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Since many are not happy about the iPhone 4s maybe a lot of people won't upgrade to it and then AT&T will stop the data throttling...
Not at all happy. Been hanging on to my 3GS thinking the 5 would be here, and blow away all the iphoneys out there. Not! Crap! Smh
The 4S is a GOOD upgrade from the 4, just like the iPhone 5 would be. Gosh.
Yea yea yea suck it AT&T with your 2GB cap!!!!!!
Seems like vzw just cant catch a break with the iphone
What's really the difference is iCloud and siri, those two alone are awesome, so internet connection speed makes no difference, half the time I put my phone on AT&T edge to get better call quality

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LUMBERTON — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will join with the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy and local communities to christen the latest Texas Paddling Trail. The 10:30 a.m. event at Village Creek State Park is one of numerous events commemorating Texas Travel Rally Day being celebrated statewide on May 11.
Village Creek State Park marks the end of the 21-mile paddling trail that begins at FM 418 and includes four access points as it snakes through an ecologically diverse riparian corridor within the Big Thicket. It is the 19th trail in the Texas Paddling Trail program that launched in 1998 with the first Texas coastal trail. More than a dozen more paddling trails are scheduled to open this year.
"In terms of popularity, paddling may very well become the birding of the 21st century," says Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's executive director. "The creation of paddling trails serves as one more way to encourage people to get outdoors and travel our great state, and in the process, stimulate local economies with tourism dollars. The bottom line is that travel matters to all Texans."
Smith is one of a handful of local and state dignitaries, including Rep. Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton (R-Mauriceville), slated to attend the May 11 trail launch. Community partners include the Big Thicket National Preserve, Village Creek State Park, The Nature Conservancy and the Kountze, Lumberton and Silsbee chambers of commerce.
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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by JoeyBoy718, Oct 6, 2012.
I'm usually not in love with a college QB but this guy looks amazing. What do you guys think?
I like the guy.
I think he would suffer the same fate as Tony if we don't get a decent O-line and receivers who won't drop his passes.
If we could get him then you do it and don't think twice about it. This guy is an absolute stud. He's gonna be a great football player in the NFL.
I thought this guy tried to pad his stats because he threw for 90% in 3 of 4 games. This guy actually isn't afraid to throw the ball out of bounds if no one is open. He's a smart player. He doesn't force stuff, which is one of Tony's major flaws. I've never seen a college QB look so good. I'm sick of the RGIII comparisons by the media. They're nothing alike.
Well I think you and me know why they're compared.
I'm not gonna say why because I'll be labeled a racist.
Haha yea. I was reading some article that was like, "He's like a taller version of RGIII, but he isn't a run-first QB, and he has excellent pocket presence and amazing accuracy." So he's like RGIII but he doesn't do anything RGIII does?
His O-line is pretty awful too. Andrew Luck had one of the greatest O-lines in college football history his entire time in Stanford.
Andrew Luck is a better comparison. Pocket passer who is a great athlete.
Details, details. We got tickets to sell and merchandise to move.:money:
Definitely. But you'll never hear those comparisons from the media.
Accurate just like Luck. Gonna end up on a god awful Raider team.
Pete Thamel @SIPeteThamel
Want to know why NFL scouts like Geno Smith? That TD pass on end zone boundary to a diving Stedman Baily is a reason. WVU up 34-31.
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David Ubben @davidubben
Ridiculous throw from Geno Smith, and a great catch by Stedman Bailey in the back of the end zone. 34-31, Coonskin Caps.
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Hunter Ansley @HunterAnsley
Geno knows how to step up in that pocket, because most of the time the sides are crashing in.
Curt Popejoy @nfldraftboard
Big big big throw by Geno Smith on that TD.
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Bryan Fischer @BryanDFischer
What a play by Geno Smith and Stedman Bailey, Smith stepped up to avoid the rush and Bailey hauled in a great catch for the TD.
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He's this year's RG3, though possibly better in the pocket.
Except he's even better.
He's not this year's RGIII at all. He's more like this year's Andrew Luck.
He will go top 2 overall and a team will trade up for him like Arizona or KC. If we could get him I would and kit him behind romo until he is ready.
He'll be a good one but not worth selling the farm for. He's not really a scrambler so if we give up all these picks and put him behind this same OLine, he'll get roughed up back there.
I do see a lot of similarities to Romo though, when it comes to their throwing style/delivery. He looks like Romo throwing in the pocket with the quick motion...very good throwing it 10-15 yards down the middle
Dang, right on down to the knife-hand chop thingy they're doing.
I think it because of the system they play in.......Luck was in a pro-style
I'd love to see Geno in Dallas, but it's not gonna happen, for lots of reasons.


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WORCESTER must make much more of its Civil War heritage to bring in visitors and could even be rebranded the "Civil War City" as museums leaders seek to better tap the tourist trade.
How to make the most of Worcester's rich heritage was the overriding theme of a meeting at Worcester Guildhall. The city was the site of the last battle of the English Civil War which raged between Royalists and Parliamentarians (1642-1651), resulting in the execution of Charles I and the defeat of his son, later restored to the throne as Charles II.
Ian Rutherford, general manager of Museums Worcestershire, said in a speech delivered to dignitaries including the mayor of Worcester, Cllr Pat Agar, that the Civil War was "part of the city's DNA".
He said: "Regardless of political persuasions, I know there are many people in this room who feel a sense of injustice that such an important period in our national life should fail to be recognised as it deserves to be and that Worcester should make more of its position "where England's sorrows began and now are happily ended". Whether this private and civic passion should be converted into public policy and the platform for a tourism strategy is the central question for tonight's gathering.
"It is also a key issue for us as museums service and for the city too as it aims to grow its visitor economy. Should Worcester adopt the strap line – "the Civil War City" and what implications would that have?"
Museums Worcestershire which manages four sites on behalf of Worcester City Council and Worcestershire County Council, including the city's Commandery, has ambitions to develop these sites.
Museums Worcestershire has identified several key objectives, including spotting markets abroad and at home for "the English Civil War and the Commandery" and finding out whether it could "fulfil a unique selling point for tourism in Worcester". They are also looking with consultants at promoting the heritage of Worcestershire, including the theme of "Romantic Royal escapes". Speakers on the day included Andrew McIntyre, described as an authority on arts marketing and audience development who called for more focus in the Commandery displays and Simon Matthews, an economic development and tourism consultant, who said Worcester's heritage was particularly attractive to overseas visitors but investment was needed to create "a quality Civil War tourism product". Worcester city councillor Roger Berry, chairman of the Joint Museums Committee, said it was important to make the best use of the city's assets and heritage which would be vitally important in the bid for City of Culture 2021.


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Betancourt returns for first time since surgery
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The smile on Rafael Betancourt's face said it all.
The former Rockies closer arrived in Arizona late Sunday night, and on Monday morning was at Colorado's Spring Training complex to continue rehabbing following Tommy John surgery in hopes of returning to the Majors this season.
Betancourt, who turns 39 on April 29, was warmly greeted by teammates who were excited to see him for the first time since he had the season-ending operation in September.
"I'm really happy to be here and see all the guys," Betancourt said. "Sometimes you miss this, and I know there was a reason for me not to be here, but sometimes it helps to be around the guys."
Betancourt, who has pitched the last 4 1/2 seasons with the Rockies, became a free agent after the club declined its 2014 option on him. But the Rockies welcomed the right-hander to work out at Salt River Fields for 10 days so they can monitor his progress in the event they're interested in giving him a look once he's ready to pitch.
Betancourt is progressing through his regimen, and this week will throw 25 times from 90 feet on three occasions before moving back to 125 feet next week.
Some pitchers who have been through Tommy John rehab say the length of the rehab -- which takes between 10 and 12 months -- can take a mental toll on top of the physical one. But so far, Betancourt said everything is going as anticipated.
"People tell me it's a long rehab and whatever, but I go day by day," Betancourt said. "The way I feel now is pretty good. I've been throwing without any setbacks, and I hope to get back in there and see what happens."
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Otley Courthouse is expecting to be heaving with cycling fans this weekend.
The arts centre will be open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturday, July 5, just after the Tour de France has passed through.
It will laying on everything from music and dance in the Courtyard to big screen TV coverage and refreshments in the cafe to entertain the thousands of spectators who are set to congregate on the town.
Visitors will also have the chance to join a team who will be creating a mosaic for North Parade, and to check out the nearby food, drink and craft stalls along Courthouse Street.
July's movie matinee, meanwhile, is the British-American romantic comedy Austenland, which stars Keri Russell as a single thirty-something, obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, who decides to travel to a Jane Austen theme park in search of her perfect gentleman.
Tickets for the screening, which takes place at 2pm on Thursday, July 10, cost £4 and include tea or coffee and biscuits.
Then on Friday, July 11 at 7.30pm, the dramatic story of a lone racing cyclist riding towards the audience as he reflects on his life's journey, will be presented by Sticks Theatre and Harrogate Theatre.
Life Cycle includes thoughts and feelings gathered from a variety of cyclists, ranging from casual riders to professionals, which have been forged together to create a highly physical, and visual, theatrical experience.
Tickets for the show, which features accompanying live music created from bicycle parts, cost £8 or £6 in advance or £9 or £7 on the door.
For tickets or more details visit the venue on Courthouse Street, call (01943) 467466, or visit www.otleycourthouse.org.uk .


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Computex 2014: Plextor Announces M6 Pro SSD & PlexTurbo Softwareby Kristian Vättö on 6/8/2014 9:57 AM EST
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Jeff7181 - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - link"In the test Plextor used a Word file that they modified and unplugged the drive after saving the file. With RAPID the modifications were lost, whereas thanks to Plextor's use of write-through cache the modifications remained intact."
Well, duh. That is the difference between write-back and write-through cache. Write-back sends an ack as soon as the write is committed in the cache. Write-through doesn't send an ack until the write is committed on the back end. The result is improved data integrity with write-through, but lower write performance. The opposite is true for write-back. One can't say that one approach is better than the other without defining a use case. Reply
extide - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - linkIt appears to be some sort of hybrid approach, because they are getting 5GB/sec write speeds in that benchmark screen shot. You would need write-back cache to get that fast of a write on a SATA6Gbit SSD. So it is a little bit confusing to me. Maybe they are flushing the buffer really fast, and if the buffer is <= 1GB it should be able to flush pretty fast. Reply
TheWrongChristian - Monday, June 09, 2014 - linkAccording to the RAPID white paper (http://www.samsung.com/pl/business-images/resource... RAPID makes the same cache write guarantees as the Windows built in cache, so is only write back until the point that a flush is issued. Applications should be flushing their files when saving them, so if Word in the demo is not flushing when saving, then that is the fault of Word, not RAPID caching. This seems more an indictment of Microsoft's Word. Reply
sheh - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - linkI fail to see why software caching is anything worth mentioning. This is the OS's job and it does it anyway. Maybe this or that 3rd party software can slightly improve performance in very specific cases, but anyway it has little to do with the hardware. Reply
Alexvrb - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - linkI doubt the OS does a whole ton of write caching on it's own. Either way I don't like solutions that have potential data integrity issues, but for mobile devices that have reliable battery power, either approach should be fine as long as the hardware/OS combination is stable. Reply
ShieTar - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - linkWindows definitly does a significant amount of write caching, and it warns you in its setting of the potential loss of data. Which mean, everybody who never had a problem with the normal Windows cache (enabled by default) should have no real problem with any other write-back implementation either.
As far as slight improvements in specific cases go, AS-SSD is showing me at least very tangible improvements for random writes. And disabling the Windows cache really cripples the drive:
I don't know how much of the difference is still there for a real-world scenario, and I don't know why the Samsung Implementation seems so much better OS one. Maybe the Windows cache is still optimized for HDDs. Reply
Alexvrb - Sunday, June 08, 2014 - linkThe built in write caching in Windows doesn't do nearly as much as RAPID and PlexTurbo. It's really night and day, otherwise Plextor and Samsung wouldn't have bothered. 1GB is a pretty big cache, for one thing. Their algorithms might be more aggressive too. That's why there's a large difference in scores vs the default caching.
Anyway, the built in caching operates more like RAPID, because they're both write-back. So if you lose power or otherwise fail to shut down gracefully, you lose any data that hasn't been flushed yet. So yeah, if you have "never had a problem" that means you haven't had a system go down with a bunch of important data in the cache. So in that regard PlexTurbo is the best choice, being a write-through cache. Hard to say how it will compare in real-world performance compared to RAPID, however. Reply
ShieTar - Monday, June 09, 2014 - linkI havn't had a sytem go down since I switched from Win98 to NT4.0, period. And I never experienced a power loss. And I assume my situation is rather typical for people in industrialised countries who don't challenge their system unusually, e.g who don't write low-level software or fill up their memory far beyond its capacity.
I understand why write-through is the safer choice, but I think for the majority of computer users, including many professional users and enthusiast, the risk of a write-back is already extremely close to 0.
That being said, my personal preference would always be to offer both options to the user and let him make his own decision. Reply


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Mattress firm Inc., announced that Kim Roberts has joined the company as director of brand development. She will be responsible for executing the company's brand architecture and directing the alignment of the branding initiatives across all consumer and customer touch points, as well as internal constituents.
Roberts is a 15-year veteran who built a solid background in retail branding through a career highlighted with roles at several high-profile companies including CompUSA, The Home Depot and EarthLink, Inc.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By DEAN DAVISON
Sales reps crave insight into customer challenges and information about competitors already working in their accounts. However, a recent Forrester report reveals that competitive and market intelligence (CMI) deliverables often end up confusing and overwhelming sales reps instead of helping them.
The disconnect lies in the fact that most CMI teams structure the bulk of CMI content around a product point of view that doesn't map to steps in the sales engagement process, such as getting a meeting or building a business case. Moreover, CMI deliverables often compete for mindshare with other forms of sales support that rain down like random acts of "help" directed toward sales, forcing salespeople to figure out how and when to build the intelligence into their selling strategies.
To increase the value of the content that CMI delivers to sales, it's time to work from a new design point, one that reflects the purpose of that content in the first place — meaningful sales conversations. This allows CMI teams to anticipate customer problems and equip salespeople with strategic insights in the context of customers' problems, easily adapted into existing sales messages, and aligned with the correct stage of the selling activity at an account. To begin engineering deliverables that are purpose-built for what salespeople do — talk with customers – consider this two-step approach:
Step One: Define the relevant sales objective and target stakeholders.
Every sales process, no matter how complex or simple, includes four common objectives across the sales cycle — a rep must 1) get access; 2) have meaningful conversations; 3) establish a shared vision; and 4) help the client make the business case to justify the purchase. During these stages, insights into how the client solves problems, with whom she does that, and how your company has worked successfully with other people like her are critical. Each objective is distinct, meaning that the CMI content that will be important will vary as well.
While sales objectives identify what sales reps are discussing with prospects at each stage, stakeholders define who is involved in the conversation. Each stakeholder has a unique view of the problem and has different motivations for addressing it. To progress and succeed, sales reps must understand and engage each stakeholder in successful conversations throughout the sales process.
For example, assume that your organization is responding to a request from sales management to help a specific rep prepare for an upcoming customer meeting at a critical account. In response, you first need to ask a series of questions to find the relevant sales objective, the target stakeholder, and the critical topic, such as:
Step Two: Organize your deliverable with the customer in mind.
After defining the stakeholder and sales objective, CMI professionals need to determine the precise questions to research based on the customer's industry, company size and unique circumstances. These questions will frame your conversation with your requesting customer and thus your research, so be as specific as possible to ensure that your work will be as useful and relevant as possible for sales.
Outline the content you create as answers to the questions from the customer point of view. Analysis and information about products, markets or competitors become the supporting facts for the answers or insights you are helping sales to convey. Your CMI deliverables will be more relevant, usable and valued by salespeople if you design them as a natural input to the conversations they have every day. Specifically, sales-ready CMI gives reps critical insights into these questions:
Who is responsible for solving the problem? These include the names, profiles and goals of stakeholders who are decision-makers or influencers in solving a specific problem.
What is the problem and what are the desired results? These are the known problems that the company plans to address or that CMI can reasonably deduce from public sources, including industry or peer company actions, executive hires, acquisitions, partnerships or stated imperatives.
Why is the customer solving this problem now? Internal and external pressures, such as regulation, competition or even debt calls that would impose a timeline for executives to make choices or show results, are all examples of timeliness drivers that CMI can unearth.
At what point in the problem-solving life cycle is the customer? Is the customer just now becoming aware that there is a problem, meaning that CMI could address successful case studies or outcomes, or is the customer evaluating alternative solutions, making a detailed competitive positioning more relevant?
How will the customer solve this problem, and what is your company's role? CMI is uniquely able to collect examples or case studies about how your company solved similar problems for current clients across multiple industries — whether reducing costs, managing risk, or increasing business performance — to help sales teams gain credibility and conversancy.
Expect increased scrutiny soon, if you have not experienced it already, from executive management to justify the value that the CMI team delivers to sales. CMI leaders should be proactive by reaching out to sales leadership, communicating your intent, and taking the initial steps toward delivering sales-ready content to lock in your value and grow your impact on sales.
Dean Davison is a senior analyst at Forrester Research, where he serves technology sales enablement professionals.


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D-backs prevail in 11 after Corbin's strong start
Lefty goes 7 1/3 innings but denied win when Putz falters in ninth
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the second straight night, the D-backs watched another lead slip away to the Giants in the late innings.
But instead of another deflating defeat, the D-backs wound up walking away with a 6-4 win in 11 innings.
First things first: D-backs starter Patrick Corbin wound up with a no-decision, but the 23-year-old deserved better.
Corbin allowed just two earned runs, did not walk a batter and fanned seven over 7 1/3 innings and was in position to win his third game of the year.
"He was money," catcher Miguel Montero said. "He threw really good."
While Corbin was handling things on the mound, his teammates got things going at the plate.
The D-backs jumped on Giants starter Matt Cain for a pair of runs in the first inning thanks to a bloop RBI double by Paul Goldschmidt and a run-scoring groundout by Montero.
Goldschmidt, who seems to feast on Giants pitching, was once again in the middle of the offense in the third, when he blasted a two-run homer to give the D-backs a 4-0 lead.
Cain's struggles this season continued as he allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits over six innings.
After the third, though, the D-backs' bats went quiet.
Still, Corbin kept the Giants off the board, getting ahead in the count with an effective mix of his fastball, slider and changeup.
Finally in the eighth, the Giants broke through as they cut the lead in half with a two-run rally.
Still the D-backs led, 4-2, with closer J.J. Putz coming on to start the ninth.
Hunter Pence greeted him with a double to the gap in left-center and pinch-hitter Brandon Belt, who had the game-winning pinch-hit Monday, then delivered a game-tying two-run homer.
The pitch was a 2-2 split-finger fastball that stayed up in Belt's wheelhouse, and he hit it on one bounce into McCovey Cove.
"Just hung it and he put a good swing on it," Putz said. "If I throw it where I want it, it's a totally different outcome."
Where Putz wanted to put it was in the dirt. Last week in New York he tried to do something similar with a split to Francisco Cervelli, and that one, too, got left up and the Yankees catcher hit it for a game-tying homer.
"Going through a rough patch," said Putz, who has blown three saves this season. "I've been there before, I'll get over it. That's pretty much it."
But it wasn't it for the D-backs.
The Giants had a chance to win it in the 10th when Pablo Sandoval doubled with two outs. Reliever Brad Ziegler then walked Buster Posey intentionally and Pence singled sharply through the hole to right. Arizona right fielder Cody Ross fielded the ball cleanly and threw a strike to Montero to nail Sandoval by a good 20 feet.
"You get a two-out hit, you're trying to score," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Ross charged it well, threw a bullet home and he was out. That's part of the game. They're going to have to make good plays. We got the hit we were looking for; they had to make a great throw."
It would be a baserunning play that would help the D-backs win things in the 11th.
With one out, Didi Gregorius lifted a ball to left, and when Andres Torres took his time throwing the ball in, Gregorius hustled into second with a double.
"Out of the box I was hustling trying to get into second and get into scoring position right away," Gregorius said.
Gregorius moved to third when pinch-hitter Alfredo Marte reached on an error by Belt at first, and Gregorius came home to score on a wild pitch.
"I was getting a lead and Matt told me to be ready just in case he throws something in the dirt and be aggressive and take it," Gregorius said, referring to third-base coach Matt Williams.
Gerardo Parra then doubled home Marte to give the D-backs an insurance run as Matt Reynolds closed the door to pick up his first career save.
In the end, it all worked out, but manager Kirk Gibson knows the D-backs must do a better job of holding on to late-inning leads.
"It's a shame Patrick didn't get that win," Gibson said. "We've got to clean that up."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Have you ever thought about the function of the zipcode in the address you wrote when you needed to send a letter or a package?
Zipcodes are used to ensure that the mail we want to send is delivered to the right address in the shortest time possible and a similar version of this system is also inside our body.
So, how does this zipcode system, which has an important role in the development and maintenence of our bodies throughout our lives, function?
Cell Migration in Mother's Womb
One of the questions that bother scientists who examine human development in the mother's womb is how cells know where they should go during the growth process. For example, while the skin cells on our head know that they need to produce hair, the skin cells inside our palm know that they should never do this. When we look at this as a whole, our trillions of cells have very important tasks specific to themselves and when these cells carry out their specific duties, our healthy organs and bodies come into existence. The most striking thing is that all this data in our cells exist in every person without any mistake and in a flawless manner. So how do cells make this happen?
During development in the mother's womb, every one of trillions of cells have to be placed precisely where it belongs. To do this, cells take an amazing trip from where they are formed to where they belong inside the embryo. This is called "cell migration." During this trip, the correctness of the address is as important as timing. During this growth period in the mother's womb, a tiny location mistake as small as one in one hundredth of a millimeter, or a timing mistake as little as one in one hundredth of a second; may cause all the organs to be placed in the wrong locations. However, the zipcode system works so perfectly that there is no mistake.
Special Data Placed in the DNA
Scientists have taken samples from 47 separate sections on the body of a test subject, for example from the skin on his face, arm and places where hair and nails come out, and in this way, they formed a model to understand how the cell "knows" its location. The results found by scientists, who compared the DNA of the skin samples they took with one another, were very surprising. This is because it was found that three gene sequences in the DNA, in which all data that belongs to the cell, were effective in address definition. These three gene sequences communicate to the cell;
These three special areas on the DNA communicate the address of the cell's location and destination using codes like the ZIP codes used in cities.
How Does the Zipcode System in the Cells Process?
One of the main zipcodes of the Bronx district of New York City is 10450. The numbers in this code have a specific meaning. The zipcode points to a specific area or neighborhood, and helps us find where the Bronx is in the United States in the fastest and most error-free way. The cells use exactly this system.
For example, the cells that form the hand know where they belong by means of the three special gene sequences inside the DNA. One of these three gene sequences communicate that the hand cell is on the upper part of the body, another gene seqeunce communicates that it is far from the center of the body and the last sequence communicates that it is not inside the body but on the surface. However, this system is of course far more complex and flawless than the zipcode system used in cities.This is because these three areas not only determine the cell's location but also know which point of the finger it will form. Thus they ensure that they go to the right address to form a tiny tissue on that spot as small as pinhead.
So thanks to this special zipcode system, the organs in our body are formed in a flawless way and move in order to carry out their functions. However, in order to carry out such a production, the files (genes) in the DNA, which is the databank of the cell, must open when needed. Of course, it is clear that such a superior plan cannot be made by the cells and that the system is readily programmed in the cell. There is no doubt that the Owner of this programmed system in the cell is Almighty Allah, the Creator of all things. Our Lord reveals man's creation in a very detailed way in the Qur'an:
"We created man from the purest kind of clay; then made him a drop in a secure receptacle; then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators!" (Surat al-Muminun, 12–14)


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Chilled Spicy Tomato Soup
Ripe, juicy tomatoes are spiked with coriander, cumin, and dried chiles for a flavor that's reminiscent of harissa, the North African chili sauce. Swirls of yogurt add creaminess.
- Servings: 6
Source: Martha Stewart Living, June 2009
- 3 pounds quartered plum tomatoes (about 15)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 2 mild to medium crumbled dried chiles (such as New Mexican) or 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon plain yogurt, for garnish
- Cherry tomoatoes, thinly sliced (if desired)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Arrange plum tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Roast tomatoes until edges begin to wrinkle and juices release, about 35 minutes.
Transfer tomatoes and juices to a bowl. Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add diced onion, ground coriander, ground cumin, and caraway seeds, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender, about 4 minutes. Add chiles or red-pepper flakes to saucepan. Add tomatoes and juices, and toss to coat. Add chicken stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, about 10 minutes.
Filling a blender halfway and covering with a kitchen towel, puree soup in batches. Strain through a coarse sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Season with salt and pepper. Chill soup for at least 3 hours or up to overnight. Garnish each serving with 1 teaspoon plain yogurt. Top with thinly sliced cherry tomatoes if desired.


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==== Example of a Source Citation for a Record Found in This Collection ====
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"Honduras, Church Records." index and images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 24 March 2011. entry for Lucila Hernandez, baptized 18 April 1897; citing Church Records, FHL microfilm 1,162,358; Arquidiocesis de Tegucigalpa, Parroquia San Miguel, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

"Honduras, Church Records." index and images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 24 March 2011. entry for Lucila Hernandez, baptized 18 April 1897; citing Church Records, FHL microfilm 1,162,358; Arquidiocesis de Tegucigalpa, Parroquia San Miguel, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

== Citation for This Collection ==
== Citation for This Collection ==
Revision as of 20:07, 14 March 2012
|This article describes a collection of historical records available at FamilySearch.org.
Access the records: Honduras Church Records .
- 1 Title in the Language of the Records
- 2 Collection Time Period
- 3 Record Description
- 4 How to Use the Record
- 5 Record History
- 6 Related Websites
- 7 Related Wiki Articles
- 8 Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
- 9 Citation for This Collection
Title in the Language of the Records
Registros Parroquiales de la Iglesia Católica en Honduras.
Collection Time Period
The collection of church records at the Family History Library includes the years 1658-1979.
Record Description
The records are in relatively fair condition, with the exception of some older records that may be damaged and therefore hard to read or may be missing some information. Most of the older records are handwritten in narrative style and follow a common text with some variations depending on the style used by the priest. Newer records are handwritten in formatted registers; some are even written in ledger-style registers.
Record Content
The key genealogical facts found on most baptism records include the following:
- Date of baptism
- Place of the event and usually the parish saint name
- Name of the person being baptized
- Names of the parents
- Age of the person being baptized or the person's birth date
- Gender
- Legitimacy
- Sometimes the person's race
The key genealogical facts found on most marriage records include the following:
- Name of Groom
- Name of Bride
- Name of the Groom's Mother and Father
- Name of the Bride's mother and Father
- Place where the couple married
- The approximate date that the Bride and Groom got married
The key genealogical facts found on most death records include the following:
- Name of the deceased
- Date of the death
- Name of deceased's Father
- Name of deceased's Mother
- Name of deceased's Widower
- Place of Death
How to Use the Record
Begin your search by finding your ancestors in indexes; this will help access a specific record quickly. Use the locator information found in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestors in the records. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings or misinterpretations. If the information was scanned, there may be optical character recognition errors.
When searching the index it is helpful to know the following:
- The county where the birth, marriage, or death occurred
- The name of the person at the time of the event
- The approximate event date
- The event place
In most cases, Catholic parish registers are the only records before 1859 that identify individuals, parents, and spouses. After this date, civil authorities began registering vital statistics (nacimientos, matrimonios, y defunciones) that by law included people of all religions. The information in civil sources confirms and supplements the information in church records. Be sure to search both the parish and civil records after 1860.
Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination. When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
When you have located your ancestor's record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Add this new information to your records of each family.
Looking in the same collection, you may be able to identify other members of the family:
- Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
- Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
- If you want to find more information about the family, the pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records.
For example:
- Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
- Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
- Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records.
- Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
- Use occupations to look for other types of records such as employment or military records.
- Use the parents' birthplaces to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
- The name of the officiator is a clue to the family's religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties.
- Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages.
Keep in mind:
- The information in the records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.
- Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800s.
- There may be some variation in the information given from one record to another record.
If you are unable to find the ancestors you are looking for, try the following:
- Check for variant spellings of the surnames.
- Search for the marriage record of the marriage partner if known.
- Check for a different index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume.
- Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.
Record History
In 1563, the Council of Trent formalized record-keeping practices that were already being followed in much of the Catholic world. Separate record books were to be maintained for baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths or burials, and the format was standardized. However, in smaller areas, all records may be recorded on one register. Following this format, the Catholic Church was the primary record keeper for Honduras until the civil registration started. A large percentage, if not all, of the population is listed in these records. The entries were normally made in chronological order.
Why the Record Was Created
Authorized Catholic priests created separate parish registers to record the church sacraments of baptism (bautismo), confirmation (confirmación), marriage (casamiento o matrimonio), and burial (defunción o entierro) at the parish level.
Record Reliability
Catholic Church parish registers are a reliable source of information for family history research, and the primary source for baptism, marriage, and death records in Honduras prior to 1859. Catholic Church parish records after 1859 can be used to complement information found in civil registers.
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Contributions to This Article
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Please follow these guidelines as you make changes. Thank you for any contributions you may provide.
Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.
A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.
Example of a Source Citation for a Record Found in This Collection
"Honduras, Church Records." index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 24 March 2011). entry for Lucila Hernandez, baptized 18 April 1897; citing Church Records, FHL microfilm 1,162,358; Arquidiocesis de Tegucigalpa, Parroquia San Miguel, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Citation for This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records.
Honduras. Parish records, 1658-1979. Various Catholic Church Diocesan Archives and the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archive.
Copies of original records are housed in various diocesan archives throughout Honduras.
- Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
- Diocese of San Pedro Sula
- Diocese of Santa Rosa Copan
- Diocese of Juticalpa
- Diocese of Comayagua
- Diocese of Choluteca
We welcome your assistance in adding source citations for individual archives when collection data was collected from various sources or archives. Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is listed in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations for FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.


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A CHARITY leader from Worcester has been pictured with his arms around two masked gunmen in Syria, according to The Sun.
A photograph in the newspaper shows Adeel Ali of the charity Al-Fatiha Global sandwiched between two men with AK47 assault rifles, their faces obscured by a ski mask and scarf and both wearing military-style gear.
The charity has carried out aid work in Syria, Kashmir, Burma and Palestine but concerns were expressed in the tabloid about where donations were ending up. Meanwhile, the Charity Commission confirmed it is now monitoring the Worcester-based charity.
A spokesman for Worcester City Council confirmed that staff from Worcestershire Regulatory Services had identified former taxi driver Adniel Mumtaz Ali as being the man in The Sun photographs described as 'Adeel Ali' in The Sun. Mr Ali was identified by regulatory service staff as the same man from his passport photograph. The city council spokesman said Mr Ali was a taxi driver for Commandery Cars but his licence expired on January 3 and he had not renewed it.
She said: "They have seen a copy of his passport and recognised him as the same man as in The Sun photographs."
Your Worcester News made multiple attempts to contact Mr Ali of after the story appeared on the front page of The Sun newspaper. The newspaper article says the picture was taken last summer when Mr Ali accompanied an aid mission to the war-torn country.
We first emailed Worcester-based Al-Fatiha Global charity, asking for a statement about the article in The Sun and then called at the home of the charity's treasurer in Harrington Road, Dines Green, Worcester but he declined to comment. He said he would pass on the reporter's business card to someone at the charity who was handling press enquiries.
We then visited Mr Ali's home where a woman answering the door at an address in Yew Tree Close, off London Road, said Mr Ali was 'not in'. She was also given a card with reporter's contact details but no-one had made contact with us by the time your Worcester News went to press.
Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell of the all-party British Syria Parliamentary Group, demanded the immediate publication of the charity's accounts and said the charity had "questions to answer".
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is now monitoring the charity. A spokesman said in a statement: "The Commission has an ongoing monitoring case into the charity Al-Fatiha Global (registered charity number 1056562) and we continue to engage with the trustees regarding a number of issues including the governance and financial management of the charity."
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JONATHAN Joseph is backing Bath's back line to continue causing a few headaches for Aviva Premiership defences in the New Year.
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Along with Rob Webber and Leroy Houston, Kyle Eastmond crossed the line at Northampton and centre Joseph, who himself scored a superb solo try against Harlequins last month, says Bath will continue to play with freedom at champions Leicester today (2pm).
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"Attacking-wise it was good but I still think there are areas we can improve.
"It is rugby – you are going to win games and you are going to lose a few unfortunately, so it's about getting back on track and working hard week in, week out.
"I think every time you go up to Leicester, it's going to be a massive challenge. We're looking forward to it to see where we are.
"Leicester have been champions however many times and they're always a top four team. They have a lot of good players and they work well as a team, so it's going to be a real hard challenge.
"We're obviously going to give it our all and let's see what's going to happen."
The Six Nations may be looming but Joseph is putting any thoughts of an England recall to the back of his mind.
He said: "I've not really given it a thought to be honest – my primary focus is just playing well at Bath and that's that at the moment. All you can worry about is your club form and that's what I'm doing.
"Form-wise I feel like I'm getting better and getting used to playing with the players we have down at Bath. I feel like we're starting to click a bit more."
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AN East Lancashire-based defence giant has announced plans to install 10,000 solar panels at its site in Samlesbury.
The area, which is almost the size of nine football fields, could generate up to 25 per cent of the BAE Systems site's peak demand for electricity if permission is granted.
The company has said that the 13.3 acre-site could generate 2MW of peak electrical output if South Ribble Borough Council approve the application, which is set to be submitted this week.
The 2.5metre-high solar panels will be located on an area of the site that includes a portion of the old runway.
The company has said that woodland on either side of the runway will provide 'natural screening' from most locations in the area. Stuart Barker, estates manager at BAE Systems Samlesbury, said: "The company is committed to doing all it can to reduce the amount of energy we use and to minimise our impact on the environment. The installation of solar panels would have significant benefits for both the company and the environment.
"Over their lifetime, the panels would prevent the equivalent of 29,000 tonnes of CO2 being added to the atmosphere."
Graham Ashworth, chairman of Samlesbury Parish Council, said: "I'm looking forward to viewing the plans.
"I'm sure at that point the parish council will want to comment further after we give it due consideration."
The proposed installation would only generate power for BAE Systems' operations, lessening its reliance on the National Grid and freeing up capacity for developments on the Lancashire Enterprise Zone.
A decision by South Ribble Borough Council is expected in September, and if approved, installation would commence shortly afterwards.
BAE Systems' Samlesbury site manufactures the aft fuselage and empennage for all versions of the new F-35 jet and major components for Typhoon jets.


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Lenovo Announces IdeaPad Yoga 11Sby Jarred Walton on 1/9/2013 1:57 AM EST
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mwarner1 - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkThis looks to be one of the better notebooks due for release, with a good IPS multitouch screen, decent CPU and the ability to have >4GB RAM.
It is a shame that I haven't seen my perfect notebook as yet, which would be:
- 11" IPS Multitouch
- A 7mm drive bay to allow you to upgrade the SSD yourself
- User expandable memory
- Thicker form factor to allow for the above & to ensure a decent battery capacity
- A very conservative backlit keyboard that has a very standard layout without any extra keys (e.g. has the Ctrl key to the left of Fn and doesn't require Fn+something to access standard keys such as F1-F12)
- A decent sized trackpad with physical left & right buttons
- Good (but not excessive) build quality.
- A reasonable price point Reply
five_seven - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkThe Yoga 13's in 8 GB trim with the 256 GB SSD's have been on shipping status of "more than 4 weeks" ever since November 2012. I'd be shocked if the 11S in those options will ever see the light of day either. BTW, when are you reviewing any of the ultra convertibles? Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkThe Yoga13 and 11 are available from all my regular hardware online shops here, not sure what you are talking about. Reply
five_seven - Thursday, January 10, 2013 - linkWhat are your regular hardware online shops in which they are available? Lenovo.com must not be one of them, as shipping is shown as 4+ weeks for the aforementioned model and specs I'm looking for. I'd definitely purchase elsewhere if it's available. Reply
epadin - Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - linkWord on the intraebs shows that the Yoga 13 has an addition slot for an ADDITIONAL SSD so you can have a 128GB + 256GB SSD. The Crucial 256GB SSD that is said to work can be had as low as $170 but usually $200. There's also a replacement 8GB RAM stick at Crucial for ~60. There are instructions for adding these goodies to the base model but I am not sure how it affects warranty. Reply


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If you are up for a bigger screen smartphone, just like the official Samsung Galaxy Note phablet, then this latest MT6577 tabphone at 5.3″ skrin from Haipai is a good device to check out. Read more for the rundown on Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE good points and clear specs review.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE sukan MT6577 Dual Core cip, mencatatkan pada 1.0GHz. Partnering it up with PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D GPU, with this in pack yields an impressive 5270 score pada Antutu benchmarking test.
It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) keluar dari kotak, menyokong bahasa-bahasa berikut: Bahasa Inggeris, Itali, Perancis, Sepanyol, Rusia, Thai, Vietnam, Bahasa Arab, Jerman, Indonesia, Cina, Turki, Portugis, Melayu, lain.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE mempunyai 1GB RAM dan 4GB ROM. That is more than enough for an ICS phone. The 1GB RAM allows you to multitask seamlessly and the 4GB ROM gives you more internal storage for your use. Memory can be expanded with a Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), MAX sokongan 32GB.
It also has a 5.3 inci kapasitif Skrin Multi-sentuh pada 5 mata menyentuh. Same screen size like the Samsung Galaxy Note. Ia mempunyai WVGA resolusi, having 800 x 480 piksel dan 16 juta warna.
Ia juga merupakan Dual SIM device, bahawa supports 3G on all carriers worldwide. Walau bagaimanapun, having 4G LTE on name; I am not sure if it really has 4G/LTE support.
The X710D also has impressive set of snappers at 8.0 megapiksel on back and 2.0 megapiksel hadapan menghadap kamera.
Battery is also impressive, ia mempunyai Polimer Li-ion bateri pada 2800mah Kedudukan. That means, a single charge could possibly last up to 3-4 days on usage. This is much more than the older released Android ICS devices, only having a 1650mAh battery rating.
Haipai X710D MT6577 Specs and Features
- CPU: MT6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz
- GPU: PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D
OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
Bahasa: Multilanguage
- Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), MAX sokongan 32GB
- Saiz: 145 x 85 x 12 mm
- Berat: 190 g
- 5.3 inches Capacitive Multi-touch Screen (5 mata)
- WVGA resolusi (800 x 480 piksel)
- 16 juta warna
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- Barisan 2.0 megapiksel
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Bateri: 2800mah Polimer Li-ion bateri
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Harga: USD192.00
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Here's a 3D gaming demo of the Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE . No doubt that with its high-performance CPU chipset and powerful GPU, almost any games you want to play will have no problem being played on this device.
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The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE has a form factor design, very slim and not too bulky even with all that packed specs. Not too much space is taken by the bezel linings, over-all the Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE has a classy and premium design.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE is really a classy-looking phablet, very similar with the elegant design of the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Even the back portion has a very nice design, curvaceous edges and textured back cover makes it more easy to grip and ergo at par with its bigger size than normal smartphones.
The Haipai X710D Evo 4G LTE also have some good and not cheap looking accessories set. Two batteries on package, that means more power for you on the go. The headset, cables and charger are all white; making it look a premium set.


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This is old news for Green Bay, which is seeking a fifth straight division crown. The Packers are playing for the third consecutive season with the NFC North title on the line in the finale, having beaten Chicago two seasons ago and Detroit last season.
"There's a reason we were moved to `Sunday Night Football,'" McCarthy says. "It's a game that's attractive. Winning the division is important, but getting into the playoffs is the ultimate. If you ever wanted a playoff-type game to prepare us for the playoffs, we're going to play one on Sunday night,"
As always, a key will be how the Packers handle Adrian Peterson, who is closing in on his third rushing title. Also a factor could be how the Vikings deal with the pressure of the moment.
"You can't let the game become too big," quarterback Teddy Bridgewater says. "We know that we're playing for a lot right now, but at the same point you just have to go out there and be ourselves. Don't have to do anything extra, don't have to put any 'S' on our chests, capes on our backs. We just have to do our job and do our job well."


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Beauty is a marketplace so heavily segmented and saturated with product offerings that consumers, faced with so many choices, are becoming ever more demanding about every aspect of the products they buy. And with this new reality, marketers, and their packaging suppliers, are challenged to meet expectations.
In 2013, groundbreaking research was presented by MWV that illuminated how customer satisfaction radically drops after purchase and that marketers concentrate too much on achieving the initial sale and not enough on the repurchase. (Read about this research in the article "Packaging Matters" by MWV's Steve Kazanjian in the September 2013 issue of GCI magazine.) These findings should stir us into action.
Beauty marketers, in the course of new product development, tend to separate their thinking about formula and package in a way the consumer may not. Consumers view a product in its totality. A perfect example of this is the scenario in which a package has changed, however slightly, and the customer is convinced the formula has changed as well, even when it has not.
It is well known that primary packaging has a great impact on consumer perception, as it provides intrinsic cues on perceived quality. These include the form, fit and finish of the packaging as well as the way the package delivers the formula to the user. So, if we are to look at ways of improving consumer product satisfaction in use, primary packaging is an obvious place to start, as it is used throughout the life of the product.
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Grinberg will join another Pittsburgher, Mark Frank, who is already on the board.
"I was nominated by Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh," Grinberg said. "It goes to a national nominating committee and they're the ones who make the selection."
He plans to learn about the board's work before anything else.
"I want to understand their procedures and how they operate," Grinberg said. "That being the case, I know a number of policy statements are coming up [at the plenum] which are of interest to me."
Among the topics to be addressed at this year's plenum are, "Equal Opportunity and Social Justice," "Israel, World Jewry and International Human Rights," "Jewish Security and the Bill of Rights," Reframing the Zionist Narrative," "Israel's Domestic Challenges and Traditional Advocacy: Finding the Right Balance," "Our Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Protecting Jewish Communities Abroad" and "Jewish Consensus and Controversy: Same Sex Relationships."
Established in 1944, the JCPA describes itself as "the representative voice of the organized American Jewish community." It also serves as a coordinating roundtable organization of 14 other national Jewish organizations (the "National Member Agencies") as well as 127 local Jewish federations and community relations councils.
Among the speakers at this year's plenum are Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, the Atlantic staff writer Jeffrey Goldberg and JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow.
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THERE has been a dramatic increase in the number of parents fined for taking their children out of school without authorisation.
In the past 12 months, the number of fines handed out in Swindon has risen from around 700 to almost 1,300.
It is a trend seen across the country with many parents saying the cost of going on holiday during the school holidays means going during term time is the only viable option.
There are calls for a change in legislation to either bring the cost of holidays down or give parents more flexibility.
One such parent is Vicki Farthing, of Greenmeadow, who says while she has not been given a fine, she has not been able to visit her dad in the Isle of Man with her 15-year-old daughter Teri because of the high costs.
She said: "I can fully understand why the number has gone up so much. The cost is so much higher during the school holidays that it is just not worth it.
"My dad lives on the Isle of Man and we haven't been able to see him for ages. It is £800 during the holidays but drops to £350 during term which is a massive difference.
"My daughter would benefit massively from seeing her grandfather and what the place has to offer but it is not possible.
"When Teri was in primary school the headteacher said she could have three days off for a christening in Spain. Because she was well behaved and ahead of her work this was fine.
"That's how it should be. Obviously if the child is a hell-raiser and behind then they shouldn't be able to go on holiday but the good kids should not have to suffer."
Carrie McColl, 33, of Gorse Hill, also thinks parents should have more freedom.
She said: "My daughter starts primary school in September so we have already had the letter explaining the rules and the fine.
"I think that if a child is attending school 99 per cent of the time then I'm not sure what difference a few days is going to make.
"I remember being taken out of school for a few days and I wouldn't change that experience. Stopping them is taking away the right to parent."
A petition was signed by several hundred thousand parents calling for action to be taken earlier this year, prompting a debate in parliament.
Swindon North MP Justin Tomlinson was involved and called for a new approach to be taken to school holidays.
He said: "In Germany holidays are spread over a longer period for different regions which is what I would like to see here. So for example all of the South West goes on holiday and then the Midlands takes a different time.
"This would benefit parents because everyone would not be going on holiday at the same time and the travel industry would be in favour so business isn't confined to a six week period.
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The New York Mets today announced that righthanded pitcher Ryota Igarashi sustained a moderate injury to his left hamstring in last night's game. The injury was confirmed today by MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He was placed on the 15-Day Disabled List and will progress to baseball activities as tolerated. To complete the Mets' 25-man roster, the team has recalled righthanded pitcher Manny Acosta from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League. Acosta will wear uniform #36 and will be available for tonight's game.
Acosta, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on March 30th and appeared in five games with the Bisons to start the 2010 season. He was 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA (two earned runs / 8.1 innings pitched) and allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out nine.
The Colon, Panama native went 1-1 with a 4.34 ERA in 36 games for the Braves last season. In 37.1 innings, he notched 32 strikeouts. He also pitched in 18 games for Gwinnett (AAA) of the International League in 2009, going 1-3 with a 2.63 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.
He was 3-5 with three saves and a 3.57 ERA in 46 games for Atlanta in 2008. The previous year, Acosta went 1-1 with a 2.28 ERA in 21 games for the Braves.
For his career, the righthander is 5-7 with three saves and a 3.55 ERA in 103 major league games. In 114.0 innings, he has allowed 106 hits, 50 runs, 45 earned and 59 walks while striking out 85.
Igarashi, the 11th Japanese-born player to appear in a game for the Mets, is 0-0 with a 1.35 ERA (one earned run / 6.2 innings) in seven games out of the bullpen. He has allowed three hits and four walks while striking out three.


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DİDEM ÜRER: A large number of PKK supporters posted messages on Facebook and Twitter about the distribution efforts of the book "The Danger of a Communist Kurdistan" in Diyarbakir.
ADNAN OKTAR: Not having communism in the Southeast is also a blessing for the PKK. Communism would bring disaster to the PKK. It wouldn't be as they thought. It would destroy them and the people so not a single living thing would be left there, may Allah forbid.
Let's have an Islamic Union instead of communism. Let there be art, democracy, freedom and beauty. Why communism? Why a communist dictatorship? Why violence? Our Kurdish brothers are religious. All religious scholars and saints are from the Southeast region. Let them live a free, comfortable and religious life. They are people with pride and honor. The people of the Southeast are just like the people of Anatolia and the rest of Turkey. Let them live in peace, comfort and joy in a religious way and having love for Allah. We don't need to direct anyone's religiousness in anyway. We must leave it to our people's own faith. Anyone can take the manual of Islamic faith and read it when they want. They can learn what is right and wrong from the Internet, from television and from their mothers and fathers. Therefore we need to avoid such an attitude.
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