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William (Bill) French
GLADSTONE – William (Bill) French, 86, of Gladstone, passed away on Feb. 9, 2013, at the Veterans Hospital in Iron Mountain after a brief illness.
He was born on Feb. 25, 1926, in Iron Mountain, Mich., son of Homer and Edith (LaFreniere) French. He spent his childhood in Harris, Mich., where he worked on the family farm and attended school. He also worked at his brother's grocery store until enlisting in the Marine Corp. He served as a military policeman during World War II and was stationed at Pearl Harbor for most of his tour.
On Aug. 2, 1947, he married Margaret Blowers of Nahma, Mich. They made their home in Escanaba while Bill worked on the line crew for the railroad. He later went to work for the American Playground Device Company as a machinist in Anderson, Ind., and then relocated to Nahma. He retired and then went to work as a bartender at Mac's Bar.
Bill enjoyed snowmobiling, hunting, going to camp and working in his shop. He spent many hours firing up his smokehouse for sausage and fish. He made a delicious meat pie and suburb potato sausage. He had traveled to all 50 states and loved to talk about the National Parks and the beauty of the country.
He is survived by his son, Don (Mary) of Escanaba; former daughter-in-law, Julie Gullickson of Grafton, Wis.; grandchildren, Amber, JR and Steven French of Grafton; Heather (Dave) Heinz of Laurium; Nicole (Mark) Harris of Gladstone; and Billy Alberts of Phoenix, Ariz.; great-grandchildren, Brianne Forrest; Coleton, Emily, Isaac, MaKaela, and Molly French; Jenna and Nick Heinz; Madison Harris and Ayden and Duveigh Alberts; sisters, LaVonna Sarasin and Verna Trinkle; many nieces and nephews including two special nieces, Marlene and Ione; and his "extended family" at the American Legion Post 71 in Gladstone where he was a lifetime member.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; daughters, Linda and Mary; son, Rick; and son-in-law, Harold Alberts; brothers, Arliss, Homer, Vernon and Willard; and sisters, Bea, Ione, Merle and Gladys; and four infant grandchildren.
In keeping with Bill's wishes, there will be no services. Burial will be at Moss Lake Cemetery in the spring. Skradski Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone and Escanaba are assisting the French family. Please visit www.skradskifuneralhomes.com where you can express your sympathy to the French family, or to leave a memory tribute about Bill.

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Debates of Nov. 25th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #104 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was training.
- Question Period
- Government Response to Petitions
- Improving Trade Within Canada Act
- Committees of the House
- Excise Tax Act
- Business of Supply
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Business of Supply
- National Holodomor Awareness Week
- Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle
- Nataly Boulerice
- Windsor Goodfellows Club
- Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Pensions
- Meritorious Service Medal
- Micheline Groleau
- National Parks
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Durban Conference
- David Lam
- Durban Conference
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Conservative Candidate for Vaughan
- Violence Against Women
- Taseko Mines Limited
- Infrastructure
- Afghanistan
- Ethics
- Conservative Candidate for Vaughan
- Contaminated Water in Shannon
- Quebec City Arena
- Arts and Culture
- Seniors
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- Poverty
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- Poverty
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- Public Safety
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Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Calgary East
Deepak Obhrai Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and to the Minister of International Cooperation
Madam Speaker, it is good to know that the Liberal Party is not supporting this motion and has quite clearly outlined why we should stay in Afghanistan. Perhaps the hon. member can say what the Bloc and the NDP are inferring, too, which is that we should be in Afghanistan but without the security. How is that possible, that we do not train the people of Afghanistan to take care of themselves? As the foreign affairs critic said, it is critically important that Afghans take over the destiny of their country. We all agree with that.
So why does it feel as though the other two parties are saying things like we should be leaving, but the security blanket should be left alone? If it is not done by us, then by whom, may I ask?
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Ken Dryden York Centre, ON
Madam Speaker, I think the challenge for everyone in the House is to see that in fact we fulfill the commitment that we say we are making, a commitment that is for development, a commitment that is for training, a commitment that is not in a combat role.
I think the challenge and the record of governments in lots of places in the world is a very sketchy one in terms of maintaining those kinds of promises. When a country is in a war environment, it is very difficult not to be engaged in a combat role.
That is why, as I was trying to say in my remarks, we have to be really vigilant, each of each other, each of ourselves, because it is so easy to slide into a different role.
That is what we are voting on today, the literal support of that mission, of training and of development and not a combat role.
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Madam Speaker, I am trying to understand the position taken today by the Liberal member, who made a sober speech. I remind him of today's motion. What does it say? It calls on the government to respect two commitments. The first is the commitment made in May 2006 that any extension of Canada's mission in Afghanistan would be put to a vote in Parliament. The second is the commitment to ensure that if the mission were to continue after 2011 that it would be a civilian one. That commitment was reiterated in January 2010.
My question for the Liberal member is simple. Why is the Liberal Party refusing to demand that any extension of Canada's mission in Afghanistan be put to a vote in Parliament, as the government committed?
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Ken Dryden York Centre, ON
Madam Speaker, my understanding is that this not an extension of a combat role.
If it is not an extension of a combat role, then that is a very different story than what was brought up in the member's question.
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Madam Speaker, I will be brief. I always enjoy listening to the comments of the member for York Centre. I know he is the ultimate team player. His speech today was articulate.
I just want to ask the member a question. The papers today quote his colleague from Saint-Laurent—Cartierville as saying that Afghans do not need training, that the military that defeated the Soviets in the 1980s does not require our help.
That was his former leader, as I said, the member for Saint-Laurent—Cartierville. His current leader, of course, is on a different page. I wonder which one of his colleagues he agrees with.
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Ken Dryden York Centre, ON
Madam Speaker, I have not been to Afghanistan. I have not seen up close what the needs are.
I am going on the basis that in fact there is an ongoing need, in order to take on that larger role. As more soldiers from other countries leave or those ones stay in non-combat roles, there is that much more responsibility and a much larger task for those Afghans who remain, and therefore the training of them.
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Bryon Wilfert Richmond Hill, ON
Madam Speaker, I am delighted to participate in today's debate.
First, having travelled to Afghanistan on three different occasions, I have had an opportunity to see our men and women in the field, in the OMLT, in Kandahar, working with Afghans and assisting the Afghan national army in a support role. There is no question in my mind that Canadians are making a significant difference in Afghanistan and they are making that significant difference under the UN resolution and as part of NATO.
Canada has always been, and will continue to be, a country that responds when the need is there. On the issues of international terrorism and dealing with and creating a stable and productive Afghanistan, Canada does not take second place to anyone. We have done an outstanding job there. Every Canadian soldier, every aid worker and every contractor there will tell us that they are making a difference in the lives of the average Afghan.
The discussion before the House deals with whether we should have a training mission, what is commonly known as inside the wire, after the combat role ends in 2011.
In my view, there are two ways we could go. We could simply say that the combat mission ends, therefore our responsibility ends and then we go home and let somebody else do the job. I believe Canadians, by and large, do not take that view. They take the view that 152 Canadians have lost their lives there, 152 Canadians have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
What else can we do? Our party has always supported the 3-D approach, which is defence, diplomacy and development. However, clearly one of the elements is in the area of training the Afghan national army, so it not only can it defend itself, but it can also train other Afghans so they will not need international assistance.
It is important that we have a force there, which is now over 170,000, an Afghan army that is able not only to secure the territory, but also to defend that territory and defend the sovereignty of Afghanistan, not just from the Taliban but also from outside sources, such as al-Qaeda.
I believe that the training inside the wire, on which the government has enunciated although I know more details will come, in Kabul and in the military academy, will allow Afghan soldiers to continue on in defence of their country.
Some would argue that this is a continuation of the military mission, but clearly the focus of this mission will change. What we are expecting of our forces is going to change. We are not going to be out in the field in a support role. We are not going to be out in the field in any combat role. We are training and we are going to train individuals.
On my third trip to Afghanistan, we asked all key Afghan officials, the foreign minister, U.S. General McChrystal and others what their biggest need was. Clearly the biggest need, which we came back and enunciated, was for training, not just for the Afghan national army, but for the Afghan national police. We have now heard from the government that it believes, in concert with our allies, that training is a necessary component and that Canada can contribute in a very valuable and specific way to the training of the Afghan national army.
It is not only about training however. It is also about support for development, for more and more students to go to school. Six million young people have gone to school who did not go before. However, we cannot build schools and clinics unless there is security. We cannot have security unless we have forces that are trained in order to secure those towns, villages and cities.
Therefore, I believe we will play a role which will improve the quality of life for the average Afghan. It will allow young girls to go to school. A few years ago, when we had the opportunity to meet with President Karzai, he indicated that, for the first time in Afghan history, 600 doctors would graduate and 300 of them would women.
When we think of where Afghanistan was just over 10 years ago, young children, particularly girls, did not school and women did not go out of the house. They were confined. They could not get an education. Think of the development next year when the Dahla Dam is completed, which is one of the three signature projects in which Canada has been involved. It will not only provide clean running water but electricity, it will also help irrigate significant areas of southern Afghanistan for the growing of wheat in particular.
If we really want to change the lives of individuals, the only way we can do that is to provide the kind of skill sets that, in this case, Canada is good at. We have significant aid workers there and they have to be protected. Again, the training of the Afghan forces and providing those skill sets will assist in terms of the protection of aid workers, whether they are ours or someone else's.
Advancing security and the rule law is another area in which Canada has been involved. It is embedded in the ministry of justice. As a vice-chair of the Afghanistan special committee, I have been able to witness that. With some of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, we were able to see those kinds of changes.
The rule of law is absolutely important, as well as training people on human rights.
Opposition Motion—Mission in Afghanistan
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie
I regret interrupting the hon. member. He can continue his comments when debate resumes after question period. We will now move to statements by members.
National Holodomor Awareness Week
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Scott Armstrong Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
Madam Speaker, in 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians died because of a politically instituted famine known as the Holodomor. The direct translation of Holodomor means death by starvation, a genocidal policy put in place by Joseph Stalin.
At the peak of the Holodomor, 25,000 Ukrainians were perishing from hunger each and every day. A full third of these were vulnerable and innocent children.
The suffering caused by the Holodomor is, without question, one of the worst peacetime tragedies the world has ever known. As this is National Holodomor Awareness Week, I implore all my fellow members to honour the victims of this genocide by learning more about the Holodomor so tragedies like this will never be permitted to be perpetrated on the innocent in this world again.
Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Lise Zarac LaSalle—Émard, QC
Madam Speaker, last month, during a ceremony in celebration of LaSalle's volunteers, the Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle won the 2010 Moulin d'or award for organization of the year. This award, which is presented by members of the borough council, acknowledges the generosity and exceptional value of an organization's involvement in its community.
The Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle has worked with youth for many years to develop their self-esteem, leadership qualities and sense of belonging in the community. Through quality programming, these young people are given every opportunity to realize their full potential.
I am very proud to offer my heartfelt congratulations for this well deserved, impressive achievement to the Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle, its board of directors, its executive director, Mark Branch, and its incredible team.
On behalf of my colleagues, I wish them every success in the coming years.
Nataly Boulerice
Statements by Members
November 25th, 2010 / 2 p.m.
Claude DeBellefeuille Beauharnois—Salaberry, QC
Madam Speaker, on behalf of all my Bloc Québécois colleagues, I would like to congratulate Nataly Boulerice, a dynamic singer-songwriter from Saint-Édouard who is very involved in her community, on being honoured with a Galaxie Rising Stars award this year.
On September 15, during an evening event organized by the St-Tite western festival, SOCAN, Culture Country and the Galaxie music network, Ms. Boulerice won second prize in the country pop/rock/folk category for her song Veillez veillez. The song is on a compilation album of the 10 finalist songs for this special evening.
I am extremely proud of how committed Ms. Boulerice is to sharing her passion for the arts and culture, and I encourage her to continue growing as a musician and cultural ambassador. But above all, I support her as she follows her dreams. Her commitment to her community is an inspiration to many up-and-coming artists.
Bravo, Ms. Boulerice.
Windsor Goodfellows Club
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, as its annual Old Boys Newspaper campaign gets under way, I would like to recognize the Windsor Goodfellows Club, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary of giving.
Founded in 1910 out of the deep concern that no child or family go hungry, the organization has established essential programs to address this need. In the past year alone, over 11,000 food boxes were distributed by the food bank, feeding over 60,000 people, assisting nine area schools with their breakfast programs. More than 1,300 pairs of new shoes were given to children.
All these efforts were made possible by one paid staff member and 152 volunteers. This organization exemplifies volunteer service as it receives no funding from any level of government or not-for-profit agency.
Unfortunately the concerns and issues that initiated the Goodfellows founding 100 years ago are still with us today. Its continued efforts, which have significant support from across the community, display what determination and citizen action can accomplish when we all work together.
I thank the Goodfellows.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Andrew Scheer Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK
Mr. Speaker, this week thousands of Rider fans will descend on Edmonton and turn the streets around Commonwealth Stadium into a sea of green. Households will be without watermelons for their families this weekend as the stores will run dry as Rider fans clean them out.
The Riders truly bring the people of Saskatchewan together. NDP or Sask Party, Saskatoon or Regina, Tim Hortons or Robin's Donuts, John Deere or CASE IH, we all put aside our differences every game day.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Riders. A special loonie was struck to commemorate the event and dozens of communities across the province celebrated to mark a century of Rider football.
Did members know that over half of all CFL merchandise sold in Canada is Rider gear? Every away game sounds like a home game, as most of the fans in Edmonton, Calgary, B.C. and even Toronto cheer for the green and white.
Darian Durant, Wes Cates, Regina native Chris Getzlaf and the whole Rider team will do our province proud this weekend. Redemption is in order as a rematch of the last Grey Cup will give the Riders another opportunity to bring home the trophy.
With a whole province behind them, I know the Riders will do us proud. Go Riders.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Gerry Byrne Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are genuinely concerned about their future well-being in retirement. They are undeniably nervous and anxious about whether they will ever be able to amass the necessary resources to live in reasonable comfort. They wonder whether the tools and safeguards for generating those resources are stable enough to ensure that these needs are met.
However, instead of acting to relieve Canadians of these concerns, the Conservatives are acting to worsen that anxiety.
On May 17 of this year, the Conservatives secretly changed the rules and the benefits of RRSPs and registered retirement income funds. As of that day in May, all Canadians who withdraw a lump sum from their RRIF will likely lose their eligibility to the guaranteed income supplement for up to two years.
As it stands now, if a senior citizen with modest means needs to make an emergency withdrawal from his or her RRIF to pay for an unforeseen medical expense, an emergency home repair or any other necessity, he or she will lose the GIS in return. If that is not bad enough, the senior will not necessarily learn of the consequence until the year after because GIS eligibility--
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
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MOODLEY, S et al. Fluidization behaviour of various titania feedstocks. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2012, vol.112, n.6, pp.467-471. ISSN 2411-9717.
In the chloride process for TiO2 pigment production, various titania feedstocks (i.e. rutile, synthetic rutile, slag, and upgraded titania slag (UGS)) are chlorinated in a fluidized bed reactor with petroleum coke at temperatures between 1000°C and 1100°C to yield gaseous metal chlorides. Although feedstock preference is largely based on TiO2 content, feedstock physical properties (i.e. density, sphericity, size distribution, and porosity) differ; these differences will affect fluidization behaviour and can inadvertently affect conversion efficiency. For example, a high carryover from the reactor reduces particle residence time and decreases conversion rates. Owing to dwindling rutile reserves in the world, most chloride producers are forced to feed blends of feedstocks to their chlorinators; and so it becomes important to understand whether blends have an effect on the hydrodynamic properties of the bed. This paper describes the physical characterization of different feeds and the determination of the elutriation constants for slag, rutile, synthetic rutile, and a blend (i.e. 50 wt% rutile, 50 wt% slag). A common feature of the tests was that particles finer than 75 μm tended more than any other size to be elutriated. The tested rutile, classified as a Geldart Group B material, had the lowest carryover, whereas the slags had the highest. Interestingly, the elutriation constant (ki) of the blend is lower than those of either of its individual components.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Yacoub Aljaffery's non-fiction narrative of a brutal childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Nichole Held's slice-of-life story about a family breakup.
Steve Klepetar's playful poem "How to Make Love in a Foreign Language."
These and other literary works -- plus five powerful photos -- form Kaleidoscope 2009, the magazine of the Write Place, St. Cloud State University's writing center.
"I think it's a lovely issue -- one of the best, for sure," said Carol Mohrbacher, director of The Write Place.
A team of judges led by Trista Baldwin, assistant professor of English, determined which works would be published. Contributors included students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.
The Kaleidoscope Web site hosts 14 editions going back to 1990, when the magazine was founded by Judy Kilborn, professor of English.
Some 350 hard copies of the 2009 issue were printed.
"People really like it," said St. Cloud native Nick Seifert, Kaleidoscope editor and a graduate assistant at The Write Place. "Every time I put out a stack of new issues they were gone in a day."
Holly Warzecha's cover painting caught people's eyes, said Seifert. Warzecha holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in art from St. Cloud State. She lives in St. Cloud and is pursuing a master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Kaleidoscope has a reputation among art students as a place to get one's art published, Mohrbacher said.
Conrad Bauer, a junior English major from Mandan, N.D., combined his Web-development talents with his rhetorical and applied writing skills to design and publish the online edition.
Meet the Kaleidoscope 2009 staff. Meet the contributors. The magazine is funded by the Cultural Diversity Committee and The Write Place.
The Write Place provides individualized writing help for students, faculty and staff. Undergraduate and graduate writing consultants are headquartered in Room 117 of the 51 Building. Consultants also staff First Floor West of the Miller Center.
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If you're a first time dog owner, you probably have a lot to learn. You'll need to figure out the best way to train your dog, plan out healthy walking routes, and speak with your vet about the ins and outs of raising puppies. Part of being a good dog owner is participating in regular dog grooming, which means you'll likely be giving your canine a bath every once in a while. Once you master the art of bathing your canine companion, you'll find it to be an easy task, but until then, here's a guide to help you.
Getting the supplies
First, you'll need to pick up the supplies necessary for bathing your pet. If you have a shallow bathtub in your home, then you can use that to wash your canine. If not, you may need to purchase a portable tub that fits the dog and makes it easy for you to reach him during the bath. You should also ask an expert at one of your nearby vet clinics to help you pick out a pet-appropriate shampoo. Under no circumstances should you use soap or shampoo meant for humans. Fortunately, there is a wide market of pet-safe washes for you to choose from, though your vet may be able to recommend a particular brand that works best.
When to wash
Unlike cats, dogs do not bathe themselves, so it will be up to you to make sure your pet stays clean and healthy. You can set up a regular bathing routine, but how often your dogs needs a bath will depend on his coat and behavior. Canines who spend a lot of time outside will likely need baths more frequently, as will dogs who have long coats. You can perform a simple "smell test" - when your dog starts to noticeably stink, it's probably time to give him a good bath.
Dogs who are afraid of water
Many dogs take to water like fish, but some canines are afraid of water. It may be difficult to get your dog to overcome this innate fear, but you can help ease his anxiety by introducing him to water slowly. Try washing just one part of his body before putting him in a bath, or use treats to reward him before and after bath time.
The bath itself
When it comes time for the bath, make sure you are using warm - but not hot - water. Remove your dog's collar and place him in the bathtub once you have it full. How much water you use will depend on his height, but generally, you should have it filled so that his paws are completely submerged, but his stomach is well above the waterline. Use a detachable shower head or nozzle, or else a durable cup, to wet your dog down. Be sure to cover his eyes with your hand when you pour water on his head. Next, rub the shampoo into his fur, massaging down to his skin. This is also a good time to check for ticks in dogs. After you've soaped him up, once again wash him down with water. Use a towel to dry him off, and be sure to keep him inside until his fur is completely dry, especially if it's cold outside.


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The City Council of Webster City will hold a public hearing concerning the 2013 street improvement project during its regular session Monday night at city hall.
The hearing will begin at 7:15 p.m. The agenda calls for the council to consider a resolution approving and confirming plans, specification and form of contract as well as the estimate of cost for the project. The contract for the project is also expected to be awarded.
The council members will review a request from the water plant/waste water plant director on improvements to the water plant chlorine room.
Proposed fees for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 will be considered. A proposed ordinance amending the city code of ordinances pertaining to fees will be up for a first reading by the council.
Council members will discuss two resolutions concerning loan agreements with Webster City Daycare and Riverview Early Childhood Center, and will review an agreement with Iowa Central Community College for the use of Fuller Hall and the outdoor swimming pool.
Two closed sessions are planned for Monday night following the other items of business.
The first session will be to discuss strategy with legal counsel in matters that are presently in litigation or where litigation may be imminent. The second closed session is to discuss the purchase of real estate.


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Samsung Electronics, a top maker of consumer electronics as well as computer devices and peripherals, has introduced the world's first monitor that uses DisplayPort interconnection with a personal computer (PC). Usage of a new interface significantly simplified the design of the display, the company noted.
Samsung's first DisplayPort-enabled monitor will be 30" in diagonal, supporting 2560x1600 resolution and will feature S-PVA panel. Other specs were not available at press time.
"We are pleased to be the first LCD manufacturer in the world to create a panel with a DisplayPort interface. We have received many inquiries from computer integrators interested in DisplayPort-based LCD panels, which prompted an acceleration of our R&D for this first DisplayPort LCD panel. Samsung was the only LCD panel maker participating in the original DisplayPort working (standards) group formed in 2004," said Brian Berkeley, vice president, Samsung LCD Business, who is leading the company's DisplayPort development efforts.
In a joint undertaking with Genesis Microchip, Samsung developed its 30" panel using a new four-lane, 2.7Gbps/lane interface chip. The interface technology processes 2560x1600 pixels of graphics data at up to 10 bits of color depth or 1.07 billion colors, a feat that would normally require at least three DVI or four LVDS interface chips, which means more complex and more expensive design.
The DisplayPort is designed to enable a common interface approach across both internal and external display connections. Internal connections include display interfaces within a notebook PC or within an LCD display. External display connections include the interface between a source device such as a desktop PC, set-top box, DVD player or game console, and a display device such as a direct view flat panel or projection display for viewing video and graphics. The DisplayPort standard will also include an optional digital audio capability allowing streaming of high definition digital audio-video content over the interface, and provides performance scalability to enable the next generation of displays featuring higher color depths, refresh rates, and display resolutions.
Mass production of Samsung's 30" panel is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2008.


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I love these unique Christmas cards because I send them to my father and many of his nurses, CNAs, Social Workers, Activity Directors and more at the Veterans Home where he is living. This is a wonderful way to say thank you to everyone there and include wonderful Christmas wishes all at the same time!
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Current No. 1-Ranked Sky Procycling Returns to United States to Compete in America's Toughest Cycling Race Taking place August 19-25, 2013, the 2013 USA Pro Challenge will feature 16 of the world's top professional cycling teams, including UCI No. 1-ranked Sky Procycling, which includes 2012 Tour de France overall winner Bradley Wiggins and second place finisher Chris Froome. Comprised of UCI Pro, Pro Continental and Continental teams, the race will include some of the top talent in the sport. Taking riders on a heart-pounding journey through the Colorado Rockies, the eight-day stage race will travel nearly 600 miles from Aspen to Denver.
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Beautifully appointed Häringe Palace, just outside Stockholm sits on a peninsula that fringes the Stockholm archipelago. As hotel locations go, Häringe Palace is hard to beat. You have views of the archipelago and some of the activities that Häringe Palace offers, including boules, a tennis court, swimming pool and jogging track.Häringe Palace has been owned by the Ljungberg family since 1999 and they have turned it into an exclusive, stylish stay with the onus on fine cuisine. Executive chef Björn Ericsson and his dedicated team work to the slow food concept that revolves around good, clean and fair food, using mainly seasonal, local produce. The part about slow food that you'll really enjoy is that it should be enjoyed slowly – giving you the time to really taste the food in the magnificent dining rooms at Häringe Palace. Häringe Palace forms the centrepiece of a group of buildings; Kreugers Wing, the West Wing, the East Wing, the Cavaliers' Wing and the Sea Wing. The names of the rooms, deluxe rooms and suites here are named after some of the famous people who have stayed here including Ivar Kreuger (matchstick magnate) and Jussi Björling (Swedish opera star of the 1950s). All rooms are sumptuously decorated in styles from various epochs and fit beautifully with the hotel environs.
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ESCANABA – Mary Jo Johnson, 57, of Escanaba, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 9, 2013, at the Marquette General Hospital.
Mary Jo was born April 22, 1956, in Escanaba, the daughter of Lawrence and Barbara (Garvey) Johnson. She was raised in Gladstone and attended the Gladstone schools. Throughout her life, Mary Jo was employed in the dietary department at Christian Park Health Care Facility in Escanaba. In addition, she volunteered many hours of her time as a foster grandparent at Holy Name School. Mary Jo enjoyed crocheting, walking and spending time with her loving grandchildren. She will be deeply missed.
Survivors include son, Dean (Sarah) Godfrey of Gladstone; brothers, Raymond (Martha) Johnson of Grayslake, Ill., Mike Johnson of California; grandchildren, Kayla, Lindsey and Lucas Godfrey; nephew, Ron Ketcham of Gladstone; niece, Lisa Ketcham of Gladstone.
Also surviving are additional nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Mary Jo was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Barbara; sister, Sue Ketcham.
Mary Jo's family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Mary Jo Johnson will follow visiting hours at 4 p.m. at the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone with Rev. Fr. Jamie Ziminski of All Saints Church officiating. Mary Jo will be laid to rest in the Rapid River Cemetery. The Skradski Family Funeral Homes of Delta County are assisting Mary Jo's family with arrangements.
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There are few places on Earth where people need not be concerned about flooding. Any place where rain falls is vulnerable, although rain is not the only impetus for flood.
A flood occurs when water overflows or inundates land that's normally dry. This can happen in a multitude of ways. Most common is when rivers or streams overflow their banks. Excessive rain, a ruptured dam or levee, rapid ice melting in the mountains, or even an unfortunately placed beaver dam can overwhelm a river and send it spreading over the adjacent land, called a floodplain. Coastal flooding occurs when a large storm or tsunami causes the sea to surge inland.
Most floods take hours or even days to develop, giving residents ample time to prepare or evacuate. Others generate quickly and with little warning. These flash floods can be extremely dangerous, instantly turning a babbling brook into a thundering wall of water and sweeping everything in its path downstream.
Disaster experts classify floods according to their likelihood of occurring in a given time period. A hundred-year flood, for example, is an extremely large, destructive event that would theoretically be expected to happen only once every century. But this is a theoretical number. In reality, this classification means there is a one-percent chance that such a flood could happen in any given year. Over recent decades, possibly due to global climate change, hundred-year floods have been occurring worldwide with frightening regularity.
Moving water has awesome destructive power. When a river overflows its banks or the sea drives inland, structures poorly equipped to withstand the water's strength are no match. Bridges, houses, trees, and cars can be picked up and carried off. The erosive force of moving water can drag dirt from under a building's foundation, causing it to crack and tumble.
In the United States, where flood mitigation and prediction is advanced, floods do about $6 billion worth of damage and kill about 140 people every year. A 2007 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that coastal flooding alone does some $3 trillion in damage worldwide. In China's Yellow River valley, where some of the world's worst floods have occurred, millions of people have perished in floods during the last century.
When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel, and untreated sewage. Potentially dangerous mold blooms can quickly overwhelm water-soaked structures. Residents of flooded areas can be left without power and clean drinking water, leading to outbreaks of deadly waterborne diseases like typhoid, hepatitis A, and cholera.
But flooding, particularly in river floodplains, is as natural as rain and has been occurring for millions of years. Famously fertile floodplains like the Mississippi Valley in the American Midwest, the Nile River valley in Egypt, and the Tigris-Euphrates in the Middle East have supported agriculture for millennia because annual flooding has left millions of tons of nutrient-rich silt deposits behind.
Most flood destruction is attributable to humans' desire to live near picturesque coastlines and in river valleys. Aggravating the problem is a tendency for developers to backfill and build on wetlands that would otherwise act as natural flood buffers.
Many governments mandate that residents of flood-prone areas purchase flood insurance and build flood-resistant structures. Massive efforts to mitigate and redirect inevitable floods have resulted in some of the most ambitious engineering efforts ever seen, including New Orleans's extensive levee system and massive dikes and dams in the Netherlands. And highly advanced computer modeling now lets disaster authorities predict with amazing accuracy where floods will occur and how severe they're likely to be.
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While the election of Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress provides great hope that the wounds our rights and liberties suffered over the past eight years will begin to heal, there is much work to be done. At this critical time in history People For the American Way has the responsibility to aggressively, and steadfastly work to recreate an America which respects constitutional values. As a member of PFAW's President's Council you will provide the leadership and vision necessary to overcome and counter damages done by the Right, while protecting liberty, equality, justice, and opportunity for all Americans.
By making a commitment of $1,000 or more per year, President's Council members provide PFAW and PFAW Foundation with crucial funding to expose the lies and agenda of the Right, while combating its attempts to regain power. The average contribution is $2,500.
As a member of PFAW's President's Council you will stand with America's most committed leaders, and experience the personal satisfaction of knowing you played an integral role in defending justice, equal opportunity, tolerance, and constitutional liberty.
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Pennies add up: Gladstone Middle Schoolers raise $580 for hurricane victims
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Students in the Gladstone Middle School held a Penny War to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Within nine hours, the students and staff raised over $580. The initial idea to donate came from Lexi Winling, a seventh-grade student, who contacted the Red Cross herself. Her science class helped coordinate the efforts.


text: A gathering place for Czech demonstrations, celebrations and remembrances, the square has been eyewitness to the country's most important historical events including The Prague Spring of 1968, The Velvet Revolution, and recently, Václav Havel's memorial. The dominant feature is the statue of St. Wenceslas sitting atop his horse, accompanied by Czech patrons, Saint Ludmila, Saint Anežka, Saint Prokop and Saint Vojtěch. Behind the statue lies the magnificent National Museum. Lining both sides of the strip are shops, clubs, cafes and restaurants.


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Every U.S. Embassy has a duty officer on call right now. Any U.S. citizen facing a medical or legal emergency just about anywhere in the world can get immediate help from a U.S. diplomat 24/7. Employees at the embassy rotate duty officer responsibility, and I remember one particular instance when I was serving in the role in 2011 and the duty phone rang during dinner. I answered it with some trepidation, as we always do, hoping it would not be a terrible emergency.
At the U.S. Embassy in Harare, as at every U.S. embassy worldwide, looking out for the welfare of U.S. citizens is our top priority. Our consular officers are extensively trained in American citizen services, ranging from replacing lost passports to assisting with medical evacuations. They cannot overturn an arrest, but they are the first ones called and go immediately to check on incarcerated individuals to ensure U.S. citizens are treated fairly by local law enforcement.
My call turned out to be about an elderly U.S. citizen who broke her hip at Victoria Falls. Traveling alone as part of a tour group, she was 8,000 miles from home. I could not personally get to her quickly, but I was able to activate our consular American citizen services support network.
Our consular section maintains emergency contingency plans for a wide range of scenarios. They continually update online consular information, meet with local U.S. citizen residents, and encourage U.S. visitors to register with the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) before travel. They also have an extensive network of volunteer "wardens" throughout Zimbabwe who assist U.S. citizens in distress until a consular officer can arrive.
Thanks to this network, the woman with the broken hip was already at the MARS (Medical Air Rescue Service) clinic waiting for a helicopter to take her to Johannesburg. Meanwhile, I spoke to the woman's daughter in the United States about insurance and alerted the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg. After several hectic hours, she left Zimbabwe and went home to her daughter.
I am not a consular officer myself, but I am able to take on the duty officer role thanks to my consular coworkers and their extensive network of hardworking, reliable Zimbabwean contacts. Together, we help U.S. citizens in distress and do our best to make a trip to Victoria Falls the once-in-a-lifetime perfect experience it should be.
About the Author: Sharon Hudson-Dean serves as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.


text: The ideal letter of recommendation is a detailed and objective description of your intellectual capabilities, written and oral communication skills, creativity, integrity, judgment, and leadership potential. Law schools want to know that you have the intelligence and skills necessary to be a law student and a lawyer, and the ideal letter of recommendation demonstrates your abilities and capabilities with concrete examples and in comparison to other students. Number of Letters of Recommendation Follow the law school's requirements. Most law schools request one to three letters of recommendation. Many law schools want one or two letters of recommendation to be from faculty members. You can review a list of law schools and the number of letter of recommendation they require, recommend or accept by going to the LSAC website >>. Even if a law school does not require a letter of recommendation, submit letters of recommendation as part of your application, especially if you can solicit letters from writers who will give you a strong recommendation. Limit yourself to two or three letters of recommendation under these circumstances. Selecting a Letter of Recommendation Writer Letters of recommendation from professors carry the greatest weight since law schools are academic institutions. As a result, at least one of your letters of recommendation should be from a faculty member, and if possible, from a faculty member in your major. The professor should be one who can write a detailed letter attesting to your academic abilities. Don't fall into the "star search" trap. An in-depth letter of recommendation from a young adjunct professor who knows you well will have a greater impact than a cursory letter from a distinguished professor who barely knows you. Letters of recommendation from people outside academia, such as employers, attorneys, judges, or pastors, will only be effective if several years have elapsed since you graduated, and if the letters contain specific, substantive information about your academic potential in addition to information about your personal qualities. If you cannot provide a letter of recommendation from a professor, you should offer an explanation in a short addendum to your application. Letters of recommendation from well-known politicians or other famous people who do not know you well are useless. These letters tend to be short and generic and will not make an impact on a law school admissions committee. To avoid scrambling for letters of recommendation, set a goal of getting to know one professor reasonably well each academic year. If you start in your freshman year, you will have three or four professors who can write letters of recommendation for you law school application or provide references for internships or jobs. You can accomplish this goal by making the effort to schedule meetings with professors during office hours, taking advantage of the Dine-with-a-Mind lunch program, becoming a teaching assistant, or seeking ways to work and collaborate with professors on their research projects. Students who are planning to spend several years pursuing other interests between college and law school should solicit letters of recommendation from professors before graduation. Over time, professors retire, die, move to other academic institutions, disappear on sabbaticals to remote places, or forget that you were a student in one of their classes. Students who are not going straight through to law school can take advantage of the Law School Admission Council's (LSAC) Credential Assembly Service (CAS) to "store" their faculty letters of recommendation. Requesting a Letter of Recommendation You should not be shy or embarrassed about asking a professor for a letter of recommendation. Writing letters of recommendation is one of the duties of faculty members. Approach potential letter writers well in advance of the application deadline. Ideally, you should give a letter writer two to four weeks to write the letter. Make an appointment to see a potential letter writer in order to make a formal request in person. Sending a request via email or by dropping off a form is impolite. Remember, the way in which you make the request can influence the letter writer's perception of you. Ask the letter writer directly if they know you and your work well enough to write a positive letter of recommendation for your law school application. If the professor is unenthusiastic or equivocal, it is better to ask someone else. If the answer is positive, then be prepared to provide the letter writer with the following information to assist him or her in writing a detailed letter on your academic abilities: A short memo or cover sheet describing your relationship, such as the courses you have taken, the work you have done, etc. A copy of your transcript. A resume. Copies of exams or papers from the letter writer's class. To help you with your letters of recommendation, save exams and papers from the courses in which you did reasonably well. Recommendation forms from the LSAC or law schools. Stamped envelopes addressed to the LSAC or law schools. A list of dates when the letters of recommendation are due. In developing your deadlines, remember the the LSAC takes about two weeks to process your letters after they are received. Be prepared to waive your right of access to your letters of recommendation. Law school admissions committees tend to discount letters of recommendation that are not confidential. You can track the status of your letters of recommendation online through the LSAC's CAS. Shortly after the deadlines you gave your letter writers, contact those writers who have not sent their letters yet and politely remind them of the deadline. After you have received decisions from the law schools, send thank you notes to your letter writers and let them know where you intend to enroll. LSAC Letter of Recommendation and Evaluation Services LSAC offers a letter of recommendation service to LSDAS registrants through the CAS. Use of LSAC's letter of recommendation service is optional, but virtually all law schools either prefer or require that you use this service. The service allows you to specifiy which letters will be sent to which law schools, up to the maximum number of recommendations that are accepted by each school. A letter of recommendation can either be targeted to specific law schools or a general one that can be sent to multiple schools. In addition to letters of recommendation, the LSAC's CAS offers an evaluation service. The standard form evaluation provides a rating scale for various skills that have been identified as important to success in law school, such as intellectual skills, personal qualities (motivation, compassion, judgement, initiative, etc.), integrity and honesty, communication skills, task management skills, and the ability to work with others. To learn more about the LSAC's evaluation service, go to the LSAC website >> . An evaluation is not the same as a letter of recommendation. The evaluation has a set scale (truly exceptional – 1op 1-2%, average – top 5%, very good – top 10%, good – top 25%, average – top 50%, below average – bottom 50%, unable to judge) that applies to set questions evaluating set criteria. The letter of recommendation has no set criteria and provides the writer with greater leeway in what qualities to address and how to address them. You may want your faculty recommenders to provide a traditional letter of recommendation while directing an employer to provide an evaluation, either with or without a letter of recommendation. The evaluation criteria seem better suited to an employment situation, and Wheaton College students are usually reliable and desirable employees who should do well on the ranking scale. Whoever you decide to do an evaluation, make sure you provide very specific information about yourself so that the evaluator knows who you are when they receive an e-mail from the LSAC to do the online evaluation. Students who are planning to pursue other interests between college and law school can use this service to "store" faculty letters of recommendation. 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text: Womens BB Starts 2012 on Right FootJudy Garland isn't the only one who thought there was no place like home. The HU women's bb team agrees with the state's famous daughter ... even without ruby red slippers. Kara Poirier's free throw with 13.1 seconds remaining in the game proved to be the difference as Hamline edged Augsburg, 62-61 at Hutton Arena Monday night. With the win, the Pipers snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 3-6 overall (2-4 MIAC )on the season. All three of those wins have come in the only games they have played on their home court this year. The one was as difficult as it sounds. the lead changed hands a dozen times. The score was tied on 10 different occasions. The Pipers danced perilously on the edge all night, finishing the game with four players saddled with four fouls. But they came through with big plays when they had to to slip by the persistent Auggies. Jordan Sammons led a balanced scoring attack with 17 points. Steph Pilgrim carried the load in the early going and ended up with 14 points. Je'Naya Brown added a dozen and Poirier hit some key shots en route to ending up with 10 points. One of those shots came with 2:25 to go play and lifted HU into a 59-58 lead. Samons' layup made it 61-58 but the Auggies came back to tie the game with 38 seconds left. But they missed a second free throw and HU patiently waited for the last shot. Before they could get it, Poirier was fouled. She made the first shot but missed the second. A relentless HU defense forced a jump ball with the Pipers taking possession with .8 seconds remaining. It was now Augsburg's turn to play defense and they ended up getting the ball back with 1/10th of a second left. HU made sure nobody was available to get the inbounds pass and danced off the Hutton Arena undefeated in 2012. Hamline will get a chance ot make it two in a row Wednesday night when they host Carleton at Hutton. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Box Score Here


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It looks and smells fantastic, but it's also a teensy bit sad too... well done team TK!
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Prepared by Kate Wong, a Scientific American science writer, this comprised a wide-ranging file on the Neanderthals. Published in Scientific American"s special edition, it provided information about the anatomy, culture and behavior of these people who lived in Europe and Western Asia for more than 200,000 years; and comparisons between them and Homo sapiens were made. Space was also devoted to various views held by scientists on whether or not Neanderthal genes are to be found in modern human beings, and an answer was sought to the question of whether these humans were capable of symbolic thought.
It was most interesting that this article should have appeared in Scientific American"s special edition. The fact is that this article contained not one pro-evolution argument which might support the special edition"s objective, that of spreading scenarios about human evolution. Even the word "evolution" itself was used in very few sentences, and those sentences consisted of generalizations devoid of any support. (such as "The Neanderthals evolved into Europeans" or "the evolution of modern man...")
Moreover, this article was full of information which undermined the validity of evolutionist preconceptions.
Facts about Neanderthal Anatomy
The common and mistaken view of the Neanderthals rests on an old error: Neanderthals" thick bones, protruding faces and thick protruding eyebrows led these humans to being classified at one time as so-called primitive creatures. The French anatomist Marcelline Boule brought together the bones from a Neanderthal skeleton and as a result produced a creature that looked like a half-man half-ape, hunchbacked and walking with a stoop. In the countless pictures based on this, Neanderthals were inevitably portrayed as semi-animal creatures. These depictions were so widely employed that the English word "Neanderthal" came to take on the slang meaning of "crude and devoid of understanding."
However, the findings were gradually re-examined, and it emerged that it was a great mistake to ascribe that posture to the Neanderthal skeleton. Despite there being no evidence that the skeleton was stooped, Boule constructed the skeleton based on Darwinist preconceptions and in the way he wished to see it. Although it took years for this erroneous image to be erased from peoples" minds, there is no doubt today that Neanderthals were human beings who walked erect, just as we do. Wong summarizes the situation in these terms, "In fact, Neanderthal posture and movement would have been the same as ours."
When a Neanderthal skull is examined it can be seen that it possesses a number of features seldom found in present-day human beings; such as a thick protruding eye-brow, protruding face and large brain volume. Some researchers have tended to interpret these features in terms of evolution, and have portrayed these as evidence that the Neanderthals evolved from a different branch to Homo sapiens during the so-called evolution of man. However, there is no scientific basis to this claim, because these are also found in remains which are later then the Neanderthals.
David W. Frayer, a paleoanthropologist from Kansas University, has said: "They clearly have a suite of features that are, overall, different, but it"s a frequency difference, not an absolute difference… Virtually everything you can find in Neandertals you can find elsewhere."
One situation which shows that the fact that there is no absolute difference between Neanderthal man and modern human is now also accepted by evolutionists is the changing of the Neanderthals" scientific name to Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. Modern human is now called Homo sapiens sapiens.
This means that the taxonomical difference between the two humans has been reduced from "the species" to the "subspecies level". The significance of this is the acceptance of the fact that members of the two groups could enter into relationships and have children. In other words, these are not two different species, but rather two different races within the same species. In short, Neanderthals were true human beings.
The Facts about Neanderthal Culture
The Neanderthals" lifestyles and behavior show that they were successful hunters, capable of adapting to environmental conditions.
This fact has only recently been accepted by evolutionists. The old error regarding the Neanderthals is described in these terms in Wong"s article: "Neanderthal behavior, which remained largely misunderstood until relatively recently. Neandertals were often portrayed as incapable of hunting or planning ahead."
Scientific American devoted some space to findings which have demolished these former preconceptions, and reported the views of John J. Shea, an archaeologist from New York State University at Stony Brooks, and Preston T. Miracle, an archaeologist from Cambridge University, that the Neanderthals were capable hunters. The Arizona University archaeologists Mary C. Stiner and Steven L. Kuhn maintain that Neanderthal survival strategies changed considerably according to changing environmental and climatic conditions.
Wong"s file contained another paper by Zilhao and Francesco D"Errico. This article once again showed that Neanderthal culture lacked nothing in comparison to that of man. At the beginning of the article the prejudiced attitude which once prevailed, according to which the Neanderthals were allegedly evolutionarily primitive, sub-humans, is described. The article says: "Ever since the discovery nearly 150 years ago of the specimen that defined the Neandertals, researchers have tended to deny Neandertals the behavioural capabilities of modern humans, such as the use of symbols or of complex techniques for tool manufacture. Instead Neandertals were characterized as subhuman, stuck in primitive technical traditions impervious to innovation. And when sophisticated cultural remains were linked to late Neandertals at several sites in Western Europe, the evidence was explained away." (Emphasis ours)
Based on various tool and ornament discoveries, the authors maintain that the Neanderthals independently developed their abilities to create these. In the final sentence of their article, the authors arrive at the following conclusion in the light of these discoveries: "The behavioral barrier that seemed to separate moderns from Neanderthals and gave us the impression of being a unique and particularly gifted human type-the ability to produce symbolic cultures-has collapsed."
In the words of the archaeologist Randall White, the Neanderthals" tools required a high level of "know-how." To think that the Neanderthals, who used such advanced tools, lacked the ability to speak is meaningless. White, a New York University researcher, has this to say on this subject: "I cannot imagine that Neandertals were producing these kinds of technologically complex tools and passing that on from generation to generation without talking about it… I"ve seen a lot of people do this stuff, and I can"t stand somebody"s shoulder and learn how to do it without a lot verbal hints."
The Caption Discrepancy in the Neanderthal File
This article in Scientific American is very important from the point of view of describing the process of how the old thesis that Neanderthals were "subhuman" was buried in the face of scientific discoveries. From that point of view, Scientific American has succeeded in the "new view" it employed in the heading to its special edition. We congratulate them in that regard. However, it is clear that there is not a trace of the proposed target of this "new view," in other words evolution. Trying to explain the lack of evolution by means of evolution is an important discrepancy which a scientific magazine really ought to avoid. We believe that this Neanderthal file could only be meaningful if it were named "A View of the Non-Evolution of Humans" and call upon the Scientific American management to cease defending evolution as a dogma.
The way that all of Europe has become acquainted with Atlas of Creation and the declaration of the fact that living creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years and that evolution is devoid of any scientific worth have led to a major change of belief among the people of Europe. Independent polls conducted by well-known publishing institutions in different European countries have revealed a major drop in the numbers of people believing in Darwinism and that belief in Allah now dominates Europe. >>
In order to create, God has no need to design
It's important that the word "design" be properly understood. That God has created a flawless design does not mean that He first made a plan and then followed it. God, the Lord of the Earth and the heavens, needs no "designs" in order to create. God is exalted above all such deficiencies. His planning and creation take place at the same instant.
Whenever God wills a thing to come about, it is enough for Him just to say, "Be!"
As verses of the Qur'an tell us:
His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 36: 82)
[God is] the Originator of the heavens and Earth.
When He decides on something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 2: 117)


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I am running the latest version of rails with pgsql, and I have noticed that at the beginning of every request, development.log gets these 2 lines:
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This has become unbearable because of a daemon that fetches external data and updates the site every 5 seconds. I managed to reduce most of the log clutter by overriding the logger method in the controller that receives and processes the data. But the SQL logging of the above 2 lines remains. I tried wrapping my code with ActiveRecord::Base.silence blocks but that had no effect.
I think it would be desirable to disable these particular log messages from all requests, but at a minimum I need to get rid of them from the recurring request. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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A tasty, Dominican-made lovely. For just a buck each!
Don't judge this book by its mottled-looking Indonesian wrapper alone. The filler blend is 100% Dominican, offering a medium-bodied, smooth blend and delivering bang for the buck in droves. Pick up this 2-fer for as low as a buck and chuckle to yourself as your buddies think you just handed them a $5 cigar. Oro Cubano Aniversario is an affordable, and delicious, way to keep your humidor stuffed to the brim.
Note: Each 2-fer deal includes (2) boxes of 25 cigars.
I have bought 2 boxes of these cigars and have smoked 6. Nice cigars for the money with no problems. A little loose....but overall a cigar I would buy again. I would tell my friends that smoke cigars.
Good taste and flavor. Construction not so good. Out of a bundle, maybe 7 smoked clean without issue. Great yard cigar and chewing piece.
Scored a couple boxes of the Oro Cubano Anneversario Churchills the other day....this is a good non-complex everydayer that is perfect for those times when you have other stuff to do besides kicking back deciphering a flavor profile. Gotta work in the yard, garage, or office (if smoking is somehow still allowed in your office), grab one of these and puff away while you work! Great deal, keep it up CI and I'll be a customer for life!!!
....Taste awful, and the short filler falls into your mouth and tastes nasty.
smoked 4 so far...1 good,2 okay & 1 terrible...going to let them rest & hope they become more consistant...for a buck each it is what it is!!! a cheap cigar!!! smoke em if u got'em...
Very nice smoke for the money! I bought a box of these on a 2 fer deal and was pleasantly surprised. Carefully stored in a proper humidor, these are an excellent everyday cigar that you won't be ashamed of sharing with friends.
A nice everyday smoke once you let them set for a few weeks. The bundles I got were dry, but a few weeks in the humidor, they had a delicious oily wrapper and a nice smooth, even burning smoke for everyday knock around.
One of the best for the price. I'm a fan.
Rough looking and uneven, fast burn, but tastes great. Worth every cent!
Not a bad daily smoke. A little loose on the roll, but I liked the taste and I thought it had a more even burn than more expensive Gurkas I bought.
Been looking for years for a decent, affordable everyday smoke. These are the best I've come across yet. To be picky, they're slightly on the loosely-rolled side. But they taste pretty good, burn fine. Hard to beat at this price!
I really haven't had any problems with this cigar, most 2fers deals are undesirable but this one has surprised me so far. Seems to burn evenly but no notes of anything but tobacco for me. Would I smoke this after a $30 steak no, but if I'm working in the yard I'll grab one of these all day long.
Tried these on a whim and now I've just purchased my 3rd box. Definitely a nice smoke for the money. This is my choice smoke for hangin' around the garage tinkering with the cars.
Well I've always been a sucker for a good deal. I already have 3 large humidors full but I got a deal on these and figured, what have I got to loose. The fan mail has been half and half, so I gave them a try. Honestly they are not too bad. Obviously they are not even close to the best I ever tried but they certainly are not near the worst either. For the price they are a pretty good deal for something to tide you over till your next good stick. Between you and me I would be a little embarrassed to give them to my friend, not because they are aficionados but because I figure even they would know a cheap cigar when they smoke one. But still for the price they are a decent lawn mowing or ice fishing cigar.
I usually don't expect a whole lot for a smoke this cheap..but CI comes through again, this is a great everyday stick! I'll be getting more of these on my next order. Thanks Guys!
Depends on how to smoke and care for your sticks as to how these will work for you. If you square cut the cap, smoke fast, prefer a mild smoke, or don't keep them at 60/60 plus you are not going to like them. OTOH - if you treat em right - you will probably love em as your everyday stick.
Good flavor for a cheap cigar. Bad burn; bad draw and wrapper fell apart about 2 inches into the burn. Bought it as part of a sample pack but wont be choosing this in the future. Basicly you get what you pay for.
I have tried a lot of the 2fers and most are crap. This is just one step above crap, if you can get over the tunneling, uneven burn, and tobacco in your mouth it is really not bad. Buy at your own risk.
I'm back little over thirty days later. There very sweet I've order 150 cigars since December now I'm down too 28 cigars. I notice many changes just on the taste nothing else.The burn, aroma an the draw are great. I wasn't planning on buying any more. But now that all changed. I'm very happy CI has them an gives awesome deals.
I received my robusto from ups next day air. I never ship ground or standard just because it's not in the humidor that would take longer too recover. Burns pretty good an smells great. As for the taste. It's pretty consistent the main thing your humi always at 70/70. Thanks CI for this great bargain.
I bought a couple of boxes of these. I did not like their taste right out of the box that much. I stuck them in the humi for a month and bang, their taste improved tremendously. These are a good buy and a good tasting smoke.
One word for you on these smokes. NASTY.
This is a fine smoke (Oro Cubano Aniversario) at a fine price. Very tasty very smooth it's a good cigar that can easily be mistaken for a $5 stick. A must buy
....The flavor is very mild, with an earthy-tobacco taste. Good for the yard, but prob not much else.
Wow! A good cigar, Oro Cubano Aniversario period. Then, when you realize how cheap they are , that's just amazing. Had a 'Cigar Burn' for a bunch of new smokers and they all rally loved them. This definately golf course material. Great taste, great flavor, but mild. I will be ordering more.
This is a very well made cigar (Oro Cubano Aniversario). Smokes smoothly, and burns even. Should be sold at a much higher price--shhhhhhhhhhhhh--I didn't say that.
Hands down one smooth smoke (Oro Cubano Aniversario). Very mild and flavorful. A great value for the money.
Tried them (Oro Cubano Aniversario)for the first time as part of one of the deals. I was pleasantly surprised at the good taste and burn. Only have had one that didn't burn right but other than that I've been very happy with this one. Clean taste, great aroma.
Got it (Oro Cubano Aniversario) on the 125 cigar deal and gave them a bunch out to my friends before I tried one. Didn't get one complaint. Very tasty cigar and well worth the deal. Comes in a box too!
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Here's how RW members rated this race (311 votes).
In short: love the jelly babie couple. In full: Great for london prep, and great seeing the jelly baby couple. I like crowds of people to give you that boost, very happy with time and ran 18.5 miles before i decided on a short walk run session. But i don't think i'll do it again, just too quiet for me. Good indicator though, and now looking forward to london. Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Ideal long run material for Spring marathonsIn full: Course well marshalled by very frendly marshalls- mostly quiet roads with minimal traffic. Slight inclines but generally a quick course. Will be back if I book in a spring marathon next year Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: bit more undulating than I expected, excellent marshalls, nice atmosphere, a good way to get your long run done!Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Charming in every way. I will return. Thanks to all concerned. A delight!In full: Well organized, varied route. Brilliat marshalls and not too crowded. Many thanks to all concerned. After my disappointing experience at the Fleet half last week, I was much cheered by this lovely, slick, uplifting event. Well done and thank-you!Date of review: March 28, 2010
Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Cheap and cheerful VLM build up raceIn full: Nice enough course, slightly more undulating than I was expecting and the sideways slopes on some of the roads weren't easy to run on.You don't get bags of goodies at the end, but I'm not too worried about that anyway, 8 quid is an absolute bargain for a 21 mile race.I especially liked the fact that it involves 3 laps through the centre of town, supporters had it easy drinking coffee and just popping out to cheer me on as I went past.Overall a good race and I'll probably be doing it again next time I do a spring marathon (which will be next year hopefully!)Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Well organised, excellent pre London training runIn full: The organization was excellent, well marshalled and plenty of water stops - many thanks again to the couple with Jelly Babies. You could teach the Sussex Beacon crowd a thing or two about how to operate an event! Many thanks.Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: a charming road raceIn full: a great road race with the option of doing the 15 or 21 during the run. lovely scenery along the route and the race was very well organised and well marshalled.an ideal prep race for london.Date of review: March 28, 2010
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