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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (131 votes).
In short: No refunds or transfers to second roundIn full: I did the 10k race in 2010 as my first ever 'race', and it was a really good experience. I had planned to do all 3 this year and have entered for the upcoming 10k. However, a few days ago I pulled a calf muscle and phoned JustRacingUK to request that they kindly transfer my entry to the second round as I wouldn't be fit for this one, a simple request I would've thought as I wasn't asking for my money back. Despite giving 5 days notice of my injury, they were unhelpful and unwilling to offer me anything other than "if you don't run you lose your money" essentially. I feel a tad annoyed with this as it is hardly a major hardship to just transfer to the next round in 3 weeks time. I'm not bothered about the £12 quid...it's the principle and their "computer says no" attitude. As a result I'll not be taking part in this event in future.Date of review: January 13, 2011
Date of review: February 28, 2010
In short: great atmosphere,great orginisation,very friendlyIn full: some of the best marshalls ive ever come across,excellent organisation,great course(traffic free),lovely medal,came home and entered the next one straight away!. dont be put off if you are a novice runner,i was second to last in the 5k but had a great time,as did my friend who was doing her first 5k(she was much faster than me i hasten to add !).Date of review: February 7, 2010
In short: My first ever 5K race, mud, sweat and tears!Date of review: February 7, 2010
In short: Great organisation, plenty of mud, evil hill, great funIn full: This was my first multi-terrain and loved it. 3 laps of the same course. Had just the right mix of mud and hills to challenge and paths to recover. Really enjoyed the whole experience. Would definitely run againDate of review: February 5, 2010
In short: My first 10k. Really enjoyed it. One hill was tough, but a nice part of the world all in all.Date of review: January 18, 2010
In short: Good atmosphere and organisationDate of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Good fun, wet mud seemed over heavy, needed more people doing the 15kDate of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Lovely setting and good challenge In full: Really challenging and enjoyable. Field smaller than I thought and clearly lots of very good runners - did not seem to be many doing the 15k and they were all very good. So even doing a PB I was well back in the field! Still a great day though. Thanks to marshalls who were great. Date of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Challenging but good fun and great atmosphereIn full: This was a very clubby race with some really good runners but beginners seemed welcome, though there weren't many running the 15km. The organisation was excellent, and I liked the music playing at the finish. A challenging course, which was good training and a nice medal at the finish. Date of review: January 17, 2010
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Commentary: What is an African American life worth?
Columnist reflects on Trayvon Martin's death, George Zimmerman's statements
By Derrell Connor
Special To Channel 3000
So it was all "God's plan."
That was the statement made by George Zimmerman in his interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity this past week. Zimmerman also said he had no regrets about what happened the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Ever since this case hit the national spotlight, I have been very disappointed with how the media has reported it, carelessly manipulating it into a racial lightening rod.
Like most incidents with a racial component, the Martin case has been taken to both extremes. On one side, Zimmerman is a racist who spotted, profiled, followed, confronted and shot Martin only because he was black. On the other, Martin was a thug who was up to no good, who attacked Zimmerman from behind and was trying to kill him before that fatal shot that took Martin's life.
While I believe that there is a possibility that Martin may have been the aggressor in the confrontation with Zimmerman, there are two depressing thoughts that come to mind. First is the grim reality that the life of an African American is not worth as much as it should be.
Second is the fact that some find it hard to believe that Martin may have been walking home from the store, minding his own business, only to have Zimmerman set this whole sad tale in motion by following Martin.
Zimmerman argues that he was just defending himself. That may be true -- after all, none of us were there, and there's little doubt that a fight took place. But if you were Trayvon Martin, what would you do if a stranger were following you? Would you run away, or would you confront him? If the self defense and stand your ground laws are designed to protect those who are faced with a threat to their lives, then what about a young man who's being followed by vehicle and later on foot? Shouldn't you have the right to defend yourself?
Listen, I'm no fool. I'm well aware of the negative stereotypes attached to young black men. I'm also cognizant of the fact that, unfortunately, there are some who are living up to and reinforcing those stereotypes. You can simply pick up a newspaper or watch the local news see it play out live and in living color. I've written columns about it, and it pains me to do so. But not all young black men are criminals. In fact, most of them aren't. Just like the fact that most Caucasians aren't racists. But the message that we seem to be sending is that when you're young, male and black, you're too often considered guilty until proven innocent.
In these situations I often ask people to put themselves in someone else's shoes. What if this tragedy involved a young white victim and an adult black or Hispanic perpetrator, who claimed that he was defending himself because he was attacked? What would be the reaction? I'm not saying Zimmerman is guilty -- his trial will determine that.
But would there be a website and donations made to a legal fund? Would Sean Hannity and Barbara Walters clamor for the opportunity to interview him? And yes, I'm aware that folks like Rev. Al Sharpton and others have rushed to Martin's defense. But remember, Martin is the one who is dead, not Zimmerman. The gun belonged to Zimmerman, not Martin. Which makes Martin the victim in the eyes of many.
Later in the interview with Hannity, Zimmerman somewhat softened his "God's will" statement with the admission that he's sorry the Martin family had to bury their son, and that he prays for them every night. I wish he would completely back off the God's will attitude as well, because last I checked, I don't think I've ever been taught that it's God's will to kill anyone.
Derrell Connor works in the insurance industry in Madison and hosts a weekly radio show on WIBA AM. His column will run the second and fourth Thursday of the month on Channel 3000.
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To keep landscaping tools from rolling around in the bed of his truck, Club member Gene Burke of Thousand Palms, California, constructed this ingenious storage rack. He mounted two slats, one with holes drilled through it to accept the tools� handles and one with clips to hold the tools� heads, to the ceiling of his truck�s topper. The slats securely store a half-dozen tools up out of sight and help keep the truck bed clear for hauling bulky items. If you replicate this design, be sure to use clips that are strong enough to handle the weight of the tools you intend to store. Brought to you by: American Profile - Inspirational Stories & American History


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Topic: Need help uploading audio
Hi, I have a small problem with my website.
I have two attachments to each "thing" a photograph and an audioclip. I'm using Paperclip to achieve this.
So far uploading images works. They go right where they're supposed to - the audio files also go where they are supposed to.
I'm using this code in the model to achieve this, the problem comes later...
class Thing < ActiveRecord::Base
has_attached_file :photograph ,
:url => "/assets/things/:id/original/:basename.:extension",
:path => ":rails_root/public/assets/things/:id/original/:basename.:extension"
has_attached_file :audio ,
:url => "/assets/things/:id/original/basename.:extension",
:path => ":rails_root/public/assets/things/:id/original/:basename.:extension"
attr_accessor :audio_file_name
attr_accessor :audio_content_type
attr_accessor :audio_file_size
attr_accessor :audio_updated_at
When I try to get a link to my audio files with this code in the views...
<% @things.each do |thing| %>
<%= image_tag thing.photograph %>
<%= thing.audio.url %>
<% end %>
I certainly get all the images on the page just like they are supposed to but the output for thing.audio.url is /audios/original/missing.png.
I'm new to Ruby and would really appreciate help figuring this out. Thanks.


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Consumer Reports Said Ford's 47 mpg claim is too high for both vehicles
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Ford's C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid both show an estimated 47 mpg, but
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"Yes, the disclaimer on EPA fuel-economy labels notes that your results may differ," said
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Ford responded to the claims, saying that mileage varies among hybrids.
"Early C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid customers praise the vehicles and report a range of fuel economy figures, including some reports above 47 mpg," said Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood. "This reinforces the fact that driving styles, driving conditions and other factors can cause mileage to vary."
While all vehicles must undergo the EPA test for fuel efficiency, the test isn't actually administered by the government agency. Instead, automakers perform the test and the EPA reviews it. In many cases, factors like temperature and speed result in gas mileage being lower than the EPA sticker.
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Ford's testing found 47 mpg overall for both vehicles, and while it's common for the EPA to review such claims and discover a variation in gas mileage,
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The EPA said it will "look at the report and data."
Back in December 2011,
Consumer Watchdog
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From there, the EPA investigated Hyundai for misleading mileage claims and found that the fuel economy estimates of most of its 2012-2013 models were inflated. The same goes for Kia. Both Kia and Hyundai will be lowering the fuel economy estimates on the majority of their 2012 to 2013 models after EPA testing discovered a gap between its data and what both of the companies are claiming.
Hyundai and Kia admitted to overstating the estimated fuel economy on window stickers of about 900,000 vehicles sold since late 2010. Reports show that Hyundai alone
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By LETITIA STEIN
Published April 19, 2007
TAMPA - Jennifer Porter, the Hillsborough teacher who fled an accident that killed two children and injured two others, will fight for the right to return to a public school classroom.
Porter was a dance teacher at Muller Elementary School when she drove away after a collision with four siblings, ages 2 to 13, who were crossing a dark street near the North Tampa school. She pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of the March 2004 accident - a felony - but avoided jail time through a judge's ruling.
Cries of racial injustice greeted her sentencing. Porter is white, the children, black.
Now, as Porter, 31, enters the final six months of a two-year house arrest, whether she can teach again in Florida is the question.
Barry Cohen, her attorney, said stellar character references and expert testimony on how she suffered psychological trauma - which helped convince the judge to spare her a prison sentence - should persuade a state panel to let Porter hold onto her teaching certification.
"She has so much to offer," said Cohen, who represented Porter in the high-profile case. "We heard from so many parents and students about the difference she made in their lives."
Porter's right to teach was scheduled for a hearing Friday in Tampa but is expected to be postponed for further discussion between her attorneys and the Florida Department of Education. Teachers who commit criminal felony acts can face penalties ranging from suspension to revocation of teaching credentials.
Cohen is willing to take Porter's case to a formal hearing. The state also allows teachers an opportunity to discuss settlement options in such cases. Resolution could take months.
One official outraged
It's unclear whether Porter would try to seek another local teaching job. "It's premature to make a decision like that now," Cohen said.
While Hillsborough School Board members rarely get involved with new hires, some would not welcome Porter back in the district.
School Board member April Griffin said Wednesday she remains outraged by what Porter did the night of the accident.
"I don't want somebody who's going to leave the scene of an accident - where children are lying on the side of the road, dying - in our school district," Griffin said. "She didn't do anything that someone who was ethical and moral would do."
After the accident, Porter sought refuge in Land O'Lakes, where she lived with her parents. Her father wiped blood off her car, which he then stored in the garage. Nearly 28 hours passed before he contacted Cohen. Four more days passed before Porter came forward publicly.
But during her sentencing, family, friends and even students vouched for a woman who had no prior record. The defense's psychiatric experts said Porter suffered an acute stress reaction after she saw a body hit her windshield. She drove away on automatic pilot, they said.
A right to due process
Porter's sentence ignited community outrage, especially in the predominantly black neighborhoods around Muller. The children's mother, Lisa Wilkins, wanted a harsher punishment. Wilkins' attorney, Tom Parnell, declined to comment on the pending review of Porter's status.
Shortly after the accident, the Hillsborough School Board suspended Porter without pay. She later resigned her teaching position. Today, she is teaching dance lessons privately, Cohen said.
School Board member Doretha Edgecomb said Hillsborough took the right steps at the time, noting that Porter has a right to due process before the Education Practices Commission.
"What I want them to look at is the severity of the situation," she said. "And then the implications of what that might mean, allowing her to go back into a classroom."
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Should you leave a relationship because others tell you to?
1:30 Topic: When to bow out
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- Resist the urge to value the original couple more highly than subsequent relationships. When a partner or metamour faces hard times, support rather than absence is generally a compassionate response.
- Rather than taking advice from others, ask the people involved what they want. Ask him and her what they want. No one else's opinion matters.
- Say what you want. You are in a valid relationship and have a voice.
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I'm Michael, from Southern California. I've been a serious tea drinker for about a year now, but have just started to widen the range of tea I try and experiment a little more.
I'm not sure what else to say, so feel free to ask me things.


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"[New billionaires in fast-growing countries] have to buy longer-range airplanes. If you're flying from Mongolia to Nigeria, it's either a three-day journey flying commercial or a nine-hour flight on your jet."
Full speed ahead
The continuing low-interest-rate environment coupled with a weak U.S. dollar against many international currencies and long backlogs of orders for new jets continue to buoy the used-aircraft market. Inventory levels did creep up a bit in January, but the increase was in line with gains in each of the previous two years and the current levels are still well below the all-time high of 2,059, which was set in November 2002.
When you consider how many news articles have been published lately about whether we're already in or are heading for a recession, you might expect jet buyers to beat a hasty retreat, but that hasn't happened. One of my clients' investment advisors said of the aircraft market's resilience, "I just don't get it." Some assert that jet-buying activity lags a downturn-and an upturn, for that matter-by a quarter or two, and historically that seems to be the case. Perhaps, too, this business is benefiting from an increased understanding that the corporate jet is more a business tool than a luxury item.
Of course, most business tools are depreciating assets, which is what makes private jets such an interesting study. While some models' prices may retrace their paths from earlier this year, others may continue to defy gravity. Consider the Boeing Business Jet, whose price in recent months started bumping up by $10 million-yes, $10 million-with each sale until it hit the current high of more than $70 million. Then you have a recent sale of a Falcon 7X, reportedly for more than $60 million. Some other aircraft, many of them in the 10- to 20-year-old range, never really experienced the surge in value that some of their later-model successors displayed; prices of these older airplanes will likely remain fairly stable in the year ahead.
Meanwhile, certain new models-including the 7X and others in the pipeline, like Cessna's Columbus and the just announced Gulfstream G650-are building on the momentum that began earlier in the decade. The used-aircraft market will continue to benefit as buyers of such new aircraft become sellers of old.
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"We give a ___" is one of CamelBak's core company values. (We only have four, and each means something important to us.) This one stems from our belief that doing the right thing isn't just good business sense, but common sense. We pay close attention not only to what we make— but how we make it, for whom we make it and the way it impacts people's lives and the environment.
ISO Certified
Leaders in advanced manufacturing techniques
Specialized and highly technical- not commodity suppliers
Willing to explore and learn with us to discover cost-effective solutions to unique challenges
Located as close to the point of final destination as possible, lowering financial and environmental transit costs
Taking meaningful steps to reduce their carbon footprint, including reducing water waste, saving energy, eliminating toxic emissions and putting an end to the use of harmful chemicals
Just as we're committed to our own employees, we also care about the health and well-being of our partners' employees. Our partners must pay a living wage, provide safe working conditions and adhere to all local employment laws. To that end, we post a Code of Conduct in our partners' facilities. The Code includes contact information so that employees can anonymously report rights violations. Additionally, we conduct regular third party compliance audits.
Whenever possible, we work with businesses that are providing employment opportunities to historically under-represented groups, including women-owned, veteran-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged organizations.
When making our products, we seek out materials that exceed the performance and safety expectations of our diverse users. We test- and retest- at various stages of the manufacturing process to ensure the product (and the materials it's made from) works the way it should in worst case conditions like bone-chilling cold, desert-hot heat, and prolonged exposure to the elements. And of course, it should go without saying that our products meet or exceed FDA and EU regulations.
Our Petaluma, California headquarters is built to LEED-certification standards
We've eliminated disposable bottled water at our offices. Perhaps this is not so surprising...
Our San Diego, California distribution center uses rechargeable, electric equipment to lower CO2 emissions and provide a healthier workplace for our employees
The dedicated business operations team based in Asia reduces our intercontinental travel
Our sourcing team works hard to find and develop materials that are more sustainable and biodegradable
Our bottles are all dishwasher safe. The dishwasher uses half the energy, one-sixth of the water and less soap vs. hand-washing
CamelBak has a recycling program for paper, plastics and aluminum- and we set our printers to print on both sides of a page whenever possible
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I'm kind of upset. I just bought some Bai Mu Dan from a reputable seller that I've bought from before, and as I spooned out some leaves to brew...I found a pubic hair(!).
Is this to be expected with artisan teas or do I have a right to be upset (I'm deeply grossed out by it, obviously)? I know that in modern America we have standards of cleanliness when it comes to food service that a small tea farmer in rural China likely does not abide by. I don't necessarily feel angry at the seller, which is a small American tea company, but I just feel really grossed out. Am I overreacting? And can I really bring myself to use the 100 grams of tea I purchased now??? I'm not sure...Anyone have similar experiences or any thoughts?


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For years leading developers of graphics cards - ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, as well as Nvidia Corp. - only allowed their partners among graphics cards manufacturers to produce reference graphics boards for some time after the announcement. However, in case of the new Radeon HD 6850 the situation is completely different.
Officials for AMD's graphics business unit said that customers can expect custom-design ATI Radeon HD 6850-based graphics cards starting from the first days of sales. Apparently, a number of manufacturers can already initiate sales of more advanced or less expensive add-in-cards featuring the latest code-named Barts processor for performance-mainstream market.
The recommended price of the Radeon HD 6850 is $179, but given the recent price-drops by Nvidia it is highly likely that manufacturers of actual graphics cards will try to decrease pricing of their HD 6850 models to lower points to stay competitive.
The Radeon HD 6800 family of graphics cards consists of two boards: Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon HD 6850. The graphics boards are based on the code-named Barts graphics processor that features significantly improved tessellation module, improved texture filtering units, more advanced universal video decoder (UVD 3.0) as well as some other tweaks. There are also trade-offs: AMD's graphics chip engineers had to remove support for double-precision compute and increase maximum voltage so to enable higher clock-speed on chips that feature lower amount of execution units than its predecessor, the code-named Cypress chip, which powered the Radeon HD 5800. Just like Cypress, Barts is made using 40nm process technology.
The AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards are the first in the industry to offer support for both DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, providing PC users with expanded options for multi-monitor configurations, display selection, and new DisplayPort audio features. Thanks to new drivers, the new graphics boards also feature better support for third-party stereo-3D (S3D) middleware.
The new Radeon HD 6800-series graphics cards is supported by a dozen add-in-board companies, including Asustek Computer, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, Gigabyte, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire Technology, VisionTek and XFX.
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In Western Australia, 70% of mothers of babies with fetal alcohol syndrome did not have an alcohol-related diagnosis recorded during pregnancy
- School of Population Health, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Correspondence to: Dr Rosa Alati, School of Population Health, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia; r.alati{at}uq.edu.au
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Alcohol consumption by pregnant women should be routinely assessed in maternity and other health settings.
Pregnant women who report excessive alcohol consumption should be referred to the appropriate intervention and support services.
Future research should confirm the extent of under-reported alcohol diagnoses among pregnant women.
Consistent and widespread use of practice guidelines is needed to reduce high risk in utero alcohol exposure among indigenous as well as non-indigenous populations.
There is an increasing concern that alcohol-use disorders in women have become more prevalent, ranging from 3% to 28% according to the setting …


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Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem to lecture at Cedar Crest on June 7
Allentown, Pa. (May 16, 2012)—Gloria Steinem, an icon of feminism for half a century, will present a talk titled, "The Longest Revolution," at Cedar Crest College on June 7, 1:30-2:30 p.m., during the Lehigh Valley Women's Summit. The third annual Summit is hosted in partnership by the Women's Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Women's Leadership Initiative of United Way of the Great Lehigh Valley, in collaboration with the Women's Leadership Institute at Cedar Crest College. Many more activities are planned on campus throughout the Summit, held in Lee's Gymnasium from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels in the United States and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. She now lives in New York City, and is currently at work on Road to the Heart: America As if Everyone Mattered, a book about her more than 30 years on the road as a feminist organizer.
Steinem's visit is an ideal fit for the Cedar Crest's new Women's Leadership Institute, the 10-year old Women's Leadership Initiative, and the 30-year old Women's Business Council. Each of these unique organizations empowers women by providing educational opportunities to prepare women to take a greater leadership role in their lives and in the community.
Here are more highlights of Steinem's career:
- In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for 15 years. She has also been published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and other women's magazines.
- She has produced a documentary on child abuse for HBO, a feature film about the death penalty for Lifetime, and been the subject of profiles on Lifetime and Showtime.
- Her books include the bestsellersRevolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean, on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
- She was one of the founders of the Women's Action Alliance, a pioneering national information center that specialized in nonsexist, multiracial children's education, and the National Women's Political Caucus, a group that continues to work to advance the numbers of pro-equality women in elected and appointed office at a national and state level.
- She was the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a national multi-racial, multi-issue fund that supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls, and also a founder of its Take Our Daughters to Work Day.
- As a writer, she has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, National Magazine awards, an Emmy Citation for excellence in television writing, the Women's Sports Journalism Award, and more.
Steinem graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College in 1956, and then spent two years in India on a Chester Bowles Fellowship. She wrote for Indian publications, and was influenced by Gandhian activism.
She also received the first Doctorate of Human Justice awarded by Simmons College, the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the National Gay Rights Advocates Award, the Liberty Award of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Ceres Medal from the United Nations, and a number of honorary degrees. Parenting magazine selected her for its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 for her work in promoting girls' self-esteem, and Biography magazine listed her as one of the 25 most influential women in America. In 1993, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce and narrate an Emmy Award-winning TV documentary for HBO, Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories. With Rosilyn Heller, she also co-produced an original 1993 TV movie for Lifetime, Better off Dead, which examined the parallel forces that both oppose abortion and support the death penalty.
In addition to the address from Gloria Steinem, the day-long Women's Summit features workshops led by top business professionals including the chief knowledge officer of Catalyst and representatives from Vision 2020.Cost is $125 for Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce members, and $175 for others.
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We need to rebuild the walls in our personal lives. The word sin is found in the middle of the word disintegrate. When our Christian walk is comprised, the walls of our lives begin to crumble. Hiding God's word in our hearts (Ps. II 9:11) helps keep our walls strong, especially when we are continually filled with the spirit (see Eph. 5:18).
We need to gather regularly with other Christians to pray, worship, and fellowship as the scriptures admonish us (see Heb. 10:25). Having a strong personal walk with Christ enables us to withstand temptations as well as to lead others to him.
We need to rebuild the walls of our family. Perhaps no other single institution is under more direct attack today than the family. Divorce rates are escalating. The family unit as we know it is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
Even in the church, drug and alcohol usage, child abuse and marital infidelity have made major inroads against our families. Fathers and mothers must effectively model Christianity in the home if they wish their children to cherish those same values.
A wise person once said, "More is caught than taught." This is especially true within the family unit where prayer, quality family time, and consistent church attendance lay the foundation for strong family walls.We need to rebuild the walls of our churches. The churches we attend are only as strong as the individuals and families that make them up. I heard of a church that prayed fervently for revival, but revival did not come. Finally in prayer meetings an older man stood up, confessing he harbored bitterness in his heart, and asked for forgiveness. After that the church experienced a glorious revival.
The apostle Paul reminded us we are all part of the body of Christ, and "if one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it" (I Cor. 12:26). As the individuals and family that make up our churches, we have a responsibility to strengthen our fellowships by our service, stewardship and testimony. When our churches are strong, we all benefit. We also need to rebuild the walls of our society at every level. This may sound difficult, but it is possible. After rebuilding the walls in our personal lives, strengthening our families, and reconstructing the walls of our churches, we are in position to impact our society. Naturally, we must begin by impacting our own community.
As the body of Christ, our role is to permeate society at every level. Jesus compared the Christian to salt and light (see Matt. 5:13-16). As salt we act as a preservative, helping guard against spiritual decay. Christians need to act in upholding strong biblical values.
Salt is also a seasoning whose strength lies in its distinctiveness from what it comes into contact with. We should positively impact or flavor those we meet. When people look at Christians, they should observe a difference – a difference to help bring about change in their lives.
Light's value is that it exposes darkness. The light of Christ exposes the darkness of sin. Have you ever noticed that sometimes non-believers are converted by merely being in the presence of Christians?
The light of Christ shining through us, our families, and our churches can have a powerful effect on our communities. Every church, every believer must take to heart the need to impact the local community with the message of Christ's love. That is the only way we can rebuild society's walls. Impacting our society Christ is a vital part of fulfilling the great commission. But we can do that only as we rebuild the walls of our personal lives, our families and our churches. God bless.
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Skip to comments.BREAKING: 7 Caught Trespassing At Quabbin Reservoir; Patrols Stepped Up Across State (Arabs)
Posted on 05/15/2013 3:40:18 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
BELCHERTOWN (CBS) Shortly after midnight Tuesday, seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir.
State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and cited their education and career interests for being in the area. The men told police they were chemical engineers and recent college graduates.
Seven Mohammedan Chemical Engineering grads wandering around Boston's main water supply after midnight last night.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
The Quabbin, in Belchertown, is one of the countrys largest man-made public water supplies. Bostons drinking water comes from the Quabbin and the Wachusett Reservoirs.
State Police say there were no warrants or advisories on any of the individuals and there was no evidence that the seven were committing any crime beyond the trespassing.
All seven were allowed to leave and will be summonsed to court for trespassing. The FBI is investigating and routine checks of public water supplies have been increased following the incident.
There is no place for Islam in America.
We teach them bio engineering and they do midnight toxicity
Deport the schmucks.
I wonder how they even found out about this? The Quabbin is in the middle of a state forest, and is pretty undeveloped. The largest towns near it are Amherst and Belchertown. The whole Eastern side is bordered by rural farmland and tiny villages. There are thousands of acres of woodland, especially on the Western and Northern sides of the reservoir.
At least they brought no pressure cookers. And probably no cr*pweasels.
You got off easy.
"Seven Mohammedan Chemical Engineering grads wandering around Bostons main water supply after midnight last night. Nothing to see here. Move along."
Scary; I live right next to one Muslim hive (Jersey City, NJ) and not far from another (Paterson).
Ok, the article in post 4: State troopers saw their cars, pulled in to investigate, and at that point actually saw the people in question walking back to their cars. Interesting. And interesting too that some were "local" i.e. 5 College students, while at least one was from Cambridge (say, wasn't that city in the news for another muslim reason recently?), and one from New York city (also a target of the Tsarnaev brothers).
FYI, for those confused:
Quabbin is more than an hour west of Boston, MASS ... west of Worcester. Rural area.
- [crap]weasels
Hahahahaha excellent!
I'm guessing they are Amish.
Most Americans have no problem with profiling, it's just the Democrats when a
Republican is in office, and that's only a façade.
Are their passports expired? Are they Citizens? Trespassing means squat when Islam
only needs to be right about any attack once! Now they're probing our water supply and nothing will be done.
A Chemical Engineer probing a water supply? No RED FLAGS THERE,
Nothing to see, move along.
They let them go before checking with the Russians?
The people of Massachusetts are being strangled by 'political correctness'...
From Fox News Boston, a state trooper noticed a parked car near on a road leading to the reservoir, and the seven walking from a "No Trespassing" area toward the car.
They claimed that as chemical engineers, they were interested in the reservoir. Seriously.
"If you see something, say something. If it's arabs, nevermind."
That ought to be a bumper sticker in New England.
"Boston Strong"? Evidently not.
They're engaged in espionage and should be treated in accordance with their actions.
Career interests... after midnight? Oh and you're from Pakistan & Saudi Arabia and you're moslem chemist.
Yeah we're gonna tattoo this identifier on your forehead and deport you. Don't ever come back.
All student visas to Muslim students should be ended immediately, and all existing visas should be reviewed.
That mantra was laughable. Boston Sheeple.
That slogan is everywhere...who are they trying to kid?
When you look at the evidence objectively, you can only conclude that it's time to turn up the heat on the Tea Party.
IIRC,Osama was an engineer,too.
That ought to be a bumper sticker in New England.
LOL! Sad but true.
They were reportedly chemical engineers
caught near the drinking water for all communities
west of Boston.
Anyone want to bet they were
1. sought out by the US State Dept.
2. weaponized, and protected, by Holder
and his terroristophiles at the DO"J".
3. that this happened AFTER midnight.
4. they were allowed to leave so that
it was/will be IGNORED like before the 911,
benGhazi, Hasan and Boston Atrocities.
Themselves....(while hiding in their homes peeking out the windows)
No kidding, huh? But they never will. Especially here in Massachusetts.
I want local talk show host, Howie Carr, to look into the EBT program (now known as the Electronic Benefits for Terrorists program), to see if this crowd was on the dole too.
We've convinced ourselves. It's working.
I wonder who comes up with this crap?
But DOJ, Holder, and those chemical engineers "forget" that Americans too are armed bigtime.
And didn't we just find out that terrorists have been working on plans to do a chemical or biological attack on our water supply?
Nothing like finding a Pakistani CHEMICAL ENGINEER trespassing at your local water supply. Just turn them loose, they didn't mean any harm, they were just trying to educate themselves about water supplies. We should all support more education and laud such people for their desire to learn more. Before the attack, it was just a young man walking along with a backpack, after the attack the young man is a hated and deadly terrorist. Was he that also before the attack?
I used to live up there and would run and ski in the forest near New Salem and it is a popular recreation spot. I remember being pissed at the fact that they let people rent motor boats to fish on the reservoir but don't let people cross country ski in the winter (It scares and exhausts the deer in deep snow) However....no one goes hiking at midnight in the woods around the water supply....and near the dam too. Well....once is happenstance...twice is a coincidence...three times is enemy action. Probably nothing to see here....move along. /sarc
Hey Boston... when you become effeminate... when you ban self defense and firearms... when you coddle our enemies and love them and support them and pay for their every need... when you embrace the evil of progressive ideology... you get what you are now reaping... change... become what you once were long ago... before more of you are slaughtered.
Think of the obvious coming scenario.
Anyone with an independent water supply
will be taxed, audited, visted by the EPA,
arrested, and denied medical care ....
except Congress and the Gov who will be protected
with their own private, separate,
servant-tested, water and food supplies.
"Shortly after midnight Tuesday"
Yeah, everyone interested in sight seeing expeditions goes out under the cover of darkness. I wonder what the explantion was for trying to see a huge manmade lake IN DARKNESS.
This was a perimiter probe IMO. Let's go see if they have any electronic monitors. Given this warning, they should go on red alert and stake out this site, day and night, for the foreseeable future.
OK, time to go one better, mine the areas around the resovours, bouncing betties are good for that. When they go off, pick up the remaining midgets.
Yes. Planned to kill 100.000, at least.
I really wonder if that new, persistent coronavirus out of Saudi Arabia is able to survive in water.
It *is* spreading.
And this plants the seeds for a new revolt.
If I lived in an area with rapid dogs...all dogs would be suspect.....and whatever other animal travels with them.
Even IL now is going to allow open gun carry in a few weeks!
More like, "Boston; stuck on stupid".
"Chemical engineers".......Have they tested the water supply for poisons/viruses yet?
I saw a report on terrorism that poisoning a water supply was next to impossible. You would need TRUCKLOAD after truckload of poison otherwise it would get diluted beyond being effective.
I wonder if they separated them and got the stories individually or questioned them in a group. Although if they were up to no good they would have a cover story prepared. I suspect that israeli airline security agents could use their separate and interrogate techniques and ferret out the truth. Nothing to see here....time to get back to the real purpose of government.... investigating the tax returns of tea party patriots.....they are the real danger to the country.
The question is, "What did these people do BEFORE they were seen walking back to their cars?"
Makes sense to me. But they claimed to be chemical engineers. You have to be pretty bright to be a ChemE.
Maybe they have something biological in mind.
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It's almost that time again. Time to go -to the Trenary Outhouse Classic that is.
What started out as an off-the-cuff idea by the late Toivo Aho to beat the winter doldrums, has turned into a lasting tradition for southern Alger County. This year marks the 20th running of this zany, creative and fun event.
Each year, on the last Saturday in February, thousands of spectators line a snow-packed track in the middle of Trenary Avenue to watch the two-member race teams push an outhouse as fast as they can, trying to beat the clock. Races start at 2 p.m.
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The outhouses come in different shapes and are constructed of various materials. Those who push the structures are much the same. They often dress in costumes too.
This year, organizers wanted to try to boost the number of race teams in the event. So they doubled the prize money for those winning first, second or third places in the races for those 21 and older.
We have covered the Outhouse Classic consistently over these many years now -from the first year when comparatively crudely-fashioned outhouses were pushed down the sidewalk- to last year's action packed running on a beautiful day in Trenary.
We think this is a great event that has stood the test of time -longer than even organizers had ever thought it would last- and we hope it goes for another 20 years.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Tough due to weather conditions this yearIn full: The most beautiful running medal ever!Date of review: March 28, 2016
In short: Perfectly organised, great course.In full: Sun shone, everything went like clockwork, lots of happy faces. Enjoyed it, especially all the family bunching up in the end and finishing together. Thanks rain for holding off. Thanks Hall Barn estate for letting us into your grounds. Only grounds for complaint is overcrowding in the first couple of miles. Don't let success run away with you Burnham Joggers, limit the race to 400.Date of review: April 21, 2014
In short: Too many runners for the HQ pre-race and the startIn full: Moans:Too much pre-race queueing in the race HQ corridors too narrow. Road was closed for the finish but not to allow access for runners to the start! So runners were supposed to push their way through 2000 others all crammed into a narrow strip at the side of the road. Over officious marshals (one in particular) trying to keep people in a one-person wide strip at the side of the road in finish approach so no room to overtake - but the road was closed!!Date of review: March 5, 2011
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In short: Not enough loosIn full: Dear organisers, please note 1 TOILET PER 50 RUNNERS IS REQUIRED especially for a race that starts this early in the morning. Urinals don't count and where was the ladies?Risk assessment needs looking at very carefully e.g. obstructions in the course unmarked and unmarshalled - bollards etc on narrow path, slippery cattle grid not covered. I saw one runner receive a nasty injury from a low level road sign. A boat and three rescue marshalls in the river but all chatting together in a group. No First Aiders at the very steep descent. Plenty of marshalls but in the wrong places.Come on Henley Rotary, you can do better than this!Date of review: October 12, 2009
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The Sweet Spot in a Gas Market That Wants High Prices
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, I had to drive up to North Carolina on business.
The hurricane had knocked out Louisiana refining capacity, dramatically cutting supplies. Thus traffic was very light. I gassed up before leaving and took a picture of the sign outside the station, because I was shocked at the prices -- $3.15/gallon for regular!
Today we'd call that a bargain.
Americans have become inured to gas prices we previously found unacceptable, and the industry has taken note. They have learned that the supply chain of this global market can be manipulated at many different points to maintain that price, and it is.
In some ways, these high prices are good news. They encourage efficiency and efficiency pays. Buy a higher-mileage car and you make up most of that cost in energy savings -- you get a sweeter ride, too. The same holds for appliances, for heaters and air conditioners and for industrial boilers. Efficiency is the cheapest form of renewable energy and a source of economic growth.
But with U.S. oil now supplying 83% of domestic needs according to Bulldogcapitalgroup.com , and oil trading in a narrow range at a $20/barrel discount to European supplies, as ArmoTrader Jerry Hachoyan writes , producers have had to find a new choke point in order to maintain pricing.
The choke point is refining.
Domestic refining capacity hasn't increased in over a decade, according to the Department of Energy and very little capacity is idle. Thus, by rescheduling the move from "winter" to "summer" fuels and by suddenly scheduling maintenance, refiners have turned oil abundance into a gas shortage, despite the fact that stocks of gas are near their yearly high, as BusinessInsider writes.
The winners, for now, are those who hold stocks in refiners, like Valero (VLO) , Tesoro (TSO) and HollyFrontier (HFC) , which are on fire, writes Inthemoneystocks. But earnings multiples are still cheap, according to Chris Damas at Seeking Alpha . You can still get in.
So far there has been little screaming about this from Washington or Houston, because high gas prices are in the interests of everyone. They spur both efficiency and production and they assure profits both upstream and downstream from the refiners.
Higher oil and gas production means lower trade deficits, lower costs for U.S. manufacturers compared with Chinese rivals and increased hiring. But combine high gas prices with the sequestration coming in March and it's easy to see at least two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, also known as recession, despite fundamentals that should show clear skies ahead.
Again, this seems to be in the oilpatch's interest. They can blame the president for the country's troubles, as our Peter Morici does , while adding to Republican coffers with the industry's excess profits. It's the same game Arabian sheiks have been running on us for a generation.


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Breakfast Casserole
- 2 cups broken blue tortilla chips
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 5 cups day old biscuits
- 18 eggs
- 1/2 cup chopped red bell peppers
- 2 1/2 cups Mexican white cheese, shredded
- Cactus Sauce, recipe follows
Preheat 10-inch Dutch oven on open fire. Meanwhile, soak chips in 1/2 cup of milk. This will be your bottom crust. Soak biscuits with remaining ingredients, add extra milk if needed for a wet consistency. Salt and pepper, to your taste. Remove oven from the fire, put chips in first then add the biscuit mixture. Return Dutch oven to the fire. Be careful when putting coals on top and bottom. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes or until slightly firm. Serve with cactus sauce.
14 ounces diced chiles
3 to 4 ripe avocados
Puree all ingredients together and refrigerate.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
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Early Voting Adds Unneeded Costs
Allowing early voting in New York state is an intriguing idea on its face.
Voter turnout in the state is typically abysmal, and states that have early voting have seen some increase in turnout. Early voting would seem, at first blush, to be a more effective way to increase participation in our representative democracy than simply railing on and on about the importance of voting.
It's understandable, then, that the state Assembly has approved a bill that would create early voting in New York state starting the third Thursday before any general election and the second Thursday before any primary election, and concluding on the Thursday before the election. Voting hours would be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. County boards of election would be required to designate at least five polling places in each county, geographically located so as to provide all voters in each county with an equal opportunity to vote.
It's unfortunate that we have to turn out attention to how much participating in democracy will cost, but those are the times in which we live.
In an opinion piece submitted to The Post-Journal in January, Norman P. Green, Chautauqua County Democratic election commissioner, said he is in favor of early voting because any attempt to get more people voting is a good idea. He also said it would take an additional 770 staff hours at a personnel cost of $6,160 to staff five poll sites for early voting. Early voting envelopes, ballots and all other expenses bring the total for early voting for a Chautauqua County general election to about $10,000.
The Assembly's early voting bill makes sense in large metropolitan cities, but not so much in Chautauqua County. There typically aren't long lines on election day, so it's not as if those who want to vote aren't able to. In fact, Chautauqua County's voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election was 75 percent, much larger than the state's 46 percent.
The state Senate should either refuse to take action on the Assembly bill or vote the bill down. Increasing voter turnout is a worthy goal, but, in our view, early voting adds an unneeded cost to Upstate taxpayers. It solves a problem that, for the most part, we don't have in Chautauqua County. A more cost-effective solution should be found.


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S&P Retreats from Highs as Consumer Confidence Weakens
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 on Friday was retreating from reaching a record closing high as investors absorbed a plunge in consumer confidence and amid fears of a Federal Reserve cutback of its stimulus program.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling 39.96 points, or 0.27%, to 14,499.18 and poised to snap a 10-day winning streak, the longest since November 1996.
The S&P 500 was down 0.17% to 1,560.50 while the Nasdaq was behind by 0.21% at 3,251.93.
A preliminary estimate on the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index showed a decline to 71.8 in March, the lowest since December 2011, from 77.6 in February. Economists were expecting an improvement to 78.
"It looks like the dip in the preliminary reading of consumer confidence will foil the market's record run, at least until we can understand what is driving consumers' sudden downturn in forward-looking confidence," Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York, said in an investor note.
Industrial output did gain 0.7% in February after an upwardly-revised unchanged level in January, the Federal Reserve said, reinforcing evidence of improved economic activity. Production was forecast to rise 0.4%.
Factory usage, known as the capacity utilization rate, rose to 79.6% in February, the highest level since March 2008. The final reading was higher than the upwardly-revised 79.2% in January and the consensus estimate of 79.3%, the Fed said.
"We've stretched the American worker to get out just about as much as we can," Keith Bliss, senior vice-president at the New York-based brokerage Cuttone & Co. told TheStreet during an interview Tuesday at the New York Stock Exchange.
When that happens, companies either need to hire more workers or pay existing workers more money to work longer hours, Bliss added. "Both of those effects have wage inflation impact, and we could start to see more inflation inside the broader economy which then may force the Fed's hand," he said.
Although many market participants are convinced the rally has extended too far and too fast, Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati said most of the one-week, one-month and two-month average returns over the past 14 instances in which the Dow has posted winning streaks of at least 10 days have been positive.
"Past examples of big winning streaks actually show more strength could be in the cards," said Detrick.
Bank stocks were in focus Friday after the Federal Reserve on Thursday approved the plans of 14 of the largest U.S. banks to divert money to shareholders after they were submitted to a battery of annual capitalization tests. Bank of America (BAC) was among those that received approval. Bank of America said it will repurchase up to $5 billion of common stock and redeem about $5.5 billion in preferred shares. The stock was jumping 3.76% to $12.56.


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Could a small Rhode Island wind farm revolutionize U.S. energy?
August 25, 2016, 10:24 a.m. by Sami Grover
Other countries have already installed thousands of offshore turbines. Will the U.S. be next?
11 world-class windmills outside the Netherlands
July 6, 2016, 7:04 a.m. by Matt Hickman
You'll find these bladed beauties in the hills of La Mancha to the American heartland to Greece's sun-drenched Cyclades.
Santiago Metro to get big boost from wind, sun
June 6, 2016, 3:04 p.m. by Matt Hickman
Within a few years, most of the power for Chile's sprawling subway system will come from renewable energy.
Renewables investment grew 300% in last 10 years, double that of coal and gas
March 30, 2016, 7:31 a.m. by Sami Grover
Clean tech is winning over investors. Dirty fossil fuels, not so much.
Is renewable energy about to go subsidy-free?
March 15, 2016, 12:10 p.m. by Sami Grover
Clean energy industries' reliance on subsidies has been a talking point for naysayers for decades. That may be about to change.
'Windlicht' is an otherworldly LED laser show held on a Dutch wind farm
March 15, 2016, 9:30 a.m. by Matt Hickman
Pink Floyd soundtrack not included.
Sail-powered shipping is making a comeback (all in the name of rum, of course!)
January 21, 2016, 3:38 p.m. by Sami Grover
Fair trade rum, delivered in a wind-powered ship. What's not to like?
Sweden aims to go 100% fossil fuel-free
October 18, 2015, 8:42 a.m. by Sami Grover
As environmental targets go, this one is about as ambitious as you can get.
Are bladeless turbines the future of wind energy?
October 2, 2015, 2:25 p.m. by Sami Grover
Proponents say bladeless turbines are safer and more economical. Skeptics aren't so sure.
By 2018, Dutch rail will be fully powered by wind
September 1, 2015, 1:32 p.m. by Matt Hickman
Transportation claims 20% of emissions, but train travel will soon contribute none.
Better wind turbines could spell trouble for coal
August 17, 2015, 5:19 p.m. by Sami Grover
From taller towers to turbines that operate at lower wind speeds, wind energy just keeps on getting better.
Denmark just got 140% of its electricity from wind. But what does that mean?
July 15, 2015, 12:37 p.m. by Sami Grover
Unusually high winds and low demand lead to a significant excess in wind power. What happened to all that electricity?


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SslCherry? is a simple one-page python file that integrates the python package M2Crypto with CherryPy to provide HTTPS support.
from cherrypy import cpg import sslcherry ... cpg.root = Root() sslcherry.start(configFile='foo.conf')
Your config file should contain something like this:
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via Jihad in America: Grand Deception – Discussion Panel Webcast :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism.
The 60 minute panel focuses on the Muslim Brotherhood in America and the areas in American government and society where Muslim Brotherhood (MB) front groups have been able to infiltrate major American government agencies, the media, Hollywood and the publishing industry.
The documentary, now on sale at Amazon, is called Jihad in America: the Grand Deception. (See the trailer at http://www.granddeception.com)
Clips from the film:
Emerson's original: 'Jihad in America' on PBS, 1994 (video)
And PBS discussion on the documentary from 1994, 15 years ago today, Charlie Rose discussed jihad in America (video) (it looks like this video has also been removed from the internet – but still listed on Rose's website). Maybe because someone's trying to make a profit from it as it is for sale on Amazon. So much for public broadcasting.
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One Direction's Harry Styles: "I'm through with older women"?
As you all know, One Direction are now in America, touring about with Big Time Rush and probably having heaps of fun. But do you remember when we reported a while back that there were rumours Harry Styles was pressured by big bosses to end his relationship with Caroline Flack, to look clean cut in America?
Well we couldn't help but wonder if this latest revelation had anything to do with what those big bosses apparently told him, all that time ago.
Basically, Now magazine are reporting that Harry apparently told the Metro at the Brit Awards after party: "I'm through with older women."
Could this be? Is he really going to say no to cougars?
We're only asking because at that very same after party, we saw photographs of Harry cuddling up to Jo Wood, who is 56 YEARS OLD.
And at a LFW after party, we heard that Harry was getting pally with Alexa Chung, Poppy Delevigne and Georgia May Jagger.
Harry, are you aware that they are all older than you?
This whole 'through with older women' stance has kind of backfired a bit because he's obviously been liking them long enough to have already passed on his views to Niall Horan, who was caught going all doe-eyed over Christine Bleakley.
Niall, she's engaged for goodness sake.
We've got a funny feeling that pretty soon this whole 1D cougar business is going to go too far, so as always, we'll keep you posted.
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What are the most resonant works of art from the recent past? From among the thousands of individual works that pass through galleries and museums, which have affected the conversation in some significant way? Amid all of contemporary art's chaotic installations and ephemeral gestures, which images have some staying power? These are the questions that ARTINFO set out to answer with its list of "100 Most Iconic Artworks From the Last 5 Years."
How did we put together our ranking? First, we asked a broad group of colleagues to submit their nominations for artworks, from 2007 or later, that they considered to be in some way "iconic." Then we asked members of our staff and a few distinguished outsiders to give the works on the resulting list a score of 1 to 10. Adding our scores together, we came up with a ranked list of 100 artworks from the last half-decade.
Contributing to our ranking were Ben Davis (art editor, ARTINFO), Daniel Kunitz (editor-in-chief, Modern Painters), Coline Milliard (editor, ARTINFO UK), Madeleine O'Dea (editor, ARTINFO China), Jen Graves (critic, The Stranger), Walter Robinson (critic/editor, Art-Rite, Artnet Magazine), Martha Schwendener (critic, New York Times, Village Voice), and Christian Viveros-Faune (critic, ArtReview, Village Voice).
What do we learn from this exercise? Well, for one thing, despite all the chatter about the triumph of the art market, it is actually not necesarily the center of the action here. Christian Marclay's "The Clock" was produced for a gallery, as was Damien Hirst's "For the Love of God" and Urs Fischer's "You." But a great number of the memorable works on our list were conceived for museum shows, biennials, or as public art works of various kinds. Street art, or works that found an audience through relatively unconventional channels, like Jon Rafman's "9 Eyes of Google Street View" (which gained notoriety as a photo essay on Art Fag City) or William Powhida's "How the New Museum Committed Suicide With Banality" (which took fire as a cover for the Brooklyn Rail), were as likely, if not more likely, to leave a mark as conventional gallery fare.
Another thing that stands out in the list is the high number of works that are participatory mass spectacles, and the low number that are old-fashioned painting. It's not that contemporary painting is incapable of creating an "iconic" image: one work that many of our contributors suggested as being "iconic" was Luc Tuymans's "The Secretary of State" — but that was from 2005, outside of our date range. Nevertheless, to speak of general trends, it looks like the artist as image-maker is out; the artist as stage manager is in.
It also seems to help to penetrate the collective mind if you draw on the energy of politics in some way — though that way can vary greatly, from the straight-forward idealism of Shepard Fairey's "HOPE" poster, to the gonzo activism of Voina's "A Dick Captured by the FSB." Works as diverse as Ai Weiwei's "Remembering" and Paul Chan's "Waiting for Godot in New Orleans" become particularly evocative in the way that they resonate with their social background (the Chinese artist's own outspoken politics or the recent tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, respectively).
Finally, more than one "iconic" artwork on our list has become resonant in its failure as much as its success, from Christoph Büchel's "Training Ground for Democracy," whose vast ambition famously resulted in it never being completed, to Richard Prince's "Canal Zone," which has become a symbol, in a way, of the battles over the use of appropriated imagery — hardly its intended effect. At any rate, it seems clear that "iconic" doesn't necessarily mean "successful," though it does mean that the work in question throws off some kind of charge that is bound to have larger effects.
Here it is then, ARTINFO's "100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years" (to see our illustrated commentary on the Top 25 Most Iconic Artworks, click on the slide show):
1) Christian Marclay, "The Clock," 2010
2) Marina Abramovic, "The Artist Is Present," 2010
3) Tino Sehgal, "This Progress," 2010
4) Ai Weiwei, "Sunflower Seeds," 2010
5) Damien Hirst, "For the Love of God," 2007
6) Mark Wallinger, "State Britain," 2007
7) Voina, "A Dick Captured by the FSB," 2010
8) Shepard Fairey, "HOPE," 2008
9) Pussy Riot, Christ the Savior Cathedral performance, 2012
10) Allora & Calzadilla, "Track and Field," 2011
11) Jayson Musson, "Art Thoughtz," 2010-present
12) Antony Gormley, "One and Other," 2009
13) Jon Rafman, "9 Eyes of Google Street View," 2009
14) Michael Heizer, "Levitated Mass," 2012
15) Paul Chan, "Waiting for Godot in New Orleans," 2007
16) Superflex, "Flooded McDonald's," 2009
17) Maurizio Cattelan, "L.O.V.E.," 2010
18) Anish Kapoor, "ArcelorMittal Orbit," 2012
19) Olafur Eliasson, "The New York City Waterfalls," 2008
20) Teresa Margolles, "¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?," 2009
21) Urs Fischer, "You," 2007
22) Ai Weiwei, "Remembering," 2009
23) Bruce High Quality Foundation, "Bruce High Quality Foundation University," 2009-present
24) Ryan Trecartin, "I-Be Area," 2007
25) Dash Snow & Dan Colen, "Nest," 2007
26) Elmgreen & Dragset, "The Collectors," 2009
27) JR, "Women Are Heroes," 2008-2009
28) Christoph Büchel, "Training Ground for Democracy," 2010
29) Theaster Gates, "The Dorchester Project," 2009
30) William Powhida, "How the New Museum Committed Suicide With Banality," 2009
31) Mike & Doug Starn, "Big Bambu," 2008
32) Mike Kelley, "Mobile Homestead," 2011
33) Doug Aitken, "Sleepwalkers," 2007
34) Ashley Hunt, Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Katya Sander & David Thorne, "9 Scripts for a Nation at War," 2007
35) Doug Fishbone, "Elmina," 2010
36) Gilbert & George, "London Pictures," 2011
37) Ai Weiwei, "Zodiac Heads," 2010
38) Mark Bradford, "Mithra," 2008
39) Martin Creed, "All the Bells in a Country Rung as Quickly and Loudly as Possible for Three Minutes," 2012
40) Francesco Vezzoli, "Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula," 2009
41) Liz Magic Laser, "I Feel Your Pain," 2011
42) Mike Kelley & Michael Smith, "A Voyage of Growth and Discovery," 2009
43) Nina Berman, "Marine Wedding," 2007
44) Swoon, "Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea," 2008
45) Chris Burden, "Urban Light," 2008
46) Christian Boltanski, "Personnes," 2010
47) Paul Chan, "Sade for Sade's Sake," 2009
48) Pipilotti Rist, "Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)," 2008
49) Taryn Simon, "Contraband," 2009
50) Allora & Calzadilla, "Stop, Repair, Prepare," 2008
51) Cao Fei, "RMB City," 2009
52) Cecilia Gimenez, Restored version of Elias Garcia Martinez's "Ecce Homo," 2012
53) Damien Hirst, "The Complete Spot Paintings," 2008
54) Tom Sachs, "Space Project: Mars," 2012
55) Alec Soth, "The Last Days of W," 2009
56) An-My Lê, Photo series on US forces around the world, 2010
57) Shirin Neshat, "Women Without Men," 2010
58) Christian Jankowski, "Casting Jesus," 2010
59) Marc Quinn, "Siren," 2008
60) Marlene Dumas, "Blindfolded Man," 2007
61) Maurizio Cattelan, "All," 2011
62) Guido van der Werve, "Nummer acht: Everything is going to be alright," 2007
63) Marilyn Minter, "Green Pink Caviar," 2009
64) Michael Landy, "Art Bin," 2010
65) Ragnar Kjartansson, "The End — Venice," 2009
66) Roger Hiorns, "Seizure," 2008
67) Clifford Owens, "Anthology," 2011
68) Duke Riley, "After the Battle of Brooklyn," 2007
69) Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe, "Black Acid Co-Op," 2009
70) Mitch Epstein, "American Power," 2009
71) Takashi Murakami, "Oval Buddha," 2007
72) Richard Prince, "Canal Zone," 2007
73) Adrian Villar Rojas, "A Person Loved Me," 2012
74) Andrea Fraser, "There's No Place Like Home," 2012
75) Cory Arcangel, "Photoshop Gradient" series, 2008-present
76) Glenn Ligon, "Untitled (America)," 2009
77) Hiroshi Sugimoto, "Lightning Fields," 2009
78) Philip Lorca diCorcia, "Thousand," 2007
79) Charles Atlas, "143652," 2012
80) Grayson Perry, "The Walthamstow Tapestry," 2009
81) Paul McCarthy, "Peter Paul Chocolate Factory," 2007
82) David Hockney, "iPhone Drawing," 2009
83) Isa Genzken, "Rose II," 2007
84) James Turrell, "Twilight Epiphany," 2012
85) Qiu Zhijie, "Breaking through the Ice," 2009
86) Richard Serra, "Promenade," 2008
87) Assorted street artists, "The Underbelly Project," 2009-10
88) Lisa Yuskavage, "Pie Face," 2008
89) Tara Donovan, "Untitled (Mylar)," 2011
90) Catherine Opie, "Football Landscape #1," 2007
91) Ryan McGinley, "Tracy (Red, White & Blue)," 2010
92) Aernout Mik, "Schoolyard," 2009
93) Kate Gilmore, "Through the Claw," 2011
94) Liang Shaoji, "Mending Sky," 2011
95) Carter, "Erased James Franco," 2008
96) Jennifer Rubell, "Creation," 2009
97) Rob Pruitt, "The Andy Monument," 2011
98) Ryan McNamara, "Still," 2012
99) Barry X. Ball, "Envy" series, 2008-11
100) Amanda Ross-Ho, "White Goddess 16 (La Côte)," 2009


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My Grandson loves his new horsePosted Saturday, May 15, 2010, at 2:49 PM
Just can't help sharing the fun we have. He's 5, and figured out how fun this can be. And he's figured out that those reins give him lots of power....she can go fast!
I try not to help toooo much. I want them to be as independent as possible, so I let them get on and off on their own. As long as I know the horse is safe, and will stand for it. Planet is as seasoned as they come.
She never moved a hair. Of course, this was only seconds, I guess.
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I am interested in this Community, County, and the beautiful state of Idaho. Most of my photos will be in Idaho, but from time to time, they will be my vacations aay from Idaho. You'll see lots of my Children and Grand children, along with others in my family. Of course there will be horses and horse related things, and things I photo'd horseback.
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