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Obama Gives 400k to Gaddafi causes
Apr 08, 2011
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Remember as a kid drawing connect-the-dotspictures? Simply follow the dots and a clear picture emerges. As an adult, connecting the dots of Obama's actions leads to an oxymoronic picture. A clear picture of a murky web. Obama's actions continually link him to people and causes that the majority of Americans do not support. The recent event of another aid ship sailing to Gaza is an example of to whom and what the strands of Obama's web link him, and unfortunately America.
Last year, right around the time Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi called Obama "our son," Obama earmarked $400,000 for two Libyan charities. The money was divided between two foundations run by Gaddafi's children; Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, run by his son Saif, and Wa Attassimou, run by his daughter Aicha. What noble causes did our tax dollars potentially help support thanks to Obama's generosity?
Funding of the ship Amalthea: The Amalthea sailed to Israel with the intent of breaking the Israeli blockade on Hamas. It carried aid for a pseudo humanitarian crisis and supporters who were said to be "keen on expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people in the plight amidst the siege imposed on Gaza." The ship was funded by Saif Gaddafi's charity, Gaddafi International Charity andDevelopment Association. Obama's friend, Bill Ayers, joined attempt #1 against Israel's blockade on Hamas. Saif joined attempt #2. One has to wonder which of Obama's friends will step up to the plate at attempt #3.
The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi: Saif Gaddafi was involved in negotiating the convicted bomber's release, and accompanied him back to Libya, where al-Megrahi was praised and welcomed. For those who have forgotten the extent of the carnage of the Lockerbie bombing, 270 people, including 189 Americans, were killed.
Honoring Iraqi journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi: Al-Zaidi is the journalist who threw his shoe at President George W. Bush. He was given a bravery award by Aicha Gaddafi's charity, Wa Attassimou. Thecharity stated that al-Zaidi's actions "represented a victory for human rights across the world."
As long as we are connecting the dots between Obama and Libya, now seems a good time to remember that the state department issued an official apology to Libya after spokesman P.J. Crowley made disparaging comments about Gaddafi's call for jihad against Switzerland. Apparently Crowley spoke on instinct instead of running his reaction by Libya's "son" first. As an Obamian spinmeister, Crowley learned that one doesn't speak ill of "family."
What a web Obama continues to spin. One can only hope he falls into it soon, before all of American is smothered by it. Camie Davis
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April 14, 2011
M. Hope- If you don't know what insulting is, that is a personality issue.
I stand my remarks, learned from people as wise as you consider yourself to be - and Catholic school is run by God, not the government. What we have taking place in the name of "small government" or "no government" is what will lead to the public and the environment getting squashed by unregulated profiteers and corporate thugs as has happened many times in our history until someone...usually the "government - the people of the United States," steps in and tries to correct the harm.
If this wild west capitalism is the kind of freedom you want to see, then you have me as an opponent. I know, you're shaking in your boots, but at least I get to vote against people like you.
April 14, 2011
P.S. Laselva. How was I being insulting? What, by telling the truth about real economic history and not parroting something I heard in some 7th grade socialist studies class at some government run school? You know I wasn't being insulting. You just simply didn't have a counter argument that's all. I wasn't trying to be insulting. If I was,I apologize for that.
April 14, 2011
Laselva your wrong on two accounts. First of all I don't support corporatism, which is basically corporate welfare, weather in the form of regulatory monopolies or bailouts and subsidies. Secondly I despise the banking establishment because of the great monopoly that they were granted by the governments under both Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. Lincoln in 1863 with the passage of the national currency acts and Wilson with the passage of the Owen-Glass act which in 1913 ushered in the Federal Reserve system. Lincoln was a huge supporter of Alexander Hamilton, who was a big champion of mercantilism/corporatism and central banking. Hamilton wanted to bring about a government/corporatist system by which a few rich elites benefit at the expense of everyone else. But I assure you laselva this wasn't capitalism. This my friend was mercantilism. These robber barons and bankers that you speak of were the first progressive socialist. They were the ones getting the special deals and privileges from government. They were not true capitalist, they were corporatist. It was with the help of government that they obtained monopoly status and therefore became the robber barons that not only you but I despise also. Lincoln as a Hamiltonian was a big supporter of the fascist banking system. He had the support of the fascist industrialist in the north. Old honest Abe was far from being honest when it came to matters of banking and mercantilism. His actions of signing the National Currency Acts into law, nationalizing the currency and granting regional monopolies to the largest private banks in those respective regions(Lincoln's political buddies). If Lincoln did make the case you claimed he made, then that was a great case to end the government granted monopoly power of private central bankers and to return to a free market competition in banking with a solvency requirement of 100% reserves. You and Lincoln just made my case for a free market, not only in banking, but also in every other industrial matter as well.
April 14, 2011
M. Hope-
A little more of my 7th grade US Government class homework - those nuns were a bunch of socialists!
Throughout much of the 1800s and into the 1900s, the United States suffered several economic crises, one of the most significant of which was the Great Depression of 1873. The crisis was built into a system which was chaotic in its nature, in which only the very rich were secure. It was a system of periodic crises – 1837, 1857, 1873 (and later: 1893, 1907, 1919, 1929 (seems like bust and boom to me, as previously stated), that wiped out small businesses and brought cold, hunger, and death to working people (Not according to you - no one went hungry), while the fortunes of the Astors, Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Morgans, kept growing.
During the 1873 crisis, Carnegie captured the steel market, and Rockefeller was wiping out his competitors in oil. Massive industrial consolidation by a few oligarchic elites was the rule of the day, as J.P. Morgan expanded total control over railroad and banking interests, and John D. Rockefeller, now controlling of the oil market, expanded into banking.
The imperial leader of the new oligarchy was the House of Morgan. In its operations it was ably assisted by the First National Bank of New York (directed by George F. Baker) and the National City Bank of New York (presided over by James Stillman, agent of the Rockefeller interests). Among them, these three men and their financial associates occupied 341 directorships in 112 corporations. The total resources of these corporations in 1912 was $22,245,000,000, more than the assessed value of all property in the twenty-two states and territories west of the Mississippi River.
As this appears to be occurring again within our latest financial crisis - the rise in the fortunes of the wealthy class - personally, I would feel more comfortable with a little government control over these so-called free market pirates.
April 14, 2011
As you have decided to get insulting and apparently incapable of sustaining a civil conversation, I wish you only ill in your efforts to be soundly defeated in your little election. In you and your libertarian friends desire to turn this great country back over to the "people" (robber barons and greedy bankers), I will end with words from "Honest Abe."
Lincoln stated:
"The money powers prey on the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. The banking powers are more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. They denounce as public enemies all who question their methods or throw light upon their crimes.
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe. As a most undesirable consequence of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow. The money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in the hands of a few, and the Republic is destroyed."
April 13, 2011
Laselva.... We came out of the great depression not because of the New Deal interventions. But inspite of them. The government policies protracted and prolonged the liquidation of the malinvestments and debts of the 20'S. We needed liquidation of the malinvestments not a hindering and prolonging of that process by government interventionist policies. People didn't starve to death in 1893 and 1921. The debts were quickly liquidated and the liquidated capital was then shifted to areas of the economy that most met the preferences of all consumers at a noninflated price that they could afford to pay. You see the market consumers benefited with cheap non inflated quality goods In 1893 and 1921. In 1929 however, only the big government bureaucrats hungry for power and control benefited at the expense of all.
April 13, 2011
Laselva... I'm impressed with your 7th grade government indoctrinated version of the greatest economic calamity in modern times. First of all you don't even mention anything about the Two preceding depressions of 1893 and 1920-1921 where the government and the central bank did absolutely nothing and the economy recovered in months and not decades unlike the 1929-1946 FED created great depression, under Hoover and FDR. Secondly you mentioned that Capitalism has episodic bouts of "Growth" and then recession or depression, which clearly displays a true misunderstanding of how economies actually grow. Which is not through monetary inflation but through the actual formation of private capital, real property, not printing phony claims to property that doesn't exist, that is capital, that can only come about through production, savings and investment. This method of savings induced "actual growth" does not bring about the boom\bust business cycle. Because actual resources are present to underwrite all the investment projects, not inflation. So it wasn't growth that led to a depression. It was a deviation from the gold standard and the massive monetary expansion, by the FED, beyond the amount of gold in existence able to back said expansion. Prices rose and interest rates rose and the illusory money supply was contracted for fear of a run on the dollar for something of actual real value like gold and silver. Contrary to what government run indoctrination centers teach, Hoover was not some noninterventionist free market capitalist. The Smoot Hawley tariff was passed under his administration, which ushered in massive unprecedented government interventions in domestic commerce and foreign trade. Hoover was a huge interventionist. So much so that when FDR ran against him in 1932 FDR accused HOOVER of being a socialist. It turns out FDR was even a bigger socialist. Bush on the other hand was a big interventionist also, with the bailouts of AIG and Lehman brothers. Bush said that we had to abandon capitalism to save capitalism. That doesn't sound like a free market hands of policy to me. Even though we haven't had real capitalism since the 1850's. This is corporatism run amok.
April 13, 2011
You've missed a big one.
Do away with Homeland Security. We already have plenty of police, spies, and security experts in the FBI, CIA, NSA.
I've already mentioned that the IRS spends 100 billion collecting the tax each year. Must be a simpler way to do that. Oddly, the Republicans shot down the IRS' ability to go after over $300 billion in unpaid tax - it didn't fit into their budget cutting plans. ???
I think the government could raise money with a 25¢ charge for every blog post. That would cut down on a lot of the jabber that fills our cables and satellites beams. Idiotic responses might be 50¢ - more reasons to get an education.
I think I just upped the GDP by 2%
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Yesterday was a really great day to be biking in Memphis.  My biking day began at the Rock and Roll Revolution group bike ride, sponsored by the good people at Revolutions Community Bike Shop and led by none other than the city's Bike and Pedestrian Coordinator Kyle Wagenschutz.  The ride was part of the weekend-long Rock for Love festivities, the proceeds of which benefit the good people at the Church Health Center.  There was no charge for the ride, but it definitely raised awareness about the weekend's festivities.
The riders congregated in the parking lot next to Shangri-La Records beginning at 10:30 AM and, after a few words by Kyle and Les Edwards, the local CPA who created the awesome Madison Avenue Bike Lanes blog and petition, we hit the road. (Note: over 1240 people have signed the petition, well over the initial goal of 250 signees.  Have you signed?)  Here's a map of the route we took.
Pretty cool, huh? Â The starting point on the map is my house, so you have to follow just the routes from Madison east of McLean and west from there to see where we biked. Â Here's a clickable link to the map.
Here's a couple of shots of the crowd just before we left.
We ended having about two dozen cyclists, so the pictures don't really do the crowd justice.
I have to say, group bike rides are about my favorite way to spend a few hours on a weekend. Â It's really great to ride with others, get to know new people, and have a reason to get on my bike beyond commuting to work. Â I met several new people this weekend, reconnected with some I already knew, and generally had a great time. Â Several people from Live from Memphis were in attendance, including one guy with a hard-ass cargo bike and a camera mounted to his helmet. Â I gotta get one of those. Â Kyle did a great job of leading the group. Â We rode at a very moderate pace, stopping at every stop sign and red light, so there were several times when the people in the front had to wait for those bringing up the rear to catch up. That's OK with me … all the better to see Memphis on a level I hardly ever get to.
Speaking of, check out this awesome looking bar I saw somewhere near downtown.
Yes, that is what awesome looks like. Â It's hard to tell from the picture, but the place is called the Knight's Castle Bar, Grill, and Club. Â I'll probably never actually go there; that would involve leaving the house, which I am really bad at, but I love finding new and interesting parts of Memphis. Â BTW, do you see the dark storm clouds in the above picture? Â Somehow we managed to dodge the rain which apparently soaked much of Midtown. Â Lucky us.
After leaving Shangri-La, we biked west on Madison, then south on McLean to Peabody, then west to Bellevue. Â We followed Bellevue south to McLemore, then west to Mississippi, then northwest to GE Patterson. Â We then biked west to Front, north to Peabody Place, then stopped for a rest at the City Market, which I've been meaning to visit. Â Here's a few shots from that.
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After chillaxing for a few, we biked to Jefferson, then east to Cleveland, south to Monroe, east to some road I've forgotten, then Madison back to Shangri-La. Â Including biking up and back, my total ride was 16.5 miles. Â Not a bad day.
After biking home and showering, I took an unplanned but much welcomed nap. Â After that it was about time for dinner, so my wife and I biked to the Slider Inn, a new restaurant at Peabody and Cooper. Â I had heard good things about the restaurant, located at the site of the short-lived Bluff City Bayou. Â All I have to say to the people at the Slider, is that you had me when I saw this:
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On our way home we decided to take the long way and biked down Peabody to Carr to Diana to Vinton to Rembert to Higbee to Barksdale. Â Just as we were nearing Higbee, i heard a loud pop – the kind that makes Memphians look around for gunfire – followed by what sounded like tree branches hitting the ground. Â Sure enough, not ten seconds before we turned right on Higbee, a massive tree branch had fallen onto the street. Â I was too shocked to take a picture, but had we been there a few seconds sooner, my biking days might be done. Chilling.
We stopped by Black Lodge on our way home and rented Vinyan, which was OK but really fell apart at the end. Â Not recommended. Â Then sleep, work today, and here I am.
I hope your weekend was good, my people. Â Look for another blog post soon. Â Until then, have fun biking in Memphis.


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Most dairies have three enterprises on-farm: cows, cropping and heifers. Within this subset, the cost of raising replacements also accounts for one of the top three costs of producing milk. At the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, Greg Bethard, with G & R Dairy Consulting, discussed common inefficiencies in heifer raising programs and how to determine if you are efficiently replacing your herd.
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By Brithny Zhang & Shannan Rouss
Calling all wordsmiths and pop culture fiends. After surveying the newest additions to esteemed dictionaries, along with the latest in social media slang and lifestyle trends, Glo rounded up the 19 must-know words of 2012. Stop worrying about your floordrobe, take off your shooties, sit back and prepare for an amazeballs experience that's anything but meh.
/uh-mayz-bahlz/2 of 20
a newfangled way to say amazing; usually used ironically
OMG, the chocolate fountain at that party last night was amazeballs.
/bey-bee-lag/3 of 20
the constant state of exhaustion and near delirium experienced by new parents
We haven't seen Alice since she gave birth. Blame it on baby-lag.
/boif/4 of 20
a boyfriend; popular in the 1990s but only officially recognized by Oxford English Dictionaries in 2012
This is our fifth date, which means he might be my boyf.
/brain-kramp/5 of 20
a temporary state of mental confusion and/or pain; usually used by students and writers
This 30-pager on neurotransmitters is giving me the biggest brain cramp ever.
/furst wurld prob-luhm/6 of 20
trivial annoyances that are exclusively the domain of the privileged; a popular Twitter hashtag since 2009
She's going to spend six weeks on Maui, but all the bungalows at the hotel were booked, so she had to take a suite. Total #FirstWorldProblem.
/flore-jrohb/7 of 20
a storage solution for clothing that requires no drawers, hangers or effort; to create, simply drop clothing on the floor
I so need to clean my room—it has become a total floordrobe.
/frank-in-stawrm/8 of 20
used by news media to describe the convergence of multiple weather systems resulting in one massive storm; associated with Hurricane Sandy
With global warming, there could be more Frankenstorms in our future.
/glamping/9 of 20
like camping, but way fancier, usually involving lavish vintage-inspired trailers and mahogany-trimmed canvas tents
I won't go glamping without my wine and cheese, Egyptian cotton sheets, goose-down duvet and a hand-tufted rug.
/gahy-lahy-ner/10 of 20
like eyeliner, but for dudes
Can somebody please explain to me why Jared Leto feels the need to wear guyliner?
/han-gree/11 of 20
a portmanteau of hungry and angry; so in need of sustenance you begin to feel intense outrage
/man-caiv/12 of 20
an area of a dwelling reserved for males; usually includes a La-Z-Boy recliner, a beer fridge, 70-inch flat screen, and a cabinet overflowing with video games; sometimes called a mantuary or manspace
Where's Doug? Oh, right, in his man cave, as always.
/meh/13 of 20
used to express apathy, indifference, or boredom
Have you met Suzy's new boyfriend? Very meh.
/mom-ee porn/14 of 20
sexually explicit literature, also called erotica, that tends to appeal to women
50 Shades of Grey is the ultimate mommy porn.
/no-mo-foh-bee-uh/15 of 20
the overwhelming fear associated with not having one's cellular or mobile phone
If you can't go a night without your phone, you might have a serious case of nomophobia.
/mwa-ha-ha-ha/16 of 20
used to represent sinister laughter as inspired by dime-store villains
You haven't seen the last of me… mwahahaha!
/pangk/17 of 20
an acronym for "professional aunt no kids"; used by marketing experts to identify a new demographic of women
My sister just had a baby. Guess that makes me a PANK.
/fo-to-bahm/18 of 20
to appear in a photo where you don't belong, whether intentionally or not (but usually intentionally)
Is that thumb man in your picture? He totally photobombed you.
/schway-stid/19 of 20
the ultimate stage in drunkenness; typically one gets buzzed, then drunk, then hammered, then wasted, then schwasted
I got schwasted last night, brah. Be glad I'm alive.
/shoo-tee/20 of 20
a shoe-bootie hybrid that stops at the ankle and resembles something that might have been worn by a 19th-century courtesan
At the spring runway shows, it was all about the shootie.
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The Phillies held their annual ALS Charity Phestival today which was attended by a huge sold-out crowd.
All of the players, coaches and broadcasters were there to sign autographs, mingle with fans and a few took photos with fans as well. The Cole Hamels and Roy Halladay photo booths were very popular. Halladay was especially friendly, signing extra autographs for fans even though the photo came with his signature.
The staff did a great job handling the large crowd and things ran smoothly. It took less than 1/2 an hour for me to get through the Chase Utley line, which was a small miracle. Here is Utley plus Raul Ibanez, Chad Durbin, Jose Contreras, Ross Gload, and the 2009 NL Champs and 2008 World Series Trophy's:
The players were in good spirits and with a little help, I walked out with 21 autographs, plus some nice goodies in the grab bags I bought. In the bags, I wound up with an Ibanez signed hat, a Brad Lidge signed ball, some bobbleheads and a ball signed by the entire broadcasting team. Not too shabby.
I also met some very interesting people, like Bryan, who is a Cole Hamels look-alike. He did eventually get a photo with Cole and hopefully, he will be emailing me a copy so I can share it with everyone. This photo here does not do justice to the resemblence, which is amazing. Every person who walked by him said, "Is that Cole Hamels?" Bryan may be changing his name to "Cole" soon ;0)
Another thing I thought was very nice was seeing ALL of the players there to support the charity, even those on the DL. Players not on the active roster can technically bail out on the event, as some have in years past. But Jimmy Rollins, Brad Lidge, JA Happ and Ryan Madson were all there. Kudos to these guys for their dedication!
By the way, back-up catcher Brian Schneider was also there as he has been taken off the DL and Paul Hoover was designated for assignment.
Here is the full Photo Album from the day. By the way, congratulations to the Philadelphia Flyers! They are on their way to the Stanley Cup finals! Go Philly!
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography
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WOW! How did you get through the lines so fast!!! I waited in Ryan's line for 1 hour 15 minutes! I had just enough time to get Jamie and Roy's booth.
Wasn't Doc a total doll? He patted the guest seat, threw his arm around me and chatted it up. I didn't expect it from Mr. Intense. He was even letting fans sneak in for autographs.
The grab bags were great, I got a authentic Williams jersey! It was a size 52, so I have a Wild Thing dress!
The only bummer is that Dobbs had really aggressive handlers. They turned me away with ten minutes to spare and only 4 fans in line for his booth. I'd never dream of holding them up, but other players stayed right up to 8:00 and after. I'll get my foul ball signed some day…
Sad about Dobbs – some ushers were great, others a bit too intense. And yeah, Halladay was SO nice…I got the same treatment. And he's has the nicest smile…it was a really nice treat to talk to him.
As for the lines, I skipped Howard which made the whole day go quick. I got in the Utley line as soon as the gates opened and then the others went pretty fast after that as I did not need any of the more popular players like Werth & Victorino, who I have like 20 auto's from. My husband got some for me too…always enlist help ;o) Plus, we got into a lot of lines with cash at the end like Durbin, Gload, Francisco, etc…the B-players who looked bored :O) I paid cash for the Halladay booth too as his line dwindled down. It was lots of fun :O)
The Phestivals are always a joy, I haven't hit one in a few years, but it looks as though fun was had by all….
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OK, I'm very jealous of lunastrixae – we *never* get stuff like jerseys in our grab bags. The kids each got bobbleheads, which they were cool with, so when I stopped on our way out, I was hoping for one too. The first bag had a ball in it, and as it wasn't busy by now, I asked the guy if I could make sure it wasn't somebody I'd already gotten at one of the booths. Sure enough, it was signed by Mick Billmeyer, whose line I'd gone through (though I didn't have him sign a ball). The next one was Sam Perlozzo. I said to the guy "Bobbleheads are good" so he got a bag with a box in it for me (Roy Halladay bobble). Got some good pix of the players whose booths I could get to, hope to get a post up tonight or tomorrow.
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Honolulu's three mayoral candidates made their best pitches to a group of 200 or so potential voters Wednesday night.
The future of rail transit on Oahu became the focus of the debate early on, as Mayor Peter Carlisle, and candidates Kirk Caldwell and former governor of Hawaii Ben Cayetano traded verbal jabs.
"The city said rail would create 10,000 jobs and 7,000 during the peak. But a UH study says it will create 2,000 jobs," said Cayetano.
"We get a chance to redesign our city around transit stations so that we can re-create places like Waipahu that used to exist and can exist again," said Caldwell.
"The most important thing about rail is not just the transit system. It's about transit-oriented development. It will change the way we use our lands and create our future and how we build for generations to come," said Carlisle.
The future site of a landfill also sparked some different responses.
"You got lot of people upset in Kailua and Kahuku. You can't have machines make decisions for people," said Caldwell.
"I think Kahuku is an odd choice. The roads are narrow. It's a long drive and those trucks will beat up the roads like crazy," said Cayetano.
"We need to do everything humanly possible to not only get rid of trash, but to stop people from making trash. Let them understand this is their responsibility as well," said Carlisle.
All three candidates agreed on supporting a plastic bag ban, but couldn't agree on whether to hold a live television debate in the future.
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This got me pumped up for the season opener. Great job as always, I loved the exclusive facts for each Knick. LMAO!!!!
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sadly, i agree with the guy at 5:48
wow, this was really something else! talk about a great way to get everyone pumped up for the opener. thanks for sharing!!
this season will start ? east coast will be soon under Sandy metros off planes off so will they temporaily hang? nothing is more imporant than ppl live even money.
Come hell or "HIGH WATER" I'll be watching this game, screw this sandy Bitch...not going to ruin my good times :-P
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That is an awesome thread, thanks to everyone involved! The sheed & Thomas facts had me in tears, I LOLed like i never did haha.
We will win the opener, I now am sure of it.
Defense will give us the win.
As for the youtube video, great effort, man, I really enjoyed it! And i will share it with my twitter followers too.
Overall, a wonderful and fun thread, I truly appreciate the huge effort.
Any word from the NBA? I think the game will be postponed.
I think there's a big chance the game will be posponed. Especially if there is no MTA service on Thursday.


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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
We belong to an Agency that was founded on the simple and extraordinary premise that American prosperity and security can be achieved through human progress. That by ending poverty abroad, we could brighten the future of Americans at home. In the fifty years since USAID was founded, we have seen how human ingenuity and partnership has solved some of our greatest challenges.
According to the World Bank, in 1980, roughly half the population in the developing world lived in extreme poverty; that number is 1 in 5 today. The MDG target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline. Maternal mortality rates have been nearly halved since 1990. The number of children who die before the age of five is half of what it was in 1990. And we are in reach of meeting the MDG target of cutting world hunger in half by 2015.
There has also been a revolution underway in the development world, with a burst of new creative partnerships, bringing government, NGOs and the private sector together in ways that bring new ideas, new technologies, new investment, and greater scale to help solve stubborn problems.
At USAID we have been seized with the challenge of transforming the agency into a modern development enterprise. Under the leadership of USAID Administrator Raj Shah, we have put partnership, technology and innovation at the heart of how we do business. We are renovating systems and increasing our ability to gather evidence and understand results.
The goal of USAID's support to technology in Cambodia is to bring tangible benefits to citizens and effect positive change through improved communications and access to information. I hope that as you participate in the BarCamp, you will consider how you can combine your skills, what you learn here, and emerging technologies to contribute to a brighter future for Cambodia. This is a chance for Cambodia to become, in the words of USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, "a country that believes that dedication and innovation are the only things needed to bridge the gap between the inconceivable and the achievable."
Our experience both here in Vietnam and globally is that a vibrant civil society sector is essential to connecting individuals facing the greatest HIV risks to lifesaving services. Thanks to the critical efforts of many of the civil society organizations represented here today, thousands of people in Vietnam are living happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions, and to say how proud USAID is of its history of support to building the organizational, technical, and advocacy capacity of civil society in Vietnam. With donor support, civil society organizations in Vietnam are increasingly at the forefront of delivering relevant, high-quality, and low-cost HIV services to those who need them most.
This morning, I was reflecting on President Obama's recent visit to South Africa—a visit that so many here were a part of: chance to visit Robben Island, a chance to speak at a state dinner in Pretoria and to meet with so many amazing leaders from South Africa and across the continent. President Obama told us all multiple times that his own personal commitment to a life of service and the fight for justice was born initially out of his efforts to organize students to fight against apartheid and on behalf of President Mandela while he was in school.
In his toast at a state dinner, President Obama described the concept that's so familiar to all of you of "Ubuntu," noting that this is a word that does not translate easily into English but defines the sense that all of humanity is bound together in ways unseen. We don't often have moments of coming together and respecting Ubuntu as we do in this very special moment here today.
I am honored to deliver a lecture named for one of our nation's greatest public servants. With the heart of a teacher and the experience of a soldier, President Sanford challenged his students to transform the world around them.
Through the generations, Duke University has answered that call. From unlocking the secrets of the human genome to uncovering new leads in the search for an AIDS vaccine, Duke researchers and scholars have set their sights on some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
This thirst for translating knowledge into opportunity has shaped our nation's economy—the most technologically advanced, the most innovative, and—still today—the most dynamic in history.
Before talking about closing space, I actually want to begin by talking about opening space; I believe these phenomena are inter-related. And we need to understand that relationship, that dynamic as we think about what we do concerning the backlash. They say that when you join government as a political appointee, you spend down your intellectual capital. Not so in the 21st century. Over nearly three and half years of serving in the Administration, I have been witness to, exposed to and learning about a revolution, and I don't mean the Arab Spring. I mean a revolution in how citizens are using technology to hold government accountable.
As the world has grown more interconnected, this is the new face of development. The days of hiring a contractor to build a road might still be relevant in some parts of Afghanistan, but, in reality, over the long-term, if we are going to end extreme poverty, unnecessary child death and widespread child hunger, we're going to do it by bringing businesses with real supply chains, logistics capabilities, the capacity to invent new technologies and the determination to measure results, and work in partnership, to some of the farthest corners of the globe.
We have come a long way. USAID began supporting HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam in the mid-1990s. USAID and its U.S. Government partner agencies work in collaboration with and through the Government of Vietnam at the national, provincial, and district levels in support of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. USAID supports delivery prevention, care and treatment services, and advocacy for policies that will improve access to and the quality of HIV/AIDS services.
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#208707 - 01/04/13 08:37 AM Re: Cultural values [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Wich made me think:Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8Crows have been known to drop rocks on nuts to crack them.
A man domesticates a crow to be his nut-cracker, that's culture.
A crow who uses a nut-cracker to crack nuts is a cultured crow.
#208708 - 01/04/13 08:37 AM Re: Cultural values [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8Crows have been known to drop rocks on nuts to crack them.
Crows have been known to put nuts under the wheels of cars stopped for red lights to crack them.
#208710 - 01/04/13 09:40 AM Re: Cultural values [Re: maverick]
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I'm a bit late joining this debate - sorry, looking the other way1
FWIW - I go along with Branny and Jackie to a great extent, but would add that the word "culture" has become broadened over the years since Matthew Arnold started the debate in 1867 (Culture and Anarchy Cirnhill Magazine)
It has become very contexturalised and can mean very different things to different people on different occasions. Which, I think, is very similar to Jackie's point.
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#208712 - 01/04/13 11:52 AM Re: Cultural values [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
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One could define "Culture" as a learned responce, as opposed to a genetic responce, to situational conditions, except (at last, my chance to name-drop) E.O. Wilson would disagree. I chatted with "Ed" twice last year and both times he opined that collective ant behavior could best be described as ant Culture.
#208719 - 01/04/13 02:50 PM Re: Cultural values [Re: maverick]
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The ant master of the world chooses his words with care: ' that collective ant behavior could best be described as ant Culture.' He did not say 'ís ant Culture'.
Till now we focussed on the sociological and anthropological part only.
Culture certainly had become a very stretchable word. As Jackie mentioned: each one his own culture, his own value in spite of the general similarities?
To Mavericks original question I still have no answer.
'What does the word culture mean to you?'
All I can say is: "a lot" (which isn't much)
#208721 - 01/04/13 03:00 PM Re: Cultural values [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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The cake is back too! As for the Alt and lowercase L I just took the easy road : 'beg, steal or borrow' :¬ )
Happy birthday!
#208722 - 01/04/13 03:05 PM Re: Cultural values [Re: maverick]
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I often think of cognates and other etymologically-related words when asked to define a term or word. Latin cultus 'worship' is rather neutral WRT connotations, but English cult is pejorative and getting more pejus all the time. Cultus is the past passive participle of Latin colo, colere. 'to care for (someone or something); tend, till'. Thus agriculture (caring for fields) and horticulture (caring for gardens).
I think of culture, in its modern meaning, as the sum total of knowledge things produced by an ethnos, folk, or some other societal group. I don't think of language as culture, but a vehicle for it. (Oh, well; not very original or deep.)_________________________
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Claire Danes Was Red Hot At The Golden Globe Awards Just One Month After Giving Birth
Maybe there's a magic powder that helps some stars whittle down to their pre-baby weight. Maybe it's their genes. Maybe they diet and exercise - a lot. Whatever it is, we want to know the secret!
Claire Danes attended the 2013 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night looking amazing in a crimson dress. Pregnancy definitely agreed with the "Homeland" star, who won "Best Actress in a Drama Series."
Sizzling in a stunning Versace gown, the actress walked the red carpet with her husband and actor Hugh Dancy. The couple welcomed their first child, son Cyrus, on Dec. 17.
Danes admitted to Us magazine that she hadn't lost all the post-baby weight yet, and in the press room after the show she explained: "This is Versace, and they are really masters of illusion. I literally can't go to the bathroom unless I take the entire dress off. So, there [are] some serious things involved here."
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Home List of Titles Fabrication and characterization of plasma-sprayed HA / SiO2 coatings for biomedical application
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- Fabrication and characterization of plasma-sprayed HA / SiO2 coatings for biomedical application
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- Morks, M. F.
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- Fused silica powder has been mixed with hydroxyapatite (HA) powder and plasma sprayed by using gas tunneltype plasma jet. The influence of silica content (10 wt% and 20 wt%) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of HA-silica coatings was investigated. For investigating the microstructure and mechanical properties of HA-silica coatings, SUS 304 stainless steel was used as substrate material. The spraying was carried out on roughened substrate in an atmospheric chamber. Scanning electron microscope micrographs of crosssectioned HA / SiO2 coatings showed that the sprayed HA coatings with 10 and 20 wt% SiO2 have dense structure with low porosity compared to the pure HA coatings. On the other hand, as the amount of silica was increased the coatings became denser, harder and exhibited high abrasive wear resistance. The presence of silica significantly improved the adhesive strength of HA / SiO2 coatings mainly due to the increase in bonding strength of the coating at the interface.
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Neeba is at war with the gods! If Uruk is to finally know peace, he must be defeated - and Jil knows the battle is his to fight. As his brother transforms into a familiar evil, Jil steps up to play the hero!
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Poetry Friday: Facing FutureFriday, November 11th, 2011
Poetry Friday falls on Remembrance Day here in Canada when we remember fallen soldiers of the past. Every year the fifth and sixth graders of my daughter's school are asked to participate in the Remembrance Day Assembly by singing a song and this year's class song choice was Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's haunting fusion-rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World. Many of you have probably heard the song, but may not know much about the singer unless you're Hawaiian. The song became a big hit when it was released in 1993 and catapulted a little known full-time Hawaiian musician to international fame.
On the liner notes to the CD Facing Future featuring Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World is a short poem from which the title of the album gets its name. I won't quote the whole poem here which is in part about Hawaiian nationalism, but the essence of it is contained in these last two lines:
Remember the past but do not dwell there
Face the future where all our hopes stand.
Remembrance Day ceremonies give us the chance to remember the past so that we might 'face future' as Bruddah Iz would have it, with hope. As one coming from a people and a land conquered by white colonialists, Israel's words ring with a particular poignancy on the matter. As we remember the fallen dead on this day, it's good also to remember those who fell or were felled before the formation of our nation states — namely the aboriginal people of the countries we live in.
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INGREDIENTS:(can be easily scaled up) ¾ cup garlic cloves, peeled, whole (about 2 large heads) 1 cup olive oil, preferably extra-virgin salt to taste 3 limes 2 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, seeded and cut into thin strips 2 lbs. medium-large shrimp, peeled 3 Tbsps. fresh cilantro or parsley, choppedDIRECTIONS:1. Chop garlic into 1/8 inch bits. Scoop into a saucepan, measure in the oil and ½ tsp. salt, and set over medium-low heat. Stir occasionally as the mixture comes barely to a simmer. ...
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Sophomore Sunny Greinacher scored a career-high 16 points and the Gonzaga University women's basketball team beat Eastern Washington University 65-50 on Tuesday evening to improve to 7-2 on the season.
Junior Haiden Palmer added 12 points for Gonzaga and sophomore Keani Albanez came off the bench to chip in eight.
Lexi Nelson led Eastern Washington (2-5) with 19 points. Aubrey Ashenfelter had 13.
Gonzaga, coming off a dismal shooting performance against Stanford University Sunday where it shot just 25.4 percent (17-of-67), improved slightly Tuesday, sinking 38.2 percent (26-of-68) from the floor, including 47.1 percent (16-of-34) in the first half.
The 15-point victory was important for the Bulldogs as they were looking to rebound from their tough 69-41 setback to the Cardinal just two days ago.
"I'm really proud of the way we bounced back," stated head coach Kelly Graves after the game. "Defensively tonight we did a really good job and I loved our energy."
Gonzaga hit three of its first six shots to run out to a 6-0 advantage and went on to hold a 16-9 edge at the 12:00 minute mark mostly on the play of its posts.
Redshirt freshman Shelby Cheslek, Greinacher and junior Stephanie Golden combined for 10 of the Zags first 16 points.
"We go the ball inside and we haven't been doing a very good job of that lately, but tonight our high-low was working," explained Graves whose posts all-together scored 35 of the Bulldogs 65 points. "We have to have an inside presence from somebody or someone's or we aren't going to go very far."
Eastern Washington cut Gonzaga lead to 20-16 at 10:07 on 7-consecutive points by Ashenfelter.
A quick 8-0 run had the Bulldogs up by 12 with 7:54 to play. Greinacher began the run with a jumper, followed by layups by freshman Kiara Kurdon, Palmer and Albanez.
Gonzaga led 34-22 at halftime behind 11 points from Greinacher, who made 5-of-6 field goal attempts and 10 points from Palmer.
Eastern Washington cut Gonzaga's lead to eight points twice in the first eight minutes of the second half, the final time coming at 43-35 after a jumper by Nelson.
After Nelson's jumper, the Bulldogs strung together a 10-0 run to grab a 52-35 edge and ultimately a 14-2 spurt to earn their largest lead of the game at 19 points with 5:30 to play. Two free throws by Cheslek garnered the Zags the 56-37 advantage.
The closest the Eagles got down the stretch was 13 points with 59 ticks remaining in the game.
All 14 players saw action for Gonzaga, with 10 playing 10 or more minutes.
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Skip to comments.Beam me up, sporty! UFO spotted among fireworks at Olympics opening ceremony
Posted on 07/30/2012 12:46:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As fireworks lit up the heavens above the Olympics opening ceremony, watched by around a billion people, something else was seen among the whizz-bangs in the night sky... a UFO. It may have ticked all the cliche boxes - saucer-shaped, bulge in the middle, metallic - but no one has yet stepped forward to explain the slow-moving object.
The incident came right at the close of last Friday's spectacular at the Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London at around 12.30am. And it was just as Nick Pope, one of the UKs top UFO experts, predicted only weeks ago - that mass summer events would be a prime time for crafts from other worlds to present themselves to mankind.
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Blimey, Ben. That was just a USA drone looking for dangerous terrorists.
Probably a NHS drone.
The Earth is being terra-mined, yaknow.. or so one spacy theory goes... and there is lots of Gold Medals in the Tower of London's vault for the Olympicsright about now ;-] .
Not only that: if this was real why don't they land right there and say hello....
As always... blurry
The aliens have already stolen the gold from the inside of the medals and replaced it with silver.
Aliens didn't build that UFO.
I've seen him posted here multiple times...who is that?
That was the Queen's & James Bond's helicopter.
It was TOP GEAR launching that car shuttle again.
Giorgio Tsoukalos, the "Ancient Aliens" guy. With the hair.
Ancient Aliens is a series of image macros based on History Channels TV series with the same name starring alien expert Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, who often tends to explain inexplicable phenomena as the direct result of aliens or extraterrestrials being on Earth. In a somewhat similar fashion to Bill OReillys You Cant Explain That series, the Ancient Aliens macros exaggerate Tsoukalos beliefs to such an extent that they become humourous.
The still shot of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos originated from the History Channel series Ancient Aliens[1], a documentary series that explores the possibility that aliens may have visited in the past. The program is directed and produced by Giorgio A. Tsoukalos and first aired on April 20th, 2010.
Giorgio A. Tsoukaloss unworldly appearance and predictable resort to aliens in explaining various mysteries of human civilization caught many peoples attention in the audience. As early as in November 2010, his alien repertoire became a popular subject of lulzy mockeries when it reached 4chans /b/ (random) board[3], spawning a steady stream of images centered around an exploitable screenshot of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos from the TV series.
NBC was probably taking a commercial break and we missed it here, across the pond.
Obviously, it was a weather balloon reflecting light from the planet Venus off of a cloud of swamp gas.
"So why are they showing up at the Olympics?"
Because I'm not the only person in the universe who likes Daniel Craig!
Thanks. I've never seen the show. Is it ironic that the original air date is 4/20? 4/20 being the international day of massive weed smoking. He looks like he may partake in the enjoyment of bong hits.
Look closely. Appears to be a blimp.
I like him as Bond and in Layer Cake. I think you might like him in a different way than me though.
You might be right! (-:
As you can see, they have the place surrounded. They're just waiting for the right moment to turn on their heat rays.
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Nov 11/04
Its no surprise to anybody lining up to grab a coffee between classes that Laurier once again has more students than at any time in its history.
This years official November 1 count the numbers used for government funding shows us with about 10,322 full-time undergraduates (including about 975 at the Brantford campus), up from 9,569 last year and 8,155 in 2002. Lauriers enrolment has doubled in a decade; in 1994 the university had 5,026 full-time undergraduates.
Dr. John Metcalfe, Lauriers registrar, says provincial data shows total student enrolment should peak in 2005 then begin to tail off. The decline will only be of about two years duration, however. Then enrolment picks up again, primarily due to greater university participation rates and doesnt look back the graph he consults ends in 2015, with no dips in the projected enrolment.
In addition to the full-time undergraduates, Laurier has 1,789 part-time and distance education undergraduates (another 2,000 full-time students also take distance education courses), plus 506 full-time and 445 part-time graduate students. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary has 36 full-time graduate students and 52 part-timers.
Our first-year undergraduate class this year consists of 3,073 students, compared to 3,603 on Nov. 1 last year, which was the double cohort year. Gender-wise, the first-year class is 40 percent male and 60 percent female. The undergraduate body overall is 39 percent male and 61 percent female. Women are the majority in arts, science and music, and are a slight minority in business (49 percent) and a significant minority in economics (32 percent).
Arts is particularly strong this year, with 1,732 first-year students. In 2003, the double cohort year, Arts had 1,525 first-year students.
We have increased numbers, but we can still guarantee that every student gets into a required first-year class, says Arts dean Dr. Robert Campbell.
While the entire Faculty of Arts is growing (and comprises half of all Laurier Waterloo students), growth is particularly strong in Communication Studies and Sociology, which now has more than 700 majors.
The undergraduate business programs first-year class has 529 new students, the Faculty of Science has 588 new students, and the Faculty of Music has 66 new students.
Brantford continues to do well, with the concurrent BA/BEd program attracting 118 students, the brand new Criminology program attracting almost double its target of 75, and Contemporary Studies and Organizational Leadership meeting or exceeding targets.
The overall number of full-time graduate students has risen marginally (to 542 from 528, including the seminary). All our programs are strong, says dean of graduate studies Dr. Adele Reinhartz.
Part-time enrolment in masters programs is holding steady and there is particular strength in our doctoral programs.
Reinhartz says Laurier will be positioned to accept the graduate enrolments expected as the double cohort works its way through. New masters programs in mathematics for finance and science, and health and physical activity, are in the works, and word is expected soon on a new doctoral program in management.
Meanwhile, Dr. Sue Horton, vice-president: academic, is working on the universitys Century Plan to cover the years 2006- 2011, the centenary of the founding of Lauriers predecessor, the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada [now Waterloo Lutheran Seminary] in 1911). The new plan for the university will fit in with the Century Campaign (a very ambitious fundraising campaign) which will begin to see quiet life this year, says Rosehart.
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A Tennessee man got a lot more than a penny for his thoughts after calling 911 to report he was overcharged for his beer.
Danny Smith, 51, bought a Heineken at a store in Memphis on Monday, but felt the clerk overcharged him by a penny, The Commercial Appeal reported.
The clerk refused to give him the 1 cent he felt he was owed, so Smith called 911 -- not once, but twice.
Then, police say, he called the non-emergency number to complain about police not helping him with his complaint.
Smith was later arrested on charges of using 911 to make non-emergency calls.
He was released from jail on a $250 bond.
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During North Central's spring break, nearly 80 students and staff members traveled across the country and around the world to serve others. The Office of Ministry and Service coordinated eight separate trips, including four to Habitat for Humanity sites. An adventuresome group of 10 headed all the way to Bogota, Colombia, where they visited schools and worked alongside a family that runs an outreach ministry through a local church. The trip introduced students to Colombian culture in surprising ways.
"I think for all of us our perceptions of Colombia as a country of cocaine, coffee and violence were totally shattered," says Chad Comello '10. "Every person we met was so gracious and welcoming."
Students worked hard during their week-long stay. They replaced an old patio floor and painted walls at the church, prepared arts and crafts for children during the Easter week Vacation Bible School, and traveled to a mountainous town where they designed and painted a mural on a school playground. While there, they met children in an after-school program where they played games and helped with homework. "The kids were so excited just to be around us and talk to us. They were so appreciative and treated us like celebrities," says Mallory Blanchard '10.
They also brought funds they had raised at North Central to help repair playground equipment. In addition, extra suitcases were full of toys, including soccer balls, coloring books, chalk, Slinkies and jewelry to give to children in an orphanage where they served.
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Shoko is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack, and Rin rushes into the chaos atop Fuego. Her daring rescue attempt appears doomed when she's cornered by armed soldiers - until a mysterious savior appears.
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Appreciating the solsticeDecember 23,2013
An early dump of glistening snow finds me making my way through the woods on snowshoes, ecstatic to be out here, earlier by a month than the previous several winters. Over a foot seems to absorb sound the way the slate gray, late autumn hillsides of several weeks ago devoured light. A pickup sticks version of the past years storm damage and blowdowns creates a maze I delicately negotiate, slowly making my way through tangles of branches, invisible under the fresh snow.
Vivid, elongated shadows streak the bronze-tinted snow as the afternoon sun peeks momentarily over my shoulder before disappearing for good behind the trees this darkest week of the year. I realize the familiarity of the forest where we live changes dramatically depending on time of day, season and weather conditions, different memories highlighting each visit and now with the day already beginning to fade at 3 p.m. the revitalizing solitude feels ancient.
The end-of-year insanity has simply fallen into the same mundane obliviousness with which we seem to experience everything in the post-industrial age. Modern holidays seem like nothing new. Contemporary culture has its yuletide infused all day, every day for months, not unlike a morphine drip, frequently with the same numbing effect.
As I plod on, tight groves of evergreens sparkle, exotic gems reflecting off their snow laden branches in the dwindling light. Is this what Martin Luther saw in that Bavarian forest in 1500? Maybe it was starlight or moonbeams that prompted him to balance lighted candles on pine boughs celebrating the season, or so the story goes.
I wonder, as I head toward home, if the Druids were afraid the sun would soon be gone forever in the 18th century or if they noticed the almost imperceptible lengthening of the day. These Wood Priests of Great Britain also used holly and mistletoe to celebrate eternal life and evergreen branches over their doors to ward off evil spirits.
Solstice marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere, the darkest day of the year. Coupled with Vermonts paltry number of sunny days, our tendencies run toward eating like we just got out of prison and sleeping like a black bear. It is as easy to understand the history of myriad cultures celebrating the returning light this time of year as it is to put on a couple of extra pounds.
Although the sun has set, thanks to the reflective snow, dusk lengthens enough for me to easily make my way through the overgrown meadow, toward the illumination and woodsmoke in the distance. I dont know if the tree we dragged out of these same woods several days earlier, now festooned with several strings of twinkling, white lights, was a subconscious effort toward protecting us from evil spirits, but despite my best, curmudgeonly efforts at cynicism, I feel a bit merry.
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We've been giving my 8.5 month old pureed vegetables and fruits for a little over 2 months. About a week ago, I gave her pureed turkey. I've also been giving her pieces of avocado and banana for her to feed herself. She won't chew any of it. She has 4 teeth already, if that's relevant. With the turkey, it had to be mixed with enough breastmilk that she could just swallow it, otherwise she'd gag. With the avocado and banana, she ends up swallowing the pieces whole, and we find them in her diaper the next day.
Shouldn't she be practicing chewing at her age? Is it a problem that she isn't? She also hasn't taken an interest in our food. She'd be content just sitting there watching us eat and not having any solids at all. Could this be why she isn't chewing? She likes some of the pureed veggies and the turkey; she doesn't like the fruits so far.
I'd appreciate any thoughts or ideas.