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Ali Ziaei
earned the BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic),
in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Since June
2010, he has been a Research Assistant with the
Center for Robust Speech Systems (CRSS) at the
University of Texas at Dallas, where he is pursuing a
PhD. in Electrical Engineering under supervision of Dr.
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As Christians, I think it is important we understand what Muslims believe. Not to discredit or criticize them. But, to gently and lovingly show them the truth found only in Jesus Christ. We should also refrain from demonizing and mischaracterizing Muslims. Remember, Muslims are not our enemy... Satan is. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12)
To gain a better understanding of what Muslims believe, David Souther from EvanTell ministries posted a great article on the Evangelism.net website today that I want to share with you. It's entitled, "Christianity and Islam: A Sharp Contrast". The article touches upon the foundational tenets of the Muslim faith and shows some of the differences between Islam and Christianity.
Ramadan has officially started in the United States, and because of that during the next two weeks we will be writing about sharing the gospel with our Muslim neighbors, co-workers, and friends. Along with today's post, we'll discuss some pointers to keep in mind when sharing Christ with Muslims and give our review of the book The Gospel for Muslims. To begin an effective dialog with people, it is important to understand their point of view. Here are six main beliefs of Islam and how they contrast with Christianity:
1. There is one God. According to Islam, God does not exist in three persons, therefore, there is no trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). Also, God cannot have a Son and cannot become a man, therefore, Jesus was not divine.
2. God created angels. Islam teaches that one sits on one's right shoulder recording good deeds; another sits on one's left shoulder recording the bad deeds. On judgment day, these records are opened and on the basis of them the person is rewarded or punished.
3. God appointed a prophet for every age. This line starts with Adam and ends with Muhammad. Jesus is viewed as only a prophet. Muhammad is the last and greatest of the prophets, the "Seal of the Prophets." His words have final authority.
4. Holy Books. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a holy book by God. Muhammad believed each book was pre-existent and sent down to each prophet as needed. The Quran supersedes all previous scriptures.
5. The Day of Judgment. God will judge the world on the "Day of Doom." Everyone's good deeds will be weighed on a balance scale against his bad deeds. Paradise awaits those whose good deeds outweigh his bad deeds. A fiery hell awaits those whose bad deeds outweigh their good deeds.
6. Duties of Islam
a. The Confession of the Creed (Shahadah) - "There is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet."
b. Ritual Prayer (Salat) – This occurs 5 times a day.
c. Giving of Alms (Zakat) – Giving a portion of your income to the poor or to religious causes.
d. Keeping the 30 Day Fast (Sawm) – You may not eat from sunrise to sunset during the lunar month of Ramadan.
e. Going on the Pilgrimage (Hajj) – Once in his lifetime, the pilgrim is to travel to Mecca and perform various other duties while there.
As you can see, Islam is in sharp contrast to the gospel of the Bible because it teaches that Jesus is not divine, did not die on the cross, and that no one can die for anyone else's sin. In Islam, the answer to sin is good works. In Christianity, the answer is Jesus Christ and His work on the cross. As you can see, Jesus Christ is the main issue that divides Islam and Christianity."
Adapted from the book Healing the Broken Family of Abraham: New Life for Muslims


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5 Family Hikes in Washington DC Area
After living in Utah for the past 12 years my family of 6 recently moved to the east coast. This has been a huge change for all of us. With the east coast consisting of so many big cities we were worried that we wouldn't find the same sort of outdoor adventure activities that we loved doing in Utah. Oh boy, were we wrong!
Within days of getting settled in the new house we were hiking The Appalachian Trail. With over 2,000 miles spanning from Maine to Georgia we choose an easy family friendly four mile hike right around the corner. We found The Appalachian Trail Conservancy in Harpers Ferry which is just over an hour outside of Washington DC. They preserve and manage the care of the Appalachian Trail year round. They were able to give us all kinds of great information on hiking with the kids and where to go. The kids had a great time and can't wait to do a lot more hiking. We have already made a list of hikes that we want to try this winter.
5 Family Hikes in Washington DC Area
Here are five hikes that are within driving distance of Washington DC.
1. Compton Gap to Compton Peak in Front Royal, VA. This is a moderately difficulty hike. It is 2.4 miles round trip, with a climb of 835 feet but the hike is worth it when you get to the beautiful overlook at the top. Parking is available at Compton Gap, which is located at mile 10.4 on Skyline Drive.
2. C&O Canal Towpath in Harpers Ferry, WV. This is an easy hike, great for families with little ones. It is a 1 mile to 5.4 mile round trip hike. It is great because you can backtrack at any point. On this hike you can experience a little civil War history. You will walk right through Historic Harpers Ferry. There are many places for food and drink stops on this hike which makes it idea for a family day excursion.
3. Crampton Gap Burkittsville, MD. This is a very easy hike. It can be as short as .5 of a mile to 5 miles round trip. It is a backtrack hike so you can turn around at any point when the family starts to get tired. On this hike you will see historical buildings and monuments. It also has picnic areas for rests and a picnic lunch.
4. Washington Monument Burkittsville, MD. This is an easy to moderate hike for older kids and parents. It starts at .4 of a mile and goes about 8 miles. It is a very popular day hike. This hike starts in the Washington Monument State Park. You can hike to see the first completed monument that was dedicated to the memory of George Washington.
5. Keys Gap to Harpers Ferry, WV. This is an easy to moderate (mostly downhill) hike. It is 6.1 miles all the way through. This is a perfect day hike. This hike takes you through woodlands and then descends into Harpers Ferry. You cross at the point where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet.
Whether you are looking to entertain the kids on a summer day off of school, or for a Saturday afternoon during the fall these hikes are sure to do the trick. I don't know what I was worried about; there is more than enough to keep us busy here outdoors for years!
Do you have a favorite place to hike with your family?
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3 responses to "5 Family Hikes in Washington DC Area"
Thanks for the info! I will have to try these out when I get a chance!
This is great information! It can be hard to keep families active, and families are more likely to be active when they know where to go and what to expect.
Excellent article, Kendra! We absolutely love tips on good family hikes. It's such a rejuvenating experience to get outdoors.


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We always welcome guests of Yekaterinburg, individual travelers and groups, and provide them with comfortable, safe & very inexpensive accommodation.
You shall enjoy staying at the property - its very centrally located and most of major transport routes of the city are nearby.
Underground station Dinamo is within walking distance and superb transport network is at your door.
On the first floor you may dine inexpensively & quickly and spend the evening in the bar.
Domino Hotel is a safe, clean and tidy property at reasonable price.
We have 6-bed dorm, double rooms and twin rooms. Furthermore, we have kitchen where you can always get some hot tea and coffee and cook dinner.
Shower & toilet are shared. Hairdryer and ironing supplies (iron and board) are available.
For a small extra charge there is a laundry service.
If you have not decided yet where to stay in Yekaterinburg, we suggest you to consider carefully our very special offer.
As a rule, all our clients remain satisfied, booking our rooms, and plan to visit us again.
Our guests can enjoy free Wi-Fi and communicate with friends and family all over the world.
With excellent quality-price ratio, Domino Hotel is undoubtedly one of the best offers in the City.
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Hostels Ausstattungen & Richtlinien
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ReiserücktrittsversicherungDiese Unterkunft hat eine 3 Tage Stornierungsfrist. Ergeht innerhalb dieser Zeit keine Stornierung, wird eine Stornogebühr in Höhe der ersten Nacht des Aufenthalts in Rechnung gestellt.
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We have a Shuttle service from the airport \'Koltsovo\' and can meet you at the airport, the cost of 700 rubles, if you need a Shuttle service contact us by email firstname.lastname@example.com
But, also, you can get yourself:
The first Option:
walk 300 metres to the bus 39, 7 stops until \'Dekabristoff\' (\'the Decembrists\'), change to bus 24 or 28 and then 5 stops to \'the Management of Road\'. Further 100 meters to Cheluskintsev, 60.
The journey time from 1 hour, depending on traffic.
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walk 300 metres to the bus 39, going 8 stops to \'Tsirk\' (\'Circus\'), then continue on the metro station \'Geologicheskaya\', go 2 stations to \'Dynamo\', walk 300 meters to Cheluskintsev, 60 The journey takes about 1 hour.
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Media Release No. 222 Friday,
Contact: Sergeant Johnny Williams
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Telephone No. (205) 254-6567
The Birmingham Police Department reports that two suspects are arrested and charged in connection with multiple robbery investigations. The incident occurred on
Sunday, October 27, 2013 on 41st street in the Avondale community.
Officers from the South Precinct responded to the incident location to investigate a call of a robbery. Officers arrived to find four victims who stated they were robbed as they
left an Avondale nightclub. The victims told officers that two suspects had forced them into an alley at gunpoint and took valuables before fleeing. There were no injuries during the robbery.
Upon further investigation, BPD Robbery detectives were able to identify the suspects as the persons responsible for the robbery of the victims. Warrants were obtained for the suspects'
arrest and area law enforcement agencies were notified.
On Monday, November 18, 2013, the BPD Crime Reduction Team located the suspects at the USA Economy Lodge inside a stolen vehicle. The suspects were also in the possession of two firearms.
The suspects were taken into custody without incident and are in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail. The first suspect has been identified in an additional robbery case in the Avondale community.
The first suspect has been identified as: Brandon Hightower, B/M, 19, of Birmingham, Alabama. Five Robbery warrants have been obtained against the suspect.
The second suspect has been identified as: Demetric Ellis, B/M, 20, of Birmingham, Alabama. Four Robbery warrants have been obtained against the suspect.
A photo of the suspect may be obtained at the B.P.D. Headquarters, located at 1710 1st Avenue North.
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Russell 2000 ETF draws bearish bet
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A trader sold 20,000 March Weekly 82 puts for the bid price of $0.42 while buying 10,000 each of the 87 and 77 puts for $1.18 and $0.17 respectively, according to optionMONSTER's Depth Charge system. These contracts expire on March 28, a week after the regular monthly expiration.
The trader paid $0.51 to open the position, which is the maximum potential loss if the IWM is above $87 or below $77 at expiration. The maximum gain would come with shares right around $82 at that time.
The strategy, known as a butterfly spread, is a low-cost/low-risk trade. But in this case, it needs both direction and timing to work. (See our Education section)
The IWM is down 0.7 percent at $89.80 this morning after posting an all-time high closing price yesterday. There is support around that $82 level, with the last close below that in November.


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CHOICES: 1. Celestial Show. 2. Dear Jesse. 3. Elegante'.
FORTUS FORECAST: Celestial Show, who routed bottom-level Louisiana-breds in her return from a layoff, takes a positive jump in class. Dear Jesse moves from turf to dirt and drops to the level at which she won at Remington Park three starts back. Elegante' tumbles in class for his third start since August.
CHOICES: 1. Peaceful Battle. 2. Pearl of Valor. 3. Tenacious.
FORTUS FORECAST: Peaceful Battle, who hasn't raced since finishing third against similar runners seven weeks ago, has been working steadily. Pearl of Valor is back with claimers after finishing in mid-pack in an allowance race on turf. Tenacious, who has won two straight, wouldn't be hampered if the surface is switched to dirt.
CHOICES: 1. Favorite Daughter. 2. Ide Be Spartacus. 3. Rock 'til Dawn.
FORTUS FORECAST: Favorite Daughter, a first-timer who has been working steadily, is bred to handle two turns and might prevail in a shaky group. Ide Be Spartacus, who was claimed for $10,000 in her second start, is another whose pedigree suggests that she'll handle the distance.
CHOICES: 1. Dashel. 2. Oculuna. 3. Nedjma.
FORTUS FORECAST: Dashel, who hasn't raced since she rallied past allowance rivals at Keeneland 10 weeks ago, is 2-for-2 in turf sprints. Oculuna, who was claimed for $50,000 at Churchill Downs in her last start, takes a positive step up. Nedjma will be running late.
CHOICES: 1. War Bridle. 2. Devilish Bertie. 3. Texas Birdstone.
FORTUS FORECAST: War Bridle, who routed $10,000 claimers and was claimed in late November, takes a positive step up. Devilish Bertie finished third against $17,500 claimers in his second start after a layoff. Texas Birdstone might improve with blinkers removed.
CHOICES: 1. Stand. 2. Bird Empire. 3. Wild Again Soul.
FORTUS FORECAST: Stand, a first-timer with a solid workout pattern, has bloodlines that suggest he'll handle turf. Bird Empire is another first-timer to consider. Wild Again Soul, who finished in mid-pack in a sprint switched from turf to dirt in his debut, stretches out.
CHOICES: 1. Vlad the Impailer. 2. Speedy Solution. 3. Bogue Sound.
FORTUS FORECAST: Vlad the Impailer, who finished third in a sprint against $40,000 maidens in his second start, worked well since then and stretches out against $25,000 maidens. Speedy Solution, who was fifth in that race in his debut, is bred for two turns. Bogue Sound finished second against $30,000 maidens on turf in his only two-turn race.
CHOICES: 1. Tsunami Bertie. 2. True Brew. 3. Cat At Play.
FORTUS FORECAST: Tsunami Bertie, who hasn't raced since April, has been working sharply and might prevail in a wide-open allowance sprint on turf. True Brew was edged at this level three weeks ago in a race switched from turf to dirt. Cat At Play has been working well for her return from a layoff.
CHOICES: 1. Matching Whites. 2. Bonwell. 3. Dot's Imp.
FORTUS FORECAST: Matching Whites, who showed little against tougher claimers in his last two starts, tumbles in class. Bonwell routed non-winners-of-two at this claiming price in his second start since September. Dot's Imp, who hasn't raced since April, has been working steadily.
CHOICES: 1. Stretch O'Brien. 2. Van Missiletoe. 3. Shanghai Jim.
FORTUS FORECAST: Stretch O'Brien, who finished in the money against similar horses in all three of his dirt starts, has been working well for his return from a layoff. Van Missiletoe, who is 0-for-14, was edged at this level in his third start after a layoff. Shanghai Jim finished second against $20,000 Louisiana-bred maidens in his first start since August.
Today's best play: War Bridle (fifth race).
Today's long shot special: Tenacious (second race).


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The University of Chicago Medicine Center for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is comprised of a team of physicians and staff dedicated to the needs of women with PCOS. Our center enjoys the unique distinction of providing an interdisciplinary program with dedicated faculty and staff. All of our physicians are on the faculty of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and are board-certified in their specialties.
Because we have physicians from the departments of medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, we are able to offer comprehensive care to the patient with PCOS at almost any age. Whether the concern is irregular menstrual periods, infertility, excessive hair growth, or metabolic alterations, our physicians are in a position to address the specific concern.
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is that the N-gage of europe?
One of the biggest faileres this side of the game.com might be coming back for another try (take note SNK do this with the Neo geo poket)
In an interview with Swedish online newspaper Realtid.se, Carl Freer, former CEO of bankrupt mobile gaming company Gizmondo, said he will relaunch the portable gaming console in 2008.
The Gizmondo would be produced by a Chinese company in Shenzen that would get rights to sell the product in China. Carl Freer claims to have 35 games for the console including 6 new titles. The price of the gaming console could be US$99 and might be free with some wireless operators, he said.
Launched in 2005, the initial Gizmondo was the first portable gaming console to feature a GPRS connection, a GPS and a camera. Two versions of the device were distributed, one of them at a lower price thanks to an advertising-based business model.
But the device sold poorly while the company burned cash at a frenetic pace, and by February of 2006 the company discontinued the Gizmondo and was forced into bankruptcy.
Thanks to its GS and GPRS connection the Gizmondo was supposed to offer multiplayer location-based gaming. The game Colors was intended to be the first of this kind, but due to Gizmondo's bankruptcy, it was never officially released.
The company made the headlines when it was revealed that executives were spending the money of the company in luxury cars and one of them, Stefan Eriksson, was a Swedish mobster. The video below highlights the whole story behind the bankruptcy of the company.
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I was into weird games before people knew what they where
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is that the N-gage of europe?
~if i owned a death note.you would be first!
Spoiler Alert!Wii:1-09-07!!! 2nd Person In Town To Get Diamond!
Spoiler Alert!Originally Posted by KiwiOriginally Posted by Iranian WiiOriginally Posted by Ssbb LoverOriginally Posted by 24tolifeOriginally Posted by SovietoOriginally Posted by Half EmptyOriginally Posted by Frogger
Nope wii had the ngage (I had one till it met the bog)
Granted there are better relitvly unknown hand helds (GP2X is probably one of the best)
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MikeDBloke - PSN
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Sunday Snaps: Greenpoint Perspective
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Follow us on instagram @greenpointers and make sure to include the tag #greenpointers to be included in Sunday Snaps! Have a picture-ific Sunday!
On the evening of July 3rd, a rainbow was photographed from infinite angles in Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Land of a Thousand Raindows! This happens every year around this time and it's always magical.
Thanks to the following Instagram friends for taking these gorgeous photos – and tagging them "greenpoint"!
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Do we all agree that spring sucks this year? Those electric blue skies, humping brown birds, bursting daffodils and even blooming cherry blossoms – but the damn cold won't quit! Spring, stop sleeping in and get up and go to work! What a lazy season.
Share you Greenpoint snaps with us tag #greenpointers @greenpointers on Instagram.
I remember having a conservation with a architectural historian about Greenpoint. He remarked at how beautiful our landmarked blocks are and I said, "how about landmarking the siding? That is quintessential Greenpoint!" And Connie O's, of course.
Some random but complimentary images from our #greenpointers Instagram hashtag. Send us all your Greenpoint photos to be featured on Sunday Snaps!
While on a walk in South Williamsburg I saw this amazing Egyptian Ronald McDonald wheat paste by Wizard Skull. Of course I instagrammed it and Wizard Skull sent me more twisted and disturbing Ronald McDonald drawings. The genius doesn't stop there, as you can see with Freddy Kreuger as Skeletor and Abe Lincoln with a Rick Ross tattoo. Follow @wizardskull
Christmas trees are so dramatic and vain. Cut me down and put all these lights and ornaments on me so everyone oohs and aahs when they see me! And your stupid cats want to get up all in me, but they can't – what losers. Adorn me with all those fancy presents and make sure you water me four times per day. When you leave – turn the lights off or I might burn down your entire house. After all that, chip me and leave me for compost! But you can't get rid of me, because I'm going to leave sharp needles all around your house that will cut your toes all summer. Merry Christmas!
Sometime, just one moment can set your day on the right course. This Cooper's Hawk, the same I believe that we watched last year around this time stuffing its face with a pigeon was spotted this morning squawking loudly in the same tree. What an amazing Greenpoint morning!


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An International Conference convening at Park Campus, The University of Northampton
KEYNOTING: Professor Leonard Weinberg, Dr Martin Durham, and Leonard Zeskind.
2012 is the 50th anniversary of the 'Cotswold Agreement' and the corresponding establishment of the World Union of National Socialists under the leadership of the UK's Colin Jordan and the USA's George Lincoln Rockwell. Since then, numerous examples of postwar fascist 'internationalism' are demonstrated by the interrelated development of British and American far-right ideology, culture, aesthetics and practices – found to represent, in the words of Leonard Weinberg, a leading scholar on this neglected subject, a tightly-knit 'cultural and political affinity between right-wing extremist groups on both sides of the Atlantic, together with an increasing exchange of ideas, perspectives, forms of organization' and more. Ranging from music and dress to shared political agendas and strategies, these 'affinities' will be expansively traced in this two-day international conference, to be hosted by the University of Northampton's Radicalism and New Media Research Group (www.radicalism-new-media.org) on 13 and 14 September 2012.
Thematic considerations can include the following:
- The Cotswold agreement and the World Union of National Socialists since 1962;
- Transatlantic Aesthetics- the import/export of far-right dress, music and culture more generally;
- Anglo-American uses of US free speech laws (especially the recent Simon Sheppard and Stephen Whittle case and the implications for online extremism);
- From the Defenders of the American Constitution (DAC) and the League of Empire Loyalists (LEL) to the EDL's links with the SIOA; and other links between Anglo-American far-right movements;
- Anglo-American neo-Nazism
- Protestant Christianity and the Anglo-American far-right;
- Conspiracy theories, militias and changing scapegoats (e.g. from antisemitism to 'Islamophobia')
- Anglo-American ideologues and lone-wolf terrorism since 1982;
- Holocaust denial;
- Other thematic strands to be confirmed
Call for papers deadline: 30 April 2012. Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to the conference organisers: Anton Shekhovtsov (firstname.lastname@example.com); Trev Preston (email@example.com), or to Laurence Elliott (firstname.lastname@example.com). A full conference programme and schedule will be released over May 2012 on www.radiclalism-new-media and cross posted as widely as possible.


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Marine and coastal pollution
Pollution has considerably degraded the coastal and marine environment, including estuaries, of the region over the past 30 years. Increased wastes from landbased urban, industrial and agricultural activities as well as from offshore oil and gas exploitation are discharged untreated in the coastal region (MoSTE Viet Nam 1999).The most significant sources of pollution include oil from ships, sewage and other domestic wastes, and industrial effluents. The main route of marine transport of oil from the Gulf is across the Arabian Sea, and accidental oil spills have been frequently reported along oil transport routes, at points of discharge and loading of oil carriers. The shipping of oil coupled with increasing emphasis on offshore oil exploration makes the northern Indian Ocean extremely vulnerable to oil pollution. Oil spills also cause severe pollution in ports in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan (DoE Malaysia 1996, 1998). In addition, the cleaning of oil tanks in and around ports has led to the frequent formation of tar-balls on the southwestern beaches of Sri Lanka. In the PICs, marine pollution from ships is a threat that is likely to increase as trade and economies develop further.
The enhanced use of agrochemicals on land and discharge of chemicals into seawater is a common problem. An estimated 1 800 tonnes of pesticides enter the Bay of Bengal every year (Holmgrem 1994). In the Sea of Japan, a survey has revealed high concentrations of mercury, the source of which could have been wastewater from chemical plants (MSA 1997), while the Russian Federation admitted in 1993 that the former Soviet Union had dumped nuclear wastes there 'for decades' (Hayes and Zarsky 1993). In spite of international regulations, marine pollution in the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea has continued to worsen.
Tourism and other recreational activities also pose a threat to coastal ecosystems in many countries. The construction of tourism infrastructure has both a direct and indirect adverse impact on coastal environments through infilling, dredging and resuspension of contaminated silts, discharge of untreated or partially treated sewage, operational leaks, and discharge of hydrocarbons and waste dumping. Sand dunes, an important component of coastal ecosystems in the region, have also been eroded as a result of tourism activities.
Sediment load in the coastal zones of South Asia is high, mainly as a result of soil erosion caused by poor land-use practices and construction activities. Annually, about 1.6 billion tonnes of sediment reach the Indian Ocean from rivers flowing from the Indian sub-continent. The total sediment load of the river system of Bangladesh alone amounts to about 2.5 billion tonnes, of which the Brahmaputra carries 1.7 billion tonnes and the Ganges 0.8 billion tonnes (UNEP 1987). Coastal erosion is severe in many areas including the Andaman coast, the Gulf of Thailand, Japan and the PICs.
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Victoria Virginia Rawlins and Erik Mikel Sweet, both of Amarillo, were married May 22 at the home of the groom's parents in Weatherford. The Rev.Gary Carroll officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Virginia Rawlins Dee of Amarillo and H. Erle Rawlins III of Dallas. Grandparents of the bride are Dr. and Mrs. Jones E. Witcher.
Parents of the groom are Debra Causey of Weatherford and Mike Sweet of Irving. Grandparents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Tom Odom, Lonnie Redden, and Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Sweet, all of whom attended the wedding.
Honor attendant was Katherine Shie.
Best man was James Clark.
The wedding reception was held in Weatherford.
The couple plans a honeymoon to the Cayman Islands.
The bride graduated from McLean High School and West Texas A&M University. She is a registered nurse in the Coronary Care Unit at Baptist St. Anthony's Health System.
The groom graduated from Trinity High School in Euless. He was an electrician's mate (SW/AW) in the U.S. Navy. He attends Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. He is chief select serving as recruiter in charge with the U.S. Navy.
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D.C. Court of Appeals Rules FCC Has No Authority to Enforce Net Neutrality
By Deal Hudson
In a severe setback to the Obama administration's push for "net neutrality," a federal appeals court ruled the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to issue a 2008 citation against Comcast Corporation for inhibiting some Internet traffic from high-bandwidth file-sharing services.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned the citation. The court ruled that the FCC had not been legally empowered by the Congress to regulate the network-management practices of an Internet service provider.
The appeals court decision will also be good news to Americans who, in the wake of the health care bill, are fearful of more government take-over of private enterprise. As I wrote at InsideCatholic.com last February:
"Net neutrality, in addition to adding to government power and control, would mean that every decision to block pornography, or any kind of security threat, would have to be approved by the government."
The White House and its allies in Congress will be considering their options to counter the court's opinion that undermines the FCC's authority to impose rules on the use of the Internet. The Hill reported the ruling as a "significant blow" against the FCC, a "setback" for the backers of net neutrality in the Congress, as well as a "major defeat" for President Obama. Others viewing this decision as bad news, according to The Hill, include, "Google, Skype, Amazon.com and other Internet firms that have been huge proponents of rules that would mandate open Internet."
The major providers of broadband services – AT&T and Verizon – have opposed net neutrality and will continue litigation if the FCC continues to impose net neutrality standards without a legal mandate.
The FCC's reaction to the decision appeared to promise continued activism on behalf of net neutrality. As reported on Wired blog, FCC spokesperson, Jen Howard, issued a statement saying, "The court in no way disagreed with the importance of preserving a free and open Internet. Nor did it close the door to other methods for achieving this important end."
Now led by Obama appointee Julius Genachowski, the FCC is clearly not giving up the fight. One option the FCC might pursue, as reported in the New York Times, "would be to reclassify broadband service as a sort of basic utility subject to strict regulation, like telephone service. Telephone companies and broadband providers have already indicated that they would vigorously oppose such a move."
Congress will also assist the FCC. For example, Edward Markey (D-MA), in response to the court's decision, called upon Congress to "provide the commission any additional authority it may need to ensure the openness of the Internet."
Let's hope that the Internet stays in the hands of the privately-owned market forces that led to its creation and its flourishing.


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- July 17, 1995
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TV Doctors
Three Decades of Medics Gather Together and Step into Their Scrubs
Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare): "Hey, Doc, I got a pain. What can you do about it?"
Vince Edwards (Ben Casey): "Doctor, hurry, I got a pain."
Chad Everett (Medical Center): "Hey, Doc. I got a pain. Can you help me?"
But that was all in good fun—wasn't it? And even if it wasn't, those characters practiced years ago, in a less sophisticated time—when patients hardly ever died and doctors never dallied the way they do on gritty, graphic ER and Chicago Hope. We're much, much more savvy now. Aren't we?
(Dr. James Kildare, Dr. Kildare, 1961-1966)
The Hollywood crowd at Chasen's restaurant was aghast when a fellow diner suddenly slumped to the floor with an apparent heart attack. But there was hope: right there on the scene was one of the most famous figures ever to don a stethoscope. And as the stricken man clung desperately to life, this paragon—so young, so handsome, so sensitive—did not rush to his side. "A number of people appeared very angry," Richard Chamberlain recalls of that night some 30 years ago. "I honestly believe they thought I was a doctor." Now 60, Chamberlain lives in a picturesque house on a secluded stretch of beach near Honolulu. An art major at Pomona College in the 1950s, he spends more time today in front of a canvas than before the cameras. But Chamberlain has also had a thriving postdoc acting career—after honing his craft in England—in TV miniseries. In 1983's The Thorn Birds, his portrayal of a tortured, amorous priest reestablished him as a romantic idol a full generation after Dr. Kildare. Chamberlain, for one, sees a common thread. "Doctors are a little bit like priests," he says. "There's something holy about them—and a little remote." Especially when they're speeding away in a Corvette, which is how Chamberlain fled the lustful females who descended on his one-room Laurel Canyon cabin in the early days of Kildare. "I loved all those chases, those wild rides through the hills," he says. "And I usually got away."
(Dr. Ben Casey in Ben Casey, 1961-1966)
Safe to say Chamberlain never dodged a bat-wielding Jehovah's Witness. But Vince Edwards did during an appearance at a Tucson shopping mall, back in his Casey heyday. "We had just done a show on blood transfusions, which was against his religion," says Edwards. "I remember saying to him, 'Jesus, I'm an actor, not a doctor.' " Like his ratings rival Chamberlain, he was besieged by groupies, who were mad for his surly grimace and seemingly limitless body hair. "They'd knock on my door at 4 in the morning," Edwards remembers of the girls so smitten they made the "Ben Casey blouse" a high school fad. Edwards's swarthy persona contrasted sharply with that of the fair-haired Chamberlain. And the differences, he maintains, ran deeper. "Ben Casey was the opposite of Kildare, who was a conformist," says Edwards. "Casey personified the baby boomers' cultural revolt." At 67, married to his fourth wife, Janet, Edwards has kept busy acting in TV films and occasionally directing. He's attempting to resuscitate Ben Casey as a new series. "I figure it's 25 years later," he says, "and Ben is disillusioned."
(Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center, 1969-1976)
In the mid-1970s, not only was Chad Everett a certified sex symbol but he had so much credibility that he once addressed the AMA. By 1986, though, he was entering AA. There's a wicked irony in there someplace, but Everett, 59, isn't about to look for it. "I got everything I wished for, and I'm not sorry about any of it," he says. "Not the ups or the downs." Married for 29 years to actress Shelby Grant (they have two grown daughters) and wealthy from residuals, Everett is now trying to revive McKenna, an outdoorsy series that died quickly last fall. Acclaimed for its accuracy, Medical Center also won praise for its controversial topics (one classic: Brady Bunch paterfamilias Robert Reed as a transsexual). "Joe Gannon was a white knight," Everett says of his role. "It got to the point where I was begging, 'Please let me lose a patient.' " Another pet peeve was a recurring line of dialogue—"Do a skull series, a CBC and a complete set of X-rays"—which Everett, an inveterate jokester, would occasionally spice up with the ad lib, "Give her an enema too!"
(Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H, 1972-1977)
Looking back on his five years in Korea with the 4077th, Larry Linville invokes the Russian acting oracle Stanislavsky. "He said if you can mix comedy, drama and terror, then you cannot do anything better," says Linville, 55. And at their best, he notes, "the cast of M*A*S*H accomplished all three." As for creating the character of comic villain Frank Burns, Linville's elegantly simple method would have made the Muscovite proud: "I just thought of every idiot I've ever known." Linville—whose grandfather was a World War I battle surgeon—says he was drawn to acting "as a way of meeting liberal-minded women." (He has married five of them—currently, Deborah Guydon, a journalist.) Although he left the show six years before its run ended, he has no regrets. "I had enough," he says. His latest movie, a parody called The Misery Brothers, features fleeting O.J. flame Paula Barbieri. Says Linville, with a cackle: "No comment."
(Dr. Adam Bricker on The Love Boat, 1977-1986)
The role of Low Boat's skirt-chasing ship's doc made the Brooklyn-bred jeweler's son—previously best known as Siegfried, the German spy on Get Smart—an unlikely heir to hunks Chamberlain, Edwards and Everett. His Adam Bricker practiced precious little medicine—he performed only one operation, a splenectomy—but his bedside manner was impeccable. "He'd go after anything that wasn't nailed down," says Kopell, 62, now separated from his second wife, Yolanda, and seen primarily on the celebrity tennis circuit. But his TV persona did have principles. "One rule was that Bricker could seduce a married woman only if her husband was abusive," he says. "It was in keeping with the powers of healing."
(Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere, 1982-1988)
"He was a hard-assed perfectionist who was a prima donna," says William Daniels. "But he was devoted to his profession." Daniels, 68, is assessing Mark Craig, the scene-stealing martinet he played on St. Elsewhere. But the theater thoroughbred (he debuted on Broadway at 15 in Life with Father) could well be summing up his own career. Known for throwing snits offstage, Daniels has called himself "a big walker-outer." Now playing a harried teacher on the ABC series Boy Meets World, Daniels lives near Santa Barbara with Bonnie Bartlett, his wife of 44 years—and St. Elsewhere spouse. He recalls the ensemble show, for which he won two Emmys, with Craigian gruffness: "It was six years and a lot of episodes. What can I say?"
(Dr. Dick Richard on China Beach, 1988-90; The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager, Jan. 1995-present)
You won't find this in any biographies, but in 1972, Leonard Bernstein broke Myra Picardo's heart. That was when the maestro informed the Philadelphia widow that her son Robert, a Yale sophomore who was cast in a European production of his Mass, was switching majors, from premed to drama. Says her boy, now 41: "It was a terrible blow for her." So what does Picardo end up playing? Doctors, first slogging through Vietnam in China Beach and now as a dour holograph on Voyager. Picardo, who lives with his wife, Linda, and two daughters in Los Angeles, still has some pretty big scrubs to fill. "I remember my mother and sister oohing and ahhing over Vince Edwards," he says. Unlike Edwards, Picardo is follicly challenged. "I had a beautiful head of hair on China Beach," he says, referring to his collection of toupees, "but now I have to go au naturel. I have $13,000 in hairpieces on the shelf—maybe I can sell them at a Star Trek convention."
(Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, 1993-present)
Like the frontier physician she plays every Saturday night, Jane Seymour is the daughter of a doctor, a Polish-born obstetrician who emigrated to England. By age 15, Joyce Frankenberg (her real name) was working as an auxiliary nurse and moonlighting with the British Red Cross. "I used to go to the rugby fields and patch up gorgeous-looking young men," recalls Seymour, 44. She also nursed a hopeless passion for Richard Chamberlain, whom she watched religiously on Dr. Kildare. "My father used to ruin the show for us," Seymour recalls. "In the first five minutes he'd diagnose all the ailments." The paternal influence stuck, and she insists on shooting Dr. Quinn with a doctor—as well as a historian—looking over her shoulder. All the scalpels and scissors used on the program are genuine 1860s vintage. But the strong-willed Dr. Quinn is distinctly modern. "That tells little boys that women aren't just to marry and have babies with," says Seymour—whose character, nonetheless, is now married and soon to be pregnant, and who is herself expecting twins with husband No. 4, actor-director James Keach.
On this day, sprawled on a gurney for a photographer, Seymour plays patient to her seven male colleagues and ponders her future. "How long do you think Dr. Quinn will last?" she asks Everett. A little grayer, but still every bit Joe Gannon, he offers an optimistic—but perhaps double-edged—prognosis: "As long as you want it to."
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Phalling Phlat Phrom a Phestival to a Phuneral in Phorty Minutes
We were all writing our leads. At 6:24 p.m., it looked like the tournament was Phil Mickelsons to win.
Everyone in Mamaroneck from the media, to the members on the clubhouse terrace to the massive galleries around the golf course thought the 2006 U.S. Open was over, the last few holes just a "phormality" for Phil Mickelson. It was supposed to be a victory lap.
But then the unthinkable happened. A meltdown of epic proportions. Here, in all their horrors are the . . .
Minutes of the Meltdown
6:24 Fresh off a birdie on 14, Mickelson calmly rolls in a short putt for par on 15 that gives him a two-shot cushion over his nearest competitors.
6:26 The gallery around 18 roars with delight as the scoreboard is changed to reflect Phils two-shot lead with three to play. Cheers erupt from the terrace. Elderly gentlemen are high-fiving. Women are actually weeping with joy and clapping as though rooting for a child of their loins. All of the polite society in New York City and Mamaroneck are in joyful ecstasy. Sportswriters begin filing out of the media dining room to start to write their articles.
6:28 Colin Montgomerie rolls in a twisting, double-breaking 70-footer for birdie. Hes now just one shot off the lead. Where was that two holes ago? A little late, observed one photographer clearly getting his gear ready for the Phil victory interview.
6:33 Mickelsons drive on 16 goes under a tree on the right side of the fairway.
6:36 Montgomerie finds the dead center of the 18th fairway.
6:38 Mickelsons second shot is a punch that runs short of the green. He would eventually miss an eight-foot putt and card a bogey, his lead now one shot.
6:43 Montgomerie sticks his iron in the fairway (as he later put it) and plops his approach into the deep rough before the towering greenside bunker right-front of the 18th green. By now the gallery and media watching are muttering What if and Are we seeing this to one another.
6:45 In one of the only lunkhead moves by a fan all week, some chump fires off an air horn as Montgomerie approaches his ball. He is quickly surrounded by New York State Police and removed from Winged Foot.
6:46 Montgomerie blades his third shot and it finally stops 40 feet left of the cup. Dismayed he shakes his head. The crowd gasps in horror.
6:49 After running his first putt nine feet past the hole, Montgomerie misses the comebacker. His double-bogey six leaves him at 6-over for the tournament, one shot behind Geoff Ogilvy, whos found the fairway on 18 and is two strokes behind Mickelson.
6:51 Ogilvys second shot from a divot lands just short of the 18th green.
6:52 Despite hitting his driver off a garbage can on 17 and needing only a par to win, Mickelson hits his wayward driver so far left it bounces off the top of the hospitality tent. (THE HOSPITALITY TENT!) I know I had not been hitting a lot of fairways, but I went with my bread-and-butter shot and just hit it left. When asked why he didnt go to a 4-wood, Mickelson said I thought about it, but did not feel comfortable hitting a much longer club into the green. It might not have made it as far into the corner of the dogleg as I would have liked.
6:53 Ogilvy chips to two feet.
6:57 Ogilvy makes his par putt. Now the leader in the clubhouse at plus-5, Ogilvy retires to the locker room to watch and wait. His wife, soon to deliver their first child, joins him.
7:00 With a huge elm directly between him and the green, the clock strikes midnight for Mickelson as his attempt at a high cut shot comes out low and strikes the tree, caroming directly back toward him. The ball comes to rest 25 yards from the previous shot, with the tree still in the way. The crowd gasps in horror, dumbfounded. Journalists, USGA officials, police and fans all exchange stunned looks. Mickelsons face falls, his eyes widen and he gets a deer-in-the-headlights expression that slowly steels his face. He turns his head away for a moment.
I knew right then and there, he blew the Open.
A sullen silence descends over Winged Foot. You could hear a pin drop.
7:03 Mickelsons third shot avoids the same tree, but ends up in a buried lie in the bunker left of the green. There is a soft Ooh! from a few people, but again, stunned looks were all the crowd could muster. Mickelson begins to shamble up the fairway.
7:05 A last-gasp Lets Go Phil! chant erupts from the crowd.
7:07 Mickelsons bunker shot runs 20 feet past the hole and into the short rough. The crowd again gasps. Then a silent pall descends.
7:09 The collapse is complete as Mickelson misses the chip for a tying bogey. It seems no one talks or moves. Eventually the stunned crowd begins to file out. In the locker room a shocked Ogilvy embraces his pregnant wife, family and team. Hugs and handshakes ensue.
Goin Down the Road, Pheelin Bad,?B>
Mickelson played Russian Roulette with his driver all day and, on 18, finally found the chamber with the bullet in it. Mickelson hit a staggering two fairways all day thats right, two. Moreover, the same 64-degree wedge Mickelson claimed saved one or two shots each day abandoned him. He was 0 for 5 in sand saves on Sunday.
Montgomerie and Mickelson both double-bogeyed 18 or they would have won. Jim Furyk would have made the playoff had he simply got par on the 72nd hole.
Mickelson gambled and lost despite having the experience of seeing both Payne Stewart and David Toms steal major championships from under his nose by laying up and sinking 15-foot putts for par.
In calling Toms a wuss, a sports broadcaster friend opined, He got lucky, they dont put plaques in the fairway to commemorate guys that laid up.
Yeah, but they dont give out trophies to guys who take their shots and miss, either.
Lets not take anything away from Geoff Ogilvy. But lets put the days events in a historical perspective. Phils collapse, combined with Montgomeries improbable double-bogey, joins a short list of major-championship horror stories for the ages.
Sam Snead triple-bogeys the last hole of the 1939 U.S. Open to lose to eventual playoff winner Byron Nelson.
In 1966, Arnold Palmer blows a seven-shot lead to lose to Billy Casper at Olympic Club.
Jean Van de Velde has a three-shot lead going into 18 at Carnoustie during the 1999 British Open. He narrowly misses Barry Burn twice only to find it on his third shot. He sheds his shoes and socks to the delight of the crowd before his caddie talks sense into him and he takes a drop. His next shot finds the green-side bunker. He escapes disaster for the moment by sinking a 12-footer for the triple-bogey seven, but loses in a playoff to Scotsman Paul Laurie.
Stewart Cink three-putts from two and a half feet to miss a playoff by one shot at the 2001 U.S. Open at Southern Hills.
All in all, one fact remains as inescapable today as it did before the championship: No golf course in America has as much of a synergy of U.S. Open history and U.S. Open misery as Winged Foot. Once again, as at every U.S. Open here, the golf course won in 2006.
All in the Family
A distant relative of Sir Angus Ogilvy (part of Britains royal family) and an even more distant relative of Scotlands King of Bannockburn fame, Robert the Bruce, Ogilvy is also related to eminent pro golfer and commentator Judy Rankin. Rankin, who will have minor surgery tomorrow, was elated that Ogilvy, who married her daughter-in-laws sister, won the tournament.
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://jayflemma.blogspot.com, Jay Flemmas comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on Americas great public golf courses (and whether theyre worth the money), Jay has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. –– Every year, every high school football team enters its first scrimmage with plenty of questions, and most walk off the field with a lot of them still lingering.
One question unanswered after Galax's scrimmage Wednesday at Mount Airy was, where does Isaiah Harrison want to go for his free dinner?
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INDEPENDENCE — On Aug. 4, Grayson County Sheriff's Office investigators, members of the Twin County Drug Task Force and Independence Police arrested an Independence man following an investigation of a possible drug overdose.
INDEPENDENCE ― Grayson school leaders say that, despite hearing concerns, they will not change a policy prohibiting transgender students from using their preferred restrooms.
Several county residents and people from surrounding communities on Monday evening addressed the Grayson County School Board about its recent adoption of a policy mandating use of a public restroom or locker room in accordance with the gender listed on a student's birth certificate.
Doing a good job
What I am reading here in this column, it seems there are a lot of people complaining about this, that and the other. But, you know what, I know somebody who does a good job. There is this little restaurant right near the courthouse called the Dutch Oven. They are always friendly. The prices are good and their food is very good. Instead of complaining about things around here, I wanted to send out a comment and say "thank you, Dutch Oven" for doing a good job.
North or south?
Harold and Lillian McMillan celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary July 22, 2016 with family and friends.
Their sons Darrell McMillan and Gary McMillan are deceased. They have five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Cassidy "Cassie" Lynne Marshall turned age 5 on July 23. Her birthday was celebrated with a Paw Patrol river party. She is the daughter of Joseph and Chrissy Marshall.
Her big sister is Izzie Marshall and her little brother is Briley Marshall. Her grandparents are Randy and Kim Bell and Dennis and Opie Marshall. Her great-grandparents are M.C. and Irene Bell, the late Verna Liddle, O'Neal and O'Needa Terry, and the late Virgil and Patty Marshall.
Johnny and Constance Bunn of Galax announce the engagement of their daughter, Narissa Jossette Bunn of Galax to Bradley James Hoffman of Galax.
Hoffman is the son of Valerie Wilson of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Mike Hoffman of Galax.
Bunn is a graduate of Carroll County High School and Wytheville Community College. She is a registered nurse at Twin County Regional Hospital.
Hoffman is a graduate of Grayson County High School and the New River Criminal Justice Academy of Dublin. He is an officer with the Hillsville Police Department.
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Land Transfers
These land transfers were recorded in November in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:
According to a report issued by the Galax Police Department, felony arrests last week included two people charged with shoplifting.
Police were called to Walmart in Galax on Aug. 4 for a shoplifting report. The two suspects left the store and went into a wooded area nearby.
Late for Sunday dinner
I am calling in because of these people at church. When church service is over, you need to leave. These people just pull their car up next to each other and just chit chat, chit chat, chit chat. Meanwhile, cars are backing up behind them. They can't get out of the parking lot. It's great you want to talk to each other. It's wonderful that you go to church to praise the Lord but please be considerate of people trying to get out of the church parking lot.
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Demi Moore, a mom to three teenage girls, says she'd like to have a son.
"I wouldn't mind a little balancing out of that estrogen," Moore, 44, told Access Hollywood Monday at a press event for her movie Mr. Brooks.
The actress, who has daughters Rumer, 18, Scout, 15, and Tallulah, 13, with ex-husband Bruce Willis, added: "I think [pregnancy] is by far one of the most empowering experiences a woman can have."
Moore was offering advice to Access host Nancy O'Dell, who is expecting her first child this summer. "I did all of mine naturally and I left in two to three hours," said Moore of her decision not to have an epidural. "But I don't think doing it without drugs is for everybody, so no pressure there!"
Moore did not address rumors that she may herself be pregnant, but she did talk about her and husband Ashton Kutcher's new addiction – to Mexican dominoes.
"[The dice] goes up to double 12's instead of double six and it takes about three hours to play," she said. "I'm not joking when I say we're addicted – like two to three times a week."
When O'Dell suggested, "Well, you've got to find time in between to have a little action in other ways," Moore replied: "Maybe we should have some side bets just to, you know, encourage sexual favors!"
Moore said earlier this year she "most definitely" wants kids with Kutcher, 28, telling Vanity Fair in January, "Once you hit three, where you're outnumbered, it's really like, 'What's the difference between [three and] four or five?' For me, the most important thing that I've contributed is my children."
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A New Focus on Supply
Under federal law, anyone wanting to drill oil wells, lay pipelines or build power plants has for decades been required to prepare an environmental impact statement clearing the project on environmental grounds. Now, as a central part of his new energy plan, President Bush is calling for attention to the flip side of that approach. Under an executive order that Mr. Bush is to issue on Friday, any federal agency considering steps that might adversely affect the nation's energy health would have to issue a new kind of impact statement, this one on energy grounds.


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While Christina Aguilera likes to rein in big voices and Cee-Lo Green focuses on stage presence on The Voice, Maroon 5's Adam Levine and newlywed country star Blake Shelton have their own industry wisdom to impart to contestants.
Their top tips? Accentuate the positive and try new things.
"The music industry is a very negative place," says Shelton team member Jared Blake, a father of six from Arizona who has worked for many years as a singer-songwriter.
"People want to bring up what's wrong with you and everything you need to fix, but it hasn't been that way with Blake at all," he says. "It's funny because if you read him on Twitter, he's so sarcastic, you would think he would lean toward the negative. He doesn't."
And while the country star has helped him with his lower register, Jared says that some of the best lessons he's learned have nothing to do with singing.
"I'm watching the way he communicates with his fans," Jared says. "When he Tweets, you can tell it's him. It's not an assistant, that's him doing it and just having that personal contact with his fans. I've learned a lot."
For another competing dad, Connecticut's cap-wearing Javier Colon, learning from Levine and company has been a collaborative process.
"Having Adam Blackstone there is awesome because he is the musical director for Maroon 5," Colon says. "He knows the ins and outs of every song and he knows what's needed to make them sound good."
And Colon is eager to learn more, even as an experienced performer himself.
"I'm not the type who thinks just because I've sung for a long time that I know everything," he says. "I know what I am used to doing, but that's not the only way. Adam [Levine] has some creative advice – he really knows how to really sell a song ... He's very intelligent, very passionate, and he really made me feel that he wanted me on his team."
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Putting wizard Loren Roberts nailed a seven-foot, left-to-right slider on the final hole to win the first-place check worth $255,000. The putt capped a final-round 65, a 7-under-par score that helped him rally from a four-stroke deficit and win for the 12th time on the Champions Tour.
Roberts' charge was fueled by a charge-igniting eagle at the par-5 12th hole, where he found himself buried in deep rough below a bunker after his hybrid-club-approach shot leaked to the right. His next shot landed a whisper from the hole and immediately jumped in.
"My whole tournament was the hole-out for eagle there at 12," said Roberts. "It was looking like I might make a 5 and instead I made a 3 to get to 12-under. That just propelled me. I birdied the next two holes to get to 14-under and get right in there."
He closed out with a back-nine 30 for a 15-under 201 total that was just enough to nip Fred Funk by one shot and Nick Price, Dan Forsman and New Hartford's Wayne Levi by two strokes. All but Levi had been among five players that had soared to the top of the leaderboard at one point during the day.
The ever-changing scenario had Roberts baffled as to where he stood on the 18th tee. But after being told by his caddie that he was in a three-way tie with Forsman and Funk, he drilled a tee shot to within 125 yards of the green and followed with a pitching wedge to seven feet.
The birdie putt by one of the best putters in the game was pure and dead center.
"I love left-to-right sliders and all I had to do was make sure I hit it hard enough," he said. "I knocked it right in, and as it turned out, it was good enough."
For Forsman and Levi, their close finishes brought opposing reactions. Forsman, 51, was disappointed he couldn't hold onto a three-shot lead he had built after a birdie at the 12th hole, while Levi was elated to finally be back in the hunt at age 58 – only one year after undergoing double-bypass heart surgery.
Forsman was at 16-under par with his biggest lead before bogeying three of the five closing holes. Most of the gaffes were due to a suddenly shaky putting stroke that he said may have been affected by the sweltering conditions.
"I think I might have gotten a little dehydrated," said Forsman, who explained that by living in Utah he is more adversely affected by playing in humid, sweat-inducing weather. "But that's no excuse. I'm a professional, I should be prepared and be able to pull it off."
After three-putting the 14th hole – including missing a two-footer for par – he failed to get up-and-down for pars from a bunker at 15 and from the rough at 17. He also missed an opportunity at the 321-yard 16th hole, where he drove the par-4 and then proceeded to three-putt it.
Levi, the first-round leader, also had his chances, moving him within a shot of the lead at 14-under after back-to-back birdies at the 11th and 12th holes. But consecutive bogeys at 13 and 14 derailed his charge, which ended with just-missed putts on close-range birdie attempts at both 17 and 18.
None of it could erase the pleasure the 12-time winner on the PGA Tour received from being back in contention and seeing his name on the leaderboard.
"I had goosebumps," said Levi, who closed with a 69 for a 203 total. "That's how good it felt. … To play the last few holes the way I did, it felt pretty good, especially because I haven't been anywhere near a lead for probably a year. It really energizes you and pumps you up for next week."
Levi started the day trailing Forsman by two strokes and made his move early with three birdies and a lone bogey on the front nine. Birdies at 11 and 12 had his gallery of fans buzzing as he headed into En-Joie's brutal closing stretch of holes. On 13, he failed to get up-and-down for par from just off the green and at 14 he three-putted for another bogey.
"That kind of demoralized me right there," he said. "But at 16, I made a nice birdie and then at 17 and 18, I could have birdied those two just as well. I hit great shots. But I'm happy. You can't make them all, but I made a few and had a good week."
His top-5 finish also was his golfing highlight of the past year, since doctors discovered blockage in two arteries. The diagnosis still causes him pause.
"I still can't believe it happened," he said. "You try to do all the right things. I walk, I don't smoke, I don't drink. My blood pressure was good, my cholesterol was good. And when he (the doctor) told me I had a heart attack, I almost collapsed. So, it still has an effect on me that it's happened. You kind of feel like you're infallible. I guess you're not."
Four other Upstate New Yorkers also were in the field, with Elmira's Mike Hulbert closing fast with a 66 for a 210 total. Defending champion Lonnie Nielsen, a former club pro in the Buffalo area for years, had a 70-211, Syracuse's Jim Roy was at 73-216 and Horseheads' Joey Sindelar finished at 71-218. Roy, a Champions Tour rookie, tied for 57th on rounds of 71-72-73. He highlight Sunday was making consecutive birdies on holes 3 through 5.
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The Byakugan
The Byakugan ( Literally meaning "White Eye", meaning "All Seeing White Eye") is the dōjutsu kekkei genkai of the Hyūga clan. It is one of the Three Great Dōjutsu (San Daidōjutsu; Literally meaning "Three Great Eye Techniques"), along with the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.
Those who inherit the blood of this clan have almost featureless, white eyes. When the Byakugan is activated, the user's pupils become more distinct, and the veins near their temples bulge. It also appears that, unlike the other two great dōjutsu, all members of the clan possess it, and can use the kekkei genkai from birth, as opposed to needing to awaken or else, not inheriting it at all.
The Byakugan's abilities have left it highly coveted by the other villages, as evidenced by Kumogakure's attempt to steal it; an event which led up to what is known as the "Hyūga Affair". Ao of Kirigakure was able to obtain a single Byakugan from a Hyūga he defeated, and goes to great lengths to protect it. At the same time, Danzō Shimura went to equal lengths to retrieve or destroy it. Unlike a transplanted Sharingan, a transplanted Byakugan can be activated and deactivated at will.
The origins of the Byakugan are shrouded in mistery and remain unclear at this point. Although it has been hinted that it somehow predates or, more concretely, may be related to the origin of the Sharingan, its known that the Sharingan is the genetic inheretance of the Sage of Six Paths son who inhererited his fathers eyes, establishing the Sharingan as an imperfect version of the Rinnegan while the Byakugan hasn't been explained or fitted into that explanation and background. What is known, however, is that the Hyuuga clan, the barers of the Byakugan, are one of the oldest clans in Konoha, apparently one of the founding clans that were aligned with the Senju at the time of Konoha's founding.
Abilities of the Byakugan:
-a 360º field of vision, except for one blind spot at the back of the neck above the third thoracic vertebra.
-see through solid objects, and can use a degree of telescopic sight. The distance and the degree of telescopic sight varies with the users skill.
-see chakra, as well as the chakra circulation system inside the users body as well as others. It is from this particular ability that they are able to employ their ultimate attack style, the Gentle Fist.
-All Hyuugas have exceedingly high chakra control and increased agility with 500 additional chakra points, specially after mastering Gentle Fist.
These abilities, however, grow stronger as the user himself grows stronger, increasing with his rank and mastery over the KG:
-Requires full sequence of hand seals to activate and spends a move
-Can zoom in and see up to a distance of 1 km in one direction
-360º vision field spans only Short Range from the user
S-Class Ninja
-Requires one handseal and spends a move
-Can zoom in and see up to a distance of 5kms in one direction
-360º vision field spans up to Mid Range from the user
-Doesn't require hand seals
-Can zoom in and see up to a distance of 10kms in one direction
-360º vision field spans up to Long Range from the user, up to 100 meters from him
-After gaining mastery over Gentle Fist for one month, user can activate it with no move cost but will still be required to post the activation technique as a reference
-Can keep it active throughout the whole match as long as he enough chakra and stamina for it
Kage and above
-Doesn't require hand seals
-Doesn't spend a move if the user has mastered Jyuken for more than one month
-Can Zoom in and see up to a distance of 20kms in one direction
-360º vision field spans up to Long Range from the user, producing a 300 meter radius "sphere" all around
-Can detect, through the analysis of the vibrations, sharpness or heat releasing manifestation in chakra present on the field or being released into it, that it pertains to Lightning, Wind or Fire natures as well as other minute signs that might help him dtermine otherwise hard to detect technique natures.
-After gaining mastery over Gentle Fist for one month, user can activate it with no move cost but will still be required to post the activation technique as a reference
-Can keep it active throughout the whole match as long as he enough chakra and stamina for it
-To create a Hyuuga biography one must have more than 1500 posts.
-To make an Ao bio, the user must have more than 1500 posts and will not have access to Gentle Fist.
Jyuuken | Gentle Fist
-Only ones capable of this fight style are members of the Hyuuga Clan.
-In order to use one must have had at least one training session with a Hyuuga senior member or a sensei with the permission to teach Jyuuken.
The Gentle Fist style of combat is based on palm strikes, finger strikes and chakra blasts and generally aims to damage the body's Internal Chakra Pathway System that relies on the Huuga's clan abilities to see the chakra flow. User forcefully and with tremendous speed inserts a small amount of their own chakra into an opponent's chakra pathway system. This will either be done to cause immediate damage to the opponent's internal organs causing internal bleeding which may result to death or it will be done to divert and disturb the normal chakra flow of the opponent to prevent them form using any type of ninjutsu and genjutsu. Jyuuken is considered Hyuuga clan's signature move and cannot be copied or mimicked. While Jyuuken can be used in free form, the damage will never be enough to be fatal and cannot stop the chakra flow completely. The speed of gentle fist moves are higher than Strong Fist moves and the agility of the user is enough to out maneuveur most Taijutsu experts and most taijutsu moves but in general, Gentle Fist moves lack raw physical power that they exchange for speed and precision.
Byakugan Activation
To use the Byakugan and its abilities, the user must first activate it, an action that will cost a move. After the user has grown and attained full mastery over the KG and its abilities, the Dojutsu can be activated at will without spending a move, although the user will still need to post the activation technique for reference.
(Dōjutsu: Byakugan) Eye Technique: The All Seeing White Eye
Type: Supplementary
Rank: A-Rank
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 30 (-5 per turn to keep active)
Damage: N/A
One of the Three Great Dōjutsu (San Daidōjutsu), the Byakugan is the kekkei genkai of the Hyuga clan. Bearers of this Dõjutsu have almost featureless white eyes. When the Byakugan is activated, the user's pupils become more distinct, and the veins near their temples bulge as the blood flow to their eyes is increased. While having the Byakugan deactivated, Hyuga ninjas have a normal eyesight and no special addition to their vision. While low rank Hyugas will need to perform a sequence of hand seals ( Horse → Tiger with lifting just index fingers → Boar with nearly straightened fingers → Hare → Rat → Dog → Horse → Dog → Hare → Rat → Boar with nearly straightened fingers → Snake with the right index finger lifted straight up) to activate their Byakugan, Hyuga masters will be able to do so without the need for any hand seals and even have it active passively for long periods of time. Once activated, the user gains access to all of the abilities the Byakugan bestows upon them. While, like other Dojutsu, its main ability is to see chakra and the chakra flow in sentient beings, the Byakugan adds a complete new detail and dimension to that ability. The user can not only see chakra and the chakra flow, but also the circulatory system and even the 361 tenketsu. Added to this ability, once activated the Byakugan grants the user a near perfect field of vision 360º around himself (up to long-range if he's a master). This field of vision has only one blind spot, slightly above the 3rd thoracic vertebrae and facing backwards but enables the user to actually even see his own chakra circulatory system and chakra flow, which explains why all Hyuugas are so adept and masterfull of precise chakra control. The last ability the Byakugan has is the ability to zoom in and out, focusing on specific things, piercing beyond matter and energy alike, as well as chakra. This specific ability allows the user to see pass most barriers as well as physical matter (like rock walls, ground, etc) but also energy, being able to focus beyond chakra that might be in front of them or other energies. The zooming ability is enhanced as the user becomes more adept at using his eyes and can even reach distances above 20kms away. Some Hyugas have shown a great awareness regarding agressiveness as well as killing intent, detecting such intentions and emotions from others with more ease than most.
Note: Activation spends a move from the users own move count but once the user reaches Sannin Rank and has gained mastery over Gentle Fist for 1 month, he can activate it passively without spending a move. Because of its low chakra cost to maintain, the user can keep it active throughout the whole fight as long as he has chakra and stamina to do so.
Note: Genjutsu that requires Eye Contact when used against a Byakugan user requires direct eye contact between enemy pupil and user's pupil
Note: Must be activated to use Gentle Fist (Jyuken)
Note: Cannot be blinded by matter, chakra, light or energy
Note: Its tracking abilities are similar to that of a 3 Tomoe Sharingan


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Google's new Chrome Web browser is not yet available for Mac or Linux computers. Officially. But unofficially, if you have a modern Mac or a Linux PC, it's time to rock.
You can get a Crossover version of Chrome from here:
Have fun. I've been running Chrome on my Windows system (via Parallels and Windows XP on my MacBook Pro) and this one works exactly like the "real" Windows version. I like it in some ways and don't like it in others. But that's how I feel about every Web browser I've ever tried.
By the way, the Mac version of Crossover Chrome only runs on Intel Macs. You have an Intel Mac if your Mac is only a few years old. To check, click once on the Apple logo at the upper left of your Mac, then choose "About This Mac." If you have an Intel Mac, you'll see the word "Intel" in the "Processor" description.
Here's what Crossover Chrome looks like running on my Mac:


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As the 170 top-flight cyclists racing in this year's Tour de France power through the Pyrenees, grind up the Alps and swoop down on Paris for the finish July 22, look for the man wearing the leader's yellow jersey. In the 70-year history of the world's most prestigious and grueling cycling marathon, that man, at the finish, has always been a European. This time the winner could be an American named Greg Le Mond. He may speak the language and sign his checks Le Mond like a Frenchman, but the 23-year-old dynamo hails from Reno. Twelve days into the race, Le Mond was battling bronchitis and holding seventh place only 13½ minutes behind the leader. "He has a fighting spirit," says Richard Marillier, French assistant director of the Tour. "He knows how to surpass himself, to go that much further. When an American prepares for something with the will to win, no one can beat him."
In the 24-day, 2,600-mile tear around the four corners of France, the will to win may be the key to victory. "The Tour is really an overall test to see who can last," says the boyish, blue-eyed Le Mond, who is making his first appearance in the event, which carries a first prize of about $100,000 in cash and endorsements. "It's a race of truth. I've planned my whole season to be in peak form for it. I'm there now." As one French daily put it, "cycling is about as well-known in the U.S. as baseball in Europe," but for Europeans the Tour de France is the premier event of an immensely popular sport. The race draws some 14 million spectators along its route.
Virtually unknown in his home country, Le Mond is a cycling superstar to continental fans. At an unusually young age for the sport, Le Mond has won several major titles, including the world professional championship in Switzerland last September. Fourtime Tour victor Bernard Hinault, 29, a former teammate, once called Le Mond "a super racer" and "my potential successor." But Hinault, who is looking to match Belgian legend Eddie Merckx' five win record, is now Le Mond's chief rival. Fortunately Le Mond will be racing with the 10-man Renault-Gitane squad, a team that has won the race six times in the past 12 years. Though strategies vary, the teammates generally ride in a tight pack, forcing the pace for the star rider until he breaks away for a sprint finish. The supporting riders sacrifice themselves, allowing Le Mond to draft behind them, conserving his strength for a later effort.
There is no stopping to eat during the up to ten hours of flat-out pedaling each day. Instead, a team member called an équipier delivers a pouch full of high-carbohydrate goodies to be eaten on the move. Le Mond has been an équipier but now shares the privileged role of team leader with Laurent Fignon, 23, last year's victor. "Le Mond is a great professional who has the faculty of being an example to others," says trainer Cyrille Guimard. "Greg sees things differently from Frenchmen, and that's important to the team. He always finds a way to progress."
Guimard recruited Le Mond a year after he stunned the European circuit with a victory at Le Mans, France in 1980. Noting the young Nevadan's promising form, Guimard made a special scouting trip to see him compete. "I'd been watching the results of the American for a while," he recalls, "but I wanted to see what he could do." During that race, Le Mond was 20 miles from the finish and pulling ahead of a pack of Russians when he blew a tire. A dawdling mechanic came too late to help. Enraged, Le Mond picked up his bike and hurled it at the team car. "You can understand why he did it," says Guimard. "He saw all his dreams just being thrown out the window. That day showed me he had character."
Added to that is Le Mond's combination of breakaway speed in sprints and tenacious strength in mountain climbs. The average 23-year-old has a lung capacity of under 50 milliliters of oxygen per minute, but Le Mond's bellows take in 81 to 82, an asset for tackling such Tour terrors as 8,661-foot Galibier Pass or the eight-mile end-of-the-day climb up the Alpe-d'Huez. "The riders are blue with fear there," says Marillier. "Cycling is a sport that hurts. You're in a perpetual battle with yourself."
To maintain his fitness, Le Mond competes nine months a year in about 130 races, and he jogs, lifts weights, skis and plays tennis in the off season. Two weeks before the Tour, he spent six hours a day pumping up Alpine passes near Lucerne, Switzerland on his 19-pound, custom-crafted, metallic blue Gitane cycle, then speeding down the winding descents at up to 70 mph. His compensation for the effort is a license to eat phenomenal quantities of rich food, especially his favorite foie gras (goose liver) pâté, without adding an ounce to the 146 pounds he packs on his 5'10" frame.
Le Mond started cycling at 14 in Reno with his realtor father as a way of staying fit for skiing. That year, when there was little snow, Le Mond just went on riding. Hooked, he left school (earning a high school diploma through a correspondence course) to join a local cycling team, winning his first race at 15. "I kept winning and improving each year," he says. "I realized it was my thing. I dreamed of making a career of it, but it was only a dream until I started racing internationally." Barred from the 1980 Olympics by the U.S. boycott, he decided to turn pro. Today he earns up to $300,000 a year in prize purses and endorsements, enough to drive a Mercedes and own a spacious contemporary home in Rancho Murieta, near Sacramento. Most of the year he and wife Kathy, 24 (a business student who is eight credits short of graduation), whom he met at a bike race in Milwaukee in 1978, rent a house in Courtrai, Belgium. "Kathy's a subtle supporter," says a longtime friend. "She's helped Greg grow from an immature lad to what he is today." Kathy says she's the rare rider's wife who shows up for races and plans to join him at two points on the Tour. The birth of son Geoffrey five months ago is a happy new factor in Le Mond's life and an incentive to shuck the gypsy lifestyle of the pro racer. He hopes to compete six more years before going to college to study business and then perhaps to start his own land-development company.
"What motivates me now is my career," says Le Mond. It's a career that carries risks. Crashes can be fatal (Portuguese cyclist Joaquim Agostinho died from brain injuries last May after a stray dog caused him to crash), and Le Mond himself suffered a serious concussion after falling during a race in Belgium last month. "If I can do well in the Tour, I'll be secure for the rest of my life," he says. Before the race started, though, he admitted to disquiet about the ordeal ahead. "Riding in the Tour de France is like running a marathon a day for three weeks," he explained. "You just hope you don't crack and die."
Hard-Riding Greg Le Mond Hopes to Make the Tour De France His Bike-Racing Tour De Force
updated 07/23/1984 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 07/23/1984 AT 01:00 AM EDT