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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Coleman, Ornette (Randolph Denard)
Ornette Coleman is a musical iconoclast whose journey led him from Texas R&B bands to MacArthur, Pulitzer, NEA and Guggenheim awards for composition, with many surprises along the way. Coleman has spent his lifetime seeking that most prized quality in jazz: freedom.
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was born on March of 1930 or 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. He first heard swing music on the radio. When a touring band played at his school, he became fascinated by the sound of saxophones.
At age fourteen, he bought an alto with money he had saved. Since he could not afford lessons, he was largely self-taught. In high school, Coleman met other Fort Worth musicians, many of whom became lifelong friends and associates, including drummer Charles Moffett, saxophonists John Carter, William "Prince" Lasha, King Curtis, and Dewey Redman.
Coleman spent several years playing on the road with R&B bands, during which he was harassed, beaten and fired for his unorthodox playing and appearance. In 1949, Coleman decided to start his own band in Fort Worth. This band was unsuccessful, so he moved to Los Angeles, where he purchased the white plastic alto saxophone that would become his trademark, a Grafton. He lived there with a drummer he had met in New Orleans, Ed Blackwell, but many of the West Coast musicians he first met were unreceptive to his approach to music.
In 1954, Coleman met and married poet Jayne Cortez, an avid jazz fan. The couple's son, Denardo Ornette Coleman, was born in 1956, and by age ten he played drums in his father's bands. Cortez knew many musicians, and introduced Ornette to trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Billy Higgins, both of whom were excited by the saxophonist's innovative approach. Coleman recorded for the first time with these musicians and other noted West Coast beboppers for Contemporary Records in 1958.
Later that year, Coleman and Cherry joined Paul Bley's group at the Hillcrest Club, where they met bassist Charlie Haden. After this gig, a nucleus of like-minded, progressive musicians was formed: Coleman, Cherry, Haden, and Higgins, later joined by Ed Blackwell.
Pianist John Lewis was an early advocate of Coleman's style, and got the band a recording date with Atlantic Records. The group's first session, recorded in Los Angeles in May of 1959, was unsubtly titled The Shape of Jazz to Come and contained Coleman originals including "Lonely Woman," with a haunting, floating melody and driving underlying rhythm. A second session in October of 1959 produced "Forerunner" and "Ramblin'," which featured a beautifully melodic bass solo by Haden.
In November of 1959, the quartet landed a gig at New York's Five Spot cafe. The band's music at these gigs created quite a stir amongst musicians: Leonard Bernstein praised the band's progressive qualities, while Benny Goodman and Roy Eldridge publicly denounced the music. Either way, the group drew in a big crowd, and the gig was extended from two weeks to two and a half months.
In August of 1960, Coleman assembled a double quartet to record the LP Free Jazz, with Coleman, Cherry, bassist Scott LaFaro, and Higgins in one channel of the stereo recording and bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, Haden, and Blackwell in the other. Coleman had composed some backgrounds and introductions for the musicians but not much else, and one can hear the freedom Coleman gives them in the contrasts among musicians and between the two quartets. The session's title was later adopted to describe the new genre that adopted its approach to improvisation and composition: free jazz.
Coleman's next group included bassist David Izenzon and drummer Charles Moffett. He became increasingly frustrated with New York jazz clubs and their erratic and sometimes racist pay practices. He complained publicly that he was not getting paid even half as much as Dave Brubeck's quartet, but was drawing at least twice the crowds. He would often turn down a nightclub gig if it didn't pay as much as he hoped. He also grew weary of playing for rowdy, drunken crowds who were not interested in the particulars of his music.
To address this situation, he booked a concert of his own music at New York's Town Hall in December of 1962. This trio performance with Izenzon, and Moffett exhibits the group's decreasing reliance on a regular pulse to propel the music, coupled with an increasingly abstract relation among the three parts. Coleman also performed a blues-based piece he composed for alto, guitar, piano, two basses and drums, and a string quartet performed Coleman's "Dedication to Poets and Writers." The concert, funded largely by Coleman himself, broke even, but aesthetically, it was a showcase for Coleman's complex music that proved he could develop his ideas in a number of different ways.
Coleman then took an almost three-year break from recording and touring. In that time, he began to teach himself trumpet and violin and honed his orchestral writing skills. He returned to performing in January of 1965, in a trio at New York's Village Vanguard. The trio also began performing and recording in Europe, including a stint at the Golden Circle in Stockholm, recorded for Blue Note. Other dates in Europe added Haden as the second bassist. Coleman received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967, the first ever granted for jazz composition, and his group performed at John Coltrane's funeral on July 21. Later that year, Coleman caught up with another friend from Fort Worth, Dewey Redman, who had recently moved to New York. The two formed a quartet with bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, both former Coltrane sidemen.
This group recorded two sessions for Blue Note, Love Call and New York is Now! in 1968, which includes "Broadway Blues." Coltrane's rhythm section didn't quite gel with Coleman and Redman, but the quartet manages to convey a sense of energy and even urgency on these dates.
In 1970, Coleman opened Artists House at 131 Prince St. in New York's West Village, intended to serve as a studio, performance and living space for artists of all kinds. Residents of Artists House included multi-instrumentalist and composer Anthony Braxton, violinist Leroy Jenkins, and Coleman's sister, Truvenza, who had moved to New York to further her singing career. The Artists House was one of the many informal spaces that defined New York's "downtown loft scene" in the 1970s, all of which offered more performance opportunities to those devoted to playing in the unconventional style.
In 1972, Coleman recorded his dense, melodic orchestral work Skies of America with the London Symphony and his quartet. Coleman first used the term "harmolodics" to describe his music in the liner notes to Skies of America. Harmolodics, he explains, is a combination of the words "harmony," "melody," and "movement." Improvisers should move away from playing the "backgrounds," as he calls the chord changes and support of the rhythm section, and instead enter into a musical conversation in which all voices are equal.
For Coleman, this method of improvising requires discipline and attentive listening, but it results in greater freedom of expression for everyone involved. For the orchestra playing Skies, it meant that regardless of an instrument's played pitch, musicians were asked to read from the same written melody, and transpose. This structure is in part responsible for the rich and constantly shifting harmonic textures of the piece.
In January of 1973, Coleman traveled to Morocco to meet and play with the Master Musicians of Joujouka at their annual festival. He composed and recorded some pieces for the musicians, one of which, "Midnight Sunrise," appears on the LP Dancing in Your Head. In 1975, after the other members of his groups had moved on to other gigs, he met guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer and began gathering musicians who shared his own varied musical background: they came from R&B, funk, and various forms of jazz.
Coleman added bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Charles Ellerbee, a disco guitarist, and Ronald Shannon Jackson, who had played drums with Albert Ayler, to the group. He later added guitarist Bern Nix and Denardo on drums. He called this group Prime Time, which was also the name of their first album, and they combined Coleman's harmolodics with funk and disco sensibilities. Coleman was fascinated by the tonal and textural possibilities of electric guitars, and used them throughout the band's repertoire.
Prime Time continued to record and perform throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including a recording with the Fort Worth Symphony in September of 1983 for the opening of the Caravan of Dreams arts complex. Prior to this concert, the mayor of Fort Worth gave Coleman the key to the city and declared the day "Ornette Coleman Day." In 1988, Grateful Dead guitarist and Coleman fan Jerry Garcia recorded with Prime Time for the album Virgin Beauty. "Spelling the Alphabet" is a brief but intense taste of this collaboration.
In 1985, Coleman, at the urging of Haden, met and recorded with guitarist Pat Metheny. Metheny was a longtime fan of Coleman's music, and rehearsed with Coleman, Haden, Denardo (who was now Coleman's manager), and drummer Jack DeJohnette for three weeks before recording the tracks on Song X, including the burning collective improvisation of the title track.
In 1994, Coleman received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and started his own music label, Harmolodic. The first album released on his new label was his own, Tone Dialing, featuring a completely new lineup of Prime Time. In 1996, he recorded with German pianist Joachim Kuhn for a duet CD, Colors, featuring the track, "House of Stained Glass." Throughout the 1990s Coleman broadened his approach to include music and musicians from all over the world, and he performed more and more often with dancers and visual artists.
In 2006, Coleman's new quartet featured Greg Cohen and Tony Falanga on basses and Denardo on drums, harkening back to his mid-1960's quartet. The group's only album to date, Sound Grammar, was recorded in Germany in 2005. The record received much critical praise and helped earn Coleman a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Music in that same year, the first time that prestigious award has been given to an artist for a recording, rather than a musical composition.
Mainstream recognition has not dimmed Coleman's passion to achieve free expression as an artist, and by now his example has inspired several generations of musicians to seek their own brand of freedom.
Selected Bibliography
Coleman, Ornette. Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings. Robert Palmer, liner notes. Rhino, 1993. Coleman, Ornette. Something Else! The Music of Ornette Coleman. Nat Hentoff, liner notes. CD release, 1988. Litweiler, John. The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. New York: Da Capo, 1984. Litweiler, John. Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life. New York: Da Capo, 1992. Spellman, A.B. Four Jazz Lives. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2004. Wilson, Peter Niklas. Ornette Coleman: His Life and Music. Berkeley Hills Books, 1999.
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Cellular world can be divided into two types, depending on the presence of nuclei inside cells. Eukaryotic cells have a well-defined nucleus surrounded by a nuclear envelope, whereas prokaryotic cells lack this compartment. All bacteria are prokaryotes. We will discover the structure and function of bacteria in this article.
What do bacteria look like?
When observing bacteria with microscope, it is not difficult to compare bacterial cell shapes and arrangements. There are many bacterial morphologies, each of them with a specific name.
- Rod-shaped (Baccilus) i.e. Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus
- Spherical (Coccus): i.e. Staphylococcus epiderminis
- Curved (Vibrio, Spirochaete) i.e. Vibrio cholera, Rhodospirilium rubrum
- Square-shaped (Arcula)
- Star-shaped (Stella)
After cell division, the cells of different prokaryotic species can either stay separately or remain together in groups or clusters. The arrangements of these cells are often characteristic of certain genera.
- Pair i.e. Escherichia coli
- Chain i.e. Streptococcus
- Cluster i.e. Staphylococcus
Size of bacteria ranges between 0.2 µm and 700 µm in diameter, with the normal range of about 1-5µm in diameter. Bacteria are about 10 times smaller than eukaryotic cells, which leads to their unique features of growth. Small cells have more surface area relative to cell volume than large cells do, hence, they have higher surface-to-volume ratio (S/V ratio). This leads to obvious benefits such as higher nutrient uptake rate, faster growth and considerably shorter life cycle. In fact, bacteria cells can divide very rapidly, i.e. 20 minutes for E.coli , causing higher chance for mutations in bacterial genes to occur. Hence, bacteria can adapt quickly with changing environmental conditions and can explore new habitats much more quickly than eukaryotic cells.
Bacteria's menu
Structures of cells
- Cell wall
- Cytoplasmic membrane
- Chromosome
- Plasmid
- Ribosome
- Flagella
- Inclusion body
- Pili
- Endospore
Relative functions
- Protect cells against osmotic shock (most important) and physical damage
- Regulation of substance transport into and out of cells.
- Contain genome.
- Contain supplemental genetic information such as resistance to antibiotics, production of toxins and tolerance to toxic environment.
- Take part in protein synthesis.
- Movement of cells.
- Mineral storage of cells.
- Attachment to host, bacterial mating.
- Tough, heat resistance structure that help bacteria survive in adverse conditions.
How do bacteria attach to surfaces?
Bacterial cells often attach to surfaces through specific structures. This is necessary for the overall survival of bacteria, especially pathogenic ones. This process is supported by glycocalyx, pili and fimbriae.
- Structure: Polysaccharide layers; can be thick and stable like capsule or loosely attached to cell wall like slime layer.
- Function: Assist cells in adhesion to solid surface, and also protect pathogenic bacteria from the attack of the host's immune system.
- Structure: Short, thin, straight, hairlike projections form surface of some bacteria. Composed of protein pilin, carbohydrate and phosphate. Pili are usually few.
- Function: Take part in adhesion of pathogen to specific host tissues. Sex pili are involved in genetic material exchange between mating bacterial cells.
- Structure: Similar to pili, but shorter and more abundant on the cell surface.
- Function: Adhesion of cells to surface and formation of pellicles (biofilms) containing thin sheets of cells on a liquid surface.
Cell wall
The cell wall of bacteria protects the cell from osmostic shock and physical damage. In addition, it also confers rigiditiy and shape of bacterial cells.
Although bacterial cell walls all consist of peptidoglycan, also known as murein or mucopeptide, they differ in certain properties in two groups of bacteria, namely gram-negative and gram-positive. The properties of peptidoglycan are discussed below.
- Polysaccharide backbone - consists of 2 alternately repeating sugars such as NAG (N-acetylglucosamine) and NAM (N-acetylmuramic) .
- Tetrapeptide - links the two polysaccharide backbones, forming a peptidoglycan subunit. Here, some unusual amino acids such as L-Alanine, D-Glutamaic acid, D-Lysin and D-Alanin are found. Note that D-type amino acids are very rare in all organisms.
- Peptide cross bridge - links peptidoglycan subunits together . Variations in cross bridges show the diversity of peptidoglycan subuints. In Gram-positive bacteria i.e. Staphylococcus aureus, the cross-linkage is a glycin pentapeptide. In Gram-negative bacteria i.e. E.coli, cross-linkage is formed by the direct link between diaminopimelic acid (DAP) of one chain to terminal D-alanine of another chain.
The table below shows the differences of cell wall structure in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
Cytoplasmic membrane
The cytoplasmic membrane encloses the cytoplasm. It regulates the specific transport of substance between the cell and the environment. The cytoplasmic membrane contains 2 main components: lipid and protein.
The lipid component of the bacterial cell is phospholipid bilayer.
- Thickness: 6-8nm.
- Unit: amphipathic phospholipid, consisting of 1 phosphate group (hydrophilic ) and unbranched fatty acid chains (hydrophobic).
- Distribution of 2 portions: hydrophilic heads are exposed to the external environment or the cytoplasm. The fatty acid chains point inward, facing each other due to hydrophobic effects (staying away from water).
Membrane proteins are located in various positions within the membrane, through specific interactions with phospholipid molecules. These proteins consist of 3 main groups: integral proteins, outer-surface proteins and inner-surface proteins. They play distinctive roles in cellular activities.
- Integral proteins: firmly embedded in the membrane, transport substance across the cytoplasmic membrane in 3 main mechanisms known as uniport, symport and antiport.
- Outer-surface proteins: usually in Gram-negative bacteria, interact with periplasmic proteins in the transport of large molecules into the cells.
- Inner-surface proteins: cooperate with other proteins in enery yeilding reactions and also other important cellular functions.
How do bacteria store genetic information?
Genetic information in bacteria is stored in the sequence of DNA in two forms, that is bacterial chromosome and plasmid.
The following are the properties of a bacterial chromosome.
- Location: Within nucleoid region , not surrounded by nuclear envelope.
- Number: 1 chromosome each cell.
- Size: E.coli 4640 kbp.
- Component: Single, double stranded, circular DNA. Also contains RNA and proteins that take part in DNA replication, transcription and regulation of gene expression. DNA does not interact with protein histone.
- Information: Contain genes essential for cellular functions.
In addition to chromosome, bacterial cells may also contain another genetic element, plasmid. Features of plasmid are analysed below.
- Location: In cytosol of bacterial cells.
- Number: From 1 to several.
- Size: Much smaller than chromosomes.
- Components: Single, double stranded, circular DNA.
- Information: Contains drug resistant genes as well as heavy metal resistant genes. Not essential for growth and metabolism of bacteria.
What helps bacteria synthesise protein ?
Protein synthesis is a very important process for both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. In this process, nucleotide sequence in a segment of DNA is translated into the specific sequence of amino acids in a protein. Translation occurs at ribosomes; ribosomes consist of RNA and proteins. While eukaryotic cells have 80S ribosomes, bacterial cells contain 70S ribosomes, which have the folllowing components.
70S ribosome
- 30S subunit: 21 proteins and 16S rRNA.
- 50S subunit: 34 proteins, a 23S rRNA and a 5S rRNA
- Combination of 2 subunits to form functional ribosome requires magnesium ions and chemical energy.
- Activity of 70S ribosomes is blocked by antibiotics like erythromycin and streptomycin.
Notes: S is Svedburg unit, which represents how rapidly particles or molecules sediment in an ultracentrifuge. The larger a substance, the greater its S value.
What helps bacteria move?
Most bacteria can locomote to different parts of their environment, which helps them to find new resources to survive. This process is due to flagellum (plural, flagella) pushing or pulling the cell through a liquid medium.
Structure of flagella
- Long filamentous appendages containing a filament, hook and basal body.
- Filament: consists of protein flagellin.
- Hook: single type of protein, connects filament to the basal body.
- Basal body: contains a rod and several rings in gram-negative bacteria. ( Gram-positive bacteria only have the inner pair of rings). This contributes to rotation of flagella, using energy from the activity of proton pumps.
Types of Flagella distribution
- Monotrichous flagella: one flagellum, if it originates from one end of the cell, it is called polar flagellum. Rapid swimming caused by the rotation of flagella.
- Peritrichous flagella: flagella surround the cell. Bundled peritrichous flagella give rise to slower forward motion than polar flagella.
- Many other types exist but not discussd here.
Function of flagella
- Chemotaxis: movement of bacteria toward or away from chemical stimuli
- Magnetotaxis: movement along the Earth's magnetic field. Happen in magnetotatic bacteria, which contain magnetosomes including iron.
- Phototaxis: response to differences in light density. Bacteria swim to areas of particular light intensities.
Bacterial endospore - The sleeping bacteria
Bacillus and Clostridium are among the few bacterial genera known to be able to produce endospores. An endospore, a heat-resistant and non-growing structure, can retain its viability over long periods of time under adverse environmental conditions. When the environment becomes more favourable, the endospore then germinates to a vegetative cell.
Endospore structure
- Exosporium: Outer-most layer consisting of protein.
- Spore coat: Several layers of spore-specific proteins.
- Cortex: Loosely cross-linked peptidoglycan.
- Core: Core wall, cytoplasmic membrane, cytoplasm, nucleoid, ribosomes and other cellular compartments. Additionally. dipicolinic acid-calcium complex maintains dehydrated conditions inside the spore and helps to stablise DNA against heat denaturation.
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Other Music and "Fuck Like a Donkey"
My girlfriend is visiting me up here at Yale, so updates have been a little sparse the past few days. A few things of note, though; we went to New York City for a day and I had the good fortune (bad for my wallet) of randomly running across Other Music, a fantastic weird-music store in the Village. Magma, Area, Arti & Mestieri, PFM, all kinds of psych and Krautrock and RIO, most Cuneiform releases - heaven. I managed some kind of restraint and "only" picked up three:
- Magma - Mekanik Kommandoh
- Mogwai - Come On Die Young
- Ruins - Symphonica
Aside from that, we were walking around a small open market in the Village and what did I hear but the music of Orff's Carmina Burana set to a throbbing hip-hop beat. After hearing, on the same tape, a song called "Fuck Like a Donkey", featuring authentic donkey noises, I figured that whoever compiled said tape must be an interesting character, and picked up the tape (Sound Factory 99 Part 2). Talk about amusing stuff - check out www.mikemike.net.
Two guests at the dinner I went to were violinists in a string quartet; one was speaking of the comparative advantages and disadvantages of being a left-handed player. It was an interesting conversation, and he brought up things that I, not being a player of any instrument, would never have otherwise thought of.
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Trails open up the natural world to the everyone regardless of their physical abilities and age. Depending on the type of experience one is looking for trails of different types can provide an enriching opportunity to explore the wilderness. The American Hiking Society celebrates National Trails Day on the first Saturday in June each year. On June 7th people will attend the hundreds of events held to celebrate America's magnificent trail system. The following are a few of the events scheduled in Central Florida.
National Trails Day at Moss Park
The Central Florida Chapter of the Florida Trail Association is hosting an event to celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The National Trails Day Celebration at Moss Park includes information about the 1300 mile long Florida National Scenic Trail and demonstrations on how people, often times volunteers, perform trail work and blazing. Park visitors will be able to take short hikes on the nature trail in the park, as well.
People who would like to learn about hiking, equipment used for the activity, orienteering and more will have the opportunity to do so at the classes and demonstrations being offered at the celebration.
Young participants will find games to play and hungry folks will find food offerings. Regular park admission fees apply. For more information visit the Florida Trails website.
"Trails Benefit Us All" in Volusia County
Volusia County Parks, Recreation & Culture is hosting their 10th Annual Trails Day celebration. The event takes place on June 7, 2014 at 150 Julia Street (just south of City Hall) in New Smyrna Beach from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The county wants to promote the health, recreational, conservation and economic benefits everyone can receive from trails. There will be informational displays, children's activities, a nature hike, a walking tour, bicycle helmet giveaways and much more. For more information visit the County of Volusia website.
To locate other events around the country and throughout Florida visit the American Hiking Society website.


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Charvonne Kemp, left, smiles at partner Marie Carlson, right, as they speak in support of a federal lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's ban on same sex marriage on Monday in Madison, Wis.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A group of same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage, arguing the prohibition is unconstitutional and denies them civil rights married couples enjoy.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on the couples' behalf in federal court in Madison, extending the organization's national push for gay marriage rights. Larry Dupuis, an attorney with the organization, said gay marriage is becoming more accepted, pointing to a U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and a federal judge in December overturned a same-sex marriage ban in conservative Utah.
"Obviously, there has been momentum," Dupuis told reporters during a news conference to announce the Wisconsin lawsuit. "The climate is changing across the country."
The lawsuit names Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, both Republicans, as defendants. A Walker spokesman didn't immediately return a message. Van Hollen said in a statement he believes the ban is legal and promised to "vigorously" defend it. He didn't elaborate.
Wisconsin voters attached an amendment to the state constitution in 2006 banning gay marriage or anything substantially similar. Wisconsin has offered domestic registry that affords same sex couples who join it a host of legal rights since 2009, but the state Supreme Court is currently weighing whether the list violates the amendment.
The new federal lawsuit alleges the amendment violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection and due process clauses, saying the prohibition deprives same-sex couples of legal protections afforded married couples simply because of their sex.
The domestic partner registry is "a mundane entryway to an extremely limited subset of benefits" that doesn't afford couples the recognition of marriage, the lawsuit added.
What's more, the lawsuit said, gay couples in Wisconsin can't get married in another state and return to Wisconsin legally; under state law, anyone who marries in another state to circumvent Wisconsin statutes can face up to $10,000 in fines and nine months in jail. John Knight, an ACLU attorney who specializes in gay rights litigation, said he doesn't know of anyone who has been prosecuted under the law but he's not aware of such a sanction anywhere else in the country.
"Wisconsin's refusal to recognize these Plaintiffs' committed relationships, its elimination of even the possibility of seeking redress through the state legislature, and the possibility of criminal prosecution for doing nothing more than marrying the person they love has led these Plaintiffs' to seek relief from this Court," the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit outlines the lives of three same-sex couples in Wisconsin who say the amendment denies them rights and prevents them from fully celebrating their love for one another.
Carol Schumacher, 60, and her partner, Virginia Wolf, 74, who live in Eau Claire, got married in Minnesota last year and are now worried some district attorney will come after them. Judi Trampf, 53, and Katy Heyning, 51, of Madison, claimed a hospital in New Orleans wouldn't recognize Trampf's power of attorney after Heyning went into a seizure during a 2002 trip to the city. Charvonne Kemp, 43, and Marie Carlson, 48, of Milwaukee, said they're domestic partners but want to get married so other people understand what their love means.
"We intend to fight as far as we have to go until there's a day I can walk down the aisle with my partner and my love," Carlson told reporters at the news conference.
Knight said the ACLU has filed similar lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon. Dupuis said during the news conference 48 lawsuits seeking gay marriage rights have been filed in about 20 states.
Fair Wisconsin, the state's largest gay rights group, is defending the state's domestic registry. The group's president, Katie Belanger, issued a statement saying the organization would watch the ACLU case closely but it will take more work to create real equality for gay people.
Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, the group challenging the registry, said the new lawsuit simply mirrors what the ACLU has been doing in other states. She said her group likely will attempt to join the federal lawsuit and help defend the gay marriage ban.
"This organization will continue to defend, strength and promote the institution of traditional marriage with every fiber ... we have," Appling said in an interview. "If the rule of law is applied ... we prevail."
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This, this is the latest savior of the Republican primary contest?
Santorum, who in a 2008 speech to Ave Maria University, claims that America's institutions, from academia to Protestant Christianity to its politics, have fallen to Satan. I'm not actually using hyperbole here, it's what he actually says!
I think this means he's certifiable crazy. And, the winger Protestant Christian wing of the party is so going to love being called agents of Satan. I actually regret that this came out so early - would have been better if he won the nomination and then this got circulated.
And people wonder how I became an atheist? Transcript is after the flip, courtesy of the Kyle Mantyla's post.
This is not a political war at all. This is not a cultural war. This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age. There is no one else to go after other than the United States and that has been the case now for almost two hundred years, once America's preeminence was sown by our great Founding Fathers.
He didn't have much success in the early days. Our foundation was very strong, in fact, is very strong. But over time, that great, acidic quality of time corrodes even the strongest foundations. And Satan has done so by attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.
He was successful. He attacks all of us and he attacks all of our institutions. The place where he was, in my mind, the most successful and first successful was in academia. He understood pride of smart people. He attacked them at their weakest, that they were, in fact, smarter than everybody else and could come up with something new and different. Pursue new truths, deny the existence of truth, play with it because they're smart. And so academia, a long time ago, fell.
And you say "what could be the impact of academia falling?" Well, I would have the argument that the other structures that I'm going to talk about here had root of their destruction because of academia. Because what academia does is educate the elites in our society, educates the leaders in our society, particularly at the college level. And they were the first to fall.
And so what we saw this domino effect, once the colleges fell and those who were being education in our institutions, the next was the church. Now you'd say, 'wait, the Catholic Church'? No. We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic, sure the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic, mainstream, mainline Protestantism, and of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it. So they attacked mainline Protestantism, they attacked the Church, and what better way to go after smart people who also believe they're pious to use both vanity and pride to also go after the Church.
After that, you start destroying the Church and you start destroying academia, the culture is where their next success was and I need not even go into the state of the popular culture today. Whether its sensuality of vanity of the famous in America, they are peacocks on display and they have taken their poor behavior and made it fashionable. The corruption of culture, the corruption of manners, the corruption of decency is now on display whether it's the NBA or whether it's a rock concert or whether it's on a movie set.
The fourth, and this was harder, now I know you're going to challenge me on this one, but politics and government was the next to fall. You say, 'you would think they would be the first to fall, as fallible as we are in politics,' but people in political life get elected by ordinary folks from lots of places all over the country where the foundations of this country are still strong. So while we may certainly have had examples, the body politic held up fairly well up until the last couple of decades, but it is falling too.
The fifth paragraph of the quote is missing some antecedents or something as I'm having a very hard time following. Mainline Protestantism (in layman's terms the sane ones) has millions of members which trend moderate to liberal. Evangelical Protestantism (those are your wingers, at least institutionally - far be it for me to paint every individual with the same broad brush) does have more members, but true religion was never supposed to be about popularity.
He's calling intellectuals and Protestants the fallen of Satan and you're worried about grammar?
The dude's just loony tunes.
Odd. I was raised around Catholicism and sent both kids to parochial K-8. Satan isn't a big character in most Catholic's life. Not nearly as much as, say, the Baptists.
Maybe Renee or Cliff can testify?
Santa was probably a bigger character, n'est pas?
Oh and I too was a Catholic and no, my priest did not have a hard on for blaming everything on Satan, either.
I always thought the fears of citizens on the right in this country during JFK's candidacy were a little silly when they thought JFK would be a theocratic yes-man to the Pope.
However, it's very clear that that's *exactly* what Santorum would be. He doesn't want a democratic America — as in a Democracy, not party affiliation — and he doesn't want a Christian America, either. He wants a Catholic America and would use the government to benefit Catholics.
In fact, he already has.
This guy is out to lunch.
Thank goodness I'm sure about 99% of Catholics would agree, if they listened to this video.
It's really important to note that Santorum isn't "most Catholics." He's an Opus-Dei type. I don't actually think he's an official member, but he's publicly been a sympathizer. For those who don't know, Opus-Dei types are every bit as crazy as the fringiest christian rightwingers there are, including dominionists and hardcore evangelicals and baptists. They have far more in common with those christian right groups than they do mainstream catholics, in terms of ideology, beliefs and goals out of what they want between their government and religion.
I really wasn't trying to be the grammar police for its own sake this time; I genuinely was confused by his comment because he says, "they attacked mainline protestantism" and I could not figure out who "they" was. I thought he was trying to argue that mainline protestantism attacked "real" Christianity so the sentence sounded backwards relative to what I expected him to say.
By "they," doesn't he mean Legion?
I think this means he's certifiable crazy.
It doesn't. He's as sane and you and me.
Santorum's problem is ideological and philosophical, not psychiatric.
That actually makes it worse. This means the problem is not specific to Rick Santorum individually, and that he can infect other people.
Odd. I was raised around Catholicism and sent both kids to parochial K-8. Satan isn't a big character in most Catholic's life. Not nearly as much as, say, the Baptists.
I agree. I wonder if Santorum would describe himself as a "Charismatic Catholic?" I knew of friends-of-a-friend who spoke in tongues. White American Catholics.
Don't over estimate the power of Rick's dementia. He has been so shrill for so very long that as a defense mechanism most citizen's simply screen him out. Thats why he can howl like a spent toddler for blood, dynamite and revenge and seemingly get away with it.
I believe I may be the person Joe from Lowell may be referring to in his 20/14:14 post.
As for Christopher's comment, he is crrect. There is indeed a factual and a theological difference between "Mainline" Protestants and "Evangelicals, Fundamentalists and Pentacostals". These United States are a very diverse land.
I expects there are Pentacostal Episcopalians who believe that some of the Parishes of their "Mainline" brethren are under the sway of Satan. Of course, such Pentacostal Episcopalian Parishes may well have already switched their allegiance to dioceses in Africa.
But then even Ricard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene) isn't 100% sure.
As for Rick Santorum, if you are strongly opposed to him it is too late to switch your Registration to vote against him on 6 March. You will now have to wait until November to express your outrage, assuming your Republican family members and friends have backed him up through the convention.
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True that RD isn't 100%, but absolute certainty isn't necessary for atheism. The confusion is from the fact that non-belief of a proposition and positive assertion of the negative of a proposition are not the same thing, but are often used interchangably in conversation. Dawkins refers to a scale that he uses to indicate the gradation:
If I remember correctly, Dawkins is a 6.5 (possibly a 6). That's about where I am too.
Lynne isn't likely to have to worry about Santorum support in her family - they are much more into Ron Paul.
The article you linked to indicates that he claimed to be a 6.9. I'll have to check my 'God Delusion' book to see what he said in there.
That makes me -
"2.De-facto Theist: I cannot know for certain but I strongly believe in God and I live my life on the assumption that he is there."
And I don't believe in the "God" of The Bible. I'm okay with the premise of an indescribable "Devine."
As such, I don't believe in Satan. There may be an aspect of the Devine that fulfills the "scope of work" of the Satan myth, but not a discrete entity that is evil yin to the good yang.
Big Bang Theory suggests that it is all of the same "stuff." Thus, I can't accept polar opposites. A battery has a positive terminal and a negative terminal. You need both connected to the circut to make the juice flow.
Can we focus on the important issue here, please, and not get diverted. Print Preview.
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There's a new movie out I am looking forward to seeing this week. God's Not Dead tells the story of a college philosophy professor and one of his students and their debate on the existence of God. It looks to be a well written story that the writers have taken care to carefully present..
As I writer myself, I take the task of what I write very seriously. I know the power of words and their longevity; especially in written form. Words have the ability to inspire and instigate, transform and transport. Through a well-formed collection of words, a writer can capture the hearts and minds of many. Because of the enormous possibilities that lie within a written phrase, I have determined to be responsible with the information I impart. My goal is to continually share truth in a way that challenges and calls the reader to the best life possible.
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Although Jesus lived and died over 2,000 years ago, the words I read in the Bible concerning His life has transformed mine. There was a moment where I chose to believe they were more than an historical document, but rather words of truth to accept as fact. This was not because of someone coercing me to believe something, but an active, informed choice on my part that radically changed me forever.
Having had my life changed because of this truth, I take seriously the divine assignment given to all believers. I cannot possibly know how far the words I write will travel, nor the impact they might have on others, but I do know I will continue to do as I am called to do.
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-- You can get clothes, electronics, toys and more - at a discount and tax free. If military members and their families needed one more reason to shop at their local base exchange, the Military Star Card gives them one: profits from the card go directly back to the base community.
Military patrons using bank-issued cards at their local exchanges cost the base community millions of dollars annually that could instead be directed to Morale, Welfare and Recreation efforts. Unlike bank credit cards, profits generated from the Military Star Card maximize the exchange benefit and are shared with military communities through contributions to the base's MWR funds. The funds can be directed toward youth services and centers, recreation, and base parks like FamCamp.
"At Andrews, the AAFES dividends are received annually and are used for quality of life programs," said Judee Sanders, 316th Force Support Squadron deputy commander. "From those funds, we purchased the surrey at Outdoor Recreation, we repair non-appropriated funds, or NAF, vehicles, and we purchased the inflatable paintball contained field."
It is the dual mission at AAFES to provide quality merchandise at low prices while benefitting the base as a whole.
"Something as seemingly insignificant as a credit or debit fee can add up to a major quality of life issue," said Joyce Best, Andrews BX store manager. "Because banks charge an average of 1.5 percent of the transaction total when the credit or debit card is swiped, every purchase made with one of these cards impacts the exchange's ability to maximize the investment military families are making in their community."
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"Using the Military Star Card is one of the easiest ways for authorized shoppers to directly impact their Exchange and MWR benefits," said Ms. Best. "Reducing unnecessary expenses such as bank fees not only goes a long way in strengthening the overall exchange benefit, but also the dividend operations annually generate for the military community."
Lindsey Drangstveit, Andrews Army and Air Force Exchange Service administrative assistant to the general manager, said banks charge fees to retailers.
"Let's say you buy $1,000 worth of electronics," explained Ms. Drangstveit. "You'll use your bank-issued card and the bank will charge a merchant's fee, say 3 percent for using your card, so the retailer would pay $30 for you to use your credit card at the store. Because the exchanges operate the Exchange Credit Program, these unnecessary fees can be virtually eliminated, and MWR funding could potentially increase when a Military Star card is used."
"The base gas station pays almost $30,000 per month in credit card fees, and that's for the Four Seasons and the gas station alone. If you go worldwide, imagine the hundreds of thousands of dollars of fees that would get cut if our military and their families switched to the Military Star Cards. It comes down to this: the less we pay on credit card fees, the more we can give to the military community," explained Ms. Drangstveit.
In 2008, AAFES Andrews facilities were able to give back $544,799 to the base, however, these operations also incurred $956,000 in bank-processing fees.
The Military Star Card is accepted at all AAFES, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Exchange activities, as well as the Exchange Catalog and the Exchange Online store at www.aafes.com.
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I'm not sure WWE even knows what match will go on last but I think it comes down to Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker or the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between Randy Orton, Batista and the winner of Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan.
With all pay per view events available on the WWE Network going forward, how will wrestlers get paid their PPV bonuses?
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No Shame Eugene is a Lane County Arts Council sponsored theater group that is moving into its second year with a kickoff show on February 5th. Through partnerships with Lord Leebrick Theater Company and the City of Eugene, No Shame Eugene has secured a weekly practice space and a monthly venue to host its 15 original 5 minute performances, which are new every month.
On the first Friday of every month at 7:30pm, the doors to the Atrium building (10th and Olive, caddy corner to the Eugene Public Library) open to receive both performers and audience members for FREE. From 7:30pm to 8:00pm, the only prescheduled act of the night, a band, plays and warms up the audience for the 8:00pm start of the performances.
The 15 original 5 minute performances are taken from the first 15 performers who walk through the doors and contact Artistic Director Jeff Geiger, who puts together the order of the night's show. While the performers are asked to fill out a form when expressing interest to take the stage (title of piece, type of piece, first line, last line, lighting and sound cues, and comparable movie rating) as well as hand in a disposable copy of their scripts, the performances are unjuried and uncensored. Only three rules govern whether a performance is acceptable: 1) All works must be original, 2) No breaking anything, including the law, 3) All performances must be 5 minutes or less. Otherwise, anything flies. No shame.
The variety of performances ranges from skits, to monologues, to dancing, to puppetry, to music, to standup comedy, to magic acts, to juggling, to rants, to game shows. No Shame Eugene is always looking for new kinds of acts and new talent. Anything from a G rating to a R rating can be performed. As is explained at the beginning of each show, the Jaws theme will be played to divide the night when the tone of the performances phases from family friendly to a R rating. Essentially, all cussing and adult themes are saved for the later half of the show, and a cue is given to the audience so that they can choose whether or not to protect their delicate sensibilities.
Only the first 15 pieces received at the door on the night of the show are allowed to perform, and the 5 minute time limit is strictly enforced. A timer, set to 5 minutes, starts a countdown at the beginning of every piece. The timer is connected to the lights and the mic, and when the five minutes is up, an obnoxious buzzing sounds, the lights and the mic go dead, and the piece is ended. Make way for the next piece.
Since the order of the performances is put together on the night of the show, the performers won't know when they're supposed to go on until the order is read during the night's introduction. After that, the performances are introduced as they come up throughout the night.
So, how does No Shame Eugene know that it will have enough performances to fill 15 slots with original 5 minute pieces? The founding members of the group and a core group of writers and performers write and practice to ensure that a full marquee of entertainment can be provided.
Every Thursday, at 126 W. Broadway Ave., from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, a rehearsal and writing session is held. It's open to the public, and people interested in writing material for shows, performing in shows, or helping out are encouraged to attend.
During the first two weeks after a show, the practice sessions involve a brainstorming process dubbed The Method. At the start, a timer is set for five minutes, then all attending members call out ideas, scraps of ideas, phrases, scenarios, random words, etc.. After the five minutes is up, the suggestions are voted on to find the top four that people are interested in producing, then two teams break apart, each charged with starting a script from one of the ideas. They have fifteen minutes to come up with characters, the first line, the last line, and the script's story arc. Once the fifteen minutes has passed, one of the members from each team claims the script in order to bring it home, flesh it out, and bring it back later in a completed form. Then, the teams break apart again with the second set of ideas and the process is repeated.
The practice sessions closer to show night are used as opportunities to cast pieces, stage and rehearse, and polish acts. Memorizing lines is optional, and most performances have scripts on stage on show night. No shame.
New writers and actors are always welcome. Not all performances on show night are scripts that originated during Thursday night practice sessions. Walk-ins on show night are taken, and encouraged.
Participation in the Thursday practice session is optional. Since only the first 15 pieces taken at the door on show night are given opportunity to perform, participation in the Thursday night sessions doesn't guarantee a spot in the show. Interested performers must show up in time. No exceptions. If a performer shows up in time, they are allowed to submit one piece, though, if slots are still open close to show time, each performer is allowed to submit an additional piece until the marquee is full. What's more, all performers must come prepared not only with all their own scripts, but also all their own props.
No Shame Eugene is a nonprofit theater group, and all donations that are taken at the door on show nights and during practice sessions go to advertising and to the further functioning of the theater.
It is the hope of No Shame Eugene that you will see performances that will blow you away as well as those that will make you think you could do better. Then, they want you to come back and try to do it yourself. No shame.
All performances and practice sessions are FREE, and No Shame Eugene encourages people who are interested in participating to email them at email@example.com for further information or to address any questions. Also, interested folks can check them out on facebook and myspace for show clips and updates; search: "No Shame Eugene."


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - After collecting a pair of team wins at the Charlotte Invitational on Sept. 28, Mississippi State cross country is set for its short trip east on Friday as the Bulldogs travel to Tuscaloosa for the Crimson Classic.
MSU coach Houston Franks' teams picked up third-place finishes at last year's Alabama-hosted event, and they have taken advantage of their three-week break to prepare for conference action. Franks said his runners are focusing on quick leg turnovers and getting the top five closer together.
"As a whole, I'm excited about this meet because we're going to get to race a few teams we haven't gotten to race yet," Franks said. "As it's the last meet before SECs, we obviously want to see improvements on things we've been working on in practice."
The Maroon and White will see action from two fresh faces at this meet as newcomers Rhianwedd Price and Damian Roszko are added to the field.
"I think adding Rhian into the mix gives us more depth," Franks said. "It will also be only Carmen Brothers' second race. Carmen, who is coming off an injury at the end of the summer, and Rhian are really starting to make big strides, so I'm excited for them to be able to race.
The freshmen are expected to provide additional support for the Bulldogs, although Franks noted that the team has not lacked depth this season.
"Damian's training has been going well, and we're eager to see him contribute, too," Franks said.
The meet in Tuscaloosa will serve as the last battle on the course prior to this year's Southeastern Conference Championships slated for Nov. 1 in Gainesville, Fla.
"It's been a good season thus far, but the most important stuff is still in front of us," Franks said.
Competition at Harry Pritchett Running Park will begin on Friday at 5 p.m. with the women's 5K, followed by the men's 8K at 5:30 p.m.


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2016: Added three goals, two assists, 10 ground balls, 12 draw controls and seven caused turnovers in 17 games off the bench for the Ducks to notch single-season career bests in each category … was named to the MPSF All-Academic team … recorded a career-high two points twice as a junior in wins over Detroit (2/21) and Marist (3/19) … collected a personal-best three ground balls against George Mason (3/9) … posted a career-high three draw controls in a 17-13 win over Detroit (2/21).
2015: Recorded two draw controls and two ground balls in 10 games during her sophomore campaign…tallied a groundball against Presbyterian (2/13) and Robert Morris (3/13)...picked up a draw control against Fresno State (3/23) and California (4/5)…named to the MPSF All-Academic Team in her first year eligible.
2014: Saw action in five games in her freshman campaign…recorded an assist against Presbyterian (3/22)…finished the year with one point, a ground ball, a draw control and a caused turnover.
Before Oregon: Led the Raiders to a 15-3 record her senior season and scored a pair of goals in the semi-final game at the state tournament...named first-team Aurora Sentinel All-City Girls Lacrosse Team in back-to-back years (2012-13)...compiled 58 goals in 34 games including a .500 shot percentage at Regis Jesuit HS...also named as an academic all-American, all-American honorable mention, and All-Colorado...led the Raiders in draw control and grown balls...also played field hockey and basketball for RGHS...played club lacrosse on Team 180 for Sam Bartron…a National Honor Society recipient and graduated summa cum laude.
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The students screamed expletives at their substitute teacher, thrusting their middle fingers into the air in defiance. Each time the teacher turned to confront one student, another would launch a spit wad toward his backside.
For many who attempted to teach this unruly middle-school class in South El Monte, a low-income, largely Hispanic neighborhood east of Los Angeles, their first day was also their last. But as angry as Pete Menjares became, he wasn't about to give up. He lunged for the classroom's emergency phone. The usually calm Christian yelled into the receiver, "If you don't get somebody over here to help me right now, I'm going to kill someone."
Within minutes, the principal, vice principal, and head counselor rushed into the classroom. It took half an hour for the four adults to get the students seated and quiet.
"At that moment, the principal looked to me and said, 'Maestro [teacher], teach,'" Menjares remembers. "I preached the sermon of my life. I talked to these kids about respect, discipline, life, my childhood and experiences, college, success, failure. I was just livid. I gave them the ethnic thing. I gave them the cultural thing. I just read them the riot act."
The students began to cry, which infuriated Menjares further. "And what are you crying about?" he shouted. "Why are you sniffling?"
Students began to wail back, "Nobody cares about us!" "They've written us off." They told Menjares how teacher after teacher had come and gone. No one was willing to teach them.
Menjares was shocked when one of the lead teachers said these were the school's honor students.
"That was the defining moment for me as a teacher, where I said, 'I can do something of significance,'" he says. "There are kids in our public schools so destitute, underserved, and needy. They need teachers that can identify with them, relate to them, inspire them, model for them. I felt obligated: How could I turn my back on this group of kids?"
He made a promise to those students: He would continue teaching them through the end of their school year.
It was a rough year. One day, after breaking up a fight, he put his arm around one of the brawling students, attempting to calm the boy. The youth threw off his arm, saying, "Get away from me, maricon [homosexual]!" Within hours, students across the campus were calling him Mr. Maricon.
Menjares stepped up his efforts to win over the students. He invited a guest speaker to his class, an actor friend who had appeared in movies with Sylvester Stallone. The talk was a hit, and Menjares went from Mr. Maricon to Mr. Friend of Movie Stars.
That year he won the respect of his students and was ready to take on more challenges. He invited other teachers to send their problem students to his class for the last two weeks of school.
Menjares was hooked. That summer, the young substitute received an emergency teaching credential from the Los Angeles Unified School District. For the next seven years, Menjares taught full time, seeking out the toughest kids at some of the district's toughest schools.
Almost two decades later, Menjares, 49, is still striving to improve education for inner-city students. As a professor in the department of education at Biola University in La Mirada, California, he now trains future educators. He shares his story with college students, offering an insider's perspective as both a teacher and a native of the inner city.
Indeed, when Menjares looked into the teary eyes of those South El Monte students, he saw his reflection staring back at him. He knew firsthand the tough life they led. Menjares grew up in East Los Angeles and nearby Pico Rivera, areas infested with gangs and drugs. His father was killed in a fight years earlier.


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Samsung SPH B6700 Card Phone II Announced
Remember Samsung SCH V870 Card Phone from last year? Now it has a successor – Samsung SPH B6700 Card Phone II.
As can be expected, while keeping slim appearances and dimensions (8.7 (L) x 5.9 (W) x 8,9 (T) mm) Samsung Card Phone II has an upgraded specs – 2 megapixel camera with camcorder, mp3 player, DMB-T tuner, 33K word Korean/English dictionary, external memory card slot, calendar, electronic dictionary, file viewing and printing capabilities.
Samsung also has a smart trick to prolong a battery life for Card Phone II (SPH B6700). There's not enough space inside the phone to have a truly long lasting battery there. But Samsung B6700 comes with a leather case, to carry the phone around. And this leather case has twice the battery capacity inside.
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BARNSLEY East MP Michael Dugher has opposed changes to the law governing taxi and private hire vehicles due to concerns they could put passengers at risk.
The reforms included in the government's Deregulation Bill will enable people without a minicab licence to drive one when it is off duty, end annual checks on drivers' licences, and allow minicab operators to subcontract bookings to firms in other areas.
Campaigners, industry bodies and unions are warning these changes will have severe safety implications, as local councils don't have the powers to enforce the changes safely.
Mr Dugher said: "At present minicabs in Barnsley are driven by people who have undergone criminal, medical and background checks with the council but the government reforms threaten to remove these safeguards.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the observance of Ground Water Awareness Week from March 9 through March 15, 2014. The CDC is promoting this event in partnership with the National Ground Water Association, an advocacy group based in Ohio and devoted to highlighting the importance of clean ground water. Ground Water Awareness Week has been observed for several years, and serves to remind the American public that both private wells and public drinking supplies depend on clean ground water.
The National Ground Water Association believes that stewardship of ground water is everyone's job, and provides resources for private well owners as well as environmental activists. Both chemical and biological contaminants can pose health problems for individuals and communities drinking unclean water. The CDC provides information on the burden of disease from biological ground water contaminants, noting that 33 drinking water-associated outbreaks were documented from 2009 to 2010, sickening more than 1,000 people and leading to nine deaths. The two primary biological contaminants were Legionella and Campylobacter.
In addition to the aforementioned bacteria, viral contamination of ground water is a concern for government regulators such as the EPA. The EPA oversees the enforcement of the Safe Water Drinking Act of 1996 and the associated Ground Water Rule of 2006, which require that drinking water be treated to remove 99.99 percent of viruses. Some viruses specifically named by the EPA as cause for concern are echovirus, hepatitis A, rotavirus, and norovirus. Information on compliance with the Ground Water Rule can be found on the EPA website.
In addition to biological agents such as bacteria and viruses, ground water contaminants include chemicals used to clean the water, byproducts of these chemicals, and industrial chemicals inappropriately released into water or ground. Disinfectants considered contaminants and monitored by public water authorities include chlorine; some disinfectant byproducts are haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes. Health risks from these chemicals include anemia, cancer, and central nervous system dysfunction.
Industrial chemicals found in drinking water include antimony (from flame retardants), barium (from hydraulic fracturing / natural gas drilling waste discharges), cyanide (from fertilizer and plastic factory discharges), and mercury (from landfill runoff). Municipal water authorities monitor for these contaminants and provide water quality reports on an annual basis to their customers. For each contaminant, the EPA has set a "maximum contaminant level" (MCL), concentrations above which are considered detrimental to human health.
New concerns have arisen in recent years in Pennsylvania due to the sudden onset and dramatic increase of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to harvest natural gas deposits from underground across a large portion of the state. As a recent EPA report indicates, across the 152,979 water systems in the United States, there were 1,730 violations of inorganic chemical and radionuclide MCLs in 2010, affecting nearly three million people. Groups such as Clean Water Action (CWA) have been busy lately, taking action against gas drilling firms that illegally discharge polluted water.
One recent action, a lawsuit by CWA against Waste Treatment Corporation of Warren, PA, resulted in a consent decree being proposed by the state. Waste Treatment Corporation allegedly released 200,000 gallons per day of gas drilling wastewater into the Allegheny River. CWA spokesperson Myron Arnowitt expresses his continued concern that the consent decree falls short of full remediation: "Beyond allowing Waste Treatment Corp. to continue their damaging discharges for two years, the consent decree fails to require any cleanup of the elevated levels of radioactivity they found in the Allegheny riverbed sediment."
Wastewater discharges in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania are just one threat to safe drinking water. Individuals interested in ensuring clean ground water can take action by visiting the National Ground Water Association and Clean Water Action.
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