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I happened upon on the Lily Cherry galleries on Flickr and fell in love with her art. "Lily Cherry" is actually Alejandra P., an Italian mixed-media artist. Her angels, fairies, goddesses, witches, etc. are colorful and quirky. I know from personal experience, however, that she makes the blending of colors and images look easy, when it takes talent and skill to make art look like that, even if it looks whimsical and "naive" (an art critic's term) at times.
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I ran across this amazing magickal artist named Willow Arlenea while roaming around the Web. Her art has a pagan theme, but this piece in particular, which is called The Web of Wyrdd, has a norse theme. Click on the image to see it larger.
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A friend of mine just bought Norse Magic by D. J. Conway and I had a chance to get a good look at it. Wow! I am impressed at how much the author brought Freya in to the different rituals and spells in the book. The book is a bargain, as well. I recommend it if you are interested in guidelines for a more ceremonial way of working with Freya. Click the link below for a closer look and to purchase.
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It looks like a lot of people who read this blog are looking for the secret to being sexy and glamorous. I also notice that people are looking for images of Freya. At the same time, I've noticed that most of the images on the Net of Freya portray her as a Scandinavian hottie of impossible proportions. With all this in mind, I drew this portrait of Freya today for my daily heart drawing to post on my heARt-a-Day blog. (See the tiny hearts on her cloak?)
I drew this Freya without a face for a reason. If you are a woman interested in working with Freya, then you have her face. I picked up The Witch In Every Woman by Laurie Cabot at the library this week. It reinforces the inner knowledge that I know comes from Freya. Inside every woman is a goddess, and she knows the deep, magical secrets of womanhood.
Yesterday I went shopping at the local mall here in the heart of the midwest. Most of the women here are of German or Scandinavian descent, especially the older women who were out shopping in the middle of the day. Because of what I've started here with Freya I saw them all through new eyes. All women are Freya, whether or not they know it. Especially when clothes shopping. Age doesn't matter, contrary to what the media would tell us. It's up to us to take back our own ability to be glamorous and take back the attention from a couple of women who completely fit the stereotypical image of Freya and have been monopolizing the media the last few months. (I refuse to say their names even though it would probably get the blog more traffic.)
I'll outline Freya's first ingredient for being glamorous in my next blog entry.
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I made this ACEO (Art Card, Editions & Originals) as the first in a series of Freya portraits. It is currently available on ArtByUs. It's also part of my mission to do 1000 pieces of heart-themed art.
Here are the specs: ACEO, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, collage on canvas paper. Background and heart my original design, drawn in Photoshop, printed with a laser printer, then adhered to the canvas with acrylic gel medium. Colored with acrylic paint, pastels and gold leaf pen. Finished with matte acrylic sealer. The word "heArt-a-day" is not on the actual piece.
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This isn't a spell or ritual per se. It is more of a regular mental practice that acts like magick.
You're probably reading this because you have a problem, right? If you're like me you spend a lot of mental time trying to figure out how to solve it. And, if you're like me, it seems like the more you try to figure it out, the more dead ends you run into, and pretty soon you're in a deep, depressing rut with no way out. You want to stop thinking about it, but you can't. So here's what you do instead.
Imagine that Freya is standing just beyond everything you know about the problem. I see her in my mind's eye as gold light. Know that Freya knows what to do and has the answer, especially in the realms of romance, creativity, magick, women's sexuality and personal empowerment. Every time you start to chew on the problem, think of Freya standing there instead. Trust that she will give you a solution…a solution you can't see now, no matter how hard you try. You may have to do this over and over again throughout the day.
And then wait until the solution comes to you. That's the hard part. We are trained, men and women alike, to go after things like hunters. Remember, though, that Freya is a goddess of attraction. Freya doesn't go after things. She pulls them to her. It's your job to wait and allow Freya to help you draw the solution into your reality.
Every time you give your problem to Freya you are attuning yourself to her and opening the channels of connection between you. You will become more like her, although she will always know things before you do. That's why she is the goddess. Your own abilities to attract solutions will increase but the challenges will increase in complexity as well. By maintaining this practice and strengthening your connection, you and Freya will become partners and co-creators, riding high in her cat drawn wagon instead of stuck in a rut.
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In the original entry I wrote how I hoped I would sell all of my items listed on eBay that were due to end that day.
Well, I didn't sell all of my art.
BUT…my traffic is skyrocketing on my various websites, partly due to getting some exposure on other websites two days in a row, and partly ??? It's astonishing, really, and unexpected.
That and I managed to take a shot of some storm clouds that garnered me a spot on the coveted "Approver's Choice" row on the Wunderground website. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to be a weather photographer. That was my first real try. So…something is definitely working.
AND…it just hit me as I am writing this. Freya is a weather goddess. *smacks forehead*
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Thanks for Everything!
13th May 2012
With great satisfaction we are now able to say that our independent, entirely youth-run, non-profit film company Carrbridge Films has now run its course.
Since 2006 we've been lucky enough to work with a range of people on a fantastic array of projects and we couldn't be more grateful for all the opportunities we have been presented with over the years.
Now, in 2012, all our members are moving into further education - and, I'm pleased to say that the diversity in our studies reflects the variety found in the projects we've run through Carrbridge Films.
Our award-winning legacy project, 'Carrbridge News,' will continue to provide the local community with an up-to-date news source for many years to come and we hope you will continue to check back on its progress.
If you wish to continue to follow my filmmaking adventures please do stop by my personal site via the link below and don't forget say "hello" on Twitter too!
I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to all those who have supported us over the past six years - it's been superb and we've loved every minute!
Best wishes,
Fergus Thom
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|ACA Public Issue – January 11, 2012
|Key Development
ACA Lauds FCC's Review Of Broadcasters' Coordinated Retrans Negotiations
"ACA is very pleased that the FCC has sought comment on the impact of separately owned, same-market broadcasters who coordinate their action in the retransmission consent market. In comments filed with the FCC, ACA has shown that coordinated negotiation of retransmission consent harms local competition and artificially increases retransmission consent fees, which consumers absorb in the form of higher rates," ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka said. "ACA commends the FCC for taking this important next step in the process, which we hope will lead to an outright prohibition of a practice that harms competition and consumers."
ACA Seeks Greater Transparency On Coordinated Retrans Negotiations
ACA said the FCC should require broadcasters to place in their online public file any agreement, regardless of name or purported "efficiencies," that one station enters into with another separately owned TV station in the same market for ready inspection by the public, regulators and others.
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ACA's members -- cable, phone, and fiber-to-the-home operators and municipalities -- deliver affordable basic and advanced services to about 7.6 million households and businesses. ACA members operate in every state, offering high-definition television, next generation Internet access, and digital phone service.
Access to advanced communications is not a luxury but a critical necessity for consumers and companies, schools and hospitals. America's economic prosperity in smaller markets and rural areas depends on the growth and success of ACA members, who believe a connected nation, is a united nation.
The ACA asks lawmakers and regulators to ensure fair treatment so that small and medium-sized independent operators may continue to supply affordable video, broadband, and phone services to Main Street America. Through active participation in the policymaking process, ACA members and leaders advocate for the interests of their customers, their companies, and their communities to help ensure the continued viability of their way of life in hometown America.
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I recently purchased a wireless card (Netgear MA311) for my m0n0wall
box (Soekris net4501). Happily, installing it was very easy, and I was
quickly able to get it talking to a wireless card in my laptop using WEP.
Being the paranoid sort, I want better protection than WEP provides.
Ideally what I would like is, in effect, to have the wireless port on
m0n0wall bridged to the LAN port, but with the wireless communication
using IPsec. I have been looking through the m0n0wall list archive and
browsing the web trying to figure out how to do this, but as I'm sure
others have experienced, there is so much stuff out there, it is hard to
figure out what parts are relevant.
Is it possible to use IPsec in bridge mode, or do I need to assign the
wireless card its own subnet and use routing? Can I set up a tunnel
from my wireless client to the m0n0wall box, have the packets decrypted
on the m0n0wall box, and then route/nat/firewall them from there the same
as for a wired connection? Pointers to documentation on how to do either
of these would be appreciated.
My laptop with the wireless card is running RedHat9, so I think I need to
use FreeS/WAN on that end. I found some documentation that tells how to
connect two systems both running FreeS/WAN, but I didn't see how those
settings mapped to the items settable in the m0n0wall IPsec interface.
Can anyone point me to a document that tells how to make FreeS/WAN work
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NW AETC ECHO was launched in February 2012 to expand the HIV care capacity of health care professionals and health care delivery systems in remote, underserved areas of Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon. This region encompasses some of the least populated states in the US and is predominately a rural and frontier region with few urban areas. In such a vast geographic region, HIV telehealth resources support providers who would otherwise have few HIV resources and opportunities for further professional development.
What We Do
Modeled after the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO, NW AETC ECHO aims to build the confidence and skills of rural, low-volume health care providers (HCP) and clinics in the Northwest region to provide high quality HIV care to patients. Using interactive video, NW AETC ECHO offers weekly online clinics, providing real-time clinical consultation between community providers and a multidisciplinary panel of HIV experts, including Infectious Disease, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Case Management. In each clinic session, HIV experts provide a short clinical HIV update and in-depth case consultations. Using this model, NW AETC ECHO fosters mentoring relationships between the HIV expert panel and participating HCP, as well as developing a peer learning and support network in the region.
Read more about the NW AETC ECHO program on the AETC National Resource's ShareSpot Blog featuring founding Medical Director, Dr. Christian Ramers.
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|Using the ECHO system to bring together clinics across the Pacific Northwest, particpants interact via live video to share and discuss clinical cases. Represented in this image are Seattle and Spokane, WA, Bozeman and Kalispell, MT, Medford and Springfield, OR, Jerome and Pocatello, ID, and Anchorage, AK.
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Dixon Wilson is getting closer to Christina Worthy on the January 6 episode of '90210'.
A promo of "90210" episode 1.12 has been released. Not giving any details about what will happen on the next episode, the preview shows only that Beverly Hills can change people because the place is filled with contradictions since whenever there are virtue, honesty and trust, temptation, lies and betrayal will follow closely behind.
With the title "Hello, Goodbye, Amen", the episode revolves around Brenda Walsh who receives a life changing news after having some kind of problems with Kelly Taylor on the last episode. Dixon Wilson grows closer to Christina Worthy, while an unexpected secret is destined to rock Adrianna Duncan's world.
Additionally, according to OK! Magazine, the series will feature Brenda Walsh's character having fertility issues, causing her to be unable to have kids, as revealed by reliable sources close to the series. The CW network then comments that fans will have to wait until the show returns on January 6 to find out.
Recurring actresses, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, and Jessica Lowndes will make another appearance on the next episode along with guest star Lauren London. "Hello, Goodbye, Amen" is one of two episodes directed by Jason Priestley, and scheduled to air on The CW on January 6, 2009.


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I just did some testing of 1.23 and 1.3b2. Both running on a wrap 266/128mb.
With 1.23 I can acquire 11.9mb using ftp and with 1.3b2 I max out at 9mb. Is
there anything I can do to help improve the performance of 1.3b2? I use this
image for wireless access, but at the expense of 2-3mb incoming rate. Is
this performance expected?
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Haier Pulse Look Forward to Exciting Weekend in Taranaki
Haier Pulse Look Forward to Exciting Weekend in Taranaki
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22 January 2014
Haier Pulse fans will get the chance to meet their favourite Haier Pulse players at a free BBQ on Sunday 2 February, after the pre-season game against the Magic.
This is a great opportunity for fans, young and old, to mix and mingle with players such as Irene van Dyk, Katrina Grant, Joline Henry, Millie Lees and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit fresh from beating Jamaica and England on their Northern Tour, as well as Silver Ferns squad member Katarina Cooper.
Netball Taranaki has organised a circuit of fun netball activities and is providing a unique opportunity to try out a new netball game designed for our youngest players. The games will feature Pulse players testing their skills against netballers of all ages.
Places are limited so Netball Taranaki has designed a competition which is open to everyone. All you have to do is click on www.netballtaranaki.org.nz and follow the link to name six players from the Haier Pulse 2014 ANZ Championship squad.
There will also be plenty of opportunity to grab autographs and photographs with the players and Pulse coach Robyn Broughton at the end of the afternoon's activities.
New Haier Pulse signing Elias Shadrock is excited about the trip to Taranaki to play against her former team.
"I'm not nervous about meeting the Magic in New Plymouth, I'm very excited. It's exciting coming up against your old team. There's always that rivalry when you leave one team, it's a team you just can't lose to because you've left," she explained.
The Haier Pulse will face the Magic away in round 6 (Monday 7 April, 7.40pm) in Hamilton and then again at Te Rauparaha Arena, the home of the Haier Pulse, in round 10 (Monday 5 May, 7.40pm).
"All the Pulse girls are excited about it."
"It'll be interesting playing in different colours and that will probably get me. I quite like the yellow dress, it's very bright, I'm quite dark skinned as well, so it's very out there."
The weekend's pre-season games will be made up of 6 quarters, with centre pass at 4.20pm (Saturday) and 10.30am (Sunday). Tickets cost $17 for adults and $7 for children* (2-12 years) and cover general admission for both games.
*Children free if 2 years and under and sit on parent/guardian's lap (No ticket required). Above prices exclude booking fees.
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Here is a new author that you don't want to miss! For our younger readers (3rd-6th or Junior High), Eve Yohalem has written, Escape Under the Forever Sky. A wonderful story written about a U.S. Ambassador's daughter that goes with her parents to Ethiopia to live while her mother serves as Ambassador there. Lucy, age 13, has many encounters while she is there, not the least of which is being kidnapped and held for ransom. That is when the story takes an exciting turn and you travel with Lucy as she tries to escape and find safety. This really is a fun book - it is a riveting ride that keeps you going right to the very end!
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This is really too funny. On Monday, Reuters released the findings of an international ACNielsen Internet poll concerning global warming. As one might imagine, Reuters took the most dire assessments from the study and made them the focus of the piece.
Yet, the most startling conclusions from this survey – that only "50 percent reckoned [global warming] was caused by human activities," and that "Americans [are] least convinced" about this – were buried deep in the article.
Instead, Reuters led with the following two paragraphs:
Thirteen percent of Americans have never heard of global warming even though their country is the world's top source of greenhouse gases, a 46-country survey showed on Monday.
The report, by ACNielsen of more than 25,000 Internet users, showed that 57 percent of people around the world considered global warming a "very serious problem" and a further 34 percent rated it a "serious problem."
However, the really interesting results were held back until the second half of the piece (emphasis mine):
The study also found that 91 percent of people had heard about global warming and 50 percent reckoned it was caused by human activities.
Hmmm. I guess that means that 50 percent don't reckon it's caused by human activities. Alas, here was another wonderful result that Reuters held back (emphasis mine):
People in China and Brazil were most convinced of the link to human activities and Americans least convinced.
Hmmm. Now, for those familiar with simple arithmetic principles, if 50 percent believe there is a link between global warming and human activities, but Americans are least convinced, this means that more than 50 percent of Americans aren't buying into Al Gore and the media's nonsense.
So, instead of titling this article "Survey shows 13 pct of Americans never heard of global warming," why not have a headline, "Americans Aren't Convinced of Link Between Global Warming and Human Activities?"
Nah. That would be too much like actually reporting the findings of this poll. We certainly couldn't have that.


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by Staff Writers
Paris (ESA) Oct 24, 2013
Yesterday, the decision was taken to postpone the launch of ESA's Gaia mission after a technical issue was identified in another satellite already in orbit.
Gaia shares some of the components involved in this technical issue and prompt notification of this problem has allowed engineers working on the final preparations for Gaia's launch to take additional precautionary measures.
The issue concerns components used in two transponders on Gaia that generate 'timing signals' for downlinking the science telemetry. To avoid potential problems, they will be replaced.
The transponders will be removed from Gaia at Kourou and returned to Europe, where the potentially faulty components will be replaced and verified. After the replacements have been made, the transponders will be refitted to Gaia and a final verification test made.
As a consequence of these precautionary measures, it will not be possible to launch Gaia within the window that includes the previously targeted launch date of 20 November.
The next available launch window is 17 December to 5 January 2014.
More details will be given as soon as they are available. The new launch date will be announced when the timeline for completing the additional work has been confirmed and the overall launch manifest of Arianespace has been established.
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On 3/22/2012 4:26 PM, Peter Grandi wrote: [snipped 2-3 pages of redundant nonsense, linked docs, and filesystem concepts everyone is already familiar with] > Overselling 'delaylog' with cheeky propaganda glossing over the > heavy tradeoffs involved is understandable, but quite wrong. And now we come full circle to what started this mess of a discussion: Peter's dislike of Dave's presentation of delaylog, and XFS in general, at linux.conf.au. Peter, if *you* had been giving Dave's presentation at linux.conf.au, how would *you* have presented delayed logging differently? How much time would you have spent warning of the dangers of potential data loss upon a crash and how would you have presented it? Note I'm not asking you to re-critique Dave's presentation. I'm asking you to write your own short presentation of the delayed logging feature, so we can all see it done the right way, without "cheeky propaganda" and without "glossing over the heavy tradeoffs". We're all on the edge of our seats, eagerly awaiting your expert XFS presentation Peter. -- Stan
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Barbara Eden will forever be known as the hot bottled blonde from the TV hit I Dream of Jeannie. On the show, she was discovered by a swinging astronaut who for some inexplicable reason played the field instead of letting Barbara make all his wishes come true. Only a spaced-out man would turn down the amorous charms of the shapely, barely dressed Arabian arouser. After the sitcom was cancelled, Barbara went on to play foils to major characters and was more or less a pretty part of the...Join Mr. Skin for the full bio >>
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As an actor, Ronald Reagan meant different things to different generations.
If you grew up in the late 1950s/early 1960s, you probably knew him as the confident host of "General Electric Theater," whose chief job each week was to introduce an hour-long drama and remind the audience that, for the show's sponsor, "progress is our most important product."
You may also remember him as the host of another television series, "Death Valley Days," or as a scary heavy in Don Siegel's 1964 remake of Hemingway's "The Killers," his last movie — and one of his toughest. He played a mean gangster who slaps his mistress (Angie Dickinson), and, in retrospect at least, seemed to be rehearsing for his early-1980s speeches about the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. "The Killers" was also made for television, but it was considered too violent for the tube and was released to theaters first.
If you grew up in the post-war era, you're more likely to remember Reagan as the genial star of "Bedtime for Bonzo," a 1951 family comedy that lightly examines the nature-vs.-nurture controversy. Playing a college professor who argues that environment is key to raising children, Reagan co-starred with a scene-stealing chimpanzee.
In the 1960s and 1970s, when Reagan was running for office, Democrats used the movie to mock him at fund-raisers. Film historian Danny Peary claimed that these attempts at ridicule "always backfired because the picture is surprisingly enjoyable, amusing rather than campy...Reagan proves to be an adequate partner to the chimp, only rarely being his foil and never playing the fool."
In 1949, he co-starred with Patricia Neal and Richard Todd in a much-praised adaptation of John Patrick's army hospital drama, "The Hasty Heart," but the film's only Oscar nomination went to Todd. Around the same time, Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman broke up, just as she was winning an Oscar for "Johnny Belinda."
Most of his other post-war vehicles are forgotten, though there's a certain amount of camp appeal in his 1954 Western with Barbara Stanwyck, "Cattle Queen of Montana," and the tacky 1957 war movie, "Hellcats of the Navy," in which he co-starred with his second wife, Nancy Davis.
Life as the GipperReagan himself never earned Academy Award recognition, though he may have been briefly considered for one of the leading roles in the immortal "Casablanca." It's hard to see Reagan, Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan in the parts later played by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and some historians claim this casting was never a serious possibility — just a planted press release.
Yet in the early 1940s, Warner Bros. did consider Reagan a fairly hot property, and the studio put him in several of its major releases. He played General George Custer in "Santa Fe Trail" (1940), football legend George Gipp in "Knute Rockne, All-American" (1940), and a small-town man whose legs are unnecessarily amputated in "Kings Row" (1942), a surprisingly dark and twisted melodrama that earned an Oscar nomination for best picture. Many regard it as his best and most daring movie.
The amputation led to his most famous line, "Where's the rest of me?," which also became the title of Reagan's 1965 autobiography. "Knute Rockne" also featured a much-quoted line. His dying character's final words: "Some time when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."
Youth and sincerity helped Reagan win a Warners contract in 1937, and he appeared with Wyman in "Brother Rat" (1938), James Cagney in "Boy Meets Girl" (1938), and with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart in "Dark Victory" (1939). He was as interested in sports as in drama in college; his job as an Iowa sportscaster earned him the nickname "Dutch Reagan."
Reagan has often been called a has-been actor who got into politics just in time, but his career had several what-if turning points. What if "Bedtime for Bonzo" had led to a lucrative series, like the "Frances the Talking Mule" comedies that helped make a star of Donald O'Connor? (There was a Reagan-less 1952 sequel, "Bonzo Goes to College").
What if he had been cast in "Casablanca"? What if "The Killers" had been a beginning rather than an end? Reagan might not have run for office at all.


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FBI has recently announced that ethnic Albanian gangs, including immigrants from Kosovo, are replacing the Italian La Cosa Nostra mafia as the leading organized crime outfit in the US. According to a CNN report the FBI "Officials said ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro" make up the emerging American criminal cartel and "represent a major challenge to federal agents because of their propensity for violence and brutality." This statement comes several months after Amnesty International declared NATO-administered Kosovo province a hotbed of organized crime activity.
In Europe, the Albanian Mob is already the chief perpetrator of drug and people smuggling, passport theft and forgery, weapons and human body parts sales, sex-slavery, abductions, murders... The scope, ferocity and intensity of the Albanian criminal activity has prompted the Italian top prosecutor, Cataldo Motta, to declare Albanians most dangerous mobsters brandishing them in 2000 "a threat to Western society."
While the skimpiness of the FBI statement may be a subtle illustration of its lack of hard operational intelligence on the emerging Albanian criminal network in the US, the displacement of La Cosa Nostra by ethnic Albanians may be a seminole event in the American criminal underworld history for yet another reason: a predominantly Catholic Mafia is being replaced by a predominantly Muslim Albanian Fis.
Although no hard links with terrorists have been found yet, the FBI believes that the emerging Muslim Albanian Mafia in the US may be implicated in terrorist financing hence FBIs continuing surveillance "to see whether the militant Muslims in the emerging organized crime world demonstrate ties to organizations suspected of involvement in terrorist financing".
During the 1970s Albanian expatriates in the US were actively recruited as couriers, transporters or assassins for the Italian Mafia. The efficiency and brutality with which these members conducted these criminal affairs got them to advance within the Mafia network, so much so, that by 1996 the main assassins for the Gambino crime family were ethnic Albanians. Gambino's Sammy Bull Brovano's go-to "clipper", for example, was an ethnic Albanian, Zef Mustafa, whose notoriety for murder and racket was exceeded only by his love of alcohol: drunk from dawn, in a 1996-02 span this Albanian organized a $19 million internet heist, was let out on a $5 million bond and has since disappeared from the US.
While FBI concurs with the brutality assessment, the difficulty in obtaining operational intelligence on the Albanian mafia, and any convictions, may be multifold. Dusan Janjic, Coordinator of the Forum for Ethnic Relations in Serbia, cites three reasons for the success of the Albanian criminal gangs: "Firstly they speak a language that few people [sic] understand. Secondly, its internal organization is based on family ties, breeding solidarity and safety. Thirdly there is the code of silence and it is perfectly normal for somebody to die if he violates the code."
Culture of Violence
According to the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, "Honour killings are deeply rooted in Albanian society and were given formal recognition in the collection of medieval tribal laws known as the 'Canon of Lekë Dukagjini'" and still remains the organizing structure of the Albanian society. "...blood feuds were relatively rare among Albanians either in Kosovo or Albania. But after the turmoil of the 1990s, the ideas contained in Lekes canon revived," writes Fatos Bytyci.
The fundamental rule of Canon law of Albanian clansman organization is Bessa - a concept that simultaneously converges loyalty, fidelity, dignity and honor of one's word. Although restrictive, the concept is such a prevalent force in the Albanian culture so that it got enshrined in many of Albanian folksongs:
"death happens because you betrayed a host,
Gjakmarria or taking of the blood is the vendetta killing done in order to restore the violated honor.
Loyalty to the family clan (fis) and vendettas appear to be mutually affectionate features of both the Italian and Albanian gangsters. Much like Sicilian social emphasis on family loyalty, writes the Italy's anti-mafia agency DIA, these mutually alike features are outgrowth of a general social construct and not necessarily criminal. "Albanian mafia is based on family groups... The division among clans or family groups in Albania was originally a social division, not a criminal one. Today, every activity in Albania still works in that way."
In the field of politics, however, the fear of the Canon's consequences is plunging Albania, an increasingly Kosovo, into a seismic convulsion of lawlessness.
Albanian Parliament in Tirana has recently addressed the close connection between the criminal and political. According to the Albanian Daily News, in July of 2004, the Albanian government has adopted a package of anti-mafia legislation and among the provisions is a prohibition of officials convicted of corruption from holding public office for a specified period of time.
However, according to an Albanian writer Faruk Myrtaj: "Not a single trial of a criminal gang has successfully been completed in Albania. According to the data of the Albanian Centre for Studying Organized Crime and Mafia in Tirana, trials of groups linked to politics are usually held behind closed doors by decision of the courts, and the judges usually resign and emigrate from the country", presumably out of fear of being killed acording to the Canon law that grips the Albanian society.
So much for Albania's efforts to curb organized crime.
The political-criminal hybrid structure based on the frightening Canon structures of clan membership is defining the Albanian political landscape in the Balkans as well.
For example, the leader of the Albanians in Macedonia, Ali Ahmeti, is a nephew of Fazli Veliu, former chief of an Albanian language newspaper in Kosovo and a cofounder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Both are from the same village near Kicevo, Macedonia, and both belong to the Zajas clan. Before leading a military insurgency in Macedonia, Ahmeti was employed as a KLA operative out of Switzerland, from where he was moved to Macedonia when times were ripe to lead the Albanian violence there.
Allegations of an al-Qaeda presence in Albanian inhabited areas have also been made. For example, 24 Wahabi mosques and 14 orphanages have been built in Kosovo since 1999, along with 98 primary and secondary Wahabi funded schools. The chief Albanian Imam in Kosovo has been schooled in the Wahabi doctrine in Saudi Arabia and is of vital political importance to the party of the Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova.
Wahabism is the chief spiritual source of the al-Qaeda terrorists.
More distressing for the West is the existing Albanian criminal infrastructure that has been exported out of Kosovo into Europe, and given clan connections, may infiltrate the US.
In Brussells, for example, two Islamic city quarters - one specializing in terrorism and the other in false and stolen passports - complement one another. In the terrorist part is the Dar Salaam hotel where the accused "shoe bomber" Richard Reid stayed in for 10 days plotting to blow up American Airlines jet, while just across from the hotel is a shadowy Brussels strip of bars and hotels controlled by the Albanian mob specializing in stolen passports. According to the Global Policy, the quarter is a hotbed for "human trafficking, sex trafficking and false documents."
Although Richard Reed did not carry any of the Albanian doctored false passports, the al-Qaeda assassins of the Ahmed Shah Massoud did. The killers of the leader of Afghan's Northern Alliance traveled from London to Karachi using these Albanian doctored false passports before they murdered him.
More ominously still, an al-Qaeda operative, Djamel Beghala, was arrested in Dubai after the customs agent recognized one of these Albanian mafia's manufactured false passports. Under interrogation, Beghala identified a major European al-Qaeda cell that was planning to blow up the United States Embassy in Paris.
Recently, FBI conducted a statistical study on effectiveness of false passports and concluded that at least 10% of the falsified passports have effectively been used to enter the US. Given that 30 million people enter US, Albanian Mafia's monopoly on false documentation may indeed justify FBIs continuing surveillance of the emerging Albanian criminal cartel.
In fact, in 2002 the government of Macedonia submitted to the CIA a 79-page report on al-Qaeda-Albanian activity in the Balkans, including an al-Qaeda recruitment video aimed at Albanian conscripts touting hate for Christians, Jews, and the West. The video was hosted by an ethnic Turk, Ramzi Adem, who was demonstrating Balkan activities of an elite 120-man foreign fighters unit led by Selimi Ferit, an Albanian born in the Macedonian capital of Skopje.
Perhaps out of tactical, short-term reasons, the Bush administration duly ignored this report. Yet one ought to be mindful that it may be for the tactical advantages, to the terrorists, to present all of these criminal machinations as a haphazard event.
The seeming disconnect in the activities of terrorists is the insidiousness
for which they are known.
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Georgina Cockburn would have turned three on January 12, her family forced to have a birthday cake without her.
The little girl was tragically killed at the age of 15 months in April, 2011, when her father accidentally reversed his vehicle over her in the garage of their family home in Young, NSW, northwest of Canberra.
It was a Saturday and her mother Emma Cockburn was in the backyard mowing the lawn. Georgina and her three older sisters were inside the house where their mother thought they were safe.
"Peter came home from work and went to reverse his tool trailer and ute into the garage and she'd gotten through the door that goes between the house and garage and nobody knew until it was too late," Mrs Cockburn said.
The loss of their "happy, bubbly, cheeky" youngest child could have destroyed the couple. They were helped by a strong community of friends and family but Mrs Cockburn said dealing with the guilt was an ongoing battle.
"It is very hard. It's one day at the time," she said. "We've sought professional counselling and that sort of thing and that's helped a bit. But it's still an every day process, managing to get out of bed. The fact we've got three other beautiful daughters has been the one of the main things which has made us get up and get out of bed of a morning and keep going and do what we have to do."
The Cockburns also established the Georgina Josephine Foundation, which is about to mark its first anniversary, on February 26.
It aims to raise awareness of similar accidents, referred to as Low Speed Vehicle Runovers, and to support families devastated by them.
Kidsafe NSW says on average seven children are killed each year and 60 are seriously injured after being hit or run over by a motor vehicle at home.
Very young children are at the greatest risk – 90 per cent of children killed and 70 per cent of those seriously injured are aged under five years.
In cases where a child was killed, half the vehicles involved were cars and a third were four-wheel-drives. Two-thirds of the vehicles were reversing.
The Cockburns spoke at a national road safety forum at Parliament House in Canberra last year. Mrs Cockburn said while many manufacturers were installing them, rear vision cameras should be a standard feature on all vehicles. The foundation was also working with a Brisbane company that was developing technology using thermal imaging which locked the brakes when a human or animal was detected while the vehicle was reversing.
However, Mrs Cockburn said the best thing people could do was have a heightened sense of awareness every time they got in their vehicle.
"Every time you get in the car do a circle of safety - walk around and make sure there's nothing and nobody in the way. Maybe look at getting rear vision cameras in the car. Look at the environment around the home. A lot of people say, 'But I don't have kids' but it could be the neighbour's kids, it could be the old lady walking behind the car at the shopping centre. It could be anyone, anywhere, any place. So it's a matter of every time you get in the car be aware of what's around and what's behind you."
Mrs Cockburn said their daughters Charlotte, seven; Anna, five; and Elizabeth, four; understood that Georgina was a "twinkling star in heaven".
"We still talk about her. We don't want to exclude her," she said.
Georgina was, simply, a "very happy, very loved baby".
An Australia Day weekend concert featuring the Down to Earth Opera will be held at the Young Town Hall from 7pm on Sunday in support of the Georgina Josephine Foundation. Down to Earth Opera was formed almost two years ago to match young rural artists with professional musicians from around the world on the local stage. Concert pianist May Gavin, tenor Raymond Khong, baritone Ian Cousins and soprano Julie O'Connor will perform.
Tickets are $40 each, (children free) and can be purchased at M & M's Music Studio, Young on 6382 2836. Tickets are also available at the door on the night.


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Kim Kardashian Talks Motherhood Nerves
The whole nation celebrated moms yesterday (May 12) during the Mother's Day Holiday, and soon-to-be mommy Kim Kardashian shared her joy and apprehension over her upcoming season in life.
In a blog post, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" cutie showed appreciation for her own mother Kris Jenner, especially given the example she has been over the years, and even included some lovely family photos.
Kim wrote, "Mother's Day is one of my favorite holidays because it's a special day to honor my role model and best friend."
"As I'm counting the days until I finally get to be a mother, I'm a bit nervous and anxious but also excited knowing that I learned from the very best."
Kardashian continued, "Motherhood is a gift and I know after watching my mom do it, it's not easy especially when trying to balance a career. I'm honored to follow in her footsteps and make her proud like I am of her."
Additionally, Kim gave her sister Kourtney props- "Kourtney, my sister, best friend, and mentor has also taught me so much about motherhood from being the most incredible mom… and I am so lucky to have her as my guide and confidant as I too become a mother." said Kardashian.
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Pinnacle parents vent frustrations as their children face disruptions
Mostly there were mothers. Mothers with strollers. Mothers with children sitting beside them on the metal folding chairs. Mothers squinting into the sun blazing through the glass block windows high on the wall of the gym at Pinnacle Charter School on Buffalo's Lower East Side.
Theirs were the voices that rose up during the emergency parent meeting Thursday evening and sometimes drowned out the man with the microphone, Broderick Cason, chairman of the school's board of trustees, as he explained the newly crafted plan to keep the doors open for another year to the crowd of more than 100.
What riled them the most, aside from the state Education Department's refusing to extend the school's charter two weeks before the start of classes, was the news that it would become part of the Buffalo Public Schools, operating as an annex of a school yet to be determined.
"There's no school he can go to," said Tracy Reynolds, who tried to transfer her 6-year-old son to another Buffalo school after Pinnacle's closing was announced. "Now we're still under the Buffalo school system, and we don't have confidence in the Buffalo school system. That's why our children are in charters."
The parents expressed their anger and frustration to Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, president of the School Board; several district administrators; and two representatives from the state Education Department.
"You don't have to behave for me," said Jamal L. Young from the Education Department's Charter Schools Office. "If you're upset, that's all right. There are things that are done, and there are things that can't be done. But there's a new moment in this building. We're creating a process. The opportunity is to enhance the stability that is here. You have an opportunity to remain in this space for a year until new decisions are made."
That didn't satisfy mothers such as Kimberly Dixon, who stepped to the microphone in the audience and announced, to bursts of applause, "I'm getting livid! You want to take our teachers. You want to put in some incompetents. We count on you not to let us down. You're failing my daughter. It's not OK. It's not your kid."
She stormed from the gym, followed by her daughter, who will be starting fourth grade.
"I don't want to drop the lawsuit," she said in the lobby, referring to an effort to keep Pinnacle as a charter school.
She then turned to her daughter. "You love this school, don't you?"
"Yes," the girl said.
"Nobody's got an answer because it's not going to affect them," Dixon continued, gesturing to a young woman standing nearby. "This was going to be her teacher, and she's not ever sure she's got a job. That's wrong."
Equally outspoken was Dallas Lamont, who also has a daughter about to enter fourth grade. "Everything's in total chaos," she said. "I did try to transfer her, and they gave her the lowest-performing school. I don't want her to go to a Buffalo school. Honestly, I will keep her here because she's familiar with the school."
The few fathers on hand also were frustrated.
"An annex?" said Rasheed Alston, whose daughter is starting third grade. "You don't have an outline. You don't have a plan that parents can be confident with."
Hoping to find a way forward was the Rev. Calvin Fitzgerald of Refreshing Springs Church, who sent his son to Pinnacle through fourth grade and is about start his daughter there in first grade.
"The question shouldn't be why it's done," he said. "It's done. The question should be what are we going to do Monday. If we have a coalition of parents, we can change it. Instead of us griping, let's accept what it is. Let's make it a high-performing school."
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Mystery rockets hit Kabul
Several rockets have been fired at the Afghan capital, Kabul, where the meeting of the country's traditional grand assembly, or loya jirga, is winding up its proceedings.
One of the rockets hit a residential block, causing some damage but no casualties.
All three rockets landed near the American embassy and the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), but a spokesperson for the force said it was unclear what the target had been.
French troops have been sent to the presumed launch site north-east of the capital's airport, where Afghan sources reported finding two unfired rockets after the attack.
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Isaf spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Helen Wildman said that an observation point at the airport reported seeing two rockets being launched at 2135 (1705 GMT).
German soldiers said the rockets were fired from the Qalai Zaman Khan district in the northern hills.
The rockets exploded within a kilometre of Isaf's headquarters, in the former Soviet compound off the central Jalalabad Road.
Lieutenant Colonel Wildman added that similar attacks on post-Taleban Kabul had happened before.
About 5,000 Isaf members have been patrolling Kabul since December and have stepped up security during the loya jirga.
Tuesday's blasts are the first such incident since the loya jirga opened on 11 June.
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Over recent years the environmental performance of agriculture has improved in many countries, largely due to consumer pressure and changing public opinion. Many OECD countries are now tracking the environmental performance of agriculture, which is informing policy makers and society on the trends in agri-environmental conditions, and can provide a valuable aid to policy analysis. The indicators in this report provide crucial information to monitor and analyse the wide range of policy measures used in agriculture today, and how they are affecting the environment.
Did You Know? In OECD countries, agriculture uses on average 40% of land and water resources.]]>


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G-Power Makes The New BMW M5 Even Faster
There are plenty of people out there who would be very content with the performance of the new BMW M5 (model designation F10). However, there is also no shortage of people who are never content with what the factory offers and thus look for companies that make their fast cars even faster.
G-Power has been the source to look after the ever rising performance needs of BMW clients since 1983. They are masters at turning fast cars even faster, and their approach is not just to raise power, but also properly modify the suspension and brakes to cope with the extra performance.
Their latest model; called the Bi-Tronic III takes the new M5 and give it an extra 80-hp. So if you opt for the G-Power tuning package, your M5 will pack 640-hp. The engine size remains the same as the standard car, so it is still a 4.4-liter, V8 with two turbo-chargers. The extra grunt comes thanks to some engine remapping and through a higher performance exhaust system (which also makes the G-Power M5 a lot louder).
According to G-Power, their new M5 can sprint from 0-62 mph in 3.9 seconds and onto a top speed of 196-mph. Ceramic brakes are also available to stop this road legal missile.
To enhance the aesthetic appeal of the M5, you can choose from either the G-Power Silverstone RS or Silverstone Clubsport forged alloy wheels. Both wheels are 21-inch in size and wear 265/30ZR21 tires at the front and 305/25ZR21 tires at the rear.
So if you have the new M5 on order, but are already looking for ways to make it faster, you know who to call.


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In a dug-out field just north of High River proper sits the makeshift temporary community of Saddlebrook, hundreds of neatly ordered grey trailers connected by a maze of freshly laid wooden walkways to keep its new residents free of the mud.
Alcohol has been prohibited; a playground remained behind a fence — still under construction — and children could be seen freely wandering the trailer town on Thursday.
The tidy but grim mini-city welcomed 60 families this week; more than 400 people now live here, according to the provincial government, although the camp will eventually have the capacity for 1,200. After being shuffled between friends' homes, university dorms or temporary shelters, this is where many High River residents can expect to spend the next several months while they try to rebuild their homes and figure out what to do next. Residents here were among the worst-hit during the unprecedented flood that swamped the town of 13,000 in June, rendering whole neighbourhoods and roads impassable.
No rent will be charged to Saddlebrook residents for the first 90 days of their stay. Food is complimentary, and the meals are hearty. Lunch on Thursday included souvlaki, moussaka, lamb stew and Greek potatoes. It was served, cafeteria style, in one of three restaurants comprised of several trailers stitched together.
Outside his new temporary home, his two young daughters climbing the wooden staircase, resident Sampath Yaddehi said the community was "OK," and recounted the swell of water that brought them there.
"I was in an apartment and the water came to the ground floor. They said it would be another two months time they would need to replace it," Mr. Yaddehi said, as his 3-year-old daughter displayed an ID card attached to her neck by a lanyard. "We hope that in two months we can go back."
Inside, his trailer divides into two rooms, each with two single beds covered by identical blue blankets. The rooms are connected with a private bathroom and a sink. The family of four stayed in a hotel for a month after the flood hit the town.
Inside, the space is spare but comfortable. Nothing yet hangs on the pale blue prefabricated walls. The narrow shelves over the beds are empty. Windows overlook the rest of the camp, and the children have few toys. They make do with a handheld computer game.
The youngest girl, Sannthi Yaddehi, said she missed their pet — a bright red fighting fish named Maxie.
Another resident, Renata Tooze, said she was happy to have her family back together in one place. After the flood destroyed their home in the particularly beleaguered neighbourhood of Hampton Hills, her family was split in two; she and her 11-year old son first went to a shelter in the nearby town of Blackie while her husband and 18-year-old son stayed with friends, closer to work, in Calgary. Then she was moved to a dormitory in the University of Lethbridge before being re-united with her family at a shelter in a stadium in Calgary.
"That was bad for the kids," she said. "There was a claustrophobic feeling inside."
Newly arrived in Saddlebrook, Mrs. Tooze said she hoped for a little stability while her family decided what to do about their mold-ridden home.
"It's not that great [for others]," she said. "Just, for me, I have to think about it as a vacation here or a vacation there. I'm just camping."
Rick Fraser, the associate minister in charge of recovery, said the people of High River were resilient, however like the temporary community established on the flood-ravaged Siksika reserve, the camp will not allow alcohol.
"There's a lot of people going through an emotional time and there are mental health issues that need to be addressed in this camp and alcohol, as you know, is a depressant and not good for anybody who's [in] an emotional state and that's why it's a dry camp."
Residents are trying to stay positive, but tensions between the government and High River residents are rising. On Wednesday night, 700 people attended an open meeting to vent their frustrations at government officials. Some High Riverites were kept out of their homes for weeks as water destroyed the foundations of their homes and ensured widespread mold damage. Residents with badly damaged homes want the government to bulldoze their dwellings and compensate them at market value, something Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths said the government won't do.
Mr. Fraser said the government is moving as fast as it can.
"We are working at the speed of light within this government. When we've looked at other jurisdictions… whether it's Hurricane Sandy or Hurricane Katrina, I can tell you we're light years ahead of that," he said, pointing to Saddlebrook as one of the government's rapid post-flood achievements.
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The New Horizons mission will provide the first in situ investigation of objects in the Kuiper belt, making it a unique voyage of discovery. And it's unlikely we'll see a similar venture into the solar system's "third zone" for at least two decades, if not longer.
We're all looking forward to the remarkable discoveries New Horizons will provide on the properties of Pluto and its moons, but the scientific implications of the results will go well beyond what we'll learn specifically about the Pluto system. Let's step back for a moment to ponder the broader implications of what we hope to learn from New Horizons.
Think back to the discovery of Pluto itself in 1930, and how it was viewed during the next six decades. Pluto seemed to be an anomaly, a tiny object among the gas giant planets in the solar system's "second zone" (Earth and the other rocky planets - Mars, Venus and Mercury - comprise the "first zone") whose highly eccentric and inclined orbit made it stick out like a sore thumb. But our eyes were opened after the discovery in the 1990s that the region beyond Neptune was teeming with objects, including many "dwarf planets" like Pluto and Charon.
In the afterglow of a successful flyby of the Pluto system, we will start searching for connections between what we just saw and the rest of the solar system.
How will the results from New Horizons affect our understanding of comets, many of which originally came from the Kuiper Belt? Will our studies of Pluto's "mini solar system" reveal more clearly how planet formation works?
How does Pluto compare in detail to Triton, Neptune's largest moon, and to Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, and to Ceres, the largest asteroid? How do Pluto's smaller satellites compare to the Jovian Trojans, and to other small Kuiper Belt objects? What can Pluto and Charon tell us about the origin of the Earth-moon system?
Ultimately, our long-term goal on New Horizons is to "put it all together," to place the Pluto system in context, and to understand better the implications for the solar system's formation and evolution, and what that implies for exoplanetary systems.
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Shea Lopez, Mike "Snips" Parsons, Sunny Garcia, Pat O'Connell, and Luke Egan dissect the 2010 ASP World Tour.
1. Mick Fanning, 28
Tweed Heads, Australia
Years on Tour: 8
2009 Highlights: 2009 World Champion
Fantasy Surfer Value: $12.5 Million
Mick is without a doubt a threat for another World Title. His surfing is too consistent and perfect for him not to be. If I were to pick apart his surfing, I'd say his only weakness is 540s and Rodeos, but those only come into play a couple heats a year. Mick will always have an advantage at Snapper, J-Bay, and Trestles, but he's stepped up his game on his backside and barrel-riding to where he's on a par with even the best guys at their specialty spots. Mick picks apart waves from start to finish without mistakes, and that is what gets you to finals and ultimately wins you World Titles. —Shea
Prediction: Top 5
2. Joel Parkinson, 28
Coolangatta, Australia
Years on Tour: 9
2009 Highlights: 1st Snapper, Bells, and J-Bay
Fantasy Surfer Value: $12 Million
What a year this guy had in 2009. I feel for him. Parko always suffered from the fact that his greatest strength is also his greatest weakness—namely, that he's just too effortless. But he seemed to solve that last year. There isn't much to say about Parko's surfing—he's proven himself in every condition, but the unknown factor is going to be how he bounces back from losing the title to Mick. He'll either get pissed and win everything, or he'll go back to being a Top 5 competitor. It's up to him. —Sunny
Prediction: Top 5
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IL reveals its roster for All-Star Game
First-place Pawtucket sending five players; Durham adds four
By Nick Cammarota / Special to MLB.com | July 2, 2008 10:00 AM ET
The Pawtucket Red Sox, who lead the North Division with a 55-32 record, will be sending a league-high five players, while the Durham Bulls, who are atop the South Division at 47-39, will send four to the 21st annual event. The 2008 contest will be played at Louisville Slugger Field, home of the Louisville Bats, and can be seen on ESPN2 for the 14th consecutive year.
It's the first time that more than three PawSox have been chosen, and this year's crop boasts second baseman and IL batting leader Joe Thurston (.324 in 309 at-bats).
Thurston's no stranger to the Triple-A All-Star Game; this will be his record-tying fourth appearance (2002 and 2005 with Las Vegas, 2006 with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), tying him with Lee Stevens and Todd Williams.
Joining him from Pawtucket will be right fielder/first baseman Jeff Bailey (.296, 22 homers, 58 RBIs, 67 runs scored), designated hitter Chris Carter (.293, 16 homers, 68 RBIs, 40 runs), center fielder Jonathan Van Every (.290, 21 homers, 49 RBIs, 61 runs) and right-hander Charlie Zink, whose 2.63 ERA is second-lowest in the league.
In addition to a minuscule ERA, Zink has compiled an 8-2 record with 64 strikeouts in 102 2/3 innings. He will be joined by Syracuse left-hander David Purcey (6-6, 2.97 ERA, 100 K, 33 BB) as the top starters on the roster. Purcey is the only member of the Chiefs on the team.
Durham will also be well-represented and is the only team sending more than one hurler. Though their 4.03 staff ERA is fifth-best in the league, right-hander Jeremy Cummings is 7-2 with a 2.72 ERA and a 55-to-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Right-handed reliever Dale Thayer is 1-0 with a 1.48 ERA and nine saves in 10 opportunities. A native of Fountain Valley, Calif., he has struck out 53 in 42 innings and has not allowed more than two runs in any inning this year.
Top shortstop prospect Reid Brignac (.262, seven homers, 38 RBIs, 37 runs scored) and first baseman Chris Richard (.309, 15 homers, 42 RBIs, 46 runs scores) will also make the trip to Louisville for the Bulls. Richard also played in the 2000 contest while with Memphis.
Extreme power will come from corner infielders Brad Eldred (Charlotte) and Mike Hessman (Toledo). Both are former Minor League home run leaders, and both have gone yard 26 times already this season. This is the second consecutive selection for Hessman (.265), while Eldred (also at .265) received the honor for the first time.
Charlotte's other two representatives are second baseman Chris Getz (.309, six homers, 43 RBIs, 42 runs) and right-handed reliever Jason Childers (1.59 ERA, 28 strikeouts).
In addition to Hessman, the West Division-leading Mud Hens (49-37) are represented by right-hander Blaine Neal (1.57 ERA, 22 saves), the Triple-A saves leader, and outfielder Brent Clevlen (.304, 14 homers, 60 RBIs).
The second-worst team in the league, Lehigh Valley, is shipping three to Louisville. The inaugural group of IronPigs All-Stars includes returnee catcher Jason Jaramillo as well as third baseman Mike Cervenak, who played in the 2005 game with Fresno, and left-hander Brian Mazone, who leads the IL with 109 2/3 innings pitched.
Indianapolis's lone representative, center fielder Andrew McCutchen, is arguably the most heralded prospect in the contest. McCutchen, the top-ranked outfielder in the Pirates organization, is hitting .284 in 320 at-bats from the leadoff spot. The Fort Meade, Fla., native has scored a team-high 49 runs, slugged eight home runs and driven in 33 runs to go along with a team-best 23 stolen bases.
Host Louisville is the final IL club with more than one player selected, as catcher Ryan Hanigan (.296) and right-handed closer Jon Adkins (14 saves) will be showcased on their home field.
Left-handed reliever Rich Rundles (Buffalo) and right-handed closer Brian Sanches (Columbus) round out the 10-man pitching staff.
Catcher Omir Santos (Norfolk), outfielder Justin Christian (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), outfielder Darnell McDonald (Rochester) and designated hitter Barbaro Canizares (Richmond) will be the lone representatives for their respective teams.
The IL All-Stars will be managed by Dave Miley (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) with help from coaches Doug Davis (Syracuse) and Rick Sweet (Louisville).
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Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2010
Torrential rain and severe flooding have left at least 146 people dead and 40 missing in ten Chinese provinces, mostly along the Yangtze River following recent storms, state media said Friday.
The Xinhua news agency said that as of 4:00pm (0800 GMT) Friday, rain-triggered floods had affected some 38.2 million people and 1.3 million had been evacuated.
The latest toll is near 40 percent increase on that reported by Xinhua Tuesday following rains along the Yangtze River, China's longest, over the past 10 days.
Heavy downpours in central and eastern China have caused water levels in major lakes and some river tributaries to rise alarmingly, state media has said.
A lead and zinc mine in eastern China caved in due to heavy rain and was threatening to contaminate a popular lake on Friday, Xinhua said.
A river feeding Zhejiang's Qiandao Lake -- one of the province's major tourist attractions -- has turned grey after slag from the collapsed mine leaked out, the report said.
Authorities are also bracing for damage caused by Typhoon Conson, which killed 39 people and left 84 missing in the Philippines.
It made landfall on Hainan island off southern China late Friday, packing winds of up to 126 kilometres an hour (78 miles an hour), Xinhua said, quoting the disaster prevention office of Sanya, a tourist resort.
A motorcycle rider was hit by a falling billboard and died, Xinhua said, while another man was buried in debris after his house was hit by a giant billboard. The man was in critical condition, rescuers told the agency.
The typhoon is expected to hover in the island for about nine hours before entering Beibu Bay on Saturday morning.
The typhoon could worsen problems along the Yangtze River basin, which acts as an unofficial dividing line between the north and south of the country and has seen rivers and lakes swelled by days of rainfall.
The head of the flood control office at the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission told AFP on Thursday that if the region continued to be drenched, China could experience the worst floods in 12 years.
Earlier this week, 17 people were confirmed dead and 44 others were missing after torrential rain sent landslides crashing into villages in southwestern China, officials and state media said.
In Yunnan province, four people were killed and 42 others went missing when rocks came crashing down on a local township in the city of Zhaotong, a local official told AFP on Tuesday.
The disasters continue a run of rain-triggered death and destruction from flooding across a huge area of southern, central and eastern China since June that the government said has left hundreds dead.
China is ravaged every summer by heavy rains and resulting deadly flooding but the extreme weather has been especially severe this year.
Heavy rain continued on Friday in regions still recovering from June flooding.
State television broadcast images earlier in the week of flooded town streets in Anhui province in the east and inundated villages and agricultural fields in Hunan in central China.
On one swollen branch of the Yangtze in Anhui province in the city of Tongcheng, authorities were preparing to blast a leaking dyke to prevent flood waters from inundating villages, reports said.
Both Poyang Lake in eastern Jiangxi province and Dongting Lake in Hunan -- two of China's largest inland bodies of water -- were at or near their warning levels, officials had said on Monday.
Meteorological authorities have warned that still more heavy rain was expected in flood-hit regions in coming days.
Rains and flooding have caused economic losses totalling 116 billion yuan (17 billion dollars) since the start of the year, state television said.
China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Finance on Friday jointly allocated 370 million yuan as disaster relief to the five provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan, as well as Chongqing Municipality.
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Navigating life while following my daughter.
Still basking in the glow of M's third birthday and some really great days that we had recently spent together as a family, I was stopped in my tracks the other night while making dinner.
I was at the sink. M was standing behind me recapping her day to me when she blurted out, "I will kill you!".
I. will. kill. you. She's three.
The meaning of these words–spoken in a sing-song silly voice and with a smile on her face, but with a bravado that suggested the role of a superhero or a villain–were clearly not impressed upon her and it was obviously something that she had heard during the course of her day from somewhere other than at home. To be sure, I ran down in my mind all of the books in her collection (nope–no killing in there) and the TV shows she may have watched in the past few weeks (a few Blue's Clues episodes during a couple of "napless but she clearly needs the rest" afternoons filled with errands, and a handful of Thomas the Train episodes as a special birthday treat–no fatal words there either). Maybe she had heard me or her dad utter the word "kill" in the context of gardening (I rue you, weeds!) or a pesky ground nest of bees we had to eliminate, but certainly not this specific phrase and not spoken like that. She had likely heard this from one of her pals while playing at preschool, who, in turn, must have heard it from somewhere else.
It wasn't so much the actual words that she said that floored me. Instead, it was the reality check that, already, I do not have as much control over what she sees or hears in her daily life as I had thought. That her world is already not as innocent as I had hoped it would be for at least a few more years to come. My first instinct, quite honestly, was "That's it! I'm quitting my job and yanking her out of preschool and she can stay home with me where we will plant flowers and bake bread all day!" But then I came to my senses and realized that imprisoning her inside a false bubble is not the solution here. I am not sure what is, but that just doesn't seem quite right.
Knowing that it was probably used (and first heard by M) in the context of some dramatic play, based on words heard on a television show or in a book seen by one of her pals, gave me a little consolation. I know there are some good stories out there that involve good versus evil, and, in time, I hope to share those stories with M when it's age-appropriate. But at any age, it's the violence, particularly killing, that I have a problem with, even if it's meant to be in good fun. I get that for kids, it's about role playing and being powerful when so much of a young person's life is not within their own control–eat your breakfast, get dressed, hurry up, time to put the toys away, etc. But balancing that aspect of it all with the never ending "why's" uttered by this same little person…this is where I start to lose my footing and end up going down the rabbit hole.
Obviously, and thankfully, the grand majority of people around us are not actually killing other people despite probably having heard things like this over the course of their lifetimes and we (at least in the U.S.) live in a generally peaceable society. But one cannot deny that there are some gray areas that are hard to differentiate for children: murder seems to be generally socially unacceptable, but a lot of folks support the death penalty or wars. Why? And if it's because of some judgement call…who's to say that a simple majority or some dusty legislation is the proper or only source for making that decision? Granted, I can only share with M my own beliefs (at a later time) and let her come to her own conclusions, but when kids see things as only black and white for a while, it is much harder to explain nuances that only mature individuals can really understand, even if they do not necessarily agree with them. Personally, I believe that even in conflict of good versus evil, that killing is not the answer. There may not be any other better answers, but that is certainly never an answer for me. Wars (is it "conflict" these days?), death penalties, murder for revenge–you will be hard pressed to ever convince me that there is a legitimate reason to kill someone else, but I'm always game for a rational debate. Just not quite yet with a three year old.
When I spun around and told her that we don't say things like that to people because it's not nice, after saying it again to test me, she asked, "why?" Meaning, why is the word "kill" not nice. To M, she could have thought she was as easily saying "I will bop you on the head!" She honestly didn't know what she was saying. This required an explanation of what killing is. Given the attention span of most three year olds, I probably could have broken out a bag of marshmallows and avoided the whole thing. Instead, I just calmly said (read: chickened out) "we don't say those words to people because they hurt people's feelings" and changed the subject. Not exactly my best parenting moment, but I didn't know what else to do.
When you're trying to raise a young person with certain values and you realize that you are no longer the source of certain kinds of information, it is a major reality check that you need to not work so hard to keep the bubble intact, but instead maintain the filters and the magnifying glasses for the information that will inevitably get past you. And all the while, stay true to your own feelings and beliefs, remain consistent, dole out age-appropriate information AND not get your back up about some stuff that other people say and do near your child…over the course of eighteen years, give or take. That is perhaps the most eye opening reality check of all.
Any words of wisdom out there?
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's second-largest city is used to cold weather, but few residents expected record-breaking cold this early in the season.
Shawn Ross has lived in Fairbanks his entire life and says few people were prepared for this severe of a cold snap in mid-November.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/uxJMlG ) reports that for the second time in three days, Fairbanks set a new low temperature record on Thursday. A temperature of 41 degrees below zero — the first 40 below temperature of the season — was recorded at Fairbanks International Airport at 6:29 a.m.
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks says that broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969.
The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994.


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- Chum salmon, a kind of salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), native to the northern Pacific and adjacent waterways
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His slow-cooked diced venison, beetroot and juniper pie, with a stock including Poacher's Choice ale, is one of eight finalists in the Badger Ales National Pie Competition.
The winners will be announced at the finals next Thursday in Bath.


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