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3 responses to "Megan Fox Shows Off Her Baby Bump in a Floral Print Dress"
It's nice that her husband seems like such an understanding guy.
He knows that the only reason she had sex with monkey man Shia LaBeaof and Michale Bey was for the well being of the Transformers franchise. Success in the industry requires hard work and sacrifice.
Why do pregnant celebrities always wear high shoes? Like yea your 3″ taller but that doesn't really slim the effects that an unborn human has on the front of your dress.
yeah, i flipped through the whole gallery looking for a pic where i could say she's hot, and every time the belly just killed it for me. pregnancy guts sure seem to turn a lot of men on but I gotta wonder if they;re just closet chubby-chasers who don't want to come out fully because of the financial strain that dating a big woman would have on their food budget


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Paris (AFP) Jan 08, 2013
Reducing the use of wood-burning stoves in an Australian city led to a sharp fall in deaths from respiratory diseases and heart failure, a study published on Tuesday said.
The paper, published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), highlights the pollution risks from inefficient biomass burning, used by billions of people for heating and cooking.
University of Tasmania researchers looked at what happened when a local city, Launceston, implemented a scheme to reduce pollution from wood smoke.
It launched a campaign to educate residents about the risks of smoke from wood-burning stoves and offered help to replace these with electric ones.
From 2001 to 2004, the number of households that used wood-burning stoves fell from 66 to 30 percent. Atmospheric pollution from air particulates during winter fell by 40 percent.
Deaths among men fell by 11.4 percent, particularly from cardiovascular causes, which saw a decline of 17.9 percent, and from respiratory causes, which retreated by 22.8 percent.
There was no statistically significant fall among women, a question that was not addressed by the study.
The mortality figures derive from a six-and-a-half year comparison between Launceston with Hobart, the Tasmanian capital, which did not have any air-quality interventions.
Tasmania, Australia's southern-most state, has a climate that is usually colder and wetter than the rest of the country.
Wood-burning stoves to heat homes became popular in Tasmania during the 1980s and 1990s, eventually causing pollution problems in Launceston, a city of 67,000 people, which is located in a river valley where haze accumulated, according to the study.
The problems of biomass pollution are well known, but there is a big gap in scientific evidence about the effectiveness of smoke-reducing schemes, said the study.
Only a few studies have ever been carried out to explore the impact of air-quality interventions.
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Subject: [BOARD] Confirmation of Election Committee Members
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:09:37 -0500
Due to the time sensitive nature of this request, may I
hear a motion to confirm the below slate of Election
Committee members.
Tina Vickery
National Coordinator
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The EC respectfully submits the following slate of
prospective EC Members for your approval/disapproval, per
Election Committee Procedures Section A, Item 2, par. 2:
"From the list of volunteers, the EC shall select new or
replacement members for the EC. This list of volunteers
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The exact meaning of "fornication" in this context has been hotly disputed. "Fornication" normally means any sexual immorality, such as incest, prostitution, adultery, or homosexuality.
Another intriguing possibility is that it refers to marriages that would be illegal or terminable under the Law of Moses, such as incestuous marriages or marriage by an Israelite to a foreigner contrary to the Law of Moses. Thus, the exception would refer primarily to what we'd call grounds for annulment, where the marriage not only should never have taken place but also should not be continued.
The New Jerusalem Bible, for example translates, "But I say to you, Everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of an illicit marriage, makes her an adulteress …" See Gary D. Collier, RM-Bible discussion group, ftp://moses.acu.edu/RM-Bible (April 15, 1996).
In The Complete New Testament Word Study Dictionary, Zodhiates states that the Greek word (porneia) translated fornication "may also refer to marriages within the degrees prohibited by the Law of Moses and generally to all such intercourse as prohibited in that Law."
There are several arguments strongly in favor of this view –
- This interpretation would solve the riddle of why Jesus refers to "fornication" as an exception rather than the more obvious "adultery." Fornication has a wider meaning than adultery, but as he's speaking of a married woman, it's hard to think of anything she might do that would be fornication and not adultery in the minds of First Century Jews. After all, rabbinic law held that merely being alone with a man not her husband made her an adulteress. You might argue that Jesus was referring to homosexual misconduct, but it seems unlikely to have been such a serious problem in First Century Palestine that Jesus would have to carve out such an exception.
- This interpretation solves the riddle as to why the parallel passages in Mark and Luke and Paul's discussion in 1 Corinthians 7 don't mention the exception. A marriage to a non-Jew was hardly an issue to Luke's and Paul's Gentile audiences, and Mark's preference for brevity would permit the exclusion, as readers would understand that an improperly made marriage is no marriage.
- This would accord with Ezra 10:10-11, where Ezra required the Jews to divorce their foreign wives, married contrary to the Law.
This interpretation would mean that Jesus is not choosing between rabbinic schools of thought but is rather declaring all marriages properly entered into sacred and not to be broken for any reason – such that breaking a proper marriage is sin, the moral equivalent of adultery. This places Jesus very much in line with Paul.
And, of course, the absence of the "fornication" exception would hardly mean that marriage can't be broken. After all, to any First Century Jew, a spouse who violates his or her obligations under Exodus 21:10-11effectively puts away his or her spouse. Hence, if husband breached his duties to his wife, she had the right to require her husband to give her a certificate of divorce so she could remarry despite not being a virgin.
While the meaning is possible and has many advocates, it seems unlikely that Jesus' audience would have understood "fornication" in these terms. They would have instead thought in terms of sexual sin, which was the usual meaning of the term and entirely consistent with the context where Jesus was discussing Deuteronomy 24. Hence, this argument is clever, even brilliant, but likely wrong.
Instone-Brewer takes "fornication" to be Jesus' translation of "something indecent" in Deuteronomy 24:1, even though the Septuagint doesn't use the same Greek word. He supports his view with these arguments –
- In Jewish practice, an illicit marriage required no certificate of divorce, as no marriage had occurred at all. But Jesus mentions this exception both in Matthew 5 and 19, in both cases in the context of Deuteronomy 24:1, which is all about certificates of divorce.
- "Fornication" in the rest of the New Testament is not limited to incest in the rest of the New Testament. It certainly can refer to incest (1 Cor 5), but isn't so limited anywhere (p. 158).
- The word order in the Greek is unusual (logou porneias), the reverse of the natural order, in parallel with the Shammaite interpretation of Deuteronomy 24:1 (p. 159).
Thus, the solutions to the three problems solved by the proposed interpretation are better solved as follows:
- Jesus mentions "fornication" as an exception, rather than adultery, because this parallels the language of Deuteronomy 24:1, referring to "something indecent."
- The exception isn't mentioned at all in Mark, Luke, and 1 Corinthians 7 because fornication is such a breach of a spouse's duty to the other that it is itself a putting away. It only needs to be mentioned explicitly to an audience concerned with the interpretation of Deuteronomy 24:1.
- The marriage Ezra ended were entered into in breach of the Law of Moses. In modern terms, they were annulled in that they were never proper. Today, if a man "marries" an under-aged girl or a woman already married or a woman too drunk to consent, no divorce is required because the marriage never happened. Rather, to clear up the public record, a court declares the marriage annulled, that is, as having never happened. It's the same thing.


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- Fostering religious and spiritual exploration as an important component of an excellent liberal arts education
- Encouraging deep engagement with particular religious traditions
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- Providing religious resources, pastoral care, and support to individuals and groups in our campus community
- Participating with various campus constituencies to raise social justice issues and work for positive social change.
Haebler Memorial Chapel and the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Jewish Student Center are the primary locations for religious life at Goucher.
The chapel is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (and often in the evenings or on weekends) for silence, solitude, and prayer.
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Renewable energy industry news roundup: Dec. 6-13, 2015
This week in renewable energy was indeed a busy one. On the global stage, the United Nations approved a landmark climate accord in Paris and more companies joined RE100's mission for 100% renewable energy. In Ecotech Institute's backyard, Sunrun Inc. will bring 800 solar energy jobs to Colorado and Utah's first utility-scale solar farm went online. This news and more in this week's renewable energy roundup.


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Best Of :: Food & Drink
It's 2 o'clock on a listless, sleepy afternoon. Your brain is shutting down as if it were closing time. But you need to get things done. And, as it happens, you're in the getting-things-done business, so you need a kick. Not just any one, but a good old-fashioned Miami-style café con leche kick. The kind that sends you soaring like a sparrow. So you hit the streets. Sure, you can go to Calle Ocho, but she's grown stale and hard. She tastes like she's been left out all night — like death. "Don't you wanna drink café con leche with me?" she asks. "Not even a little bit," you answer. So you search elsewhere. And then you find it in the last place you were looking, nestled in a strip mall in North Miami Beach of all places. The joint is called Café Que Rico, and it's just what you need to get your sugar, milk, and caffeine fix. She's hot, sweet, and frothy — the kind of froth that begs you to slurp sugary goodness before you've even had a chance to judge the coffee's temperature. That's a special, delicious kind of danger. And that's why it's perfect. The small costs $1.50, and if you're feeling extra-sluggish, you can buy the large for $2. After all, you know what they say: The larger the craving, the thicker the froth.
Nothing is more exciting than seeing the clock strike 5 p.m. when you're at work. You and your fellow employees dash to the front door of the office, elbow anyone who gets in your way, and head out in search of libation. We suggest Sandbar Sports Grill. Not only do the weekday happy hours offer half-priced drinks and appetizers from 4 to 7 p.m., but you can also catch almost any game on one of 26 TV sets. Sure, you might run into some UM frat bros on Thursday college nights, but the $3 bottled beer specials are worth it. The home of the fish taco also offers specials on the weekends. Grab a few $3.75 bloody marys on Saturdays and Sundays, or bring your paycheck stub in on Sundays to get 50 percent off your tab.
Though the Wynwood Arts District has evolved greatly in the past few years, its main strip has always been devoid of one key feature of any worthwhile neighborhood: a decent, no-nonsense, old-fashioned bar. Not to disrespect the venues serving drinks in the artsy area, but sometimes you just want to walk into a place with a 20-dollar bill in your pocket and leave with a few drinks in your gut. Thankfully, there's Wood Tavern. And tavern indeed is the perfect descriptor for this place, with wooden, brick, and plaid walls. There's also a buffalo head, a leprechaun statuette, and a profusion of comfy, vintage couches. Although it only opened this past December, the place has an air of familiarity. Of course, the sanely priced drinks including a pleasing selection of craft beers and signature cocktails, made us want to stick around. Forget familiarity, Wood is basically now our new best friend in Wynwood.
When you're looking for the velvet-rope experience without the South Beach parking hassle, Justin's Bar & Lounge has you covered. Promoted on Power 96 and El Zol 95, the club celebrates house, salsa, merengue, bachata, Top 40, hip-hop, and sports. The place offers ice-cold mojitos, a burning-hot dance floor, and VIP tables for very special bottle service (with $150 Grey Goose and Johnny Walker Black bottles). On weeknights, you can shoot a game of stick at the pool table, enjoy two-for-one drinks from 7 to 10 p.m., and get in with no cover charge. On Fridays and Saturdays, ladies enter free till midnight, dudes get in for $10 to $20, and the joint is packed with sexy Latinas, exotic Russian beauties, hombres, and Israeli playboys. Whether it's DJ Dudu, Berdugo, Empire, or E-Feezy on the decks, the music bangs, the people dance, and the liquor flows. Now that's what we call boozin'.
From the moment you buy your first brew, you half expect the other beer guzzlers to start chanting, "Chug, chug, chug, chug!" Owned by former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Craig Erickson, Hole in the Wall is a no-frills joint reminiscent of a college fraternity house's rec room. The décor consists of wood stools, benches, flat-screen TV sets, and a Galaga arcade game. There are also a couple of tables outside the entrance. Hole in the Wall is the spot to drink beer — and not any of those fancy microbrews either. Here, it's a steady stream of PBR, Budweiser, Miller Lite, and Yuengling. But connoisseurs can still get Guinness or Grolsch. The prices are hard to beat. Domestics run from $1.50 to $4 a glass, while imports go for $3.50 to $6. And you're gonna need a lot of cold lagers or ales to wash down the scrumptious chicken wings doused in Frank's RedHot sauce. A ten-wing platter costs $9. Or pig out on a 50-wing platter for $45 while watching the game with your friends. Hole in the Wall is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
It was after midnight on a recent Saturday when we found ourselves playing some eight ball and knocking back shots of Jägermeister as White Snake's "Here I Go Again" bumped through the loudspeakers. Cigarette smoke wafted through the Billiard Club, a strip-mall bar and sports lounge that has been happily serving the hard-working, hard-drinking middle-class residents of Miami Lakes, west Hialeah, and Hialeah Gardens for the past 13 years. The vibe is so chill you won't be surprised when you strike up a friendly conversation with owner Peter Tesser and he rewards you and your party with a round of drinks. He's the type of guy who wants all of his customers to feel like they are visiting a relative's house to watch the big game or fight. Flat-screens hanging at the main bar and over the pool tables show pay-per-view sporting events every weekend with little or no cover charge. Drinks are moderately priced. A glass or bottle of beer won't cost you more than $6, and a stiff drink will set you back no more than $10. A full-service kitchen cooks up popular bar food items plus burgers, chicken wings, and a New York strip steak that'll melt in your mouth. The Billiard Club opens at 4 p.m. daily. Last call is at 3 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends.


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It's a simple question, but for Republicans in Congress, it's not an easy one.
Do you trust President Donald Trump's judgment on major decisions?
"I'm not answering questions like that," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., after hopping off an underground tram shuttling him from the Capitol to his Senate office building. "That's ah . . . " he trailed off as he walked toward an elevator.
Four seconds later, the easygoing Arizonan picked back up: "The president is overseas. I don't think we're allowed to ask any questions while the president's overseas."
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There are long moments of inspiration — many of them, in fact — in Ballet Memphis' production of River Project 2. The first chapter of the project was staged a year ago and with this second installment, the tribute to the Mississippi River is given a glorious presentation. This was an opportunity not only for dancers to shine, but for the choreographers to bring out fresh material.
Three pieces by three choreographers are given equal treatment, each expressing some aspect of the river or cities or events along the waterway. The opening piece, "The Hurdle Runner," is by Petr Zahradnícek, choreographer in residence with the Milwaukee Ballet. The tribute is to hurdler George Coleman Poage, the first African-American to win a medal in the Olympics. Kendall G. Britt Jr. dances the title role with the precision and nuance we have come to expect from him. Poage was a trailblazer in several ways, which also meant overcoming brutish segregation in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Britt's expressive fluidity is countered by his expressionless face, until the very last moment of victory that brings a smile.
The middle work by Julia Adam — "Devil's Fruit" — examines, of all things, the mushroom, in all its delicious, dangerous history and strange mythology. Backed by Max Richter's contemporary versions of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and Philip Glass' "Islands," the piece literally evokes the fleshy fungi with enormous umbrellas that have images by Stephanie Cosby projected onto them. The dancers swirl about with plenty of repetition mirroring Glass and imbuing the work with wit and mystery.
The final piece is a forceful and fascinating view of St. Louis by Julie Marie Niekrasz titled "Corps de Fortitude." Partly a recognition of the women who shaped the American frontier, her use of geometries and organic nuances in the first part of her work smartly reflected the push of human settlers trying to tame nature. Other parts of her work take in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, helped in no small way by the Shoshone teenager Sacagawea, and the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. The dancers pull off breathtaking work in the piece by Niekrasz, a long-time company member. This, however, is her first mainstage choreography and it's an impressive debut.
One of several ingenious touches was including live performances by vocalist Lee Taylor. The singer's uncommon voice evoked something of Bessie Smith or Billie Holiday, but invested her music and the dance with what was very much her own mesmerizing take.River Project 2 is a refreshingly original and creatively exciting venture by Ballet Memphis being performed at Playhouse on the Square. It's not to be missed.
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Charlotte Allen in the Washington Post
What?! Women Are Too Dumb to Live? Are You Outraged?
Hoo boy. So Charlotte Allen wrote a little piece in the Washington Post yesterday. It started out mildly controversial, with her hypothesizing that women's reactions to Obama at campaign rallies were evidence that women were behaving like empty-headed Beatles bimboes around Barack. Okay, dicey, but I'm with you so far. . . .
Then she goes on to say that while women are somewhat capable of being brain surgeons and fighter pilots, "the number of women in these fields will always lag behind the number of men, for good reason." Whoa. Come again? Wait, wait, it gets better:
So I don't understand why more women don't relax, enjoy the innate abilities most of us possess (as well as the ones fewer of us possess) and revel in the things most important to life at which nearly all of us excel: tenderness toward children and men and the weak and the ability to make a house a home.
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Tom Davison sent in what truly appears to be a great find! Seemingly animated illusions are interesting for what they stand for, but when you take their floating sample and fuse it with something purposeful, then you're on right tracks to get noticed. For example, take the billboard posters we saw recently. What we have here today is an interesting maze puzzle, spiced with an additional optical illusion obstacle. You can open the picture in full-size to get the stronger effect. Do you notice anything strange when you try to find your way from point S to point E?


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Who the hell would want to open a record store in the Age of the Digital Download? It's pure masochism. At least, that's what everyone told Backbone Music's Nunzio and Rafael Esposito before they opened the place in late 2005. But they didn't listen, and you can thank the vinyl gods for that. Backbone is one of the few joints around that still peddles that format. Yeah, thrift stores have plenty of them old things too, but at Backbone, you don't have to toil through rows of dollar-bin-worthy junk just to find one halfway decent record. You can buy a Pink Floyd master recording of Atom Heart Mother for $155 here or a Coco Rosie release of The Adventures of Ghost Horse for $18.99. While it may not have the biggest selection in town (the place stocks about 3,200 albums), it's quality that matters here. Backbone delivers the goods, whether you're looking for rock, punk, funk, hip-hop, trip-hop, metal, hardcore, post-hardcore, dance. Oh, and it's all top-of-the-line stuff, not dust-covered trade-ins from ten years ago. And yes, there are plenty of CDs, T-shirts, DVDs, and other music-related merch. Located just off Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach, Backbone Music gets its share of foot traffic. But when that's not enough, Esposito plays host to live all-ages concerts at least once a week. Let's see you try to pack all that in your iPod.
For years, Amanda Magnetta-Ottati helped her husband Tate run Tate's Comics, but it wasn't until the couple decided to expand the popular comic book store this year that she quit her steady gig in advertising. Magnetta-Ottati now runs an eclectic hideaway, Bear and Bird, in the store's loft space. Call it an alternative art gallery. "Something that's been sorely lacking in Broward County," she says, "is a space for emerging artists that are focused in pop culture." Her space is a kind of "curated boutique," she says, staying intentionally vague about the edgy work she prefers. "Basically, it's all filled with stuff that I think is neat." The Bear and Bird's first art show "For the Love of Munny" a collection of peculiarly compelling art toys with personalized designs -- drew a crowd of 1500.
New Times: What kind of spy gadgets could I buy at the Bear and Bird?
Magnetta-Ottati: Ooh! We have these cool cameras called Lomos. One of the styles takes sequential shots that capture pictures at fractions of a second's difference. That's a great spy tool.
What exotic destination would you like to travel to?
Japan! I've always wanted to go. Just because I know that my head will explode from all the cool stuff. I think that I'm drawn to it in part by the awesome pull of their shopping and bizarre characters and signage! I know my husband Tate would really enjoy seeing a sumo match and eating uni!
How would you prepare for the Bond experience?
I'd love a super-fabulous bag of spy disguises. It would be interesting to blend in to any situation and learn as an insider. I can't wait to try out my bald cap and beard disguise. I actually have a dynamic duo of attack dogs. Both are adorable, scruffy mutts from the Humane Society. They are always there to remind me to take time out of my all too busy life for a good belly scratching!
Yes, that's a huge glass case filled with toothpicks mounted on the east wall of the Take a Byte showroom in downtown Hollywood. To answer your next question, there are exactly 1 million of them. As to the questions of why someone collected them and who that someone is, let's all agree not to ask, OK? You may not want to know. Besides, you came here because you have an ailing or outdated computer. Fact is, most of us don't know what hardware we need, nor what's compatible with our machine, and even if we did, we don't trust ourselves to install it without breaking the thing. There's a better way. Drop off the laptop at Take a Byte and let Mike get his mitts on it. By the same day, he'll list all the hardware you need to modernize your computer. He can order that hardware at wholesale prices, then install it for you. And as a complimentary gift, he'll cure your system of all those viruses and spyware that slow it down. You get an old computer that runs like a brand-new model at a fraction of the price. Just don't ask about the toothpicks.
You can hock Granddaddy's watch in any old shop, but rare are the pawn shops where a fellow can pawn in bulk. Like his helicopter. Or his bulldozer. They buy it all at Casino Pawn & Jewelry, located across Stirling Road from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino a short stroll for the inveterate gamblers among us. Buyers can find a whole fleet of four-wheelers, choose from among a tool section that rivals the Home Depot, or pick up a slew of musical instruments the detritus of so much misspent ambition. Prices are competitive with eBay, and the manager, Mark, claims his shop pays the highest price for goods in an area strewn with pawn shops.
Any health-food store can sell stuff that claims to be good for you. But go to the counter at Simply Natural and you're liable to find Richard or Shahrooz, the husband-and-wife owners who have been known to offer free meditation classes, free guest lecturers, and even free samples of vegan foods. They can draw upon their vast expertise on all matters health to recommend an herbal remedy or nutrition supplement for whatever ails you. Or they can set you up with one of the many practitioners who rotate through the shop's back office: an acupuncturist, masseuse, reflexologist, iridologist, or CardioVision analyst. Plus, it's a short walk next door to the Simply Natural Café, which boasts the area's cheapest and most truly organic menu around. The meat is grass-fed and hormone-free, and even the beer and wine are organic.
So there's this guy, Books. He won't say his real name. He does some graffiti, but he can't talk about that either because, you know, it's illegal. He and his business partner, Dr. Black (don't ask him his real name either), have taken stencil to an artistic level. Remember stencils from grade school? These ain't them. Books and Black have made intricate stencils and engravings carved with a CO2 laser onto metal, wood, and even mirrors. They've been hired to create business cards, poker tables, and wedding invites. They'll even engrave the windshield of your tricked-out ride. While they're both very mysterious about what they do, they're open about one thing: MasterCard is accepted.


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Revision as of 06:41, 11 May 2012England Lancashire Lancashire Parishes
Chapelry History
East Crompton Saint James was created a chapelry in 1845, lying within Prestwich ancient parish.
Other places in the parish include: Cowlishaw and High Crompton.
"CROMPTON, a township,in the borough, parochialchapelry (with at least two separate district chapels), and union of Oldham, in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 3 miles north by east from Oldham; containing, with the villages of Shaw, High Compton, and Cowlishaw.
In 1845 a district chapel was erected, called East Crompton; and a church, dedicated to St. James, was built in 1847."[1]
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
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Parish registers for East Crompton, 1845-1964 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England.
East Crompton was a chapelry in Crompton township, Prestwich parish. It became an ecclesiastical parish in 1844. The church is known as St. James'.
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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
The unique excited-state properties of the overlapped (diabatic) optically-allowed 1Bu+ and the optically-forbidden 1Bu− or 3Ag− vibronic levels close to conical intersection ('the diabatic pair') are summarized: Pump-probe spectroscopy after
As shown in
The low-lying singlet states of all-
We will call the pair of overlapped levels 'diabatic vibronic levels' or 'diabatic pair', because a diabatic basis set, instead of an adiabatic basis set, becomes necessary to theoretically describe their excited-state properties [
The definition of the diabatic pair includes
As will be described in the next section, both the optically-allowed 1Bu+ counterpart and the optically-forbidden 1Bu− or 3Ag− counterpart keep their own symmetry properties, and behave as if they were totally independent symmetry-wise even after forming the diabatic pair.
The unique characteristics of the low-lying singlet-excited states of Cars in the all-
In the vicinity of a conical intersection, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation - on which the adiabatic description is based - breaks down. The reason for this is as follows: (1) The derivative coupling can be expressed as the vibronic coupling divided by the potential-energy difference like
In the complete all-
Therefore, it becomes absolutely necessary to use diabatic expression, instead, setting the derivative coupling to be zero,
The above consideration has rationalized the apparently unique characteristics of the diabatic pair of electronic states: At the first glance, it looked strange and accidental that the symmetry properties of singlet-excited states conserve, as if they were totally independent from each other. However, it has turned out to be quite logical after we carefully consider the characteristics of the diabatic pair.
Working on the set of Cars (
In the electronic mixing of the diabatic pair ('diabatic electronic mixing') as well as in the internal conversion from a diabatic pair ('diabatic internal conversion'), we have found a common symmetry selection rule,
The above experimental results (to be described in detail in Section 2.2) evidence that the symmetry of each electronic state is totally conserved during the formation of the diabatic pair as well as in the splitting of the diabatic pair into the optically-allowed and the optically-forbidden counterparts.
In comparison to the energy gap between the diabatic pair of Car (
Visible-pump and near infrared-probe spectroscopy
After the Introduction (Section 1), we are going to correlate the unique excited-state properties of the diabatic vibronic levels that we have found most recently. Those findings are classified into different categories in terms of the spectroscopic techniques used:
Section 2: We used ∼100 fs pulses for selective excitation: First, we excited to the 1Bu+(0) level of a set of all-
Section 3: We used ∼30 fs pulses for coherent excitation of Cars (
Section 4: We used ∼100 fs pulses to excite Cars (
Section 5: We will summarize the results obtained (Section 2–Section 4) and discuss the future trend of the present line of research.
After Section 6: Conclusion, we will introduce Section 7: Relevant work done by other investigators.
As shown in
The decay time constants listed in
The results of simulation can be summarized as follows:
As shown in the pump-probe time-resolved spectra and the simulation of the initial stimulated emission, the 1Bu+ + 1Bu− stimulated emission transforms into the 1Bu− transient absorption while taking vibrational relaxation in Cars (
In the latter case, we saw efficient 1Bu+ → 1Bu− → 2Ag− internal conversion in the time-resolved spectra and in the results of SVD and global-fitting analysis of the spectral-data matrices (see Figure S3 in Supporting Information of Ref. [
The above set of results lead us to the following symmetry selection rule, concerning the diabatic electronic mixing and diabatic internal conversion: '1Bu+-to-1Bu− is allowed but 1Bu+-to-3Ag− is forbidden'. This selection rule has been theoretically explained [
The stimulated-emission profiles of all-
We have been determining the 1Bu+, 2Ag− and 1Bu− potentials of Cars by fluorescence spectroscopy: The shift of potential minimum, in reference to the ground-state 1Ag− potential, was the largest in the 2Ag− state, a middle in the 1Bu+ state, and the smallest in the 1Bu− state [
The time-dependent changes in the fluorescence and absorption patterns can be characterized as follows: (1) The 3Ag− stimulated emission appears first as a single peak having the 3Ag−(0) energy; no vibrational structures ascribable to the Franck-Condon factors are seen at all. (2) The 3Ag− transient absorption appears next also as a single peak having the 3Ag−(0) energy. No vibrational structures are seen in the 3Ag− transient absorption either. (3) The 3Ag− transient absorption is longer-lived and gets stronger in intensity than the 3Ag− stimulated emission at later delay times, the former becomes overlapped with the 1Bu− transient absorption having a vibrational structure and less clear.
(a) The Car (
Thus, the negligible shift of the 3Ag− potential, in reference to the 1Ag− potential, has been established by coherent excitation of the set of Cars (
The unique excited-state dynamics after coherent excitation with ∼30 fs pulses to the diabatic pair of Cars (
To facilitate the spectral comparison, the initial stimulated-emission patterns that have been presented in
The pump-probe time-resolved spectra of Cars (
The above spectral characteristics can be explained in terms of the mechanism of quantum beat (see
Next, we proceed to the case of Car (
Thus, in terms of the quantum beat formalism, the 1Bu+(0) + X−(υ) stimulated emission is ascribable to the coherent cross term, while the 1Bu+(0) and the X−(0) stimulated emission, to the pair of split incoherent terms.
Finally, the key question is whether we can actually observe the real quantum beat:
As shown in Section 3.2, the coherent excitation of Cars (
The above sequence of events can be proven by the SVD and global-fitting analysis of bound Car (
The above sequence of events has been proven by the SVD and global-fitting analysis of the spectral data matrix, the results of which are shown in
Our preliminary Kerr-gate fluorescence spectroscopy was found contradictory in our series of attempts to determine the 1Bu− lifetime of neurosporene, Car (
In the previous Kerr-gate fluorescence spectroscopy, after excitation to the 1Bu+ (3) level, however, we obtained the 1Bu+(0) lifetime of 260 fs, the value of which agreed with the 1Bu− lifetime [
Thus, the fluorescence patterns can be clearly classified into two groups: one, in the shorter-chain Cars (
Now, we will try to explain why the lifetime of 'the apparent 1Bu+(0) level' agrees with the 1Bu− lifetime in Cars (
(a) In the shorter-chain Car (
(b) In the longer-chain Car (
This pair of observations reflects the unique excited-state properties of the diabatic pair consisting of the optically-allowed 1Bu+ counterpart and the optically-forbidden 1Bu− or 3Ag− counterpart. When the diabatic pair relaxes down to the bottom of the 1Bu+ potential, the 1Bu+ counterpart relaxes through emission, whereas the 1Bu− or 3Ag− counterpart relaxes through internal conversion. This is actually the splitting processes of the diabatic pair. The relative contribution of the optically-allowed and the optically-forbidden counterparts seems to vary in the processes of vibrational relaxation.
Pump-probe stimulated-emission and transient-absorption spectroscopy
The above results demonstrate that
Pump-probe stimulated-emission and transient-absorption spectroscopy
The results strongly suggest that the coherent excitation of the diabatic pairs strongly facilitate the light-harvesting function. A key question here is whether such coherent excitation of Cars can take place
Therefore, there is a good chance that all the transitions eventually become coherently-coupled with one another and share the same phase while a set of Car molecules are being excited. (This reminds us the case where a pair of pendular hanging on the both ends of a bar eventually becomes synchronized.) Obviously,
Pump-probe spectroscopy after
On the other hand, pump-probe spectroscopy after
Therefore, there is a good chance that not only the 1Bu− state but also the 3Ag− state play the role of light-harvesting in bacterial photosynthesis.
In all the above excited-state dynamics, the symmetry properties of the 1Bu+, 1Bu− and 3Ag− counterparts are totally conserved during the formation of the diabatic pairs and also during their splitting and relaxation of the 1Bu+ counterpart through emission and the 1Bu− or 3Ag− counterpart through internal conversion. This is exactly what has been anticipated by the theoretical description (experimental condition) of the diabatic pairs.
The observed energetics and excited-state dynamics of the diabatic pairs and their rigorous theoretical description using the diabatic basis set fully support the symmetry notations, the energy diagrams and the potential curves for all the 1Bu+, 1Bu−, 3Ag− and 2Ag− vibronic levels we have been proposing.
After our proposal of the 1Bu− and 3Ag− states, a variety of hidden states have been proposed between the optically-allowed 1Bu+(S2) and the optically-forbidden 2Ag− (S1) states. They include the S* [
A comprehensive and elaborate review has been published by Polivka and Sundström [
An interesting review, based on femtosecond pump-probe electronic-absorption and subpicosecond stimulated-Raman spectroscopy, was published by Hashimoto, Yoshizawa, De Silvestri and Cogdell [
The present readers also need to understand what are written in this article is just along an attempt how far the present authors can proceed based on the following simple and systematic picture:
As described in Section 1 (Introduction), the present authors introduced the symmetry notation, 1Bu− and 3Ag−, based on the Pariser-Parr-Pople calculations done by Tavan and Schulten, including multi-reference double configurational interaction (PPP-MRDCI) [
To the best of the present authors' knowledge, no corresponding work has been published. Therefore, it is still immature to write 'a review article'. However, the motivation to publish 'a summary' of our most recent work is as follows: (1) The overlap of the vibrational ladders between the optically-allowed 1Bu+ and optically-forbidden 1Bu− or 3Ag− state is an intrinsic property of all-
We suspect that the following figures, in this article, may be useful to solve the controversy already pointed out by Polivka and Sundström [
Here, in the rest of this section, we will describe the results of
In this theoretical paper, multi-reference Møller-Plesset perturbation theory with complete active-space configurational interaction (CASCI-MRMP) was applied to calculate the energies of the vertical π → π* transitions of all-
It was a challenge for the theoreticians to carry out highly accurate
To calculate the vertical excitation energies from the ground state to the relevant singlet states, the ground-state equilibrium geometries were optimized at the MP2 level. A reference CASCI wave function was obtained by partitioning the SCF orbitals, and optimizing the expansion coefficients of all configurations that were generated by all the possible arrangement of the active electrons among the active orbitals. The 10 valence π electrons were treated as active electrons. The effect of σ electrons was included through the perturbation calculation performed with MRMP, which was applied to each individual excited state.
In the present case of alternant hydrocarbons, the pairing properties are satisfied at the CASSCF and even the CAS-CI level. The 1Ag−, 1Bu+, 2Ag−, 1Bu− and 3Ag− states could be characterized by the use of it.
The calculated vertical-excitation energies did not exhibit a simple linear dependence on 1/(2
Following a preliminary report on
To prove that the counterpart of the 1Bu+ state is the 1Bu− state in the coherence coupling, the fluorescence pattern that does not exhibit the mirror image with respect to the electronic-absorption pattern (as shown in
The above results of analysis and interpretation in the case of
It is also encouraging, that these authors proved the presence of the 1Bu− state, which is coherently coupled with the 1Bu+ state. Detailed discussion on the nature of the 1Bu− state and the mechanism of quantum beat based on their sophisticated theoretical calculations are described in their original literature. Such theoretical analysis combined with spectroscopic studies will reveal the more detailed mechanisms of diabatic electronic mixing and quantum beat.
The authors thank Heiko Lokstein for reading the manuscript. All the work described here was supported by the Open Research Center Project (entitled "Research Center of Photo-Energy Conversion") of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan).
The authors also thank reviewers who encouraged us to include other proposals of the hidden states.
The authors acknowledge permission by Prof. Alfred Holzwarth, RSC Publishing and Elsevier for use in this article of tables and figures that appeared in previous publications.
Energies of the 1Bu+(0), 3Ag−(0), 1Bu−(0) and 2Ag−(0) vibronic levels of Cars (
Chemical structures of typical Cars (
The vibrational ladder of the 1Bu+ state (labeled on the right-hand-side) overlapped with those of the 1Bu− state in Cars (
The 1Bu+, 1Bu− and 3Ag− potentials and conical intersections between the 1Bu+ and 1Bu− potentials in Cars (
Intensity profiles as well as numerical correlations (inset) between the time duration (FWHMt) and the spectral width (FWHMσ) for the 30, 60 and 100 fs pulses.
Subpicosecond time-resolved spectra after excitation with ∼100 fs pulses to the 1Bu+(0) level of Cars (
Species-associated difference spectra (SADS) and time-dependent changes in population for the 1Bu+ and 1Bu− states of Cars (
Subpicosecond time-resolved spectra after excitation with ∼100 fs pulses to the 1Bu+(0) level of Cars (
After excitation to the 1Bu+(1) level, instead; see the caption of
Fitting to the initial stimulated-emission profiles by the use of Franck-Condon factors for Cars (
Diabatic electronic mixing between the 1Bu+ and 1Bu− vibronic levels accompanying simultaneous stimulated emission in Cars (
Subpicosecond time-resolved spectra after excitation with ∼100 fs pulses to the 1Bu+(1) level of all-
Simulation of the initial stimulated-emission patterns obtained as the first SADS by the SVD and global-fitting analysis of data matrices, parts of which are presented in
Vibronic levels of the 1Bu+, 3Ag− and 1Bu− states giving rise to the stimulated emission profiles shown in
Time-resolved stimulated-emission and transient-absorption spectra after
The 1Bu+(0) energies of Cars (
The negligible shift of the 3Ag− potential, in reference to the 1Ag− potential, a mechanism which gives rise to the transformation, with time, from a single stimulated-emission peak to a the single transient-absorption peak shown in
Time-resolved stimulated-emission and transient-absorption spectra after coherent excitation with ∼30 fs pulses aiming at the 1Bu+(0) level of Cars (
A set of stimulated-emission patterns obtained by
Schemes of relaxation processes when the set of Cars (
Time-dependent changes in the integrated intensity of stimulated emission at the position of the 1Bu+(0) energy in Car (
Time-resolved stimulated-emission and transient-absorption spectra after coherent excitation with ∼30 fs pulses aiming at the 1Bu+(0) levels of Cars (
The results of SVD followed by global fitting of time-resolved data matrices of Cars (
Relaxation schemes after coherent excitation to the 1Bu+(0) level of Cars (
Comparison of the 1Bu+(0), 1Bu−(0) and 3Ag−(0) energies of Cars (
Time-resolved Kerr-gate fluorescence spectra after selective excitation with ∼100 fs pulses to the 1Bu+(3) level of the shorter-chain Cars (
Results of SVD followed by global fitting of fluorescence data matrices of Cars (
Simulation of fluorescence patterns obtained as SAFS (taken from
Mechanisms why the apparent 1Bu+(0) lifetime agrees with the 1Bu− lifetime in Cars (
The energies of the optically-allowed 1Bu+ and the optically-forbidden 2Ag−, 1Bu− and 3Ag− states (for vertical transition from the ground 1Ag− state) that have been obtained by
Quantum beat due to coherence coupling between the 1Bu+ and 1Bu− vibronic levels in lutein,
Dependence of the 1Bu+, 1Bu−, 3Ag− and 2Ag− lifetimes (in ps) on the number of conjugated double bonds (
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Cueto rounded off Jason Robinson's good work on 73 minutes and powered over for his second touchdown in injury time.
Sebastien Chabal also went over for Sale in the second half to level the score at 11-11.
Connacht were 8-6 up at the break thanks to an Andrew Farley try, while David Lacey added a late consolation.
In the other semi-final on Sunday, Ludovic Mercier scored 27 points as Pau beat Brive 37-16 in the first leg.
Julien Laharrague gave Brive the lead on 15 minutes but Mercier kicked four penalties and converted Mathieu Dourthe's try just before half-time.
Brive's Valentin Courrent kicked a series of penalties after half-time before Mercier raced onto his own kick to score 10 minutes from the end.
A Nicolas Martin try extended Pau's lead to 21 points in the final minute.
Worcester cast aside their relegation dogfight to seal a 43-34 first-leg lead against Leeds in a keenly-contested European Shield semi-final first-leg.
Tries from Thinus Delport (2), Jon Hylton, Paul Sampson and Gary Trueman, plus a penalty try looked to have put Worcester in total command.
Tim Stimpson kept Leeds in it with 24 points, two tries, two penalties and four conversions.
But Trueman's last-minute converted try gave Worcester a nine-point advantage.


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| Drug Approvals: Circumstances under which an active ingredient may be simultaneously marketed in both a prescription drug product and an over-the-counter drug product
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Dr. Carrie Klima
|Date & Time:
|10/31/2005 06:10:24
|Organization :
|Dr. Carrie Klima
|Category :
|Health Professional
|Issue Areas/Comments
| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the action regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously marketed in both prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
| yes, while Plan B contains the same ingredients in some oral contraceptives, it is not sole available in any other form than Plan B. There are many examples of drugs in which some component may be a prescription item and the other ingredient not. for example Tylenol with codiene, higher dosages of otc medications such as ibuprofen.
|B. Is there significant confusion regarding FDA's interpretation of section 503(b) of the act?
| Yes. No one on the scientific committee had any problem evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the drug. The FDA's role is to guarantee a drugs safety which has been demonstrated.
| A. If FDA limited sale of an OTC product to a particular subpopulation, e.g., by making the product available to the subpopulation by prescription only, would FDA be able to enforce such a limitation as a matter of law?
|no and there should be no reason to as Plan B has no contraindications in the adolescent population. It has been supported by the AAP.
|B. If it could, would it be able to do so as practical matter and, if so, how?
| A. Assuming it is legal to market the same active ingredient in both a prescription and OTC product, may the different products be legally sold in the same package?
|B. If the two products may be lawfully sold in a single package, under what circumstances would it be inappropriate to do so?
| The FDA's role should be to evaluate the scientific evidence presented to its own panels of scientists and evaluate drug safety and effectiveness. Politics should not play a role in whether a drug is available to the public. Plan B would help to reduce some of the 3 million unintended pregnancies by preventing pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.
This agency should not be playing politics with the lives of women in this country. Listen to your own experts. Make Plan B OTC


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Poisoning People for Palestine?
How BDS raises its
funding through Olive Oil Fraud
By Lee Kaplan, Stop the ISM.com
Olive oil is not only a food product, but a commodity
that is extremely valuable. This agency previously showed that
leader and ISM activist
he sends to Gaza under the false name Arlington
Market, but, besides this, Larudee has been involved for several years in
"pure Palestinian extra-virgin olive oil"
here in America
by hand by as many ISM activists Larudee
can sucker to work for free for him to do so. He arranges "olive oil bottling
parties" where he gets BDS and
activists (other Israel haters) like himself to work for free bottling the
olive oil that he sells at street fairs and especially
the Internet
to benefit "Palestine." Larudee not only
makes his living doing this, but he has also developed over the years a
lucrative business that raises money to ultimately fund Hamas (not to mention
himself and BDS) through the illicit sales of olive oil he claims is the
product of "poor Palestinian farmers".
Olive oil fraud is such a good business that even the
has been involved
in production and exploitation. Trade
experts have stated that more money can be made selling olive oil fraudulently
than can be made with drugs. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Larudee, who
should have been jailed years ago for aid and support for terrorist groups such
as Hamas
continues to operate
his olive oil scam in blatant violations
of U.S. laws. What's also distressing is that U.S. law enforcement, from the
FBI to the FDA
been feckless
in doing something about it.
The Israeli government controls exports of
agricultural products from the Palestinian Authority (West Bank and Gaza) due
to threats of terrorism by poisoning. Palestinian terror leaders have tried on
more than one occasion to poison the Israeli water supply so the Israelis take
this seriously.
Despite his advertised claims that the olive oil he
sells is made by poor impoverished Palestinian farmers merely trying to eke out
a living, the olive oil that Larudee and company have been hand bottling here
in the US cannot be what he says it is. Israel until recently, in fact, did not
allow the exportation of raw olives or olive paste from the Palestinian
Authority for security reasons. In addition, Larudee falsely advertises and
labels that his bottles contain "cold pressed pure extra virgin olive oil" from
Research into the olive oil trade has revealed that
Larudee is more likely purchasing olives within the US market then bottling
them, selling the oil as "Palestinian" olive oil to an unwary public. Industry
experts advise that olive oil, especially the pure extra virgin kind is very
difficult to import because it spoils within two days of the produce being
picked. Likewise, any oil bottled at the growth site spoils during shipment by
sea on pallets.
The National Olive Oil Association of America (
is the trade group that seeks to assure quality and responsibility in the USA
while the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for olive oil
standards. The USDA defines olive oil grading in much the same way as the
International Olive Council
but while the standards are voluntary in Europe, in the USA it is fraud if
there is a claim of USDA grade on the bottle label or case.
Larudee deceptively puts on his labels "USDA Organic"
which has a different meaning than most consumers understand. In fact, the FDA
the standards
for the USA which extends to using processing
facilities that Larudee has consistently violated. Nor does he provide proof of
such certification on his labels (probably because none exists). Of more
importance, bottled olive oil is required in the U.S. to have
information on the outside label
. Larudee does not
provide these guides among his many violations.
The FDA requires that bottled olive oil be processed
an FDA approved facility
that receives twice yearly
inspections by FDA.
Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (
the Bioterrorism Act
) directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the food regulatory
agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, to take steps to protect
the public from a threatened or actual terrorist attack on the U.S. food supply
and other food-related emergencies.
Larudee has been
rubbing elbows with designated terrorist group Hamas for years. There are even
photos of him shaking hands with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah and on another
occasion his receiving an award from the terrorist group. Larudee was also caught
and deported from Israel when he went there to meet with Hamas operatives,
later going to Lebanon to work with Hezbollah, another designated terrorist
group. More recently funds he sought to send to Hamas infested Gaza were frozen
then returned to him by Mellon Bank due to suspicions of laundering funds for
terrorism. The FBI did nothing.
with Hamas leader Haniyah in Gaza (above left)..Larudee gets a medal at a Hamas
banquet in Gaza (right).
Larudee routinely bottles his olive oil in an old
ramshackle house in Berkeley, California known as the
Grassroots House
a shared meeting house with other radical and/or communist groups a few blocks
from the UC Berkley campus. In the past, he sometimes did so from his home in
El Cerrito, California. He prepares the olive oil in a shared communal kitchen
in the Berkeley building with no FDA clearing for sanitation. His pro-BDS volunteers
who help him wear no hair nets and there is no making sure they even wash their
hands, or follow minimum sanitation requirements.
The Federal Trade Commission also requires truth in
labeling for olive oil products, another violation by Larudee and his BDS gang.
Mislabeling of olive oil is a
according to the FTC. FTC regulations state "The FTC
and the FDA have overlapping jurisdiction to regulate the advertising and
labeling of foods. Section 403(a) of the FDCA prohibits the 'misbranding' of
food which includes labeling that 'is false or misleading in any particular. This
shared jurisdiction over labeling and advertising of food products operates
pursuant to a longstanding Memorandum of Understanding between the agencies. Under
this agreement, the FDA exercises primary responsibility for regulating food
labeling, while the FTC assumes primary responsibility for ensuring that
advertising of food products is truthful and not misleading.
Larudee's olive oil bottle labels read that his Hurriya
bottled olive oil is "pure extra virgin olive oil" when it is not. To
this mislabeling
, this news agency hired
Anresco Laboratories in
San Francisco
, an FDA approved food testing facility.
Testing just
one bottle
of Larudee's olive oil cost over $400 which professional olive oil bottlers and
pay regularly
to assure FDA quality for the end
user. Each new lot of olive oil requires
. In fact, such
testing can be like playing the whack-a-mole game where one bottle might pass
while others are not the same quality. The difference between "extra virgin
olive oil" and lesser quality oil is determined
the acidity level in the oil
. Cheaters who
intentionally mislabel their products' acidity levels are
of fraud
according to the FDA and FTC rules.
In the case of the Hurriya olive oil test,
acidity level
showed that Larudee's product is
not the extra virgin quality claimed on
the label. Genuine "extra virgin olive oil" usually commands a higher price
from consumers, about $20 a bottle on average. Larudee
$20 per bottle
for his product, part of the proceeds
going into his own pocket besides helping to fund the BDS movement or
generating money to be sent to Gaza and potentially Hamas. The test noted
excessive amounts of
patently visible in the bottle and that it was
extra virgin olive oil at all
Besides cheating buyers of his olive oil, Larudee and
his Norcal-ISM that produce the product are also cheating the public out of tax
dollars due on sales. Queries given to the city finance and business tax
collection and health departments of both the cities of
Ca., require that sales be reported on a regular basis to compute business taxes
owed. Both cities reported that not only does Larudee not have a permit to
bottle olive oil from the city or county health departments (nor from the state
of California), he has been cheating these government agencies and the public
out of taxes due on sales. Other businesses are required to report their sales
to pay city taxes based on those numbers that he has avoided for at least the
last ten years. This also means he is not reporting those numbers to the IRS on
a federal level. While his Norcal ISM has nonprofit tax status as an
"educational nonprofit," he nevertheless is required to keep records and report
his sales when he is engaged in selling a product for profit in case of a
necessary recall if a threat to the public health emerges. Larudee does not do
So here we have a booster for the Hamas terrorist
group bottling his product in a non-sterile FDA approved kitchen in Berkeley or Emeryville where he
resides, misrepresenting his bottled product through fraudulent labeling and
evading taxes to benefit the BDS Movement and himself. Larudee once wrote a
letter about his pleasure at
in the bed of a suicide bomber
he recognizes the Palestinians'
to violence to achieve their goals
. Most people would not feel comfortable
consuming a food product prepared by a Hamas apparatchik if they knew more
about it. Would you want someone who
works closely with Hamas preparing
California has just begun clamping down on
misrepresented olive oil products like Larudee sells to fund the BDS
Movement. This might explain why he is
now looking to import pre-bottled olive oil from a
Fair Trade Association
set up by the PLO to bypass scrutiny
in the U.S. market. Importing
pre-bottled olive oil usually means the product will not have the freshness
needed to assure proper quality as required in the U.S. market that the EU is
more willing to overlook. The EU is also more willing to overlook
misrepresentation of the olive oil product. The Palestine Fair Trade
Association website says that olive oil will be certified as labeled properly
through the "Fair Trade Labeling Association of Germany" (FLO), yet only a few
lines later
"FLO has not yet developed international product
specific guidelines for olive oil."
One thing is certain: the likelihood of
Paul Larudee and his BDS activists at Norcal ISM providing a corrected product
to the consuming public is very remote.
Current U.S. FDA standards for bottling and labeling olive oil must be
adhered to in the U.S. market for health and consumer products and Larudee's
using a shill trade association administered by the PLO government in Jenin is
unlikely to change past practices of ignoring uncleanliness, mislabeling and
tax evasion. Larudee has long violated U.S. Customs regulations also that require
that bottled olive oil products as sold by Larudee's Nor-Cal ISM to raise funds
for BDS must say
of the West Bank"
(a recent political
development since U.S. Customs used to require they read "Made in Israel"). Currently,
and for over 10 years, Larudee's bottles have been labeled "Produced by
Palestinian farmers in Israeli occupied Palestine and packed by volunteers of
the International Solidarity Movement in Berkeley, California.".
By bringing in pre-bottled goods as he suggests he
will be doing, Larudee risks bringing in spoiled olive oil because the
transport time for the oil will result in spoilage. Despite being sent via
"Palestine Fair Trade Association," the labels also state the product is packed
in the United States requiring the same permits, health and sanitation
inspections and true labeling that Larudee to date has not been doing, not to
mention tax reporting on sales. Even if he continues bottling the oil here and
selling it, repeated violations of U.S. Custom requirements on truth in
labeling calls for such bottles if imported to be destroyed on entry to the
United States.
Readers are encouraged to send copies of this article
to the enforcement agencies below to hopefully see some action with the change
in a new administration coming in Washington. In particular, U.S. Customs has a new e-allegation email
system readers can write to electronically. A US Customs source has recommended
this article be copied simultaneously to the reader's congressional representatives.
1.U.S. Customs
of International Trade,
Customs and Border Protection,
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, ATTN: 1400 L-11
Washington, DC
Ph. 800 232-5378
2.California Dept. of Health re: Olive Oil complaint
(800) 495-3232
ext. 5
3.FDA Compliance and Enforcement:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
4.Federal Trade Commission (labeling)
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20580
Phone (202) 326-2222
5. City of Berkeley Finance Department Business
Licenses and Taxes:
1947 Center Street,
Berkeley, CA 94704
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 8:30am-4:00pm,
Revenue collection:
Mila Serna, Supervisor
Phone: (510) 981-7272 ;
Business Licenses
Phone: (510) 981-7200
Fax: (510) 981-7210
City of El Cerrito
Finance Department Business Licenses and Taxes:
Report a concern:
Investigations - Financial Crimes
Detective J.T. Wahrlich
El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 215-4420
UNDERCOVER VIDEOS OF BDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS NOW VIEWABLE ON THE WEB: PASTE THiS URL IN YOUR BROWSER TO WATCH:
Read this important article from a reformed ISM volunteer:
Daniel Borg with Palestinian kids in Hebron
Daniel Borg is a Swede who was actively engaged in Swedish politics, passionately pro-Palestinian and went to join the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). His observations from within the ISM are explosive.
[Editor's note: we've left this account in Daniel's own voice so the English (which is not his first language) is a little idiosyncratic]
My Palestinian training, non-violence or violence?
Before joining ISM group in Hebron I had my training in Ramallah during two days. How to obstruct IDF ops? How to freely walk in a neighbourhood and alert the coordinators the movements of incoming IDF patrols? When to go out and show your presence to the military, so that they dont dare shoot at your direction? Shield a house that IDF want to demolish? Shield stone-molotov-throwing militants? Yes. Our job. PLO (now Fatah, but it is the same) uses well meaning idealistic western youngsters to aid, shield and make-possible their terrorist agenda. The Fatah-coordinators made it clear to us that ISM uses only non-violent means of resistence, but in the meantime stressed that if the Palestinians chooses to use violence our job is to shield them. It is the Palestinians that live under occupation and humiliation, not us western activists, so we should let them make the operational decisions and we internationals are there to act like human shields and protect them from the IDF.
We even spent a good amount of time practicing how to pitch-up extreme screams with the intent of scaring off settler kids. Our instructions were that if settler kids approach us and act violently we need to surprise them by screaming with the loudest of our abilities so that they get panic and run away. We did a lot of exercise in these high-pitch screams. If someone from downtown Ramallah reads this, I want to express my sincere apologies for your lost sleep during these days.
Committing Lawfare
During the first hour of the Ramallah training every activist gives the PLO coordinators a closed envelope of his name, address, family info, country residence, political affiliation etc, in case of arrest or death. They make abundantly clear that if I we were beaten up or killed by IDF it will lead to great damage to the state of Israel, great media coverage and of course maybe an end to the occupation. Since I was the chairman of the Social democratic youth organisation in my home town I was interesting and useful. If the IDF arrested me or killed me it would get headlines at least in Sweden.
In hindsight I understand that this is a perfect example of lawfare: With my presence as an international maybe the IDF won't use the amount of force they are entitled to in order to complete a security-operation, and let the ones I am shielding go free (a win to the terrorists), or they disregard my presence and complete the mission with a possible end result of me being killed together with the terrorist. Also a win for the terrorists since they can use my death as an amazingly effective propaganda tool in international opinion.
I felt useful. I wanted to do whatever I could to help the Palestinians. I was un-afraid and idealistic. Then I went to Hebron. I actively chose to only do real pacifist work, mainly to stand in King David Street (Shuhada street) and in the IDF posts leading up to Tel Rumeida settlement. To monitor the Israeli soldiers present. A tough job, I thought, since all PLO coordinators, Btselem-people, random Palestinians etc. told me before hand that the soldiers are violent, throw stones at Palestinians, helps settlers attack Palestinian children, and what made me afraid, the soldiers occasionally arrest, handcuff and beats up ISM activists…..
How the IDF-soldiers acted
My first morning in Hebron: A young Israeli soldier was standing in his watching post at the entrance of the Jewish Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, where also some Palestinian families live. The soldier called upon a Palestinian ten-year-old boy that was walking up the hill to approach him. The boy was remarkably scared, and hesitantly dragged his feet towards the soldier. When the boy came up close the soldier made a move towards the kid. In this instant my heart started to pump faster since I was certain he was going to attack, but to my astonishment, he shakes the boys hand and put the other on his shoulder. The soldier started to speak casually with the boy. Instantly the Palestinian kid smiled and they spoke and joked for a couple of minutes in the July heat. I felt relieved, extremely surprised, took down my camera. Nothing here to film.
Yes I was extremely astonished. This encounter between the IDF soldier and the Palestinian kid contradicted everything I was being told and what I thought was the normal mode of IDF-conduct. Surely this soldier's behaviour must be a very rare glimpse of humanism in the overall aggressive IDF, like a dolphin swimming in a sea of sharks. But no, it was not. It was rather the normal mode of conduct. I monitored the same group of soldiers from early morning to late evening, and their basic way of treating the Palestinians was that of non-interference and respect. Not once did I see anything that comes close to a violation. I spent three weeks monitoring the IDF soldiers, with my camera around my neck. There was nothing to film, no transgressions whatsoever (except Palestinian war crimes, but I come to that a bit later).
My laundry business
At one point a soldier made a move of his hand at my direction to show that I should approach him. He wanted to ask me a few questions: How could I work for Fatah, call myself human rights activist, while they just killed a gay Palestinian by tying him up to a car and driving his more and more molested body through downtown Hebron? (a few metres from where we were standing) I was pretty shocked. Am I getting human rights lessons from an IDF soldier? I said whitewashing, pinkwashing, he did not understand my point about the washing business. But I thought about what he had said. I did not care. Those that I work for are Fatah people, moderates, peace activists, even Jewish Israelis. The Palestinian Sharia law, however unjust, does not justify the Israeli occupation. Hence the washing allegations I threw to the soldier.
Here you have Hamas
The next week was slightly different. I understood that the IDF-soldiers were really nice, they treated me and all Palestinians with respect. During lunchtime I decided to go up to the PLO apartment and take a coffee. I stood with my coffee cup looking out at downtown Hebron, with full view of the Hebron Arab zouk. From nowhere I see two guys going out from a car, taking out guns, starting to shoot intensively at the market. It was several hundreds of shots. The zouk was buzzing with families. They started their shooting spree, everyone tried to ran away, I filmed it from the onset. Their shooting spree lasting so long that I had the time to walk up to our rooftop continue filming while the shooting spree continued. Here you have Hamas.
Afterwards I ran down alerted my activist colleagues, alerted the IDF soldiers, called our coordinators. The IDF closed the checkpoint. Beefed up all soldier presence. This was the first Hamas attack in the West Bank, their bid on gaining power after they successfully did that in Gaza. PA president Mahmoud Abbas instated a state of emergency lasting several days. The only ones being safe was the small community of Palestinians, Jews and us distorted foreign activists being secure thanks to the IDF checkpoint and security within the Israeli controlled area. I was actually happy that the IDF had a checkpoint there, guaranteeing our security from the craziness of Hamas.
The irony did not cross my mind at the time, that I went to Hebron to document Israeli war crimes but came home with IDF-humanism and Palestinian war crimes.
What I did not know about Hebron
During my time in Hebron I did not know about the incessant terror attacks against the extremely small Jewish community of Hebron. I did not know that Jewish residents are killed whenever they are not protected, children, women, elderly. I did not know that Israel has effective control of a very small portion of Hebron. I did not know that the actual Apartheid in Hebron is directed from the Arabs against the Jewish community. I did not know the religious and historic importance of Hebron, as the number two capital of the Jewish people.
More over, I did not know that those I work for, the Fatah-led ISM, actively instructs Palestinian kids to throw rocks at Jews, sometimes killing the victim. Nor did I know that when Fatah wants us to shield someone or a house from IDF-operation, it is highly likely to be a terrorist on the brink of committing attacks against innocent Israelis. This was the case of Rachel Corrie's last shielding-event. (Readers are encouraged to watch the video at the top of this page that proves the Corrie story is a Big Lie. Stop the ISM's Lee Kaplan provided evidence for the wrongful death trial the ISM tried to generate because of Corrie--editor).
How could I know? How could my colleagues know? We are immersed in the pro-pal false narrative. Fueled by CNN, New York Times, Le Monde, all centrist and leftist poltical parties in Europe, all our left leaning teachers, all our cultural establishment. Among many others. I got social, political, educational status by joining ISM, an anti – Geneva Conventions, terrorist organisation.
A New Kind of War on Israel and the Jews Just Took
Place at BDS Conference in San Diego: Something To Be Afraid Of
By Lee Kaplan
I attended undercover the west coast national
planning conference of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation last
September 19-21 in San Diego, California. The US Campaign is, in fact, the
International Solidarity Movement
sometimes known as Palsolidarity, having been renamed and repackaged to serve
as the main nerve center for the Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel in the United States.
statewide dedicated to bringing down the Jewish
state were represented.


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Electronic Commerce Security In The Context Of The Means Of Payment Dematerialization
Some items regarding electronic commerce, electronic vulnerabilities, electronic means of payment, digital money and electronic micropayments are presented below. Then is presented a method of assessing the quality of applications and e-commerce Web sites. This method is then adapted from the operational point of view, developed and implemented in the study of the electronic micropayment systems' security, in the purpose of analyzing and evaluating their security in the context of the means of payment dematerialization.
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Volume (Year): 4 (2010)
Issue (Month): 1 (May)
Pages: 183-194
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The ovv-gaf Gurruzine is a mobile suit featured in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE -UNKNOWN SOLDIERS-. It is a variant of the Danazine.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
A ground combat variant of the Danazine, the legs are replaced with large hover units that significantly improve its performance on the ground and allows it to transverse various terrains with ease.[1] As the Vagans do not have many production facilities on Earth, the majority of Gurruzines are actually converted from available Danazines. As flight capabilities are no longer needed, the wings of the original Danazine are removed and this greatly simplifies the structure of the suit's upper body. The Gurruzine has higher stability than a bipedal design which allows for a greater variety of handheld armaments. It retains all the weaponry of the original Danazine, and its primary weapon is the unique "Gurruzine Long Cannon". To stabilize the suit as it uses this weapon for ranged attacks, claw-shaped spikes hidden in the lower body can be deployed to grip the ground.[1]
- Gurruzine Long Cannon
- A hand-carried beam weapon unique to the Gurruzine, it is capable of sniping targets up to 8000 meters away and can also be used as a close combat weapon due to its ability to generate beam spikes from the slits near the tip. By spinning the weapon's barrel, the beam spikes can function as a beam scraper.
- Beam Vulcan/Beam Saber
- Mounted on each hand. Fairly effective at damaging or destroying most human made creations. Also possesses a beam saber mode, like most Vagan mobile suits.
- Beam Shooter/Beam Saber
- Mounted under the chin, it's a special beam vulcan gun that can also emit a beam saber.
- Gurruzine Cannon
- Mounted in the waist. It generates a very wide beam, ideal for eliminating difficult enemies that stand before the Gurruzine.
- Gurruzine Spinner
- The "tail" of the Gurruzine, which functions as a striking weapon capable of impaling enemy mobile suits.
Special Equipment & Features
- Electromagnetic Armor