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Oscar Pistorius held his head in his hands and wept openly in court as prosecutors said they would pursue a charge of premeditated murder against the Paralympic superstar.
Pistorius was formally charged at Pretoria Magistrate's Court with one count of murder after his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a model and budding reality TV show participant, was shot multiple times and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in the predawn hours of Thursday (local time).
His family and management company have issued a statement saying the alleged murder is denied in the "strongest terms".
"Firstly, and most importantly, all our thoughts today must be with the family and friends of Reeva Steenkamp," the statement said.
"Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court here in Pretoria this morning formally charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. The alleged murder is disputed in the strongest terms.
"Oscar Pistorius has made history as an Olympic and Paralympic sportsman and has been an inspiration to others the world over.
"He has made it very clear that he would like to send his deepest sympathies to the family of Reeva.
"He would also like to express his thanks through us today for all the messages of support he has received - but as stated our thoughts and prayers today should be for Reeva and her family, regardless of the circumstances of this terrible, terrible tragedy."
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said in court it was premeditated murder, indicating the prosecution would file that more serious charge, upgraded from murder.
William Booth, a prominent defence lawyer from Cape Town, said this likely indicated police had evidence Pistorius planned the killing ahead of time.
He said the charge also made it more difficult for Pistorius to successfully apply for bail but it could be a challenge to get a conviction.
''It's quite difficult to prove that in a situation where there isn't a witness,'' he said. ''If I just plan it in my mind and I arrive at somebody's house and there's no witnesses and I shoot the person, it's really tough for the prosecution to show that planning.''
The double-amputee athlete's arrest and murder charge had already left South Africa stunned after the blonde-haired model's shooting death at Pistorius' house in a gated community in an eastern suburb of the South African capital, Pretoria.
Those who knew Pistorius, including a former girlfriend, weighed in on social media.
Trish Taylor, mother of Pistorius' ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor, wrote on Facebook: "I'm so glad Sammy is safe and out of the clutches of that man."
But another ex-girlfriend, Jenna Edkins, defended the accused man Tuesday on Twitter.
"All I am saying is let him speak, let his side be heard without jumping to conclusions," tweeted Jenna Edkins, an attractive, young blonde like all Pistorius' girlfriends. She offered "love and support" to the Pistorius family and tweeted: "I have dated Oscar on and off for 5 YEARS, NOT ONCE has he EVER lifted a finger to me or made me fear for my life."
Gianni Merlo, who co-authored the 2009 biography ''Blade Runner'' with Pistorius, said he had once driven out in the middle of the night to see his first love after a fight.
Pistorius crashed his car when he fell asleep behind the wheel, though Merlo said it showed his devotion.
However, he said Pistorius once threw a friend's girlfriend out of his house, prompting police to investigate and take him in for questioning.
''He explained that this was a kind of (plot) against him, planned against him,'' Merlo said.
Prosecutors said they would argue the history-making Olympic athlete - the first amputee to run at the games - had planned Steenkamp's killing. It sent South Africans reeling further as their national hero and a global role model for people in overcoming adversity was set to face accusations that he intentionally gunned down his girlfriend.
South Africa's tabloid Citizen newspaper had the headline "Blade gunner?" Friday morning, playing on double-amputee athlete Pistorius' well-known nickname of "Blade Runner" because of his carbon fiber running blades.
Pistorius stood with his face in his hands as he broke down in tears on his first appearance at the Pretoria Magistrates' Court. Chief Magistrate Desmond Nasir delayed Pistorius' bail hearing until next Tuesday and Wednesday and ruled that the 26-year-old Pistorius would be held at a police station in Pretoria until then. Police have said they oppose the granting of bail.
Pistorius had solemnly entered the court wearing a gray suit and blue tie and initially appeared composed. When he broke down in tears, his brother, Carl, reached out a hand and placed it on his shoulder. Pistorius' father, Henke, was in the court as was sister Aimee.
The hot courtroom that was jammed with more than 100 people, including numerous local and international journalists. More than 100 people packed into Courtroom C at the courthouse, including dozens of photographers and videographers but Nasir ruled that no recordings of court proceedings would be allowed in the case.
Police said an autopsy on the body of the victim was also taking place. Lt Col Katlego Mogale said the results of the autopsy would not be published.
Pistorius earlier left a police station, his jacket completely covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. He was holding what appeared to be a white handkerchief in one hand as he was led by officers to a police van outside the Boschkop Police Station in eastern Pretoria, where he had been questioned on Thursday and had spent the night in custody.
A policeman was also seen carrying a handgun in a plastic forensic bag outside the Boschkop station. It was believed to be the weapon used to shoot and kill Steenkamp.
Police said the victim was shot four times at Pistorius' villa in a gated community. Officers found a 9 mm pistol inside the home.
Pistorius made history at the London Olympics last year when he became the first double-amputee track athlete to compete at any games. He didn't win a medal but did make the semi-finals of the 400 metres and the final of the 4X400 relay, propelling the world's best-known Paralympian to the level of an international track star and one of the world's best-known sportsmen.
But police hinted at a troubled lifestyle away from public scrutiny for the runner when they said there had previously been domestic incidents at Pistorius' home.
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Chapter 26
The new munition plant was nearing completion. Situated on the outskirts of the
city, it spread over a vast area of what had once been waste land. Of the three
long buildings, two were already in operation and the third was well under way.
To Clayton Spencer it was the realization of a dream. He never entered the great
high-walled enclosure without a certain surprise at the ease with which it had all
been accomplished, and a thrill of pride at the achievement. He found the work
itself endlessly interesting. The casts, made of his own steel, lying in huge rusty
heaps in the yard; the little cars which carried them into the plant; the various
operatons by which the great lathes turned them out, smooth and shining, only to
lose their polish when, heated again, they were ready for the ponderous hammer
to close their gaping jaws. The delicacy of the work appealed to him, the
machining to a thousandth of an inch, the fastidious making of the fuses, tiny
things almost microscopic, and requiring the delicate touch of girls, most of whom
had been watchmakers and jewelry-workers.
And with each carload of the finished shells that left the plant he felt a fine glow
of satisfaction. The output was creeping up. Soon they would be making ten
thousand shells a day. And every shell was one more chance for victory against
the Hun. It became an obsession with him to make more, ever more.
As the work advanced, he found an unexpected enthusiasm in Graham. Here
was something to be done, a new thing. The steel mill had been long
established. Its days went on monotonously. The boy found it noisy, dirty, without
appeal to his imagination. But the shell plant was different. There were new
problems to face, of labor, of supplies, of shipping and output.
He was, however, reluctantly coming to the conclusion that the break with
Germany was the final step that the Government intended to take. That it would
not declare war.
However, the break had done something. It had provided him with men from the
local National Guard to police the plant, and he found the government taking a
new interest, an official interest, in his safety. Agents from the Military Intelligence
and the Department of Justice scanned his employment lists and sent agents into
the plant. In the building where men and women were hired, each applicant
passed a desk where they were quietly surveyed by two unobstrusive gentlemen
in indifferent business suits who eyed them carefully. Around the fuse
department, where all day girls and women handled guncotton and high-
explosive powder, a special guard was posted, day and night.
Early in March Clayton put Graham in charge of the first of the long buildings to
be running full, and was rewarded by a new look in the boy's face. He was almost
startled at the way he took it.
"I'll do my very best, sir," he said, rather huskily. "If I can't fight, I can help put the
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A SCOTS activist has described the moment he saw an Israeli military dog bite a man in the stomach aboard the Gaza aid flotilla last week.
• Scottish activist Theresa McDermott tells the press how people's faces were 'pushed into the deck' during the Israeli attack on the aid convoy Picture: Dan Phillips
Ali El-Awaisi, 21, was one of five Scots aboard the six vessels that attempted to break the Israeli blockade of the region and were stopped by commandos.
Nine activists were killed when the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara was boarded by Israeli forces and Mr El-Awaisi, from Dundee, said he saw five bodies when he left the vessel.
Israel said its soldiers acted in self-defence when attacked by those on the ship and claimed to be within its rights to search the flotilla for weapons that could be smuggled into Gaza.
Speaking yesterday after being deported by Israel, Mr El-Awaisi said: "None of us has seen blood like that in our lives. It was a massacre. We were victims of their crime. I saw with my own eyes a dog bite this guy in the stomach. They're trained to kill.
"The soldiers took everything off me except my underwear. I would ask for water and they would smack me with the gun. They would not even let us go to the toilet. They didn't care at all.
"They offered me a bacon sandwich and I'm a Muslim and they were laughing at me."
Mr El-Awaisi vowed to return to Gaza if he could, and said his work was unfinished after trying to deliver 40,000 in aid from Dundee to the people of Gaza.
Fellow activist Hassan Nowar-ah, 45, said he had been between all the vessels in the flotilla and was aboard the ship named "8000" when it was raided.
The father-of-four, from Bearsden in Glasgow, said a young soldier had hit an 83-year-old activist and Mr Nowarah said he responded by pushing the soldier. He was then hit on the back and hit three or four times with an M16 rifle.
He said: "We were taught to defend, don't attack the Israelis, just be an object in front of them. There were 45 people on the ship and 50 soldiers came aboard."
Theresa McDermott, 43, from Edinburgh, was aboard the Challenger 1 and said they tried to challenge the soldiers verbally and tried to negotiate. She said: "I have never seen that level of violence used against internationals before. Two women were holding on to ladders to prevent soldiers reaching journalists on top of the ship, and they were dragged off and had their faces pushed on to the deck. Even when we were deported they were shouting and being aggressive to us."
The operation against the flotilla has drawn fierce international condemnation, seriously damaged Israeli ties with Turkey, and brought heavy pressure to lift the three-year-old closure of Gaza. All the Scots activists said they would return to Gaza if they could.
An Islamic charity yesterday released photos of Israeli commandos wounded in the deadly raid on Mavi Marmara. Several of the images, taken by an unidentified person aboard the ship, show an Israeli soldier surrounded by people aboard the Turkish-flagged vessel.
The photos were released by the Turkish activist group IHH, which is outlawed in Israel. According to IHH, the Israeli soldiers were hurt while storming the ship in confrontations with activists aboard, and were later returned to other Israeli troops who boarded the ship.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the images "shows that our boarding party in fact did face deadly violence from the hardcore Islamist activists on the boat from the fundamentalist IHH movement".
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The recall is part of a worldwide campaign that affects 1.9 million of the latest generation Prius models built between January 2009 and February 2014.
Toyota says the recall will involve a one-hour software upgrade to reduce the chance of overheating in the transistors within the hybrid system.
A Toyota Australia spokeswoman said the failures may ?cause certain transistors within the hybrid system to experience high thermal stress? and that ?transistors could deform or become damaged resulting in the vehicle entering a fail-safe mode?, whereby engine power would drop unexpectedly.
In the worst case scenario the ?hybrid system may shut down? stranding the vehicle, potentially in a dangerous situation.
Toyota says there have been no warning lights or failures on Priuses sold in Australia, but that 450 owners worldwide had experienced the issue, which led to the global recall campaign.
While the larger Prius V and more upmarket Lexus CT200h share the same engine as the regular Prius, Toyota says the recall will not affect those models.
?While the hybrid system is similar [in the CT200h and Prius V], the vehicle configuration and powertrain have slight differences,? the spokeswoman said.
Owners of affected Prius models will be contacted by mail in coming weeks.
Toyota says any cars displaying warning lights should be returned to dealerships immediately.


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I took an 11 hour overnight Greyhound bus, with 2 Aussies called Jo and Joe and an English girl, strangely enough, also called Jo, so I had no problem remembering names this time. It was a nonstop smooth ride with no problems, until that is, we arrived at USA immigrations. It was around 2am, and we were all a little groggy as we filed in line and explained why we were carrying leftover soup, carrots, onions and some leftover rum from the Australia Day festivities. We were let through and our nice friendly white driver from Canada was replaced by a big fat ole black girl with an attitude problem.
Damn did she have attitude. Crikey. We had returned to the bus and found our sleeping positions that we spent the last few hours in. We got comfortable and ready for the rest of the long drive. We pulled out and 2 minutes later, the bus stopped again and this nasty black chick with attitude comes storming down the aisle. She kicked my feet and told me not to take up 2 seats each. THERE WERE ABOUT 11 PEOPLE ON THE 100 SEATER BUS! The seats weren't being used. We had 4 hours until we were due to arrive in Chicago and were determined to get some sleep. We asked if there was anyone else getting on, and she said no. Then we said well why can't we lie down and sleep, the last driver let us sleep. She says 'oh, yo'all in the USA now and y'all gotta go by my rules or get y'o asses ofa mai bussssss'. She says!
What the hell!?
When she asks for our tickets and we told her the last driver checked them when we got on. She wanted to see them again, so we handed them over and she scrutinized every detail. I fish my ticket out and then lie back down. She says 'What I just gone told you bout sleepin!?'.
This is just insane! Its not like she is flying a plane, it's the damn Greyhound bus for Christ sake!
She eventually gets her fat authoritative ass up into the 'pilots' seat and grinds us towards Chicago.
Welcome to the USA. God I hate this place.
We all wanted to be kicked off and turned back to Canada. What's wrong with this country? They have a serious attitude problem. They are all on some crazy power trip and the four of us pondered it together for the next few days as every person we met was on some power high, and ordering us about. The 4 of us were furious at this strange country and its even stranger people while we wandered around cold and windy Chicago.
We found a strict hostel in Chicago and after checking in, we took ourselves on a self guided walking tour around town. We visited the koolest sculpture/piece of art ever. It was a giant reflective chrome bean. Polished to perfection, the bean reflected the city in a distorted kind of way. It was brilliant. Big enough to walk underneath, and look up at the distorted reflections.
We found the Ice rink, but with temperatures well below freezing, decided it was way too cold to even try, plus, I was still badly bruised from my attempt at ice skating in Montreal, so it was probably for the best that we skipped it.
We continued walking along the main road, admiring the spectacular city skyline, in a way, it was like a miniature New York. Very pretty.
Further down the road, we got chatting and remembered that the Jerry Springer and Oprah shows are filmed in Chicago. A few questions to the locals and we soon located the NBC Studios. Arriving just in time for the filming, and lucky for us - there were 4 places left. We had to sit in the aisle and wait 2 hours. But it was the Springer show with the trashiest topic ever!
There was a fight, a baby, drugs, prostitution, a 17 year old girlfriend, the mothers and a whole lot of screaming, scratching and broken chairs. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen. They couldn't tell us when it would air, so just look for me in the aisle every time you watch Springer.
Chicago was very very cold. As we explored the city we were forced to run from building to building in order to stay warm. We made it back to the hostel and found that they were having a Japanese Cultural night. We were the first names on the list. Boy was that a mistake. After signing up to the cultural night, we got some more information. The night was being hosted by a bunch of local kids from a school for underprivileged kids. They had spent the semester learning about Japan and their final exam was to come to this hostel and prepare a 3 course meal for any suckers that volunteered to be the guinea pigs. That was us.
We were served up a dinner of Sushi, Miso Soup, Teriyaki Beef and Green Tea. The room was split into tables of 6. All the backpackers that signed up were split up and placed at tables full of kids from the learning difficulties school. I was really looking forward to sitting at a table with a bunch of local kids and telling them about Australia and finding out about life in Chicago.
I was placed at a table with an insanely obese 15 year old Puerto Rican girl and her sidekick friend. I asked them what they had learnt about Japan during their semester studying the country, this being the final celebration dinner. They both said in unison 'nuffin' I said, 'Well you studied it for the last few months, surely you learnt something, can you point to it on that map over there?' we walked over to a huge world map on the wall and they put their finger on the continent of Africa. Hmmm, close, I guess. Stupid Americans. They probably couldn't even locate the USA. I dare not ask.
We sat back down and I asked them again to tell me something about Japan. The said once again that they didn't learn a thing about it. I asked why they went to class if they didn't learn and what they did for the semester. The sidekick pipes in and says 'we only go to school to get boyfriends!'
'Right OK!' So dinner comes up, and it's all delicious, so they did at least learn how to cook. However the fat one looks at the sushi and makes throw up noises. I say, do you like rice, and vegetables, she says yes, and then I say that's all this is. You made it after all, so you know what's in it. I couldn't understand why they wouldn't eat it. We unrolled a Sushi roll and I said 'look, its just rice with some cucumber' . Again, they made throw up noises. They refuse to eat, so I had to do the old, 3, 2, 1, and we all eat at the same time. Both the girls put a piece of sushi in their mouth and pretend to throw up – totally showing off they run off to the bathroom to spit it out. They were pathetic attention seekers and every action was made to display and make a scene to show off to the other kids. I hated their guts instantly and hoped to get away from their pathetic existence as soon as possible. Fuck you again America. These kids were everything I hate about you!
The pathetic excuses for human beings come back and the fat one makes a comment that I will never forget. She says 'I can't wait to get outta here and go get a burger and fries after this' then the other one says 'ah ahhhhh, I'm gettin KFC'. No joke!
I tried to continue some kind of conversation, asking them what they do here, but all they could tell me was that they both wanted boyfriends. They were disgusting and everything that came out of their mouths was about them searching for boys.
The night finished with all the tourists being taken into a room and given a presentation about Japan by the illiterate Attention Deficit Disorder kids.
It was one of the more awkward moments of my life, as the 10 of us sat in chairs and watched the uncomfortable kids stand upfront and try to illustrate what they had learnt. We were completely blown away and horrified by the night. An Aussie girl even commented that she isn't going to have kids anymore after seeing that. The kids were a complete disgrace to the country. When the performance was over, we gave a half hearted clap and the teachers came up and thanked us for giving the kids a good night. We left, shaking our heads, wondering what just happened.
Chicago is a very out there city. There is always stuff going on. At every corner, we found live music and cultural centres. We found one where we watched an amazing African play followed by a Paul Simon - Graceland style performance. It was brilliant!
It was time to leave Chicago and farewell my travelling companions. We were all going different directions, so after 3 nights in Chicago, I travelled South to St Louis.


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From the Very Best of Ys soundtrack, there is a total of over an hour of music, and this soundtrack gets a thumbs-up rating from yours truly. If you've never heard the music from the Ys series of games, you're definitely missing out.
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I've recently disconnected my on board computer to pass some wires at the back and obviously the time and date were erased.
I've tried to set the time but every time I key it in and press the 'set' button, it clears whatever i've keyed in!
Basically it's not saving the time. I've tried to do it with engine on and off, it's driving me mad!
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hi guys, as above ive had some one hit my front bumper and left a crack down the front, my q is, is it poss to repair it using fiberglass? kinda new and this sort of thing but willing to give it a go
hi guys, as above ive had some one hit my front bumper and left a crack down the front, my q is, is it poss to repair it using fiberglass? kinda new and this sort of thing but willing to give it a go
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Once you have the bumper off you could repair from the back.
If you can get a pic up you will get a better responce
I think you might be able to patch it on the back side.
You might need to slash the inside face a few times with a stanley knife to give the fibreglass something to bite onto, wet the sides with the resin, lay on a sheet of FG, and soak it with resin again.
Wait for half an hour or so til it goes off (don't mix too much resin, as that will have gone off too)
And shove another sheet on, resin it again.
2-3 layers should do the trick, but make sure the crack is set right, so you don't glue it together out of line.
You'll still need to tidy the front face, and it can crack there again, as it'll be a point where everything around it flexes, but the join would crack, so be careful!
ok cheers The End, ill also put pics up of the bumper in question plumhead..also once i have fg the inside, what kinda filler would be good for the front side?
as requested, pics
Looking at your bumper I am thinking of clamping where poss and using isopon p40 fibre glass on the back to hold it together.
As stated in other post score to provide a good key.
Would be interested to see what others suggest
Have you got an electric soldering iron?
This is the best way to repair plastic bumpers, trust me I did mine
Also, browse youtube using "plastic welding" as your search title
I repaired mined from the back and then the front and sanded it back so that a touch of filler and primer could be added before it was sprayed
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In July, Deputy Ferriman was called to a home in Savoy. Dispatch received a 911 call which was suddenly cut off.
"We weren't able to get anybody. When I looked into the sliding glass door, I was able to see the oxygen tubing," said Ferriman.
The 4 year veteran says that tubing was a sign something was wrong. He and the paramedics were able to get inside the home. That's when they found a 73-year old woman unconscious on the floor.
"He was able to give her CPR to keep her alive," said Sheriff Walsh.
It's not the first time this deputy has saved someone. In August 2011, he pulled someone from a burning car. Ferriman says the award means a lot.
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Another deputy was also recognized for his bravery. Deputy Jim Golaszewski was given the Commendation Award.
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I am attempting to generate predictions from regressions performed for each of a longish list of individuals. The problem is that, for some individuals, there are no dependent variable data (entries are missing), so the regression attempt fails. The problem is that the forvalues loop then exits. I would like to somehow "skip" these individuals. Loop seems to work fine if there are enough data to perform a regression. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
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Christopher Columbus and the New World HTML version
In Spain Again
The loiterers about the harbour of Cadiz saw a curious sight on June 11th, 1496, when the
two battered ships, bearing back the voyagers from the Eldorado of the West,
disembarked their passengers. There were some 220 souls on board, including thirty
Indians: and instead of leaping ashore, flushed with health, and bringing the fortunes
which they had gone out to seek, they crawled miserably from the boats or were carried
ashore, emaciated by starvation, yellow with disease, ragged and unkempt from poverty,
and with practically no possessions other than the clothes they stood up in. Even the
Admiral, now in his forty-sixth year, hardly had the appearance that one would expect in
a Viceroy of the Indies. His white hair and beard were rough and matted, his handsome
face furrowed by care and sunken by illness and exhaustion, and instead of the glittering
armour and uniform of his office he wore the plain robe and girdle of the Franciscan
order—this last probably in consequence of some vow or other he had made in an hour of
peril on the voyage.
One lucky coincidence marked his arrival. In the harbour, preparing to weigh anchor, was
a fleet of three little caravels, commanded by Pedro Nino, about to set out for Espanola
with supplies and despatches. Columbus hurried on board Nino's ship, and there read the
letters from the Sovereigns which it had been designed he should receive in Espanola.
The letters are not preserved, but one can make a fair guess at their contents. Some
searching questions would certainly be asked, kind assurances of continued confidence
would doubtless be given, with many suggestions for the betterment of affairs in the
distant colony. Only their result upon the Admiral is known to us. He sat down there and
then and wrote to Bartholomew, urging him to secure peace in the island by every means
in his power, to send home any caciques or natives who were likely to give trouble, and
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Having written this letter, the Admiral saw the little fleet sail away on June 17th, and
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While he was waiting for their summons at Los Palacios, a small town near Seville, he
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proved a staunch friend to Columbus at this anxious period of his life, for the Admiral
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OK I am taking a class at my college called "Religion: East & West" During this we have to do 2 projects that we pick form a list and then present them. One I picked was "Write about a controversial subject in the tradition Religion." I chose the topic of homosexual marriage/homosexuality. I know this can raise some emotions, and if this gets out of hand I trust the mods to delete this. What I need is the following and then I will state the rules.
1. Are you for or against homosexuality/marriage?
2. Religion: (catholic, Buddhist, Muslim etc....)
3. Short answer of why you are for or against( IE: against my religion, personally feel it's wrong/right).
4. If your choice was a result of your religion, would you feel differently if you considered homosexuality/marriage without using your religion as a guide?
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1. PM me with your answers, I was thinking of having you simply post them, but I feel that may get out of hand so it may be better that opinions aren't publicly posted (unless you of course want to post them instead of PM, in which case you still must follow the rules)
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The new law, which takes effect Sept. 1, clarifies existing state law, which exempts emergency vehicles from being penalized under the state's criminal traffic laws, but didn't provide an exemption for red-light camera citations.
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Employment Control Framework – The Employment Control Framework (ECF) is monitored by an Employment Control Framework Monitoring Committee comprised of the HEA, who chairs the Committee and representatives of the Departments of Education and Science and Public Expenditure and Reform. The HEA Executive ensures the timely collection of the quarterly staff returns from the higher education institutions. [Click here to download the framework]
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Raven Anarcho
Hints that a new alliance may be around the corner reach the public. A long awaited treaty is signed in Europe, while a large nation may have to look elsewhere for an alliance.
The president of Argentina, Julioeze123, has mentioned hopes of a new alliance. During a recent interview, when asked about Argentina's place in world alliances, the president said Argentina was currently comfortable in CUA. (Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina) "We're starting something important, and hopefully it will turn into something worldwide." Argentina has had a change of luck lately, fighting back from being wiped momentarily by three nations and lacking a congress for the first time. They currently have gained back six regions.
France has signed a peace treaty with Serbia and Poland. The previously proposed treaty, where France had one territory caused an uproar throughout the public against the French government for even considering. The new treaty allows France to hold three regions, paying 40,000 cc a month to Poland. Despite the treaty, France's public opinion has still leaned more towards CoT as a potential alliance.
Brazil might be awakening from its dream of joining CoT, as it has finally issued a public warning of war against Indonesia. Recently, Indonesia invaded South Africa, supposedly with CoT HQs full approval. The Brazilian government claims it was not given the proper information about the invasion beforehand. The biggest issue Brazil has is not the actual invasion of South Africa, but rather with Indonesia occupying the Eastern Cape, a region Brazil currently rents from South Africa. In an address regarding Brazil-Indo problems, CoT HQ declined Brazil's entering into CoT, stating that Brazil's congress never voted on the application submission.
I wait to see how Ireland's politics will look once the dust settles in a month. Until then I look forward to this upcoming election, as many different ideals and mentalities will be facing off for the seat. Lastly, I'll stay fighting for Australia, moving to Canada to fight Spain if I hear about an important battle.
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"Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost." -Johann Most
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We've got high hopes in Quebec again, but after day-change the numbers usually turan against us 😛:P
But this time we actually have RWs open in Venezuela and Portugal at the same time, so like I said, hopes are high.
I wonder what effect Brazil becoming aggressive with CoT will have on BRUSA~
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Three RIC students awarded Shinn Study Abroad scholarships
Shinn Study Abroad Scholarship recipients:
Daniel Reeves of Manville, a junior biology major, who will travel to James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, to study sharks.
Sarah Petronio of Cranston, a junior Spanish/elementary education major, who will study at the University of Granada in Spain.
Kevin Gravier of Coventry, a sophomore Spanish/secondary education major, who will travel to the University of Cadiz in Spain.
The Ridgway F. Shinn Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship Fund, maintained by the Rhode Island College Foundation, provides undergraduate scholarships in planned study outside the United States.
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invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley's sitting room. Furley was stretched upon the
couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
"Good man!" was his hearty greeting. "I hoped you'd look me up this morning."
Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced
to fill his pipe from the open jar.
"How's the leg?" he enquired.
"Pretty nearly all right again," Furley answered cheerfully. "Seems to me I was frightened
before I was hurt. What about your head?"
"No inconvenience at all," Julian declared, stretching himself out. "I suppose I must have
a pretty tough skull."
"Any news?"
"News enough, of a sort, if you haven't heard it. They caught the man who sandbagged
me, and who I presume sawed your plank through, and shot him last night."
"The devil they did!" Furley exclaimed, taking his pipe from his mouth. "Shot him?. Who
the mischief was he, then?"
"It appears," Julian replied, "that he was a German hairdresser, who escaped from an
internment camp two years ago and has been at large ever since, keeping in touch,
somehow or other, with his friends on the other side. He must have known the game was
up as soon as he was caught. He didn't even attempt any defence."
"Shot, eh?" Furley repeated, relighting his pipe. "Serves him damned well right!"
"You think so, do you?" Julian remarked pensively.
"Who wouldn't? I hate espionage. So does every Englishman. That's why we are such
duffers at the game, I suppose."
Julian watched his friend with a slight frown.
"How in thunder did you get mixed up with this affair, Furley?" he asked quietly.
Furley's bewilderment was too natural to be assumed. He removed his pipe from his teeth
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What is truly frightening about "Paranormal Activity" is that, in its first weeks of release, it pulled in $62 million at the box office.
Stitched together for a mere $15,000 by day trader/overnight filmmaker Oren Peli, "Paranormal" is one of the worst movies of this or any other year. The genius behind it is in the web-site hype that fooled gullible audience members to dish out their hardearned dough in these recession-tempered times.
This is a movie where nothing happens. The premise is that a couple, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat), move into a new Cali - fornia modern home in San Diego and think they hear bumps in the night. Sensing a reality show in the works, Micah sets up a surveillance camera to record any spooks hovering around while they sleep.
The camera doesn't catch much - the door opening and closing, bedclothes billowing a bit — but it takes a lot of time to show very little. Even if this were presented as a "Blair Witch Project" pseudo-documentary, it would still be boring. In comparison, "Blair Witch" looks like "The Exorcist." You can actually leave, go to the bathroom, buy popcorn, call a friend on your cell phone and not have missed anything on screen.
Non-actors, Fleatherston and Sloat, have a few adversarial moments where they try to create some sparks. However, the only fire in the film is when a ouija board mysteriously ignites. Again, the moment is another lone happening is a sea of silent surveillance.
A couple of times, a psychic (Mark Friedrichs) shows up. He doesn't stay long, saying that they've got the wrong guy. Likely, the actor sensed the minuscule level of the pay scale.
Anyone wishing to watch dull surveillance footage should set up a camera and watch the results. At least, it won't cost you a ticket.


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Interestingly, back injury is reported second to psychiatric injury as a leading cause of military personnel non-return to duty.
Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the treatment they receive, according to research led by a Johns Hopkins pain management specialist.
In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers found that just 13 percent of service members who left their units with back pain as their primary diagnosis eventually returned to duty in the field. Women, officers, those deployed in Afghanistan and those with previous back pain had better outcomes, but only marginally. Aside from combat injuries sustained during battle, the return-to-duty rate for spinal pain and other musculoskeletal disorders is lower than for any other disease or non-combat injury category except for psychiatric illness, the researchers said.
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Apr 14, 2008
DCCC Announces It Has $44.3 COH
Chairman Chris Van Hollen today announced the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $20 million for the first quarter of 2008, has $44.3 million cash on hand and has no debt.
"The American people are
energized and inspired by the strong candidates for change we've recruited
across the country," Chairman Van Hollen said. "Our strong grassroots support
stems from Democrats' continuing fight to take
Building on 2007's record grassroots support, enthusiasm continued to grow during the first quarter of 2008. The DCCC had the highest grassroots fundraising quarter of the 2008 cycle tripling our grassroots fundraising from the same time last year. The DCCC has also more than doubled the number of grassroots activists and supporters, growing our list to well more than 2 million supporters.
The DCCC's fundraising reflects a five year trend of growing our base and enthusiasm for Speaker Pelosi's leadership, House Democrats' New Direction agenda, and the DCCC's strategic approach to growing our majority. As a result of this strong performance, the DCCC has remained on offense this cycle – putting more than 50 Republican seats from all over the country in play.
Van Hollen concluded, "The DCCC will remain on offense and work to ensure that we have the resources we need to take advantage of the opportunities we have."


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|A Great Weekend at the Jason Wu Event!
This weekend I was lucky enough to attend the Jason Wu Event VI: Iconic in
This weekend I was lucky enough to attend the Jason Wu Event VI: Iconic in
In addition to the first ever Friday-night haute couture-themed dinner/dance party, this year also marked the first Design-a-Doll-Studio, where collectors paid $30 to pick from a menagerie of Dynamite Girls bodies, heads and clothing separates to create their own one-of-a-kind doll. Attendees loved the studio, and by the end of the event, the selections were nearly gone.
Of course the highlight for many attendees (including this one) was the chance to meet Jason Wu. He was in attendance throughout most of the event and spoke several times. During the final gala, he took questions from the audience and later signed dolls and posed for photos with attendees. Charmingly a bit shy, the iconic designer handles his celebrity with poise and seems quite unaffected by all his accomplishments. What an honor it was to hear him speak.
The December issue of DOLLS features a Wu cover doll and corresponding story about the convention collection of dolls, RE-Edition. Also, the story talks about his decade with Integrity Toys and what the special landmark means to him and his design team. The digital edition features more photos and dolls from the collection.
Also, the full convention coverage, including video and an article, will be coming in an upcoming issue of DOLLS. Stay tuned!
Click here to see some photos from the event.
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Thanks for your coverage of the convention, I was in attendance, as this was my first Integrity convention, and it is the Cadillac of doll conventions, with a capital C!! I can't wait for the next convention! carolyn
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Tsuge: Urushi Sakura Billiard with Bamboo and Tamper
Product Number: 002-099-4786
To create an Urushi piece, various sources of pigment are mixed with translucent lacquer and then applied to a porous surface (like briar). At that point, the surface has to be allowed to cure. (It's worth noting that during this time it cannot be touched. Doing so can result in blisters from the highly caustic uncured sap). After anywhere from a day, to a week depending on the product and the humidity, the process can be repeated until the end result is achieved. It's a delicate art form that can take months to even years to complete.
Once completed, designs can then be applied to the Urushi through an equally meticulous process placing it in the "maki-e" subcategory of Urushi creation. To do so, renderings are created on ultra-thin paper, and then an outline is traced in Urushi on the reverse side. This "wet" side is applied to the dry Urushi surface, and adhesion forms the outline in relief on the surface. Color can be added by mixing the filtered lacquer with various pigments not used in the Urushi base — such as benigara (ferrous oxide), shu (vermillion), and gold among others.
Once an outline has been rendered in relief, an extremely talented artist can finish the art and bring it to life with a keen eye, steady hand, and tiny brush. The result is what you see before you: a beautiful example of traditional Japanese artistry.
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Make no mistake about it: You have been blessed for a reason.When God pours out his goodness upon us, He has other objectives than your mere happiness. He blesses us so that we may bless others.We could call it the circle of love. God gives to us so we will give to others who will then give praise and glory back to God. In the end, it's about Him.This cycle of God-induced generosity is clear in God's covenant words to Abraham in Genesis 12:Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from you … [Read more...]
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Type: Improvement
Status: Resolved
Priority: Major
Resolution: Won't Fix
Affects Version/s: 0.20.2
Fix Version/s: 0.20.3
Component/s: contrib/fair-share
In 0.20, the fair scheduler compares all the jobs based on their running tasks, minimum slots and deficit. If the number of running tasks is less than the number of minimum slots, it will be scheduled first.
Consider a pool with minimum slot of 1000 but already have 5000 running tasks.
If we launch another job on this pool, this new job will receive minimum slots based on its weight. This new job may have higher weight if NewJobWeightBooster is used.
So this new job will still get extra slots even if the pool's running tasks are way more than the minimum slots.
The latest version does not have this problem because it first compares pool then compares jobs in the pool.
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- Transitions
In this patch, we compare the number of running tasks and minimum task requirement for both jobs and pools.
The job will have minimum slots privilege only if # of running tasks < min-slots for both pool-level and job-level.
This way the pools which already fill the minimum slots will not keep getting new tasks.
This seems like a major bug for the fair-share scheduler. Maybe we should target this for the next 0.20.x release?
+1 code looks good. I will re-submit this patch so that HadoopQA can pick this up.
This patch is for 0.20 branch only (no patch needed for trunk), so hadoopQA will probably anyway fail.
I am cancelling this patch because this patch is only for 0.20
This patch has been deploying on our cluster for a long while.
I think it is good to be committed. What do you think?
The patch is for 0.20? isn't it? if so, is it a regression from earlier hadoop release?
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I scraped together $1000 and put it in an index fund, though I didn't know quite what an index fund was in those "just beginning to get educated" days. I simply read the ads and decided it was a good place to put my money. Lo and behold, my money began to grow! I was pretty proud of myself all the time spent watching TV shows about investing and learning the lingo was paying off.
Now the story moves to 1987, and the market is going up! The only problem is I listen to the doom-and-gloomers, and I decide, fool that I am, that I can time the market. So I move to cash. I'm ahead $500, and I'm feeling oh-so-smart. Next, the market goes down a little bit and I buy back in. Up and away goes the market. I AM REALLY SMART!
But, now destiny steps in: I have bought back just in time for the infamous crash of 1987. I'm watching the financial news show all day long and I can't believe what I'm seeing. I'm not feeling so darned smart.
Now, my boyfriend sees how upset I'm getting, and he advises me to sell. So I do. MISTAKE # 2. I lose $700! I still have $800 moved to cash, but I'm dejected.
Fast-forward to the year 2000. I'm now married and have two kids. I used to kick myself for listening to the ex-boyfriend, when it suddenly dawned on me that the lesson I learned was oh so Foolishly cheap. I learned to stay in the market and not try to time it, and to never, ever listen to a fool who has less knowledge about investing than I do.
I manage all the money in our household, as my husband finds such things boring. He does, though, brag about how well I've done in the market. And he's considering early retirement.


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Sicily is probably the origin of this recipe, adapted from Cia Eramo's La cucina mantovana. It is identical to the classic fegato ai sette cannoli, named after a fountain in Palermo with seven spouts. Few people in the surrounding poverty-stricken neighborhood could afford meat. Pumpkin is meaty, however, and when cooked has so much body that they likened it to liver (fegato).Use pumpkin, Hubbard, butternut, or another large yellow hard-skinned winter squash for this dish.
2-pound piece butternut squash or pumpkin
1/3 cup olive oil, or as needed
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
2 or 3 large cloves garlic, sliced paper-thin
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch of ground cinnamon (optional)
Salt and freshly ground block pepper to taste
Halve the squash, discard the seeds and fibers, peel the halves, and cut the pulp into 1/3 inch-thick slices.
Warm half the olive oil in a large sautéé pan over medium heat. In batches, add the squash slices and sautéé, adding oil as needed and turning to brown both sides, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Using a slotted spatula, transfer to a serving platter. Cover with the mint and garlic.
To the oil remaining in the pan, add the vinegar, sugar, and the cinnamon, if using, and cook until the sugar dissolves and the sauce thickens about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the sauce over the squash. Serve at room temperature.
Notes: some versions of this dish call for cooking the garlic in the oil, discarding it, and then cooking the squash. Some omit both the vinegar and cinnamon.
Serves 6 to 8
Cucina Ebraica
by Joyce Goldstein
Chronicle Books
1998, Hardcover, US $29.95
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Naomi Watts Does An Amazing Job In Her New Role As Model For The Fall Ann Taylor Campaign!
It looks like the a-lister found her model calling in front of the camera for the new batch of ads!
Naomi Watts is quite the multi-tasking mom, especially since she added a new role to her resume — model! The actress, shot by famed photographer Peter Lindbergh, looks gorgeous in the Fall campaign for Ann Taylor where she shows off in leopard prints, LBD's, and glam jewelry. Considering former models for the brand include Heidi Klum and Milla Jovovich, the actress is definitely in good company!
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Landsman adjusts a reciprocating gait orthosis circa 1980.
If anyone ever writes a book about Zen and the art of SCI technology, they'd be hard pressed to find a better guiding philosophy than the one espoused by United Spinal's tech guru Ziggi Landsman. Whether he has been evaluating people for wheelchairs, designing custom solutions or running one of the industry's key web sites, Landsman, United Spinal's vice president of assistive technology, has been on the cutting edge of SCI technology for over four decades. He says the key to success is simple:
"Don't focus on technology. Don't assume there is a technology for everything, or that technology is always the solution. Focus on the person – it's the person you are looking at who will make it happen, not the technology."
Hand-Picked from the Pile
Long before Landsman was attaching gadgets to wheelchairs and discussing the finer points of different drive systems, he was just another Bronx kid looking for work. At 20, he had already driven a cab, worked in a law office and was about to join a phone company when he heard the VA was hiring. The office was just across the street from where he grew up, and he decided to apply to be an orthotist, even though he didn't know what it was.
"They actually picked me out of the pile for this job," he says. "The program director took me under his wing and said, 'We're going to throw you into a world of SCI, and you may like that and you may not. After six months, either you stay or you go.'"
Landsman ended up staying for 20 years. He went from thinking SCI stood for science fiction to becoming one of the advocates veterans trusted most when they needed a solution or someone to fight for their medical claims.
United Spinal President Paul Tobin was one of thousands of people Landsman evaluated and worked with. He still remembers the patience and respect with which Landsman conducted his first seating evaluation.
"He has a practical understanding and appreciation for what technology can do for somebody, as well as what inappropriate technology can do to their detriment," says Tobin. "Above all, he is passionate and he really cares that people get the right things."
That passion translated to a number of strong relationships with the veterans he worked with, including a number of high profile members of Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (now United Spinal). In 1992, EPVA Executive Director Jim Peters hired Landsman away from the VA to run clinics, advocate for patients and direct EPVA's burgeoning assistive technology program.
USA TechGuide
When Ziggi Landsman dreamed up Tech-Guide back in the early days of the World Wide Web, he saw it as a helpful resource that would bring users to the United Spinal (then EPVA) website. Thirteen years later, USA TechGuide (www.usatechguide.org) does much more than drive traffic to United Spinal — it has become one of the net's leading aggregators of assistive technology reviews and resources and an Internet hub for the SCI/D community.
User reviews are the heart of TechGuide. Over the last 13 years, thousands of people have submitted reviews of hundreds of wheelchairs, scooters and other devices. Using the site's easy-to-search setup, you can find equipment that fits your needs and then see how reviewers rated it on durability, ease of use, how it met expectations and overall. Most reviews also contain extensive comments on strengths and weaknesses. TechGuide covers all types of mobility devices and other adaptive gear.
While you are checking out the reviews, make sure to click on Landsman's Wheelchair Diffusion blog (www.usatechguide.org/blog). The blog is a collection of fun and interesting links, news and more from the world of SCI/D, curated by Landsman. Also, make sure to check the Life in Action archives (www.spinalcord.org/life-in-action/digital-archive) for our TechGuide column where we tracked down some of the reviewers to provide expanded looks at different product categories.
Early Tech Advocacy
At EPVA, Landsman brought his wealth of experience in technology and the voice of a strong consumer-first advocate. "I was pretty good at pressing the VA's buttons," he says. "I could get them to react, and EPVA needed that. They had no one who specialized in what you would call assistive technology benefits for veterans. They needed somebody to fight a battle for a vet to get a certain technology, and they really didn't have that expertise on board."
Long before he became United Spinal's president, Tobin worked long hours with Landsman driving up and down the east coast, working to convince hospitals and insurers that patients needed the right equipment.
"You could always be sure he was trying to do the right thing," Tobin says.
Landsman remembers that period of his career as a war. "We fought battles every day, somewhere, at some VA hospital in any one of eight or nine states," he recalls.
In 2000, Landsman parlayed his fascination with the nascent world wide web into a new, consumer-oriented website called TechGuide (see sidebar). His plan was to offer consumers a forum to share reviews of wheelchairs, scooter and other assistive technology. With help from his tech-savvy sons, Landsman learned the basics of web programming and launched the page in hopes of boosting traffic to EPVA's site.
The response was overwhelming. TechGuide eventually became one of the key portals to EPVA's web page and built a cadre of loyal followers.
Tobin credited Landsman's "brutal honesty" with making the site a success.
"He was really our first real venture online with TechGuide," Tobin says. "It was the first time that we knew of where someone offered a user perspective, a caregiver perspective and a clinician perspective where it is basically unbiased 'This is what I think of my wheelchair.' That has been quite a resource for the community over time. There still aren't many other sites like that."
The Human Touch
Landsman still oversees TechGuide in his current role as United Spinal's vice president of assistive technology,
but he is no longer involved with evaluations or much of the direct consumer work he did for so long.
He misses the interaction with consumers some of his earlier roles afforded him, but he still reaps rewards
from the many people he helped.
"There's a really close tie between some of us," he says. "I look at somebody and I can remember them lying in a bed during rehab – even Paul Tobin."
Looking back on over 40 years in the field, Landsman can speak eloquently about the changes in the ways technology and SCI interact.
"Today's people with SCI are much more aware and much more knowledgeable of what's out there," he says. "They may not be more knowledgeable about what will work for them, but they're certainly more aware of the newer technologies."
Landsman found success helping people discern what would work for them by starting with his clients and their needs instead of focusing on the technology.
"Technology can only be applied — it's the person who uses it," he says. "I can attach 1,000 different things to your wheelchair, but at the end of the day it's how well can you use them and do you want to use them?"