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NU councilor investigated for impeding underage-drinking case
NEW ULM – A New Ulm City Council member was investigated by authorities this past summer – accused of impeding an underage-drinking case, according to a report Wednesday from KEYC-TV.
Les Schultz, who is director of the Brown County Probation Department, wasn't charged criminally.
The incident occurred on July 20, during Bavarian Blast. Two 19-year-olds visiting from Germany, Shearif Bydekarken and Felix Mehrens, were drinking alcohol at the festival. Somehow they had received the required "21 and older" wristbands.
They were issued citations. Bydekarken and Mehrens were staying with Schultz during their visit to New Ulm.
According to a Brown County Sheriff's Office investigative report, retired state trooper Kevin Guggisberg, who was working security for the event, received information that both Bydekarken and Mehrens were underage. So Guggisberg approached Les Schultz, according to the KEYC report.
"Reading the reports that they provided, he (Schultz) had told Kevin Guggisberg, who is the retired state trooper, that they were 21, and one of them had just turned 22," Cmdr. Dave Borchert of the New Ulm Police Department told KEYC.
But according to the birth dates on their citations, both Mehrens and Bydekarken were 19-years-old at the time.
To avoid a potential conflict-of-interest, New Ulm brought in a detective with the City of Marshall to investigate. The detective concluded there was no evidence supporting the fact that Les Schultz purchased the "over 21" wristbands for the Germans.
The investigator also said there is no proof that Schultz bought alcohol for the 19-year-olds, but an Obstruction of Legal Process charge might be brought, the report said.
To prevent a conflict of interest, the information was forwarded to the Blue Earth County Attorney's Office for possible charges. Assistant County Attorney Steve Kelm concluded Schultz's actions didn't warrant prosecution.
The City of Marshall billed New Ulm approximately $1,900 for the investigation, KEYC reported.
Schultz released a statement on the issue saying: "I am surprised that KEYC would run this story. This festival was filled with loud music, chatter and libations. What was said by whom and to whom is always a debatable topic. I strongly oppose underage drinking and have worked hard in my career to support policies on this concern."


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Friday, February 29, 2008
Back with More Videos!
So I've made a few videos that I haven't had time to post on the blog. One was on starsmakeuphaven.com, a fabulous website! And another is part 1 of viewer questions. Sometimes I'm a lazy bum and it's hard for me to respond timely to some of the questions I get via my yahoo mail and youtube inbox, sorry guys! But believe me, I am not complaining one bit…I'm glad to get so much positive feedback, it blows my mind sometimes.
I think being on vacation threw me off my regular groove because as I was editing my answering questions video I got all lazy with it and just cut it into two parts instead of doing one video, which I usually prefer to do. I also don't want to cut short some of my answers because I want to make sure I come across clear you know?
So I'm going to post questions part II tonight. After that, expect a Hepcat Look video as well as a review on Shiseido Mascara Base. Those videos have been done, just waiting to upload them.
Upcoming videos I'll be working on:
1) skin routine
2) MAC brushes video
3) How to blend eyeshadow tutorial
4) Curly Hair tutorial
5) Another urban decay eyeshadow look
Any requests, send them my way I love you guys!
Questions Answered Part I
10 comments:
- yveisha07 said...
Hey there Ren!
Love your blog and videos! Your awesome! About that caramel from UD. Its Urban Decay Flavored Body Powder in Caramel. You can use in on your body for some extra shimmer and its edible. :-) I hope you enjoy your goodies and thank you for updating us! Your great!
- February 29, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Linda said...
that urban decay caramel thing looks sooooo pretty!
- February 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- Bliss said...
Those are some great goodies, lucky you,ooo the pigments samples looks lovely and the look you made looks pretty on you :).
- March 1, 2008 at 8:07 AM
- said...
hi there, bumped to your site thru 'Nessa. :) anyhoo, i really like your site and makeup addiction LOL. that makeup you had on the starsmakeupheaven video is sooo girly and pretty! btw, is the first video not available? i can't seem to play it... keep up the good job making your site fab! :)
- mhean
- March 1, 2008 at 10:31 AM
- Aya said...
Hey RenRen I'm lovin' the pink and white makekup! What products/colors did you use? Thank you for the great blog, keep the posts comin'! I'm linking your page on mine :)
- March 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
yveisha07: yay thanks! now i know what to use it for!
linda: yup i know right, i can't wait to use it
bliss: i loveeee pigment samples, you get more colors for cheaper
moi: thanks for stopping by! hmm i dunno whats going on with the vid, i'll double check.
aya: check out valentines day look #2 for the tutorial!
- March 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- alien man?! said...
Wow, that vacation must have done you some good b/c your skin is looking especially radiant! Not that your skin ever looked dull; it's always looking fabulous, but it looks even more well rested :D
- March 3, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
alienman: lol must've been all that trekking on the san francisco hills, ha ha
- March 3, 2008 at 9:49 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Your makeup looks gorgeous in the 2nd video. :)
The UD powder is great - it's edible (it actually tastes like caramel), and looks great as a loose/bronzing powder.
Great to see you back!
- March 4, 2008 at 7:29 AM
- Sheila said...
You're so frikin cute. YAY FILIPINO CONNECTION. LOL! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I'm totally adding you to my daily stops and may I link you on my site as well?
That fuschia on your eye is HOT! I think I'm gonna try it tonight. lol I'll post on it!
- March 4, 2008 at 8:38 PM

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Golden Gate Seminary's Board of Trustees Approves $10 Million Budget at Spring meeting
Trustees of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary adopted a 2008-09 budget, were updated about the 2010 Strategic Plan and the Partners for the Future Campaign, and were introduced to a new strategic planning process.
Seminary trustees approved a 2008-2009 budget of $10,473,000, representing a 3.4% increase from last year.
"This budget assumes where we are, not where we hope to be," explained President Iorg, reminding the trustees that the budget was based on last year's numbers and not projected expectations.
As part of his report, Iorg shared the progress of the 2010 Strategic Plan, adopted in April 2005. "We continue to have strong enrollment in the PhD, DMin and CLD programs. The PhD program continues to attract new applicants, and we are in the very positive position of having many more applicants than we are permitted to admit." Iorg also noted that enrollment at the Southern California campus, Rocky Mountain campus and Arizona campus is also healthy and growing.
The president presented the Diamond Plan to the trustees, a new strategic planning initiative designed to take the Seminary through its 75th year (Diamond Anniversary) in 2020.
"This is the most significant part of what we're going to do in the next six months," Iorg said. He requested the trustees to think broadly as they contemplate "the Seminary as you dream it can be." He reminded the board that "planning has a spiritual perspective, and we will seek God's plan and direction for our future."
Two priorities for the fall meeting will be a significant conversation on the future of GGBTS and a trustee training event recommended by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Iorg reported on new communication tools. A website, www.jeffiorg.com, provides weekly commentary and leadership insights. An e-newsletter, 3-Minute Briefing, shares information about the Seminary's programs and delivery systems. In addition, Iorg shared news of his new book, Is God Calling Me?, to be released in June 2008. Aimed at 18-22 year olds, the book provides assistance to those considering God's call in their life.
The trustees also heard reports from each regional campus.
Regarding the faculty, trustees heard the announcement of Dr. Dwight Honeycutt's retirement. The Seminary's Carleton Professor of Church History, Honeycutt concludes 20 years of service at Golden Gate in July 2008. "My gratitude goes to God and to these trustees. You are a wonderful legacy for this institution."
Sabbatical leave recommendations were approved for Dr. Harry Hahne, Dr. Rick Melick and Dr. John Shouse.
Iorg announced his "presidential appointment" of faculty candidate Chris Chun, who will teach church history. Chun is a graduate of Norton Cromwell Seminary with two masters degrees, and will complete his doctoral studies at the University of St. Andrews this summer. "Golden Gate is excited to add Chun to its faculty," said Dr. Michael Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs. "He is an outstanding young Southern Baptist scholar and we expect him to make an exceptional contribution both to the study of his discipline and to the training of theological students for ministry."
Golden Gate's trustee reports included Nevada trustee Joe Taylor, Chair of the Institutional Advancement committee. He reported that the Seminary is just over 2.5 years into the Partners for the Future Campaign, which began in August 2005. With the goal of raising $13 million dollars over a five-year period, he told the board "we have raised 8.5 million, and anticipate reaching our goal."
In other trustee action, the following were elected to serve as the 2008-09 Executive Committee for the Board of Trustees: E.W. McCall, Chairman; Randy Adams, Vice-Chairman; Janie Finlay, Secretary; Taylor Field, Instruction; Joe Taylor, Institutional Advancement; Ken Owens, Student Relations and Finance and Bob Fargarson, Properties. At Large Members are Milton Brock, Finance and Properties; Sid Peterson, Instruction; and Keith Vawter, Institutional Advancement.
Golden Gate's Board of Trustees consists of 39 men and women from around the country. At this meeting four trustees completed their terms of service: Steven Cavanaugh, Danny Dixon, Joe Panter and Cecil Sims. The board also accepted the resignation of Ed Armstrong, Kenneth Cavey, Calvin Kelly and Adam Kravets.
Also on the Board's schedule was the dedication of a new campus playground. The ceremony was attended by GGBTS staff, trustees, student families and students from the Golden Gate Academy Preschool. A major portion of the funds for the playground were donated by an anonymous neighbor. "The quality of life on our seminary campus is determined by many factors. When you're a five year old, it's having a fun place to play," said President Iorg.
Trustees and their spouses were feted at a Spring Banquet hosted by the Northern California campus. Also attending were faculty, staff and friends of the Seminary. Several individuals and churches were recognized for their financial support. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Seminary friend Jack Rice. Mr. Rice, a developer in the Sacramento area, has been a generous supporter of the Seminary for more than 25 years.
The 2008 fall trustee meeting will take place in Southern California on October 12-14.
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God the Father entrusted the upbringing of his Son to St. Joseph's care. We should entrust our own spiritual growth to this 'just man' as well.
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3/19/2013 (3 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: year of fatih, lent, Fr. Roger J. Landry, daily homilies, Saint Joseph
FALL RIVER, MA (Catholic Online). When we think of the Holy Family, our attention goes first to the mysteries of Jesus' birth about which we hear in today's Gospel. Most of our attention goes as it should to the baby Jesus, the eternal Son of God, lying in the manger, adored by angels and animals, wise men and shepherds. Many of us also naturally turn out of devotion to his mother, holding him in swaddling clothes, nursing him, loving him, treasuring all of these miraculous events in her contemplative heart.
But we can be tempted, like most Christians throughout most of the first 1400 years of the Church, to treat the man to whom the Blessed Virgin was espoused almost as a divine afterthought or some kind of ancient "player-to-be-named-later" in a package deal for his young wife. As Matthew's and Luke's genealogies show us, however, he was the penultimate piece in a divine cascade stretching all the way back to King David, to Abraham and even to Adam. It was through him that Jesus, under Jewish law and mentality, would be a descendent of David.
St. Joseph's relative obscurity probably pleases him very much, since he more than anyone would want our focus on Jesus and Mary, just as his always was. But I believe that Jesus and Mary would want us to give more attention to him, as has been given over the course of the last six hundred years and especially the last century.
Jesus and Mary deeply loved Joseph, as he deeply loved them, and they would want us to enter into their love for him so that Joseph might strengthen us in our vocations just as he supported them. So today on this great solemnity of the chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin, the guardian and foster-father of the eternal Word, it would be good for us to spend some time meditating on the third person of the "earthly trinity" that constituted the Holy Family, because he, more than anyone, can teach us how best to relate to Jesus and Mary in Bethlehem, Nazareth and beyond.
Why was St. Joseph chosen to be the foster father of the Son of God? One reason was clearly because he was a descendent of King David and therefore any foster child would, according to the law, be a son of David, too. But there would have been many eligible descendents of Israel's greatest king alive at the time. Doubtless some of them would have been scholars of the law and capable of training Jesus according to his humanity to be a rabbi rather than a carpenter. Some others would likely have had much more clout and been able to avoid being treated as nobodies by the innkeepers when Jesus was about to be born. Others would probably have been wealthy and much more capable than Joseph of providing for Mary and Jesus, so that at Jesus' presentation, for example, they would have been able to offer a lamb instead of two pigeons.
But it's obvious that to God the qualities that Joseph lacked were insignificant compared to those he had. God the Father, in whom all fatherhood finds its roots, saw in him the qualities he wanted to raise his Son, to teach him how to be a man - and a man of God - according to his humanity. God the Father entrusted to him his most precious treasures and he and those treasures would want us to trust in him as well.
What are those qualities? What can we learn from him to become more like him in relating to God the Father, in relating to the Lord Jesus, in relating to the Blessed Mother?Â
First, Joseph was a good man. St. Matthew writes that he was a "just" or "righteous" man. He was "holy," a man in a right relationship with God. He may not have been flashy on the outside but he shone on the inside. As Pope Benedict once said in a rare play on words, St. Joseph "ad-justed" his life to the word of God.
Second, he was "righteous" precisely because he was docile and obedient to God. We see his prompt obedience in his response to the angel of God's three interventions in his dreams not to be afraid to take Mary, his wife, into his home, to get up and flee to Egypt, and to return home once again. It would have been easy for Joseph to deconstruct these dreams according to the standard of his conscious desires. Each dream was asking him to do something totally life-changing: to alter completely his notion of what his marriage would entail; to leave his job and his relatives completely behind and journey through the desert to an unknown land; to return once life was settled. But in each of these circumstances, Joseph acted immediately.
He was so prone to hearing God's word and putting it into practice that at the merest indication of the Lord, he didn't debate or negotiate, but obeyed. St. Joseph never saw obeying God as incompatible with his own good, but rather as the foundation for his own good. God's omnipotence was not seen as a threat to his manliness because St. Joseph didn't equate manliness with being in control, but rather in being responsible and responsive to God and others. His obedience made him capable of sharing mysteriously in the fatherhood of God the Father. Joseph was humble enough to sacrifice whatever his own plans might have been to fulfill God's plans, embracing his vocation to help Jesus and Mary accomplish theirs.
Third, St. Joseph was faithful. He was obedient because he believed. Like Abraham, he is a father in faith to us, responding to one of the greatest mysteries. His example invites us to imitate his loving trust, his total abandonment to divine Providence, his taking God "at his word", that is, without clearly seeing his design. In Cameroon four years ago today, Pope Benedict said, "Throughout all of history, Joseph is the man who gives God the greatest display of trust, even in the face of such astonishing news."
Fourth, St. Joseph was humble, humble enough to raise Jesus with reverence. The great early Christian theologian Origen wrote about him, "Joseph understood that Jesus was superior to him even as he submitted to him, and, knowing the superiority of his charge, he commanded him with respect and moderation. Everyone should reflect on this: frequently a lesser man is placed over people who are greater, and it happens at times that an inferior is more worthy than the one who appears to be set above him. If a person of greater dignity understands this, then he will not be puffed up with pride because of his higher rank; he will know that his inferior may well be superior to him, even as Jesus was subject to Joseph"
Fifth, he was a model of chaste spousal and paternal love. He is a true father, but not according to the flesh, because like God the Father he is at the service of life and growth. He was a protector and a provider and a real paragon of chaste love. His life shows us that the full gift of self toward another does not necessarily have to involve genital relations. He loved Mary and that meant that he was willing to dedicate himself to what was best for her and for the divine Son she was carrying. He put all his love and his life at the service of their vocations, and in doing he fulfilled his own vocation. Chastity is a virtue that helps a person to have self-mastery - to control one's sexual impulses rather than be controlled by them - so that one can give oneself to others in the way that is best for them. Chastity is what allows man to be a protector of women rather than a predator. In his chaste love of Mary, he learned how to grow as a man, and in her chaste reciprocal love, he was blessed beyond measure.
Sixth, he was a hard worker centering his work on the Lord. Blessed John Paul II once called him the "very epitome of the Gospel of work," and a synthesis of faith, life and work. In his home, which also was his carpenter shop, Jesus learned to alternative prayer and work. "Saint Joseph taught Jesus human work, in which he was an expert. The Divine Child worked beside him, and by listening to him and observing him, he too learned to manage the carpenter's tools with the diligence and the dedication that the example of his foster father transmitted to him.

This is a great lesson.: if the Son of God was willing to learn a human work from a man, this indicates that there is in work a specific moral value with a precise meaning for man and for his self-fulfillment."
Lastly, St. Joseph is a silent man of action. He never says a word in Sacred Scripture and yet his actions are remembered to this day. He knew that the body language of his deeds was far more eloquent than his words. He was a "doer of the Word" and not just an "idle listener" of it, as St. James points out. Like his foster son according to the law, he put his stock in "truth and action" more than in "word or speech." But his silence is also important, because it shows us he was steeped in contemplation of the mystery of God, a silent listening to the Word he was raising, a silence woven of prayer and adoration of God's holy will. Benedict XVI said back in 2005 that we should all allow ourselves to be "infected" with St. Joseph's silence in a world that is often too noisy, that encourages neither recollection nor listening to God's voice.
Catholic piety has long borrowed an expression from the life of Joseph the Patriarch in the Book of Genesis to refer to the way we should relate to the foster-father of Jesus and protector of the Church: Ite ad Ioseph, "Go to Joseph." That's what we're to do not only on this great solemnity but throughout this Year of Faith.
He is, par excellence, the "wise and faithful servant whom the Lord put in charge of his household," and he seeks to do for us what he did for Jesus, so that one day we may enter into the house Jesus without tools built for us in the presence of the Father.
Father Roger Landry is pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, MA and national chaplain of Catholic Voices USA. His homilies and articles are found on catholicpreaching.com.
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text: Boeing, which builds sophisticated and complex commercial aircraft, recently focused on improving its on-board wireless systems such that passengers will be able to have better connectivity for their personal electronic devices while in the air. To do so, it used 20,000 pounds of potatoes heaped in the seats of a decommissioned plane. It seems potatoes mimic the way the human body responds to electronic signals. The Boeing engineers used them rather than hundreds of people in initial testing. They later validated the results with human subjects. Beyond the novelty of using potatoes rather than humans during testing, the engineers say they "created a new process for measuring radio signal quality using proprietary measurement technology and analysis tools, which enables engineers to more efficiently measure how strong a signal is and how far it spreads," notes eWeek. The tests identify strong and weak signal areas in the airplane and can be used to adjust the connectivity system. It was originally developed to ensure signal propagation meets regulatory standards. The company says the process increases both safety and reliability, but also, more importantly, reduces the testing time from more than two weeks to roughly 10 hours and can be used for testing the safety and reliability of other types of electronic devices. The potatoes used in the tests were donated to a local food bank, says Boeing. (eWeek)(CNN)


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A Medford woman is being charged with assault, drunk driving, reckless endangering and criminal mischief for a Monday night incident outside Howiee's in downtown Medford. Police say 41-year old Jacole Jennifer Calhoun rammed her ex-boyfriend's car three times, injuring the man, and doing damage to both cars. The victim sustained minor injuries, but did not seek medical treatment. She is lodged in Jackson County Jail on over a million dollars bail.


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In short: Very well organised, will be back, if I can remember to get my entry in on timeIn full: Solution to the parking problems - cycle from home, bring your bike on the train or park somewhere else and cycle in from there. It works, try it!Date of review: October 19, 2012
In short: Excellent organisation, course and atmosphereDate of review: April 11, 2011
In short: Same as usual....In full: One of the most dependable raccs on the calendar in that you can guarantee the course measurement will still be wrong (has it ever been 8.2 miles) and there will be a crappy memento - last year's mug leftover, or plastic medal withh a pig sticker - I'd be happy with neither.Date of review: December 13, 2010
In short: Nice course, good organisationDate of review: March 8, 2010
In short: Great organisation, thanksIn full: If only the course were as interesting as the goody bagDate of review: July 21, 2009
In short: The Perfect raceIn full: Flawless organisation, brilliant setting / course, friendly & for an excellent cause. What more to say?Date of review: March 23, 2009
In short: Excellent organisation. Would have liked more drinks at the finishIn full: I've avoided this race for years, fearing 4 dull, repetitive laps in boring Ruislip, dodging buses. I was pleasently surprised - the course is a mix of road and pavement, very well marshalled and no problems with traffic. The lovely weather helped to make this a very nice day out.Date of review: March 16, 2009
In short: Average race, same old crappy medal at the finishIn full: Each year, this race looks a little more tired than the last. Same course, same start, same finish, same mile markers in the wrong places, Still no accurate measurements. No PA at the finish this year. No goody bag, just water at the finish, Can't be bothered even to put the date on the cheap medal. Maybe this is just a fund-raiser for GGAC?Date of review: December 15, 2008
In short: Still the same crappy mug - oh well...Date of review: March 30, 2008
In short: Excellent as ever - thank youDate of review: March 21, 2008
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Jim Cramer: When You Wish Upon a CEO
NEW YORK ( Real Money ) -- Ya gotta have faith. But I don't believe in faith-based investing. I don't want to own a portfolio of do-gooders, because I tried that years ago at my hedge fund and a lot of do-gooders became no-good-nicks pretty much every quarter.
What I am talking about is having faith in certain CEOs simply because they have gotten it right in the past and deserve to get the benefit of the doubt for the good work they have done for many years on the job and many good quarters, if not years.
Prime example? Bob Iger at The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) . Last time Iger reported, he delivered a good-looking quarter, not perfect, and didn't provide the blueprint that people were looking for with the purchase of Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Plus, there were worries when it came to the future of ESPN, even as he told you not to worry about it. He said that ESPN -- one of the most amazing properties in the world because it simply can't be DVR'd effectively -- would do fine in 2013. Given how ESPN has been responsible for so much of the earnings power at Disney for many years, this lack of clarity stunned investors and traders alike.
Consequently, the stock, which had traded as high as $53 before the call, plummeted to $47 as analysts, traders and investors showed a remarkable lack of faith in Iger's assurances. I thought the whole sell-off was insulting to Iger and assured people that this would be a tempest in a teapot, and an investible one at that. I told Iger that too, simply because I was astonished that this man, who has done so much good at Disney, didn't get the benefit of the doubt.
Fast forward to last night. Iger delivered a quarter that literally answered every objection and then some. First, he laid out a multiyear vision for Lucasfilm, including multiple Star Wars iterations, plus other Star Wars-derived movie and entertainment properties that nobody had really counted on.
You could tell that this acquisition is sounding more and more like Marvel II, a repeat of the amazing success of that acquisition. Oh, and don't forget that the Marvel-derived Iron Man 3 (sans my cameo in the first Iron Man ) will be out soon to what I suspect will be blockbuster success.
Second, ESPN, instead of being soft, actually looks incredibly well set-up for terrific growth in 2013, running 7% ahead and maybe better as the year goes on. It is true that Monday Night Football was a bit of a downer in the last quarter of the year, in part because of the luck of the draw. They had some real dud contests. Alas, you have to take that risk in sports programming.


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Eskymo hockey – what happened?
A banner year of record breaking first's for their school. The (24-4) 2012-13 team finished the season ranked number 2 by the "Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association." But in spite of their high ranking and outstanding season, none of the talented, hardworking players were recognized when state honors were announced. What happened? The players, their school and their fans deserve an explanation and or a public apology for being slighted.
P.S. To the Eskymo hockey team. Thank you so much. Your get after it, hardnosed style of play was inspiring. The 2012-13 team will be remembered and talked about for years to come.
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It was Wednesday, January 8, 2014, and at Butternut Ski Resort in Great Barrington, MA the sky was a brilliant blue, the sun streaming down, the temperature a balmy (compared to training the day before, in the low single digits) 17 degrees The Berkshire boys and girls alpine ski race teams gathered at the top of the run Main Street for their first Brigham Ski League race, a slalom event hosted by Salisbury School. Though many of our athletes competed over the holiday break in USSA events throughout the northeast, this was the first school race, also attended by Salisbury, Trinity-Pawling, and Kingswood-Oxford. At the end of the day, the Berkshire boys took first, followed by the girls in third, the two teams together capturing 9 of the top 10 places, and 14 of the top 20!
On a clean but challenging course, the girls were formidable. Captain Julia Slyer '14 finished in 9th, skiing consistently—her two runs were a tenth of a second apart—with good form and aggression. Then came her little sister, Caroline Slyer '16 in 12th, followed by Annette Key '16, Molly Coleman '16, and Krissy Govertsen '15 in 14th through 16th places—a true team effort, since the top five (of eight total) racers score. Though slightly bested by Salisbury's boys in terms of race points (BSL races are "scored" not by penalty but rather by the finish order alone), their total time was very, very close to second. The girls' side concluded with Emily Barclay '15 in 19th, Samantha Reagan '16 in 21st, and Katherine Frick '16 in 25th—not bad, in a field of 40 varsity racers!
And the boys absolutely dominated. We coaches feel it important to note that their total score was 35 points, while there next closest competitor, host Salisbury School, finished with 129 points! Sophomore newcomer Tyler Smith '16 won the race, followed by Bryce Schuler '15 in second and, to round out the podium, Nate Mackenzie '14 in third—with a spread of only two and a quarter seconds between the three of them. After Salisbury star Dan Cone in fourth, there was an absolute tie for fifth—accurate to 1/100th of a second over two runs—between promising freshman Samuel Bannett-Mas '17 and experienced senior Captain Ian Rasmussen '14, showing the depth of our program across the grade levels. Wilfred Dyer-Kloman '17 in 7th, George Frick III '14 in 8th, and post-graduate Maarten van t' Wout '14 10th in rounded out the varsity eight for Berkshire—every one of them finishing in the top ten.
On a cold day, only Berkshire School fielded a JV slate of racers, and so in a sense, these promising young athletes were competing only against each other and themselves, but we are proud of them nonetheless for sticking out two runs under the setting sun. Rawson Clough '17 led the charge, and was followed by Ben Nadler '16, Ben Lang '15, Michael Melvin '17, and Alexandra Duryea '16, who was running a course for the very first time. We are pleased with our JV's performance: some of their times would have made them competitive with racers from other schools in the varsity line-up.
All in all, a great start to the BSL season!


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Ocellaris clownfish
The Ocellaris Clownfish, Clownfish or False Percula Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) is a popular aquarium fish. It is very closely related to A. percula, the Orange Clownfish or "True Percula Clownfish", and often lives in association with the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica, using them for shelter and protection. Generally, Ocellaris clownfish are hardier, and slightly less aggressive than its Percula counterpart. Both species are found in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific, particularly in the Fiji and Tonga regions.
This clown anemonefish can be recognised by its orange colour with three white bars and black markings on the fins. It grows to about eight centimeters (three inches) in length. One can differentiate between Percula (true) and Ocellaris (false) by their respective colors and patterns. Ocellaris are usually less vibrantly colored, and have 11 dorsal fin-spines instead of 10, as on the Percula. Also, the species have different eye arrangements: Percula have bright orange irises, making their eyes appear smaller, whereas Ocellaris have grey/orange irises which make the species eyes appear bigger.
There is a rare melanistic variety hailing from the reefs around Darwin, Australia, that is a darker color with the normal white stripes. Although not common in the wild, they are becoming more and more popular in the aquarium hobby.
The species Amphiprion ocellaris belongs to the class Osteichthyes which contains bony fish and ray-finned fish. A. ocellaris is the most basal species in the genus Amphiprion which is closely related to the genera Premnas. The species' most closely related ancestor is Amphiprion percula, the Orange Clownfish. It is thought that A. ocellaris specialized after diverging from the Premnas genus, and scientific evidence confirms that all clownfish belonging to the genus Amphiprion could withstand the stings of only one type of anemone, after further diverging the 28 different species of clownfish including A. ocellaris specialized to be able to resist the poisonous stings of many different species.
Symbiotic relationships
All clownfish are well known for their habit of using an anemone as a host for protection. Although this relationship was once considered to be commensalism, now it has been discovered that clownfish will use the anemone's stinging tentacles for protection, and in turn, the clownfish's fecal matter provides nutrients for the anemone. In addition, some clownfish will feed its anemone, further proving that this symbiosis is in fact mutualism.
In nature, the false percula clownfish will host Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea. However, in captivity in a reef aquarium, the false percula will host other species of anemone, including Entacmaea quadricolor. In addition, clownfish may adopt a surrogate host as opposed to an anemone, such as Euphyllia divisa, xenia coral, etc.
Analogous structures
Clownfish have many structures which are analogous with other species, the distinctive stripes found on the clownfish can be seen in few animals. Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoidesor otherwise known as the Scarlet King Snake has a well-defined pattern of red, black and yellow bands. These two structures both have characteristics that are similar in use, the bands of each species help warn off predators if the animal is in danger. These bands also help camouflage both organisms in each of their different environments. The bright orange base striped with white found on the clownfish allows it to be undetected in its surroundings of fluorescent corals and anemones.
Homologous structures
All fish have a mucus membrane surrounding their scales. The mucus usually contains high amounts of lipids and glycoproteins; however, the family Pomacentridae (anemone fish) have a special adaptation where the mucus coating the species is a great deal thicker. Also the protective layer lacks a specific substance that triggers nematocysts (the stings of an anemone); this allows the fish immunity against the toxic stings. Little is known about the mucus except that it is a genetically inherited trait and passed through the generations of each species. In other families of fish, the mucus is used as protection against harmful bacteria, an osmotic regulator and also aids the fish in nest making. The difference in mucuses has led to the divergent path of anemone fish and other species[citation needed].
Popular culture
The 2003 Disney/Pixar film, Finding Nemo featured the duo of false clown fish, Nemo (voiced by Alexander Gould) a juvenile clownfish, the title character/Marlin's son, and Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) as Nemo's overprotective father. Nemo's mother, Coral, was also a clownfish but only featured at the beginning of the film before being killed by a barracuda. The film did not show that if this occurred in real life, Marlin would have changed sex to become the dominant female of the anemone. Marlin was also incorrectly portrayed as being larger in size than Coral.[citation needed]
- ^ Bailly, N. (2010). "Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830". In Nicolas Bailly. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278400. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- "Amphiprion ocellaris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=615174. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2000). "Amphiprion ocellaris" in FishBase. August 2000 version.


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On Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, Secretary of State John Kerry will participate in a Google+ Hangout hosted by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Lara Setrakian, founder of the digital news site Syria Deeply. The Hangout will also feature Andrew Beiter, a social studies teacher and a regional education coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This roundtable discussion will weigh the United States' response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Secretary Kerry's participation in this event represents our ongoing efforts to explain why taking action to hold the Assad regime accountable for its violation of international norms is important to our interests and our security.
As you prepare for the discussion, I encourage you to read Kristof's "Pulling the Curtain Back on Syria" and visit the websites of Syria Deeply and the Holocaust Museum. You can participate in this conversation by submitting questions on Nicholas Kristof's Google+ page, or tweeting your questions to @NickKristof and @Lara using the hashtag #TalkSyria. You will be able to watch the Hangout here.
About the Author: Moira Whelan serves as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy in the Bureau of Public Affairs.
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- WhiteHouse.gov/Syria
- U.S. Government Assistance to Syria
- Secretary Kerry: Senate Testimony | Blog Entry


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With the weather feeling like late spring last weekend I couldn't help but make a spring inspired tart and seeing all of those chives in the garden I didn't hesitate one bit.
Every little bud I see peeking out of lifeless branches or silently emerging out beneath the damp earth always makes me stop to take a peak. The air definitely smells of spring. The buds are plump, the grasses appear like pin cushions and the bulbs have broken ground with force.
We definitely take daily walks through the garden to catch everything that is going on and to see how much the clumps of perennials have spread from last year.
Back in side from the amazing weather there was also a beet root soup cooking away in the kitchen that made it into the late afternoon meal that I must share with you soon. These two items were not intended to be eaten together, but I was hungry for a soup of beets so be on the lookout for this soup.
I am certainly making the beet soup again and a few others this weekend and finding more discoveries of spring outdoors.
Enjoy the sunshine!
Asparagus & Leek Tart Recipe [makes 3-6" Tarts]
¾ cup millet flour
½ cup sweet rice flour
¼ cup tapioca flour
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
½ teaspoon sea salt
8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
1 large whole egg
2 egg yolks
¾ cup leeks, halved & sliced thin
1 Tablespoons coconut oil
½ bunch asparagus, cut into 1" pieces
4 large eggs
½ cup cream
1 Tablespoons chives, finely sliced
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 large egg, beaten [for brushing the tart shell]
preparing the tart dough:
1. Combine the millet flour, sweet rice flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum and salt in a food processor.
2. Add in the cold butter bits and process until a coarse meal forms.
3. Add egg and egg yolk and run the food processor until dough forms.
4. Pour mixture onto a cold work surface and knead until smooth.
5. Form dough into a disc shape and chill until firm, approximately 2-4 hours.
pre-baking the tart shell:
1. Allow dough to soften so it can be rolled out easily, approximately 30 minutes.
2. On a floured piece of parchment roll a third of the dough into a seven inch circle.
3. Press into a six inch tart ring and set aside. Repeat with remaining two rinds & chill for 15 minutes.
4. Bake in a 375°F for 15 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and brush with beaten egg. Bake for another 15 minutes.
6. Set aside while you prepare the filling.
*note: Tart rings have no bottoms so line a baking sheet with parchment and fill with dough right on the sheet.
preparing the filling:
1. Saute leeks in coconut oil for a minute over medium heat.
2. Add asparagus pieces and cook until tender. Cool slightly.
3. Whisk together eggs, cream, chives, salt and pepper.
4. Divide asparagus and leeks amongst the tart shells and pour custard over.
5. Bake until custard is just set in the center, approximately 15-20 minutes.


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In spite of reports that Toshiba is set to manufacture its own Blu-ray disc (BD) player by the end of the year, the company's officials neither deny, nor confirm the intention, at least now. The company also reemphasized that it was looking onto video-download technologies.
According to a news-report from a Japanese news-paper that emerged late last week, Toshiba Corp., the developer of HD DVD format, is rumored to launch its own-branded Blu-ray disc (BD) player by the end of the year. The entering of BD market by Toshiba might mark the final end of the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD.
Toshiba ceased making and selling its HD DVD players back in mid-February, 2008, after the largest home video entertainment vendor Warner Brothers announced that it would exclusively support Blu-ray high-definition video format starting June, 2008.
"We know those rumours on the Internet about BD and Toshiba, but we are not in a position to comment on this," said Frank Eschholz, a spokesperson for Toshiba.
After Toshiba announced intention to discontinue HD DVD, its chief executive officer Atsutoshi Nishida said that the company was hoping on digital video downloads and that the company had been developing technologies in that area. At present there are no video services or players that can download movies from Toshiba, but in future such devices are not excluded from the roadmap.
"Our president Mr. Nishida made some comments regarding video download and we believe that this is a good alternative to packed media in the future. We cannot say when the time will be right in order to have the mass market ready for download but we have started investigating our options," added Mr. Eschholz.
Despite the rhetoric, Toshiba does need Blu-ray: it already commands 50% of the market in Japan and the company needs to offer premium-class players with its high-definition TV-sets.


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Oct '11 - May '13
Sneak preview before clean-up
It's finally done, I lost some chance to document since the camera position was funny + unreachable. I will still have tomorrow to spare, just in case.
The aftermath in the studio
And below is a really ungenerous sneak peak of the upcoming show this Saturday, showing stuffs from other students.
Editing video is up next…
A school blog on Arch Dept, Cranbrook Academy of Art. By farid rakun, admitted Fall 2011.


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Obamacare issues remain for Reed
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is speaking out regarding his opposition to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
The New York Republican linked job growth with the health care law, stating that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was behind dismal unemployment numbers.
"As many of you know, Saturday marked the three-year anniversary of the president's health care law," Reed said. "The negative impacts of Obamacare remain a huge concern to me and, I know, to many employers and to many constituents around the district, around the region, around the state, around the nation. The fact is, job growth is not improving."
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by Obama in 2010. The act is aimed at decreasing the number of uninsured Americans, while reducing the costs of health care. It has a number of provisions, which will be gradually introduced until the year 2020, when the act takes full effect.
According to Reed, the Affordable Care Act is causing employers a great deal of pain when it comes to hiring and keeping employees.
"The uncertainty that the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, has created in the private sector has led them to either lay off employees, not hire new employees, or, when they do hire, hire part-time employees to try and avoid that 50-employee threshold," Reed said.
A business with fewer than 50 employees is considered to be a small business, according to the act. Any business with more than 50 employees must start providing insurance, beginning in 2014. Those employers who do not will be subject to fines.
As a result, Reed said the number one goal should be to focus on coming together to identify areas where a vibrant private-sector economy can be created.
"When it comes to the Affordable Care Act, obviously I still stand for the outright repeal of the law," Reed said. "But, being the practical conservative that I am, I believe we can potentially focus on other areas of the law that need immediate attention, that could go to alleviating some of the concern that small businesses in the private sector are anticipating with the implementation of the law."
Aside from repealing the Affordable Care Act, Reed emphasized he is also in favor of repealing the independent payment advisory board.
The independent payment advisory board was also put into place in 2010. The board is in place to look for savings in Medicare, without affecting quality of care or health coverage.
"(The independent payment advisory board is) the unelected group of bureaucrats that are not charged to hold any of their deliberations in public," Reed said. "I believe that is causing a lot of uncertainty in the health care industry, because folks don't know exactly how health care is going to be delivered going forward when such power is concentrated in an unelected bureaucratic board, such as the independent payment advisory board."
Reed promised to continue to advocate for the outright repeal of these items. However, he said if these items cannot be repealed, he is satisfied with cleaning up these areas in order to alleviate concerns.
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Pictures and description of the fig pizza please!!!!
Mascarpone w/ a little bit of blue cheese mixed in, fresh figs, and a little pinch of Turkish chili flakes (Diana - dhorst brought them and can probably give you the name). Post bake, I added some fig preserves and prosciutto. It was excellent.
Beautiful pies, as expected , and great write ups by Chau, Peter and Norma.I'm darn curious though about which, if any , of the pies pictured are with the General Mills 00.Perry
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Their lives were forever changed and we've been lucky enough to catch a few glimpses of their love.
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After planning and conducting close to 800 parties, I have a few ideas for different party themes. Someone just asked me the other day for ideas for Valentine's Day parties for kids so here are some suggestions.
A favorite for the younger crowd is the Valentine's Day Teddy Bear Tea. For a quick invite idea – get precut heart shapes at a craft supply store and use a bear shaped cookie cutter to cut bear shapes out of colored paper. Glue the bear shape on the heart and then write your party info on the bear. Of course, suggest each guest bring their favorite stuffed bear to the party! You can also find very large hearts at the craft store or your local party shop and use these or large lace doilies for placemats.
Okay – now for the activities. Get some heart shaped temporary tattoos for when guests first arrive to keep them occupied until everyone arrives. You can also put white paper over your table covering and let the kids do heart and bear shaped stamps on the paper. (The white paper will protect your tablecloth and after you finish all crafts you can just roll up and throw out with all the mess.)
Buy store bought sugar cookie dough and roll out, then cut out bear shapes and bake ahead of time. Then let them frost and decorate the cookies with all types of theme sprinkles and heart shapes. Place them in cello bags and seal for them to take home as part of their favor.
I have also found those bear kits at craft stores where you stuff the bear shape with the kids and these kits usually come with an outfit to dress the finished bear in. Then each guest gets to take home a new friend.
Some menu suggestions: Use the bear cookie cutter to cut out bear shaped tea sandwiches with the fillings of your choice. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to make watermelon hearts. Do veggie plates and have a small heart shaped bowl in center with ranch, or other dip. Dessert can include any of the following: a variety of different sized heart cookies displayed on a heart shaped platter, heart shaped dessert shells filled with chocolate pudding and a dallop of whipped cream with a teddy graham inserted into whipped cream, chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting and candy x's and o's (made by Jelly Belly) placed on top and pink/white spinkles around the edges, frosted cupcakes with teddy grahams pushed into top of frosting. (You can place chocolate chips in a baggie, melt them and snip the corner of bag to make faces on the teddy grahams before you place on the cupcakes.) Of course, pink lemonade can be the "tea" or a fruit flavored herbal tea can work and serve it in kids' play tea sets.
Goody Bags – include the craft you made and maybe mini bags of teddy grahams, and any other novelty items you find at your local party store that fit with your theme. You can make name tags with the bear cookie cutter out of colored paper, hole punch them and tie on bags.
You can take this same "tea" theme and not do the teddy bear theme and just have a Valentine's Day Tea for older children. You would adjust the bear crafts for other crafts – maybe ones I mentioned in a prior post – or get heart shaped containers at a craft store that can be decorated with rhinestone stickers, glitter gel pens and stickers. These containers can be used as the goody bag for end of party. If you want to put items inside for the take home gift, just make up individual cellophane bags before the party with the items you want to include and once the containers are dry, put one bag in each. You can also buy heart shaped beads and let each guest make a necklace.
You can make the menu sandwiches using a heart shaped cookie cutter or use assorted sizes and rest of menu still works. Precut hearts work well as place cards or name cards for goody bags.
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26 Weeks to 26 Miles: Speed Golf For a Cause!
Sunriver Resort Marathon adds Speed Golf For a Cause!
Get ready for Speedgolf for A Cause, the newest event as part of the Sunriver Marathon for a Cause weekend.
August 31st at 2:00PM
Caldera Links Golf Course
$25 per person or register as a team for $45
What is speedgolf you ask? Speedgolf is an exciting combination of running and golf. Speedgolfers run between golf shots on a standard golf course, the goal being to shoot the lowest score in the shortest amount of time.
You must register in advance and provide your average mile time and golf handicap.
To register and for more information: www.sunrivermarathon.com
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In recognition of International Human Rights Day, commemorated on December 10 each year, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released the following statement:
"On December 10, 1948, world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly and pledged to uphold and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all people. This promise, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognized that human beings are, by virtue of their birth, endowed with certain inalienable rights that serve as 'the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.'
"Sixty-three years later, we hear this timeless call for freedom and dignity echoed in the streets, squares, and neighborhoods of the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. It is up to the people of each nation to create the governments and societies that reflect their aspirations, and craft the constitutions and build the foundations that will protect their human rights and freedoms. And it is up to the people of every nation in transition to guard their budding democracies against those who would seek to hijack freedom and opportunity.
"The violence we have witnessed this year against people exercising their universal rights to free expression, assembly, and association reminds us of the distance that exists between the values inscribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the realities for many people around the world. From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, political prisoners still languish in jail for speaking, writing or advocating peacefully for their beliefs. Today, we call on every government to release all prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally, including Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, Father Thadeus Nguyen Văn Lý, and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo.
"As we celebrate Human Rights Day, we reaffirm our commitment to these ideals. It is an obligation of every government to guarantee the rights of all citizens, including women, LGBT people, individuals with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups. We will stand with those who defend human rights against oppression wherever it occurs, and support those working toward a more peaceful world."
You can also find the Secretary's statement here on state.gov.
Brian C. in the U.S.A. writes:
What about all the human rights violations connected to the Occupy movement?
Why isn't there more being done about the blatant disregard for civil rights on US soil?
Junior M. in South Africa writes:
thank you for reassure your engagement for the protection of LGBTI people worldwide, we are very marginalized especially African, activism Junior Mayema
Deborah R. in Washington writes:
Please free the people that are seeking human rights. People have the right to food, joy, family, health, happiness and freedom. If one is being held for expressing this there are a thousand that agree and the one that voiced it should not be punished.
Christina in Germany writes:
What can we do, when Human Rights are not being respected in a democracy, such as Germany? When you are being silenced and intimidated from German Security Service Agents because you just want to talk to an American Diplomat? When you get a warning that it will have unpleasant consequences if you do so? And how can I protect myself, because despite of this warnings, I did talk to an American Diplomat? Do you have any suggestions? I am asking Department of State this questions, because here in Germany I am obvious on some sort of lists, without knowing why. And the German Police is not giving me any answers. My only chance is to speak out loud.
Jessica N. in the U.S.A. writes:
What hypocrisy when in the United States gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans have no right to marry and are forced to support the heterosexist married lifestyle. We are denied the right to bring our spouses to live here from other nations. Transgender Americans are denied the right to serve in the military and the right to public accommodations. We are denied the right to work. We are denied the right to a fear-free education and LGBT children are beaten in schools, forced to drop out or kill themselves. And yet you have the audacity to talk about human rights for LGBT in other nations when there are no human rights for LGBT Americans. How dare you. What is this a Democratic Party ploy to get LGBT Americans to open up the gAyTm since the Democrats refuse to allow us to vote in a presidential primary?
Betsuaya A. in New York writes:
I am strongly against the violations of Human Rights in Africa. I sincerely admire what the Secretary of States, Mrs. Clinton is doing. The world should truly come together to address this situation in Africa. The world power nations should focus more on global interest if really the course of addressing Human Rights violation is considered important. A lot of inactive resolutions have been passed by the UN but there enforcement is discouraging...I observe world leaders are concentrating on national interest that is why the UN Security Council has become divided and powerless... I am humbly calling on all world learders to change their orientation and course of action for the world and Africa in particular...
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
It seems the U.N. is using "Human Rights" as a cover story to justify the existence of global government, when in fact, global government is doing little or nothing to free prisoners accused merely of speaking inside their own country.
Thailand jailed Joe Gordon merely because, while he was living in Colorado, he translated and published a banned biography about the King of Thailand.
Why should Thailand remain a member of the U.N. when it can jail Americans for free speech they made while in America?
What about U.N. failures to enforce human rights - is that not a human rights violation in itself?
Does the U.N. accept financial liability for failure to secure human rights in member nations? Perhaps it is time that either the U.N. does pay or it forces member nations to pay reparations to political prisoners.
If the U.N. will not free Joe Gordon from Thai prison, what human rights will it protect?
W.W. writes:
LGBT issue : another poor horned bilderberg governamental way to move away focus from real problem...
who cares about people sexuality or spiritual believes ...
what can you expect from an Horned financial beastly marked society who cares more about pets then human beings?
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Jessica N.
Have hope Jessica. Look to some New England states and you will see that some progress has been made for LGBT citizens and marriage. Many democratic activists and party leaders work to advance this cause.
Mike in Washington, D.C. writes:
Dear Secretary of State Clinton,
I am writing to ask you to look into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mustafa Tamimi, and 28 year old Palestinian. He died on December 10th after succumbing to wounds suffered during a protest against land confiscation in Nabi Saleh. After throwing stones at an IDF armored personnel carrier, he was shot in the head by the Israeli Defense Forces with a high velocity tear gas canister.
wo years ago I was living in a nearby city called Nablus and volunteering as a teacher in three Palestinian refugee camps, as well as the local university.
During my stay in the West Bank, I went to a number of non-violent Palestinian demonstrations against land confiscation, discrimination, and human rights abuses as a result of the growing illegal Israeli settlement complex.
During one of those demonstrations, I was standing in front of a building and talking with a friend. We both watched as an Israeli Defense Forces solider roughly 30 feet from us pointed his weapon at our heads and fired a high velocity tear gas grenade. We were not throwing rocks, moving forward, or posing any conceivable threat. The projectile missed my head by inches and chipped the concrete on the building behind us. Had the canister been slightly left, I probably would not be writing you today.
The week after we were fired on, March 13, 2009, another American from California was shot with one of these canisters and critically injured. Tristan Anderson then spent several months in an intensive care unit before being transferred back to the United States for more therapy. Today, he continues to suffer from severe tramatic brain injuries, blindness in the left eye, and he cannot use the left side of his body. Not long after Tristan was shot and critically injured, another U.S. citizen named Emily Henchowitz was shot during a demonstration in Jerusalem and lost her left eye.
At least two Palestinian civilians have been killed because of the misuse of these U.S. supplied weapons in as many years, and Israeli military forces continue to attack civilians with them, often with lethal consequences.
These tear gas canisters are made by a company called Combined Systems Inc. located in Jamestown Pennsylvania and given to Israel as part of our annual military assistance. This assistance is subject to both the Arms Export Control Act and Leahy Law, and it is my firm belief that those laws are being gravely violated on a continual basis.
I would like you to ask Secretary of Clinton to investigate Israel's use of U.S. supplied high velocity tear gas canisters , and if necessary, take the appropriate measures to make sure that United States statutes protecting human rights are strictly enforced.
Mike C.
Mate F. in Illinois writes:
It is essential to continue promoting and building awareness in our country and around the globe about laws of justice, freedom and equanimity. Protecting the human rights of every individual we will build stronger communities, stronger families where freedom, justice and peace will revolve around them for the well being of all. I feel joy to see greatest days to come for all of us.


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On August 3, 2011, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Shannon and Consul General Thomas Kelly invited representatives of Sao Paulo's Muslim and interfaith communities to break the fast of Ramadan at the Consulate's second annual Iftar dinner. This year, the dinner focused on themes of interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance. Ambassador Shannon underscored the value of religious tolerance, highlighting the important role Brazil plays as an international model of positive interfaith relations.
In welcoming the guests to his residence, Consul General Kelly highlighted the cultural and religious diversity of both the United States and Brazil, a diversity which has served as a source of strength for the two societies. He emphasized how the millions of Muslim-Americans in all sectors of society have enriched the culture of the United States. He also underscored President Obama's message that the United States seeks greater dialogue with and among the world's many faiths to further peaceful coexistence between people of all backgrounds.
The Iftar dinner concluded with comments by invitees, who stressed the importance of open dialogue between different faiths and the value of commemorating such an important Islamic tradition along with members of the interfaith community. They expressed gratitude to the U.S. Consulate for facilitating such a spiritual dialogue and bringing together members of the community who may not otherwise have the chance to interact. One of the Sheikhs stated that "we do not come to these events to teach others about our own religion; rather, we come to learn about other religions and open our minds."
Palgye in South Korea writes:
in my memory, i helped Brazil.
in this case, i want to say Brazil, Su**ing your ****.
Question to fmr President Rula.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
America's credit rating downgraded after the stock market and U.S. economic situation is bad, but the Korea of the United States due to the influence of the stock market collapse and go, especially IT and e-finance-related companies with many Samsung, the largest being hit I think. Samsung to promote, rather than the employees working there today, the economic situation is intentionally trying to avoid that humiliating.
My opinion
Perhaps, watching the market, poor measures, rather than substitute for government bonds in the United States fully understands that there is no alternative, then, the world's people together, to present alternative policies - provide cost-effective alternative, even country because of the situation in the process of implementation is likely to cause a lot of confusion I think. Alternative to fully reverse the economic situation is announced at the same time, but I think, first remove the people's frustration and fear, "stable" policy to present to think.
Monetary policy, financial policy, rather than present, while wait-market, people want to present a policy-economic policies, rather than thinking of people as determined by the terms of the psychological judgments that are strong to think.
And China and India, Brazil and Russia to enable the market to think about? Still, the development of free and large population, large land ... There are
The United States to produce new employment, Health Care Council's strong support for the field that you need to think. The traditional way to consider the opportunity and freedom from concepts.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
If only more people thought this way about religion. It's better to learn about someone else values. Then to think that your way is right, and their way is wrong .
Maybe it's neither way is right, and something in the middle is right. Faith is not about being right or wrong, but believing in something more than we can see,touch,feel or hear. I guess thats why it's called faith.
Anyway ,just my thoughts on this subject.
It's nice to see people listening too each other's views on faith. It's better to listen than to think your right. :)
Nice thoughts, Maha Angelina Armush...
Steve in Washington, D.C. writes:
This is awesome! We need more of the US Government outreach to people of all faiths all over the world. Kudos to the State Department!


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Our CEO, Todd Morris has been featured in a recent New York Daily News article entitled "Knowing good money from bad money." The piece focuses on how businesses can identify money coming from customers and investors that is truly bad capital in the end. Todd weighs in on the subject, and based on his own experiences at BrickHouse Security he provides some sound advice.
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"For Morris, 39, bad money means "having more to risk than gain. We want customers. We want to provide excellent customer service. And we still want to meet our goals."


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Reply in this thread if you have ideas for October.
Pumpkin ?
I have enjoyed the monthly challenges. I had a lot of fun thinking up different ways to make pizzas for whatever the monthly challenges were. It will be sad to see these monthly challenges pass, but I can understand it is hard to come up with new ideas for a monthly challenge each month.
a specific style/topping.ie: pepperoni NY style or 'papa johns clone competition'
keep it interesting and unusual, the way it has always been. styles and clones are already in their own respective sections/threads,no?
yes, but to give such a narrow choice in word, is still as wide as you can get, with the diversity of the forum members here


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Moody's Stabs S&P in the Back With a Near-Junk Rating
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Now that rating agencies are starting to doubt the viability of their peers as lawsuits on pre-financial crisis ratings move forward, the time of reckoning has come.
Late on Valentine's Day, Moody's(MCO) sharply cut the ratings of competitor Standard & Poor's (owned by McGraw-Hill(MHP) . It cited the company's increasing legal risks now that the Department of Justice is suing S&P on fraud charges and state attorneys general including Eric Schneiderman of New York appear to be ready to dig in for a legal fight.
Still, Moody's higher-ups aren't likely to admit it's in the same boat. The firm, after all, gave off-the-mark ratings to many of the real estate and structured securities at the heart of S&P's legal woes.
Such is life in the rating agency business, where some bullish investors and analysts expect federal and civil litigation to blow over, while others such as famed short seller David Einhorn may still have large bets on their eventual demise .
In Moody's downgrade of competitor McGraw-Hill, the agency cites the company's S&P unit and litigation tied to the DoJ's lawsuit from earlier in February. Moody's also notes an earnings-draining sale of McGraw-Hill's education business to private equity firm Apollo Global Management (APO) .
"The downgrade reflects the loss of earnings and business diversity that will result from the expected completion of the $2.5 billion sale of McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) to investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management LLC (Apollo) as well as heightened litigation risks in light of the recent civil lawsuits filed against McGraw-Hill and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (S&P) by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and various state attorneys general," Moody's writes.
Moody's new rating, Baa2, puts its competitor just two notches above a junk-bond rating and "balances the company's history of prevailing in its legal defenses against the potentially substantial negative credit effects that could result from adverse litigation or settlement outcomes," Moody's said.
Of particular concern, according to Moody's, is McGraw-Hill's 10% increase to its quarterly dividend in January and indications that cash returns to shareholders won't change despite the company's lower post-sale earnings streams. During a year-end surge to pay special dividends, McGraw-Hill also laid out a $2.5-a-share special dividend in the wake of its education unit sale to Apollo Global.
Moody's may simply be throwing stones from a glass house.
According to Mark Palmer, a financials analyst at BTIG, Moody's rising cash returns to shareholders and heightened legal risks pose a dangerous cocktail for investors. He holds out a 'sell' rating on the company's shares.
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Listen to prayer
To the Journal editor:
On Jan. 21, 2013, an inauguration prayer was given and shown on YouTube.
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn gave a warning to the U.S. to return to God. He referred to 9/11, the first inauguration and the present time as a needy time for prayer.
Take time to hear the message. God bless America.
Sandy Wachter


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In an effort to help all fantasy owners remain current and updated on fantasy baseball news and injuries, here is a list of major baseball news floating around the web.
Check out the news we deem important in order to set the best lineup possible:
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The M80 is definitely more body-sensitive, but really, it's mostly in the low end. So handling noise is slightly more noticeable in the M80 than it is in the M1A.
The M1A also has more of that very unique "boxy" magnetic sound. So I think that for your applications, the M1A sounds like it would suit you better.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent six productive hours on the ground in Port-au-Prince yesterday (Thursday, April 16). Upon her arrival, the Secretary met with President Rene Preval at the Presidential Palace. In a joint news conference afterwards she pledged that the Obama Administration would support the President, the Prime Minister, and the Government of Haiti in its efforts to help the people of Haiti, because "our commitment is to the people of Haiti." Several times during her visit, the Secretary mentioned her long-standing ties to Haiti, which she first visited with her husband as newlyweds and "spent a wonderful time exploring the country and meeting many Haitians who shared their homes and their experiences with us."
After the Palace, Secretary Clinton visited a medical clinic operated by doctors and other medical personal from the U.S. Navy hospital ship COMFORT in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. The COMFORT is on a ten-day visit to Haiti during which it is providing free medical care (including surgery) to thousands of Haitians who seldom have an opportunity to see a doctor. The Secretary toured the clinic, greeted patients, and thanked the U.S. Navy doctors and the many civilian volunteers for their outstanding work.
After the clinic visit, she was off to the Inter-American Woven Garment factory, beneficiary of the U.S. Congress's "Haitian Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement" (HOPE) II Act of 2008. HOPE II aims at promoting a market-based economy in Haiti, increasing employment, enhancing the rule of law, eliminating barriers to U.S. trade, combating corruption, and protecting internationally recognized human and worker rights. The garment factory that the Secretary visited is among the early success stories of HOPE I and II legislation, which facilitates public-private sector partnerships and has already resulted in the creation of approximately 11,000 jobs in Haiti.
There was the inevitable press scrum and real sense of excitement at the factory. It took us a few minutes to organize the reporters and happy onlookers as the Secretary toured the factory and before she gave remarks. The above photo depicts one of the garment workers, listening carefully to the Secretary's remarks. I think it's important – amid all the urgent travel and high-level dialogue – to keep before us the faces of the people, both in Haiti and the United States, for whom we make these efforts. It was an inspirational day all around.
Rosemary in New Jersey writes:
That's my Hillary! When she first visited, I was living there and teaching at the Haitian-American Institute. I know she feels about Haiti the same way I do. Thanks, Jerome, for the informative post.
Audrey in Maryland writes:
I'm pleased that we, as a nation, would aide the people of Haiti. The needs are so very great! Mrs. Clinton visited Haiti when I lived there as a missionary in 2001-2002. I'm thankful that she hasn't forgotten the People of Haiti!
Thanks for the Encouraging Report!
Teresa in Spain writes:
Wonderful report Mr. Oetgen!


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Fairmont scorches Luverne, 50-40
FAIRMONT – Fairmont center Kayla Lardy and her Cardinal teammates must like playing back-to-back basketball games.
Lardy erupted for an impressive double-double performance of a team-high 20 points and a game-best 16 rebounds to complement three steals and a game-best six assists to power Fairmont to a 50-40 nonconference victory over the Luverne Cardinals on Saturday night in Fairmont.
"We've had quite a week – three wins in three games over the last six days," Fairmont head coach Don Waletich said in reference to his lineup's 48-43 victory over Jackson County Central on Monday and a 47-35 triumph over Blue Earth Area on Friday night. "I thought our girls shot the ball really well tonight, especially considering we just played the night before."
The hometown Cardinals scorched the Cardinal Gym nylon nets on 20 of 34 field goals for a staggering 58.8 percent, paced by power forward Alex Christianson's 7-for-10 shooting performance and Lardy's 7-for-11 effort. Lardy also sank 6 of 7 free throws.
In fact, Fairmont warmed the gymnasium by connecting on 11 of 18 shots from the floor – 61.1 percent – during the opening half to build a 12-point edge by intermission.
While Fairmont displayed its perimeter prowess, Luverne's shooting proved as cold as the temperature outside as the visitors missed their first dozen field-goal attempts of the game.
The hometown Cardinals built a 17-2 lead off of the opening tip before guard Kaitlin Wohnoutka made the visitors' first field goal – one of her five 3-pointers – at the 9-minute mark of the initial half.
Wohnoutka displayed her tenacity by delivering 11 of Luverne's 16 first-half points to prevent a Fairmont runaway.
The 5-foot-4 guard finished with game-highs of 26 points and five steals, but her yeoman effort was not enough to offset the hometown Cardinals' high-low tandem of Lardy and Christianson.
Center Tara Sudenga's traditional 3-point play off a Wohnoutka assist whittled Luverne's deficit to its smallest of the second half at 42-34 with 6 minutes remaining.
Lardy and Christianson answered down the stretch to guide Fairmont to a double-digit margin of victory.
Tracy Thiesse fed Lardy for a critical low-post turnaround before Lardy turned playmaker by spotting Christianson along the baseline for a leaner to restore a double-figure lead at 46-34 with 3 minutes remaining.
Christianson netted 14 points for the hometown Cardinals, Thiesse and Kristen Campe each supplied five points, while Sierra Schultz contributed four points, seven rebounds and three assists.
McKayla Schilling delivered six points, six rebounds and three assists to Luverne's effort, while Sudenga chipped in six points.
Fairmont (5-9) plays host to Ellsworth at 6 p.m. tonight in Game 1 of a non-league varsity doubleheader at Cardinal Gym.
Luverne (7-9) plays host to Southwest Conference opponent Pipestone Area on Tuesday night.
Luverne 16-24-40
Fairmont 28-22-50
Stanley 0-5 0-0 0, Schilling 2-9 2-2 6, Sudenga 1-4 4-7 6, Rust 0-7 2-4 2, Wohnoutka 9-21 3-4 26, Haugen 0-6 0-0 0, Dohlmann 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 12-54 11-17 40.
Christianson 7-10 0-0 14, Thiesse 2-4 1-2 5, Lardy 7-11 6-7 20, Campe 2-6 0-0 5, Schultz 2-3 0-0 4, Kim 0-0 0-0 0, Wegener 0-0 1-2 1, Atzenhoefer 0-0 1-2 1, Mosloski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-34 9-13 50.
3-pointers: Luverne 5-27 (Wohnoutka 5-12, Haugen 0-5, Schilling 0-4, Stanley 0-3, Rust 0-3); Fairmont 1-3 (Campe 1-2, Thiesse 0-1). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Fairmont 33 (Lardy 16); Luverne 23 (Schilling 6). Assists: Fairmont 17 (Lardy 6; Christianson, Schultz and Campe); Luverne 5 (Schilling 3). Steals: Luverne 10 (Wohnoutka 5); Fairmont 5 (Lardy 3).
Haley Harder generated 11 points, four steals and three assists to guide Fairmont to a 31-17 victory over Luverne during B-squad action Saturday night.
Courtney Mosloski netted a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinals, Sophie Shelgren pocketed six steals, while Sydney Glienke added four steals.


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The Arusha Coffee Lodge enjoys a privileged location on the rolling foothills of Mount Meru. The lodge is part of one of Tanzania's largest coffee plantations and the ideal base before and after your East Africa Safari. Arusha Coffee Lodge has been designed around the original landowner's home that dates back to the early 1900s. Each of the Plantation Rooms is nestled among coffee bushes, and features a welcoming open log-fire, bathrobes and slippers, in-room electronic safe, and tea and coffee making facilities.
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Centered about a main lodge - which itself encases a thousand year-old baobab tree - Tarangire Treetops comprises of 20 elevated rooms which offer unparalleled views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab trees. Each Treetops Room boasts one of the largest bedrooms you'll find in any East Africa tented camp or lodge – with a floor space of 65 square metres – and all with an exotic double shower en suite bathroom. With furnishings that create warmth and demonstrate a commitment to local craftsmanship, the safari experience is completed by the open-fronted room design and expansive private balcony.
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During your Tanzania safari, travel to The Manor at Ngorongoro, one of the first East Africa safari lodges of its kind to blend East African hospitality with old-world Afro-European architecture and decor. Each Manor Cottage Suite has a private entrance and adjoining sun terrace. A double open-fronted log-burning fireplace divides a room interior that mirrors the traditional Cape Dutch architecture. The en suite bath and shower room possesses a Victorian-style claw-footed bath, as well as twin vanity basins and large 'rainfall' shower.
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We talk with five pickup builders specializing in single coils: Pete Biltoft and Vintage Vibe Guitars, J.D. Prince of Van Zandt Pickups, Owen Duffy of O.C. Duff Pickups, Chris Kinman of Kinman Guitar Electrix, and Jerry Amalfitano of Amalfitano PickupsRead More