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Yes, the GOP could be better; but what about American brand? The Republicans could have done better, much better than they have done since they took control of congress, if not for the senseless statements of some senators led by the war-hero-turned-war-monger John McCain. Whenever President Obama seemed to dither, these leaders either lined up behind the president emboldening him to start senseless conflicts America doesn't need or can afford (Libya or Syria).
Still, I would rather risk 8 years of Republican imperfect administration than another four years of the Democratic rule if led by the Muslim-he-actually-is-but claimed-he-is-not-but-a-Christian-he-is-not-but-claimed-he-is Barack Hussein Obama.
The wanton destruction inflicted by the infamous Japanese infantries on the territories or countries they conquered were legendary; and remembered as the most brutal in history. For the Japanese, no quarter was asked and no quarter was given.
That was exactly how President Obama led - or shall we say misled - the United States of America for the last four years.
When Obama promised change he didn't lie; he brought more change than he promised or you wanted. You could live with change for the sake of change, even a bit painful, and might even expect them from your president - but you didn't bargain for the kind of change the Obama's four years have brought to America's very foundation.
He effectively employed Whites, from personal assistants, party leaders to prominent leaders, just for example, to bring American society to heel. In other words, Obama aimed to use his presidency to transform America - largely white America - into America that is different from the America that our founding ancestors defined and fought for. Just look around you. The America today is not what America used to be; not what our founding fathers intended. The Churches, once one of the most important and influential in the history of this country, have been largely put in their places by Obama, and Christian influence or even presence have all but disappeared.
When people heard about how England (which once ruled most of the world) struggled against its Muslim minority's terrorism and then capitulated, we were horrified. But we thought (wrongly) that such thing would not come to America. We reasoned America is different, stronger, and the Muslims are too few to bring the majority Americans, white Americans, to heel.
How wrong we were! The British scenario is here, whether you believe or not, or want it or not, it has been for four years already, and it is here to stay for long time unless we do something.
Once Obama is done (if he should get reelected in November), the destruction of American dreams (of our fore-fathers) would be complete.
Some may call my writing a rant. Go ahead. I will say this about these people. They either are in employment of Obama, fooled by this president or too confused, or just plain ignorant, or selfish.
Although they are entitled to their own funeral, let us hope they realize they also mar other people's life and happiness.
They should think deeply, that Obama was and is not what they believed he was. Obama should not be allowed to be president in the first place; and he would not be if not for a sympathetic judge to wave him through during the contention over his citizenship. Obama means only harm to America, specially white, Christian America. Everything he did for the last four years was solely for his pride; he was never happy with the way the African-Americans were and are marginalized, and wanted to do something. He wanted to show Whites who he was and is, and that Whites can eat humble pie too if he had his way (if he became president).
Obama is the worst thing that could happen to America, but sadly few people could see through him. His lies. Double standards. And betrayal. Obama thought nothing of agreeing to betray American missile defense systems and technical details to Russia.
He even promised President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would be prepared to agree to all his demands on missile systems during his second term as he cannot by law run for third term. So, in plain English, he didn't need to be nice (to hell with voters' backlash). Another of seeming pet project, was and is to turn America into a Muslim country subject to shariah law and government system. When he proclaimed America was not a Muslim country, he also proclaimed neither was it a Christian country.
Although he knew he was lying, he considered it must be done. He meant it as a start on the road to making America a Muslim country if he could, or at least diminished once and for all the long-established Christianity of it.
He would rebuke American people or even leaders if they act or say anything not in the interest of Islam; and even condoned murders if committed by Muslims
But when pastor Jones threatened to burn the Koran book in his church unless the imam Feisal Abdul Raof abandoned building his mosque next to the hallowed ground, President Obama went berserk against the pastor. He callously set in motion a plan to first discredit the pastor by employing white people to dig and write dirt about him with the view to destroying him politically socially and, and then destroying the pastor financially. As a result, the bank that gave the mortgage for the land on which Pastor Jones' church stood, cancelled the mortgage, apparently without waiting for a default in payments.
Of course, imam Feisal Abdul Raof refused to move his mosque to another location to give face to the majority Americans. Why should he, he said, as an American he has the right to build the mosque anywhere he pleases as long as he has not broken any law; and especially, as even president Obama, who claims he is a practicing Christian, supported the building of the mosque there.
These, my friends, are just some examples of what President Obama had done to America during the first four years, and what he plans to do for the next four years if he gets another term, to bring America - the world's only super power - to heel.
As he had demonstrated, Obama has no qualm about turning America upside-down
Obama considers himself the greatest American president of all; a president worthy of American's grovelling to. A president who had been riding roughshod over every Americans, particularly white Americans, and want to put them in their place.
The president was and is not afraid of anybody in America - not even the supreme court judges.
The justices seemed to stand up to Obama at first; but when Obama labelled them as unelected powers, all the recalcitrant judges - who were the only persons who could throw a spanner into Obama's pet project: Obamacare - in the end threw in their towels!
What many could be curios about could be: would the justices who don't need to be nice to Obama for their own survival per se would succumb like they did if not for the 'white red guards unleashed by President Obama.
Ironic isn't it, that if not for a sympathetic judge who intervened on his behalf during the contention about his qualification to run for president, he would not be where he is today, and yet he showed no gratitude by ...putting the Supreme Court judges in their places!


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Several government offices closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Federal, state and county government offices are closed on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
State liquor stores and post offices will also be closed, along with courts. Area banks and most school districts are closed.
PennDOT driver license and photo centers will be closed. Customers can obtain driver and vehicle products and services online at www.dmv.state.pa.us.
Garbage collection in Pittsburgh and a number of other communities will be delayed a day.
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Introduction to research into European topics and to the analysis of problems.
Class description
Ethnic Cleansing and Its Aftermath
"Ethnic cleansing" has shaped the societies and cultural landscapes of modern Europe. In particular Central and Eastern Europe experienced the forced unmixing of populations over the course of the twentieth century. This process was marked by eruptions of mass violence and permanently changed the face of Central and Eastern Europe. Cities and regions, once characterized by cultural heterogeneity, have become homogeneous places; others saw a complete change of their ethnic composition, sometimes overnight. Smyrna, which at the beginning of the twentieth century was a multiethnic city with a Greek majority, is today the overwhelmingly Turkish city of Izmir. Lviv, today a Ukrainian city with a small Russian minority, was a Polish-Jewish city with a small Ukrainian minority prior to World War II. At the beginning of the 1940s, the inhabitants of present-day Wrocław in Poland were almost exclusively ethnic Germans; just a decade later, they were almost exclusively Polish.
This course will examine the history of forced migrations in twentieth-century Europe by posing three basic questions: What led to the desire to drive certain populations from their homes? How were forced migrations executed on the ground? What was the long-term impact of ethnic cleansings on places (villages, cities, regions) and societies affected by these processes?
Student learning goals
Getting a better understanding for the history of forced migrations in 20th-century Europe and its broader international context
Understanding what terms and concepts are analytically useful to describe forced migrations, and what the hidden "ideological baggage" of many of the commnon terms is.
Realizing that ethnic cleansings have a long-term psychological impact on places and societies affected, spanning sometimes three or four generations until societies develop the desire to confront their historical involvement in ethnic cleansings.
General method of instruction
This course will provide a forum for discussion of the recent scholarly literature on "ethnic cleansing" and forced migration. Through a number of case studies, students will examine a set of systematic themes, such as the evolving terminology regarding forced population movements; the political, social, and economic rationale behind forced migrations; the "cleansing of memory" after populations have been expelled; the commemoration of forced population movements; and the attempts of Central European societies to come to terms with this past.
Recommended preparation
There are no prerequisites. Reading knowledge of a language relevant for one of the case studies (for instance, Czech, German, Greek, Polish, Russian, or Turkish), however, would be helpful.
Recommended readings as general preparation for this course: Norman M. Naimark. Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth Century Europe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001; Benjamin Lieberman. Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing in the Making of Modern Europe. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006; Timothy Snyder. Bloodlands. Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. New York: Basic Books, 2010.
Class assignments and grading
Students are expected to write a research paper, to present the concept of this paper in class, and to participate actively in discussion of the reading assignments.
Typically, research papers will examine cases of forced migration in 20th-century (Central and Eastern) Europe. However, students interested in cases of forced migrations outside Europe are welcome and can write their papers on these non-European cases.
Grading will be based on the quality of the research paper (50%), the oral presentation during the in-class conference (20%), and general participation in class discussions (30%). There will be neither a midterm nor a final exam in this course, but preparing the assigned readings and working on the research paper will require serious and steady work over the entire quarter.


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So as many of you know I do a LOT of hand crafts - knitting, crochet, tatting, soutache, jewelry making, you name it I probably make it. The kids have always wanted to learn yarn crafts, but no matter how many ways I've taught them to knit or crochet it's a failure - we've even tried tunisian and the knook! Then I saw how fast they fly through their rainbow looms. Inspiration struck! They've now been loom knitting like bandits over the last couple of weeks...lol
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Thank you so much for the offer, that is very sweet of you! I already have one skein of the yarn I want to use, I just need to get another skein because I didn't realize you need to use two when using the loom. I am a wool girl, but I do appreciate the offer <3
Quoting TJandKarasMom: I have some yarn that I won't use...it's mostly red heart brand...I used to use it for everything, but then I found Caron simply soft and have pretty much switched to only using that. Anyway, if you are interested I could send you some...I kind of need to thin out my stash!
Quoting Boobah: Fantastic! My husband got me the 4 circle set for Christmas. So far I made a doll hat and my daughter made a doll hat. I don't have enough yarn to make a real size hat since you need to do two spools (or a nice bulky) at a time. I can't wait to go yarn shopping.
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Oh that is clever!
My kids love rainbow loom, but only my eldest has expressed and interest and done some knitting. I wonder if they would all be interested in loom knitting.
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The purpose of the Lindsey Wilson Student League of Sciences is
to advance the pre-professional science student by providing
members with access to research materials; an index of Internet
contacts; student tutorials; and updates on events and programs
associated with regional schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy
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One project resulted in the establishment of a recycling
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the U.S. war in Central Asia. Five scholars -- both from the region
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The John Staluppi Collection
1 December 2012
Lot 208
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 10th Anniversary Coupe
- Chassis no. 2X87Z9L178062
Sold for $34,100
220 bhp, 400.0 cu. in. OHV V-8 engine, four-speed manual transmission, coil spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic power disc brakes. Wheelbase: 108.0 in.
In 1979, Pontiac celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Trans Am by creating a truly special edition based on their second-generation design. It was painted silver and a two-tone charcoal, which was complemented by red, silver, and charcoal stripes. On the hood, the biggest bird ever to be fitted to a T/A was included. So large was the bird that the wing tips were a separate decal fitted to the fenders. A new "turbine" smooth, brightly polished dished aluminum wheel was specific to the anniversary edition, as were new Firebird decals placed on the B-pillars replacing the metal emblems affixed to standard Trans Ams.
The interior was treated to more luxury and thought than any previous Trans Am. The color scheme from the exterior was naturally applied to the interior. Most items were finished in a light grey/silver hue, including the steering wheel. A new seat was designed and covered in silver leather with some vinyl accents. When Pontiac designers were insistent about producing an embroidered bird with six different colors, a special machine was imported from France to do the sewing. Even though few (if any) Trans Am buyers were worried about road and engine noise, the anniversary model has specially designed carpets to reduce these sounds. Options included (and most were fitted) with mirrored T-tops, power windows, power door locks, a remote trunk opener, and the WS6 Special Performance Package (upgraded brakes and handling). Cars ordered with an automatic transmission were fitted with the 403-cubic inch Oldsmobile V-8 engine, and models with a four-speed received the 400-cubic inch Pontiac engine. The cars were a huge success and 7,500 were sold before Pontiac pulled the plug.
The stunning and very original 10th Anniversary Trans Am presented here shows just over 11,000 miles on the odometer, which is shown to be original from new given the plethora of documentation that accompanies the car. Furthermore, its excellent condition also confirms its originality with authority, as it benefited from careful and meticulous ownership. It retains the original delivery information and build sheet, which shows its first owner being Indianapolis resident Robert Stites and then subsequent ownership by Jack Roland, also of Indianapolis.
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A special screening of Abhishek Chaubey's film Dedh Ishqiya starring Madhuri Dixit was held for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community on Thursday because of its queer content.
Madhuri Dixit
Vivek Anand of Humsafar, a city-based organisation which promotes LGBT rights said, "Dedh Ishqiya has acquired iconic proportions and Madhuri's character as Begum Para is the new diva of the LGBT community.
The producers organised the screening for the community as part of the ongoing month-long events that will culminate in an annual pride walk today which is now been seen as a significant event in the wake of the Supreme Court judgement."


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variant of the original proposal of POET (due to a forging attack [13] on the original proposal) with AES as an underlying blockcipher, were submitted in CAESAR, a competition [1] of authenticated encryption
(AE). In this paper we show a forging attack on the mode COBRA based on any n-bit blockcipher. Our attack on COBRA requires about O(n) queries with success probability about 1/2. This disproves the
claim proved in FSE 2014 paper. We also show both privacy and forging attack on the parallel version of POET, denoted POET-m. We can also recover some derived key of the construction. In case of the
modes POET or POE (the underlying modes for encryption), we show one query distinguishing attack when we instantiate the underlying AXU-hash function with some other AXU hash function, namely
uniform random involution. Thus, our result violates the designer\'s main claim (Theorem 8.1 in [1]). However, the attacks can not be extended directly for the specific choices of existing submitted versions to the CAESAR competition.
In this paper, we initiate a study on how to delete secret data with public verifiability. This is a subject that has not been investigated before, partly because it seems intuitively impossible. In this paper, we show a solution is possible by applying appropriate cryptographic primitives. Based on combining DHIES, Chaum-Pedersen Zero Knowledge Proof and ECDSA, we present a Secure Storage and Erasure (SSE) protocol. The key idea in our solution is based on a ``trust-but-verify\'\' paradigm, which is generally applicable to many security problems but has been largely neglected in the field of secure data deletion. Finally, we present a concrete implementation of the SSE system to demonstrate its practical feasibility.
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1. An extensive list of attacks using the Information Set Decoding techniques adopted for our codes; 2. An analysis of the cost of a distinguishing attack based on rank attacks on the generator matrix of the code or on its dual code. Based on this security analysis we suggest some concrete parameters for the security levels in the range of $2^{80} - 2^{128}$.


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Whether you have two employees or 100, your business depends on people working together as a team. This doesn't happen on its own: It requires planning and deliberate action on the part of the small-business owner. The results — high-functioning employees and greater productivity — are well worth the effort involved.
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1. Have a clear goal. Building a team works best if you have a clear idea of what you want to accomplish. Whether you have a specific project in mind or you want to improve existing processes, ask these questions:
- What type of talent do I have right now in the organization?
- How many people need to be part of the team?
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2. Hire the right people. Obviously, no small business can afford to employ individuals who lack motivation or initiative. A person who has the "right" qualifications on paper isn't necessarily the ideal person to fill out a team. A quiet, introverted person (who may be very good at what he does) may be the wrong fit for a fast-paced, highly communicative environment. When hiring, look for people who fit into your company's culture, but seek individuals who can improve the status quo, who bring to the job a sense of urgency, and who demonstrate a willingness to find solutions to existing and future challenges.
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Ask a landlord-tenant lawyer and get answers ASAP
According to her, Georgia tenant law doesn't stipulate they must pay rent, only that they stay for 1 month. I'm at such a loss. I can't find the definition of Georgia tenant, but she sure acts like she knows the law. I hope your answer is correct for Georgia. Is there a place I can find that to prove to her that she was not a tenant even though she, by her choice and without my knowledge, used my address to receive a pkg and had it put on her Ga ID card.
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/downloads/Georgia_Landlord_Tenant_Handbook.pdfstates:"To determine if you are a tenant or boarder the court will look at:•Does the written agreement refer to itself as a lease and to payments as rent;•The length of time you have lived at the residence;•Whether the room is the only residence you have;•Whether you are residing there temporarily or for a long period of time;•How often you pay rent: if you pay daily, you are likely a guest or boarder;•Whether services such as linen service, switchboard service and maid service are provided;•Whether you own the furnishings in the room;•Whether the amount you pay includes tax; and• Whether the person you pay has a business license.If you are not a tenant but a guest or boarder, you have limited protection under the law."May I ask if she had her own room, or if she stayed in your son's room?Do you have a business license as a landlord?Do you have a certificate of occupancy as a landlord?Have you ever had a tenant at this location?
She stayed in my son's room. I know nothing about being a landlord. I have never had tenants.


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EGRP News Flash - April 18, 2012
NIH Issues Request for Applications for U.S.-China Program for Biomedical Collaborative Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports international collaborative biomedical research to advance science and expand biomedical knowledge. Scientific cooperation between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China was initiated over 30 years ago and has grown rapidly in recent years. Recognizing that enhanced cooperative biomedical research would be of mutual benefit to the U.S. and China, the NIH Director and the President of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in October 2010.
NIH is seeking Research Project Grant (R01) proposals through a new Request for Applications (RFA) to stimulate collaborative basic, translational, and applied research between United States (U.S.)-based researchers and Chinese researchers in the areas of allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and its co-morbidities and co-infections, cancer, mental health, Parkinson's disease (PD), and stroke.
In the area of cancer research, applications need to address cancer in the context of infectious agents and/or diseases. Research may focus on the links between infection and cancer important in the U.S. and China, particularly:
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV);
- Helicobacter pylori;
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV);
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) and possible co-factors, such as Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV); and
- Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV or HHV-8).
Research on infection-related cancer areas include, but are not limited to:
- Creating cost-effective cancer vaccines that can be used in developed and developing countries (e.g., DNA-based vaccines or the use of recombinant over-expressed antigenic proteins);
- Creating cost-effective screening and early detection strategies for infection-related cancer that can be used in developed and developing countries;
- The role of inflammation in infection-related cancers;
- The role of tobacco use in infection-related cancers;
- Genomic studies of infection-related cancers;
- Epigenetic changes in infection-related cancers;
- Host immune control and/or host and microbial genetics in infection-related cancers; and
- The role of the microbiome in infection-related cancers.
Since a principal aim of this RFA is to attract and support new ideas, a key feature of this RFA is that preliminary data, unlike as in standard R01 applications, are not required for this R01 submission.
Application budgets are limited to $200,000 per year in total costs over a three year period.
Letters of intent are due August 18, 2012 and applications are due September 18, 2012, no later than 5:00 P.M., local time of applicant organization.
U.S. and Chinese collaborating investigators should work together to submit corresponding applications to NIH and NSFC. U.S. investigators will respond to this announcement from NIH, and Chinese investigators will respond to a separate funding announcement from NSFC. By sending an application to NIH, the applicant agrees to provide a complete copy of their submitted NIH application to their Chinese counterpart. Potential U.S. applicants concerned about confidentiality or proprietary information should take this requirement into account before deciding what information to submit in their application to NIH. NIH will not consider for funding any application that has not met this sharing requirement.
Eligibility for NSFC funding under these collaborative projects is limited to scientists who are current or former NSFC grantees. NSFC will publish a corresponding funding announcement (in Chinese) for partnering Chinese investigators to apply for funding under the joint U.S.-China Program in Biomedical Research Cooperation. Applications from Chinese investigators responding to the NSFC announcement will be reviewed in parallel by NSFC using review criteria that are harmonized with NIH review criteria. Applicants responding to the NSFC announcement will also be required to submit as part of their applications a copy of the NIH application provided by their U.S. collaborator. Therefore, it is expected that the Chinese collaborator will contact the U.S. Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD(s)/PI(s)) and request a copy of their application in response to this announcement for submission. This application will also be reviewed confidentially during the NSFC review process.
Funding decisions for applications submitted to NIH will be made by NIH with consideration of the research priorities of the U.S. China program. Both the U.S. and Chinese applications must be determined to be eligible and responsive (in the parallel processes conducted by the NIH and NSFC) to be considered for funding under the program.
NCI contact for cancer epidemiology questions: Gary L. Ellison, Ph.D., M.P.H., Program Director, Modifiable Risk Factors Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program.
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Three years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed entire communities along the Gulf Coast, the Biloxi Model Home Program
A partnership between Architecture for Humanity and the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (GCCDS) of Mississippi State University, the Biloxi Model Home Program was established to provide design services for seven East Biloxi, Miss., families whose homes were destroyed. Architecture for Humanity invited 12 architecture firms from around the United States to draft concepts for affordable, attractive houses that will withstand future storms.
At a housing fair where the designs were exhibited for the community, the seven families selected for the program chose which houses they wanted to build. The design teams then worked one-on-one with them to finalize the designs for their new homes. The houses being built were designed by Brett Zamore Design of Houston; MC2 Architects of Houston; Huff + Gooden Architects of Charleston, S.C.; Marlon Blackwell Architect of Fayetteville, Ark; CP+D Workshop of Charlottesville, Va.; and the GCCDS. (Two families chose to work with MC2.)
Although all seven homes are innovative examples of affordability, sustainability, and—most important—hurricane- and flood-resistance, the program's goal was not to build demonstration homes, but to create a model for post-disaster community recovery. Housing was of first importance, but creating a better sense of community and getting the neighborhood involved in its own recovery also were vital, Grote says. "It's a hard thing to convince people of, on paper, that we're going to create a nice neighborhood" as well as great houses, he says.
Architecture for Humanity's work in East Biloxi has helped rebuild the community, as well as individual homes, but it also has formed critical partnerships and established standardized processes and strategies that may serve as a model for future disaster response programs to provide well-designed, affordable housing solutions. "A lot of the stuff I've learned and that we've figured out has been cross-fertilized in both directions about the best ways to build a house and to do it inexpensively, while still making it aesthetically pleasing," Grote says. As a result of the partnerships created, "This neighborhood is well out ahead of a lot of other neighborhoods who are still struggling to figure things out."
The Biloxi Model Home Program is only one aspect of the rebuilding work Architecture for Humanity and its partners are doing in Biloxi. For information on other projects, visit www.architectureforhumanity.org/projects/all.
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The 2007 version of the Searcy Lions will have somewhat of a familiar look this season, but it will be a new look from the previous two seasons. Last week was spring practice for Searcy football, with a new formation and new mentality in the works.
The Lions ran the spread for the first two years of coach Bart McFarlands regime, with undesirable results. The Lions went 1-19 during the 05-06 seasons with the spread offense in place, but the days of the wide-open offense at Searcy are over.
Under former coach Danny Mallet, the Lions ran out of the wing-T formation before McFarland came on board with the spread. This season will see a return to the wing-T, a move that the head Lion says was out of necessity.
It suits our personnel better, McFarland said. The coaches and the kids seem more comfortable with it. We think it will give us a better chance to win. We need to get some more toughness, and we think this is the way to do it.
There were 62 players on hand for the five days of practice, with 22 of them seniors. The offensive line had the most experience to come back, with all but one of last years starters returning. Justin Drain will be back in the interior this season, along with Blake Taylor and Murray Moore. Dylan Cook and Mikey Branch will complete the line for Searcy, giving them seasoned personnel in place where it matters the most with the new formation in place.
In the backfield, Jamie Carr and Trace Madden top the depth charts for the Lions, with John Moore and E.J. Bailey also listed as running backs.
Weve got a lot of good running backs that can make plays, McFarland said. Theyre just average size kids, but as long as they can run the ball and gain us four yards, thats what were looking for. We think its going to give us a chance to better evaluate situations and find out what we need to do in order to win.
The majority of the spring sessions were spent on basic fundamentals as opposed to preparing for 7-on-7 summer football like the past two years. McFarland says that along with the new offensive approach, the Lions are also trying to instill a more traditional smash-mouth mindset.
We have a different mentality heading into this season, McFarland said. That should help us a lot. That has been part of our problem in the past, but it was actually an accumulation of different things. It wasnt from a lack of effort by any means, we just didnt get it done.
McFarland says the numbers dont matter as long as the kids in place can get the job done this season.
Were pleased with the kids we have, McFarland said. Were going to coach them until our tails fall off. We had a real good spring; we learned a lot about our offense, and the kids picked up on it well. It doesnt matter to us if we have 62 kids or 82 kids, were going to take the ones we have and coach them up.


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Let's begin with the definition of gravitational field:
The gravitational field at any point P in space is defined as the gravitational force felt by a tiny unit mass placed at P.
So, to visualize the gravitational field, in this room or on a bigger scale such as the whole Solar System, imagine drawing a vector representing the gravitational force on a one kilogram mass at many different points in space, and seeing how the pattern of these vectors varies from one place to another (in the room, of course, they won't vary much!). We say "a tiny unit mass" because we don't want the gravitational field from the test mass itself to disturb the system. This is clearly not a problem in discussing planetary and solar gravity.
To build an intuition of what various gravitational fields look like, we'll examine a sequence of progressively more interesting systems, beginning with a simple point mass and working up to a hollow spherical shell, this last being what we need to understand the Earth's own gravitational field, both outside and inside the Earth.
This is of course simple: we know this field has strength GM/r2, and points towards the mass—the direction of the attraction. Let's draw it anyway, or, at least, let's draw in a few vectors showing its strength at various points:
This is a rather inadequate representation: there's a lot of blank space, and, besides, the field attracts in three dimensions, there should be vectors pointing at the mass in the air above (and below) the paper. But the picture does convey the general idea.
A different way to represent a field is to draw "field lines", curves such that at every point along the curve's length, its direction is the direction of the field at that point. Of course, for our single mass, the field lines add little insight:
The arrowheads indicate the direction of the force, which points the same way all along the field line. A shortcoming of the field lines picture is that although it can give a good general idea of the field, there is no precise indication of the field's strength at any point. However, as is evident in the diagram above, there is a clue: where the lines are closer together, the force is stronger. Obviously, we could put in a spoke-like field line anywhere, but if we want to give an indication of field strength, we'd have to have additional lines equally spaced around the mass.
The next simplest case is two equal masses. Let us place them symmetrically above and below the x-axis:
The fact that the total gravitational field is just given by adding the two vectors together is called the Principle of Superposition. This may sound really obvious, but in fact it isn't true for every force found in physics: the strong forces between elementary particles don't obey this principle, neither do the strong gravitational fields near black holes. But just adding the forces as vectors works fine for gravity almost everywhere away from black holes, and, as you will find later, for electric and magnetic fields too. Finally, superposition works for any number of masses, not just two: the total gravitational field is the vector sum of the gravitational fields from all the individual masses. Newton used this to prove that the gravitational field outside a solid sphere was the same as if all the mass were at the center by imagining the solid sphere to be composed of many small masses—in effect, doing an integral, as we shall discuss in detail later. He also invoked superposition in calculating the orbit of the Moon precisely, taking into account gravity from both the Earth and the Sun.
Exercise: For the two mass case above, sketch the gravitational field vector at some other points: look first on the x-axis, then away from it. What do the field lines look like for this two mass case? Sketch them in the neighborhood of the origin.
It is not difficult to find an exact expression for the gravitational field strength from the two equal masses at an equidistant point P.
Choose the x,y axes so that the masses lie on the y-axis at (0, a) and (0,-a).
By symmetry, the field at P must point along the x-axis, so all we have to do is compute the strength of the x-component of the gravitational force from one mass, and double it.
If the distance from the point P to one of the masses is s, the gravitational force towards that mass has strength . This force has a component along the x-axis equal to , where is the angle between the line from P to the mass and the x-axis, so the total gravitational force on a small unit mass at P is directed along the x-axis.
From the diagram, , so the force on a unit mass at P from the two masses M is
in the x-direction. Note that the force is exactly zero at the origin, and everywhere else it points towards the origin.
Now, as long as we look only on the x-axis, this identical formula works for a ring of mass 2M in the y, z plane! It's just a three-dimensional version of the argument above, and can be visualized by rotating the two-mass diagram above around the x-axis, to give a ring perpendicular to the paper, or by imagining the ring as made up of many beads, and taking the beads in pairs opposite each other.
Bottom line: the field from a ring of total mass M, radius a, at a point P on the axis of the ring distance x from the center of the ring is
This is an optional section: you can safely skip to the result on the last line. In fact, you will learn an easy way to derive this result using Gauss's Theorem when you do Electricity and Magnetism. I just put this section in so you can see that this result can be derived by the straightforward, but quite challenging, method of adding the individual gravitational attractions from all the bits making up the spherical shell.
What about the gravitational field from a hollow spherical shell of matter? Such a shell can be envisioned as a stack of rings.
To find the gravitational field at the point P, we just add the contributions from all the rings in the stack.
In other words, we divide the spherical shell into narrow "zones": imagine chopping an orange into circular slices by parallel cuts, perpendicular to the axis—but of course our shell is just the skin of the orange! One such slice gives a ring of skin, corresponding to the surface area between two latitudes, the two parallel lines in the diagram above. Notice from the diagram that this "ring of skin" will have radius , therefore circumference and breadth , where we're taking to be very small. This means that the area of the ring of skin is
So, if the shell has mass per unit area, this ring has mass , and the gravitational force at P from this ring will be
Now, to find the total gravitational force at P from the entire shell we have to add the contributions from each of these "rings" which, taken together, make up the shell. In other words, we have to integrate the above expression in
So the gravitational field is:
In fact, this is quite a tricky integral: , x and s are all varying! It turns out to be is easiest done by switching variables from to s.
Label the distance from P to the center of the sphere by r. Then, from the diagram, , and a, r are constants, so ,
Now , and from the diagram , so ,
and, writing ,
The derivation was rather lengthy, but the answer is simple:
The gravitational field outside a uniform spherical shell is GM/r 2 towards the center.
And, there's a bonus: for the ring, we only found the field along the axis, but for the spherical shell, once we've found it in one direction, the whole problem is solved—for the spherical shell, the field must be the same in all directions.
Once we know the gravitational field outside a shell of matter is the same as if all the mass were at a point at the center, it's easy to find the field outside a solid sphere: that's just a nesting set of shells, like spherical Russian dolls. Adding them up,
The gravitational field outside a uniform sphere is GM/r 2 towards the center.
There's an added bonus: since we found this result be adding uniform spherical shells, it is still true if the shells have different densities, provided the density of each shell is the same in all directions. The inner shells could be much denser than the outer ones—as in fact is the case for the Earth.
This turns out to be surprisingly simple! We imagine the shell to be very thin, with a mass density kg per square meter of surface. Begin by drawing a two-way cone radiating out from the point P, so that it includes two small areas of the shell on opposite sides: these two areas will exert gravitational attraction on a mass at P in opposite directions. It turns out that they exactly cancel.
This is because the ratio of the areas A1 and A2 at distances r1 and r2 are given by : since the cones have the same angle, if one cone has twice the height of the other, its base will have twice the diameter, and therefore four times the area. Since the masses of the bits of the shell are proportional to the areas, the ratio of the masses of the cone bases is also . But the gravitational attraction at P from these masses goes as , and that r2 term cancels the one in the areas, so the two opposite areas have equal and opposite gravitational forces at P.
In fact, the gravitational pull from every small part of the shell is balanced by a part on the opposite side—you just have to construct a lot of cones going through P to see this. (There is one slightly tricky point—the line from P to the sphere's surface will in general cut the surface at an angle. However, it will cut the opposite bit of sphere at the same angle, because any line passing through a sphere hits the two surfaces at the same angle, so the effects balance, and the base areas of the two opposite small cones are still in the ratio of the squares of the distances r1, r2.)
This is a practical application of the results for shells. On going down a mine, if we imagine the Earth to be made up of shells, we will be inside a shell of thickness equal to the depth of the mine, so will feel no net gravity from that part of the Earth. However, we will be closer to the remaining shells, so the force from them will be intensified.
Suppose we descend from the Earth's radius rE to a point distance r from the center of the Earth. What fraction of the Earth's mass is still attracting us towards the center? Let's make life simple for now and assume the Earth's density is uniform, call it kg per cubic meter.
Then the fraction of the Earth's mass that is still attracting us (because it's closer to the center than we are—inside the red sphere in the diagram) is .
The gravitational attraction from this mass at the bottom of the mine, distance r from the center of the Earth, is proportional to mass/r2. We have just seen that the mass is itself proportional to r3, so the actual gravitational force felt must be proportional to .
That is to say, the gravitational force on going down inside the Earth is linearly proportional to distance from the center. Since we already know that the gravitational force on a mass m at the Earth's surface is mg, it follows immediately that in the mine the gravitational force must be
So there's no force at all at the center of the Earth—as we would expect, the masses are attracting equally in all directions.


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This is a limited edition box-set of 5 Young Fresh Fellows 45s—they were recording these when they were considering breaking up after Chuck Carroll left the band. Luckily, they decided to remain together, and as a result, the lineup changes across these singles. Some of them were recorded with a Chuck-less trio, some are recorded with the Kurt Bloch-era four piece, some were recorded with a Chuck Carroll-era four piece, and there's even one or two that have BOTH Kurt Bloch AND Chuck Carroll. This is really hard to find, although some of the tracks showed up on Somos Los Mejores. The songs are actually pretty cool, really, though maybe not the most essential, nor necessarily a good place for a new Young Fresh Fellows fan to start. Although, in that case, like with Beans and Tolerance, if you DO see this in a store, GET IT even if you are new to the Fellows -- if anything, I'll take it off your hands! - Rev. Syung Myung Me


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Some common examples are: composite transactions – for example, a sale of a franchise operation involving the sale of the land, fixtures and fittings, stock on hand, right to operate the franchise, and goodwill bundled asset transactions – a sale of several operational franchises where you may need to allocate a value to each operation, then to each underlying asset of each operation consolidation events – here, the cost-setting process requires you to determine the allocable cost amount (ACA) that you then allocate to underlying assets on the basis of proportionate market values – using the method outlined in the legislation. Under tax law, you need to allocate value to underlying assets on a reasonable basis. You can use the allocation process outlined below, which includes the residual value method where goodwill is involved. Is there goodwill? If you have paid more for a business than the market value of the tangible assets and the identifiable intangible assets, the excess or premium is the goodwill. This means that the market value of tangible and identified intangible assets will be less than the value of the enterprise. The Murry case and TR 1999/16 support the residual value approach in calculating goodwill, and that goodwill attaches to a relevant business. For further discussion about intangibles, including goodwill, see Valuation of intangibles. Allocation process You need to identify all assets before you allocate values to each one. You also need to consider whether there are any transactions related to the transaction giving rise to the allocation, such as related agreements. Related transactions may impact on the total transaction value to be allocated, and assets to be valued. We provide some guidance on compliance risks associated with the allocation of value to underlying assets. See table F2 in part F. You should sort identified assets into the classes listed below: Cash and cash equivalents –such as cash and bank deposits that are taken at face value. Assets that are actively traded – such as foreign currency, bonds, debentures, derivatives and listed securities. These assets tend to have a transparent value due to the existence of a ready market. Inventory (that is, trading stock or property held primarily for sale in the ordinary course of business). This asset class is identified separately due to its rate of turnover. Any allocated value is deductible in the ordinary course of business. Other tangible assets – such as depreciating assets and realty (land and improvements). This will capture all other tangible assets. Identifiable intangible assets except goodwill – such as patents, brand names and software. Goodwill (or going-concern value). This is the residual value after all other asset values have been allocated. If a business has been acquired as a going concern and is generally profitable, you should include a value for goodwill. If a valuation does not include a value for goodwill, you should consider whether the allocation process has been reasonable, and the reasons behind the absence of a goodwill valuation. The absence of goodwill in a value allocation may indicate that: the business does not generate economic profit the sale price was undervalued (and hence the purchaser did not pay a component for goodwill) excessive value has been allocated to other assets. Step-by-step allocation of value The following is a step-by-step process for allocating value. Some assets have a statutory value other than market value for tax purposes. Each of these assets needs to be allocated its market value, not its statutory value, in both the residual value and apportionment methods. For example, Division 43 of the ITAA 1997 sets out particular methods for establishing asset values for tax purposes in rental properties. Such assets would therefore have those values for tax purposes, but for allocation to other assets under the apportionment or residual value methods they still need to be valued at market value. Step 1 Identify all assets transferred as part of the overall transaction. Step 2 Group assets by the following classes in this order: cash and cash equivalents actively traded assets inventories all other tangible assets identifiable intangible assets (other than goodwill). Step 3 Assign the market value to each asset in classes 1 and 2. The market values for these assets remain unadjusted regardless of whether goodwill exists. Step 4 Add up the market values of all assets in classes 1 and 2 to get a total market value for all classes 1 and 2 assets. Step 5 Assign the market value to each asset in classes 3 to 5. 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As part of his modernisation of the throne, Emperor Akihito, 69, has declared his determination for a "practical, functional medical system" for the Imperial Household.
He was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Thursday. He is in a VIP suite of four rooms, including drawing and conference rooms. The suite also has a kitchen, but in a sign that the Emperor is truly embracing the outside world, he will eat hospital food, rather than the more refined offerings of the Imperial Cuisine Division.
The Emperor will have only one chamberlain, and is reportedly keen not to disturb other patients or hospital staff.
The Emperor's condition is not considered serious. According to the Imperial Household, he is expected to make a full recovery.
Surgeons led by the head of the hospital's urology department and the National Cancer Centre president will operate on him.
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I have just told myself that I can't do anything about it anyway, so I might as well just enjoy the lack of nausea and wait for the u/s in a few weeks. I am worried about a m/c too, but trying to be optimistic.
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Unfortunately for liberals, airbrushing history is so much tougher these days, what with Google and long memories and all.
Here's MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday disparaging Sarah Palin for her condemnation of liberals' kneejerk "blood libel" against conservatives in the wake of the Tucson shooting (audio) --
MADDOW: Also, for the record, blood libel is not a generic term. It is not a tough, vivid way of saying, don't say that mean thing about me! Blood libel is a specific historic thing. Maybe the best, less said about that the better, though.
More conveniently for Maddow and ilk, the less said the better about previous allegations of "blood libel" beyond its historical origin as a calumny against Jews.
In the embedded video, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson appears on Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" in October 2008 to discuss the allegation, later recanted, by a white McCain campaign volunteer that a black man robbed her and carved a "B" on her cheek. Here's the relevant exchange between Olbermann and Robinson at 2:15 in the clip --
OLBERMANN: Put if you would for me this narrative, the initial claim, the fact that it's not true, in some racial/historical context for us.
ROBINSON: The historical context is simple. It is the blood libel against black men concerning the defilement of the flower of Caucasian womanhood. It's been with us for hundreds of years and, apparently, is still with us.
Oddly enough, Robinson's previous reference to "blood libel" never came up when he chatted with Maddow on Wednesday, as can be seen on the segment in its entirety here.
Robinson isn't the only frequent Maddow guest to allege "blood libel" entirely removed from its historical origins in anti-Semitism. So has New York Times columnist Frank Rich, on Oct. 16 2006 while referring to former GOP congressman Mark Foley. Here's what Rich wrote, as cited by Jim Geraghty over at NRO's Campaign Spot (along with a dozen other examples, including Robinson's) -- --
The moment Mr. Foley's e-mails became known, we saw that brand of fearmongering and bigotry at full tilt: Bush administration allies exploited the former congressman's predatory history to spread the grotesque canard that homosexuality is a direct path to pedophilia. It's the kind of blood libel that in another era was spread about Jews.
Can't tell you how much I look forward to Maddow telling Robinson and Rich during their next guest appearances to refrain from such Palinesque ignorance in the future.


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