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إرفنج ضد ليبستدات
Holocaust Denial on Trial, Appeal Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Lord Justice PillTable of Contents
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Conclusion on Auschwitz
45. Having reached those conclusions, the judge set out his general conclusion at 13.91 already cited. We acknowledge that important parts of the evidence relied on by the judge were not first-hand evidence. For example, he did not and could not hear the "eye-witness evidence" of Tauber, Olëre, Höss and Broad, on whom he relied. He had to assess the value of their evidence on the basis of statements made by them many years ago together with the comments upon them and upon their context by expert historians. This has two consequences. The first is that the value of the evidence of any individual "witness" must be less than if he or she had given evidence orally to the Court and been subject to cross-examination. The second is that, as compared with the trial judge, this Court is at less of a disadvantage in assessing the evidence than is often the case. We bear those considerations in mind along with the earlier statement of the approach we proposed to adopt. (para 21) Having considered the evidence summarised by the judge, and the submissions of the parties we have come to the conclusion that the conclusion of the judge at 13.91 was a conclusion he was fully entitled to reach.
46. We are also satisfied that the judge directed himself correctly. At 13.70, already cited, the judge was doing no more than identifying the factual issue at Auschwitz, what he described as "the central question". He needed to do so because the applicant's position at trial on Auschwitz had changed significantly from those he had previously adopted. At the trial, he put in issue, as Mr Davies had rightly acknowledged, his up-to-date position. It was necessary for the judge to identify the applicant's current position on the factual issue, as he did at 13.70, by referring to the applicant's claim "that the killing by gas was on a modest scale". That the applicant's position had been different at an earlier time is confirmed by the record of his public statements set out in the judgment (8.17). We cite three examples:
Dresden. 13 February 1990: "... the holocaust of Germans in Dresden really happened. That of the Jews in the gas chambers at Auschwitz is an invention. I am ashamed to be an Englishman."
Toronto, 8 November 1990: "... more people died on the back seat of Senator Edward Kennedy's motor car at Chappaquiddick than died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz."
Calgary, 29 September 1991: and so are the other eye-witnesses at Auschwitz [liars] who claim they saw gassings going on because there were no gas chambers in Auschwitz as the forensic tests show."
47. The judge's self-direction as to the test to be applied to the applicant's historiography, the factual issue having been determined, is set out at 13.3 and 13.4, which Mr Davies accepts as an appropriate direction, and we have no doubt that the judge applied it when reaching the conclusion at 13.91.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Skillet Apple Cobbler (Happy Birthday Honey!)
To all of you well-wishers from last week, I came home to a pristine house and discovered that no one was hospitalized or went to jail. Another one of hubby's "game-day" escapades has passed without incident. What more could a wife ask for.
Happy Birthday Dave. You know I love you with all my heart, even when you make me crazy.
Skillet Apple Cobbler (adapted from a King Arthur Flour catalog)
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp salt
4-5 large apples (about 1 1/2 lbs.) cored and thinly sliced (I used a combination of granny smith, gala, and honeycrisp apples)
3 TBSP boiled cider
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 TBSP sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cold butter
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup half & half
coarse sugar (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9" skillet (or deep dish pie pan) with cooking spray.
To make the filling:
Combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Toss with apple slices and boiled cider. Place in the bottom of prepared pan.
To make the topping:
Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon in a large bowl. Work in the butter just until the mixture is evenly crumbly.
In another bowl, whisk together the vanilla, egg and half & half. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
Drop the topping by large spoonfuls on top of apples. Sprinkle with coarse sugar if desired. Bake the cobbler for 55-65 minutes until it's bubbly and the topping is golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes before serving.
20 comments:
- Nanan said...
That, my dear, is beautiful - and it could qualify for National Apple Betty Day if you warmed it up and served it with Vanilla Ice cream - which is today, by the way!!!! Crazy how that worked out - no? Glad you had a wonderful vacation!! Even better you returned to a nice clean house! Happy Birthday to the "Honey"!
- October 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Arnold said...
This looks great, I can almost smell that cinnamon. Thanks.
- October 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
Awwww, that was very sweet of you! Happy birthday, Mr. Mags!
- October 5, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- A Year on the Grill said...
wonderful pictures... hope you are sending that to tastespotting
- October 5, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- June said...
Fabulous cobbler and definitely a happy, happy to Dave. Boy you sure have him well trained, don't ya!
- October 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Abby said...
Looks beautiful and yummy! (Although I am with you: birthday should mean chocolate chocolate chocolate cake. My dad agrees with your hubby though, so I always have to do one fruit-based birthday dessert each year.)
- October 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Haden News said...
I love the idea of apple cobbler for a b-day cake!! Happy Birthday to Mr. Mags!!
- October 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I can see the beauty in wanting an apple cobbler instead of birthday cake. Yours looks scrumptious. I'm sort of a chocolate eclair birthday girl myself.
- October 5, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- The Southern Cookbook said...
I love cobblers! This fruit cobbler looks amazing. I can smell the cinnamon! Lucky hubby you have to have such a great dessert waiting for him :)
- October 5, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Julie said...
I am so with you...chocolate something instead of fruit! Also, pie crusts and I don't get along either! Glad the house was in one piece and no bail money was needed. Hopefully you were somewhere fun!
- October 5, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Moogie said...
Hey my Dave had his birthday yesterday. Now he is one year away from Medicare. LOL
Great recipe and as always super photo.
- October 5, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
What a fantastic apple desert. I have 3 apple trees in my back yard and loads of apples this year, so I am looking for some great ideas. Thanks for sharing this one.
*kisses* HH
- October 6, 2010 at 3:25 AM
- Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food said...
I'm with your hubby. Fruit desserts are my favorites too, and this one is a real beauty. So homey, made with seasonal fruits, and so perfect for fall. Well done, Mags!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:24 AM
- Barbara said...
You made me laugh this morning, Mags. Funny post. Men, gotta love em.
And how sweet was it for you to make his favorite? It's delicious looking and a perfect Happy Birthday!
- October 6, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- Kath said...
That looks like a terrific cobbler! I think it makes a great birthday dessert. (Looks beautiful in the Le Creuset skillet, too!)
- October 6, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Megan said...
LOL, My hubby's BD was the 3rd and mine is the 8th. I have a theory about early October birthdays- To much celebrating on New Years Eve! ;)
You have a lucky man, first-you did come home from vacation, and second, you made his favorite!
Happy Birthday Mr. Mags!
- October 6, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Sue said...
Your skillet apple cobbler looks delicious, especially on a day like today(cold and rainy)! Glad the home front was in great shape on your return! :)
- October 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
I would love this Cobbler on my birthday too! Your hubs is one lucky guy. Glad to read you came home to a "healthy house." xo
- October 8, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
That's lovely!! I would take an apple cobbler over a pie any day. While my pie crusts usually taste good, they aren't usually pretty, so I might have to take your lead and go for cobblers this year!
- October 8, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Ingrid said...
Looks good...cobbler was the way to go! :) Happy belated birthday to your hubs!
- October 12, 2010 at 6:51 PM

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The tortoise passed the hare Friday when Apple (AAPL) fell from its lofty perch as the world's most valuable company, returning Exxon Mobil to the top.
Fears over slowing growth for Cupertino-based Apple prompted investors to jettison the tech giant's shares, which nose-dived 2.4 percent Friday and ended at $439.88. Texas-based Exxon rose 0.4 percent to close at $91.73.
Despite the end of Apple's 12-month reign as the world's No.1 company, some Bay Area investment experts analysts believe sentiment toward Apple has turned too gloomy -- just as the excitement about Apple over the previous months was too euphoric.
"Apple has great prospects for the future, but I do believe the optimism about Apple was overdone," said Michael Yoshikami, founder of Walnut Creek-based Destination Wealth Management. "It rallied more than it should have, a rally based on the hysteria over the company."
Christopher Giordano, principal owner of Los Gatos-based Giordano Wealth Management Group, said that Apple, despite its fall, "is still a terrific company with a great balance sheet, a great product line, tremendous innovation, and that could make this a good entry point to own Apple."
Apple most recently passed Exxon in market value in late January 2012, after the energy giant had been on top of the heap for a considerable time.
"We love energy stocks as a sector and have those in our portfolio," Giordano said. "An incredible energy renaissance is going on in this country. This is just a beginning of an upswing in energy in the United States."
Apple stock has slumped 17 percent so far this year. That was the worst decline of any company in the broad-based S&P 500 Index.
The selling of Apple's shares Friday lowered its market capitalization to $413 billion, trailing Exxon's $418 billion. The 2.4 percent decline of Apple stock followed a 12 percent plunge Thursday after a mixed earnings report Wednesday. That was the worst one-day decline for Apple since 2008.
"Apple was getting a bit ahead of itself," said Eric Heckman, principal executive with San Jose-based Heckman Financial. "The current price is a more realistic number."
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Over the course of the last three years, Sport in Society has worked extensively with local and national sport-based youth development organizations to identify their organizational challenges and assets. With this data, Sport in Society has developed a series of collaborative learning forums, webinars, and online resources that are designed specifically for organizations that strive to use sport for positive youth development. The offerings are intended to meet these needs by providing solution-oriented meetings, panel discussions, and showcases.
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With his groundbreaking books like The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, novelist, screenwriter and playwright Patrick McCabe has become one of Ireland's most successful and widely admired authors. On October 11 he releases the final book in his "small town" series, titled The Stray Sod Country. It may be his greatest work to date. He talks to CAHIR O'DOHERTY about Ireland and people who have inspired him.
It's dead and gone, romantic Ireland, if it ever existed. The land of friendly neighbors, grand soft days, brown soda bread and lively wee dogs and the whole shebang has been consigned, wholesale, to history's scrapheap.
It's what's coming in its place that's the question now.
With his usual impeccable timing, Irish author Patrick McCabe has returned with a likely answer. McCabe's dazzling and elegiac new novel The Stray Sod Country (Bloomsbury), the final in his "small town" series, explores all of the familiar tensions between the past and the present that grip the little border town of Cullymore, and through that the nation, and they often turn out to be explosive.
The most brilliant and seemingly effortless novelist Ireland has produced in decades, McCabe, 55, who's teaching Irish literature at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana this fall, could easily afford to sit back on his achievements to date (The Butcher Boy, Winterwood, Breakfast on Pluto among others).
Thankfully, though, he's been prolific in his explorations, and it's hard to point to a contemporary Irish novelist that combines his virtuosity, his sense of place and his modernity.
Born in Clones, Co. Monaghan in 1955, McCabe grew up in a little border town that seemed to be bordering on everything (including insanity, hysteria and civilization).
It was, he recalls, a town full of dark secrets and unforgettable characters, and like everyone else there he talked to everyone else there. Going "up the town" to him meant stepping out to blather away with everyone you encountered, be they eight or 80.
It was enviable training for a man who's made small town Irish life one of his most accomplished subjects. And, he freely admits, it's a way of life that has all but disappeared now.
But like James Joyce, the illustrious predecessor that McCabe's work most resembles in terms of its sheer invention, he has recorded that vanished world note for note in his own imagination and he gives it back to us, transformed, in his books.
The first thing to ask about his latest novel is what is the "stray sod" it takes its title from?
"What it really means is if you take a wrong turn you could be in trouble," McCabe tells the Irish Voice during a phone interview on Monday.
"I first heard it in London in a restaurant when an Irish woman in her forties came bursting in with an umbrella and stated to her friend, 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph I'm really sorry I'm late. I fell into the stray sod back there near McDonald's.'
"It's a bit of the folk memory leaping out at you. When people are in a state of extremis their true nature comes out. I just lassoed the phrase."
The tension between Irish traditions and modern life is a recurring theme in The Stray Sod Country.
"It's probably the major subject of the book. If you look at Ireland now you see the chickens are coming home to roost in many ways. The consequences of our actions are now visible," he says.
"I'm not making any moral comments on the wildness or excesses of the people because it's in me too. If there is a certain lack of rigor it will have consequences. I'm not saying its wrong to behave in that way, but if you admire the man who builds the big lump of a house on the hill and no one knows where he got the money for it -- and they don't really care -- well, when the banks go bust there's no point in whining because you're complicit in it as well."
Timely as ever, in The Stray Sod Country McCabe explores what happens to a small community as it dies. It will reconstitute itself, he shows us, but the community it was will be transformed into something else. The implications of that are unavoidable.
"I'm not a nostalgic freak. Things always change and we're caught in the pincer jaws of change, especially right now," McCabe says.
"But for the Irish some things are consistent wherever you meet them. They want to know where you're from. The want to know the town, then the town land, then the lane or street. It's not what class you're from, it's where about you're from.
"The sense of place seems particularly pronounced in the Irish psyche. And I think that's what the stray sod is -- a kind of tipping into a new field you don't know."
Another Irish writer McCabe's work echoes is Brian Friel. He agrees that there are resemblances and doesn't bristle at the comparison.
"He grew up in a village, so did I, and the stereotypes and archetypes he knew would be the same as mine. It's a matter of how we treat them."


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This is an audio CD I've had for awhile and like to re-listen to here and there. I remember a post about this on the old forums so I thought I'd make a new one. Its worth the purchase even if you only listen to it once.
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Boys basketball: Holy Cross' streak in state tourney may come to halt
With five games left in the regular season, the Holy Cross High boys basketball team will have an uphill battle to reach the postseason.
The Crusaders (4-11) are in the midst of a six-game losing streak and will play at Naugatuck (7-9) on Friday before finishing with Kennedy (10-3), Crosby (14-1), Sacred Heart (5-9) and Wilby (13-1).
Should Holy Cross fail to reach the needed eight wins, it would mark the first time the Crusaders haven't qualified for the postseason in coach Ed Generali's 25-year tenure there and the first time the school hasn't reached the state tournament since 1986, when Tim McDonald was coach.
"It happens," Generali said. "There's a point in everyone's career when you experience down seasons.
"The kids are still working hard. They worked as hard last night (in a loss to Torrington) as they did in the first game of the season. That's the reward as a coach: that they are doing their best."
Not helping matters this season has been the absence of freshman guard Jonathan Mowatt, who has been sidelined the last seven games with an injury to his left hand.
Though surgery was originally thought to be possible, Generali said that is not being considered now.
Still, Mowatt is not expected to return to the lineup in the final weeks of the season. Generali has only four seniors on the team this year, co-captains Kristian Harmeling and Nick Warren, and Alex Walsh and Matt Cammett.
On the bubble: Sacred Heart (5-9), which has some work to do to qualify, hosts nonleague foe Housatonic on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Alumni Hall in a game rescheduled from last month.
"There are some wins out there for us," said Sacred Heart coach Jon Carroll. "The kids realize where we are. We continue to be competitive, but our goal is to have a complete game and to be able to maintain a focus for 32 minutes. That has been eluding us of late. (After Saturday), we have all divisional games left (Naugatuck, Wilby, Torrington, Holy Cross and Kennedy) and it will take a lot of effort because there is a lot of parity in the league. At the same time, we are confident that there are some games out there."
Due date: Tuesday marks the due date for Christine (Strawson) Gamari, wife of Torrington coach Eric Gamari, to deliver a baby girl. It also marks the day Torrington will host Crosby at the Connie Donahue Gymnasium.
"Christine told me last night that if she has the baby during the day, then I can coach Tuesday night," said Gamari.
If that doesn't happen, Gamari's assistants, Gary Robinson and Brian Nass, will share the coaching duties.
Gamari has guided Torrington to seven wins in its last nine games to improve to 8-7 and qualify for the postseason after a two-year absence.
The Red Raiders opened the season winless in three games and were at 1-5 before the turnaround. Torrington center David Canny is the third-leading scorer in the NVL with a 23.8 points per game average.
Also hot: Defending Naugatuck Valley League champion Watertown started the season at 1-4, but has since won seven of nine to improve to 8-6 and qualify for states.
Mark your calendars: Woodland will host Kennedy on Wednesday in a game postponed from last week.
In the Berkshire League, the Thomaston-Terryville girls and boys doubleheader will be Feb. 8. The girls game is at 6 p.m. at Terryville High followed by the boys.
Tickets are on sale at the main office at Terryville High or the athletics office at Thomaston. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens.
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Members of "Casino Free Tyre" are filing lawsuits challenging a handful of resolutions passed by the town approving the plan for the Lago Resort and Casino. A release from Casino Free Tyre says it passed along letters of opposition from local businesses, churches, organizations and individuals.
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SACRAMENTO -- It's all systems go for the federal health care law in California after the state on Thursday spurned President Barack Obama's directive allowing millions of Americans to extend their current health insurance policies through 2014.
In a stunning move that reverberated across the nation, the five-member board of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, voted unanimously to stay the course and continue building on the exchange's momentum of successfully enrolling tens of thousands of people in new health care plans.
Extending the deadline to 900,000 individual policyholders may create confusion about accessing affordable health care coverage through Covered California, the board agreed.
"Delaying the transition will ... just make it more difficult and confusing,'' said board member Susan Kennedy. "Delaying will only make a bad situation worse.''
But the decision infuriated many Californians, including affected policyholders and consumer advocates who had lobbied for the extension on their behalf.
State Assembly Republicans quickly announced plans to introduce legislation before year's end that would allow consumers to keep their coverage for an additional year.
"Shame on them,'' said Jamie Court, president of Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog.
"It's outrageous that this board would acknowledge that half of canceled policyholders will have rate hikes, then block them from continuing their coverage for another year,'' he said. "Covered California showed they represent the insurance companies, not the policyholders, by standing in the way of President Obama's call for action.'
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, a Democrat, was also frustrated by the board's move. For weeks, he has pushed the board and insurers to give the policyholders a break. Already this month, his office has managed to extend the policies of nearly 200,000 customers of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to either the end of February or March.
"Covered California's decision is a disservice to California consumers," Jones said. "They're losing their doctors and hospitals, and in some cases they're being steered to policies with lower benefits. This is a definite rebuke to the president."
But it relieved many state legislators and others who had supported Obama's signature legislation.
Assembly Speaker John Perez called it "the right thing to do.'' He said the vote "sends a powerful signal to the rest of the nation since California is leading in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.''
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg also called it an appropriate decision. "To its credit, California is well ahead of the rest of the country in implementing the Affordable Care Act, with several competitive plans and a working website that's enrolling more than 10,000 people every day,'' he said.
And the four major insurance companies participating on the California exchange got a huge boost. Those firms, which stood to lose millions if they had been forced to extend the 2013 plans at the same rates, are now assured that those individual plans will end on Dec. 31.
The insurers also worried that following the president's directive would mean that hundreds of thousands of younger and healthier people would be taken out of the state insurance exchange's "risk pool," which would drive up insurers' costs.
Some political observers said the board's decision not to follow the president's directive will create an unwanted political hurdle for Democrats in California and across the nation heading into next year's congressional elections.
"Republicans next year can say large numbers of Americans were not able to keep their coverage despite problems with the rollout," said Dan Schnur, who directs USC's Unruh Institute of Politics. "The exchange board clearly didn't act with these political ramifications in mind, but that's not their job."
The board on Thursday heard from a string of nonprofits and community groups who are working to sign up enrollees, many of whom are already confused by health insurance and the exchange.
How would they now explain an extension?
"This is one hot mess,'' said Darcel Lee, president of the California Black Health Network. "We are going to be so challenged to explain this to our communities.''
The optimal course, board member Robert Ross concluded, was to "keep calm and carry on.''
The board was presented with three options Thursday: allow no extensions; allow an extension until March 31 to give consumers more time to get educated about the exchange and help them select a new plan; or go with Obama's directive that would allow policies to be extended through 2014.
But the exchange could not compel the insurers to go along with the extensions.
The board was told that about 900,000 Californians have individual policies that would be affected because they do not comply with the requirements under the new law, which includes 10 essential benefits such as prescription drugs and maternity care.
Covered California believes about one third of those 900,000 are eligible for subsidies on the exchange.
"What we're focused on is the about 590,000'' who are not eligible for subsidies, Leesa Tori, Covered California's interim plan manager, told the board. "The bottom line is it's a bitter pill for some of our folks to swallow.''
That pill is being administered to about 5 million Americans, many of whom for several weeks now have expressed outrage over the cancellations of their policies, which also are often cheaper than the plans they are confronting on their state exchanges or the federal health insurance exchange.
In an effort to douse the firestorm, Obama issued a directive allowing insurers to renew those individual policies in 2014. But the announcement included a few caveats: state insurance commissioners must give their blessing to the directive, and the insurance companies also have to agree to continue providing health coverage through 2014.
The vote follows decisions by several other states, including Washington and Vermont, to not follow Obama's directive.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Jones, who called the decision a "rebuke to the president,'' also rebuffed arguments made by health care experts that allowing policy extensions would somehow hurt the state's exchange, calling that claim "disingenuous."
He added that Covered California could have honored Obama's request without causing damage to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act or the exchange.
But that line of reasoning had proved unconvincing to the board, which before its decision Thursday was presented with the first demographic data related to the enrollment of 30,830 people who signed up for a health care plan under the state exchange through Oct. 31.
And the data shows that 18-34 year olds -- often dubbed the "young invincibles" -- are applying in direct proportion to California's population.
Because California is considered a bellwhether for the success of the new health law, the announcement by Peter Lee, the exchange's executive director, was the first encouraging news for the law's supporters in weeks after the disastrous launch of the federal website and revelations that insurers are canceling the policies of millions of people across the U.S. who have health plans that don't conform to the new law.
"The good news is that young people 18 to 34 are enrolling for coverage at the same rate as the population,'' said Lee.
That's because the success of the exchange over the long term is about having a large number of young, healthy people to subsidize the older, sicker people.
Of the 30,830 individuals who enrolled during October, 22.5 percent, or about 6,900 people, were between 18 and 34 years old. This group makes up about 21 percent of the state's population.
Covered California's enrollment rate during the first week of October showed that about 700 people a day selected a health plan. Now, about 10,000 per day complete applications.
In October, Los Angeles County had the largest number of enrollments, totaling 6,978. San Diego County and Orange County followed closely. In Santa Clara County, the total was 1,472, or 4.8 percent of the total.
English was by far the predominant language of those who enrolled during October.
Covered California said it anticipates a more diverse language mix in the coming months with greater in-person enrollment as "language specific" outreach and marketing rolls out later this month and December.
Lee noted that by Nov. 16, the total enrollment figure jumped to 79,800.
The board on Thursday also agreed to extend the deadline for enrollment for coverage that would take effect on Jan. 1 from Dec. 15 to Dec. 23. It also extended the deadline for first premium payments from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5.
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Authorities said an employee opened an envelope containing white powder at the Fifth Third operations center in the 5000 block of Kingsley Drive.
Dispatchers said the employee accidentally inhaled some of the white powder.
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The powder was sent with a long, rambling letter addressed to Insight Cable.
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The "New" Watershed RestaurantPosted in Atlanta, local food, Restaurants on June 6th, 2012 by Betsy – Be the first to comment
Last weekend, David and I went on a date night to the new Watershed Restaurant. For those of you that don't know about the first Watershed, this Atlanta favorite was located in Decatur and owned by Indigo Girls', Emily Saliers. The restaurant was well known for its fancy southern fare and famous chef, Scott Peacock. Sadly, last year Watershed in Decatur closed, but there were promises that it would reopen in the future at a new location.
A couple of weeks ago, this promise became a reality and the new Watershed (still owned by Saliers) opened on Peachtree Road, between Uncle Julio's and Mellow Mushroom. While both the décor and the clientele offer a different ambiance (think Buckhead prepster verses Decatur hipster), the restaurant still makes delicious food and celebrates southern cuisine.
I get a little nervous about going to a "southern" restaurant due to my fear that everything will be battered and deep fried. Last week their menu still wasn't up online (now you can find it on their website), so I called and they assured me that I would be able to find gluten-free options at the new Watershed. We decided to give the revamped Watershed a try and we were not disappointed.
Once we arrived and valet parked (of course it's valet, we're in Atlanta), we were immediately seated. The bar was bumping with a well dressed stereotypical Buckhead crowd and the room with the bar was extremely loud. There are three rooms at Watershed and I would suggest asking to be in the room farthest from the bar if you want to converse with your date. Fortunately, we were put in the far room and while there was still good people watching, I wasn't completely distracted by everyone else's conversation.
The menu immediately looked intriguing and I felt reassured about my options the minute that I saw a gluten-free beer on the drinks list. I spoke with our server and he went through some of my options with me. I was particularly impressed when he told me that the pimento cheese cornbread, which comes with the veggie plate, is gluten-free. I had him double check with the chef multiple times since usually cornbread is not GF at restaurants. He assured me that it was in fact GF after talking to the chef. Even though I didn't order the veggie plate, they let me enjoy the cornbread as a side. David and I shared this snack and it was one of the best items I've ever had at a restaurant, being that it combined two of my favorite things: cornbread and pimento cheese. The texture was perfect and the flavor combination was so yummy. The cornbread was not dry at all and the perfect balance of salty and sweet.
I decided to go a little healthier for my entrée, selecting the salmon a la plancha with zucchini ribbons. As I look at the menu online today, however, it says this dish comes with faro. It did not include faro on the menu last week so I'm guessing their menu changes. Always make sure to double check with your server or the manager. I'm sure they would be willing to take out the faro…they were extremely accommodating to me. My salmon was perfectly cooked and crispy on the outside. There were no batters or fancy sauces and the cold zucchini ribbons offered the perfect texture and flavor compliments. David enjoyed the deconstructed jambalaya for his entree, which was not gluten free, but he loved it and would recommend it to any gluten eaters.
Overall, we had a great experience at the new Watershed. The ambiance is quite different than the original in Decatur now that it's located in an apartment building in the middle of Peachtree Road, but the quality of food will not disappoint. We had great service and I felt that my food needs were well accommodated.
Have any of you tried the new Watershed? What are your initial thoughts? Any other new restaurants in town worth checking out?
Watershed Restaurant – 1820 Peachtree Road NW – Atlanta, GA – 30309 – 404.809.3561 (Reservations Recommended)


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It was a brutally cold, yet sunny morning at the Boy Scout camp in Peaceful Valley near Elbert when the Summit High mountain biking team took to the 5.3-mile course.
The sophomore girls started first, with Claire Vandeyacht finishing second out of 15 racers. Taeler McCrerey recovered after her front wheel came off to take third place, and Christa Gutzel shook off the cold to take eighth.
It was a mixed single- and double-track through little glens and grassy meadows, past crazy rock formations and noisy cows. SHS senior and mountain bike team co-captain, Wade Rosko, said that some of the course was like "being on safari."
The freshmen and sophomores completed two laps, while the junior varsity squad raced three. Fred Newcomer, who leads team practices, described the course as being "in perfect shape. The cold temps and precipitation made the dirt perfect for traction and high speeds."
In the freshmen girls' division, Meagan Collins was staged in fifth place and braved through bouts of shivering to finish in the same position of 10 girls.
Henry Trowbridge and Derek Hill raced in the sophomore boys' division 1 category against 39 other racers, with Trowbridge finishing first - again - and Hill placing 26th.
Connor Hintgen, Wyatt LaFrankie, Marcus Sandberg and Logan Ramsay raced in the freshmen boys' D1 category of 45 racers and placed 15th, 21st and 40th, respectively. Ramsay was forced to bow out of the race after crashing and breaking his helmet in Lap 2. Hintgen rode particularly hard, pushing himself in the race to climb up five places.
The junior varsity division 1 boys saw Liam McDonnell taking third of 57. Cameron Bobb met his goal of finishing the race in 1 hour, 15 minutes, taking 18th place. Wade Rosko finished 25th after a "strong, clean race," assistant coach Marla Dyer-Biggin said.
"I was really impressed with how well the team did," Rosko said. "We had several top 10s and I feel that everyone was happy with their finish. I can't wait to see how we do in Fruita."
Newcomer summarized the great day, "Our racers took advantage of the course conditions and had a blast on this ultra-fast course. These kids are so strong. They are putting all the pieces together and producing great results."
Race 4, the North Fruita Desert Classic, is on Oct. 21.
"The state championship course will be longer, at nearly seven miles, and will test the Tiger strength and endurance," Dyer-Biggin said. "Everyone qualifies to race and we are hoping for a strong Tiger showing, especially at such a great venue as Fruita."


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Williamstown's Brooke Cieslewski and Tyler Consolidated's Allison Wable were picked by league coaches as co-Players of the Year for the Little Kanawha Conference.
Cieslewski was one of seven Yellowjacket seniors to help lead WHS to its second Class A volleyball title in school history, which came via a three set sweep of LKC champion Tyler Consolidated.
The libero Cieslewski finished just a half dozen digs shy of 700 for the season and had a match-high of 41 this year versus Warren. She also added 48 aces and 21 kills. Wable, a Class AA first team all-state pick a year ago as a junior, tallied 537 kills, 135 blocks, 87 digs and 37 aces.
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Williamstown libero Brooke Cieslewski celebrates at the state tournament in Charleston last Saturday. Recently, she was named the Little Kanawha Conference co-Player of the Year.
While Wable earned first team all-LKC honors for a second straight season, the only pair of three-time all-LKC first team picks were Wirt County's Emily Ohrn and Parkersburg Catholic's Maddie Roedersheimer. Ohrn played all over the court for the Tigers and produced 68 aces, more than 700 assists and 200 kills. She also had more than 80 blocks and served at 95 percent. Roedersheimer was a big key in helping the Crusaderettes reach the state tournament for the first time in 17 years. The senior not only served at 97 percent, but had 433 kills, 170 digs and 51 blocks.
Williamstown also landed Carley Ellison (47 aces, 136 blocks, 187 digs, 236 kills) and Kenzie Smith (56 aces, 189 kills, 528 assists) on the first team unit while Wable was joined by teammate Torrye Cline. Cline finished with 1,003 assists. She added 305 digs, 44 blocks and 64 aces.
Ohrn also had a pair of orange and black teammates pick up first team accolades thanks to Taylor Watson (350-plus kills, 100-plus blocks) and Brandy Bunch (227 kills, 42 blocks).
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2012 all-Little Kanawha
Conference Volleyball Team
*Brooke Cieslewski, Williamstown
*Allison Wable, Tyler Consolidated
Emily Ohrn, Wirt County
Maddie Roedersheimer, Parkersburg Catholic
Torrye Cline, Tyler Consolidated
Taylor Watson, Wirt County
Julie Bishop, Gilmer County
Brandy Bunch, Wirt County
Carley Ellison, Williamstown
Katie Buckbee, Ravenswood
Kenzie Smith, Williamstown
Muriah Nutter, Roane County
Kenna DeLancey, Ritchie County
Brooklyn Manns, Calhoun County
Asia Mann, Gilmer County
Hannah Fisher, Parkersburg Catholic
Megan Carpenter, Tyler Consolidated
Kristin Grose, St. Marys
Shay Yonaley, Tyler Consolidated
Haley Palmer, Ravenswood
Emily Cade, Doddridge County
Gracen Samples, Clay County
Kayla King, Roane County
Jessie Kerns, Williamstown
Special Honorable Mention
Tristin Toman, Ritchie County; Olivia Haught, Ritchie County; Makayla Bell, Wirt County; Stephanie Hall, Calhoun County; Amanda Davis, Ritchie County; Hannah Reifsteck, Parkersburg Catholic; Kayla Hoff, Ravenswood; Beth Hylbert, Roane County; Ciara Flowers, Williamstown; Michaela Luzader, Gilmer County; Ashlie LaFalce, Doddridge County; Kelsey Kirkpatrick, St. Marys; Alissa Davis, Doddridge County; Haylea LeMasters, Tyler Consolidated; Amy Tennant, Parkersburg Catholic
Honorable Mention
Calee Craddock, Clay County; Payton Lucas, Clay County; Emily Wynn, Clay County; Kenzie Hicks, Calhoun County; Bailie Cain, Calhoun County; Megan Sheets, Doddridge County; Leah Hughes, Parkersburg Catholic; Larisa Gordon, Gilmer County; Tia Querrey, Ravenswood; Jenessa Mullenix, St. Marys; Sarah West, St. Marys; Kirsty Lawrence, Roane County
* Denotes co-LKC Player of the Year
The remainder of the first team all-LKC unit was comprised of Ravenswood's Katie Buckbee (290 kills, 65 aces, 35 blocks), Gilmer County's Julie Bishop and Roane County's Muriah Nutter (37 aces, 98 percent server, 152 assists, 157 digs).
Ritchie County, which finished as the Class AA state runner-up to Oak Glen for a second straight year, was represented on the second team by Kenna DeLancey.
The only LKC program with two second team honorees was Tyler Consolidated thanks to Megan Carpenter and Shay Yonaley.
Also making the all-LKC second unit were Calhoun County's Brooklyn Manns, Gilmer County's Asia Man, Parkersburg Catholic's Hannah Fisher, Kristen Grose of St. Marys, Ravenswood's Haley Palmer, Doddridge County's Emily Cade, Clay County's Gracen Samples, Roane County's Kayla King and Jessie Kerns of Williamstown.


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10 Tips for Daily Detox
Imagine yourself standing on the top of a mountain. The sun is shining. Your hair is blowing in the wind. Your skin is warm and bronzed. You feel fit and lean, strong and powerful. You feel as healthy and alive as you've ever felt!
Anyone who's completed a "successful" detox knows that's exactly how it is to be standing at the supposed destination you've set for yourself. You relish a new-found radiance and are buzzing with pride from the compliments about your healthy glow and flat tummy.
It's inevitable. You stand there at the top of this metaphorical mountain, with so much accomplishment behind you, feeling vibrant and energized, and you say to yourself, "I'm going to eat this way for the rest of my life." And from the depths of your soul, you mean it.
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Tired of turkey? This Thanksgiving, consider treating your guests to this Community® coffee marinated rack of lamb from Chef Jeremy Langlois of Houmas House Plantation and Gardens.
- 4 four bone racks of lamb, Frenched
- 5 cups Community coffee, chilled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and black pepper to taste
Place racks of lamb in a container and completely cover with Community coffee. Marinate between 12 and 24 hours. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove lamb from marinade and pat dry with a towel. Season lamb generously with salt and pepper. Heat a large sauté pan over high heat and add olive oil. Sauté lamb on each side until the meat is golden brown. Place on a roasting pan and cook in the oven until the internal temperature is 130 degrees, about 12 minute. Remove the lamb from the oven and allow the meat to rest on a cutting board for 10 minutes. Slice the meat between the bones into chops and serve.
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With the draft of the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) have come many interesting comments, although not all of which I have found positive. While I understand proprietary vendors have offered complaints against a license they do not even use, I was surprised that Linus Torvalds had taken some issues which I thought were in any case misguided criticisms.
For my part, I maintain a few packages that are part of the GNU project. Our software has always been licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. Naturally I am concerned with the drafting of GPLv3, and I have had to ask myself why I use the GNU GPL.
For some the GNU GPL is seen as a means to create a proactive and self-defending public domain. Others see it as an extension of the idea of code as speech. I however see software as a scientific process, and use the GNU GPL in part as a means of preserving equality of opportunity; that is, I know through it I can offer others the very same freedoms and opportunities in writing software that I myself initially received. This fundamental idea, remains a constant in the GPLv3, and so I find no reason not to use the license when it is formally released for current and future packages.
There are those who have raised questions about the Digital Restrictions Management clause. I find that while not expressed there, the idea is fully consistent with the original intent and purpose of the GNU GPL v2, and is at least strongly implied by the existing language. The GNU GPL v2 does not allow one to redistribute the software you receive if you cannot do so offering the same freedoms you enjoyed, and this surely means that if you redistribute software in source for a DRM platform that does not allow one to actually run self compiled and modified binaries because the keys needed to operate the hardware are not actually provided, you clearly have violated the stated intent and purpose of the GNU GPL v2. Hence, I see the DRM clause simply as a clarification of something that already was true, rather than something added that is new.
Given my personal interpretation, I have come to believe removing the DRM clause would actually weaken the protections already offered under the existing GNU GPL v2 license for those packages which are licensed GNU GPL v2 or later. In a related way I have come to a similar view on the question of software patenting as expressed in the new license. Again, I believe that if software patenting, as well as defective by design methods like DRM, had been commonplace at the time of the drafting of earlier versions of the GNU GPL, I would have expected explicit language covering them as we see today in the GPLv3. But clearly they are implied as part of the GNU GPL all along.
I will be away at LinuxWorld in San Francisco later today, so I expect to have something interesting to write about that very soon as well.
New GNU
Thanks, David. I would have liked a brief description of the software patent language in the new license. Obviously there is a lot of information out there and I can read further on it, but you did elaborate a little bit on the DRM clause and for people who haven't been following the discussion on the new license closely, it would have been helpful to likewise introduce the patent language. (For people like me, that is :-)
From what I've read of the DRM clause, I don't have any objection to it. I also like what you said about software as part of the scientific process. I agree. I know techie people can be overly optimistic about technological solutions, but that's where I'm placing my hopes for our society, and to me, free software offers us a much better chance at a free technological society.
Crosbie Fitch has been paying better attention to the debate than me and has some thoughtful commentary on the new license. He brings up a concern about private-use issues, saying:
Unfortunately, some people have decided that the GPL should mandate openness, rather than freedom. They see the strength of the GPL not in nullifying copyright, but in obliging visible, collaborative development processes. I'd suggest that visible, collaborative development processes are simply a natural consequence of copyright's nullification, and do not need to be enforced. There is no further encouragement needed, or restriction to be removed. To actually go so far as to seek to prohibit private use and development is to lose sight of the 'free' in free software, and stoop to churlishness.
The essay is titled Understanding Private vs Public. I haven't reviewed the license to form my own opinion about what the license says in this area, but I think he brings up some good points about privacy and it seems like this is a subject that needs to be addressed and answered satisfactorily. It doesn't "feel" like freedom to me if someone can compel me to give up something I'm working on privately.
Note that I don't have plans to build some super-duper software on top of free software that I would keep to myself. I'm all for the public and free sharing of software and culture, but I think we need to have private space.
Scott C.
Private use
The GNU GPL actually says nothing about private use, because it is a copyright license. Hence, it's conditions only apply when you actually distribute software to others that include, is linked with, or otherwise derived from GPL software. It does not force you to distribute, nor does it impose any obligations or conditions if you choose not to. An undistributed (private) work can never be in violation of the GNU GPL. An undistributed (private) work however can be in violation of the terms of a proprietary software license, since many proprietary licenses try to impose contractual conditions on how many copies you can run, perhaps binds the software to specific individual machines, etc.
GPLv2 yes, GPLv3 maybe
This is certainly true of the GPLv2, but the v3 has various clauses that do appear to affect use rights. I don't think we've heard the last of the debate on that.
I'm still highly skeptical of the FSF position on DRM and source keys. They've made a couple of posts on the FSF site claiming things that in my opinion are just plain false. For example, Moglen has posted claiming that embedded device makers could put Linux in ROM rather than using a DRM lock on a flashable device. But I'm not so certain -- it seems to me that ROM is arguably a TPM measure and thus even such a use might be blocked by GPLv3. It might be a stretch, but we know from the history of the GPLv2 that they will change their song and try to extend terms after the fact (the FSF's position on dynamic linking changed significantly as dynamic and RPC linking became a popular way to work around the limits of the GPL -- then the FSF decided that the license didn't allow it, though it pretty clearly did).
I feel some of the same distrust of the GPLv3's DRM and "corresponding source" clauses.
The GPLv3 is a completely new and untried license, and I don't feel the kind of confidence about it that I do about the GPLv2. Not to say it's necessarily bad. It's just that I do have doubts.
Broadly, I feel a lot of ambivalence about DRM. I don't like it, so I like to see anti-DRM developments. But I don't want the cure to be worse than the disease, either.
The question I have is whether the new language will block uses I consider legitimate. I don't think it's desirable to block potential business models that might continue to fuel free software development and also make FS based solutions available to me as an end user. OTOH, I don't want to live in DRM Dystopia World, either!
Denying Patents and DRM: GOOD. Invading privacy: BAD.
The Affero license, and HPL (Honest Public License) exploit copyright's default prohibition on unauthorised preparation of derivatives (in private) and unauthorised reproduction of copies (in private).
As many have found to their cost, copyright doesn't only kick in at the point of distribution, but at the point at which copies or derivatives are prepared, manufactured, or even 'made available' - whether this occurs in private or not.
The GPLv2 limited itself to distribution (aka publication).
The GPLv3 however, is entertaining accommodation of those who would police private use in order to restrict public exploitation of unpublished modifications - even though no binary or source has been distributed.
I think the problem people are having is thinking that the purpose of free software is to prevent anyone hiding source code, or to force anyone who exploits free software to publish their modifications. This is the disclosure or visibility agenda (open source extremism).
The GPLv2 simply said if you PUBLISH/distribute software based on free software then you must not reduce its freedoms - which includes obscuring the source code by obfuscation or binary encoding.
There was no attempt to dictate what people could or could not do with the software in private - which includes modifying it or using it to manage published documents and make them publicly available (a website CMS).
I hold that the purpose of free software is to restore the public's freedom to use and make derivatives of published software that has been removed by copyright (or patents).
I further hold that free software (as per GPLv2) should also restore respect for the human right to privacy, i.e. make no attempt to breach the public/private boundary and police the use of a copyrighted work in private (irrespective of whether private use is used to enable a public service).
Free software is NOT about establishing a code barter economy and necessarily needing to prohibit private exploitation. A nascent software gift economy may be a side effect of the GPL, and some people may have wrongly inferred it as an objective, but it is not actually an objective - just as it is not an objective for the GPL to provide a financial incentive (as copyright aimed to do).
So, whilst the statement 'An undistributed (private) work can never be in violation of the GNU GPL' may have been true with GPLv2, it is in jeopardy of being untrue with the GPLv3, i.e. if the Affero clause remains. And some people are even trying to twist the definition of 'distribute' to include 'providing a public service based on the software'.
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NB A software license actually permits things otherwise prohibited by copyright (this is the meaning of 'license': to permit). A license cannot actually further constrain anyone. Unfortunately, people have started to conflate it with a contract where installation of the software or removal of the 'shrink wrap' constitutes a signature to acceptance. And judges in their inifinite wisdom have allowed precedents to be set in this regard. :-(
As for DRM, there may be rare cases where this is used to guarantee availability of the source and anyone's ability to run modified versions (on platforms that require DRM), but DRM in its typical use to constrain is clearly in contravention of 'free' in free software.


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Pediatric brain tumor survivors and their families on Sept. 21 through Sept. 23 converged on Jack's Camp at Livermore's Camp Arroyo to have fun, converse with camp doctors and share ideas and experiences in dealing with the difficult aftereffects of brain tumors.
The camp offers campfires with s'mores, arts and crafts, games, swimming, rope courses and other fun activities. There are breakout sessions for the brain tumor survivors, and parents, and siblings can chat about their feelings and challenges.
"The kids that come here feel more comfortable when we are here," said Richard Gonzales, 21, of Tracy. Richard has come a long way since he first came to Jack's Camp six years ago. Gonzales is in his second year of college and works as a mall security guard. He just got his license and his own car.
"I come here to show kids 'if I can do it, you can do it too. You don't have to feel like you're different. You're just the same as everyone.' " Richard's mom, Michelle Gonzales, said Jack's Camp gives the kids the freedom to be who they are.
Most of the children deal with some cognitive, mood and social-interaction problems after their brain tumors are removed and they go through intensive chemotherapy.
"It's almost like tumor-induced autism," said Jeanne Carlson, of Woodside, mother of Sarah Carlson, 17. The Carlsons come to both of the Jack's Camps offered each year, and have been 11 times.
Each family participated in an arts and crafts activity, where they were told to make flags that represent their family. Sarah, who wants to be an artist, was in her element. Not only was she filling up her family's flag with magazine clippings and other things that represented her family, she was doing the same for the Gonzales family.
At the table nearby, Chris and Brandi Wecks, of Newark, were putting together their flag. Scarlett, 11 months old, was playful on her mom's lap, flashing big smiles and laughs.
Scarlett has hearing loss, vision loss and physical delays after her brain tumor was removed and she went through 12 surgeries. But she did her first crawling last month, her parents shower her with love and she returns it.
They presented their flag to the rest of the families, showing the pictures of food and wine, representing their status as "foodies" and a big butterfly, which they said is their symbol of Scarlett's recovery from brain cancer.
The families come to Jack's Camp for information also. With such a wide range of ages and stages of recovery from their surgeries and chemotherapies, the families can share experiences, and tell each other about programs and support that is available in the Bay Area.
"It's absolutely helpful to see other kids at other stages," said Chris Wecks.
Renee Medeiros, of Dublin, has been volunteering at different camps at Camp Arroyo for 10 years. She has a son with autism and she is a brain tumor survivor herself.
"I know what it's like to be a special needs parent.
Medeiros says having people that have been through it, is helpful for the families with younger children.
"We talk about special education, networking on resources in the area that these kids will need further down the road. They can help shine a light on what your future can be. It makes it not so scary." Barry and Elaine Taylor, the founders of the Taylor Family Foundation, are related to Jack, the young man the camp was named after. Jack died of a brain tumor when he was in his 20s.
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Monday was a bad night for Mormons on "The Voice' - three of them were eliminated from the show by their coach, Adam Levine, in the knockout round.
BYU grad Amy Whitcomb finally got to appear on the show for more than 15 seconds - she was part of montages during the blind auditions and battle rounds. But it didn't work out for her.
The Florida native/Provo resident chose to perform the classic "House of the Rising Sun,' but Levine chose Caroline Glaser (who sang "Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men) to advance to the next round.
Idahoans Jon Peter Lewis and Ryan Hayes - the duo known as Midas Whale - performed an odd arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground.' And their Levine bounced them in favor of Amber Carrington, who performed Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You.'
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Henderson County's unemployment rate dropped again in August, falling to 6.2 percent from 6.4 percent in July, according to preliminary data from the N.C. Department of Commerce. The rate is also down from 7.5 percent in August 2012.
Polk County also had a 6.2 percent unemployment rate, down from 6.5 percent in July. Transylvania County's rate dropped from 8.4 percent in July to 7.8 percent.
Unemployment rates decreased in 98 of North Carolina's counties in August. The statewide unemployment rate for August was 8.3 percent.
Henderson County labor force estimates for August show 51,463 people employed and 3,192 unemployed.
The Asheville metropolitan area, which includes Hendersonville, again recorded the lowest jobless rate among the state's 14 metropolitan areas, at 6.3 percent, according to Department of Commerce data. The July rate was 6.8 percent. Rocky Mount had the highest jobless rate at 12 percent.
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Jackson and his siblings competed in an international cup stacking competition in Texas. (WRDW-TV / Aug. 13, 2012)
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BELVEDERE, S.C. -- Three children from Belvedere brought home medals and set statewide records after competing in the 2012 AAU Junior Olympics in Houston, Texas.
"It was my dream to do it, and now that I can compete against the world, it'll even give me a harder challenge," said Jackson Cooper.
Jackson, 11, already has a room full of medals and trophies for cup stacking. His siblings, 8-year-old Peyton and 5-year-old Brenna, are also working to have the same decor in their rooms.
"Practice till you reach your goal. You'll eventually reach it," Jackson said.
Last month the Cooper family traveled to Texas to compete with the best in the world.
"We wanted them to do well. We were competing against so many different nations as well as Jackson's group was one of the hardest groups," said their mother, Mary Cooper.
Peyton and Brenna are coached by their older brother, which is why Peyton won three bronze medals and Brenna took home a gold, a bronze and a sixth place medal.
"He coached me like it was a real tournament, and I had to do my best," Peyton said.
Jackson took home the gold alongside his friend Mark Seymour for the double stack competition.
"The hardest part is using one hand. Sometimes, if you mess up, you want to grab it with the other hand, so you can keep on stacking," Mark said.
Jackson finally became a member of Team USA after winning a bronze and two fourth place medals.
"Breaking the world record. That's hard. I haven't even done that in my practice, but I'm hoping to break it soon," Jackson said.


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JERUSALEM (WOMENSENEWS)--Amidst the explosive noise of shootings and bombings in the Middle East, another sound has emerged: The sound, almost unheard, of two women committing their lives to peace.
They are outsiders in their own communities, considered to be naive, quixotic, weird and impractical daydreamers. They are both accused of being a traitor for contacting people from the other camp. However, it never crosses theirmind to quit or compromise.
Terry Greenblatt, an Israeli peace activist and Amneh Badran, her Palestinian counterpart, share the same conviction--that women's participation in the peace discussions is indispensable for any lasting positive achievements.
Several weeks ago, the two women traveled together and met with U.N. Security Council members in the hopes of trying to persuade them to incorporate women into any future Middle-East peace negotiations.
The two women met in 1989 when they attended a conference in Brussels, held under the auspices of the European Union, in which prominent Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists participated. This meeting initiated an
on-going dialogue that in 1994 resulted in the establishment of The Jerusalem Link--comprised of two women's organizations--Bat Shalom on the Israeli side, and the Jerusalem Center for Women on the Palestinian side.
Greenblatt and Badran believe that lack of women during the peace negotiations is the main culprit of the chaos in the Middle East.
"During my meetings with Palestinian women I noticed a clear distinction in the communication methods of the two genders. Men exhibit a tendency to see the world in black and white, 'war' or 'peace,'" Greenblatt says. "I know of at least 7,000 other options in the middle."
"For men, negotiation is a synonym to playing cards. They would assemble in a room with a long table, sit one against the other and try to conceal their cards as much as they can. They are inclined to treat the man in front of them as an opponent, not as a partner.
"Women, on the other hand, would assemble and sit at the same side of the table. We put the strife and pains in front of us, look at them courageously and come up with a win-win formula. The Palestinian woman with whom I converse would be my neighbor eventually. I have no intention or any interest in playing infantile games with her. Making sure she leaves the room with a good feeling is my utmost interest," Greenblatt says.
Badran is convinced that the 1993 peace accords signed in Washington D.C. have failed, leaving both sides to interpret its unclear resolutions in completely different ways.
"It is well known that women usually delve into the little details and that they would never be satisfied with half-baked situations," she says. "Unfortunately, this kind of attitude was missing 10 years ago in Oslo. If they had only left the job for women to conduct those critical peace discussions, we would have completed the Oslo agreements with much better defined solutions."
Military Background of Negotiators Barrier to Peace
Badran adds that having a military background is another flaw in a men's ability to realize peace.
"Many members of the negotiating teams in Oslo, both in the Israeli and Palestinian camps were at one time military men. They are used to the narrow concept of 'I win. You surrender.' I have no doubt that they funneled this kind of spirit into their discussions," says Badran. "This win-lose equation might be relevant in wars, but is not productive in making peace."
Badran was born and raised in Jerusalem. At age 32, she runs the Jerusalem Center for Women, a Palestinian women's center located in East Jerusalem. Communicating with Israeli women activists in order to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is not the only project of Badran and her staff. The center monitors human rights violations (particularly those against women) committed by both the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority, as well as host a series of lectures, workshops and open-forum discussions promoting gender awareness and developing Palestinian women's leadership skills.
"Sometimes, I am criticized for communicating with the Israelis" she says. Palestinians often ask her: "Do you still believe there are peaceful people left on the other side? Do you really believe that a few women can make a change in this chaotic situation?" She adds that embedded in the question is the judgment that she is naive. "Of course, if a man was acting in my position, he would probably have been heralded as a 'man of vision,'" Badran says.
Greenblatt is the director of Bat Shalom, Israel's prominent feminist peace organization. Born in New York, she immigrated to Israel 32 years ago and founded Kol Ha-Isha ("The Woman's Voice" in Hebrew), West Jerusalem's feminist center.
The Bat Shalom's members demonstrate every Friday in Israeli intersections with "Women in Black," an international peace group. They hold signs calling for peace and justice and criticizing Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Bat Shalom also holds small group meetings, encouraging both sides to start a dialogue and break stereotypes.
"We are definitely grasped as traitors" she says. Some drivers get out of their cars and "spit on us, tear the signs and curse us." She adds that "80 percent of men's reaction is somehow involved with sex. They call at us: 'whores' or 'go sleep with Arafat.' Other men would use chauvinist phrasings: 'It's Friday noon. Go home and cook,'" Greenblatt adds.
"Our reality proves that women are ready to stay around the table as much as it takes until achieving an adequate solution. As feminists, we are used to constantly looking for alternatives," Greenblatt says. "We do not necessarily accept what pinhead politicians and other opportunists are trying to feed us with."
Anat Cohen is a reporter living in Jerusalem.
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