = Defensive Rebound
OR = Offensive Rebound
S = Steals
A = Assists
B = Blocked Shots
PTS = Points (total points scored)
FL = Foul Line (amount made, amount taken)


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Is Brad Pitt having a mid-life crisis? Monday night in Paris, Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended the premiere of "Megamind," with Pitt outfitted in shiny, textured leather pants.
"It's funny because he is about as invincible as Johnny Depp in the fashion stakes," said Louise Roe, a television personality and stylist. "But it wasn't nice and it's definitely not age appropriate. Maybe he's going out and buying Porsche's as well."
While other critics, such as Marcellas Reynolds, who's dressed the likes of Justin Timberlake and Rebecca Hall, agree with Roe, Pitt's relatively on trend.
The shiny, baggy trousers were featured on the autumn/winter 2010 catwalks of Versace and Isabel Marant, and will no double trickle down to the likes of Zara and H&M, as Roe suggested.
Besides the leather pants, Pitt wore a cashmere coat with a popped collar, and relatively short, albeit graying, facial hair.
"I do not believe in the idea of growing old gracefully. The older you get the more uninhibited you should be in terms of fashion choices," said Simon Doonan, Barneys New York creative director, via email.
Nevertheless, Doonan added, "If Brad Is having a biker moment then good luck to him."
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Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. called on states Tuesday to end laws that prohibit convicted felons from voting, a move seen as politically savvy given studies that show most felons would support Democrats.
The symbolic call – Holder has no authority to make such changes himself – comes amid recent efforts by the attorney general to get rid of laws he believes negatively impact minorities in a disproportionate manner, The New York Times reported.
"It is unwise, it is unjust, and it is not in keeping with our democratic values," Mr. Holder said at civil rights conference at Georgetown University. "These laws deserve to be not only reconsidered, but repealed."
The Sentencing Project, a liberal research group that supports loosening voting restrictions, said African-Americans make up about one-third of the 5.8 million people who are prohibited from voting. In Florida, Kentucky and Virginia, more than one in five African-Americans do not have the right to vote, the Times said.
Holder claims that current laws barring felons from voting stemmed from the 1800s as a result of states attempting to prevent blacks from voting.
"Although well over a century has passed since post-Reconstruction states used these measures to strip African-Americans of their most fundamental rights, the impact of felony disenfranchisement on modern communities of color remains both disproportionate and unacceptable," he said.
Almost all states prohibit felons and other inmates from casting ballots. In four states, felons are barred for life; those states are Florida, Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. For a felon to be able to vote in those states, they must receive clemency from the governor.
Some states restore voting rights after prison sentences are completed, while still others have waiting periods. In some states, it is a complicated process for convicted felons to re-register to vote.
Two states - Maine and Vermont - already allow felons to vote from prison, according to ProCon.org, a group which tracks the issue. "Felon voting has not been regulated federally although some argue that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be applied to felon disenfranchisement and that Congress has the authority to legislate felon voting in federal elections," the group says on its website.
Analysts see Holder's motives as at least partly motivated by political interests.
"Studies show that felons who have been denied the right to vote are far more likely to vote for Democrats than Republicans," the Times reported. "In 2002, scholars at the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University concluded that the 2000 presidential election 'would almost certainly have been reversed' had felons been allowed to vote."


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Arizona Head Coach Joan Bonvicini: "I thought it was great the way everyone was included offensively. It was not just one or two players. We were able to hit threes from multiple players. That is very difficult to defend. Polkey was much more mobile today than Thursday. Defensively, we did a good job controlling the boards. This is a big win for us. It is very big for our confidence."
"We are getting better from the injuries. We are a more experienced team. We play with more confidence. Polk was determined to play a big game. Dee-Dee was a great leader on the floor today. USC has a good team."
"We've got two games under out belt. We are going into Oregon State and Oregon with confidence. We've learned that we have to play hard. We are in control of our own destiny."
"We are doing a better job of taking our time and distributing the ball well. When one three goes down, it turns into a confidence thing. It is very contagious."
"This was a good game for us. I have tremendous respect for their coaching staff. I think they've done a good job this season."
"I like the way this team has responded. We believe in them. They believe in themselves and they believe in each other."
Junior center Shawntinice Polk: "Thursday was a really tough game for me and it was bugging me. My team really needed me to suck it up. It was tough Thursday, but we won, so I was able to get over it. I'll take two points and a win over 20 points and a loss any day. We know that winning these games is important at this point in the season."
"We have been injured, but we are a strong team. We fight through everything. Everything is coming together."
"Our guards played awesome today. They were hitting everything and that really opens up the inside. I was excited."
"As a team we know each other's strengths and weaknesses. The players off the bench and the starters are helping each other out. The teamwork is what has kept us going."
Junior guard Natalie Jones: "It was really good to beat USC. It was kind of embarrassing to go out there and lose to them. Coach told us we would need to come out wanting to win this game. We wanted it more and battled from the start. A lot of people stepped up."
"When I play, my elbow is always going to hurt. I try not to think about it and just try to step up."
"We have been practicing our threes everyday. It was a great team effort. Tonight was a big step up."
"Other teams have injuries, too. We just put it behind us. We have a hard schedule to play, so we just need to come to play and step it up."
"A lot of it had to do with our intensity level. We play with a very fast-paced offense. When we were in Los Angeles, we let them set the tone and we played from behind. Tonight, we had a lot of feedback from the bench. We had leadership from all areas."
"We have a tough road trip coming up. We need to focus on what is ahead. We really needed this sweep because we had a setback at California and Stanford. We need to keep this streak going."
Senior guard Dee-Dee Wheeler: "It felt really good tonight. I had a good warm up despite my broken finger. The team needed it because we have a lot more games left."
"In Los Angeles, I got into foul trouble early. I was playing tough on defense, but I couldn't play as aggressive."
"We knew we wanted to come out and dominate from the jump. They came off of a tough loss, and we wanted to take advantage of that."
"Polkey was awesome. She is not 100 percent, but we'll take whatever we can get from her."
"We were really intense on defense. When we are tough on defense, it moves our offense. It opens us up for shots."
"USC is a great team. We came out tonight focused on dominating the boards and defensive and offensive execution. We need to take that to Oregon and Oregon State."


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Scascitelli, Patrizia
Scascitelli, Patrizia, pianist, composer, arranger, educator, b.Rome, Italy, October 15, 1956. She moved to U.S.A. in 1981. Lived in New Jersey (1981- 1982). Moved to New York in 1983 where currently reside.
Her parents: Giuseppe Scascitelli (b.10/10/21- d.11/23/06) and Maria Meglio (b.11/23, 1929) Her brother Roberto Scascitelli (b. 10/2/58).
Patrizia began studying piano at age of eight, and start to performing in public at nine.She went on to graduate in classical and jazz piano from the prestigious Conservatory St. Cecilia, where she studied classical with:Tito Aprea, Armando Renzi, Lia De Barberis, Pietro Scarpini, and jazz with Giorgio Gaslini.A pioneer in her field, she was the first woman in her native country to play jazz.Her beginning collaborations were with well-known musicians in Rome such as Massimo Urbani and Bruno Tommaso. As a band leader, she played at the most important jazz festivals as: Umbria, Bergamo, Bologna and Pescara. Her first jazz recording, "Ballata" (RCA 1974), inspired by Italian folk music, was listed in jazz review Jazzit magazine as one of the recordings very representative of Italian musical expression of that time.
During a stay in Milan, ( 1974) Patrizia worked with musicians active on the scene and had a group with the saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti. Upon returning to Rome, she formed the quartet, Life Force, with drummer Marvin "Boogaloo" Smith, Karl Potter on percussion and Larry Dinwiddie, saxophone. From this group came the still sought-after live recording From Statale di Milano (Vedette 1975).
In the late 1970s, Patrizia began exploring the sounds of free, bebop, fusion and Latin jazz, creating new ensembles with: saxophonist Giancarlo Maurino, guitarist Dario Lapenna and the Brasilian percussionist Carlos Silva.
In 1980, she composed music for the theater version of Camilla Migliori's opera "Medea", a sound installation for painting and sculpture artist Marie Laure Piccinelli, as well as collaborations with other art forms including literature, poetry, dance - projects she continues today, recently with the painter Marco Filippetti.After moved to New York, she has studied with Barry Harris (1982) Phil Markowitz and Rich Shemaria (1991).
Has performed with the greatest: Don Cherry, Maxine Sullivan, Clifford Jordan, David "Fathead" Newman, Charles Mc Ghee, Mike Clark, Buster Williams, Calvin Hill, J.R. Mitchell, Bob Cunnigham.Recently with: Ada Rovatti, Jim Seely, Mark Gross, Bob Bowen, which she recorded herCD " Close Up" ( 2003) and Jamie Baum, Sylvia Cuenca, Giovanni Tommaso.
In the Italian jazz magazine Musica Jazz, she was voted: Best CD "Live in Rome" 2002, "Musician of the Year" 2003, Best CD "Close Up" 2004, Best Trio 2005, Best Musician 2006.In her carreer she has performed in major venues, theaters, universities and churches in New York, including: Symphony Space with: the Barry Harris "Creative Jazz Workshop in Recital"( 1982) Italian Women in Jazz with own quintet ( 2005) and solo piano ( 2006). B.A.M. the Brooklyn Euphoria, solo piano ( 2004) Aaron Davis Hall ( 2005). And also at: Columbia University, Hunter College, St. Peter's Church, United Nations, 92nd St.Y.In Italy as well with her own group at the following venues, among others: Museo Nazionale Palazzo Altemps ( 2002) for "Donne in Musica" where she presented a program of original compositions in classical and jazz style, called " Elementi di Unione" (United Elements ) - Villa Celimontana, Rome (2004), Teatro Filarmonico di Verona,(2005), Parco Mirafiore, Pesaro, ( 2006) piano solo recital, Teatro del Giglio, Lucca (2007).
Patrizia also perform classical music, in particularly of contemporary American composer such: James Cohn, David Noon, Ned Rorem.
She is second organist at the Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel
(Williamsburg, Brooklyn) from 2002.
Accompanist of cabaret and jazz singers for the school Singer Forum
New York, in the Outreach program performance from 2001.
As a teacher she works for the NYCHA performing arts programs from
1984 until today.
Radio and Television broadcasts:
Italian Television/ Rai 2 " Life Force" performance (1976)
Madison Square NY (1984) performed with own trio for the Italian Television broadcast in the Maurizio Costanzo Show.City Park foundation presents: P. Scascitelli Quintet Live at Jackie Robinson Park NY(2002) unissued videotape.
Telesalute / Italian cable television (2003)
LTV cable TV / two shows / New York ( 2004)
WBAI / New York (Radio) interview with Eric Williams ( 2005)
Rai 3 "La Stanza della Musica" 2005 (Italian radio)
Rai International / recorded in Rome ( 2005)
Rai International / recorded in New York ( 2007)
Tg2 Dossier storie/Italian Sound ( 2007) Italian Television recorded in NY
Rai News 24 (2007) Italian Television / interview
Numerous radio and television interviews across Italy.
" Il jazz, un ponte fra due culture" ( " jazz, a bridge between two cultures") 10 hours in three days at the Conservatorio Licinio Refice (Frosinone, Italy) ( 2002)
"Message"Ensamble Internazionale -LP- Basf x23312-Giorgio Gaslini- ( 1973)
"Favola Pop" LP- Produttori Associati- Giorgio Gaslini (1973)
"Ballata" Patrizia Scascitelli Trio LP- RCA-Vista Series (1974)
"In una simile circostanza"- LP- RCA[- Gianni Togni (1975)
"Concerto Dal Vivo alla Statale di Milano"Life Force"- LP- Vedette ( 1975)
Unissued tapes and video tapes from 1976 until 1997.
"Homecoming"Patrizia Scascitelli Trio- CD-Splasc(h) (1998)
"Live in Rome" Patrizia Scascitelli Solo Piano and Duo with Giorgio Gaslini- CD- Splasc(h) (2001)
"Close Up"Patrizia Scascitelli Group CD- Apria Records (2003)
works by Scascitelli
Jazzitalia (Italian webmagazine) correspondent
IAJE conference reviewer
Works about Scascitelli
Grande Enciclopedia del jazz Curcio ( Italian encyclopedia)
Jazz'N' Blues'N'Around - Italian magazine ( 1998)
Musica Jazz- Italian magazine (1999)
Jazzit- Italian magazine (1999)
"Growing up with jazz" by W. Royal Stokes, 2005 ( book)
Contact information:
Patrizia Scascitelli
Cell. 917-374-2232


text: Ok this movie was just plain amazing. Apart from the main cool stuff (Yoda, Padme, Seismic charges, etc.) I found myself getting a feeling of deja vu in a few scenes. Like when Obi Wan gets his first look into the cloning facility. Now, I may have still been hyper from the Matrix II preview, but that looked a lot like the field of human embryos/harvesting pods in the Matrix. Also, the traffic on Coruscant looked a LOT like New York City in Fifth Element (complete with person diving into it). I mean, they were flying a yellow speeder too! Also, the epic camera pan of the death arena that Padme and Anakin are led into seemed very reminiscent of Gladiator. I thought it was awesome that 3 of my favorite movies seemed to pop up briefly in this amazing film. I can't wait to get out and see it again... and again