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I bought a Colt Combat Commander in .45 acp like this back in 1974. I used it as my off duty weapon. I put on a new set of sights and added some Pachmeyer grips.
I still have it, and it still shoots as good now as it did the day I bought it!
[QUOTE=Baldy;19812]This new puppy is a S&W 1911 PD 41/4" barrel. I put some custom grips on with some stainless steel allen screws. Unfired in the photo, but that will change tomorrow.
Baldy, could you redo those pics?
I have been thinking of getting that particular S&W.
BTW how do you like it?
I bought a Colt Combat Commander in .45 acp like this back in 1974. I used it as my off duty weapon. I put on a new set of sights and added some Pachmeyer grips.
I still have it, and it still shoots as good now as it did the day I bought it!
My Colt Commander after a make over.
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Nice guns
Dan Wesson Valor with Sarge's Camel bone/Afzelia Xylay stocks ~ .45
Dan Wesson CBOB Patriot ~ .45
Dan Wesson Custom ~ .45
Self-customized Mk IV set up for both 45ACP and 400Cor-Bon. Showing my older Kim Ahrend's rosewood checkered combat grips with mag release access dish that I've replaced with the zebrawood shown in the first two pictures.
Another piece set up for dual calibers (45ACP & 400Cor-Bon).
My 45ACP CCW piece that was spawned as a "project gun." Just back from refinishing, the stainless parts were beadblasted and everything else blued.
Who made that barrel in the last pic?
Pb Precision
"We deal in lead, friend..."
Pb Precision is correct. That's a Brolin Arms. They only managed to stay in business 3 years. The very poor initial reviews of their wares in gun magazines didn't help much. Many did have QC issues but I know of others that were solid. Mine has a bit of "history." I originally bought a Patriot P45C Carry Comp as a curiosity when they first hit the market in '97. It sported a 4" slide, 3.25" barrel with integral compensator on an officer's frame. On the second trip back to Brolin for "issues" that slide assembly ended up mated to a full government sized P45T frame. (Serial number went from a JPE 1xxxx to JPE 3xxxx with that change.) That's why I call mine a P45C/T. Actually it ended up as the equivalent of the P45T Comp which has been deemed "exceedingly rare" by sites documenting Brolin's model history. Almost all of the internals were subsequently replaced by my hand which ended up producing a solid reliable shooter that has been my prime CCW for some time. Of the few Brolin parts kept (e.g. iron claw extractor, grip safety with palm pad), they were all from the more upscale Pro and Tactical series provided as compensation during trips to the factory shop. It has also been subjected to a Novak style melt down job and the thinning of some parts like the ambi-safety levers and Hogue rosewood grips. It sports Millet MKI front and MkII rear sights too. BTW that comp actually works. I just had it reblued as the Gun-Kote finish I gave it after the melt job was showing a full decade's worth of wear.
As an aside there remains some contention about who actually made the parts. Essex was said to have made a few of the original frames but that Norinco or a Filipino company supplied later production to Jay's Pacific Enterprises which in turn supplied Brolin Arms for assembly. My belief from discussions at the time is that all three sources were involved to one degree or another over the short lifetime of the company. Brolin sought to bring moderately priced quality handguns to the market. Somewhere in their cost control objectives, quality of assembly, fitting, and even specs for some parts suffered. You can't survive with such compromises and they didn't. That said I feel I've a silk purse from a sow's ear in mine It may sound like a lot of effort and cost but with the early issues I was given some "breaks" so the sting of QC issues was negligible. And the effort I chalk up to the fun of any hobby. Ultimately reliable and accurate; and with that integral comp it is definitely an unusual piece.
Just got a set of white cocobolo grips and mounted them on the Brolin. I like
Thanks DogRanger
A shot of the new Dan Wesson Classic Bobtail Commander I just acquired (fitted with a Greider match short trigger and grips from The Finer Grain):
And here's a updated group picture of my JMB line up including the new Dan Wesson CBOB:
And the CBOB in my decade old Andrews MacDaniel II rig:
A bit of tweaking with grips yet again
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It was an absolute pleasure to create visual identity for this amazing company. Apart from producing luxurious hand sewn tights, Heist Studios' mission is to celebrate strength and femininity.
I designed logo, packaging, website and email templates.
British stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Eddie Izzard ran 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief across South Africa.
Here is the logo I designed for this ultimate Marathon Man challenge. One variation was used in BBC videos, on the website and branding materials whilst the other was used on T-shirts worn by Eddie and his team.
I teamed up with a copywriter, Simon Kent, to create Modern Logophilia, the perfect brand for people who love words. To indulge your love of words visit us at modlog.co.uk
Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK. Their mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment. Sport Relief is one of their big fundraising campaigns and I was delighted to have worked on it.
I developed all fundraising materials aimed at schools and youth groups, as well as detailed brand guidelines for schools printed materials. I created five fundraising packs, two of which were sponsored by Dove and RBS MoneySense.
I also illustrated one section of the Interactive Story about a girl called Champa, who has to work to support her family.
I worked on many Kinder Surprise promotions that were launched across five countries. I developed concepts and visuals, as well as created illustrations, story boards and additional print materials.
Here are a few examples: Monsters & Pirates, Back to School and Happy Hippo Talent Show.
It was a privilege to work on the promotion of tasty Nutella breakfast. I designed the packaging, and visuals for the trailer, as well as suggested styling for hostesses.
The challenge was to present traditional fresh mints in a playful way. I came up with the concept and designed the advert.
Headline: 'Refreshingly Good!'.
For fundraising aimed at adult audience, I created various ads for print and digital, banners and infographics. Social media posts include those for The Great Sport Relief Bake Off and Clash of the Titans.
I created key visuals for the Sure global campaign that promotes compressed cans.
Inspired by the season, I created vibrant lettering and used it for self-promotion.
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Sukrin is Europe's leading brand for natural origin health foods. As they launched their products in the UK, I worked closely with the CEO to redesign packaging for the whole range of flours and sweeteners, also creating brand elements. I designed adverts for print and digital, flyers, icons and various templates.
This is a mobile app that offers easy access to various Indian radio channels. Modern look and feel, as well as flat graphics were required. I created the logo and concept for user interface design.
I hand lettered labels for a range of lovingly made natural products from Slovenia - Caramella. All creams, lotions and lip balms are wax based, and majority of the ingredients is produced locally.
Hanergy is a rapidly growing solar panel company. As they launch and rollout in the Switzerland and Netherlands IKEA stores, I created brand guidelines, InStore communication media, stationery, brochures, leaflets and infographics.
Shopitize is a mobile marketing platform that provides a fun and easy way to save money on grocery shopping. I worked closely with Shopitize Marketing Team to expand brand guidelines, create company mascots and define illustrative style for weekly campaigns. I also designed their B2B website.
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Snow Day Equals Craigslist Casual Encounters [NSFW]
Lovely weather out there, ehh? Tomorrow is officially Spring and Mother Nature can't help but remind us that Winter is still in full effect. Depressing right? Around these parts most of us are ready for some much needed warmth yet it's snowing like a mother. Might as well find a mate to keep you warm right?
Known for buying, selling, and banging: Craigslist is a-blaze with peeps looking to hook up, especially on a day like today.
One can only assume a 'poster's' thought process is: 'It's cold and wet, might as well ask a stranger to do overly sexual things to me, cause you know, it's a snow day!'
Let's kick this puppy off with a BBW-NSA adventure, of sorts.
Nothing like the thought of your mom looking for some afternoon dong, less than 24hrs before Spring. Could you imagine???
Oh yeah, this is definitely real right?
Check it out, even the dudes are getting into it. In fact, the dudes have like 50 pages of this, all from today! Whoa!
Finding yourself lonely? Craigslist will help cure your Winter time blues with some tail! No matter how crazy you like it- It's out there!
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About MeI consider myself to be desireable, so I named myself Desyremi (Desire me, get it?) Trust me, many would agree. I am from the westside (the best side) of Chicago, Illinois and I am still fairly new to the modeling industry. I am a model with many talents but you would have to hit me up to know what else I can do. I am a model with a BRAIN. In college right now for postpoduction television. I edit videos and add effects. I love modeling but always need a backup.
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Hey everyone.
As storms are raging around us in so many places, I pray you are safe.
As most of you already know, I love going to the Nashville Flea Market. Unfortunately, I have not been able to go over the last couple of months. I did, however, get to go to the October Sale, which is the biggest and best!
I found a few things I wanted to share with you and show you what I did with them.
I found this very rusty Mail Pouch Tobacco sign. It's not it great shape, but I loved it anyway. It says Treat Yourself to Mail Pouch Tobacco. Disclaimer…I in NO way recommend anyone using tobacco of any kind. I just like the sign.
I also found this great galvanized lamp shade…
The light shines beautifully through all of the cutouts.
The last thing I found was this great metal cart.
I know some people (MY FAMILY) wonder why on earth I buy some of the things that I buy. I didn't hesitate to buy this when I saw it and knew it would be perfect for holding quilts and blankets through the cold winter months. Hmmm…already thinking of what it will hold in the summer.
My sweet family really never know what I might come home with. I am so glad they tolerate me and my love for all things old and rusty.
Take care my friends and stay warm.
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Pfitz week 11 and mesocycle 2 successfully completed. Everything went well and the workout today (22 mi @ average pace of 8:06) was the best long run run I ever had. Felt totally easy. Like I wrote above the tempo run was ok, too.
Looking forward to reading your updates & wish you all a great running week


text: Ethel F. Robinson Beloved wife, mother and grandmother MANCHESTER - Ethel F. Robinson, 79, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Nov. 4, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Holis Robinson; children, Deborah Burlingame, Donna Taylor and Daniel Robinson; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Henry, Donald and Douglas Fritz; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call on Wednesday, November 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Halsted-Patrick Funeral Home, 19 N. Main St., Manchester. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 8, at 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 54 S. Main St., Manchester. Donations in Ethel's memory may be made to First Baptist Church, 54 S. Main St., Manchester, NY 14504.


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It wasn't that long ago that low-carbohydrate and no-carb recipes, meals and diets were all the rage. I had a co-worker who went no-carb for bit, and while he was committed to his meat-cheese-limited vegetables diet, it just seemed off-kilter to me. One idea did stick with me though from the days of typing next to a eat-no-carbs friend, and I recently resurrected the idea to jazz up a summer salad of tomatoes and basil.
Salad Caprese, the simply delicious salad composed of fresh tomatoes, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella is a staple in our summer diet. Sprinkled with a light dash of extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper, Salad Caprese tastes like summer, pure and simple.
And while I have yet to meet a fresh Salad Caprese I don't love, this quick and easy take on it has also found a special place in my heart. Using freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, cooked over a skillet, you can create Parmesan crisps in place of using the fresh mozzarella.
Kids will marvel at how a slight sprinkle of cheese transforms into a light, almost cracker-like component of this special salad. Admittedly, not every child loves fresh tomatoes (top of the list? my R and G), so feel free to use this in other dishes too.
Parmesan Crisp Tomato and Basil Salad
3-4 tomatoes, cored and chopped roughly
¼ cup (about a good handful) fresh basil, sliced
1-2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
In a large bowl, mix the tomatoes, basil, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Toss gently and allow to sit.
Meanwhile, heat a skillet over medium heat. Allow to warm up and about 1-2 tablespoons at a time, drop little "heaps" of cheese on the skillet. Working quickly, use a spatula and remove from the heat after about 10 seconds.
Sprinkle the top of the tomatoes with pieces of the Parmesan crisps.
Serves 4.
The oils in the cheese will prevent the cheese from sticking to your pan, so no cooking spray is necessary.
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Lloyd Linney
Professor of Music
Soprano Lloyd Linney has delighted audiences in opera, recital and oratorio. On the operatic stage, she has portrayed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, both the Countess and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos, Madame Goldentrill in The Impresario, Marie in The Bartered Bride and the title role in Martha.
Linney has appeared in concerts and operas in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as in Italy and the Virgin Islands. In addition to numerous solo and chamber recital appearances, Linney has performed as soprano soloist in such works as Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Jephtha and Messiah, Beethoven's Christ on the Mount of Olives, Puccini's Gloria and Bach's Passion According to St. John.
Linney presently holds the position of professor of music at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. Her teaching responsibilities include voice, aural training and French diction. A native of Washington, Georgia, she is a graduate of Furman University, where she studied with DuPre Rhame. She holds a master of music and doctor of music degrees from Florida State University, studying with Elena Nikolaidi and Roy Delp, respectively. From 1994 to 2001 she did additional vocal work with Richard Miller of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Since 2005 she has studied with Louise Urban, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. In 2012, 2013 and 2014 she traveled to France to coach French melodies with Susan Manoff of the Paris Conservatory.
- D.M., vocal performance, Florida State University
- M.M., vocal performance, Florida State University
- B.A., elementary education, Furman University
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- French Diction
- Sophomore Aural Training
- "Treasured Memories: Old Favorites, Nursery Rhymes and Folk Songs, Children's Hymns and Prayer Songs," CD, Clear Note Classics Publication
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Perfect Piece of Poster Art for THE BURBS
Space Boy Comics sent us over an amazing piece of poster art for The Burbs that I had to share with you. It's like they know what I like! The Burbs is a favorite movie of mine, and one of my favorite Tom Hanks movies ever. The movie was released by Universal Pictures in 1989 and was directed by Joe Dante. If you haven't seen this horror comedy masterpiece yet, it's definitely one you need to check out. I want a print of this poster! If you do too, you can buy it here for $15.
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text: Despite original plans for a Q1 2008 launch, Xbitlabs claims that Intel is anticipating an early launch for a least some of their next generation Penryn processors. Specifically, Xbitlabs believes that a 45nm Quad-Core processor topping out at 3.33GHz with a 1333MHz bus will be released in the 2007 timeframe, with the bulk of the Penryn chips still waiting until 2008. Whether or not this will affect Apple's lineup remains to be seen. Apple currently uses Intel's Server class (Xeon) processors in the mac pro, while it uses Mobile class (Core 2 Duo) processors in the bulk of the remainder of its line (iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook). The Mac mini continues to use the earlier Core Duo processor. Apple does not yet use any of Intel's Desktop class processors (Core 2 Duo / Conroe) in any of their shipping models. Of note, Apple is widely expected to release new iMacs at next week's media event. The event will take place on August 7th, 2007 at 10AM Pacific. According to our Buyer's Guide the iMac was last updated 331 days ago. Article Link


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Bagha Shad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bagha Shad (Old Turkic: , baγa šad, simplified Chinese: 莫贺设; traditional Chinese: 莫賀設; pinyin: mòhè shè; Wade–Giles: mo-ho she) was a Göktürk shad or general of the early 7th century CE. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Göktürk khagan, Tong Yabghu.[1] Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.[2]
He is referred to in Chinese sources as having sojourned in China in 618–626, possibly as Tong Yabghu's emissary to the Tang emperor.[3] Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.[4]
- Artamonov, Mikhail. Istoriya Khazar. Leningrad, 1962.
- Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999.
- Golden, Peter Benjamin. Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1992.
- Gumilev, Lev. The Gokturks, 1st ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1967.
- Pletneva, Svetlana. Khazary, 2nd ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1986.


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Repurpose a Kobo Reader as a Weather Station
Last month we showed you a clever hack that converted an old Kindle into a weather station; this new hack uses a Kobo ebook reader (cheaper hardware) and ditches the external server (less overhead).
Even better, this new hack is simpler to deploy. You'll need a Kobo unit, a free installer bundle courtesy of Kevin Short over at the MobileRead forums, and a few minutes to toggle on telnet access to your Kobo and run the installer.
Hit up the link below to read more about the self-contained mod.
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Deputies find at least 200 dogs in alleged case of animal hoarding in Chaparral
Homeowner accused of beating 70-year-old woman, holding her captive
CHAPARRAL, N.M. - Sept. 10, 2013 Update: Fifty of 208 dogs found in a home in Chaparral, New Mexico were euthanized at the home on Monday due to their aggressiveness.
Volunteers who came to the scene reported finding dead dogs stacked in the trash with no food or water found on the scene. Many of the dogs even reverted to wild behavior, eating one another to survive.
A hundred or so that might still be adoptable were taken to an Otero County animal shelter for evaluation and about fifty still remain in the home.
Felix Moriel, the owner of the home, is in jail on a $25,000 bond in conjunction with an assault arrest. No word yet on any upgraded animal cruelty charges.
Sept. 9, 2013 story: Otero County Sheriff's on a domestic call discovered a massive case of alleged animal hoarding Friday in Chaparral, N.M., where more than 200 dogs were found in "deporable" conditions.
On Monday afternoon, deputies and animal rescue workers could be seen removing and trying to save as many dogs as they could.
A volunteer said the conditions were deplorable and that the dogs were, "living in hell." That volunteer also said that the man's home was a well-known dog sanctuary called Mission Desert Hills Sanctuary for Dogs, a legally registered facility.
Sheriff's deputies initially responded to call of domestic violence Friday at the home. They said 44-year-old Feliz Moriel beat up then forced an unidentified 70 year-old woman to stay in the home to watch the dogs. Moriel, the property owner, was arrested and charged with battery and false imprisonment.
Investigators said Moriel was trying to go to Las Vegas.


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Children's Martial Arts Classes
Baltimore Martial Arts has several children's martial arts programs to choose from. Some of our kids train in just one discipline and others train in a several. We offer children's martial arts classes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Tae Kwon Do and Judo. All teach discipline and develop character which the martial arts is well known for. As a parent it might be confusing to decide which program is best for your child. This page will help explain the differences and similarities of each of our children's martial arts classes in order to help you make the best decision for your child. Keep in mind that we have a FREE 30 Day Trial so that you have time to try all of our classes. Ultimately you and your child or children will decide upon what is best. Even if you change your mind later, you can always switch to another program. Baltimore Martial Arts is unsurpassed in customer service and martial arts professionalism.
Teaching Philosophy
All of our children's martial arts classes are taught by distinguished professionals in their respective martial arts fields. Each instructor has their own style and personality that they bring to their classes which can only be understood by watching and/or attending a class in session. Each of our children's martial arts programs, regardless of methodological differences (e.g. kicking, punching, wrestling, throwing etc.), teach discipline, respect, concentration, patience, self confidence and other important virtues of life. Martial Arts present a series of trials and tribulations that an individual must go through. Going through this process and achieving goals along the way instills confidence and develops a mind set that anything is possible. All of our children's martial arts instructors at Baltimore Martial Arts & fitness understand this process and are there to help your child be the best that they can be. They are also available 24/7 to consult with you, the parents, as well as other mentors in your child's life. Baltimore Martial Arts doesn't just teach martial for self defense, we build character and teach life lessons that have an impact on our children's lives that are forever lasting.
When choosing a martial art for your child, please consider what they will like most and be more likely to stick with over time. This is very important and not to be treated lightly. Many parents have in their mind what martial art style is best for their child. Either this is because they studied the same style or maybe they were given advice from a friend or saw something on television. If you push your child into doing something that they don't like, in the end the child will quit. From experience, we have seen that parents will ultimately lose patience having to drag an unenthusiastic child to and from martial arts classes one to two times per week.
Children's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classes
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for children is a physical & tactile martial art that focuses on wrestling type maneuvers designed to subdue a bully or an opponent safely, either on the play ground or in a tournament. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, we avoid being punched or kicked by taking our opponent's to the ground via a throw or wrestler's takedown. Once on the ground, an opponent who unfamiliar with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is helpless because they are restricted in their ability to move and the ground in a completely unfamiliar environment to them. This scenario has been proven to work in countless real life stories and televised adult no holds barred competitions.
Our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program is very popular. We have in excess of 150 junior BJJ students. Our children's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program is headed by the owner of the school, Sensei Gary Berger and his assistants Danyelle Berger & Peri Hardges. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a more modern art in comparison to other more traditional styles like Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Judo. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has become a very sought after martial art style all over the world ever since it was featured on television in the mid 90's. Master Berger has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to children since 1995, longer than any other known martial arts institution in Maryland.
Baltimore Martial Arts children's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program has a competition team that travels and competes in numerous tournaments along the east coast. For years, out Junior BJJ competition team has won numerous individual and team championships. Competition isn't for every child. We don't force anyone to compete if they don't want to. However for those children inclined to do so we offer this opportunity.
Children's Judo
Judo is mostly known for its throwing techniques and is an official Olympic sport. Many people don't know that Judo also has wrestling techniques, like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, however Judo typically places more emphasis on throwing versus wrestling. Judo is known as "The Gentle Way". This is because Judo emphasizes technique, not strength. Baltimore Martial Arts has a long history teaching children Judo. In fact, Charles Peters, the head Sensei of Baltimore Judo Club (a division of Baltimore Martial Arts), has been teaching children Judo since 1990. Judo is an Olympic sport taught throughout the world. Judo is very standardized so chances are that if your child leaned Judo somewhere else and you want them to continue learning Judo, they can do so at our dojo (school).
Many of our Children take both Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, This is because the two styles are more alike than different. The major difference between Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is that Judo emphasizes throwing techniques and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes wrestling (ground) techniques. The competition rules are also a bit different.
Children's Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do is a Korean style that specializes in striking. Like Judo, Tae Kwon Do is an Olympic sport. A Tae Kwon do practitioner spends a lot of time stretching, punching, kicking and doing forms. Forms are choreographed moves that a student practices by themselves. Forms develop muscular control, balance, conditioning and concentration. Master Gary Berger first learned Tae Kwon Do when he was 4 years old. The lessons he learned in Tae Kwon Do are carried with him and applied to many things that he does when teaching BJJ. Since Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu do not teach striking, several of our students are gravitated towards Tae Kwon Do for that reason. Power Rangers, Teenage Ninja Turtles and similar cartoons on television may help to contribute to this.
To learn more about our children's martial arts programs and/or to schedule a free consultation and free class, please call us at 410-465-7799. A professional consultant will help answer your questions and schedule your first visit to our school. We look forward to meeting you.


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The unique opportunity has arisen to purchase a lovely villa at a great price in the exceptionally desirable Casablanca Community, just meters from the beach and beachside promenade, within a 10 minute walk to restaurants, supermarkets, all amenities and the Marbella town. Presently, the only villa for sale boasting an 838m2 plot, 530m2 build and room to build more square meters, in the entire community. As is, this property is a great vacation home, or rental proposal, renting at €5,500 per week in high season. The villa can, also, have a second story added with sea views or be rebuilt into a new, modern villa of 335m2 + basement, with sea views, making it a great investment opportunity, given the last new, modern villa in the complex sold for upwards of €4,000,000. The villa is presently situated on one floor, with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms + guest toilet, an open plan kitchen with a large dining/living area, with fireplace, a large underground garage and unfinished basement. A pretty front and back porch, with a spacious pool and mountain view complete this wonderful villa which won't last long!
The famous 'Milla de Oro', Marbella's Golden Mile is probably the most sought after location on the Costa del Sol. The Golden Mile was the first established area with some of Marbella's prominent families as well as wealthy families from all over Europe; since the 60s The Golden Mile is the most exclusive area in Marbella. Due to its close proximity to the city centre and Puerto Banús, a choice of restaurants, amenities, the famous beach promenade with its charming chiringuitos and the famous hotels Marbella Club and Puente Romano the area is very popular with Spanish citizens looking for a holiday home as well as Northern Europeans; properties for sale in this area are quite limited, hence the demand has always been higher than the supply.
Availability upon agreement. This material is based upon information, which we consider reliable, but because third parties have supplied it, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete, and it should not be relied upon as such. This offering is subject to errors, omissions, and change of price or withdrawal without notice. Taxes, notary and registry fees must be paid by purchaser, the commission by the seller as stipulated by Spanish regulations.


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Our silent heros: We could not do it without your help. We would like to send a shout out to all of you who have generously given their business' time or money to support the City of Enoch Animal Shelter in 2011.
A special thank you goes to the following businesses and their patrons: Dr. Kelly Esplin and staff, Dr. Steve Thinnes and Staff, IFA Country Store, Urban Dawgz, Nail Biz, Midvalley Pizza, Second Glance, Toadz and Paw Spa.
You have made it possible for the animal shelter to sustain and care for the health and well being of the many animals that have filled our facility. It is a crisis of grave proportion.
No doubt the poor economy has contributed to so many animals being abandoned. We are happy to report that with your help we have been able to successfully meet our general operating expenses, saving the lives of many animals.
Last but not least we would like to recognize our "Silent Heros" hard working behind the scenes: Animal Control Officer Christine Johnson, Sasha Turner, Crystal Drake, Gail Gookin, Police Chief Jackson Ames, Mayor Robert Rasmussen and Enoch City Council. In addition are the following helpers at the shelter: Melyssa Ova, Gary Day, Tyler Blancharo, and Stephanie Brown.
Last but not least we would like to introduce to you our new poster puppy for Enoch City Animal Shelter. Cali is a nine month old terrier mix.
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Addvice Column
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Dear anonymous Addvice Column advice giver--
This crazy thing happened last weekend, and now I don't know what to do, and everyone's watching me to see what I do. It's so awful how people are paying attention to me. Let me tell you the entire story.
I work at a coffee shop, and evidently I am an attractive and easily stalkable 25-year-old girl. I do happen to only weigh 90 pounds, though, so I look like a teenager. But that part doesn't matter, I just wanted you to have the full image in your head. So there's me, 90 pounds, very skinny, and I have tattoos.
So anyway, on Friday some guy showed up at the coffee shop and told me his friend was madly in love with me. "Is that friend you?" I asked him knowingly. "No," he said. He described his friend to me and said I might have seen him lurking around the coffee shop, possibly staring at me while putting too many sugars into his water, but I couldn't place him. Anyway, this guy asked if I would come eat sushi with him and his "friend", and some more of their friends, he promised me there would be girls, on Saturday. He assured me that it was nothing creepy or anything like that, so I said yes.
Now, I told all of my co-workers, and they all seemed to think it was pretty sketchy, so I called him back. (the guy who came to the coffee shop, that is, not the guy who likes me. We'll call him Guy 1. We'll get to the guy who likes me in a minute. If there even IS another guy!) Guy 1 reassured me that it was not anything to be weirded out about, it's just that his friend had been talking about me a lot, and he wanted to surprise him by getting me to show up at their otherwise-uneventful sushi outing. My doubts satisfied, I agreed again to be there.
I arrived on Saturday at the sushi bar and joined them at their table. Guy 1 was there, and on his left was Guy 2, the skinny, bony red-headed guy who fit the description I was given of this mysterious "friend" who had a crush on me. I was mildly impressed with him, because he looked like he weighed perhaps only 20 pounds more than me. Next to Guy 2 was a girl who turned out to be Guy 1's girlfriend, and next to her was Guy 3, who was much more attractive than Guy 2, and wasn't with a girl, but for some reason didn't have a crush on me. And, finally, there was Guy 4, another redhead, but larger, more gorilla-like. Not my type. Forget about him. I just want you to see the full picture.
My arrival at this table was quite momentous, and about the most awkward thing that's ever happened to me. Guy 1 introduced me as his "friend" to the group. Most of them smiled cautiously at Guy 2 instead of introducing themselves. Guy 2 looked utterly shocked and speechless, and couldn't seem to make eye contact with me.
We talked about various subjects but could never really settle on anything interesting, and nobody brought up the elephant in the room. Guys 1 and 3 kept directing all of their comments at either me or Guy 2, trying to keep us at the center of the conversation as much as possible. The girl was overly casual and sarcastic, and made it clear that she was not threatened by my presence, but was in no way interested in making me comfortable either. There was really nothing to do but keep drinking and hope for the best.
Finally, at long last, we were all drunk.
Guy 1 demanded of his other friends, "wasn't I right to bring her here? I mean, how long has he been talking about this girl?"
"At least a year!" said Guy 3.
"Not a year," said Guy 2, embarrassed. He blushed every time he looked at me.
"Long enough," said Guy 3.
I didn't know what to say.
And it sort of doesn't matter, because I got drunk enough that I don't remember any of what I did say. But I know that eventually the ice did break, or perhaps slowly melted away into something more penetrable. By the time we left the restaurant we were all able to laugh about the awkwardness. And for some reason we decided to move the party to Guy 1 and the girl's house.
I don't remember how I ended up the sole passenger in Guy 2's car when there were at least two other cars going there, but I'm sure I have everyone else to blame.
Guy 2 and I arrived at the house in one piece, but we didn't get out of the car. Unfortunately, this is the part I remember most.
In the car, he began to tell me things. He told me that he'd had a crush on me ever since he saw me singing to a punk song that was playing in the coffee shop. He liked punk. He liked my tattoos. He liked anarchy. He thought his friend was out of place to do what he'd done, but was glad to get to meet me. He told me he was bullied in high school, that he was a virgin, that he'd questioned his sexuality before, and that he was not religious but did believe in "destiny". Then he laughed and said no, he didn't believe in destiny.
I told him that I like punk too.
He called me the next day but I didn't answer, because my phone didn't recognize the number. Okay so I'm not actually sure it was him, but surely it was him!
He really doesn't interest me at all, but given that he's obsessed with me, and believes in destiny, it makes me think, what if there really IS destiny? I mean, for us to have met this way, it just seems poetic. I would be shooting myself in the foot if I didn't at least give it a chance. Right?
I can't wait for your advice. I really need it this time, much more than that time when I wrote to you about which point in the movie Transformers 2 I should go pee during. I never received your response, but it turned out to be so gripping that I'm really glad I didn't miss any of it. I assume that was your plan all along.
Please write me back on this one, though.
Yours truly,
Skinny girl with tattoos.


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 901617, 15 pages
Synthesis and Gene Silencing Properties of siRNAs Containing Terminal Amide Linkages
1Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali, Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
2Dipartimento di Chimica Farmaceutica e Tossicologica, Università "Federico II," Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Received 10 December 2013; Accepted 23 January 2014; Published 26 March 2014
Academic Editor: Daniela De Stefano
Copyright © 2014 Maria Gaglione et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The active components of the RNAi are 21 nucleotides long dsRNAs containing a 2 nucleotide overhang at the 3′ end, carrying 5′-phosphate and 3′-hydroxyl groups (siRNAs). Structural analysis revealed that the siRNA is functionally bound at both ends to RISC. Terminal modifications are considered with interest as the introduction of chemical moieties interferes with the 3′ overhang recognition by the PAZ domain and the 5′-phosphate recognition by the MID and PIWI domains of RISC. Herein, we report the synthesis of modified siRNAs containing terminal amide linkages by introducing hydroxyethylglycine PNA (hegPNA) moieties at 5′, and at 3′ positions and on both terminals. Results of gene silencing studies highlight that some of these modifications are compatible with the RNAi machinery and markedly increase the resistance to serum-derived nucleases even after 24 h of incubation. Molecular docking simulations were attained to give at atomistic level a clearer picture of the effect of the most performing modifications on the interactions with the human Argonaute 2 PAZ, MID, and PIWI domains. This study adds another piece to the puzzle of the heterogeneous chemical modifications that can be attained to enhance the silencing efficiency of siRNAs.


text: Despite strong opposition from Governor LePage, both the House and Senate have approved the supplemental budget.The budget makes some cuts to the general assistance welfare program but LePage doesn't think it cuts enough.The governor's original proposal called for more significant cuts to the General Assistance welfare funding as well as other cuts, like eliminating funding for Maine Public Broadcasting.The budget that eventually passed unanimously by the Appropriations Committee got rid of many of the Governor's proposals, or drastically reduced the cuts he wanted to make. "We rolled up our sleeves and made the best of it and decided we had to turn it into what it should be," said Senator Dawn Hill, a Democrat from York, who is also a member of the Appropriations Committee. LePage had some harsh words for the budget that overwhelmingly passed the House and unanimously passed the Senate. "I cannot put my signature on a bill that largely ignores welfare reform," LePage said. "I have major concerns about the overspending in the General Assistance welfare program. This budget keeps Maine on the same path it's been on for 40-years and I will not be held hostage and forced to sign a budget that is irresponsible."Friday, Hill fired back at LePage and defended the work of the Appropriations Committee. "It's hardly irresponsible, we worked for weeks on it," she said. "We negotiated back and forth. We came up with all kinds of creative solutions and then tried to find the best that worked for everyone."Hill points out that lawmakers approved the creation of a working group whose job will be finding solutions that will make Maine's General Assistance welfare system sustainable. "So they're in the trenches. They know what the problems are and the changes that can be made," she said. "And I think what their recommendations in the end will make it sustainable. They'll find cost containment and better ways to deliver the services."Democrats were not alone in disagreeing with the governor. Speaker of the House Robert Nutting also applauded the budget, saying it's a good start toward getting the state where it needs to be. "I don't think it's irresponsible," Nutting said. "I think this is the 6th budget that's come out of the Appropriations Committee with a unanimous report and passed overwhelmingly in both chambers."Nutting says the working group will help lawmakers determine whether the General Assistance welfare system is sustainable or not. He also says lawmakers are concerned that deep cuts to the system could shift costs on to municipalities. "Is it unsustainable? I'm not sure. But it's a serious impact on the local communities property taxes if, when we fix it, we don't fix it right," Nutting said. "We don't always get everything we want around here. We're headed in the right direction. I hope the governor appreciates that. I think he very well may, but I think he's upset he didn't get everything he wanted."


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#OccupyStateDept huge success! Let's build towards November 6th!
Late Thursday night close to 50 people descended on the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. We were there for one reason: #OccupyStateDept.
It was the eve of the final State Department public hearing on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and news was breaking about the corrosive influence that big oil and TransCanada were having on the State Department's deliberative process. We had heard reports from other hearings across the country that big corporations and their front groups were bussing in people, paying line-sitters, and skirting the rules to try to dominate the hearing process.
It was clear that Big Oil was once again going to try to flood the political process, using their financial muscle to drown out the voices of people across the country who oppose this disastrous pipeline. So we decided if Big Oil was going to try to flood this process, we would occupy it.
As we've seen with Occupy demonstrations across the country, the act of simply claiming space can be very powerful and draw to light critical issues with our political process. So we would #OccupyStateDept starting the night before the hearing and hold spots in line to ensure indigenous, faith and environmental leaders from across the country could testify.
On Thursday night we set-up. Around 50 of us. George Mason's Environmental Action Group came out in force and with food for 40, so we prepared to settle in and get ready for the long night ahead. But it wasn't as easy as we hoped. First security came and told us that though this was a public building we weren't allowed to be there. We explained that we had checked with the building in advance and had been told the building was open and that we could line up. So then they sent in the Department of Homeland Security... over a dozen officers stormed into the area where we were sitting, and demanded we leave. Again we asserted our right to be there. We were determined, and after lots of negotiation with the police our right to be in the building was upheld and we were told that we were allowed to stay for the night!
So once again we settled in, telling stories of our organizing efforts, and hashing plans for the future. We unrolled our sleeping bags, and caught glimpses of sleep.
And in the morning, it all became worth it. As hundreds of people started lining up, many of them lobbyists for oil companies and other big corporations, we held the first 45 of 50 speaking slots, and had many more down the line.
The result: incredible testimony from courageous people across the country standing up: indigenous leaders, faith leaders, ranchers, former generals, olympic athletes, youth leaders and more. For the first 3 hours of the hearing we heard incredibly moving testimony on the multitudes of reasons to reject this pipeline.
And we were heard. Not just in the hearing room, but around the world. Bloomberg News reported that "TransCandada Pipeline Foes to Camp Out Before U.S. Hearing. And Huffington Post, Reuters, The Guardian, AP, LA Times and more covered our efforts.
Our actions are having a major impact. Last Friday the frontpage story on CNN.com was called Environmental 'gut check time' for Obama? and chronicled Energy Action Coalition Co-Director Courtney Hight's journey from the Obama campaign to White House staffer to joining over 1200 getting arrested in front of the White House. The top story on Google News for a number of hours was a story on Environmentalists Joining The 'Occupy Wall Street' Fray, and the Washington Post reported on all these actions (including the great youth-led rally in St. Louis" to say the Keystone XL pipeline becomes a political headache for White House. We're forcing the issue with the administration and bringing it to light for the American public. As our movement grows, and works more with Occupy Wall Street, I can't wait to see what happens.
The next big day for the Tar Sands Action: November 6th. We're trying something never done before: encircling the White House to call on President Obama to reject the pipeline. RSVP and invite your friends!
Danielle Simms heads into the hearing (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)
Ethan Nuss: "I stood in line 14 hours to testify today, and a month ago I sacrificed my civil liberties to participate in a peaceful sit-in at the White House, and was arrested for those actions. I did this because my future is at stake. The future of my generation rests with today's State Department." (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)
Whit, Christine and Maura outside the hearing (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)
Crowds rally outside the Reagan Building (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)
Kandi Mossett of the Indigenous Environmental Network speaking at the #OccupyStateDept rally (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)
Quentin James, National Director of the Sierra Student Coalition, fires up the crowd at the #OccupyStateDept rally (Video by: ishcfolkfan)


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We are both well aware of the fundamentals of Sikh teaching that reiterate equality for men and women, and so forth. That's not where this essay begins.
We were passing the time talking about this and that, and about March 8 that was commemorated over the world as "Women's Day", when our thoughts turned to how young Sikhs view their mates these days.
Naturally, for starters, we went on to peruse the "Matrimonials" in the ethnic press, and also talked to a few young Sikhs of both sexes.
What flabbergasted us was how many young men look for "China dolls," and how many young women, otherwise dedicated Sikhs, opt for the "clean-shaven" look. Sometimes they even hunt for a "clean-shaven gursikh". Admittedly, there are very few ads that are quite so moronic, but to us it remains a classic oxymoron, like labelling someone a God-fearing atheist.
It seems that many young Sikh keshadhari males feel undesired and rejected, by their Sikh women counterparts. Not a desirable place to be for a growing young man, we thought.
Equally disturbing is the other side of the spectrum. "Saabat soorat" gursikh women (especially the ones that don a dastaar) have trouble finding matches, although they are not so vocal about it and don't often publicly decry Sikh men's craving for Bollywood models or look-alikes for their wives.
In this litany of how skewed is our thinking in such matters, one must add the undeniable fact that in our culture, for a woman the probability of finding a spouse, if she is divorced or has a child, is infinitesimally small.
Go to any function in any gurdwara and there is no way to escape the continual hum of conversation that permeates the assemblage, men and women, but largely emanates from the women.
This kind of rumination brought us to the question: what exactly is the place of the mother in a family beyond carrying the fetus for the necessary gestational period? What is the meaning of responsible parenting?
For a baby, we would think it takes more than keeping one end full and the other end dry, and as the baby grows, it means more than providing the right sex- and age- specific toys - from a Barbie doll or an iPod to a BMW.
We were intrigued by the Jewish maxim that any child born of a Jewish mother is by definition a Jew, irrespective of the father's religious affiliation, or the circumstances in which the child was conceived or born. (This is not the position in all of Judaic thought. For the Orthodox, marrying outside their tradition is not accepted and may result in shunning by the community.)
The idea of matrilineal transmission of Jewish faith most likely emerged from the never easy and contentious existence of the Jews. In their history of long-standing persecution, fatherhood was not always clearly established, and the child unquestionably remained a mother's responsibility.
This is vital particularly in view of the fact that some Orthodox Jewish religious practices are heavily loaded in favour of patriarchy. For example, remember that a minyan (quorum required to conduct a communal religious service) consists of ten men; nine men and one woman would not do.
Keep in mind also that, in some Jewish practices, a woman undergoes a ritual purification every month after her menstrual period, and may not attend religious services during that time.
[We need to add that mainstream Judaism accepts women as full partners without any of these caveats.]
Yet, the belief that the mother is the primary element in defining the faith of a newborn is recognition of her central place. Why? Because, since the dawn of our existence, men have often been somewhat absentee fathers, even if it was only as hunters-gatherers. The human newborn is entirely helpless at birth and dependent on the mother for survival.
Even though not universally accepted in Jewish belief and practice, the dictum that a Jewish woman's child is a Jew recognizes the pivotal place of the mother in the life of a child. It says that even if a Jewish woman marries outside her faith, or the child is of uncertain paternity, she is duty-bound to raise it as a Jew. In fact, the non-Jewish parent then is adding to the richness of the gene pool of the Jewish people. Furthermore, this attitude doesn't isolate the Jewish people from their neighbours of other faiths.
The Sikhs, as we see it, have evolved a very confusing set of parameters in the matter of raising a child. Whereas the responsibilities of a Sikh mother in raising a Gursikh child are critically noticed, her rights are invariably diminished.
In spite of the undeniably equal place that our doctrine provides women, our culture has always been an extreme patriarchy. Perhaps the reasons were socioeconomic, in a community that was largely agrarian until only a generation or two ago.
To a farming people, as many Sikhs still are, landholdings are the key to survival and prosperity. Thus, practices developed to reject alliances and cultural models wherein familial land would get divided over generations. Progressively smaller holdings guaranteed a downward economic spiral.
So a culture evolved in which the bride married into the family of the groom, and automatically adopted the new lifestyle, even the religion of the groom. Often she was also renamed by the groom and his family. She was given a reasonable dowry at marriage by her parents and, in turn, relinquished any claims to family property or land thereafter.
It was as if at marriage a bride sundered all ties to her birth family. This model remains operational even today, even though it is now considerably strained and attenuated.
In this simplified narrative, the bride's existence, though extremely busy in her new joint-family, was considerably simplified. If her husband and his family were good Sikhs, she adopted good Sikh practices; if they practiced a mixed lifestyle, so did she and her children.
In this male-dominated Sikh existence, women developed few independent voices; consequently, we have written women out of our historical narrative and religious practices. We point to the fact that women are not allowed to perform kirtan at the premier Sikh historical gurdwaras, including the Harmandar Sahib at Amritsar.
They are only fleetingly and minimally mentioned in history. Their voices are rarely if ever heard in matters of gurdwara management, pretty much anywhere in the world. They are visible in gurdwaras as silent (even distracting) spectators or busy preparing the langar, never as equal partners.
We illustrate our concerns by two telling examples.
Many erudite writers insist that there were no women at the dramatic Vaisakhi of 1699 where the Khalsa identity was forged. On the other hand, we doubt that the crowd of 80,000 at that time was largely or entirely devoid of women.
Two professors of Sikh Studies have argued that the Sikh Code of Conduct (Rehat Maryada) is not applicable to women, and they may cut their hair.
We think that the Rehat Maryada seems silent or ambiguous on the place of women because of the cultural realities from which we have not yet emerged. There is no logical or sensible reason for such selective myopia in interpreting Sikh doctrine or teaching.
Also, over the past fifty years, Bollywood has increasingly come to define our social existence and cultural norms. If Sikh men lust for China dolls, the women, too, look at clean-shaven hunks as their ideal beaus.
Remember that we are perhaps the last of the generation of Sikhs who learned the rudiments of Sikhism by listening to the parables of Sikhi from our mothers and grandmothers.
Now, as the world turns, times are a-changing. Women are increasingly finding a fulfilling and progressively equal place and powerful voice in secular society, but not in Sikh institutions or religious practices. The Sikh ethos remains defined in the time-honoured cultural mindset and argot that denies a woman's identity, quite contrary to all the doctrinal teaching and its spiritual import.
Over the years, we have known many Sikh families where only one parent - either the mother or the father, but not both - was deeply attached to Sikhi. It seems that the probability of the children remaining connected to Sikhi is greater when it is the mother rather than the father who alone has such ties that can be passed on to the next generation.
We Sikhs, by our cultural and tribal mores, don't even see the symbolism in the Jewish act of claiming as a Jew every child born to a Jewish woman.
The result: We have brought forth a generation of Sikh men and women who have a vague and ill-defined connection to Sikhi, and conflicting ideas of what it means to be a Sikh.
We have diminished and ignored what it means to be a Sikh wife and mother.
By participating in large-scale female foeticide, we have attempted to eliminate Sikh daughters.
By forcing arranged marriages on to the ones that survive, we repress their sense of self and spiritual relationship with the Guru that they should carry forth to their children.
By engaging in honour killings, we try to terrify the rest of them into submission and slavery or else...
One or more of these practices take place in scattered pockets of the community even though they are unequivocally prohibited by Sikh doctrine.
Where, then, are we going to find Sikh women of the next generation?
We happily add a postscript.
There are some spirited souls who are carving a new niche as liberated Gursikh women of the 21st century, but largely outside the ambit of our gurdwaras. You see them as film producers, writers, youth camp organizers, artists and even human rights activists. They seem to be creating the impetus of a new enlightenment and the power of feminine liberation.
To us the moral is clear:
Rights and responsibilities must coexist. A house divided ... or at war within ... cannot stand.


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HTC celebrates the arrival of HTC Sensation in Singapore, the dual-core smartphone running on Google Android 2.3.3 and awesome hardware specs.
Party aside if you have been following our facebook, we had a quick hands-on with the phone. More after the jump
Our hands-on experience with the HTC Sensation was sensational, a gratification of senses to our mobile experience. The exterior is a unibody aluminium construct that feels sturdy and light on your hands, weighing a mere 148 grams. At the front, we have a 4.3 inch display capable of qHD resolution (960×540 pixels) which looks visually stunning.
At the back, we see a dual LED flash and a 8-megapixel camera with auto-focus and the ability to record 1080p video. The design is unique as it has a curved back and edges, making the Sensation comfortable to hold. There are also stereo mics for video, along with the speaker and further mics for noise-cancelling in-call at the back.
On the top, we have the 3.5mm audio jack and the power/sleep button. On the right of the earpiece is a VGA front facing camera while on the other side houses the sensors. Beside the speaker grille is an indicator LED light that flashes when you have a message or a status indicator when the phone is charging.
On the left side of the phone is the volume rocker and microUSB slot while the right side is clean surface. The bottom of the phone has a little groove for you to pry open and reveal the internals. No HDMI port was found on the phone though which was a little disappointment.
The innards powering the phone is amazing, this smartphone is a beast. HTC Sensation is powered by a dual-core 1.2Ghz processor with 768MB RAM and 1GB internal storage, expandable to 32GB with the help of a microSD card. The phone runs on Google's Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread operating system with a twist of HTC Sense 3.0 interface.
The phone is availabe today in Singapore at a price of S$838 (without contract), it can also be found across all telco operators at varying contract prices.


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During the 1999 summer term a class of 34 Year 3 and 4 pupils at Mappleborough Green C. of E. Primary School took part in a design and technology project to design and make a mechanised model of a mini-beast. The following assignment describes and evaluates the planning, delivery and results of this activity.
The scheme of work for design and technology at Mappleborough Green School is based around termly units of work. Each unit is holistic and contains a range of related activities that direct pupils towards producing a product for a specific purpose. Units provide a focus upon specific materials and components, and are designed to develop the pupils' design and technology capabilities through a range of focused practical tasks, activities in which they investigate, disassemble and evaluate simple products and a concluding assignment in which they design and


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Mariah Carey took the stage in New York on Saturday (Jul13) after injuring herself on the set of her latest music video the previous week.
Mariah Carey may have been suffering from a dislocated shoulder, but the singing sensation was determined the show must go on over the weekend when she performed at a concert in Central Park to help raise money for the victims of hurricane Sandy.
Mariah Carey on stage in Central Park, New York
According to reports, Carey who put on a stunning performance, was sure to let the audience know how she was feeling throughout the night.
Arriving 5 minutes late to the stage, Carey greeted the audience by saying: "I'm not in the best of health here".
Mariah wore a white fur stole to cover her recent injury
Later she told fans: "This requires more stability than I have right now". And upon returning from the interval she revealed: ""I'm in a tiny bit of pain".
But despite her discomfort, she battled through the show and looked stunning while doing so. Ever the fashionista Carey matched her sling to her gowns, which include a white fur stole and a black feather creation.
Mariah also used balck feathers to hide her sling
Carey's sang many of her hits including included My All and Looking In, she also performed her latest single #Beautiful.


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1.5 Income and consumption (FAO)
Food Consumption and Food Security Statistics derived from Household Surveys
Ongoing methodological work:
• Methodological work focuses on revising and updating the basic parameters for the estimation of food deprivation; in tandem, a suite of food security indicators will be compiled using data available from crop and household surveys. The methodology will be shared with national statistical organizations to enable them to estimate the level of food deprivation as defined by the Millennium Development Goals (indicator 1.9) at national and sub-national levels.
• Technical assistance is being provided to member countries through FAO's capacity building activities projects.
Priority objectives:
• Development of new approaches for food security indicators at national and sub national levels;
• Updates of country-specific food security information including related web-based publication;
• Capacity building on food consumption and security statistics, in particular as part of the Household Survey Programme:
2. Economic statistics (FAO)
2.4 Sectoral statistics (FAO)
2.4.1 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries (FAO)
Ongoing methodological work:
• FAO has developed, in cooperation with national governments and development partners, a Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (henceforward the "Global Strategy"); the Global Strategy was adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in February 2010. Global and regional implementation plans of the Global Strategy are being developed with the plan for Africa being finalized.
Priority objectives:
• Collect and compile subject-specific statistical modules, expand coverage, improve the quality and timeliness of data dissemination;
• Focus on the implementation of the Global Strategy, including related capacity building;
• Review of the key statistics of the domain on farm machinery and implements.
New work to be undertaken in 2011:
• Finalization of the Global Strategy and including the corresponding fund raising activities;
• Methodological Review of World Census of Agriculture 2000.
Meeting to be organized in 2011:
• Regional training on sampling techniques in Latin America, Near East, and Africa;
• Meeting with African Commission on Agricultural Statistics;
• Meeting of the FAO/OEA-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dissemination and coordination of data collection
Ongoing work:
• Dissemination programme for food and agriculture statistics via the FAOSTAT database, available at (http://faostat.fao.org). The FAO Statistical Yearbook consolidates FAO's agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics.
• Work to continue on the development of metadata on crops and livestock as well as price and resource statistics, which are integral part of all data disseminated by FAOSTAT.
• Major work to continue on upgrading and developing the webpage of FAO's Statistics Division http://www.fao.org/statistics/www.fao.org/corp/statistics/en/
Priority objectives:
• Publication of new estimates for the number and prevalence of undernourishment as well as other FAOSTAT data series.
Dissemination and coordination of data collection
Ongoing work:
• The dissemination programme for food and agriculture statistics via the FAOSTAT database available at (http://faostat.fao.org).
• The FAO Statistical Yearbook to consolidate FAO's agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics.
• Work to continue on the development of metadata on crops and livestock as well as prices and resources, which underlies the data disseminated by FAOSTAT.
• Major work to continue on upgrading and developing the webpage of FAO's Statistics Division http://www.fao.org/economic/statistics/
Priority objectives:
• Publication of new undernourished estimates and FAOSTAT data series.
Government expenditure on agriculture & Official Development Assistance to Agriculture (ODA), Capital Stocks and External Assistance to Agriculture
• Continued compilation of government expenditure on agriculture by sub-sectors of main activities, subsidies or taxes on agriculture, total government expenditures; updates of the database on capital stocks in agriculture and external assistance to agriculture.
Fishery statistics
Ongoing methodological work:
• Revision of CWP Handbook of fishery and aquaculture statistics, especially for the components of "aquaculture", "catch and effort data", "vessel related information", "social economic data" and "ecosystem information".
• Separation of small and large pelagic fish as well as separation of diadromous fish from fresh fish in estimation procedure of apparent food consumption of fish and fishery products.
• Development of guidelines and case studies for the implementation of Global Strategy, wrt. to the fishery and aquaculture sector.
Priority objectives beyond 2011:
• Establishing standard procedures and guidelines to monitor all aspects of fishery and aquaculture sector, in comparable way with other sectors' information.
• Disseminating global status of various aspects of fishery and aquaculture sector based on best available information to assist sustainable management of the sector.
• Continued improvement of the quality and timeliness of FAO-collated fishery statistics and information. Specific emphasis of this year includes re-construction of fleet statistics, re-designing capture and aquaculture production, and integration of catch statistics maintained by Regional Fishery Bodies in unified format.
• Coordination to enhance and update global standards for terminology, data requirement, and guideline for the purpose of monitoring of and supporting management for aquaculture and capture fishery sectors.
Ongoing work:
• Data collection, evaluation, analyses and dissemination of fishery related information - capture production, aquaculture production, commodities and trade, disposition, food-consumption of fishery products, fishers and fleets.
• Annual release of FAO Yearbook-Fishery Statistics for Capture Fisheries production, Aquaculture Production, Commodities and Apparent Consumption.
• On-line dissemination of statistics through FIGIS (Fisheries Global Information System, http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/en) together with software for database handling, data collection and analyses. Data and software are also available as complementary CD version. Substantial update of the statistics dissemination software (FishStat) is in process since 2009.
• On-line dissemination of statistical guidelines, standards, and classifications relevant to fisheries and aquaculture, together with fisheries and stock status information provided from international and regional fisheries bodies through partnership arrangement of FIRMS (Fisheries Resources Monitoring System).
• Technical assistance for fishery and aquaculture data collection and monitoring system development along the line with the Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries (Strategy-STF) and Strategy and Outline Plan for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Aquaculture (Strategy-STA).
New work to be undertaken in 2011:
• Retrieval and reconstruction of trade and commodities data prior to 1980.
• Assembling fleet information for evaluation of current status and recent trend of global fleets and fishing capacity.
• Collating and analyzing hatchery production data, stocking information and utilization of wild seeds, to describe the global status of fishery-aquaculture interaction and to establish monitoring standards in this aspect.
Meeting to be organized in 2011:
• The Inter-sessional Fishery Group meeting of Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP): July 2011, La Jolla, USA.
• Regional Workshop in identifying capacity building needs in fisheries statistics and data collection (Africa): April 2011, Tanzania
• Regional Workshop in identifying capacity building needs in fisheries statistics and data collection (South Pacific): to be decided
Forestry Statistics
Ongoing work:
• Annual release of forest products on-line statistical databases - production, trade and bilateral trade matrices, available at: http://faostat.fao.org/site/630/default.aspx
• Yearbook of Forest Products (1 volume), hardcopy and on-line version
• Complementary CD-Rom version, the database containing all FAOSTAT-Forestry statistics.
• Pulp and Paper Capacity Survey 2010-2015 (1 Volume), hardcopy and on-line version.
2.7 Prices (FAO)
Agricultural Producer Prices
New activities:
• The agricultural price domain redesigned with a new methodological database framework.
• The new domain will comprise new price concepts (e.g. consumer prices) with links different price datasets (e.g. input prices, output prices, trade unit values); this activity will include new derived indicators and value-chain analysis in agriculture.
• Expert Group on Cost of Production/Prices planned for March-June 2011.
3. Environment and multi-domain statistics (FAO)
3.2 Regional and small area statistics (FAO)
Sub-National Statistics
Ongoing work:
Sub-national codes:
• As part of the FAOSTAT updating process, incorporation of GAUL codes (Global Administrative Unit Layer) into various modules for users interested in working with sub-national data will be considered. See also: http://faostat.fao.org
3.4 Yearbooks and similar compendia (FAO)
Essential data series
The FAOSTAT Database and the FAO Statistical Yearbook consolidate agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics across 180 countries and territories from today back to 1962 - in close collaboration with national and regional statistical authorities. Over 70 data series on production, trade, prices, resources including land use, machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, food supply and utilization, and estimates of number of undernourished are maintained and updated according to a release calendar published. Likewise, statistical methods and standards, concepts and definitions on food and agriculture are maintained and made accessible online.
Agri-environmental/climate change statistics and indicators
Domain development activities for 2011:
• Undertake project on monitoring and assessing GHG emissions and mitigation potentials in agriculture;
• Development of an agri-environmental dataset for FAOSTAT;
• Development of a SEEA - Agriculture/rural development.
4. Methodology of data collection, processing, dissemination and analysis (FAO)
4.2 Classifications (FAO)
FAO has been cooperating closely with the UN Expert Group and Technical Subgroup on International Economic and Social Classifications and taking the lead in the work on classifications in agriculture by contributing its proposal for ISIC Rev 4.0 and CPC revisions. This resulted in more than twice the number of agricultural products included in the domain (from 260 in CPC v.1.1. to 550 in CPC v.2.0). Based on the CPC revision, collaboration was strengthened also with the World Customs Organization (WCO) and participation ensured in the review process of the Harmonized System (HS) 2012. FAO played a key role along with the European Environment Agency (EEA) and EUROSTAT in the development of standards for land use and land cover classifications in the revised UN Handbook of National Accounting - Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA), undertaken under the joint responsibility of the UN, European Commission, IMF, OECD and the World Bank. During 2011 FAO will continue its contribution to major international classifications with the purpose of better meeting the needs of statistics and related analyses in the areas of agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and food.
4.3 Data sources (FAO)
4.3.2 Business and agricultural censuses and registers (FAO)
World Census of Agriculture 2010
The FAO World programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010, providing guidelines for national agricultural censuses to be conducted in the decade 2006 - 2015 have been prepared and published. FAO has worked closely with UNECE in developing the relationship between the population and housing census and the agricultural census so that a common approach is included in both the Eurostat/ECE guidelines on Population and Housing Censuses and the FAO Programme. An advanced draft of the "Methodological Review -2000 World Census of Agriculture" is already available and will be published in 2011. FAO will continue its work on providing more information on national agricultural census methodologies through its Internet site:www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-data/ess-wca/wca-guidelines/en/.
5. Strategic and managerial issues of official statistics (FAO)
5.6 Co-ordination of international statistical work (FAO)
Coordination of International Statistical Work
• FAO is actively involved in the Wye City Group on Statistics on Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income.
• FAO leads the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP) to identify the statistical needs and develop standard concepts, definitions, classifications and methodologies of the collection and collation of fishery and aquaculture statistics.
• FAO leads the Inter-secretarial Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics (IWG).
Meetings in 2011:
• The Inter-sessional Fishery Group meeting of Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP): July 2011, La Jolla, USA.
5.7 Technical cooperation and capacity building programmes (FAO)
Technical Assistance
• Technical assistance will be provided through FAO's Technical Cooperation projects as well as through other external funded projects.


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Five years ago, after the Virginia Tech massacre, I wrote about various aspects of the difficult societal task of reducing violent acts. (I think it still holds up, if you're interested.)
While reporting that piece, I had a great conversation with Bill Woodward of the Center for the Study of Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado. The center compiles and analyzes research and practices, in hopes of providing empirical support for policy-makers.
During the interview, I got the impression that almost everything about violence prevention is ambiguous, unknown, or understudied. Ask about an approach, and you'll find that it either doesn't show any positive result, shows marginal results that may not be reproducable, or hasn't been measured in any serious way at all.
I asked Woodward whether there was anything that we know actually works. Oh, sure, he said -- there is one program that we absolutely know dramatically reduces violence (and other problems) over time. As I described it in that article, the program
...assigns a registered nurse to first-time at-risk mothers-to-be, to meet and discuss approaches to a healthy pregnancy and child-rearing over the course of two years.
It's called the Nurse Family Partnership, and it's been the subject of long-term tracking studies since the 1970s. In addition to all the short-term gains -- less child abuse and neglect, less need for government aid, increased school readiness, and so on -- the kids are less than half as likely to be arrested by age 20, and commit far less violence as juveniles.
A review of home-intervention methods
conducted last year found the Nurse Family Partnership far and away the
most effective in achieving measurable positive outcomes. As Woodward explained to me, the program has been studied enough to know what specific criteria are necessary. For example, it has to be an RN; it doesn't work with social workers. And it has to be the mother's first child.
Back in 2007, Woodward told me that the program was not expanding beyond the occasional trial here and there -- and the reason was simple: there's no political interest in funding something that doesn't show results for many years.
Well, today that's changing -- the Nurse Family Partnership is now operating in 40 states, and expects to serve more than 50,000 families by 2016.
That's mostly because of a $1.5 billion funding stream included in the Affordable Care Act -- aka ObamaCare -- for evidence-based home-visit programs.
Woodward was unaware of this development, when I spoke with him today -- but he was glad to hear it. He says there is increasing interest among policy-makers to use "evidence-based" programs, especially when a dollar figure benefit can be attached to it. A RAND Corporation study has estimated a $5.70 payback for every dollar invested in the Nurse Family Partnership; a new Washington State Institute for Public Policy study puts the number lower, but still more than two-to-one.
It would be folly, of course, to say that this or any social policy would prevent any specific act. But the evidence is very clear that, down the line, far fewer people will be harmed by violence if these programs are implemented.
Which, of course, they won't be if Mitt Romney and Congressional Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act, as they have


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FFA Banquet to be held on May 12
Savannah Howard
Shark Correspondent
The annual FFA Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 12 in the Cedar Key School auditorium to celebrate this year's achievements and memories.
Students will be recognized for their membership and participation in the FFA, as well as qualifying for various special awards such as Chapter scholar, citizenship awards, and career development contest awards, given to the students who participated in a contest throughout this school year.
Surrounded by nature's beauty, Cedar Key is the perfect place to see, experience and celebrate the water around us. The Old Florida Celebration of the Arts Committee recently announced that the theme for the 2017 Fine Arts Festival planned for April 8-9, 2017 will be "It's All About the Water."
By Tom Deverin
The Green Business of the Month for May 2016 is the Faraway Inn, owned by Oliver and Doreen Bauer since November 2000.
The facility was built in 1948 and is a great example of the post-World War II hospitality industry in Florida with a mix of well maintained free-standing cottages and attached rooms. The complex covers a half a city block, with a multitude of gardens and it fronts on Goose Cove for those great Cedar Key sunsets.
The commercial and recreational harvest of stone crab claws in Florida closes on Saturday, May 16, with the last day of harvest on Friday, May 15. Stone crab season will reopen on Oct. 15. This five-month closure occurs each year during the peak spawning season to help conserve and sustain Florida's valuable stone crab resource.
Commercially harvested stone crab claws may be possessed and sold during the closed season but only if they have been placed in inventory prior to May 16 by a licensed wholesale or retail dealer.
There are a lot of changes coming up and I just want to remind everyone of what's happening. And remember it is your responsibility to keep informed of the changes.
By Ashley Andresen
On Monday morning, Wild Hog Canoe and Kayak Race board members presented the Levy ARC with a check for the proceeds from the 39th annual Wild Hog race.
The event raised $20,400, up from $19,400 last year.
"Thanks for the opportunity to serve you," Wild Hog President Keith Maynard said at the presentation at the Levy ARC facilities. We love each one of y'all, he said.
The Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists along Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida.
In addition, one sample collected offshore of Dixie County in Northwest Florida contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
Fish kills and respiratory irritation were not reported in Southwest Florida over the past week.
The May Artist of the Month at the Cedar Keyhole is Joey Barkhouse. Joey creates fantasy fish out of driftwood, fan coral and other accoutrements.
She spent 15 years as a pointer of landscapes and undersea mammals, eventually returning to school at the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked as a senior designer for an ad agency, and retired to the Nature Coast. Joey spotted a piece of driftwood which looked like a fish and she was off and running with all of her energy and enthusiasm, creating fish of every size, color and shape.
Cedar KeyArs Center members who wish to remain in good standing are reminded one last time that if you have not renewed your membership at the Cedar Key Arts Center for the past 3-plus years, you might want to get on it. The group is trying to get the membership rosters in order and in order to receive newsletters and email notices dues must be paid.
Membership forms are available at the Arts Center at 457 2nd St., upstairs.
We hope that you will continue to support us by renewing your membership this year.
Retired Educators Meeting
The Levy/Gilchrist Retired Educators Association meets on the third Monday of every month at the Gathering Table in Chiefland with no June or July meeting. The meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch. Any retired educator from Gilchrist or Levy County is invited to attend.
Free Summer Yoga in Cedar Key
8-9:15 am Monday, Wednesday, Friday – Cedar Key Library. Yoga CDs are used for instruction and some experience is necessary.
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text: More than 200 members of the systems integration community converged in Dallas for the premier BuilConn Forum. The forum brought together manufacturers, dealers, contractors, and integrators to explore the benefits of total building systems integration. Members from the HVAC, security, lighting, access control, and IT communities were also present. The convergence of IT and building systems was discussed,