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How to setup a development environment with Acquia Dev Desktop.
1. Get the DAMP packet and install it
2. Add a site to this multisite setup
3. Import other version of Drupal as a single site
4. Using Profiles to make predefined setups
1. Get the DAMP packet and install it
Download Acquia Dev Desktop from here:
and install it
(At the moment the packet had an older version of drupal (7.4). We will import newer version as a single site later.)
Default ports are propably ok for you:
You can define different places for the Dev Desktop and the site itself:
Give the admin user information:
Launch the control panel and it should show two green lights:
Hit the Go to my site button and you should see the Drupal installed in your browser (localhost:8082)
Database can be managed in localhost:8082/phpmyadmin
2. Add a site to this multisite setup
Click More... in the select menu
Hit New
You only need to give it a name, but you can also customize details here if needed:
Hit Ok and your new site will be installed.
Physically it will be in
So now your default site (localhost:8082) and multisitetest (multisitetest.localhost:8082)
will use the same Drupal 7.4 (installed in d:\acquia-test-site) but act as individual sites with separate databases.
3. Import other version of Drupal as a single site
If you DON'T want to create a multisite setup or you want to use a different version of Drupal, you can import it as a single site.
Download the Drupal version you want to use from
This test is done with this: http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.9.tar.gz
(You can import older versions too, like Drupal 6.)
Extract it where you want to store your individual sites (like D:\Sites).
I renamed the folder to D:\Sites\BASE-drupal-7.9 because this will act as BASE for other sites.
Now make a copy out of this folder and rename it like D:\Sites\testsite
Hit Import in your Control Panel (Settings and Sites)
And fill in the information as follows:
Now the Control Panel takes you to the regular installation process of the site in
Choose the Standard or Minimal installation profile
Configure site and hit Save and continue
Hit Visit the site and it logs you in
4. Using Profiles to make predefined setups
You can use interface from the Administration Menu module instead of the default toolbar. Here we make it default.
Download it from here:
( I used this version: http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/admin_menu-7.x-3.0-rc1.tar.gz )
And extract it in D:\Sites\BASE-drupal-7.9\sites\all\modules
By default it has pretty small font, so let's change it:
Edit sites\all\modules\admin_menu\admin_menu.css
and change the size from 9px to something bigger:
Edit profiles\standard\standard.info
Disable the toolbar dependency and add admin_menu instead
Now if you make a copy of BASE-drupal-7.9 folder and import it as a new site and install it with Standard profile, you have the Administration menu automatically enabled:
In this way you can pretty easily make several Drupal bases for different versions and enable them with needed modules.
You only need to make a copy of this base and import it with Acquia's control panel to make it work as a site.
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The Mount Saint Helens Visitor Center is located along highway 504 (Spirit Lake Highway) which leads to the Mt.St.Helens National Monument.
The displays in this area tell of the people who lived around the mountain, from pre-history until it's eruption in 1980. The statues are crafted from volcanic ash ejected in the 1980 eruption.
The Visitor Center is a beautiful home to extensive interpretive displays which chronical the history of the mountain and the people around it, it's historic eruption in 1980, and the ongoing geological changes at work.
An interpretive loop trail starts and ends at the center, taking visitors to the shores of Silver Lake for interpretive displays and clear-day views of Mt.St.Helens.
This Visitor Center is a must-see for anyone visiting Mt.St.Helens National Monument.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.

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Texas Instruments Forecasts Top Analysts' EstimatesIan King
Texas Instruments Inc., the largest maker of analog chips, forecast second-quarter sales and profit that may top some analysts' estimates, helped by increased orders from makers of automotive and industrial-machine parts.
Profit in the current period will be 37 cents to 45 cents a share on revenue of $2.93 billion to $3.17 billion, the Dallas-based company said yesterday in a statement. Analysts on average had estimated profit of 38 cents and sales of $3.04 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Texas Instruments is receiving more orders from industrial-tool and auto-components makers, helping to make up for slowing demand for personal-computer parts and communications infrastructure, Chief Financial Officer Kevin March said. The company's customer list ranges from aerospace-equipment builders to car-parts suppliers, making its results a harbinger of demand across the chip business.
"We saw strength in the industrial and automotive sectors," March said in an interview. "Customers continue to operate with very lean levels of inventory. We built order backlog in the first quarter for the first time in a couple of quarters."
Texas Instruments shares 2.2 percent to $35.59 at 9:34 a.m. in New York. The shares had advanced 13 percent this year through yesterday, compared with a 9.7 percent gain in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index.
First Quarter
First-quarter net income rose 37 percent to $362 million, or 32 cents a share, from $265 million, or 22 cents, in the same period a year earlier, Texas Instruments said. Sales fell 7.6 percent to $2.89 billion. Analysts had estimated a profit of 30 cents on $2.85 billion of revenue, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Industrial-equipment makers in the U.S. and China provided Texas Instruments with its strongest orders in that business, Vice President Ron Slaymaker said on a conference call. Europe and Japan lagged behind. In automotive, U.S. customers ordered the most, he said.
"Right now the markets are growing, but they're growing slowly and are very patchy," said Cody Acree, an analyst at Williams Financial Group. He recommends buying Texas Instruments stock. "We're not there yet."
PC Components
Demand for PC components was the weakest area of the computing division, Slaymaker said. Earlier this month, market-research firm IDC said PC shipments fell 14 percent in the three months that ended in March -- the steepest quarterly drop on record.
Electronics-parts distributors such as Avnet Inc. and Arrow Electronics Inc. are the company's biggest customers, according to a Bloomberg supply-chain analysis.
Texas Instruments is in the process of exiting the market for digital chips used in smartphones and tablets, and the company said on Nov. 14 that it would cut 1,700 jobs as part of that shift. The staff reduction was estimated to pare expenses by about $450 million a year by the end of 2013, Texas Instruments said at the time.


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Raheem DeVaughn Featuring Styles P "Trigga Man" #ATRAYVONMARTINSONG
Just two days after the verdict was announced in the landmark Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case, D.C. crooner Raheem DeVaughn releases a tribute song to the 17-year-old Martin in "Trigga Man," appropriately hashtagged #ATRAYVONMARTINSONG. While this isn't the first song about Trayvon and the recent trial, it's an extremely moving tale told from the perspective of Trayvon as he pleads with his murderer. As DeVaughn sings lines like "Did you ever stop to think? Or was hatred on your mind?" and "I was supposed to be in the yearbook, I was supposed to be King at the Prom," you can't help but wonder how Martin's life would've turned out had the altercation with Zimmerman never occurred. Styles P also stops by for an emotional guest verse about the world being "in a dark place." Listen below.


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To say that Mercy Johnson's recent wedding was star-studded is an understatement. The whole of Nollywood rose in unison for one of their own. But there were still a few,both male and female movie stars who were missing at the event.
In as much as Mercy's wedding was well-attended and a lot of them used avenue to hook up with some of their colleagues who they have not seen for a long time, there are some who really missed out on the show.
Though some of them ought to have been there, yet they were nowhere to be found.
Some even used to be very close to the bride, while some are related to her. Such people like Halima Abubakar, who did not only come from the same state as her but also has a very cordial relationship with her.
Both Mercy and Halima used to be very close that they even go to events and locations together before they parted ways for reasons best known to them.
Though from what we gathered, a lot of her colleagues both male and female decided to stay back in the United Kingdom for one reason or the other, just to have an excuse on why they could not come.
Some tied their absence to Uche Jombo's movie premiere while some said it was because of the "Nottinghill Carnival". Some of these stars include Tonto Dikeh who, some time ago in her interview, revealed that they were never friends, though is obvious that both actresses don't see eye to eye as they always clash whenever they meet themselves.
Infact gist has it that they both obviously battle for supremacy.
Also Rukky Sanda amongst others.Despite the fact that a lot of A-List stars which includes Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Patience Ozokwo, Jim Iyke, Mike Ezuruonye, to mention but few were there, some also missed out.
People like Ini Edo whom we gathered used to be very close to Mercy, as well as Oge Okoye, Chioma Chukwuka, Dakore Egbuson, Stella Damasus were nowhere to be found at this wedding.
Though gist has it that the caucus thing that is going on in the movie industry also contributed to the reason why some of them did not attend, for instance, Emem Isong's caucus, it was obvious that a lot of the stars that belong to her group did not show up, stars like Monalisa Chinda, Susan Peters, Desmond Elliot, Stella Damasus and even Omotola Jalade Ekeinde.


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Comcast to offer VoIP to 40 million by 2006
Comcast Corp says it will offer telephone service over the internet to more than 40 million households by 2006, as it follows a host of other cable operators challenging local telephone companies
Comcast, the nation's largest cable television company, said on Wednesday it would begin an aggressive roll-out of telephone service with a technology known as VoIP, or Voice-over-internet protocol, which allows phone calls to be transmitted using a cable modem over high-speed data lines.
Comcast follows rivals Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. in combining phone service with video and internet service in a bid to take business from the Baby Bells, while giving consumers an incentive not to switch to satellite TV.
But with 21.5 million subscribers, Comcast is far larger than its competitors and analysts say it offers the biggest long-term threat to telecom carriers in the areas it serves.
"Comcast will likely become one of the biggest phone companies over the next decade," said UBS analyst John Hodulik. "We expect these carriers to see accelerating pressure on residential access lines in 2005 as these deployments occur."
Comcast's footprint encompasses large chunks of the markets of larger carriers, including 30 percent of SBC Communications Inc.t, 27 percent of Verizon Communicationst, 23 percent of BellSouth Corp. and 28 percent of Qwest Communications International Inc.t.
Comcast shares were up 7 cents at $29.64 in afternoon trade on the Nasdaq. Shares in SBC Communications fell 45 cents to $23.60 and Verizon fell 93 cents to $34.52 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Comcast already has a traditional copper wire phone business with 1.2 million customers using copper it inherited when it acquired AT&T Broadband in 2002.
Because it inherited an outdated network from the AT&T Broadband merger, Comcast has lagged other cable operators that introduced phone service as it worked to get its systems upgraded.
Cablevision offers telephone service to all its 2.9 million subscribers. Time Warner Cable, a unit of Time Warner Inc., said it will offer telephone service to 50 percent of its 11 million customers in 2004 and the rest in 2005. Cox has more than 80,000 telephone customers, both copper line and VoIP.
The largest Baby Bells have been bracing themselves over the past year for tougher competition, and some have experimented with VoIP offerings of their own.
Verizon is expected to launch its nationwide VoIP service before the end of June, while Qwest has tested a VoIP service in Minnesota.
SBC spokesman Michael Coe said while the company saw cable companies as a long-term threat, SBC had time to respond.
"It's going to take a while for consumer VoIP to take off," he said. "SBC won't be standing still."
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said the company would have upgraded 95 percent of its network to accommodate voice calls by the end of 2005.
The company declined to say how it would structure the service or whether it will work with a partner to negotiate interconnect deals with local exchanges.
Time Warner signed such a deal with Sprint and MCI in lieu of attempting to negotiate separate deals with Baby Bells around the country.
The industry's move to VoIP validates the strategy of former AT&T Corp. chairman and CEO Michael Armstrong, who sought to convert AT&T Corp. into a so-called triple threat by buying up cable systems and bundling voice, video and internet services.
But as the telecommunications business fell off, the company was unable to generate enough cash to support the cable business and AT&T ultimately sold it to Comcast.
Armstrong, who became non-executive chairman of Comcast after the sale, stepped down from that position late on Tuesday. He was replaced as chairman of the board by President and CEO Brian Roberts.


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GSK in biggest-ever $3b marketing fraud settlement
GSK in biggest-ever $3b marketing fraud settlement
It's the largest settlement for fraudulent promotion ever, easily trumping Pfizer's $2.3 billion 2009 settlement with the Department of Justice for misbranding Bextra and promoting four drugs – Bextra, Geodon, Zyvox and Lyrica – for off-label uses.
The Department of Justice said that:
• From 1998 to 2003, GSK promoted Paxil for treatment of depression in children, though the drug was not approved for pediatric use, by pushing a "misleading" journal article that selectively quoted clinical trials data purporting to show efficacy in treatment of patients under the age of 18, when the data showed the opposite; and wooed docs with lunch and dinner programs, spa programs and other inducements to prescribe the drug for pediatric use.
• From 1999 to 2003, GSK promoted Wellbutrin, which was then indicated only for Major Depressive Disorder, for a number of off-label uses including weight loss, sexual dysfunction, substance addications and ADHD, and spent millions on a speaker program promoting those uses. The company, said DOJ, paid docs "to speak at and attend meetings, sometimes at lavish resorts, at which the off-label uses of Wellbutrin were routinely promoted and also included sales representatives, sham advisory boards, and supposedly independent CME programs to promote Wellbutrin for these unapproved uses.
• Between 2001 and 2007, GSK failed to report safety data regarding Avandia to FDA, omitting post-marketing study data and numbers "regarding two studies undertaken in response to European regualtors' concerns about the cardiovascular safety of Avandia," which has since received black box warnings for potential increased risk of congestive heart failure and heart attacks.
Paxil's label also carries a black box warning -- for increased risk of suicidality. GSK agreed to plead guilty to the charges and to pay criminal fines of $757 million for the Paxil and Wellbutrin abuses and $242 million for its Avandia actions, said DOJ. The company will pay an additional $2 billion to resolve False Claims Act liabilities on those and other drugs, as well as charges of pricing fraud, said the government.
GSK will also enter a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement, brokered with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, that requires changes in sales force compensation "to remove compensation based on sales goals for territories, one of the driving forces behind much of the conducat at issue," said DOJ, and ties executive compensation to compliance, meaning that top execs could lose their annual bonuses if subordinates are busted engaging in fraudulent marketing practices.
"As we did with Abbott Laboratories a few weeks ago, today's resolution seeks not only to punish wrongdoing and recover taxpayer dollars, but to ensure GSK's future compliance with the law," said Stuart F. Delery, acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice's Civil Division, at a press conference this morning. "The Corporate Integrity Agreement… exemplifies best practices in compliance."
GSK's statement on the "previously announced agreement" was muted.
"Today brings to resolution difficult, long-standing matters for GSK," said CEO Andrew Witty in a statement. "Whilst these originate in a different era for the company, they cannot and will not be ignored. On behalf of GSK, I want to express our regret and reiterate that we have learnt from the mistakes that were made."
Indeed, the company has, in recent years, made bold strides towards transparency and turned its sales force compensation system upside down.
"In the US, we have taken action at all levels of the company," said Witty. "We have fundamentally changed our procedures for compliance, marketing and selling. When necessary, we have removed employees who have engaged in misconduct. In the last two years, we have reformed the basis on which we pay our sales representatives and we have enhanced our ability to 'claw back' remuneration of our senior management."
The deal came out of the joint DOJ-HHS Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team, or HEAT Initiative, which has seen several enormous pharma settlements since its inception in 2009.


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Please join our community if you would like to contribute to our beginner friendly education/development setup or just learn more about us.
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Dynamic Domain Name Updates (Windows 2000/XP)
Windows 2000 and XP support dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) updates and is enabled by default. This setting allows you to control whether network adapters should send updates.
|This tweak can be easily applied using WinGuides Tweak Manager.
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Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the value named "DisableDynamicUpdate" and set it to equal "1" to disable the use of dynamic updates.
This can also be controlled on a per adapter basis by modifying the same value at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ Parameters\Interfaces\[Adapter ID].
Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
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NFL lockout: Is David S. Doty the most influential man in pro football?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011; 12:54 AM
The most influential man in professional football, at least in recent days, is not NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. It is not players' union leader DeMaurice Smith. It just may be an 81-year-old federal judge in Minneapolis who fought unions for two decades as a lawyer, but now is considered a messiah by some NFL players and a pariah by the league's owners.
Some believe David S. Doty broke the bargaining stalemate between players and owners when he ruled March 1 that the NFL negotiated a $4 billion lockout fund from television networks "to advance its own interests and harm the interests of the players." He threatened to assess damages against the league.
That ruling and other high-profile decisions by Doty have so angered owners that they have made the judge himself one of the key issues in the current contract talks. They are trying to oust him as overseer of the NFL's collective bargaining issues, and may be willing to make concessions in other areas to accomplish that.
In past court filings, the owners have accused Doty of bias on behalf of players - a charge Doty's colleagues call ludicrous.
If the two sides fail to reach a new collective bargaining agreement by Friday or extend their talks again, the players are expected to dissolve the union so they can file an anti-trust lawsuit in federal court. By virtue of his deep involvement in NFL labor matters for more than 20 years, the case is likely to land in Doty's courtroom.
"The players are using [Doty] as a weapon just as the owners are going to use the lockout," said Charles B. Craver, a professor of labor and negotiations at George Washington University's law school. "It does give them some leverage, it definitely does. If this goes to court, [the sport's current rules] arguably could all be thrown out."
It's unclear whether the dispute will get that far. Goodell, Smith and their negotiating teams met in Washington Tuesday for a 13th day of mediated talks, with Doty, a former Marine and high school football player, still a critical issue. One person on the owners' side said recently he didn't think the league would agree to any labor settlement that includes ongoing oversight by Doty.
That person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions, said ousting Doty ranked behind only the division of revenue in importance to the owners.
Doty's associates agree that Doty has held a position of unusual power over the players and owners, but dispute the suggestion that his decisions have reflected any favoritism. Doty declined to comment through a spokesperson.
"That's an inaccurate perception," said Cary B. Johnson, an attorney who served as a law clerk for Doty in 1987 and 1988. "He is fastidiously fair and balanced in his decisions. He was very concerned about following the law, and getting it right."
Johnson and others who know Doty said the judge has earned a reputation for impartiality, decorum and formality in his court room; they say he wears coats, dress shirts and slacks to work even on Saturdays. He also has become known for offering attorneys ample time to argue their cases.
"One of the things about David Doty: He was a Marine, he's a straight shooter," said Raymond A. Haik, the attorney who hired Doty out of law school and remains friends with him to this day. "The NFL didn't exactly go in the tank after the first [case]. They prospered."


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"Rules of Thumb†for Sovereign Debt Crises
This paper contains an empirical investigation of the set of economic and political conditions that are associated with a likely occurrence of a sovereign debt crisis. We use a new statistical approach (Binary Recursive Tree) that allows us to derive a collection of "rules of thumb" that help identify the typical characteristics of defaulters. We find that not all crises are equal: they differ depending on whether the government faces insolvency, illiquidity, or various macroeconomic risks. We also characterize the set of fundamentals that can be associated with a relatively "risk free" zone. This classification is important for discussing appropriate policy options to prevent crises and improve response time and prediction.
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"Sovereign debt,"
Handbook of International Economics,
in: G. M. Grossman & K. Rogoff (ed.), Handbook of International Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 3, pages 2031-2077
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- Eaton, J. & Fernandez, R., 1995. "Sovereign Debt," Papers 37, Boston University - Department of Economics.
- Jonathan Eaton & Raquel Fernandez, 1995. "Sovereign Debt," Boston University - Institute for Economic Development 59, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development.
- Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff & Miguel A. Savastano, 2003. "Debt Intolerance," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 34(1), pages 1-74.
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- Reinhart, Carmen, 2004. "Debt intolerance: Executive summary," MPRA Paper 13398, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff & Miguel A. Savastano, 2003. "Debt Intolerance," NBER Working Papers 9908, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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I can't believe all the CRAP the BG's creat every single day...one just cannot afford to go unarmed...anywhere!
Glad the guard is OK...
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This is a discussion on Attempted Robbery At Mall: Douglasville, GA within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; http://www.cbs46.com/news/14694206/detail.html DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- A suspect and a security guard were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Monday, while a lunchtime crowd ...
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- A suspect and a security guard were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Monday, while a lunchtime crowd ducked for cover, officials and witnesses said.
The guard's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, said Bill Ball, general manager of the Arbor Place Mall. Police said the suspect's wounds were more severe.
The events unfolded while a Brinks guard was entering the mall to service some of the ATM machines, Ball said.
Douglasville Police Chief Joe Whisenant said it happened a few minutes after noon.
He said the security guard was inside on the second floor when the would-be robber approached and put a gun to the guard's head. They scuffled and both men fired, with the guard hit in the leg and the suspect in the mouth, Whisenant said.
Both men were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The suspect underwent emergency surgery Monday afternoon, the chief said.
Neither man's identity was immediately released. Whisenant said the suspect is 41 years old and from DeKalb County on Atlanta's eastern side.
He also said that money, the apparent target of the robbery, was recovered.
A witness, Denise Shipp of Douglasville, said she was eating lunch in the mall's food court with her husband Jon when they heard gunshots. She said her husband saw the guard tackle the suspect and hold him on ground.
She said people in the food court were diving under tables, holding up chairs and hiding behind partition walls.
A bullet hole was visible in a window over the mall's front entrance -- its apparent trajectory from the shooting scene passing directly above the food court and an indoor playground.
Mall officials were unsure if any children were on the playground when the shooting happened, but eyewitnesses said they saw parents grabbing children from the playground and running away.
Another bullet tore through a laminated sign at the Auntie Anne's pretzel stand, narrowly missing employee Catrina Lemley and manager Sharon Wilson.
"I was fixing a Coke for a customer. I heard gunshots and I saw pieces of the sign flying out. My manager told me to get down," said Lemley, 19, who is eight months pregnant. "It was scary."
Diana Shasta, 30, manager of Friedman's Marketing Services, was in the food court with a couple of coworkers near the crime scene.
"It was pop, pop, pop, pop, and then you knew," Shasta said.
She said she saw people running from the food court "with terror on their faces."
"I've never been so frightened in my life," she said. "Everybody was running for their lives, grabbing their babies, pulling their friends."
Douglasville police put the mall under lockdown, not letting anyone in or out, for a brief period during the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
The mall manager told The Associated Press that a second suspect was arrested. But Whisenant said the wounded man is the only known suspect in the case.
By mid-afternoon, yellow crime scene tape still surrounded the Brinks truck, which remained outside the mall entrance, but traffic was being allowed in and out of mall freely. The mall's sound system was playing Christmas tunes.
Douglasville police did not immediately return a call for comment from The Associated Press.
Douglasville is 21 miles west of Atlanta.
Too bad the guard got shot, but it seems that the BG got the worst of it.
I can't believe all the CRAP the BG's creat every single day...one just cannot afford to go unarmed...anywhere!
Glad the guard is OK...
Stay armed...stay safe!
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A reason I don't go to the Mall here. It's a gun free zone.
It's strange, I cannot go to a Mall or in a Church but I can go into a Bank. huh?
Glad the guard came out ok also.
I shop at that mall on occasion. It got me thinking what I would have done when the shooting started.
I am not going to fault anyone in this case other than the BG but incidents like this scare me. In a crowded mall guns going off could easily hit lots of innocent bystanders. It appears that the guard reacted and pulled his gun causing a shootout between the two and bullets went flying everywhere. What if he had done what is usually recommended and turned over the money without pulling his gun, would the BG have fired any shots? Just glad that no one else was hit but we must remember that in a crowded area it is very possible that our shots don't always hit just the BG and sometimes it may be better just to let them have the money and let the police worry about catching them.
With Christmas comes a spike in armed robberies. There have been several armored car and bank robberies in the Metro Atlanta area recently. This one was very brazen during the day inside the mall. I have seen Brinks guard pick up money before and usually the guard has his firearm in his hand. I wonder if the mall discouraged this and opened the door for an attack?
I heard about this story on the radio news yesterday. The lead line was "Shooting at Georgia mall". My first thought was "oh no, a reason to rile up the anti's". But the story line should have said reported that the shooting happened during a robbery. Which gives the story a whole different meaning.
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When I first started reading the article, I was surprised that the security guy was armed! Then I see an armored car was involved.....it looks like it was the target.
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In the guard's shoes, I think he did the right thing by resisting. I would hope he took his firing lane and backstop into consideration, though.
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As I said I am not faulting anyone other than the robber but I do worry about this happening with five armed mall ninjas nearby all trying to be "Dirty Harry", filling the entire mall with bullets. The only guarantee in a robbery is it won't go as planned, someone is going to screw it up.
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I've often wondered about these brinks folks...not the brightest bulbs in the pack (no offense if you are one - just mean from the corp/rules standpoint). Don't they usually at least have one partner on the truck? Anyone have any firsthand knowledge of that one? The only ones I've ever seen always had 2 guards and both had holstered(and snapped) handguns.
I wonder if they upped the ante and had the second guard carrying an AR or Carbine of some sort at low ready and actually GUARDING the other guard doing the real work. That at least might be a bit of discouragement for the BG's.
Remember those two armored guard guys that were ambushed and shot in Philly last month? Lets not assume the guy started the shootout over money, but if he did, isn't that his job? When the BG brings a gun, especially to an armed guard, we can't predict what he's going to do with it. It's not a fair fight, the BG doesn't get to shoot first to prove his intentions, that just makes for dead GGs.
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Marc Ouellet's Family Relieved Quebec Cardinal Isn't Pope
LA MOTTE, Que. - The family of a Canadian cardinal many believed could be pope was relieved Wednesday when it didn't come to be.
Siblings of Cardinal Marc Ouellet huddled around their 90-year-old mother in front of a TV on Wednesday to learn the identity of the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
They were glad it wasn't the hockey-loving outdoorsman they watched grow up in this tiny community in Quebec's northwest.
Before the conclave, Ouellet's family said they feared they would never see him again if he became pontiff to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
"We went through so many different feelings in the last few days — that it was like a relief," Ouellet's older brother Louis told reporters Wednesday inside the old church in La Motte, a town of 439 people.
"We had mixed feelings so when we learned of the new pope we just cooled down and my mother, she smiled and she said, 'Well, I am keeping my son, in a way.' "
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For a while, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet was considered one of the front-runners to replace Pope Benedict XVI after the pontiff announced his surprise resignation. While his odds have fallen, Ouellet is still in the running. Here are 13 things you may not know about Canada's papal contender.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet was born on June 8, 1944, in the Quebec town of La Motte. He was the third of eight children (six boys and two girls) and ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Amos on May 25, 1968. (Photo: Graziella Ouellet, 90 year old mother of Cardinal Marc Ouellet at her home in La Motte, Quebec on Feb 13, 2013.)
As a child, Ouellet nearly burned down a barn while playing with matches. (Photo: Marc Ouellet, right, is seen fishing with his younger brother Gilles in this 1956 family photo.)
At 17, after injuring his leg while playing hockey, Ouellet found inspiration in the story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. She was a French Carmelite nun known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" who died in 1897, at the age of 24, of tuberculosis. (Photo: Marc Ouellet, left, is seen next to his brother Louis, an unidentified cousin, and his father Pierre, left to right in this 1958 family photo.)
Most of his siblings aren't practising Catholics and two of his sisters are divorced.
Ouellet spent 11 years in Colombia as a missionary and teacher at seminaries in Bogota, Manizales and Cali.
Ouellet speaks six languages: French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. (Photo: In this Oct. 21, 2003 file photo, Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada, Archbishop of Quebec, wearing the three-cornered biretta hat, kisses the hand of Pope John Paul II, during the consistory in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.)
In 2007, in a letter published in Quebec newspapers, Ouellet apologized for past errors of the Church in Quebec, including "anti-Semitism, racism, indifference to First Nations and discrimination against women and homosexuals."
Ouellet's brother, Paul, was convicted in 2009 of sexual assault involving two underage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s. Paul Ouellet took out newspaper ads to explain the assaults, The National Post reports.
In May 2010, at a pro-life rally, Cardinal Ouellet called abortion a moral crime, even after rape. He was lambasted by critics who complained that he was out of touch with Quebec society. Quebec's association of bishops distanced itself from him and issued a statement calling for a rational discussion, The Globe and Mail reports. Photo: Cardinal Marc Ouellet responds to media questions over comments he made on abortion, May 26, 2010 in Quebec City. Archbishop of Ottawa Terrence Prendergast, left, looks on.
From 2002 to 2010, Ouellet was the Archbishop of Quebec City and Primate of Canada. (Photo: Cardinal Marc Ouellet blesses a young male during his farewell Mass in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre Basilica, 45 minutes east of Quebec City, on Sunday, August 15, 2010, after he was named Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.)
In 2011, Ouellet said that being Pope "would be a nightmare," citing the "crushing responsibility" of the office and the workload of Pope Benedict XVI.
The Times of London reports that Ouellet brokered the recent resignation of U.K. Cardinal Keith O'Brien after priests reportedly came forward to him with allegations the senior cleric had made sexual advances. (Photo: Former Cardinal Keith O'Brien stands in his office at his official residence on February 27, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland.)
Stephen Colbert recently dismissed the idea of Ouellet as the next pope on his hit comedy show The Colbert Report, suggesting that the cardinal's fatal flaw was that he's Canadian. "The pope cannot be polite," Colbert quipped. " 'Sorry, but I think God might not want you to use a condom, eh.' "
Marc Ouellet was immediately considered a serious contender to inherit St. Peter's throne after former Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation last month.
He was named a bishop by former Pope John Paul II in 2001, archbishop of Quebec City in 2002 and a cardinal in 2003. In 2010, Benedict made him head of the powerful Congregation for Bishops, which vets bishops' nominations worldwide.
His presumed front-runner status put his hometown under the media microscope and took his family members along with it.
Ouellet's brothers, Louis and Roch, spoke to dozens of journalists in recent weeks, many of whom descended on the farming community, which is some 600 kilometre northwest of Montreal.
"We sensed that it could happen one day, but not to this extent — definitely not to this extent," said Roch Ouellet, the younger brother of the cardinal who was seen in 2005 as a long-shot contender for the papacy.
"There can be some disappointment, but it's a brief disappointment... Listen, we knew that we were going to lose a brother."
He said their biggest focus amid the media frenzy was the well-being of their mother, Graziella.
As they waited anxiously Wednesday for the introduction of the new pope, he said their smiling mom appeared to be the calmest person in their house. Roch said Graziella was proud of the cardinal, the third-eldest in the Ouellet brood of six boys and two girls.
In the minutes before the name of the new pope was unveiled, hearts were also beating in the basement of La Motte's St-Luc church. The area had been converted into a media room to accommodate some 50 journalists who flooded a town with only one business, a general store.
About a dozen residents from La Motte and a few neighbouring communities came into the media room to watch the result alongside journalists. Most stared at the screens silently while awaiting the result.
"We just lived through something really emotional," said La Motte resident and devoted Catholic Rita Larouche, who's known Marc Ouellet since 1956.
"We're still very proud of him."
Marthe Beliveau said she was pleased with the result for Graziella, whom she described as very concerned heading into the papal selection.
"We're not happy, but we are happy," said the La Motte resident, who spoke to Ouellet's mother about 10 days earlier.
"We're disappointed because we would have liked it — it would have revitalized the parish a little bit."
Many in the peaceful municipality feared the overnight transformation to becoming the birthplace of a pope would shatter the tranquility that lured them there in the first place.
Others, however, were eager to roll out a welcome mat for the potential influx of tourists — and their wallets.
The mayor of La Motte told reporters he was proud, disappointed and relieved following the conclave — all at the same time.
"(We're) disappointed because Mr. Ouellet was not chosen, but relieved because we're moving on and we'll know what our future holds," Mayor Rene Martineau said.
Martineau even looked several years down the road at the possibility Ouellet's name could re-emerge as a candidate for the papacy one more time. Martineau noted that freshly appointed Pope Francis is 76 years old and Ouellet is just 68.
He underlined the experience his town, which has just two full-time employees, accumulated while navigating a wave of national and international media attention.
"There's a probability that in 10 years we will restart this scenario, but we're not afraid — we're ready," said Martineau.
The Ouellet family, however, said they weren't immediately ready to re-live the intense media scrutiny they felt over the last few weeks.
One painful family story about Ouellet's brother Paul resurfaced after the cardinal was named a contender.
Paul Ouellet was convicted a few years ago of sexual assault involving two minors, stemming from incidents in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Roch Ouellet was asked Wednesday whether his brother's criminal past may have tarnished the Quebec cardinal's candidacy to lead a church that has been overwhelmed by scandal linked to sexual abuse by priests.
He delivered a sharp response to the reporter: "Let's move on to another question please."
Louis Ouellet made a point of mentioning the pressure the family felt in the opening statement they had prepared to open the news conference.
"It is with great joy that we will welcome our brother back this summer to spend time with the family in peace and tranquility, far from the media," he said, reading the statement in front of a line of national TV news cameras.
Later in the news conference, he added: "We saw our brother twice a year and we love our brother, so we will see him again."


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Despite an unprecedented injury crisis that has forced the Suns into making six changes for Saturday's wooden spoon decider against GWS - including first-choice ruckman Zac Smith - the 30-year-old once again missed the selection boat.
And the former Collingwood star will not get the opportunity to add to his 225 AFL games unless injury claims the remainder of Gold Coast's burgeoning group of talls.
Fraser, who has featured just twice this year for the senior side, has performed well for the Suns in the NEAFL - but it appears that's where he will stay for the rest of the year, despite expressing an interest at the start of the year in playing into 2013.
McKenna said he expected this would be Fraser's final season on the club's list and that he is 'comfortable' on the outer.
"Josh understands where he's at and that's a conversation we'll have at the end of the year, but he's comfortable doing what he's doing," he said.
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With a spacious new location, sparkling glass jewelry cases and neatly arranged products, Liquid 8 Pawn looks more like a department store than a pawn shop.
Gold, silver and gemstone baubles fill the center of the shop. The tool department is back on the right, fully stocked with jigsaws, sanders, drills, socket sets and battery chargers. The second-floor features polished musical instruments, recording equipment, dive gear, fishing tackle, electronics and appliances and everything else - including, literally, the kitchen sink.
The store operated for nine years on Truman Avenue, in a space that was a fraction of its current size.
Owner Rick Igo moved the operation in May to 1970 North Roosevelt Blvd., which formerly housed Conchy Joe's bait and tackle shop.
And his expansion continues.
Venomous Ink, the island's third tattoo shop, will open in a few weeks in a space attached to the pawn shop. And Igo is in the process of installing a vault to house hundreds of safe deposit boxes to be rented monthly.
"A lot of people down here don't have a checking account," Igo said. "They'll keep cash or valuables under their mattress, and then get ripped off by a roommate."
The new service will allow them to safely store their possessions - and a soon-to-come night drop will allow box holders to make cash deposits on their way home from a late-night bartending shift.
"We're really like the people's bank," Igo said, adding that the image of pawn shops has been changing dramatically.
"I deal with wealthy people, working people, poor people," Igo said, though he did acknowledge that his shop likely sees a more eclectic clientele than most other retail shops.
On any given day, a betrayed wife may sell her diamond engagement ring. A single mom may pawn her grandmother's jewels - just until payday. And construction workers may just need some quick cash.
Customers have the option of selling their items or pawning them. When pawning, the shop offers a loan based on the value of the item being pawned. When the person repays the loan over time, plus interest, they reclaim their item.
"At least 80 percent of our customers get their stuff back," Igo said, dispelling the notion that pawn shops insensitively profit from other people's financial problems.
The vast majority of his inventory was purchased outright from a seller, and is not the collateral left for a loan.
Liquid 8 also offers check cashing services and fair prices for items.
"Granted, it's not like TV," Igo said. "We don't have expert appraisers come in to value an item, but we use the Internet to figure out what something is worth."
Jewelry pieces are generally about four times cheaper in a pawn shop than in a jewelry store, he said.
"We price pieces based on the weight of their materials, so it's based on the price of gold or silver that day," he said.
And the misconception of pawn shops being filled with stolen goods is dispelled daily when pawn shop operators turn in a list of every item they accepted that day, and those lists are compared with law enforcement's daily "hot sheets" of items reported stolen.
"We're in bed with the cops," Igo said. "And we just want to be a one-stop shop for working people's financial needs.


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Iron Chef Pear or What I Did On My BirthdayFebruary 8th, 2009 by Steven Gould
I'm in Chattanooga, Tennessee (the 'nooga as us hep kids call it) at a combination writer's retreat and birthday celebration (not mine, but our host's, Mary Robinette Kowal.) It just so happens that her BD is one day (and fourteen years) after mine.
I was supposed to be the offeeeeeecial photgrapher for the following event but one of the Team Mary's sous chefs came down sick and I was roped in.
Nobody really lost, especially all of us who got to eat it.
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Our Story
The Eden Mills Writers' Festival has been hosting a literary picnic on the idyllic banks of the Eramosa River for over 25 years. The Festival is a nationally acclaimed literary event, treasured by book lovers and authors, and widely respected by Canada's literary community.
"Eden Mills has always been one of my favourite literary festivals. .. it's not just the extraordinary quality of its writers… It's the quality of the crowd. It's the sense of informed community. Eden Mills has an ambiance unlike any other festival; it feels so welcoming, so open, so uniquely supportive."
— Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Author, When Fenelon Falls, Coach House Books
The Festival was founded in 1989 by Governor General Award winner Leon Rooke. At the time, Leon and his wife Connie lived in the former stagecoach hotel across the street from the then Eden Mills General Store. The store owners suggested that Leon launch his latest novel, A Good Baby, from the front steps of their store. Leon invited other writers, including Rohinton Mistry, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart, and Linda Spalding to join him, and the Eden Mills Writers' Festival was born.
Our setting is beautiful, informal, and accessible.
The main Festival event is held outdoors in the centre of the village. Our little valley forms a natural amphitheatre where voices and ideas reverberate and energize. The idyllic and scenic natural landscapes of Eden Mills provide a perfect story-book setting for devoted readers to hear their favourite authors read from their works.
"I can't even begin to explain how much fun this festival was! The location in the small community of Eden Mills was so welcoming as were all the volunteers and authors." — Kat Kruger, Author, The Magdeburg Trilogy
Our programming is rich and diverse, representing a variety of genres.
Over the years, programming has expanded to include not only the main event on Festival Sunday when the Festival hosts over 50 authors but also a youth writing workshop, an evening of literary and music performances, and a lecture on Festival Saturday by a high- profile author presented in co-operation with the University of Guelph.
Our Sponsors
Thank you to the continued support of our amazing sponsors!
(There would be no festival without their generosity.)


text: Windows Phone Geek, the developer focused community website, has released a Windows Phone developer magazine. Issue #1 has been made available on its website, which covers a number of topics including the Windows Phone 8 SDK. The website has previously launched a developer marketplace that enables folk to purchase as well as sell components and the like for other developers to make use of.


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dweber posted this July 27th, 2011
Is it just us, or does Summer fly by a little faster every year? Matter of fact, you can check out a preview of our Fall '11 men's and women's lines on the website, which is exciting because the clothes are so awesome. But it's also depressing because it means Summer's almost over.
So get out there and have some fun, will ya? And before you go, post your best s'more recipe in the comments by Friday August 5 at midnight. We'll pick a winner based on our complete and total subjective preference and un-scientific bias. The winner will get a couple of Toad graphic tees and Toad branded fire forks (pictured below, not in actual scale). Mmm!


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Quilt On!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Congrats. Have fun with your new baby. It sounds like a wonderful machine.
Quilting is my therapy
Congrats! I haven't yet put my 820 on the frame. I enjoy sewing with it so much. There are at least two yahoo groups for the 8 series machines-free to join and very helpful. Plus a blog: http://8seriesowners.blogspot.com/20....html#comments
I have had mine for about 9 months...and am still learning! It has so many features and is "fun to drive".
Congrats I recently got the 550 and I am in love with it the 800 series I was looking at as well but couldn't bring myself to spend that much more on the machine. I got the BSR and the Free Motion on this one so I'm happy with that - happy sewing!
Congrats! I love my bernina frame... And use it with a non-bernina machine.
I am green with envy; but very happy for you. I have a 1530 Bernina and have looked at the 820 model. A lady in Unionville, Mo., just bought one...if wishes were sewing machines, I wonder how many would we own?? Enjoy it for of us who wish for one like yours.


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The faculty
EEMCS: Your connection to the future
The education programmes of TU Delft are designed with the engineers of the future in mind. The three disciplines in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) play a pivotal role in meeting this demand. Mathematics, one of the pillars of every technological science, provides the intellectual and professional tools that are the basic equipment of every engineer. Information and communication technology (ICT) is everywhere around us in society. It is one of the new paradigms of recent history. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science together account for 80% of the ICT research at TU Delft. The current focus on sustainability, high-level effectiveness and energy savings indicates the relevance of our other fields of expertise: electrical power engineering and power supply.
Thanks to our staff, the Faculty of EEMCS is a leader in developing and maintaining knowledge and expertise in electrical engineering, computer science and applied mathematics at the highest international level, and disseminating this knowledge to third parties. With our combined power, knowledge and facilities, we work to manage and solve the social problems of today and those we anticipate in the future, especially with the opportunities provided by ICT and electrical power engineering. At Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral levels, the faculty seeks to shape our students into responsible engineers who will continue the learning process throughout their whole lives. The faculty provides a stimulating and inspiring environment that helps to prepare them for their future careers and their responsibility to society.
TU Delft's unique social position, as set out in 'Challenging the Future', means that our programmes are designed with the engineers of the future in mind. It is these young engineers that will develop novel solutions to the global challenges of the year 2040. The world's population is expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, but as yet the living standards of the vast majority of the world's population still lag far behind those of the rich developed world. Rising living standards in the developing world represents the greatest challenge of the future and will unleash complex issues. Increasing energy consumption and dwindling natural resources, a worsening climate problem, globalisation, structural poverty, urbanisation, war and international migration would all seem to be in store.
In the context of such developments, the Faculty of EEMCS has a clear vision of its role and responsibilities. Electrical engineering, mathematics and computer science will make vital contributions to global welfare, well-being, and security. ICT will play an essential role in our future society. It will be a driver of ever greater globalisation, connecting a world which will become totally networked at all possible levels. Expanding virtualisation will also lead to new paradigms. The Faculty of EEMCS will make a real contribution to developing sustainable products and systems and address the challenges of energy production, storage and distribution.
The faculty houses three tightly interconnected disciplines within one building and will continue to work on strengthening the symbiosis between these three disciplines. Research at the Faculty has already attained international levels of excellence, and a number of our research groups work at the very highest international level. The Faculty will strive to ensure that its research will meet the most ambitious targets by striving for even greater quality and synergy between the three disciplines represented here. We will also focus on quality of teaching, both within our educational programmes and our educational process and environment.
The Faculty's main objectives can be summarised as follows:
- supplying excellent BSc, MSc and PhD graduates
- conducting leading research programmes
- ensuring high visibility for our research findings
- outstanding research facilities
- creating a pleasant working environment for staff
- helping our alumni to occupy important national and international positions.
The Faculty's excellent researchers and outstanding facilities in three important ICT disciplines, energy power engineering, and applied mathematics will enable us to meet these objectives. The fact that we participate in so many research centres and institutes, interfaculty research projects, and national and international research projects demonstrates the relevance of our fields of study.
To achieve the mission and objectives set out above, the main thrusts of the Faculty's policies in the near future are:
* modernise and enhance the quality of teaching; the starting point for this will be to ensure complete coherence between the Bachelor's, Master's, and post-graduate level programmes.
* enhance the attractiveness and input of the Bachelor's degree programmes.
* focus more closely on the sustainability of research; anticipate new research areas and expand new research which involves solving today's major global questions.
* enhance the quality and visibility of the Faculty's research.
* stimulate socially engaged and responsible entrepreneurship in the broadest sense.


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NAACP Responds to Alabama's Pardoning of Scottsboro BoysApril 05, 2013
(Washington, DC) -- The NAACP released the following statement regarding the pardoning of the "Scottsboro Boys", nine black teens falsely accused of rape in Alabama in 1931.
From Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP:
"An historic miscarriage of justice has finally been corrected, and the healing for Scottsboro, and the wound it cut in our nation, can begin," stated Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP. Like so many communities that have had tried to move beyond their ugliest chapters, Alabama has learned you can only move forward if you are honest about your past. It's heartening this was a unanimous vote."
"Unfortunately, Alabama still needs to confront its present," continued Jealous. "It's law targeting undocumented workers is a human rights catastrophe. Its lawsuit against the Voting Rights Act threatens to create many more. It needs to realize the error of its ways now, not 80 years from now."
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. You can read more about the NAACP's work and our five "Game Changer" issue areas here.


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Guitar Center Presents ERIC CLAPTON Crossroads Guitar Collection Featuring Limited Edition & Replica Guitars
Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, in partnership with Eric Clapton, proudly announces the launch of the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection. The limited-edition collection will feature five Eric Clapton tribute, replica and signature guitars to be sold in North America exclusively at Guitar Center locations and online at GuitarCenter.com beginning March 21, 2013.
All guitars in the one-of-a-kind collection were developed in partnership with Eric Clapton, Guitar Center, Fender, Gibson and Martin Guitar, drawing inspiration from the guitars used by Clapton at pivotal points throughout his iconic career. The collection includes a replica Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton "Brownie" Tribute Stratocaster guitar, Gibson Harrison-Clapton "Lucy" Les Paul, and Eric Clapton Signature Martin 000-28 and 000-45 models, as well as Eric Clapton "Crossroads" guitar straps from Ernie Ball.
Creating the Eric Clapton Crossroads Collection
The Eric Clapton Crossroads Collection is the result of a unique and significant history between the music retailer and famed guitarist. Guitar Center has co-sponsored each of Eric Clapton's four Crossroads Guitar Festivals and been a strong supporter of The Crossroads Centre charity, having purchased several of Eric's most famous guitars including his "BLACKIE" Stratocaster and the CREAM Gibson 335 at The Crossroads Guitar Auction in 2004. Clapton has also graced the cover of the Guitar Center Buyers Guide. Coming together to develop this special collection was a natural continuation of the music retailer and music icon's longstanding relationship. Well known amongst his peers for being a great musical collaborator, Clapton invited Guitar Center to create a collection of guitars from the most prestigious manufacturers. The result of this incredible collaboration is two tribute replica guitars with rich ties to Clapton's career as well as three new Eric Clapton signature guitars that will launch in conjunction with Clapton's upcoming U.S. tour and Crossroads Guitar Festival.
"We have always admired Eric Clapton as one of the all-time great guitarists, singers and songwriters and for his extraordinary influence on musicians around the world for over 50 years," said Michael Doyle, Senior Vice President of Guitar Merchandising. "We were honored to be invited by Eric to collaborate with him on this unique collection of guitars which have been the inspirational tools of his trade throughout his career."
Giving Back Through the Eric Clapton Crossroads Collection
Not only is the construction of and history behind the Eric Clapton Crossroads Collection of guitars notable, but a significant portion of the proceeds from the sale of each of the guitars in the collection will be donated to benefit Eric Clapton's Crossroads Centre. The Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and Education to chemically dependent persons. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the movement toward a change in lifestyle.
"It's been my experience that the proper guitars, like those in this Collection, are just made for playing - the motive behind the making of the guitar is 100% right," said Eric Clapton. "They are beautiful guitars; from the inlays to the rosewood they are unique from one another. One would be inclined to take care of and be in awe of them."
For more information on the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection please visit www.guitarcenter.com/Clapton.
About Guitar Center's Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection
Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton "Brownie" Tribute Stratocaster
To watch Eric Clapton's exclusive Guitar Center interview on the Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton "Brownie" Tribute Stratocaster visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNpS23xTyCM
About "Brownie": Best known as the "Layla Stratocaster" and famously featured on the back cover of that pivotal album, "Brownie" was the first Strat ever owned by Eric Clapton, purchased in May 1967. The 2-Color Sunburst guitar has a heavily worn maple neck, dated from 6-56, and was first seen in Clapton's hands bolted to a Telecaster body during Blind Faith. The (entire!) guitar was featured on the front cover of his first solo album Eric Clapton, and featured throughout Eric's stint with "Delaney & Bonnie" and "Derek And The Dominos." With a winning bid from Experience Music Project (EMP) of $497,500, "Brownie" was sold at Eric's first guitar auction in June 1999.
In collaboration with Eric Clapton, Guitar Center and EMP, the Fender Custom Shop started work on a "Brownie" replica in the summer of 2012, using the original guitar as a reference. The project was led by Todd Krause, Senior Master Builder for Eric Clapton's personal Stratocaster guitars, who reproduced the original guitar to the minutest detail. Offered in a limited edition of just 50 domestic and 50 guitars worldwide, the "Eric Clapton "Brownie" Tribute Stratocaster" guitar will be offered in America exclusively through Guitar Center in March / April 2013, coinciding with the 2013 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. The Fender Eric Clapton "Brownie" Tribute Stratocaster will retail for $14,999 msrp.
Gibson Harrison-Clapton "Lucy" Les Paul
To watch Eric Clapton's exclusive Guitar Center interview on the Gibson Harrison-Clapton "Lucy" Les Paulvisit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChQUNmi7cg
About "Lucy": Owned by Eric Clapton and then given to his best friend George Harrison who soon nicknamed it "Lucy", the "Gibson Harrison-Clapton "Lucy" Les Paul" has unequalled pedigree. At the invitation of George, Eric played the cherry red Les Paul on the Beatles classic, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Played by George on The Beatles' White Album and Let It Be, the guitar can also be seen in the Beatles film Let It Be and the promo film Revolution. Loaned back to Eric in 1973, Eric played the storied guitar again at his comeback Rainbow Concert.
Still owned and cherished by the Harrison estate, the guitar originally a 1957 Gold Top, refinished by Gibson in 1967 in "cherry red" was meticulously measured and inspected by Gibson Custom in 2012, from which a stunning replica was made. A remarkably lightweight mahogany body, unusually slim '50s neck (thanks to the refinishing in 1967) and PAF humbuckers make this a great playing Les Paul. And the offset seam on the maple top along with screw holes for the previously removed Bigsby vibrato and "Custom" truss rod cover are among the details which are authentically recreated.
In collaboration with the George Harrison Estate and Eric Clapton, this historical guitar will be a limited edition of just 100 guitars worldwide, available in America exclusively through Guitar Center in March / April 2013, coinciding with the 2013 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. The Gibson Harrison Clapton Les Paul will retail for $14,999 msrp.


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Driving a pink tuk tuk halfway around the globe whetted my appetite for Very Long Journeys in unsensible modes of transport. As well as spending four years setting up new adventures for Bristol-based adventure anarchists The Adventurists, I've consulted adventurers on everything from visas to sponsorship, fundraising, PR, filming, routes, vehicle modifications, equipment and border crossings. I've also been on the Royal Geographical Society's Overland Expedition Panel since 2006, speaking at their Explore conference in London every November.
If you're looking for an adventure consultant for your overland expedition and need advice on any aspect of your trip, then I may well be able to help you.
Beyond my own adventures, here's a smattering of the adventures I've been involved with over the past few years….
The Adventurists Mongol Derby
During my stint at The Adventurists I set up and directed the Mongol Derby, a 1000 km horse race across the Mongolian steppe. Selecting, vetting, training and co-ordinating nearly 1000 semi-wild Mongolian horses was without doubt the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Add to that a staff of hundreds (nomadic herding families, vets, horse trainers, caterers, drivers, translators…) and 25 demanding international riders and you've got what could be termed a Logistical Nightmare. But we pulled it off, and since its incarnation in 2009 the Derby has become recognised as the world's longest, toughest horserace. Even those folk at Guinness agree.
Here's a little video of the Mongol Derby to whet your whistle.
The Adventurists Southeast Asian Rickshaw Run
Working with ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) to implement a new rickshaw event that would trundle across Southeast Asia. A new fleet of rickshaws was bought from a tiny factory in Java, Indonesia, and in October 2011 28 brave teams set off in the direction of Bangkok. Arranging the smooth(ish) passage of these 'shaws across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia was extremely difficult and involved mountains of paperwork, alot of cups of tea and the assistance of tens of politicians, including luminaries such as Dr Surin Pitsuwan, the Big Chief of ASEAN, and the Governor of Bangkok. Once again, we pulled it off, and this sell-out event now wobbles across Southeast Asia three times per year.
The Adventurists Africa Rally: London to Cameroon in a tin can
The Adventurists Ice Run
Motorbikes and extreme cold don't generally go together, yet The Ice Run is a limb-threateningly lethal combination of the two. Take one old Russian Ural motorbike, several idiots, a large dose of Siberian cold, and hurl the whole lot at the Arctic Circle. Bam. The perfect adventure….
Setting this baby up was another seemingly impossible feat and meant a crash course in motorbikes and extreme cold. It also meant doing a Test Run in February 2011. You can read all about this in the August 2012 edition of Motorcycle Monthly.
Here's a video of our Test Run, in February 2011
If you're setting off on an expedition or adventure and want a bit of guidance, feel free to drop me a line. I'm happy to give email advice for free. However, for those wanting longer face to face consultations I'm afraid I do charge, either in hard cash or tea at Claridges.
As well as the adventures I've been involved with I've also organised numerous other, smaller events over the last decade. I've run my own techno club night in Edinburgh, stage managed at music festivals, organised mini-festivals for The Adventurists, booked bands, hired DJs and worked with a fabulous selection of butlers, chefs, circus performers, artists and set-builders. A few examples of the events I've run (from concept to completion) are…
The Adventurists' Czechout Party, Klenova Castle, Czech Republic (2008-2011). I found the castle, came up with the name, booked the bands and DJs, decided on menus and cleared up the carnage at the end of every party….
The Adventurists' Christmas Parties, 2008-2011. These really were humdingers of parties. One was a pirate party in a Bristol warehouse, another an electro-swing rave in an old market in east London, the third one a Steampunk extravaganza at Islington Metalworks. Again I did everything from coming up with the concept, working with artists and performers, booking the bands (The Correspondents, The Baghdaddies…), finding the costumes and carrying out the last revellers. At each party we had between 4-600 people.
Between 2009 and 2012 I worked on a number of bespoke events for Hendrick's gin. I organised a series of 'Afternoon Teas with a Legend of Adventure' and helped set up an expedition to Venezuela. We had fabulous tea parties all over the world: Colorado, Philadelphia, Sydney, Madrid, London and Edinburgh – with speakers including Benedict Allen, John Blashford-Snell, Lois Pryce, John Muir and Charles Brewer Carias. Earl Grey, Hendrick's and adventure – what more could you ask for?
As well as all the exciting bits, I can also do the very dull but vital things such as Risk Assessments and budgets.
*Thanks to The Adventurists for kindly letting me use some of their photos.


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Update as of 4:30 PDT – Obama's Twitter follower loss swells to 36,000!
When leadership is needed from the empty suit in the White House, he usually goes on a vacation or golfing. Today, Obama the radical decided to hide on Twitter and beg his followers to spam GOP Reps. According to Twitter's TOS, this should result in a suspension of his Twitter account, but being that they are so far up Obama's rear end, you know that will never happen. It's been reported that Obama has lost over 10,000 followers on Twitter today thanks to his little spam stunt. Congrat's Spammer in Chief!
The epic failure of Obama just continues to amaze!


text: The funny thing about participating in AIDS/LifeCycle is that, although the actual event only lasts a week, the experiences you have and the memories you create will last for the rest of your life! This pretty much sums up my experience with AIDS/LifeCycle. Honestly, since riding in ALC 7, not one day has gone by when I haven't thought about my time on the ride. The people I met, the places I rode and the challenges I overcame during ALC 7 all mixed together to create one of the most beautiful, fun and meaningful experiences I have ever had. I can't wait for you to experience it for yourself!Read More


text: That is a bum deal. You are right that a shop providing layaway is a cost to the dealer but it also generates sales for him that he obviously would not get otherwise. The shops I frequent do not run "Sales" and sure as heck don't sell at MSRP. One shop I frequent will have good deals from time to time but those are on specific items like a good gun show buy or a motivated consignment seller. A good rule of thumb is if a retailer can offer a sale they had to much mark up built in to start with.


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Builders of Ohio.
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2003
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Warren R Van Tine; Michael C Pierce
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|xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
|George Croghan and the emergence of British influence on the Ohio frontier / Alfred A. Cave --
John Cleves Symmes and the purchase / R. Douglas Hurt --
Arthur St. Clair and the establishment of U.S. authority in the Old Northwest / Jeffrey P. Brown --
Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, and the Second Tribal Confederation, 1783-1795 / Allan R. Millett --
Thomas Worthington and the quest for statehood and gentility / Mary Alice Mairose --
Philander Chase and college building in Ohio / Kenneth H. Wheeler --
John Campbell and the blending of industrial development and moral uplift in early Ohio / Philip Payne --
John P. Parker and the underground railroad / Merton L. Dillon --
Frances Dana Gage and northern women's reform activities in the nineteenth century / Barbara A. Terzian --
Clement L. Vallandigham, the Ohio democracy, and loyalty during the Civil War / Roberta Sue Alexander --
George H. Pendleton and the resurrection of the democratic party / Robert Sawrey --
B.F. Goodrich and the industrialization of Ohio / Mansel G. Blackford --
Martin Foran and the creation of Cleveland's labor movement / Michael Pierce --
Benjamin Arnett and the color line in gilded age Ohio / Michael Pierce --
Tom L. Johnson and progressive reform in Cleveland / Andrew R.L. Cayton --
William Oxley Thompson on popular education, social justice, and social control in progressive era Ohio / Amy Fancelli Zalimas --
Florence E. Allen and "great changes in the status of women" / Joan E. Organ --
Jane Edna Hunter and black institution building in Ohio / Virginia R. Boynton --
Martin L. Davey: Horatio Alger in the new worlds of tree care and partisan politics / Ronald Lora --
George Denucci and the rise of mass-production unionism in Ohio / Warren Van Tine --
John W. Bricker and the slow death of old guard Republicanism / Richard O. Davies --
James A. Rhodes and the 1960s origin of contemporary Ohio / William Russell Coil --
Carl B. Stokes, Cleveland, and the limits of Black political power / Leonard N. Moore --
Dave Thomas, fast food, and continued opportunity in Ohio / H.G. Parsa and David Gerald Hogan.
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