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Speaking of political economy, this was the last picture I took before leaving the US. San Francisco, 9/27, just as Congress and the Bush Administration were trying to close a deal to bail out America's troubled banking sector.
Posted on Valencia Street, adjacent to a store I'd gone to at the last minute to buy discounted Brazilian espresso, its unclear whether this is a Shepard Fairey print, or one inspired by him. I should have examined it a little more closely.


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A runaway hit in London, this two-time Tony Award winner and 2007 Olivier Award for Best Comedy features four actors taking on over 140 roles. Mix an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of vintage Monty Python and you have "The 39 Steps," a hysterical whodunit, part espionage thriller and part slapstick comedy adapted for the stage from the famous film and novel. For tickets, check http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/ or call (540) 568-7000.
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What is Compassion International all about?
Well, first and foremost, we're about Jesus. We are Christ centered. We "release children from poverty in Jesus' name." We work through the local church, and we work in response to the Great Commission.
We demonstrate what we're about in how we behave — what we do and how we do it.
We're child focused. We develop children. Each child we serve is ministered to personally, and each church partner we work with tailors its programs to meet the specific needs of the children in its community. We help children in poverty become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. We give them an opportunity to succeed.
Sometimes meeting a child's needs begins in the womb with a mother. And sometimes meeting a child's needs means helping his or her whole community.
As we do this, we refute the lie of poverty and are that much closer to eliminating extreme poverty altogether.
But how we go about fighting extreme poverty contrasts with how other organizations work toward the same goal. We fight poverty personally, while many organizations fight it communally.
I don't mean that other organizations aren't personally invested or committed to eliminating extreme poverty. I mean that a child-focused, child development approach to fighting poverty is distinctly different from a broader, community development approach.
I believe that community development is important work, and I suspect that everyone at Compassion would agree it's important.
At Compassion, we don't agree that community development is the best approach to eliminating extreme poverty because over the years we've learned that changed circumstances rarely change people's lives and changed people inevitably change their circumstances.
So, which method do you think is more effective?
What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each? Do the two methods complement one another or work against one another?
And if you had complete control over limited resources to use in the fight against poverty, how would you approach it? Would you focus on children, on communities or something else?
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Posted on February 06, 2014
Grand Valley State University President Thomas J. Haas sent a message to the campus community February 6:
Gov. Snyder's budget message this week contains the best news for higher education in more than a decade. His proposal to add nearly $80 million to public university budgets marks a welcome reinvestment in our state's college students. By making higher education a top budget priority, the governor's message is clear: access and affordability are keys to a college degree, and retention of our graduates will sustain and enhance our state's prosperity.
At Grand Valley State University, we can take particular pride in the governor's acknowledgement of our high quality and return on the investment that our state and our students make. Grand Valley's superior retention and graduation rates, our commitment to important programs in science, engineering, technology, mathematics and health, along with our efficiencies, translate into additional performance funding. A strong university helps provide predictability to our students and stability to the communities that host our campuses.
Of course, we are at the beginning of the budget process; the state Senate and House of Representatives will now consider the governor's recommendation, deliberate, and produce a final result, probably in June. I encourage each of you to remain informed as debate commences. There are many other priorities in front of the Legislature and it is important that we do our part to keep higher education front and center among them.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Obito is like an older evil Naruto and Madara is like an older evil-er Sasuke.
I think the K11 and Taka will meet up at the same battlefield with Naruto.
yeah, it would be the best 2 vs 2 in the whole series.
that would be epic
That would be amazing.
Funny Madara isn't "Evil" he just wants to get his plan done.
I never saw that this way before. This needs to happen, sadly the Konoha 11 or Oro or Bee or SOMEBODY would have to be there to make sure they don't die in the first few seconds.
I don't want that. Naruto and Sasuke are rivals with conflicting ideals. After Sasuke's fight with Danzo he is confronted by Naruto, they basically agree if they fight both of them will die. I don't know, just seems to happy for me as a ending, now that Sasuke has said multiple times he wants to destroy the leaf.
yaaah...that would never happen )
naruto will just tell the 11 to stay out of the way like he did with pain and sasuke would only get in the way or killed
Kakashi and Gai are broke, but Tsunade could probably restore them. Maybe with Kakashi, Gai, Naruto, and all 5 Kage they could still put up a fight. This isn't the last fight of the series though if Sasuke isn't involved.
It just to epic if Madara is there that mean the 5 kages failed. Kakashi and guy look tired and out of there league at the moment. The only way this can end is for Sasuke and Naruto to team up for one last go all out war. This has the potential to be the greatest fight ever in the manga series can't wait.
Right now the only people who could possibly have the chance against Obito and Madara are Sasuke and Naruto and that fight would be pretty epic. I hope Kishi does it that way.
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Right now the only people who could possibly have the chance against Obito and Madara are Sasuke and Naruto and that fight would be pretty epic. I hope Kishi does it that way.
Yeah it's the only way I can see this thing going. Naruto can't solo Madara and Obito alone. And Guy is out of his league while Kakashi looks like he's ready for a nap lol. If sasuke was to join Madara and Obito it wold be over. What the question is now is who is Sasuke and Oro going to see to find the truth?
I could see Naruto & Sasuke teaming up. Sasuke would have to get something out of it though. He might show up and want to beat some information out of Madara or Obito. Or... he could take the, no one is going to lay the smack down on Naruto except for me, angle.
I could see that happen but I think Oro will take Sasuke to find his truth will naruto gets a uchiha beat down for a few chapters then a Sasuke and naruto free for all with happen lol major team 7 best down lol
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Gene R. OConnor, 82, of Rutland, died Saturday morning, March 2, 2013, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, following a brief illness.
He was born on November 20, 1930, in Picture Rocks, Pa., the son of Howard and Florence (Fenstamaker) OConnor.
Mr. OConnor graduated from the Hughesville (Pa.) High School.
He married Arlene Miller on November 17, 1956.
Mr. OConnor enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951. He served in the Korean War as a tank commander and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service. He served in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star with an Oak leaf cluster and two Air Service medals for his service. The Army stationed Mr. OConnor in Butzbach, Germany, for several years and in 1968, he was stationed in Rutland, assigned as an advisor to the National Guard until he retired in 1980 as Command Sergeant Major.
He was a member of the Rutland United Methodist Church and the American Legion Post #31 in Rutland.
Mr. OConnor enjoyed hunting, fishing and golf.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene OConnor of Rutland; a daughter, Glenda of Chittenden; a son, Chris of Rutland; a daughter-in-law, Terry; son-in-law, Scott; three grandchildren, Christopher, Gregory and Katelyn; several nieces and nephews.
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Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law presents the 35th annual Law Review Symposium in the College of Law's Moot Court Room on Monday, March 26. The symposium is titled "Perspectives and Distinctions on the Future of Legal Education."
The symposium will feature five scheduled presenters: Larry Kramer, dean of the Stanford Law School; Gregory Mark, dean of DePaul University College of Law; Renee Knake, associate professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law; Robert Reis, professor of law at the University at Buffalo Law School; and Jerome Organ, professor of law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Kramer will present "Reforming Legal Education: A View from the Dean's Office." Kramer joined Stanford in 2004 as professor of law and dean. Throughout his term, he has aided significant educational reforms, including dramatically expanding joint degree programs, enlarging the clinical education program to promote reflective lawyering, adding public service ethos to programs and building the international law program. In addition to teaching and serving as dean, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Law Institute. In December 2008, Equal Justice Works named Kramer to its Board of Directors. He has appointments (by courtesy) with the Stanford University Department of History and with the Graduate School of Business.
Mark will speak on "The Perspective of Time: Some Observations on the Relationship of Legal Education and Practice in the Past Century." Prior to becoming dean of DePaul University College of Law in July 2011, Mark served as vice dean, professor of law, center director and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar at Rutgers University School of Law. Previously, he served as an assistant professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and a visiting faculty member at Chicago-Kent College. Prior to his academic career, Mark served as associate counsel for the office of Independent Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair. Through this role, he assisted in developing a case against a former high-ranking official of the CIA, leading a project on foreign intelligence and national security concerns.
Knake will present "Educating an Entrepreneurial Lawyer." Knake's interests are with the law and ethics of lawyering, the legal profession, constitutional law, gender, and law in literature and culture, topics that she speaks on nationally and internationally. She is co-founder and co-director of the MSU 21st Century Law Practice Summer Program in London. This program is in response to the pressures that legal education and law practice face by preparing students to think broadly about future delivery of legal representation, exposing them to different delivery models, experience and a comprehensive understanding of the market for legal services. Prior to her academic career, Knake worked at Mayer, Brown (Ill.) and Hunton & Williams (Virginia) where she specialized in commercial litigation, telecommunications and labor/employment law. Knake previously served as the assistant city attorney for Charlottesville, Va.
Reis will present "Legal Education: A Perspective." He focuses his current research on law and technology, with an emphasis on the impact of technology on economic, legal and social structures. Reis is the former director of the University at Buffalo Law School's Government Law Program, expanding it to include municipal law, state and local government and taxation, education law, environmental law, and law and technology. Reis is the former director of the New York State Sea Grant Law Program and participated as an administrative hearing officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and as an alternative dispute resolution officer in technology-based controversies.
Organ will present "Legal Education and the Legal Profession: Convergence or Divergence?" Organ began his career clerking for Justice William G. Callow of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and later entered private practice. He began his academic career with the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, where he earned the Gold Chalk Award. At the University of St. Thomas School of Law, Organ served as associate dean of academic affairs and received the Mission Award for Professional Preparation and the Dean's Award for Teaching. He currently is the associate director of the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions.
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Also in EJB 2:
Unlocking the True Power of Entity EJBs
Stateful Session EJBs: Beasts of Burden
EJB 2 and J2EE Packaging, Part II
With little fanfare, Sun released the second public final draft of the EJB 2.0 specification last week. Even though the specification is in the final stages before acceptance, this update contains extensive changes. Application server vendors and developers who have been unhappy with a proposed implementation of dependent objects have pushed for changes. Some background information on these issues can be found in my earlier articles
Most of the significant changes in this latest revision involve the removal of dependent objects and the introduction of local interfaces. This article will discuss local interfaces, their proposed implementation, and issues that developers may expect to encounter when dealing with this technology.
As everyone knows, session and entity beans have had home and remote interfaces, where business operations are defined. The latest EJB specification introduces the possibility of having local home and local interfaces in addition to the existing remote home and remote interfaces. Developers should be aware that remote interfaces have been renamed to "component" interfaces in the latest, public, final draft. The rest of this article will continue to use "remote" interfaces for simplicity.
The specification now separates clients that access an EJB into two types:
As a result of this distinction, it makes sense to expect local clients to have optimized access to an EJB's operations as opposed to remote clients that are required to use RMI semantics.
The EJB specification defines just that.
Local clients that access the local home or local interface of an EJB are granted optimized access by bypassing RMI semantics in favor of direct method invocation (using pass by reference). Local interfaces provide an appealing new aspect to developers. Methods invoked on a local home or local interface of an EJB will only be invoked using pass by reference semantics. Essentially, it's nothing more than a method invocation on a local Java object.
Writing local home and local interfaces is very similar to writing remote and remote home interfaces. Generally, they follow the same rules with a few exceptions:
EJBLocalHome instead of
EJBLocalObject instead of
In the first public final draft of the EJB 2.0 specification, dependent objects were the proposed mechanism for adding finer-grained access to entity EJBs. For example, a Person entity EJB describing all the personal information of a human being might be a coarse-grained object accessed directly by a presentation layer. The Person entity EJB may want to have a reference to a fine-grained Address persistent object. The bean developer will want to maintain a separation between the Person EJB and the Address persistent object that it references. In the previous public final draft specification, there were two ways to implement this using CMP.
First, create Person and Address as CMP entity EJBs that participate in a relationship. This would require Address to be a coarse-grained persistent object that is accessible to all objects in the system via RMI. The Person EJB would not have optimized access to the Address bean since it must use RMI semantics.
Second, create Person as a CMP entity EJB and create Address as a dependent object that participates in a relationship with Person. The Address dependent object would be accessible by local method invocations but has a different implementation technique than entity EJBs.
Entity EJBs have always been considered coarse-grained persistence objects due to a variety of factors. In the first place, the only portable technique that could be used to access an entity EJB was an RMI invocation. Second, every method invocation had request-level interception that added security, persistence, and transaction overhead that may or may not be necessary. And, third, the the 1.1 CMP model of entity EJBs that mapped attributes of the bean class to persistent fields made it extremely difficult to perform optimized data access techniques. These techniques include partial field loading, optimized writes of modified fields, and lazy loading of fields. Since it was impossible for a container to determine which fields were being accessed on any given method invocation, most containers had to treat the persistent fields of the bean as a holistic group as opposed to multiple groups of fields that can be managed separately.
It was well understood by the development community that a mechanism to provide fine-grained, local access to persistent objects was needed. The dependent object implementation ultimately fell into unfavorable status because of its awkward implementation style.
Enter local interfaces. The specification authors wanted to come up with a mechanism that allowed developers to create entity EJBs that are coarse-grained and fine-grained. By adding an additional interface to an entity EJB, developers would not have to change the techniques which they've already mastered. Local interfaces allow developers to take existing entity EJBs and quickly separate the way in which the bean is accessed by placing different operations into the remote or local interfaces. Local interfaces provide all sorts of benefits and headaches that are discussed below.
If the specification authors wanted to allow methods to be accessible remotely and locally, why didn't they just include a deployment descriptor tag that allows the bean developer or deployer to specify how any given method should be invoked? This was debated heatedly, and there are several reasons for creating separate remote and local interfaces, as opposed to allowing a container to optimize access to certain methods of a remote interface:
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There are several interesting doors that open as a result of developers having local interfaces in their toolset. Developers can pass non-serializable arguments into a local method on an EJB. Most notably, Java reflection classes generally are not serializable and cannot be passed as an input parameter to a remote method. With local methods, however, an EJB can take advantage of reflection semantics. A similar argument can be made for other objects that are not serializable.
Also, local interfaces make EJBs location dependent. The local view of an EJB can only be from those objects that are collocated on the same server. This provides an issue for application server vendors that will have to restrict the visibility of local home interfaces.
Clients and EJBs have to be prepared to assume that the state of any object that is passed as an input parameter to a local method can be changed. Since local methods make use of pass by reference semantics, input parameters are not decoupled between clients and EJBs. It is expected that clients and EJBs can be coded to expect pass by reference semantics.
CMP entity EJBs that participate in a relationship can only make use of the local interfaces of other entity EJBs that are participating in the relationship. Each entity bean that is participating in a relationship can have a remote interface, but the view that an entity bean presents to other beans in a relationship is only exposed in the local interface. This will allow beans participating in a relationship to have optimized access to each other's methods by bypassing method permission checking that will be invoked for every RMI invocation.
RemoteException objects cannot be propagated to EJB
clients that use a local interface. As a result, for system
exceptions that are generally propagated to a container, wrapped into
RemoteException, and propagated back to a client, the
specification has made special concessions for propagating system
exceptions directly to a client.
For example, if a client attempts to invoke a remote method without
a transaction context when one is required, the client will receive a
javax.transaction.TransactionRequiredException. This
exception inherits from
RemoteException and cannot be
used for local clients that invoke a local method that requires a
transaction context. The EJB specification has introduced a variety of new exceptions that extend
javax.ejb.EJBException to
get around this limitation. These exceptions are
TransactionRequiredLocalException, and
TransactionRolledBackLocalException. The important point
here is that since system exceptions such as
do not have to be included in the signature of methods in the local
interface, local clients will have to be coded to expect to receive
system exceptions at runtime. This ambiguity does not exist with
remote clients since compilers can enforce proper exception handling
at compile time since
RemoteException is declared in
every remote method.
EJB specification has introduced a variety of new exceptions that extend
Since local interfaces provide optimized access to an EJB, entity EJBs that participate in a relationship must do so through their local views. An argument could be made whether an entity EJB should even have a remote interface. Almost every major EJB deployment uses entity EJBs, in which a session EJB façade layer is typically used to abstract away business logic, business process management, and business rules from the data abstraction layer of entity EJBs. Effectively, this business abstraction layer provides the remote business view of the system. And since session EJBs are almost always collocated on the same server with the entity EJBs that they are using, it doesn't make a lot of sense to force the business layer session EJBs to access entity EJBs through their remote interfaces.
In fact, if a session bean only accesses an entity EJB, what methods would have to be exposed in the remote interface? The only situation where an entity EJB would need to expose methods as part of its remote interface would be when the session EJB façade and the entity EJB data abstraction layer are not collocated on the same virtual machine (perhaps they reside in different clusters for availability purposes) or if a remote Java client needed to access an entity EJB directly. One might object that any design that proposed a Java client accessing an entity EJB directly could be redesigned to have the Java client access a session EJB that in turn uses the local view of the underlying entity EJB.
The creation of local interfaces is sure to spark additional debate among developers and application server vendors. Additionally, for those developers that are about to go into production with an application server that supports a pre-release version of EJB 2.0, those developers will likely have to address the semantic changes in the new version of the specification. Developers will not likely be faced with a redesign but could be impacted with a re-implementation of certain Java files and deployment descriptors.
Local interfaces are a step in the right direction, however, and will provide developers with a better infrastructure than available with EJB 1.1. Once the EJB specification is officially released in the next couple of months, a close look will be given to those early adopters that choose to use the EJB 2.0 model. It's almost a guarantee that their successes will be more prolific than those with EJB 1.1.
Tyler Jewell , Director, Technical Evangelism, BEA Systems Tyler oversees BEA's technology evangelism efforts that are focused on driving early adoption of strategic BEA technologies into the ISV and developer community.
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Even as a child growing up in Kuwait, Western Michigan University senior and Lee Honors College student Jolica Dias loved to use her mind and her hands to design.
Back then, Dias created art. Today, the electrical engineering student focuses on learning to create machines and systems. She chose to learn her craft at WMU, drawn by the reputation of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and by the recommendations of alumni in Kuwait.
Honed at WMU, Dias's technical talent has already earned her accolades and inspired her to conduct independent research. She was part of the four-person team that brought WMU its second straight victory in the Stryker Engineering Challenge.
Students were to build a machine—in less than a day—that could play a mini golf course. They created an arm operated by electrical motors that delivered golf balls to their targets. It was an "elegant" solution to the assignment, Stryker employees observed of the WMU team's design.
"It was fun to come up with something from scratch that nobody helped you design, using prior knowledge. We actually combined the electrical and mechanical engineering fields to build this machine," says Dias, a member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honors society.
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Blades Begin Season With A Pair of Games Against Augustana (IL)
October 8, 2013
On Friday and Saturday (October 11 and 12), the Dordt College Blades will take to the ice for the first time this season when they travel to Davenport, Iowa to take on Augustana (IL). The Blades, now a full member of the MACHA conference, will face the Vikings in a non-conference game, as Augustana is in their probationary year of play.
John Langeraap will be behind the bench again this year, but in a new role, as he takes on the head coaching duties for the Blades after serving as an assistant the last four seasons. Joining him, as an assistant coach, will be Jon Gesink, a recent graduate of Dordt College. "Gesink brings with him five seasons of playing experience for the Blades, with two trips to the ACHA National Tournament. He knows what it takes to play at the level to get to Nationals and brings that passion with him in his transition from player to coach," remarked Langeraap.
Langeraap looks to get major contributions from senior netminder Riley Braun and forwards Eric Huitsing and Nic Enerson: "Braun returns as starting goalie again this season. He started every game last season and is a force in the net, stopping more shots than most goalies in the league. Riley is a leader both on and off the ice and is one of the team captains this season.
We will be looking for senior Eric Huitsing and junior Nic Enerson to lead the team offensively. They are both captains and leaders of their lines for setting up plays and making scoring opportunities." Braun, a native of Altona, Manitoba, played 1248 minutes in goal for the Blades last season, finishing the year with a .882 save percentage and one shut-out. Huitsing (Edmonton, Alberta) led the Blades in scoring last season with nine goals and nine assists. Enerson (Byron, Minnesota) ended last season with seven goals and two assists.
Key newcomers for the Blades include Ross Van Gaalen, a netminder from Sioux Center that will get the nod in the season opener against Augustana. Noted Langeraap, "I coached Ross when he played youth hockey and from what we've seen at preseason practices, I have confidence that Ross will challenge Riley for time between the pipes. Levi Minderhoud (Mission, British Columbia) and Preston Crich (Lucknow, Ontario) are two freshman forwards to watch this season. They both have good hockey sense, are aggressive and don't mind mixing it up on the boards. Freshman blueliners, Alex Ten Napel (Sioux Center, Iowa), Andrew Koetsier (Listowel, Ontario) and Lucas Koomans (Emo, Ontario) add a lot of depth to our defense. All three guys are good puck movers that stay calm and think when under pressure. Ten Napel is a force in the corners and in front of the net and Koetsier and Koomans can go end to end adding another dimension to our offense."
"We have more overall depth on the bench this season then the past few. We have solid defense and goalkeeping. Our trouble, in past seasons, was putting the puck in the back of the net, but with the depth of our forward lines and help from our defense, we will create more scoring opportunities, we just have to make sure to capitalize on those opportunities. We play in a very competitive conference, with all ranked teams from last season and it includes last season's Silver Division Champion (Wisconsin-Platteville). Our non-conference games are equally tough with mostly ranked and top competitive teams to round out or schedule. I look forward to seeing our guys complete and another great season of hockey," remarked Langeraap.
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Sylva family bakery has a Cuban twist as stalwart CatamountsWritten by Quintin Ellison
With its obvious Cuban influences ŌĆö the combination of guava and cream cheese, or even mango and cream cheese ŌĆö MindyŌĆÖs Bakery in Sylva is clearly not your typical mountain bakery.
But thatŌĆÖs not all that sets this small bakery apart: the five family members directly involved have graduated from or are currently enrolled at Western Carolina University. This family, who lives in Waynesville, is literally working its way through school one pastry at a time.
Raul and Mindy Guillama are the patriarch and matriarch of this family. They have three sons, Raul, Andre and Sebastian, who jumpstarted the familyŌĆÖs WCU train.
Andre and Sebastian have both graduated from WCU with degrees in construction management and finance, respectively. Young Raul is getting a degree in marketing, his father is getting an accounting degree and his mother is getting one in psychology.
ŌĆ£The three of us were going, and they said ŌĆśwe have a lot of free time so we might as well go to school, too,ŌĆÖŌĆØ young Raul said.
ŌĆ£And accounting is something you can use in any business,ŌĆØ his father added. ŌĆ£I can do my own accounting and taxes.ŌĆØ
Seventy-year-old Raul is an engineer by training.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm doing my share of contributing to the social security working force,ŌĆØ Raul said, only partly in jest.
Mindy, 50, the mother, explained that both she and her husband were born in Cuba. She came to America on the first Freedom Flight from Cuba to Miami that brought exiles to this country. Her husband was already in America as a young student when Fidel Castro took over. His family joined him in the U.S. in flight from the ensuing oppression.
ŌĆ£He has a brother-in-law whose father was killed in his arms,ŌĆØ Mindy said. ŌĆ£We are a family that came to this country because we had to ŌĆö it was either communism or freedom.ŌĆØ
That said, the family loves America and what it has given them in return, Mindy said. The Guillama family ended up in Western North Carolina about eight years ago following years of vacationing in this region.
These days, they live together, work together and go to school together.
Husband and wife are taking a psychology class together. Raul the older and Raul the younger are in calculus together. They both said that each is doing equally well, and they choose to sit side by side in the class.
Baking is in the family blood. Their daughter, Mindy, who lives in New York, is also a baker and worked with them in the past.
MindyŌĆÖs Bakery specializes in wedding and special occasion cakes, as well as tropical desserts such as flan, coconut cakes, and the Cuban ŌĆ£pastelitoŌĆØ pastries.
ŌĆ£I got the ├®clairs and took them to work one day and everybody just loved them,ŌĆØ said customer Diane Winstead who was at the bakery one morning this week picking up another order of ├®clairs for an office party. ŌĆ£It just all looks so fresh.ŌĆØ


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Is it safe to warm expressed milk by simply taking it out of the refrigerator and setting it out at room temperature?
Is it safe to warm expressed milk by simply taking it out of the refrigerator and setting it out at room temperature?
I always heat it in warm water when i'm going to feed it and keep it in the fridge until i have to use it. Here is a link to the CDC's recommendations of handling breastmilk
Something that seems to work for a lot of moms is to set the frozen milk in a glass measuring cup or sturdy bowl full of very warm water (hot from the tap is good). This probably works best when using breastmilk storage bags. It thaws enough to transfer to a bottle in just a few minutes (use that time to prepare something else--a diaper bag, or yourself!
Leaving the milk in the warm water a little longer will warm it for drinking. I know many daycares use a crockpot with an inch or two of water in the bottom to warm bottles from the fridge.
I realize there are multiple methods of warming breast milk from the refrigerator. I specifically want to know if taking it from the refrigerator and allowing it to sit out at room temperature is safe or if there are health concerns with this method. It is nice to have it ready at hand when needed as opposed to warming it once the baby expresses hunger.
I am curious about this too. I leave my baby at a babysitters all day while I work. I take her bottles out of the refrigerator in the morning and put them in her diaper bag. Should her babysitter store them in the refrigerator until she uses them or can she leave them out at room temp? I've heard the whole 10 hour thing at room temp, but I wasn't sure if that was for just fresh milk or not.
I'm wondering the same exact thing! I have a lot of milk in the refrigerator, but can I take that out and put it in the diaper bag for a shopping trip and then safely use it? I can't find an answer anywhere. Please someone help!
i don't think there are any guidlelines for that. I've pulled a bottle out of the fridge, let it sit until DD wakes up & when she didn't I put it back in the fridge to use later & it was fine! Try it & if you find that it smells or tastes spoiled don't do it again. Your DC should let you know right away if they don't like it!
This website suggests not thawing milk at room temp. It doesn't say why, but I would guess it is the same reason you wouldn't thaw meat at room temp.
Thawing of Milk
Milk may be thawed:
* Slowly in the refrigerator. Volumes of 3 or more ounces (100 or more milliliters) of milk may take several hours to thaw.
* Relatively quickly under running warm water or by placing it in a bowl of warm water. Be sure the top of the container remains above the water at all times. Do not thaw milk at room temperature.
I do not have a supply in the freezer ( I probably should since I have run low at times). I do freeze milk that I have expressed on Friday if my daughter will be with me on the following Monday. I send it frozen and it is stored in the fridge until she is ready to eat it. Then, defrosted by warm water.
I sometimes take a cold bottle from the fridge if we are going out for a few hours. I transport it with an icepack (sometimes). That way if my daughter doesn't eat it I just put it back in the fridge. I feed it to her cold now, but I used to warm it up by boiling some water and storing it in a thermos. I would then put the bottle in a cup and fill it with the warm water. It heated up in about 1 minute.
I've been wondering the same thing, and all I can find is guidelines for milk coming from the freezer or freshly expressed milk. It's so strange that there isn't info on milk coming from the refrigerator to room temp.
I'm sorry to have missed this - I think something was wrong w/my computer as today I'm noticing all sorts of messages I have missed!
At any rate, I think the answers to your questions are here on La Leche Legue's page about storing human milk:
The key here is to think of the room temp time as part of the overall "life" of the breastmilk. Any time it spends at room temp is going to shorten the overall length of time you can comfortably keep the milk (e.g., a bottle that's been at room temp for 8 hrs isn't likely to have an additional potential "up to 8 days in a refrigerator") Here is an interesting tidbit from this article (http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBJulAug98p109.html) about milk at room temperature:
"Short-Term Storage when Refrigeration is not Available
Lack of immediate access to refrigeration need not be a deterrent to expressing and storing human milk or dampen a mother's determination to continue breastfeeding if she returns to work. Research shows that human milk has an amazing capacity to resist bacterial growth, and can be kept at room temperature for up to ten hours. In a landmark study, mature human milk was expressed into clean, not sterile, containers, some stored at room temperature (19-22o C or 66 to 72o F) and some refrigerated for ten hours. The milk was then cultured to evaluate bacterial formation. No statistically significant difference was found between levels of bacteria in the milk that had been refrigerated and the milk stored at room temperature (Barger and Bull 1987)."
I hope this is helpful! Again, I am sorry for the delay in getting someone to really ANSWER the question, I definitely overlooked this. The goal with these forums is to provide mothers a chance to support each other in meeting their breastfeeding goals, but we also want to give you easy access to La Leche League Leaders so you can feel confident that you are getting the information you need to continue on your breastfeeding journey.
Best wishes!
Karen Smith
LLL Leader, IL


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A rare two-headed dolphin has washed up on a beach in Turkey.
A gym teacher by the name of Tugrul Metin was on vacation when he found the carcass on a beach in Dikili, which is near the city of Izmir along the Aegean Sea, The Associated Press reported.
The conjoined cetacean is a rare occurrence, according to scientists.
Researchers at Akdeniz University told the AP they would like to put the remains on display.


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We can recall artists from all over the world appearing with big-city-caliber exhibitions of huge, bold, abstract and realistic paintings, sculptures and objets d'art on the grounds, even elaborate gold jewelry from Africa and delightful folk art from Mexico and Central America.
However, when this newspaper received postcards and advance publicity on Saturday's opening reception with the next featured artist, we must admit we had to do a double-take.
With the artist shown riding atop a metal sculpture which looks like a mythical creature or dinosaur, it definitely grabs one's attention.
"Metal in Motion: A collection of works by Mark Scrapdaddy Bradford" is only the second solo exhibit of his career, but even before it opens, it seems to be his favorite.
"My dream was to have a setting like this," he said of the Beeville display.
Bradford is using both the outside yard that surrounds the museum and all the rooms inside to display his eclectic collection of metal sculptures, art cars and motorized pieces.
It should have a broad appeal to the people of this area, including car enthusiasts, welders and others who are mechanically inclined.
"Most of this stuff is new, and I wanted to bring my best stuff," he said, looking around the room in the museum. "I knew I had a lot of space to fill too."
Bradford has been working as an artist for 25 years, and literally uses scrap metal to make his creations. The Houston native makes multiple trips a week to a scrap yard.
The material the sculptures are made out of can be anything; it all depends on what he finds at the scrap yard. Some of his special finds include metal spoons, copper roofing, sheets of stainless steel, glass, leather, bone and even two Honda motors.
For those who are inquisitive or intrigued to see and learn more about Bradford's art, the opening reception will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. His work will remain on display there through May 3.
Again, Bee County residents are greatly indebted to the Joe Barnhart Foundation for bringing such amazingly talented artists to our small city, expanding our citizens' horizons and allowing visitors to come here and discover what an incredible attraction we have in our museum.
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Wednesday morning I had to go in for emergency dental work because the pain was so bad I couldn't sleep or even think straight. I even called the dentist at 2 am b/c the pain was so bad and that is very unusual for me.
So they gave me a temp. filling and some pain meds. Unfortunately when I go off the pain meds the tooth pain returns excruciatingly therefore the need for the root canal.
So from last Wednesday until this Tuesday I'm on pain meds. Fluribprofen. Not only that but we called today to set up the root canal procedure and hubby asked if I might need antibiotics (because when they did the work he said I had just started to abscess but they did clean that out). So they prescribed me some clindamycin. That is L3. I don't know how comfortable I feel using something that is L3. Have you used it?
I feel so horrible pumping my LO with all these medicines. I have considered that the antibiotic might not be necessary. I don't know. My LO has never got a bottle before and I only have a small freezer stash that just may be tainted with thrush so I haven't been wanting to use it.
I'm so sad about all this. I don't want her to have to get all this meds through my milk


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2014-2018 Strategic Plan Adopted by Park Board
The Fairfax County Park Authority Board adopted the 2014-2018 Strategic Plan on June 26, 2013, an action which will set in motion an agency wide effort to integrate strategic initiatives with operating plans into a broader set of strategic priorities. Once again, the Park Authority used a balanced scorecard approach which balances specific objectives and measures across a variety of key strategic areas. By utilizing a scorecard of key measures, the Park Authority can gauge its progress towards a set of stated objectives over the next five years.
Connecting individuals and communities with the many park benefits and creating greater understanding about how parks positively impact our quality of life in Fairfax County is the ultimate outcome of this strategic plan. The Park Authority recognizes six areas of emphasis in which parks make a difference in our daily life: physical health, mental health, social functioning, youth development, the environment and economic well-being.
Using the Balanced Scorecard approach, and stakeholder input, four strategic perspectives are embraced: the customer's perspective, the financial perspective, business process and learning and growth. Guiding visions outline how the agency plans to strengthen the value parks provide to the community, strengthen the Park Authority's financial stability, improve business practices, and to promote organizational excellence.
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I created span boxes which can be filled by dropping words on them. However two things are very bothersome for the user, first the words are sticking to the mouse in Firefox (works fine in Safari). So when a person lets go of the word over a box it doesn't snap to the point, but follows the mouse. It works if the user double clicks. which is very odd. (I included the code used below). Secondly, I would like to only allow the user to drop one item in each box, but I couldn't figure how to. If I change the id or class onUpdate they cannot remove the item at all from the box. I want to give them the ability to change boxes after they made their selection.
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Zen Problem: "Creative Screen", "Zen Screen" then a permanent dark screen.
I've owned my Zen since 2008 and I've loved it. It's small, sleek, and plays video extremely well (I can get through three whole movies on a single charge!). However, recently I've had problems.
I had run the battery down, and plugged it into a friends USB wall charger. Blue light lit up and then oscillated in brightness as usual. Unplugged it and took it home. When I tried to turn it on nothing happened. I hit the reset button and the player then turned on and started to boot as normal: "Creative screen" then "ZEN" screen, the battery indicator comes up for a second, and then the screen would go blank. It will stay blank until the battery dies, and the power button will not shut it off.
So I booted into recovery mode. I clicked clean up, then reboot. Same blank screen.
I downloaded the latest firmware. I went to recovery mode, format all, then upgrade firmware, plugged in the USB, upgraded firmware (with recovery tool and regular firmware program). Firmware seems to install, the program tells me player is rebooting...player automatically reboots...creative screen, zen screen, a second of the battery meter, then blank screen. Program on the computer continues to display "player rebooting, please wait" - for 20 minutes at least.
I've also opened the Zen up and changed the battery to a different one. Same problem.
Anyone else have any ideas? It's really strange!
I've done some new things. The XP machine recognizes the Zen when plugged in. So I went into windows explorer and formatted the zen. I then tried to reinstall firmware. Now, when in the recovery screen of the zen, it will tell me that the device is "docked" when plugged in. I've tried firmware updating. During the update, I no longer see "updating firmware" on the device during the process. Now, at that stage of the process, the device just goes to blank screen. Upgrading program on the computer says firmware upgrade failed. When I reboot, I get a firmware error on boot (no longer can I see the creative screen or the zen screen).
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6 Ways to Increase Your Happiness! 3 Ways to Forget! 7 steps to overcome the past! 5 best things to do for your relationship! 6 must-read rules to grill by!
then choose one of the one billion YouTube videos posted today sort through it all like a pile of socks covering the continent then choose one of the 126 million blogs of outrage and minutia then choose one of the 4 billion Flickr Photos then choose one of the hundred must-have droid apps or the 43,000 Netflix movies then choose one white popcorn yellow popcorn organic microwave stovetop butter plain salt no salt brand name store brand then choose one of the thousand places to visit before you die then press 1 for English then press 1 for customer service 1 for the money 2 for the show 3 to get ready and 4 to go then stay your call is being answered your call is important or
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5-3-09 PNC Park
It rained for most of the morning in Pittsburgh, in fact, it was still raining when I arrived at the ballpark at 11 AM. This could mean only one thing: no batting practice. I was faced with possibly being shut out for the first time since August 2008.
When the stadium opened the gates to the seating areas at 11:30, I went over to the left field foul line. The rain had subsided. Several bullpen pitchers from the Pirates were warming up. I placed myself behind John Grabow and Ross Ohlendorf and waited for an overthrow.
Directly to me. I didn't even have to move.
Its not like he randomly tossed the ball up and I got into a scrum and stole the ball away from ticketed patrons. He usually picks out people. I caught the ball, waved thanks, turned and left the section. I could hear some snooty lady and her rotund husband getting on the usher. "He doesn't have a ticket. He shouldn't be allowed to do that. Don't let him back in here. Check his ticket." Blah blah blah.
I went over to left field for the fourth inning to try and get a warm up ball from Nyjer. I avoided the right field seats thanks to the afore mentioned rudest-usher-in-PNC-Park.
Left Field has a lot more sections and people, so I had very little chance. The ball went to a group of people near the foul pole.
Inning 5. I went back to center field. I stood at the far edge of Section 140, away from the snotty lady. I looked over and they were both staring directly at me. I stared right back at them. I should've walked over and offered their spoiled kid a ball. "Excuse me, would you like a ball? ….. Then bring a glove!" and walk away. That's what I felt like doing, I was in such a bad mood.
I didn't get the 5th inning ball because it was tossed to the second row. Predictably, the ball fell back onto the field. The same thing happened in the seventh inning. That's why Nate prefers to throw the ball deep.
Anyway, the miserable family got on the usher again after the fifth inning because 3 of us ballhawks entered the section. The usher came over and told me that I wasn't allowed to try for warm up balls anymore. He said come back and try tomorrow when there's different people around. He told Nick and Bryan the same thing. If you're wondering, here's what those "folks" looked like:
(To be civil, I am editing this paragraph from what I originally wrote. I've taken out most of the colorful adjectives I originally had written.) Its the guy eating, his son, and the lady in the orange.
I could've tried in the seventh and ninth, but out of respect for the ushers, I went and sat behind the Reds dugout to see if I could get some foul balls. There are nice ushers at PNC Park, the ones in center field were just doing their job because the supervisor somehow got involved.
I didn't get any foul balls, and I got shut out at the Reds dugout, so my day ended on a sour note.
To make it worse, the Pirates looked awful again, getting shut out. They haven't hit a home run now in a week.
Adam LaRoche's body language tells the whole story:
A few shots from the game:
Johnny Cueto deals to Nyjer Morgan:
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Game: 3 balls (3 thrown)
Season: 67 balls (26 hit, 34 thrown, 7 device)
Games: 14 games (11 with BP, 3 without)
Average: 4.79 balls per game
Career: 233 balls
Attendance: 13,670
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Hi Erik…
Yeah, I hate people like that. They need to mind their own business. Why should they care if you get a ball or not? If they want one so bad, they should bring a glove and compete with others, etc. They're just miserable white trash. Screw em. I bring my glove to every game and I am starting to hear it from a lot of the regulars in my section of LF. "Don't you have enough balls?""Let someone else get a ball." Yet, NONE of these people ever bring a glove or try to get the ball. None of them stand up and ask, etc. They were even giving me crap about the game homer I caught. I just smile at them and hold up the ball. It's fun. Kill em with kindness. It's my hospitality training. Haha. Nice entry by the way.
Erik- An usher demanded a payoff? How unprofessional. Geez. I agree with Padre's assessment of those folks as white trash. I haven't any catcalls, but then I move around and don't get that many balls
I would imagine someone like Zack that gets a ton of balls has to endure some ribbing from the crowd.
I didn't count that ball that I got an assist from another fan with. I will bring it to a game and give it to a kid.
I know the feeling, bro. I find that one of the biggest challenges in ballhawking is dealing with all the rude, jealous people that have a sense of entitlement. They see you get a ball or two or ten-whatever it may be…and they get jealous like you're supposed to give them all away or something. People can be very unreasonable.
It's ridiculous, actually.
Great writeup as always. What you are describing is why I do not see me EVER having a huge per game avg at the COPA. I never use my glove trick anymore (too many ushers and crowd mgrs know me now), nor do I ever go after third out balls by the dugout, or warmup balls in the outfield. Usually 3rd out balls and outfield (between inning warmup balls) have a ton of little kids waiting for them. I think an adult would get lynched at the COPA if he tried to step in and go for one of those. I have actaully made friends with a ton of ushers/crowd mgrs and been able to sit in choice ballhawk seats because of it. (I always pack extra Dubble Bubble and sunflower seeds to hand out to the ushers and crowd mgrs..fun stuff)
BTW, I made sweet backhanded grab during the top off the 4th down the right field line on Fri night against the Indians. (Off of Asdrubal Cabrera's bat). Mario Impemba commented on the catch and they replayed it twice on FSD. Pretty cool. (I actually lost it in the lights and got lucky..lol)
Fun stuff…
Mike in Detroit
Pretty nice day. I also attended the game yesterday and am actually in the panorama at the top of the post. There's a guy with a yellow brimmed hat on the left of the section 14 sign. Right above that is my brother in the black (runs raisethejollyroger.com), and to the left of him is me. Creepy. I was surprised not to see you by where the umps exit after the game. I got my only ball of the day from the home plate ump there. Tough loss on my one and only shot in the Lexus Club. Bummer. Good luck on more snagging…


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Somethimes there is nothing interesting to talk about. & since u brought it up jax, why don't u give us something interesting to talk aboutmalachi the prophet posted:2/16/2014 8:47:08 AM look breeds back is Lincoln G next BORN AGAIN FROM THE DEAD ..... oh i miss the days -when LG HAD AN ANSWER to every thread, every morning. i think he got snowed in ..with no internet ... the old group that fights like girls, those where the days... we need katsin 13 to pick on -lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and yes gary 007 his mind is a wonderful thing. i think he is a 6 digit some times ...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sorry for your loss SPOOKY-CATgary107 posted:2/17/2014 12:17:37 AM JackA asserts we should: "lets talk about interesting things..;-))" I wonder what has been holding you back? List five things right now. I thought JackA just did not like the religion thread because he is an atheist. List five interesting other areas of discussion. Bobbie Pan it is clear he is jealous of the way you formulated your question and how the topic grew and has covered so much ground. JackA might still surprise us all and post one or two interesting topics, give him a chance... bobprin posted:2/17/2014 5:24:43 AM Well Jax? We are waiting. Or is all this bullshit too? I must say though that I have several bullshitometers for sale at the low, low price of .49 + s&h. Not to mention the high quality bullshitospreader to make your bullshit dreams come true. Soon, you too will be enjoying the aromatic flavor of some great shit you grew yourself. Enjoy!gary107 posted:2/17/2014 7:57:26 AM I think JackA is not happy with my knowledge of the inner structure of our American "paper clip" scientific community. More people read these postings than one might guess. Interesting that the Jews are not adverse to my understanding of STS107. So, JackA you have a list of 5 to 20 interesting topics for discussion?gary107 posted:2/17/2014 12:21:51 PM what ever happened to the little red ridinghood little girl spirit you saw while driving? the apparitions do not bother to reappear to you? was it all an Irishman's dream? are you out of that particular brew? this bullshit detector of yours, does it have six or twelve letters to it' name and do you shave by it each morning? Asperger's Syndrome people do not lie, I have told you that before, has something to do with the "wiring" and structure of the brain involved. so much I do not bother to mention to JackA, why try and fill a cracked glass? draw him in or push him away? neither hot nor cold, just spit him out, there are other things to get done. anything interesting, Jack ? anything?malachi the prophet posted:2/17/2014 1:14:26 PM the church of LAODICEA (rev 3.14) WHY WAS IT NEITHER HOT OR COLD ??? it had no water source . so they built 2 aqueducts - one from the north, 1 from the south . now one came from, a far away hot water spring . and the other from far away, from a very cold water spring . but with all the travel - by the time it got to LAODICEA the water was neither cold nor hot =both spring where lukewarm water. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(rev 3.14) these are the words of the AMEN (eye of god) =tetragrammaton /on dollar bill, called ancient of days ( a god ) the faithful and true witness ,the ruler of all gods creation. he says , I know your deeds. and that you are neither hot or cold . and because, you are lukewarm , I SPIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH (IT SEES AND IT SPEAKS) =AMEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SORRY CARRY ON FIGHTING .... (gary 007 must see into the future, today my "glass" of coffee was cracked at bottom -and it all leaked out) ... lol 6 digit gary we love you ....scardycat posted:2/17/2014 1:46:42 PM In Reply To:malachi the prophet posted:2/16/2014 8:47:08 AM look breeds back is Lincoln G next BORN AGAIN FROM THE DEAD ..... oh i miss the days -when LG HAD AN ANSWER to every thread, every morning. i think he got snowed in ..with no internet ... the old group that fights like girls, those where the days... we need katsin 13 to pick on -lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and yes gary 007 his mind is a wonderful thing. i think he is a 6 digit some times ...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sorry for your loss SPOOKY-CATThx malsweldkatom posted:2/17/2014 8:42:14 PM I thought this article to be interesting.It raises many questions on the nature of time. http://planetpreternatural.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/the-phantom-mersey-water-walker/ bobprin posted:2/23/2014 9:27:28 AM Lets discuss dual or even multiple personalities. Know anything about that weldkatom/jaxerback?weldkatom posted:2/23/2014 4:02:23 PM About time lol...I cant remember my "jaxer" pass word so I used my old user name...well done Sherlock!!gary107 posted:2/24/2014 6:50:54 AM it did appear that weldkatom and JackerB were the same, I also looked up "weldkatom" and found old postings from Paranormalnews. This may be the reason Jeff tends to favour his postings with stars in the right hand corner of his posts,...gary107 posted:2/24/2014 6:50:55 AM it did appear that weldkatom and JackerB were the same, I also looked up "weldkatom" and found old postings from Paranormalnews. This may be the reason Jeff tends to favour his postings with stars in the right hand corner of his posts,...malachi the prophet posted:2/24/2014 10:26:12 AM I AM THE STAR CHILD ... just keeping going, you guys fighting like girls we are all 1 big happy demented family here .... the nuts do not fall far from the "paranormal news" tree :) we are the HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLY'S maybe -LG lost his pass word ???gary107 posted:2/26/2014 11:31:07 AM So, JaxerB is a member of some Royal Art Society for oil painters? Is that not actually House Painter's United, Local 2269 ? But JaxerB asserts he is not a homosexual, is some kind of aberrant genetic pattern ocurring ? I thought all oil painters were of the Happy People proclivity? Happy People: those who are recently or have never married.Jaxerback posted:3/2/2014 12:02:21 AM Were you ever married?? gary107 posted:3/2/2014 12:18:18 AM I have considered it, but I would rather die a virgin [ def. in last book of the Bible ]. 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Israeli leaders indicate that a new offensive against Islamic militant commanders is underway. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.
Updated at 10:46 p.m. ET: TEL AVIV -- The head of the militant wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement and seven others were killed as Israel launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza Wednesday, officials said.
Hamas spokesman Fauazy Brehom told NBC News that Ahmed Jabari was killed in the attack by Israeli forces. Jabari was the most senior commander of Hamas' military wing, the Ezzidine Al-Qassam Brigades.
A statement from the Al-Qassam Brigades said that Israel had "opened the gates of hell."
President Barack Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday, urging him to avoid civilian casualties. The president reiterated the United States' support for Israel's right to self-defense following rocket attacks launched from Gaza.
Obama also spoke Wednesday with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi because of the country's central role in preserving regional security. Obama condemned the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and reiterated Israel's right to self-defense. The two leaders agreed on the importance of working to deescalate the situation quickly and they agreed to stay in touch in coming days.
In a frequently updated live blog chronicling the attacks, the Israel Defense Forces claimed it had targeted "dozens" of Hamas' medium-range underground rocket launch sites and other weapons storage facilities. The report said Israel had also intercepted 17 rockets fired from Gaza.
"If I were a senior Hamas activist - I would look for a place to hide," IDF spokesman Brgi. Gen. Yoav (Poly) Moredechai said in a statement published online.
Moredechai said the possibility of a ground invasion would not be ruled out, and emphasized that all options remain on the table. "Infantry brigades have been shifted in preparation for the operation," his statement read. "All options that allow us to cause seriously damage to Hamas and the other terrorist organizations are on the table."
A statement from the Israeli embassy blamed Hamas for launching 150 rockets at Israel's south over the past week.
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Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 14. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell."
"Israel has the right and duty to defend itself from terrorist attacks designed to kill thousands of its citizens," Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said. "We are sending an unequivocal message that our citizens will not be hostage to terrorist missile fire and cross-border attacks. The scope of the IDF's defensive operation depends on Hamas and whether it takes the decision to cease firing missiles on our neighborhoods and homes."
Jabari is the most senior Hamas official to have died due to Israeli military action since the killing of Saeed Seyam four years ago.
Sources at the Kamal Adwan and Al-Shifa hospitals said a total of eight people had been killed and 80 injured.
A statement on the IDF website said that Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz had "approved an expansive strike against terrorist organizations in Gaza."
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Emergency services extinguish the burned out destroyed car of Qassam top leader Ahmed Jabari after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.
"As a part of the program, a short while ago, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck Ahmed al-Jabari and other senior officers of Hamas' Military Wing, who were involved in planning and implementing dozens of attacks, including the kidnapping of SFC [Israeli soldier] Gilad Shalit," it said.
The airstrike took place in central Gaza, according to the statement, which was headlined "Chief of Hamas' Military Wing Ahmed al-Jabari assassinated." The headline was later changed to "Senior Hamas operative targeted," and the statement dropped the reference to Shalit.
The statement quoted IDF spokesman Mordechai as saying military action began following the "intolerable situation in the south of the country, and seeks to harm terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip."
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The IDF later announced it had begun "Operation Pillar of Defense." Israel confirmed there had been several airstrikes.
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Ahmed Al-Jabari, top commander of Hamas armed wing Al-Qassam brigades, poses for a picture after a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Cairo, in this October 18, 2011 file photo.
In another update, the statement said the IDF had "targeted a significant number of long range rockets sites ... owned by Hamas. This deals a significant blow to the terror organizations' underground rocket launching capabilities and munitions warehouses that are owned by Hamas and other terror organizations."
"The Gaza strip, has turned it into a forward base for Iran, firing rockets and carrying out terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. The IDF will continue to target terrorist sites that are used to carry out terror attacks against Israeli citizens," it said.
"The IDF will continue to target sites that are used for carrying out terror attacks against the citizens of Israel while improving their daily security," it added.
An IDF statement Monday said more than 120 rockets fired from Gaza had hit Israel since Saturday and that the Israeli air force had responded with airstrikes on a number of sites.
Jabari had survived numerous assassination attempts in the past and had served close to a decade in an Israeli jail, according to NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin.
He was widely considered the second most important figure within Hamas' overall structure after Khaled Mishaal, the head of the organization's political bureau.
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Israeli children play games at a bomb shelter on Nov. 14 in Netivot, Israel. Israel Defense Forces launched aerial attacks on targets in Gaza that killed the top military commander of Hamas.
Jabari was instrumental in negotiations about the release of Shalit, Mohyeldin said. Jabari was rarely seen in public and even more seldom filmed but he was seen accompanying Shalit to the border crossing with Egypt ahead of his handover.
US reacts; Israeli ambassador leaves Egypt
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States "strongly" condemns the rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel.
"There is no justification for the violence that Hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against the people of Israel," Toner's statement read. "We call on those responsible to stop these cowardly acts immediately. We support Israel's right to defend itself, and we encourage Israel to continue to take every effort to avoid civilian casualties."
Egypt's foreign minister called Israel's airstrikes on Gaza a dangerous escalation at a critical time for the region, and called on the Israeli government to quickly halt the offensive.
Egypt's ruling Freedom and Justice Party condemned the killing of Jabari, and said Israel was using the military operation as a card in its own political game, ahead of elections in January. The party called on the international community and Arab states to act immediately to stop the massacre against the Palestinian people, adding that Israel's attacks were meant to create instability in the region.
Airport sources in Egypt confirmed to NBC News that the Israeli ambassador and other Israelis were leaving Cairo Wednesday night.
The U.N. chief also called on Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to prevent an escalation of hostilities, urging both sides to ensure civilians will be protected, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.
"The Secretary-General calls for an immediate de-escalation of tensions," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said, adding that it was a reiteration of Ban's already-stated position.
"Both sides should do everything to avoid further escalation and they must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law to ensure the protection of civilians at all times," he told reporters.
A Palestinian rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a house in southern Israel today, causing damage but no injuries. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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