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Secretary Rice recently wrote this Op-Ed on U.S.-Colombian relations for Real Clear Politics.
In any partnership, the coin of the realm is trust and responsibility -- in other words, saying what you mean and doing what you say. In the dramatic rescue on July 2 of 15 hostages, including three Americans, held captive for many years by guerrillas and terrorists, deep in the Colombian jungles, we saw a powerful reminder that the United States has no better partner in South America than the government and people of Colombia.
Colombia's leaders, especially President Uribe, had promised us that our three abducted citizens would be treated no differently than the many Colombian men and women who shared their fate. Colombia never wavered in this promise, and never cut any side deals with the guerrillas that could have freed their citizens at the expense of ours. This was not an easy act of solidarity, but Colombia remained true to its word.
In the breathtaking rescue mission, carried out with the utmost skill and professionalism (and without a shot being fired) by the Colombian Armed Forces, our partners did great honor to themselves -- and a great service to us. We will never forget that. Nor will we forget the many Colombians who still have not found rescue from their guerrilla captors.
That our Colombian partners made good on their promise in this instance is important enough, but this is not the exception; it is the norm.
More than a decade ago, with its country wracked by the worst insurgency in the hemisphere, with its economy contracting, and with its democratic state on the brink of failure, Colombia resolved to turn the tide. Its government and people set out an ambitious plan to secure and expand their country's democratic development, and they asked for our support -- political, economic, diplomatic, and military. Starting under President Clinton, expanding under President Bush, and with bipartisan support in Congress all along the way, the United States has fully backed Colombia in meeting its bold promises of success. And the results speak for themselves.
Our Colombian partners said that they would win their fight against domestic terrorism and reclaim their country. Today they are.
They said they would combat social exclusion in Colombia by building the capacity and expanding the reach of their democracy. Today they are.
They said they would open their markets, trade freely and fairly, fuel economic growth, and create opportunities for social justice for all of their citizens. Today they are.
And our Colombian partners said they would protect the lives of all of their citizens, including trade unionists, and bring murderers and criminals to justice. Today violent crime has plummeted, law and order is expanding, and President Uribe's government has taken the courageous step of extraditing 15 major drug traffickers and paramilitary leaders to the United States to stand trial in our courts for their crimes against our citizens.
Colombia has done all of this -- and more. And the United States has supported them every step of the way. With the momentum of more than a decade's worth of shared progress at our backs, with Colombia on the cusp of self-sustained and lasting stability, and with Democrats and Republicans having shown that they can implement a long-term bipartisan strategy to achieve a critical national interest -- the success of a democratic Colombia -- now is the last time that we should begin going back on our word to Colombia. And yet that is exactly what we risk doing if Congress fails to pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
In addition to being a slap in the face to our Colombian partners, sacrificing this trade agreement at the altar of domestic politics would be no favor to U.S. workers. More than 90 percent of Colombian goods now enter the United States duty-free, while our exports to Colombia face tariffs of up to 35 percent. This agreement would level the playing field for our workers, so they could send the products of their labor to Colombia on the same terms that Colombians now send theirs to us.
Passing this trade agreement will be a culmination and realization of our partnership with Colombia. It will help the Colombian government and people to lock in their democratic and economic reforms. It will signal that Colombia, like a growing number of our fellow democracies in the Americas today, is a reliable place to invest and poised to compete effectively in the global economy. It will affirm that the future of our hemisphere belongs to democratic citizens, of the left and the right, who want their elected leaders to govern justly and lawfully, to expand economic freedom and trade, and to invest in their people. And it will send a message across the world that the United States will honor the promises we make to our friends and allies.
Colombia has stood by us. We have stood by them. And we have succeeded together. Now is not the time to jeopardize the fruits of our partnership, but to consolidate them. Now is the time to keep our word to Colombia, just as they have kept their word to us. Anything less is no way for a great nation to conduct itself - and no way to repay a faithful partner.
SNP in Syria writes:
America finally discovered its green backyard, found it is not really a bunch of Banana's Republics, but there is much more value to it than what Chikita and Dole told the Americans they could find. They discovered that the grass is not green like a Banana tree leafs, but in fact it's black, goowee black. Thanks to Chavez and Venezuela oil reserves, like America discovered the need for Democracy in Iraq some 50 years belated, now Colombia become important country for the U.S., only because they needed military bases nearby to Chavez oil reserves. All the sudden FARC is a problem, but it was not for some 30 years, just like Alqaida was not either, until they are needed in Iraq. I guess they also need FARC to look west to Venezuela as well. Is that what the CIA calls -Boiler Plate Ops-.
Ronald in New York writes:
Colombia: Standing By......
One hostage release situation does not a reformation make. Not even if you share the credit With Bill Clinton.
The FARC is a product of U.S. narcotics consumption and arms for cocaine for decades. Recent events do not justify massive trade agreements/consessions on top of huge military and security outlays. Sometimes, I think these "successes" are manufactured by the outgoing Administration to create a positive legacy. Stand by....
Moshe in Washington, DC writes:
The best trade agreements are those that further the interests of both signatory countries. A Colombia - US Free Trade Agreement could go very far in helping foster growth for both economies if special attention is provided to not jeopardizing local industries. The real intent of the trade agreement should be to bolster US and Colombian products so they have a competitive advantage over imports that are not a part of free trade signatory country, or a country that can afford not to be exporting the said product (harder than it sounds).
The biggest danger for Colombia is if the US does not allow protectionist measures for certain agricultural products (e.g. bean and corn imports) that might, if exported to the US, devastate an already poor local market. I can remember traveling in Latin America on a recent trip and talking to locals about the price of everyday food products skyrocketing because of increased exports from their local area, increased energy prices, and inflationary pressure. For them, a few dollar difference meant a few meals for the family. While the exports were providing revenue, the revenue was not equitably distributed to all, and could, therefore, not compensate for increased prices. Conversely, the import of traditional food from newly burgeoning countries to the US has created the same affect on our agricultural market, with US farmers losing businesses and/or property.
The question for this Free Trade Agreement (FTA), is whether the US and Colombia have taken into adequate consideration the needs of industry, American and Colombian consumers, and the sustainability of rural local markets abroad. Will the FTA provide cheaper prices for needed products not made in Columbia (e.g., baby formula, machinery, and electronics), which can improve the livelihood and economic stability for all? I suppose we will soon find out.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
It is one thing to oppose the Columbian free-trade agreement, it is altogether a different animal when one individual in Congress can effect millions of lives by not allowing a bill to move forward for debate and a vote.
This is an entirely new species of filibuster.
Josh in New York writes:
The hostage rescue was done by cunning, it is not a trick that can be used again. Three cheers for whoever devised this trick. In general past performance does not indicate future success, in this instance, past performance precludes future success.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Moshe,
That's an astute pondering...
I think when the fear of free trade is looked at, it is not simply "protectionism" manifest through fear of lost jobs or profit, it is also the fear of an ecomomic shock...too much change, too fast...that exists as an underlying factor.
What has happened in reality, observing other free trade examples, are a gradual opening up of markets at a naturally sustainable pace. Simply because of limitations in national infrastructure and transportation to market in developing nations.
Free trade impacts every sector of the economy directly and indirectly all at once, but can only be institutionalized at the rate any given nation's private sector can capitalize on the opportunities.
That's why there's also develoment assistance for nations that need to invest in their infrastructure to better serve their people.
Ronald in New York writes:
Trade Trumps Ethics --
In Colombia, as in Afghanistan, and many other regions trapped in narco-corruption-economies, trade before the establishment of rule-of-law and human security, will only exacerbate the political, social and economic problems; while enriching the corrupt and further harming the potential for a sustainable economy and good governance.
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
This is a well written and poignant piece -- right up to the part where the free trade deal is mentioned, from there -- after I feel like I'm being sold a vacuum cleaner by a door-to-door salesman. Or saleswoman in this case. Regardless, a lowering of Colombia's tariffs may make sending our manufacturing goods there more lucrative and possibly provide them with those goods at a cheaper cost. I'm not sure, however, how this will help them find or increase demand for their exports, which would be the real score for them.


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| Common names: unicornfish (English), pez-unicornio (Espanol)
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
Spotted unicornfish
Body elongate, oval; snout short, almost vertical; adult with long, broad-based tapering horn before eye, (a bump on forehead of juveniles); mouth small, protrusible, low on head; teeth small, conical, tips slightly depressed & either smooth or with multiple small points; dorsal fin VI, 27-29; anal II, 27-29; pectoral 16-17 rays; pelvics I, 3; 2 pairs of cutting keels on plates on narrow tail base; tail fin edge straight to slightly rounded, without filaments; scales very small, rough; lateral line complete.
Olive-brown to grey; many small dark spots on head and lower body, many thin dark bars on upper body; tail whitish with dark blotch at base.
Size: 60 cm.
Habitat: reefs and rocky shores; juveniles in sheltered habitats; adults in mid-water around exposed reef fronts.
Depth: 0-45 m; juveniles usually 2-20 m; adults usually 5-30 m.
An Indo-Pacific species; recorded as a vagrant in the Galapagos Islands.


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Now the Worries Start
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Our markets have gone from being overly complacent to overly worried. Those were Jim Cramer's thoughts to his "Mad Money" TV show viewers Monday.
Cramer said that while investors have lots of worries on their minds, they're probably not worrying about what really matters.
Case in point, the fiscal cliff. Cramer said the markets have swung from unbridled optimism to the sad realization that a deal won't be reached by year's end. Both sides continue to dig in their heels, said Cramer, which means we'll need to fall over the cliff so everyone can then unite on a package of tax cuts by the Super Bowl. In the meantime, be prepared for a 4% to 5% market dip.
Then there are those worried about the Federal Reserve causing rampant inflation. Cramer said that view assumes the Fed's actions will actually work and stimulate growth and, more important, jobs. Let's hope it works, said Cramer, and worry about the consequences later.
Retail is another worry on investors' minds. The effects of Hurricane Sandy, warm weather and the fiscal uncertainty are taking their toll, said Cramer, but that still leaves housing-related stocks and even the banks as good buys on weakness.
Still others are worried about international issues, said Cramer. In reality, Europe's debt markets have been a terrific place to invest this year. Europe is stabilizing, he noted, and China is on the mend, making investments there a good idea.
Finally, there's Apple (AAPL) , a stock Cramer owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS. He said investors have become addicted to Apple, which caused lots of momentum in the stock followed by panic and profit taking. Cramer said 2013 will be the time to get back into Apple.
What the Heck?
In his "What the Heck?" segment, Cramer turned the spotlight on Gannett (GCI) , publisher of USA TODAY , along with 81 other daily publications and over 500 magazines. Despite repeated assertions that print media is a dying industry, shares of Gannett are up 35% so far this year, trading just off their 52-week highs.
Cramer said not only is Gannett not dying a slow death, the company is actually turning itself around and embracing the Internet, which now accounts for 26% of Gannett's revenue. He said the company's recent hires, including Larry Kramer, an experienced executive with knowledge of both online and offline publications, have been spectacular at revitalizing Gannett's content in an industry where content is always king.
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This slow liturgical dying of the Alleluia is a symbol of the slow dying of the light of Faith in the West. Without Faith, we cannot worship. Without Faith, Alleluias will slowly die away. This is precisely what Pope Benedict XVI wants us to remedy this year, in this Year of Faith.
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Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
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Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: depositio alleluia, Lent, Septuagesima, penance
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - Of late, I have on Sundays been frequenting the traditional Latin Mass, the "extraordinary form of the Roman Rite," popularly called the Tridentine rite. At the same time, I have been praying the Liturgy of the Hours which, of course, follows the calendar of the Novus Ordo which implements the liturgical reforms implemented after Vatican II. A liturgical purist would probable view this as unseemly since I am straddling orders, but the exercise has been to some benefit.
A couple of Sundays ago, it was Septuagesima Sunday in the traditional rite. In the traditional calendar, Septuagesima Sunday ushered in a pre-Lenten season known as Septuagesimatide or Shrovetide. Seventy liturgical days before Easter (Septuagesima means "seventy"), the priest wears purple vestments to remind us that Lent is coming, and on this Sunday worshipers begin fasting from the Alleluia.Â
Under the old rite, from Septuagesima Sunday until the Easter Vigil, the Alleluia was no longer use in the liturgy. This custom is known as the depositio Alleluia, the laying down, the giving up, or the lowering (as if into a grave) of the Alleluia.
Under the new, ordinary rite, the depositio Alleluia does not begin until Lent itself, in other words, on Ash Wednesday. So until Ash Wednesday, I will not experience a full depositio or death of the Alleluia, but perhaps something more like a moriens Alleluia, a liturgical fading away or dying of the Alleluia.
Instead of the Alleluia being lowered and folded up like a flag given the parents of a fallen marine, for three weeks the Alleluia will be flown at half-mast, and that three-week interlude has made me value that Hebrew word of praise which speaks of the things of heaven even more.
In his commentaries on the Divine Office, Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, the 13th century bishop of the diocese of Mende in the province of Narbonne in Southern France, William Durandus wrote regarding the depositio Alleluia: "We part from the alleluia as from a beloved friend, whom we embrace many times and kiss on the mouth, head, and hand, before we leave him."Â
While in the past I have experienced the sudden liturgical death of the Alleluia, I have never experienced what we might call the liturgical slow dying of the Alleluia. I am watching my dear friend slowly die, like I watched my mother and father slowly die, and it pains me.
This slow liturgical dying of the Alleluia is a symbol of the slow dying of the light of Faith in the West. Without Faith, we cannot worship. Without Faith, Alleluias will slowly die away. This is precisely what Pope Benedict XVI wants us to remedy this year, in the Year of Faith. Pope Benedict XVI knows that:
The dead [in faith] shall not praise thee, O Lord;
Nor any of them that go down to hell. (Ps. 115:17 [113:25])
The Alleluia is one of those rare words--like Amen or Sabbaoth--that have remained untranslated in the liturgy from their original Hebrew. Alleluia is a transliteration of the Hebrew word which means "Praise Yah," short for "Praise Yahweh," or "Praise He who is." It is a word that is intended to contain within it the meaning of unspeakable joy, and a foretaste of heaven.
As St. Augustine says in one of his sermons, it will be in heaven that our entire activity will be Amen and Alleluia. Tota action nostra, amen et alleluia erit. As the 11th century hymn Alleluia dulce carmen (Alleluia Song of Sweetness) puts it:
Alleluia dulce carmen,
Vox perennis gaudii,
Alleluia laus suavis
Est choris coelestibus,
Quam canunt Dei manentes
In domo per saecula.
Alleluia, song of sweetness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever raised by choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.
While in heaven the life of the saved will be all Amen and all Alleluia as St. Augustine notes (cf. also Rev. 19:1-4), in this valley of tears there are things that can separate us from God and hence from the hope of salvation and eternal life.Â
It is precisely these separating things that our fasting from the Alleluia is intended to remind us to focus on. In all we believe and all we do, we must say "Amen"--so be it!--to God in this life if we are to say that word of joy "Alleluia" in the next. Tristitia vestra, alleluia, vertetur in gaudium, alleluia. Your sorrow, alleluia, shall be turned into joy, alleluia.
Therefore, we must know the Church's Faith, and know the Church's teachings on morals, and we must learn to live them with absolute integrity as we bind ourselves in love more completely to Jesus the Lord, the only Word of God made Flesh. This, in a nutshell, is what the Year of Faith is about.
The liturgical asceticism associated with the depositio Alleluia is a self-imposed penance. It is intended to instill the truth in us that we alone are not worthy to worship God. Unaided, we cannot make ourselves worthy to worship God. We need God's help--his Grace--to make us worthy to worship Him. We need God's worship--the Sacrifice of the Cross, made present during Mass--worthily to worship God the Blessed Trinity.
During Lent, we are asked by Holy Mother Church to look at our lives and to ask God to make us worthy to worship Him, to come more fully into his Grace, more fully out of the darkness and more clearly into His Light.
As the hymn Alleluia dulce carmen instructs us:
Alleluia non meremur
In perenne psallere;
Alleluia vo reatus
Cogit intermittere;
Tempus instat quo peracta
Lugeamus crimina.
Alleluia cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluia our transgressions
Make us for awhile forgo;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.
We are to sorrow at our failure to live the Alleluia. We are to sorrow at our lack of Faith in the Lord, at our failure to abide by his commandments, at our failure to abide in and fully submit and apply, the teachings and discipline of the teaching Church, at our failure to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, all our minds, all our soul, and all our strength. (Luke 10:27; cf. Matt. 22:37, Mark 12:30) What is the part of us where there may be found anything less than the all? Lent is the time to ferret it out.
How many of us have been like Christ, who is all "yes" to God, and there is no "yes" and "no" in him? (2 Cor. 1:19) What are the parts of us that say "no" to God? Lent is the time to find that "no," and to make the "no" into a "yes."
Wherever there is in us a less than all, wherever there is the least bit of "no," we have separated ourselves that much from God; there is part of us exiled from God. That part withheld so as to be less than our all, that part of our soul where there is the least bit of "no" is, in a manner of speaking, exiled in Babylon and away from Jerusalem and Mount Zion. This is precisely the message of the hymn Alleluia dulce carmen:
Alleluia laeta mater
Concivis Jerusalem:
Alleluia vox tuorum
Civium gaudentium:
Exsules nos flere cogunt
Babylonis flumina.
Alleluia, joyful mother,
Fellow-citizen of Jerusalem
Alleluia, the word of thy
rejoicing citizens
We in exile gather to weep
At the rivers of Babylon
We ought to have that sorrowful pining for God that the Psalmist did who was exiled for seventy years from Jerusalem--the seventy years for the Jew is symbolized in Septuagesima Sunday's "seventy" liturgical days to Easter:
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
We hanged our harps upon the willows, in the midst thereof.
. . . .
How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither.
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you;
If I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.  (Ps. 137 [136]:1-2, 4-6)
We ought to take that part of us that is less than our all to God, that part of us which is a "no" to God--the children of Babylon in us--and dash these little ones against the rock. (Ps. 137[136]:9) That in us that makes us give less than all to God, that in us which is a "no" to God, regardless of how small, has no right to live.
It is this rigorous examination of our lives symbolized by the depositio Alleluia that justifies its triumphant return in Easter. The ancient Gothic liturgy in Spain touchingly personalized this absence of the Alleluia, who, like Lazarus, was sure to rise again. The Alleluia's absence was only for a time:
Thou shalt go, Alleluia; thy journey shall be prosperous, Alleluia;
And again come back to us with joy, Alleluia.
For they shall bear thee up in their hands,
Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And again come back to us with joy, Alleluia.
For each part of us that is less than our all that we, by the grace of God and the work of the Holy Spirit, are able to give to God, for each "no" in us that we make into a "yes," we have turned from sickness and death, to resurrection and thereby participate in the victory of the Lord over sin and death.
Unde laudando precamur
Te beata Trinitas,
Ut tuum nobis videre
Pascha des in aethere,
Quo tibi laeti canamus
Alleluia perpetim.
Whence in praising we beseech
Thee, blessed Trinity,
That thou grant to us
to see Thy Easter in heaven
Where we joyful may sing
Alleluia to thee perpetually.
Let us this Year of Faith scrutinize ourselves with heightened vigor, so that we may liturgically rise with Christ on Easter, and proclaim with the Church our victory over our own sin and death. May our all to God be really our all, may any "no" to God be made "yes," and may we then be worthy to utter those words of joy and comfort:
The Lord has risen!
He has risen indeed!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Creators Project: How did you become interested in fashion?
Alexandre Herchovitch: Observing my mother's sense of style.
Do you have an academic background?
When I had to pick a concentration, I chose plastic arts and did that for a year without knowing that there was a school for fashion. When I discovered there was a fashion school in Sao Paulo, I switched.
Is schooling important for designers?
Well, there's a lot of debate about that. Some of the best designers didn't study to become designers. They were learning intuitively, you know? Since I was working with clothes long before I ever enrolled at university, four or years before, I already had a brand. I sold and made clothes for some years. It was important for me because I wanted to understand fashion branding better. At the same time, I don't think university did that for me ultimately.
Where do you find inspiration?
My influences come from various places. Music influences me, but in a marginal way, not directly. With me, music is important, but not in what I create. I don't think music has a direct connection to my work.
Has being from Sao Paulo influenced you much, do you think?
There are a lot of commonalities between my work and where I'm from and where I was born. But I don't think if you picked out one of my pieces and asked someone where they thought it were from, they wouldn't say Brazil. My work doesn't give off the vibe that it's specific to Sao Paulo or Brazil. What I think Sao Paulo helped me to do and to understand—because of its cosmopolitan nature—is make fashion that could be worn around world.
You have a collection that was inspired by technology?
Yes. I just used white fabrics that turned purple in the sun. This technology was originally used in creams that would change color in the sun—so we transferred it to fabric. I have an advantage in that the chemical factories in Brazil are always showing me the advances and appropriate them depending on whether I think they're interesting or not. So, while technology may not be apparent in certain aspects of my fashion, it shows up in other parts of the manufacturing process.
Could you explain your manufacturing process a little bit? How has it evolved along with the advancements in technology.
I think the principal idea behind the line never changes. What changes are the trends that appear to us. The processes of creativity, manufacture, and design—that's done changing, you know? It's been perfected, pretty much. But at the same time, fashion is never stagnant. A new thing arrives, a new technology, and you occupy yourself with that in order to integrate it into your line, so things never get stagnant.


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Hi guys,
Could anybody give me information what the adv and disadv if I do the geocoding from controller using google map API? Thank you, I really appreciate it.
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Hi guys,
Could anybody give me information what the adv and disadv if I do the geocoding from controller using google map API? Thank you, I really appreciate it.
Well, it all depends on what you want to do with it really.
The advantage is, you can geocode anything from an IP Address to a physical address and convert it to coordinates, and display it with Google Maps right in your application, whatever your trying to write. The only disadvantage I can even think of is sometimes the API goes down, but that can be alleviated by using Yahoo Maps as a secondary API. The world would have to end in order for both to not work .
With Rails is relatively easy too. Someone already took the time to write a plugin to help you do it called GeoKit. If you download that and YM4R into your rails app, and it makes your job alot of easier. Just Google the 2 plugins to get the URL. Then just run a "script/plugin install <url>" for each.
Ic, thank you for your response.
Your welcome.
If you run into a snag along the way, just let me know. Tying to communicate with the mapping API's can get a tad bit tricky sometimes.
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How do you configure Geokit? I installed Geokit and I have no configuration anywhere?!
- [F] geokit
I = Installed
F = Frozen
R = Framework (loaded before rails starts)
Any ideas?!
I've setup geokit in a mashup I started (but need to finish it sadly
Here's the GeoKit documentation http://geokit.rubyforge.org/api/geokit- ndex.html, this should get you going. A really good book I have that you could benefit from playing around with various API's is called "Building Ruby on Rails Web Mashups" by Packt Publishing http://www.amazon.com/Rails-Mashup-Proj amp;sr=8-1
It covers all kinds of API's, from Monster, CareerBuilder, CraigsList, Yahoo, Google, Flickr, etc...
I think you'd enjoy it as much as I do.
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From my experience, the advantage is that geocoding in Google Maps API is easy to use, just a piece of codes and the job will be done. The disadvantage is that it is not accurate all the time, I've seen quite a few times that it translates a foreign location to somewhere in United States, like Jersey - Jersey, a place in UK, is translated to somewhere in New Jersey.
I general, I recommend geocoding in Google Maps API. I myself use it to build services, like http://www.trackingnumber.org/, a package tracking service that combines traditional text tracking information with Google Maps.
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For our performance tests of PowerColor PCS HD4670 512MB GDDR3 we put together the following testbed:
- Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor (3.0GHz, FSB 333MHz x 9);
- DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G mainboard (ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset) for ATI Radeon HD graphics cards;
- Asus P5N32-E SLI mainboard (Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset) for Nvidia GeForce graphics cards;
- Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5 (2x1GB, 1066MHz, 5-5-5-15, 2T);
- Maxtor MaXLine III 7B250S0 HDD (250GB, Serial ATA-150, 16MB buffer);
- Enermax Galaxy DXX EGX1000EWL 1000W power supply;
- Dell 3007WFP monitor (30", 2560x1600@60Hz max display resolution);
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit;
- ATI Catalyst 8.532.00rc3-69408 for ATI Radeon HD 4670
- ATI Catalyst 8.8 for ATI Radeon HD 3850/4850
- Nvidia GeForce 177.41 WHQL for Nvidia GeForce
According to our testing methodology, the drivers were set up to provide the highest possible quality of texture filtering and to minimize the effect of software optimizations used by default by both: AMD/ATI and Nvidia. Also, to ensure maximum image quality, we enabled transparent texture filtering. As a result, our ATI and Nvidia driver settings looked as follows:
ATI Catalyst:
- Catalyst A.I.: Standard
- Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality
- High Quality AF: On
- Wait for vertical refresh: Always Off
- Enable Adaptive Anti-Aliasing: On/Quality
- Method: Multi-sampling
- Temporal Anti-Aliasing: Off
- Other settings: default
Nvidia ForceWare:
- Texture filtering - Quality: High quality
- Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: Off
- Texture filtering – Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
- Vertical sync: Force off
- Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On
- Antialiasing - Transparency: Multisampling
- Other settings: default
For our tests we used the following games and synthetic benchmarks:
First-Person 3D Shooters
- Battlefield 2142
- Bioshock
- Call of Juarez
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Crysis
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Third-Person 3D Shooters
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Hellgate: London
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- World in Conflict
Synthetic Benchmarks
- Futuremark 3DMark06
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
We selected the highest possible level of detail in each game using standard tools provided by the game itself from the gaming menu. The games configuration files weren't modified in any way, because the user doesn't have to know how to do it. The only exception was Enemy Territory: Quake Wars game where we disabled the built-in fps rate limitation locked at 30fps. Games supporting DirectX 10 were tested in this particular mode.
Besides PowerColor PCS HD4670 512MB GDDR3 we have also included the following graphics accelerators to participate in our test session:
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 (RV770, 625/625/2000MHz, 800sp, 40tmu, 16rbe, 256-bit, 512MB GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 (RV670, 670/670/1660MHz, 320sp, 16tmu, 16rbe, 256-bit, 256MB GDDR3)
- Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT (G94, 650/1625/1800MHz, 64sp, 16tmu, 16rbe, 256-bit, 512MB GDDR3)
- Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 256MB (G84)
We ran the performance tests in standard set of resolutions including 1280x1024, 1600x1200 and 1920x1200. We used 1920x1440 supporting 4:3 aspect ratio instead of the latter one in Battlefield 2142 game. We used "eye candy" mode almost everywhere, where it was possible without disabling the HDR/Shader Model 3.0/Shader Model 4.0. Namely, we ran the tests with enabled MSAA 4x antialiasing and anisotropic filtering 16x in all tests except 3DMark. We enabled them from the game's menu. If this was not possible, we forced them using the appropriate driver settings of ATI Catalyst and Nvidia ForceWare drivers.
Performance was measured with the games' own tools and the original demos were recorded if possible. Otherwise, the performance was measured manually with Fraps utility version 2.9.1. We measured not only the average speed, but also the minimum speed of the cards where possible.


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Swiss Helicopter Progresses With Precision
In the well-founded rotorcraft market, the idea of a new helicopter conceived and made in Switzerland seems bizarre to some, a passing novelty to others. But now the first prototype has been built and the idea of Swiss precision being applied to a competitive helicopter should mean they are now taken seriously.
Switzerland may be known for many things; its financial institutions, fine chocolate, hand-made timepieces and tremendous scenery including one of the most foreboding mountains in Europe, the Eiger. But one thing that would not be on many lists would be an indigenous helicopter.
So the unveiling of the first prototype of its light single-engine SKYe SH09 helicopter by Marenco Swiss Helicopter has already begun turning heads – including many of its potential competitors. Originally announced at Heli-Expo Dallas in 2012, the SKYe SH09 (SH means Swiss Helicopter, 09 for the year it was conceived) is a smart-looking aircraft that would not seem out of place among the ranks of its international competitors.
The company is the brainchild of CEO Martin Stucki, a self-confessed helicopter enthusiast. Stucki set out to build a helicopter in 2002, but that meant creating a company, a process, a team and an infrastructure in Switzerland.
The concept was borne as a 3D model around 2002. Stucki then took the idea to the market, talking to as many operators as he could, while starting to seek out an investor who would believe as he did and help to take the dream forward. In 2009 when the economy crashed, after a very hard year, at last an investor was found. While the identity of the investor was not revealed at the launch, it is a foreign investor handled through a Swiss financial institution: "It was a relatively small investment for him," said Stucki.
The cost of owning a SKYe SH09 is going to be around $3 million, revealed Stucki. That buys a 2.5-ton composite fuselage, five-bladed, brand new helicopter.
Mathias Senes, chief commercial officer (CCO) whose extensive rotorcraft industry experience which includes more than 11 years with Eurocopter, went into detail about the design of the helicopter: "The Sagem Avionics glass cockpit (ICDS 8A PFD/EMS) is sold as standard. We found they had great expertise and fabulous reactivity to our project which was important." The Sagem cockpit allows engine displays to be customized; it will read 21 channels of FADEC data and 38 channels delivering other airframe and engine parameters. This will be the first time that the Sagem ICDS has been interfaced to the Honeywell HTS900-2 1D FADEC engine.
The SKYe SH09 has been designed with visibility front of mind, with a large clear center panel between the two cockpit seats giving a view straight down through the nose and floor of the helicopter. The clear optional door panels also drop below floor level. "The idea to increase visibility this way meant that we developed this door which bulges beneath the frame and the floor plain from the left and right sides to deliver excellent vertical references," explained Senes.
There are also five carbon fiber main rotor blades. "I love this because they provide maneuverability and less vibration. The EC155 has one of the best signatures in terms of vibrations and our engineers determined that there is a real drop in vibration when you go from four blades to five," claimed Senes.
The aircraft has three fuel tanks with two side tanks feeding the lower tank.
Then there is a short but high tail boom on the end of which is the Maestro, the Marenco shrouded tail rotor. The importance of safety, particularly in the EMS role, was an important factor for the design team. "We have improved the shrouded tail – it is around 40 per cent bigger than that on an EC120 which is around 80 cm in diameter; we have a 1.2 m diameter. The idea of the short, high tail boom is to allow people access to the rear clamshell doors while reducing the cross wind effect on the aircraft," explained Senes.
How does a fledgling helicopter manufacturer with no track record persuade companies to join in with the ideal? Senes noted: "The aviation suppliers we are working with did not have to be persuaded. There is strong agility in Switzerland for small series production. We found people motivated – one company we work with is even at the end of the road. It you take away the Zodiac-supplied seats [from France] and the Honeywell engines, then we are around 80 percent Swiss manufactured."
|Interior of the SKYe SH09.
See more photos on page 32.
"At this stage the detail needs to be done. We still have a lot of equipment to develop and each aircraft will have its own area of tests – some for the options and avionics and of course a crash test. It is unlikely that any of the expected three test aircraft will be sold to customers," said Senes.
Marenco will begin building its helicopters at the Mollis airfield site where there is ample room for expansion. The company is looking to build a new facility there, which will have 75 meters of floor space with offices above it. The current location for most of the Marenco team is in the nearby town of Pfaffikon although some of the staff already have contracts that take into account a move. In has 14 certification verification engineers working in Germany solely to ensure the helicopter passes EASA certification when it needs to, which is set to be during 2014. The ambition is to deliver the first 10 helicopters in 2015 and then continuously build to between 80 and 120 machines per year.
Marenco has 47 letters of intent which are spread across four continents, from EMS operators to a sightseeing company in Hawaii. Senes is under no illusion of where his market lies. The competition, as he sees it, rests with Eurocopter's AS350B3, Bell Helicopter Textron's 407 and AgustaWestland's AW119 Koala – and his is a brand new aircraft: "Single-engine helicopter owners want to do four missions per day: they want to keep the helicopter working to make money. We have operators that have fleets of 40-50 aircraft – and have had the idea take one of our SKYe SH09s and try it out."
The company has examined ways in which it might market the helicopter to an international audience. "In key markets we want to have a footprint, but we also need a global network," explained Senes. "We have already signed a distributor agreement with HeliFlight in Australia. I am proud they chose us as they have been pioneers in the industry and have always looked to the future."
Is there a military market waiting for the company and its products down the road? "Nearly every aircraft has been painted in khaki at some point in its life," he stated. "Clearly the [military] helicopter industry [owes much] to the difficulty the United States had during the fighting in Vietnam; if they had fought in Belgium, we would all have stayed in cars."
Senes summarized the company: "Our job is working with passion. Martin is our leader and he is completely into helicopters. He has put an experienced team together and we could become pioneers, at least in what we do."
The new markets are appealing to Marenco. The Chinese market is in a construction boom in areas that include building its electrical network in the form of power lines, which of course need to be monitored. Regarding EMS, Senes believes that China is also looking at the American model and will come up with a pragmatic decision in the end.
"Asia is clearly a huge market but the large helicopter OEMs are pushing their products so there is a feeling in Asia and China that you should buy a twin instead of a single," he said. "But the market will realize that single is appropriate in certain areas of work and that twin engine helicopters are expensive. You are spending around three times the cost of a single when you add pilot training and maintenance. But what is important is we can live with the single engine market as it is and if Europe one day decides it can use single-engine helicopters in HEMS that will be good news for us."


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As we age, the body invariably presents us with several unpleasant realities. Hair begins growing in places you didn't think possible, eyesight becomes a blurred memory and the structures in the lower spine degenerate. The latter of which can result in sciatica, a painful condition that can make even the most simple of tasks painful challenges. Good thing for trimmers, bifocals and Human Touch massage chairs.
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Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, will share his vision on the future of video gaming at the Game Developers Conference 2011 in early March. The views expressed by Mr. Iwata may reflect or even reveal technologies that will be a part of Nintendo's highly-anticipated successor of Wii game console.
Throughout the most recent 25 years (from the mid eighties to nowadays) innovation of video games has continuously reinvented the game experience in terms of graphics, player control and pure game design. Nonetheless, as games became more complex and gameplay changed dramatically, " part of the magic of those early days of game creation has been lost", according to Nintendo.
"Nintendo has a unique perspective on what makes gamers grin, what defines the term 'gamer' and what is essential to ensuring industry growth. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will draw from his development roots and talk not only about how video gaming has evolved, but also, more importantly, he will offer his views on where we go from here," the description of Mr. Iwata's keynote reads.
While "the magic" of video games can hardly be returned with new hardware alone, the keynote may reflect certain intentions the company may have for its next-generation console, which launch is inevitable and the only question is when Nintendo plans to replace Wii and not whether it plans at all. In any case, the keynote may be very important for the industry in general.


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The twisted geniuses behind The Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police present a tale of sibling rivalry, chainsaw faces, machine gun boobs, and butt blades.
Kikuyakko is a geisha known for her glamour and grace. Yoshie is her abused sister, banished to the shadows. When a mysterious corporation transforms their soft bodies into murderous machines, the rival vixens rush toward an ultraviolent final confrontation.
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What wine goes with a Baby Ruth® candy bar?
If you need a wine to pair with a Baby Ruth® candy bar, you could try a Cabernet Sauvignon to go with it.
Cabernet Sauvignon
(ka-behr-NAY soh-vihn-YOHN): Rich, smooth red with black cherry, black currant, vanilla & caramel.
Another wine pairing for a Baby Ruth® candy bar
You may also enjoy these other types of wine with a Baby Ruth® candy bar:
(muh-DEER-uh): A Portuguese sweet wine with caramel, almonds, coffee & raisin.
Port: Ruby Port
Sweet, fruity yet dry Portuguese red with pomegranate, licorice, cherry, prunes & herbal tea notes.
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Topic: Mysql2::Error: Can't create table (errno: 121) debugging tips
I've been struggling with this error for days, I could not find anything helpfull online, at least in my case. I resolved it via a workaround and I'd like to share what I found out.
I got this error while running rake db:migrate
I was trying to create a table named "weight_equivalents". The exact same migration code with a different table name would work.
My work around was to rename the table as "weight_translations" instead. When I went into PhpMyAdmin to then rename my table as "weight_equivalents", I got an error message saying :
#1050 - Table './recipe_development/weight_equivalents' already exists
I had deleted the table weight_equivalents before, and it was not anymore listed in my tables list for this database.
I think this is due to a bug in mysql and/or my database got corrupted.
I'd like to move further in this bug investigation: does anyone know on how to fully delete this corrupted table in order for me to run the correct migration in first place (with table name "weight_equivalents") ?


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Dorothy Jones
Dorothy "Dot" Jones, (nee) Burghardt 89, received her angel wings on Thursday, (Feb. 7, 2013).
She leaves behind four children: Thomas (Elizabeth) of Treasure Island, Fla; William (Tammy) of Lake George, N.Y., Cyn D. Gailey, of Sunset Bay; Sandy (Richard) Eggleston of Rochester, N.Y.; eight grandchildren: Matthew (Sarah) Jones, Logan (Jacquie) Jones, Whitney Jones, Cameron Jones, Briana (Isaiah) Loveless, Ian (Kara) Loggans, Chelsea (Charlie) Bender and Trevor Eggleston; six great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Phyllis Burghardt; several nieces and nephews and her feline friend, DUFUS. She was predeceased by daughter, Beth Ann Jones and nephew, Mark Burghardt.
Born in Kenmore, N.Y. and raised in Sunset Bay, the daughter of William and Dorothy Burghardt, she was a beloved member of the Sunset Bay community for more than 70 years.
Dot is a World War II veteran, serving in the Navy. Later, she worked in the family-owned Sunset Bay Amusement Park and was owner of the Sunset Bay Deli (The Little Store), a realtor, and CEO (Creator of Extraordinary Objects) of Creation Station stained glass in Silver Creek. Known affectionately as: Mummy, Mumsy, Oh Hot Gram, and our Fearless Leader, she loved to watch people from her front deck, and enjoyed backyard bird watching, stained glass, crafts, sewing and especially chocolate!! She was a member of the Sunset Bay Association and the Silver Creek Seniors.
A memorial service will be held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 165 Central Ave. Silver Creek, NY on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 11:00 followed by a cele-bration of Dot's life at the Sunset Bay Fire Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sunset Bay Fire Department, 12798 Alleghany Road, Irving, NY 14081, or Silver Creek Volunteer Emergen-cy Squad, 162 Central Avenue, Silver Creek, NY 14136.


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Kiwanis Club welcomes guest
The Cassadaga Valley Kiwanis Club welcomed Joel Muth as a featured speaker at a recent meeting. Muth is a financial advisor with Edward Jones of Fredonia. He was introduced by club member, Peggy Taylor. Balanced investment strategies for retirement was the topic of this informative evening. Once again, the CV Kiwanis Club looks forward to involvement in community projects this year, such as the reopening of the Cassadaga library, the Juvenile Diabetes Walk, Key Club activities, CVC High School Scholarship fundraising and more. New members are most welcome to join in this service organization. Call Dave Rowley, club president, at 595-3879 for more information about Kiwanis.


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Today I tried a cake from 2003? again of which I have unfortunately lost the wrapper in a move.
When I bought it, it had a floral taste and it was gut wrenching strong, as in actual stomach cramps if I hadn't eaten enough before I drank it.
Now it has an tangerine like taste and an extremely powerful cha qi that instantly puts my mind into a meditative state, while still retaining quite a bit of astringency.
I've only experienced this kind of cha qi with much older cakes so far and mostly a lot more subdued.
I don't think the leafs are from an old tree, as they're rather small and there seems to be a lot more huangpian than in most cakes.
Here are some pictures of a chunk from this cake (sorry about the bad quality):


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: Good race with a few hill for the challange. Nice scenery out in the countryside with the odd meander through housing estates which gives good support from the locals.Date of review: June 8, 2008
In short: Good raceIn full: Good well organised event, nice to run a more challenging and undulating course and even the hill at the end was ok. Goody bag was very strange, some leaflets and a water bottle, not quite sure what the point of it was, surely if giving them out then all should get the same. But well organised and very friendly marshalls and plenty of cheering along the way, see you next year.Date of review: June 18, 2007
In short: Really enjoyed it!Date of review: June 13, 2007
In short: Perfect conditions, challenging course but well worthwhileDate of review: June 13, 2007
In short: An excellent race, with a superb wine glass and goody bag to make it worth whileIn full: Great organisation, the last third needs to be flattened out a little bit, was on for a PB until the long sweeping hill took it's toll. the encouragment all the way around was brilliant including the unofficial water station provided by a mother and her two kids a third way round. would definate do this next year and for the forthcoming five so i can complete my wine glass dinner set, certainly makes just a medal for finishing pale into significance when you get a wine glass. Wll done Aldridge Running Club, also thanks for the Ruck sack as a goody bag, saved me a few quid.Date of review: June 12, 2007
In short: Clear that the Runnign Club had tried to involve the commuity and school and children and this created a great atmosphere on the green.In full: The start was a bit disorganised, would have been better to get everyone into target/ability time zones on the green, then walked to start in that order. The men who spent time putting up the boards to guide people, may as well not have bothered.My husband is a triathlete so was really hoping for a medal - as triathlon events seem keen on giving brightly colour t-shirts which only get worn for gardening!Lovely course, well marshalled, good finish area, but nothing but a bottle of water and some leaflets in the goodie bag, was a bit disappointing.Date of review: June 11, 2007
In short: Good race, quite up and down.Date of review: June 11, 2007
In short: Excellent Sunday, very family friendly.In full: Superb organisation well done Aldridge Running Club again!Date of review: June 11, 2007
In short: Challenging course, well worth completing. Will be back next year hoping to improve on this years timeDate of review: June 11, 2007
In short: Very Good, nasty hill right at the end though but brilliant finishDate of review: June 11, 2007
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The alchemy of listening - something humanizing and elevating at once in a true story told and received. Thanks for the reminder, @TheMoth.
Krista recently joined the likes of New Yorker staffer Adam Gopnik, Andrew Zimmern, and Kemp Powers on The Moth stage at the Fitzgerald Theater for a rousing evening of live storytelling. The theme of the night was "Saints and Sinners" featuring "outlaws and angels on the cusp of darkness."
Krista expressed pure delight when talking about "The Moth" experience. Taking joy in improvisational storytelling like this picks up on something Bobby McFerrin said about the word "mystery":
"I use it quite a bit. I love the mystery of improvisation — you never know what's going to happen, you know. I have no idea what's going to happen tonight; I'm looking forward to finding out.
And to extend that storytelling idea… If you're looking for some quality historical fiction in television and book form, how about this fine pairing of a Showtime series with two-time Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel's book about 16th-century English rule:
I highly recommend watching a few seasons of The Tudors, then (or while) reading Wolf Hall. A lush immersive experience.
This whetted the appetite, so to speak. If there's one thing we know about our audiences, they are voracious readers. Danny Gross (@DannyGross), a self-professed coffee addict and music lover, reached out to Krista (@KristaTippett) on Twitter and asked:
What books are you reading these days? I would love some recommendations.
She replied, in kind, with a question:
Sacred or profane?
To which he responded:
Well I'm working on "The Quantum and The Lotus," so let's go with something profane to balance it out.
Krista is reading a bounty of literature in her free time (when?) and recommended novels by Maria Semple, Gillian Flynn, and Justin Cronin too:
Good idea. Funny: Where'd You Go, Bernadette" and "Gone Girl" | Literary/sci-fi epic: "The Passage" | Mystery: Tana French's latest.
Looks like Danny has a trip to the bookstore in his future...
Books and literary references abound this week. Our Instagram of Peter Davis' photograph of children in a library in India coupled with this passage from Caitlin Moran's Libraries: Cathedrals of Our Souls elicited some lovely comments on Facebook:
"A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.
On a cold, rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen, instead. A human with a brain and a heart and a desire to be uplifted, rather than a customer with a credit card and an inchoate 'need' for 'stuff.' A mallthe shopsare places where your money makes the wealthy wealthier. But a library is where the wealthy's taxes pay for you to become a little more extraordinary, instead. A satisfying reversal. A balancing of the power."
If you have a chance —and are a fan of Marvin Gaye, definitely check out this fascinating breakdown of the original multitrack studio recordings of "What's Going On" by Questlove:
"What's so cool about it is that this is one of the most undefined drum songs of soul music. I don't think of drums when I think of 'Whats Going On.' I think of the conga, but I always felt like it was a ritual syncopated…."
And, I'd like to leave with you this moving letter from a 25-year-old American woman living in southern Israel. With all that's currently transpiring in the Middle East, she reminds us of why we must breathe new hope into our dialogues and bring our fullest selves to our conversations:
"I am a huge fan of On Being and especially "The Civil Conversations Project." I am a big believer in the healing power of conversation and the coming together of two opposing sides to recognize the humanity in the other. The four conversations from this season have reinforced that belief very strongly and have given me hope for the future of the issues discussed.
And so, believing in the power of what you are doing, I have a related comment and request.
At this moment, I am sitting in my apartment as violence escalates around me. Four sirens indicating rocket-fire have sounded in the past 90 minutes, telling the entire city to move quickly to shelters and multiple explosions have followed.
This is not the first time I have had to seek shelter from rockets. It has happened more times than I can remember during the time I have lived here.
And every time I hear the siren sound, I wonder, 'How is it that the people who shoot them, and the people who commit the actions that motivate their shooting from the opposing side, think these violent actions will ultimately lead to the kind of world that they would want their children to live in?'
I know that On Being has addressed the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict before, but I wonder if it could do so within the context of The Civil Conversations Project. This issue is in desperate need of a new direction. Each side needs to see the humanity of the other. It is so much easier to try to eliminate the other side, when you keep it at a distance and continue to define it in a way that justifies violence against them. In the CCP episodes I have listened to, the humanity of each side comes out so palpably, and so I wonder if you could try to bring the CCP approach to this issue.
The realist in me is aware that this may be impossible. But the optimist in me, which On Being has nourished, is asking anyway.
Whether this is possible or not, I would like to express my appreciation for the existence of On Being and The Civil Conversations Project. They have added meaning and substance to my life and one of my favorite things to do these days is share my playlist of favorite episodes with friends.
So thank you for doing what you do! With much gratitude."
We will try our best. All of you, please keep pushing us and asking us to stretch ourselves in this project. It's life-sustaining for all of us.
As always, please send us your feedback about our work and this newsletter. Contact us any way you like: contact us on our website, share your suggestions and critiques on Facebook or Twitter (@beingtweets, @KristaTippett, @TrentGilliss).


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2.58 SS Vonn Bell-DB tOSU
3.89 DT Javon Hargrave-SC State
4.123 DE-Matt Judon-Grand Valley State
6.220 RB-Tyler Erwin-San Jose State
7.229 WR Geronimo Allison-Ilinois
7.246 QB-Cody Kessler-USC
People fret because they see a 'lack of plan' or a poorly executed plan in the making.
Obviously the people who thought Haley was a bad fit the minute they hired him were wrong.
Tomlin IS spot on with his line... look at this board. Bunch of guys whining and crying about next season and it's only March. No matter what he says you guys will rip him because Steeler fans are a spoiled bunch.
I don't see where his statement was cocky, all he said was see us in the fall not in March. He didn't proclaim the Steelers will be a super Bowl team, he just said what you see now may not be what you see in the fall is how I took it.


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Nearly 5,000 County Residents Use Insurance Marketplace
Almost 5,000 Chautauqua County residents have enrolled for health insurance since the rollout of the health insurance marketplace nearly 10 months ago.
Open enrollment, which began on Oct. 1, 2013, offered Chautauqua County residents five insurance companies to choose from in addition to Medicaid and Child Health Plus, which are both state-funded, low-cost options.
According to a June report from NY State of Health, 40 percent of Chautauqua County's 4,872 enrollees applied for a qualified health plan through one of five companies including BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Fidelis Care, Health Republic Insurance of New York, Independent Health and Univera Healthcare.
Health Republic Insurance of New York was the top choice for 52 percent of Chautauqua County applicants, with an almost even distribution amongst the other companies.
Medicaid applicants accounted for 54.8 percent of health plan enrollees, which was higher than numbers for both Erie and Cattaraugus County Medicaid applicants.
"The Affordable Care Act has many good theories and attributes," said Betsy Wright, WCA Hospital president, adding that it expands coverage for Americans, eliminates denying insurance to those with preexisting conditions and improves information about health insurance.
"But there are many challenges," Wright said.
For hospitals, reimbursement rates have been cut.
Wright said hospitals like WCA, which provide a fairly high percentage of care to Medicaid beneficiaries, have traditionally been given share dollars from state and federal government for charity care.
"They have already been cutting these funds for two years," Wright said, adding that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's health exchange would help those who are uninsured gain access to health insurance. "We will see that impact moving forward."
In line with Wright's comment, the Marketplace determined 81 percent of New York state enrollees did not have health insurance at the time they applied.
Cattaraugus County's nearly 3,000 enrollees also had five insurance companies to choose from, resulting in 62 percent choosing Fidelis Care.
In terms of those approved for Medicaid, Cattaraugus County's numbers were less than Chautauqua and Erie counties at 51 percent.
The Small Business Marketplace also opened enrollment on Oct. 1, 2013.
In Chautauqua County, 180 residents employed by small businesses of 50 workers or less enrolled for insurance from Independent Health, Health Republic Insurance of New York or Univera.
Cattaraugus County saw 33 employees enroll for coverage through the Small Business Marketplace.
Statewide, 9,787 employees enrolled for coverage.
Nearly 74 percent of consumers who enrolled in marketplace coverage from Oct. 1 through March 30, enrolled after Jan. 1. Just over 36 percent waited until March, with more than 38,000 consumers waiting until the last day.
Statewide, 55 percent of enrollees were approved for Medicaid, or 525,283 applicants.
Full implementation of the Affordable Care Act is assumed to take place by the end of 2016 and has been a heavily discussed since it was enacted in 2010.


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I spotted this element driving moose in hotel parking lot.
A Diamond is just a piece of coal, that made good under pressure!
Moose in vermont are very colorful.
We were at that moose, by the big Beenietown dildo.
With Scot and Liz.
My wife insisted getting on top for a pic, even though it says in big, bold print. "DO NOT GET ON THE MOOSE."
So she does and some lady starts yelling, get off the moose get off the moose.
We got a pic leaning on the moose however.
Hey cockroach, don't bug me! ©
Lisa and I got to see some real moose up here in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Them some big animals.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 383
Total Fat 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 867 mg
Total Carbohydrate 31 g
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Protein 18 g
Ingredients and Preparation
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Plum tomatoes, chopped 2
White onion, chopped ¼
Garlic clove, chopped 1
Cilantro 1 + 2 tablespoons
Canola oil 1 + 2 teaspoons
Salt ¼ + 1/8 teaspoon
Corn tortillas 2
Eggs 4
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Refried beans, warmed on the stove ½ cup
Reduced-fat sour cream 2 tablespoons
Avocado, diced ½
Shredded Monterey Jack cheese ¼ cup
- In a blender or food processor, combine the tomatoes, onion, 1 tablespoon cilantro, and garlic until almost smooth.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add tomato sauce and cook until thickened, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in ¼ teaspoon salt and set aside.
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat in another large skillet and cook tortillas about 5-10 seconds on each side, until softened. Set on paper towels to drain.
- Break the eggs into the same skillet over medium heat and cook to desired degrees of doneness (cover the skillet if you like the yolk firm). Season with 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper.
- Dip each tortilla in the tomato sauce and place in the middle of a plate. Spread half of the beans over each tortilla, top with fried eggs, the spoon over the remaining sauce.
- Garnish with sour cream and avocado, sprinkle with cheese and 2 tablespoons cilantro, and serve.