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The amendment requires approval from a majority of the 172 regional presbyteries, which will vote on the change over the next year.
In 2011, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved ordaining clergy with same-sex partners. Since then, 428 of the denomination's more than 10,000 churches have left for other more conservative denominations or have dissolved. The church now has about 1.8 million members.
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Pandora: The World of Avatar[1] is a themed area in the south-west portion of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. The area will be based upon the fictional exoplanetary moon Pandora from James Cameron's Avatar film series starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver, and will include Pandora's floating mountains, alien wildlife, and bioluminescent plants.[2][3][4] Pandora: The World of Avatar is expected to span several acres and feature multiple attractions, entertainment, Audio-Animatronics, 3-D holograms as well as retail, food and beverage outlets.[5][6][7] Construction began on January 10, 2014, and the attraction will open on May 27, 2017.
In early 2011, James Cameron was approached by the Walt Disney Company's chief executive officer, Bob Iger, regarding the possibility of Avatar-themed attractions in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.[8] Originally, discussions were held about creating an Avatar-themed attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios, perhaps at the park's then-functioning Studio Backlot Tour.[9] Instead, Tom Staggs suggested to incorporate the film into a newly designed "land" at Disney's Animal Kingdom to improve the park's attraction roster.[9] On September 17, 2011, a long-term exclusivity deal was signed between Disney, Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox Filmed Entertainment.[8][10] This deal was officially announced to the public on September 20, 2011, on the Disney Parks Blog.[11] The highlight of the announcement was that Disney's Animal Kingdom would receive a new themed area entirely devoted to Avatar.[4] The area is set to cost approximately $500 million.[8] Construction began in January 2014,[12] with a planned opening date between three and five years later.[5][6] The deal could see Avatar attractions added to other Disney theme parks in the future, however, there are no immediate plans to do so.[13]
Pandora: The World of Avatar is designed by Walt Disney Imagineering and Lightstorm Entertainment with Avatar producers James Cameron and Jon Landau also providing creative assistance.[10][14] The area is being built in the former location of Camp Minnie-Mickey, which was originally earmarked for the Beastly Kingdom, a never-built themed land which would have been based around mythological creatures.[15]
Disney showcased a first look presentation of the land at the 2013 Japan D23 Expo.[16] In September 2011, James Cameron confirmed that a flying attraction featuring "3-D projections and creature designs that were cut from the original film" was a concept on the drawing board for the area.[8] Pandora: The World of Avatar will include elements from the original Avatar film as well as its four, yet-to-be-released sequels.[14]
At Disney's 2015 D23 Expo, Walt Disney Imagineering confirmed two major attractions.[17]
- AVATAR Flight of Passage, a flying E-ticket simulator attraction, where guests learn to fly with a mountain Banshee.[18] The ride is very similar to California Adventure's Soarin' but in 3D.
- Na'vi River Journey, a boat ride attraction showcasing the native fauna and flora of Pandora, that includes a hightly detailed Na'vi Audio-Animatronic and small drops.[19] This ride also makes use of projection technology.
- ↑ "Pandora – The World of AVATAR will be New Land at Disney's Animal Kingdom", Disney Parks Blog, The Walt Disney Company (August 16, 2015). Retrieved on August 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Disney 'Pushing Boundaries' with 'Avatar' Land at Animal Kingdom Theme Park", Variety (February 26, 2015). Retrieved on August 14, 2015.
- ↑ Richwine, Lisa (21 September 2011). "Disney, Cameron to create theme-park "Avatar"". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cody, Anthony (22 September 2011). "Disney to build Avatar attractions at its theme parks". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Staggs, Tom (20 September 2011). "Answering Your Questions About AVATAR at Disney Parks".. Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
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- ↑ Clark, Jayne (22 September 2011). "'Avatar' land is coming to Disney World". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Chmielewski, Dawn C. (21 September 2011). "Disney to license rights to 'Avatar' for theme park attractions". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Thomas Staggs: Disney's Heir, Apparently", The New York Times (April 25, 2015). Retrieved on April 26, 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chmielewski, Dawn C. (20 September 2011). "Details emerge on Disney's plans to bring 'Avatar' to its parks". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ Smith, Thomas (20 September 2011). "AVATAR Coming To Disney Parks".. Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
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- ↑ Australian Associated Press (22 September 2011). "Coming to Disney World: Avatar Land". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Weinstein, Joshua L. (21 September 2011). "James Cameron on 3D, "Titanic" and all things "Avatar"". Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ "What to expect from Avatar Land at Disney's Animal Kingdom", Los Angeles Times (July 7, 2015). Retrieved on August 16, 2015.
- ↑ Staggs, Tom. "First Look: AVATAR to Come to Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom".. The Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved on 12 October 2013.
- ↑ "Disney reveals plans for 'Toy Story Land' and 'Avatar' and more 'Star Wars'", Los Angeles Times (August 15, 2015). Retrieved on August 16, 2015.
- ↑ "'Avatar' Ride Coming to Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom", Variety (December 10, 2014). Retrieved on August 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Here's what Disney World's 'Avatar' land will be like", Los Angeles Times (August 14, 2015). Retrieved on August 15, 2015.


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Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel live last night. He showed that he is a goofy, goofy guy. He talked with Jimmy about what it was like in the locker room after winning the championship and all the reporters had left (I was tired.), where he went to eat after the game (Taco Bell), and how LeBron can't actually rap.
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"Don't ask. So. What do you reckon Critias weakness is?" She asked me. I shivered. Critias was the Black one after me. He could read my every thought, so how could I ever hope to fight him. He would know what move I was going to make, what animal I was going to be. Patrick had failed to mention his weakness.
"I don't know. I hope it's something good, like he dies if I smile at him." I told her, and she shoved me.
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"Critias. He can't read animal thoughts no, but he'll be able to read yours Jake. When you change into animals, your thoughts and speech are still your own. There still human." He said. He knelt down so he was level to us. "No Critias holds the most dangerous of weaknesses. He holds his heart on the outside."
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He stood up and wondered off. I looked at Jade who hadn't said a word.
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She was chatting away to Luke. Looking round the room, everyone was talking about what was happening. I tried to see what Harriet was doing but she wasn't to be found. Neither was Patrick.
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D.C. United just keep climbing up the ladder.
For the first time this season, Ben Olsen's squad has cracked the top five of the SBI MLS Power Rankings. United defeated the Houston Dynamo 3-2 on Saturday, stretching their unbeaten run to seven games and claiming consecutive wins for the first time since June 2009.
Elsewhere in the rankings, the Seattle Sounders jumped ahead of Real Salt Lake for the No. 3 position with a road win over Chicago, and the Montreal Impact shot up four spots to No. 14 with a triumph over Portland.
Here are this week's SBI MLS Power Rankings (as voted on by SBI staff):
1. (Last week – 1) SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-1-0, 21 points)
Last week: Idle
This week: Vs. Montreal, 8:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: Kansas City enjoyed a welcome bye week following a busy stretch of games, and this weekend's home match against expansion Montreal doesn't look like it would be too stern a test. But Peter Vermes' club must be careful not to overlook the Impact, who seem to be turning a corner.
2. (2) SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (6-1-1, 19 points)
Last week: Beat Philadelphia 2-1 on Saturday
This week: Vs. D.C. United, 10:30 p.m., Wednesday; at Vancouver, 7 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: Steven Lenhart saved the day for San Jose, scoring a pair of late goals off the bench to stun the PPL Park crowd and give the Earthquakes a tough road win over the Union. This week presents a pair of challenging fixtures against D.C. United and Vancouver, two clubs that, like San Jose, have grown leaps and bounds since missing the playoffs last season.
3. (4) SEATTLE SOUNDERS (4-1-1, 13 points)
Last week: Beat Chicago 2-1 on Saturday
This week: Vs. Los Angeles, 10 p.m., Wednesday; Vs. Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, NBC Sports
Outlook: After claiming an impressive victory on the road against the Fire, Seattle returns to CenturyLink Field for another two home fixtures. The returns from injury of Alvaro Fernandez and Mauro Rosales means we're finally starting to see what this team is truly capable of on the offensive end.
4. (3) REAL SALT LAKE (6-3-1, 19 points)
Last week: Tied Dallas 1-1 on Wednesday; Beat Toronto 3-2 on Saturday
This week: Vs. New England, 9 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: Salt Lake very nearly suffered its second embarrassing result at Rio Tinto Stadium this season, but the late-game heroics of Jonny Steele once again turned one point into three and kept Jason Kreis' side from settling for a draw against lowly Toronto. Next up? The Revolution, losers of three straight.
5. (6) D.C. UNITED (4-2-3, 15 points)
Last week: Beat Houston 3-2 on Saturday
This week: At San Jose, 10:30 p.m., Wednesday; at Toronto, 4:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: A week after dismantling New York's shaky defense in a 4-1 triumph, United picked apart Houston's renowned back line for a 3-2 win. It looks like Ben Olsen has found the right combination with forwards Chris Pontius (four goals) and Maicon Santos (six goals) playing in front of Dwayne De Rosario (one goal, five assists).
6. (7) VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (4-2-2, 14 points)
Last week: Beat Columbus 1-0 on Saturday
This week: Vs. San Jose, 7 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: Vancouver just keeps grinding out results thanks to a rock-solid back line and the impressive goalkeeping of veteran Joe Cannon. Sooner or later, though, the Whitecaps will need their stable of accomplished strikers to start living up to their reputations on a consistent basis.
7. (5) HOUSTON DYNAMO (2-2-2, 8 points)
Last week: Lost to D.C. United 3-2 on Saturday
This week: Idle
Outlook: The wear and tear of a seven-game road trip to start the season was bound to catch up with Houston at some point, so it's probably not worth reading too much into a 3-2 loss at an in-form United team. On the plus side, Will Bruin's brace is an encouraging sign for the Dynamo's forward corps.
8. (9) NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-3-1, 13 points)
Last week: Beat New England 1-0 on Saturday
This week: At Los Angeles, 8 p.m., Saturday, ESPN, TSN2
Outlook: So who had the Red Bulls recording a shutout with a back line of Connor Lade, Tyler Ruthven, Markus Holgersson and Brandon Barklage? The Red Bulls deserve credit for some unexpected resiliency, though the loss of MLS leading scorer Thierry Henry (an astonishing nine goals and five assists) to a hamstring injury is a massive blow.
9. (8) LOS ANGELES GALAXY (3-3-1, 10 points)
Last week: Tied Dallas 1-1 on Saturday
This week: At Seattle, 10 p.m., Wednesday; Vs. New York, 8 p.m., Saturday, ESPN, TSN2
Outlook: After Robbie Keane missed a penalty kick, the Galaxy needed a late strike from veteran reserve Pat Noonan to salvage a point a home against Dallas. Los Angeles will have to be better than that if the club is going to get a result in its high-profile clash with Seattle on Wednesday.
10. (10) FC DALLAS (3-3-3, 12 points)
Last week: Tied Salt Lake 1-1 on Wednesday; Tied Los Angeles 1-1 on Saturday
This week: Vs. Colorado, 7 p.m., Sunday, Galavision
Outlook: It was a decent week for Dallas, which claimed a pair of draws against last year's Western Conference finalists, Salt Lake and Los Angeles. This weekend presents an MLS Cup 2010 rematch against the Colorado Rapids, who also are sitting midtable in the Western Conference with 12 points.
11. (12) COLORADO RAPIDS (4-4-0, 12 points)
Last week: Beat Chivas USA 4-0 on Saturday
This week: At New England, 8 p.m., Wednesday; at Dallas, 7 p.m., Sunday, Galavision
Outlook: Well how about that for an offensive outburst from the Rapids? In a match that marked the return of Conor Casey from a long-term Achilles injury, it was Kamani Hill who came off the bench to spark the Colorado attack, scoring two goals in what abruptly became a 4-0 rout of Chivas.
12. (11) CHICAGO FIRE (2-2-2, 8 points)
Last week: Lost to Seattle 2-1 on Saturday
This week: At Chivas USA, 11 p.m., Friday, ESPN Deportes
Outlook: Marco Pappa's late strike directly off a corner kick ended up just being a consolation to the Fire, who dropped a 2-1 result to Seattle in a rematch of last year's U.S. Open Cup final. To boot, Jalil Anibaba picked up a 97th-minute red card that will sideline him Friday against Chivas.
13. (13) PHILADELPHIA UNION (2-4-1, 7 points)
Last week: Lost to San Jose 2-1 on Saturday
This week: At Seattle, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, NBC Sports
Outlook: It was heartbreak for the Union, who saw Gabriel Gomez's late equalizer go for naught when Steven Lenhart grabbed the winner for San Jose in second-half stoppage time. Danny Mwanga's lack of production and playing time thus far this season continues to be a concern for Philadelphia.
14. (18) MONTREAL IMPACT (2-5-2, 8 points)
Last week: Beat Portland 2-0 on Saturday
This week: At Kansas City, 8:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: After repeatedly letting second-half leads slip away, Montreal sealed the deal against Portland, following up Bernardo Corradi's go-ahead strike with a clincher from Sinisa Ubiparipovic. The back line of Zarek Valentin, Matteo Ferrari, Shavar Thomas and Tyson Wahl has quietly developed an impressive rapport.
15. (14) CHIVAS USA (3-5-0, 9 points)
Last week: Lost to Colorado 4-0 on Saturday
This week: Vs. Chicago, 11 p.m., Friday, ESPN Deportes
Outlook: Even with Juan Pablo Angel back in the starting lineup, Chivas' league-worst attack continued to struggle, getting shut out for the fifth time this season. As the defense collapsed, allowing Colorado to pile on three late goals, it became evident that Dan Kennedy and Co. can only do so much.
16. (15) PORTLAND TIMBERS (2-5-1, 7 points)
Last week: Lost to Montreal 2-0 on Saturday
This week: Vs. Columbus, 10:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: If the likes of Darlington Nagbe and Kris Boyd aren't scoring goals for Portland, than it has become quite evident that this team hardly stands a chance. Its back line, after all, just hasn't been getting the job done. Against Montreal, injuries to right back Steve Purdy and goalkeeper Troy Perkins certainly didn't help matters.
17. (16) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (2-5-0, 6 points)
Last week: Lost to New York 1-0 on Saturday
This week: Vs. Colorado, 8 p.m., Wednesday; at Salt Lake, 9 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: If the Revolution can't find a goal against the makeshift back line New York deployed Saturday, then it could be a long season in New England. Losers of three straight, the Revolution need to get forwards Saer Sene and Jose Moreno going if they're going to keep up in the Eastern Conference.
18. (17) COLUMBUS CREW (2-4-1, 7 points)
Last week: Lost to Vancouver 1-0 on Saturday
This week: At Portland, 10:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: On the offensive end, it looks like the Crew just don't have the pieces necessary to consistently trouble opposing back lines. Considering Columbus' only two wins have come against Montreal and Toronto, the optimism at Crew Stadium is quickly fading.
19. (19) TORONTO FC (0-7-0, 0 points)
Last week: Lost to Salt Lake 3-2 on Saturday
This week: Vs. D.C. United, 4:30 p.m., Saturday
Outlook: What more can be said about Toronto? Even when the team finally showed some heart, twice coming from behind to grab an equalizer on the road against a stellar Salt Lake side, it wasn't enough to end its long losing streak to start 2012. It's hard to imagine, at this point, Aron Winter lasting much longer at BMO Field.
Philadelphia needs to play Mwanga and Jack more. Really, what more is Pajoy giving you? Not much. Time for Pete play the young guys up top. After all, wasn't that the reason for all the turnover the past two season?
Esteban de la Sexface
@Ken – I agree though I'm not a fan at all of McInerny. That said, he'll hustle while giving the ball away which is more than Freddy Adu does (he just gives the ball away).
Mwanga had the assist on the goal and is far more useful to Philly than Pajoy. I'm sure Pajoy is a perfectly capable player, but Philly doesn't play to his strengths (heading crosses, holding up the ball to combo with other foward or midfield runners) which makes him very ineffective.
Hey, remember when Toronto FC was good?
Yeh, me neither.
David St. Hubbins
Philly looked way more dangerous once Mwanga came in. Not sure what he's done to get on Nowak's bad side.
I remember Alexi Lalas eulogizing Santos for conquering the great Toronto FC.
HUGE game, UNITED @ QUAKES this Wednesday, 10:30pm EST. Don't miss it!
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Houston hasn't won a game or pitched a shutout in a month. I realize the road trip is some excuse and people are looking to the SKC template, but ever since the Sounders game this is a defense-first team giving up goals in droves, which looks like it needs midfield upgrades because it has trouble moving the ball upfield in a sustainable fashion. This week's goals game off a defender's cross (Ashe wishes he could hit a ball like Taylor) and a loose ball Bruin took and shot. Without Davis the midfield is unproductive and even with him the approach is too direct and predictable. SBI's discussion defends the forward productivity, but with the Kandji pickup I think we have at least 4 solid MLS-level Fs, if not Henry or Santos. What's holding this team back, dating back to the Cup drive last year, remains the lack of non-Davis play-making.
And all due respect to the mentality that Kinnear teams can succeed without much offense but I'm looking at a run of 2-0 L, 1-1 T, 2-2 T, 3-2 L, and either the defense needs to be perfect or the offensive output needs to keep going up, because it's like 2 points in a month. I really hope Kinnear's plan is to re-staff in the summer because we have no right mid, ineffective setup play, and a leaky defense.
The Imperative Voice
Also worth noting we had like a 2 week break, it's not like we've played back to back to back….etc. The break did not return tangible results except for some claimed moral victory draws. Particularly with the home field approach to the Cup games now, the "road point" approach might not be well-suited to winning future cups. Just once I'd like to see a Kinnear team dress players and make subs like they want to chase points.
Air Jordanz
Houston's probably a couple spots too high, but I would say it's definitely too early to cry that the sky is falling. Not to use the SKC excuse, but Houston already has twice as many points in fewer games than SKC had before they opened Livestrong last year.
That said, I would like to see the midfield step up to the challenge. Watson has been playing better lately but seems to backpass 9 of 10 times even when Houston crowds the box. At this point, Dixon or Sturgis deserve a shot at RM.
Let's not rule Camargo out yet either. He was unable to train all offseason after his car accident and is having to catch up pretty fast.
Aside from set piece D, our backline has been pretty good. Obviously, that's still a big problem, but we aren't conceding THAT many goals from the run of play.
Final point. Bruin and Ching are obviously the best two options at striker right now. Ching's hold up play has improved from last season, and Bruin's obviously scoring goals. I would be interested to see Calen Carr in the AM role more.
Seattle's offense has been hampered with injuries. They'll need to come out fast and score 2 or 3 against the Galaxy to win.
Alonso has been terrific in midfield, winning the "Power 5 Generals – Alonso tackles top spot" at MLSnet. The winner of this game will challenge for Supporters Shield. The loser will not.
I think Seattle is the best team in the league……….but KC average power ranking opponent is rated 10.25 with 19 teams in the league. About average, especially considering almost all have 1 loss already since they played KC.
The Imperative Voice
Ching and Bruin are fine as the Fs now. I'd like to see Kandji get more PT and start some if anything so that Ching gets properly rested to try and last the season healthy. One oft-overlooked aspect of Kinnear's lineup approach is he rarely rests his starters (other than for USOC or the like), and we have CCL in the fall. We should be rotating the lineups more with the fall in mind, when it will be two games a week several weeks.
I don't think the sky is falling, I just think people don't realize we've dropped to like 12th in the single table, and they may be overrating our ability to actually win games when the homestands start. Without changes this is a borderline playoff team at best. And I keep wanting to get back to 06 and 07 but no one seems to want to re-create those teams. I don't think we were this obsessed with defense defense defense in the DeRo era.
Watson has become the latest in a series of make-do middies like Cameron who really aren't up to snuff. This was once a team that started DeRo/ Clark/ Davis/ Mullan with Holden as a sub. Holden! Now you're wanting to start Sturgis. Team has gone downhill.
I am a Dixon fan and can't believe he's disappeared since beating RSL last year. But Kinnear has a bad habit of disappearing young talent like him and Ownby to the reserves, where they disappear or get hurt, and meanwhile everyone grumbles that the first team needs upgrades. Every once in a while it'd be nice to see us deploy the attacking youngsters and chase some points. Instead we sub in backs and "trustworthy veterans" and gun for a point. And then when we really need a goal it's good luck with that.
I see Moffat as a circus act worth a goal or two a season. I like Camargo but he really reminds me more of Rico and should be used defensively accordingly. In the old days we wouldn't have used a DM to playmake for more than one makeshift weekend. Why's that changed? Maybe it's because we've become a constant stereotype of the Tie-namo.
Isn't our tall backline essentially built for set pieces both directions? Sorry but I've always seen us as more vulnerable run of play because of lack of foot speed, when it spreads to set pieces why even bother with Hainault and Boswell? And I'd be leery of defending any group giving up 2-3 goals a week for a few weeks straight. Seattle, Chicago, DC. All the sort of teams one might see in the playoffs this year. In fact, we'll see DC again for the home opener soon.
I'll also toss out for argument's sake that Tally Hall at 1.4 GA/game, flailing at some crossses, parrying a few too many balls, has not entirely sold me yet. Good athletic shotstopper yes and he's finally gotten his kicks downfield but he still has some Hamid-type holes in his game.
D.C. UNITED! clap clapclap clap clap!
Can't wait for the cap soccer show this week.
Mwanga has not done much when he has been on the pitch. The Union attach has been poor all year. I blame Novak and his staff. Poor personel moves and tactics.
I've heard it's attitude. He doesn't hustle in practice which Nowak is not a fan of. Nowak's got a veritable stable of strikers. If Danny-Boy isn't going to put in the effort I don't think he should get rewarded with play time


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Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu courted controversy for suggesting that the victim of the brutal sexual assault in Delhi was equally responsible for the crime and saying the girl could have called her assailants brothers and begged them to stop.
Asaram's remarks on the gangrape of the 23-year-old girl sparked condemnation across the political spectrum and from women's bodies today with the BJP saying it was "regrettable, deeply disturbing and painful".
Addressing his followers recently, Asaram said that when the girl encountered six drunk men "she should have taken God's name and could have held the hand of one of the men and said I consider you as my brother and should have said to the other two 'Brother I am helpless, you are my brother, my religious brother.'
She should have taken God's name and held their hands and feet...then the misconduct wouldn't have happened."
He also went on to say, "Galti ek taraf se nahi hoti hai (mistake is not committed from one side)." The girl was gangraped on the night of December 16 in a moving bus and died nearly a fortnight later at a Singapore hospital.
"The accused were drunk. If the girl had chanted hymns to Goddess Saraswati and to Guru Diksha then she wouldn't have entered the bus...," he added.
BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said Asaram is a religious guru and that the country looks upto him. "His statement is regrettable, deeply disturbing and painful," he said.
"For him to make the statement in relation to a crime which has shocked the conscience of the country is not only unfortunate but deeply regrettable," he added.
An aide to Asaram sought to downplay the controversy over the remarks. Neelam Dubey said the remarks were made at a religious discourse in Delhi in the context of how one should invoke God's name to avoid incidents like crimes against women. Some reports said the event was held in Rajasthan.
Dubey said Asaram was trying ta drive home the point that incidents like the gangrape of the girl could have been avoided by reciting mantras, by reciting names of Gods. "If she(victim) would have taken God's name or recited a mantra God inside her might have suggested her to how to avoid such crimes," she said, seeking to explain Asaram's remarks.
"He was giving that idea to his devotees. He was citing the gangrape incident to say one should use commonsense to avoid such incidents," she added.
Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said religious leaders should give serious thought before they speak out.
Writer Chetan Bhagat tweeted: "According to Asaram Bapu logic, there can be no underworld crimes in Mumbai. After all, here everybody calls them bhai."
Another Congress spokesperson, said "Such comments should be condemned as much as possible."
Slamming Asaram, National Commission for Women(NCW) Chief Mamata Sharma posed a question to him, asking how many times can the victim pray or plead with six "barbarians".
She also asked whether people under the influence of alcohol have consciousness.
Social activist and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said Asaram's remarks reflected a clash of two generations on issues relating to women.
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Claiming that an "anti-men" campaign is being driven following the Delhi gangrape incident, spiritual guru Bapu on Monday cautioned that any new law on crime against women may be misused by vested interests.
"After the Delhi gangrape incident, an anti-men campaign appears to be on. Women should be respected but no new law should be framed which can be misused by vested interests....," he said addressing his followers in Bhankari village here on outskirts of Delhi.
He cited the anti-dowry Act and the SC/ST Act and claimed that they have also been misused.
On the controversy over his remark on the Delhi gangrape victim, the guru said, "I only meant that had even one of the six accused taken 'diksha' (initiated into his teachings), the crime would not have occurred."
He blamed the television channels "who get funding from abroad" for creating controversy over his remarks.
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Eight men plotted to use "home-made bombs" disguised as soft drinks to blow up transatlantic planes, a court heard today.
Prosecutor Peter Wright told a jury at Woolwich Crown Court that the group intended to cause civilian deaths on an "unprecedented scale".
Opening the case, Mr Wright said two men, Abdulla Ahmed Ali and Assad Sarwar, were the ringleaders of the deadly Islamic fundamentalist conspiracy.
The prosecutor said the two men, who lived in Walthamstow, east London, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, shared an "interest" in leading the plot to a murderous conclusion.
He said: "It was an interest that involved inflicting heavy casualties upon an unwitting civilian population all in the name of Islam.
"The means by which they intended to inflict heavy casualties on ordinary civilians was by the carrying out of a series of co-ordinated and deadly explosions.
"These men were indifferent to the carnage that was likely to ensue if their plans were successful. To them the identities of their victims was an irrelevance by race, colour, religion or creed.
"What these men intended to bring about together and with others was a violent and deadly statement of intent that would have a truly global impact.
"It's that they intended, with others, to cause a series of co-ordinated explosions aboard a number of transatlantic passenger aircraft.
"The explosions were to be caused by the detonation in-flight of home-made bombs commonly referred to as improvised explosive devices."
All eight men each deny conspiracy to murder, contrary to the 1977 Criminal Law Act, linked to an alleged plot counter-terrorist police claimed to have foiled in August 2006.
Those in the dock are: Abdulla Ahmed Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 28, of Prospect Hill, Walthamstow; Assad Sarwar, 28, of Walton Drive, High Wycombe; Tanvir Hussain, 27, of Nottingham Road, Leyton, east London; Ibrahim Savant, 28, of Denver Road, Stoke Newington, north London; Arafat Waheed Khan, 27, of Farnan Avenue, Walthamstow; Waheed Zaman, 24, of Queen's Road, Walthamstow; Umar Islam, aka Brian Young, 30, of Bushey Road, Plaistow, east London; and Donald Stewart-Whyte, 22, of Hepplewhite Close, High Wycombe.
Savant, Khan, Zaman, Islam and Stewart-Whyte face one additional charge of conspiracy to murder, which again they deny.
The trial is expected to last 10 months.
Mr Wright said the bombs would be made from everyday household items so they could be smuggled on board and detonated in mid-flight.
He said: "The component parts of these improvised devices would be designed to resemble soft drinks bottles and their contents, batteries and other seemingly innocuous items that were to be carried on board the aircraft disguised as part of their hand luggage.
"Once assembled, these items would have the capacity of being detonated with devastating consequences.
"The devices were to be smuggled on to the aircraft and were to be detonated in flight by suicide bombers prepared to lose their lives in this way.
"Inevitably such an event would have fatal consequences for the various passengers and crew who happened, quite by chance, to be flying to North America on the day selected by them to commit this atrocity.
"Consequently, it is the Crown's case that these men and others were actively engaged in a most deadly plot designed to bring about what would have been, had they been successful, a civilian death toll from an act of terrorism on an almost unprecedented scale."
Mr Wright said Ali and Sarwar were arrested by counter-terrorism police as they met on August 9, 2006.
He said the men and other conspirators had been extremely busy over the previous weeks and were "almost ready" to launch the terror strike.
Mr Wright said: "Had this plot not been frustrated by the timely arrest of these men, the disaster they contemplated was not far off.
"In the UK Ali and Sarwar were the men with the principal responsibility for achieving this goal.
"The others who sit in the dock are some of those prepared to lose their lives in the pursuit of it.
"They are men with the cold-eyed certainty of the fanatic, prepared to board a passenger aircraft with the materials required in order to construct and detonate a device that would bring about not only the loss of their own life but also all of those who happened by chance to be making the same journey."
Ali was an "influential figure who led by example", the court heard.
Mr Wright said he "exalted the virtues of martyrdom as a modern-day method of warfare".
The prosecutor added that Ali was responsible for identifying other young Muslims with the same goals or who were vulnerable to radicalisation.
Mr Wright said: "They were prepared to strike a blow in which they would lose their lives but it was a blow that would reverberate across the globe."
Mr Wright said while some defendants were simply "foot soldiers", the planning and research was the responsibility of others, both in Britain and Pakistan.
But he said the flurry of activity came to the attention of the authorities, and the men were watched by surveillance officers.
Mr Wright said: "In the days leading up to August 9, 2006, Ali and Sarwar were extremely busy.
"Sarwar frequently contacted Ali and also another man, named Mohammed Gulzar.
"You may conclude on the evidence you hear that these men had a great deal to discuss, and that the nature of the contact between them and Pakistan during this time militates against it being for any social purpose.
"It is the Crown's case that this plot was being directed from Pakistan.
"This was not something that had been devised merely by Ali and Sarwar once they had realised they shared a common interest, this was part of a much wider scheme of things.
"Acts of terrorism on an international scale, directed from abroad using home-grown terrorists, young, radicalised Muslims prepared to lose their lives in a global act of jihad."
Mr Wright told the court that a computer memory stick containing details of flights from Heathrow Airport to various North American destinations was found in Ali's pocket when he was arrested.
It had details of flights operated by three carriers - American Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada - from August to October 2006.
Seven services were highlighted, all leaving from Terminal 3 of the London airport and all due to be mid-flight at the same time.
He said: "The highlighting of these daily flights does not appear to have been accident or coincidence because, if each of these aircraft took off in accordance with the schedule as appeared on the timetable found on the memory stick found in the possession of Mr Ali, if each of these aircraft were to take off, the situation would arise that these aircraft would be found in flight between the UK and North America carrying a cargo of passengers and crew running into the hundreds at least."
The planes were travelling to Montreal and Toronto in Canada and San Francisco, Washington, Chicago and New York in the US.
The flights which had been researched were all one-way, Mr Wright told the jurors, a fact which they may decide had a "quite chilling significance".
He said: "These flights were particularly vulnerable to a coordinated attack on them in flight. If each of these flights were successfully blown up the potential for loss of life was considerable.
"There was little if any chance of saving any of them from disaster because once the mid-flight explosions began the authorities would be powerless to stop the other flights meeting a similar fate because they would already be in mid-air and carrying a similar cargo."
The conspirators may have also plotted to attack other flights leaving from different London terminals, the court heard.
Mr Wright said: "Terrifying as this concept may be it is the Crown's case that the conspirators did not confine their ambitions merely to the coordinated destruction of these seven in flight."
Two of the plot's key figures were overheard discussing other flights and as many as 18 suicide bombers, the jury was told.
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If you have 900 friends that you talk to 140 characters at a time, what does the word "friend" really mean?
In July 2012, US users spent 121 BILLION minutes on social media. Now let me break that down for you. In one month, that's 231,000 YEARS worth of Bieber retweets, and Instagrams of what you had for lunch.
Now some people worry that this might be a bad thing. That we could actually be rewiring our children's brains so that Generation Z no longer has anyway of knowing how to interact in the "real" world. And they might even lose the ability to use sarcasm.
Pfft. Yeah right.
If social media is not a real interaction, what is? Is talking on the phone a real social interaction? Or is writing a letter with a quill pen a real social interaction? These are ways we have breached both space and time in order to communicate. So isn't social media just the next step?
I'd go so far as to say we shouldn't even call it social media anymore. This is next generation social life.
Imagine you walk into a museum with your smart glasses. Now around you everyone's looking at famous works of art or naked sculptures. But you flip on the social filter on your glasses, and suddenly reality itself is annotated just like in your Facebook feed. You can see what people have to say about every work of art.
Or you go next door to the restaurant and you take a look at the menu. There you can see what people in your network have liked.
Now, just a couple of generations ago, once you graduated high school, you could expect to encounter those people and interact with them about as frequently as you would play tennis with a plutonium core. But today because of Twitter and Facebook I can't go a day without knowing that my old chem lab partner had yet another breakfast burrito.
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Could this be redefining the meaning of friendship? Anthropologists like Robin Dunbar believe that there are a finite number of real friendships any human being can keep. So your brain can maintain about 150 meaningful friendships, and that's it. So has social media blown this number into the stratosphere? Well, not yet. The average person on Facebook has about 190 friends. And the average person on Twitter interacts with between 100 and 200 people. So we haven't drastically altered the social landscape yet. But will we in the future?
Social media changes through the emergence of behavior of literally billions of people from around the world all behaving under local rules, creating unpredictable mass patterns. So it's dictated by your niece who corrects everyone's grammar, or that coworker who absolutely insists on sharing every single photo of a cat in a cardboard box ever.
But it's not all frivolous. We have actually used social media for real social change. I mean who would have thought the same thing that lets me tell you what I had for lunch helped topple a dictator? Or organize a protest? Or solve a crime?
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba Aug 7 (Reuters) - Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Chief Executive Bill Doyle said on Wednesday he doesn't expect the breakup of Belarusian Potash Co (BPC) to last long, and he disputed predictions that the split would spur a steep potash price drop.
Doyle, who heads up the world's largest potash producer by capacity, was making his first public comments since Russia's Uralkali OAO exited BPC last week in a dispute with partner Belaruskali.
BPC's breakup and Uralkali's decision to maximize production spooked investors in the potash sector, where the two dominant players, BPC and North American potash export company Canpotex Ltd, have long matched supply to demand to support the crop nutrient's prices.
"My guess is (the breakup will last) shorter rather than longer, and the reason I say that is logic tends to prevail," Doyle said in a question-and-answer session streamed on the company's website. "I don't find too many people that self-destruct intentionally,"
Doyle said he does not see changes ahead for Canpotex and said there are no plans at Potash Corp to alter strategy. Potash Corp, Agrium Inc, and Mosaic Co are the members of Canpotex.
Doyle dismissed Uralkali's prediction that prices could drop 25 percent to less than $300 per tonne as a result of its split from BPC and its push to ramp up production, saying that Potash Corp has seen no sign of that in the past week and doesn't expect to see it.
Emphasizing volume sales over price is not new to the potash industry, he said, going as far back as the 1970s, and the producers that do so "end up hurting themselves more than anyone else". Continued...


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Pi fight! Bill Ward, proprietor of Slim 7 (1443 Larimer Street), has had so much success with that sliver of a sliver of a downstairs bar that last September, he began putting together another underground project for Larimer Square, this one including a 2,100-square-foot club and a 3,800-square-foot place called Pi, a New York-style pizza joint that'll serve into the wee hours.
But a couple of months ago, Ward was visited by a woman who works with Stonebridge, the company that operates and owns the new Hilton Garden Inn, at 1400 Welton Street. She informed him that they were also planning a restaurant named Pi and were even going to use the pi sign in the logo. "She was being really nice about it initially," Ward says. "Then, within a week, they sent me a cease-and-desist letter from Brownstein." And that would be Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the high-powered law firm representing Stonebridge.
"The facts are that we applied properly for a trademark registration a number of months ago," says Howard Pollack, an attorney with that firm. "I can't give you the exact number, but it was close to a year ago, well before anything else came out. We properly applied for a national trademark. That registration is pending and under way. We were the first ones to open up and use the name Pi."
But they may not be the last to use the name, because Ward contends that he beat Stonebridge to the punch with the trademark. "They know that we've been using it before them," Ward says. "That's what it comes down to. I have it registered with the Secretary of State and went that avenue. They registered it federally, which shouldn't make much of a difference, because there are a million Pi places out there — pizza places, actually — in the U.S. So our attorney thinks we have a good fight for it. But now they're just trying to use the big guns to scare us. It's going to cost us a crapload of money to fight it. They're not really too concerned about the money."
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"The law on this stuff is fairly clear," Pollack counters. "It's not what everybody knows. It's not salacious, and a lot of times people don't understand how the law works in this area, but it's clear, and there are certain things you need to do in order to establish prior use. There are certain rights that come along with registering a trademark, which is why we did it."
Ward, whose attorney was served with papers two weeks ago, decided to have some fun with the situation, throwing a "Save Pi on Larimer" party last Thursday at Slim 7. The place was packed.
And he still plans to open his own Pi, at 1442 Larimer, in the next few weeks. "Until a court decides," he points out, "I told them that both of us can use the name, and then one of us will have to stop using it as a result of the legal judgment."
At first, Ward's Pi will primarily be a bar open Wednesdays through Saturdays; how often it serves pizza until 5 a.m. will depend on how well they do each night. And in a couple of months, the new club Below will share the basement space formerly occupied by the Champion Brewing Company. Ward describes the club as a "very sleek, sinful, dungeon-ous, gothic-type scene with really edgy decor." And he'll probably bring in some well-known out-of-town DJs, as Slim 7 has done in the past.
Club scout: A few doors from Slim 7, Le Rouge (1448 Market Street) has kicked off its LoDo's Bachelor 2007 contest, which runs Thursday nights through September. Guys can find application forms at www.lerouge.us; one lucky stud will take home a 42-inch plasma TV. And finally, the Ginn Mill (2041 Larimer), a Prohibition-themed bar that pays homage to historic Larimer Street will have its grand opening on Thursday, September 27, starting at 6 p.m.
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