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Land Reclamation on the Garden Site
When Allegheny County agreed to the lease over 430 acres near Settlers Cabin Park to the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, the site seemed nearly perfect: great location, wooded slopes, wide plateaus, beautiful vistas, streams for irrigation – quintessential Pittsburgh.
Everyone knew the property sat above abandoned coal mines, like a lot of land in Pittsburgh. What wasn't obvious was that three of the four streams on the site were seriously polluted with Acid Mine Discharge (pH 2.8) from the mines. Acid Mine Drainage occurs when iron pyrite in the mines is exposed to oxygen and water, producing salts and heavy metals including iron, manganese, nickel and cobalt.
When Hurricane Ivan dumped 6 inches of rain on Pittsburgh in September 2004, the mines overflowed, and caused flooding and landslides. It was then determined that the streams could not be used for irrigation. This was dire news. Depending on municipal water for the Garden would be grossly expensive in the future, and simply "cleaning" the Acid Mine Discharge on the site was cost prohibitive.
An innovative plan was developed working with Allegheny County, the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE) to remove the mines. The Garden re-negotiated its lease with Allegheny County to allow a reclamation process known as day-lighting. Removing the mines stabilizes the land, protecting future buildings from mine subsidence. It cleans the water for irrigation and reduces pollution entering the streams. The project also included building an intelligent rainwater system that will provide for future irrigation needs.
- Daylighting is occurring under two of the three major ridges at the center of the site. The Pittsburgh Coal Seam is present in all three. Each ridge was deep mined in the 1920s; in the 1940s the southern two ridges were strip mined. The southern ridges suffer from a host of problems including high walls, mine subsidence and acid mine drainage. Daylighting eliminates the acid mine drainage that brews in the open spaces of abandoned coal mines. The process involves removing the soil on top of the old mines, scooping out the remaining coal (approximately 26% of original coal seam) and then replacing the soil. The sale of the coal covers the cost of its removal. Cherep Excavating is the contractor tackling the reclamation work. When the soil is replaced it will be contoured to allow soil improvement for gardens. Unfortunately, planting the gardens designed for the area must wait until the reclamation is complete.
- The Garden has an intelligent rainwater system for future irrigation needs including three irrigation ponds, supplemented by a 400,000-gallon underground cistern. The ponds are now filled with water. Minnows and crappies were introduced into one and a second pond feeds the tree nursery via a solar-powered pump. The system will provide over two million gallons of rainwater a year. The Garden's President Greg Nace points out, "Even with a dry summer, our water system will ensure the Garden is properly irrigated without the significant expense of bringing in municipal water." Building of the $510,000 underground cistern was possible through a PENNVEST grant. PENNVEST funds water projects throughout the Commonwealth. Engineered Concrete Systems of Cleveland was responsible for the cistern project.


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NEW YORK -- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is acquiring the Life Savers and Altoids businesses of Kraft Foods Inc. for close to $1.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The deal, announced this morning, comes after an intense auction that pitted longstanding rivals Hershey Foods Corp., Mars Inc., Nestle SA and Cadbury Schweppes PLC against Chicago-based Wrigley, which delivered a price far higher than anticipated by industry analysts.
Kraft, the nation's largest food maker, felt that it needed to home in on markets in which it was dominant. Therefore, it is ceding most of the candy section to the candy companies, which can better manage their relations with retailers.
Altoids sales have grown 14 percent in the past four years, according to ACNielsen figures provided by Credit Suisse Group's Credit Suisse First Boston unit. But some analysts suspect the Altoids franchise peaked in 2001, and is relying on brand extensions to continue to grow. Life Savers, which have been around since 1912, saw sales decline about 16 percent in retail dollars over the past four years, according to ACNielsen estimates provided by CSFB.
But the brands' biggest weakness could have been their owner. Kraft, which is 84.6 percent owned by Altria Group Inc., has focused its sales force and marketing dollars elsewhere, leaving opportunities for focused players like Wrigley to steal shelf space and market share from Altoids and Life Savers.
The sale, which also includes two far smaller brands, Trolli gummy candies and Sugus candies, unloads brands that generated for Kraft roughly $500 million in sales and just under $100 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The deal also includes some tax benefits for Wrigley.

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Access Hollywood: Mariah Carey Helps Make NYC Foster Kids' Dreams Come True
Six children who are part of Children's Aid foster care programs received a once-in-a-lifetime gift when they joined pop diva Mariah Carey for a holiday party.
Foster care remains a core service of The Children's Aid Society, with a special focus on bringing evidence-based practices to our work. Building on the success of these
interventions, The Children's Aid Society has increased the use of Functional Family Therapy, and we have adopted a second proven model—Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy—to serve families in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn who petition Family Court for help supervising a teen who is disobeying guardians, engaging in dangerous behavior or not attending school. The success of these programs is clear: 81-96% of engaged youth remain with their families and out of placement; 85-88% stay in school or are working; and 70-83% avoid re-arrest. Read more about our foster care programs here.
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Update 28 January 2013 – Anthropology Journals, Blogs, Books, More
Great stuff from the journals, anthropology blogs, anthropology books, calls-for-papers, and more.
BANDIT – On Facebook!
Introducing the new expanded BANDIT format. Conversations with Kate Clancy, Katie MacKinnon, Elizabeth Quinn, Robin Nelson, and Katie Hinde have inspired us to add content and discussion related to teaching methods and pedogogy, developments in research methods, and new research in biological anthropology that inspires us. This will be a thoughtful forum aimed at a holistic view of career development in all facets of our careers and we hope both "junior" and "senior" members of the community join the conversation.
Volume 19, Issue 1, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Lots of great anthropology and reviews. As of 28 January 2013 this was all free and open access. Get it now!
Anthro in the news 1/28/13, Always lots of interesting anthropology news here!
Anthropology Blogs
The Archaeology of Race, Shame, and Redemption, Paul Mullins
Many more sites of comparable trauma certainly remain remembered but unmarked; many spaces like riot sites certainly contain concrete archaeological evidence, but in places like Rosewood the threat of that material history provokes apprehension for both undoing racist caricatures and sparking conversations about the impression of such violence on contemporary social life. Many of these landscapes witnessed brief events like lynchings that left little material evidence, yet marking such spaces and telling these stories is certainly well within archaeological method. The challenge is less techniques of placing such heritage on the contemporary landscape as it is a challenge to overcome anxiety over the discussions that may follow. Yet the tenor of such discussions in many communities suggests that efforts to conceal such a heritage are always losing battles.
Immigration Reform, Debra Lattanzi
It's a good thing that lawmakers are grappling with the issue, in fact, it's long overdue. The entire framework does a great deal to address the basic unfairness of our current immigration system and if enacted, would help move millions of immigrant workers in the U.S. out of their second-tier status and offer more opportunities. My concern is that the plan is contingent on "secure borders." I've written extensively about the folly of this idea, that it is money wasted when there are other solutions, like temporary visas, that could address the border issue.
Guest Roast: Is Poverty a State of Mind?, Erin B. Taylor
There is no single answer, then, to the question of what is the psychology of poverty. It depends a great deal on people's perceptions of their needs and wants, relative to the sociocultural conditions in which they live. When trying to understand the psychological aspects of poverty, then, we would do well to begin by asking "What does it mean to be poor?" and "What does it mean to live a good life?"
A 'paradigm shift' in science….or a manoever?, Ken Weiss
For better or worse, this is certainly a change in how we do business, and it is also a change in our 'gestalt' or worldview about science. But it does not constitute a new paradigm about the nature of Nature! Nothing theoretical changes just because we now have factories that can systematically churn out reams of data. Indeed, the theories of life that we had decades ago, even a century ago, have not fundamentally changed, even though they remain incomplete and imperfect and we have enormous amounts of new understanding of genes and what they do.
Spring Syllabi, Adam Van Arsdale
Today marks the beginning of the Spring semester at Wellesley. I am teaching two courses this semester, Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Anth 204), which I teach every Spring, and Human Biology and Society (Anth 314), a new upper level seminar that will be focused on personal genomics this semester. Here is a brief description of the two courses with links to the preliminary syllabus for each.
Challenging Anthropology: Teaching with Positive Messages, Douglas Reeser
Critique of the world around us is one of the most valuable tools of anthropology. Our research, our work, and our thinking seek fuller pictures and deeper understandings about all aspects of our lives and society than may be readily apparent. Such examinations shed light on the myriad problems facing humanity today, and without such critique, it's likely that many would be worse off than they may be currently. In the classroom, one of my main goals is to demonstrate the value of critique, and then encourage my students to engage with that tool a bit more in their own lives and work. What is sometimes challenging, is the ease at which critique can slide into criticism and negativity, of which there is already too much in this world.
Idle No More! and Struggle Forever!, Jeremy Trombley
I like "Idle No More!" It resonates with Struggle Forever! in a way that "Occupy!" couldn't quite achieve. "Occupy!" is an end – a goal to be achieved. "Idle No More!" is a process. The indigenous people who have taken it as their banner are effectively telling the world that they want to be part of the discussion, part of the work to make the world better.
So Who Really Did Build the Assemblage which is the Internet? (Part 6), Adam Fish
The internet is translative boundary object for political thought, situated between four liberal ideologies about freedom and the state, corporation, individual, and the public. The internet is thus a parallax object, looking different from what ideological perspective one looks at it.
Why Europe?, Al West
The answer to the question of why Europe, rather than, say, China, conquered the world is reasonably clear, and it is due, at least in part, to geography. Geography supplied the means: the spread of agricultural technologies by the east-west orientation of Eurasia; the rise of inter-continental empires through the use of the horse, camel, and sailing vessel; the propagation of murderous diseases and sophisticated technologies, including paper and the compass, by both of these causes; and so on. The motivation was produced, indirectly, by the same geography; it wasn't easy for Europeans to get access to the spice trade, so they had to come up with a way to have at it. They came up with several ways. They then used the fruits of this – including their domination of the Americas–to improve their technologies and one-up everybody else.
Eric Wolf, Europe and the People Without History – Geography, States, Empires, Jason Antrosio
Eric Wolf's Europe and the People Without History attempts to answer Yali's Question – Why Europe? Anthropology must rediscover the history of Eric Wolf.
Anthropology Books
Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere, Genese Marie Sodikoff
Protecting the unique plants and animals that live on Madagascar while fueling economic growth has been a priority for the Malagasy state, international donors, and conservation NGOs since the late 1980s. Forest and Labor in Madagascar shows how poor rural workers who must make a living from the forest balance their needs with the desire of the state to earn foreign revenue from ecotourism and forest-based enterprises. Genese Marie Sodikoff examines how the appreciation and protection of Madagascar's biodiversity depend on manual labor. She exposes the moral dilemmas workers face as both conservation representatives and peasant farmers by pointing to the hidden costs of ecological conservation.
David Graeber: "An important and lively contribution to the study of 'green neoliberalism.' An obvious choice for undergraduate teaching on ecology, rights, international political economy, development, and a host of other topics."
Review of new book on widows of Japan
An open access review in Pacific Affairs of Deborah McDowell Aoki's book, Widows of Japan: An Anthropological Perspective, says that this "comprehensive study of Japanese widows brings into focus the complex, ambiguous, often tragic history of the impact of spousal death on Japanese women. Her eight years of research from 1996 included 58 interviews with women from urban and rural areas. She states the themes in the introduction: 'the fetishism of female bodies to protect and embody family honor, the historical role of state formation in creating family and kinship systems, and the integrative functions provided by women'"
Why Does Anthropology Worry about Jared Diamond when they have Nigel Barley?, Tony Waters
It has long mystified me that The Innocent Anthropologist is not a staple of Intro to Cultural Anthropology courses. It is well written, funny, empathetic, theoretical, and easy to read. And students are happy to read it—the whole thing. Most importantly, it is a fantastic introduction to what ethnographers do, why they do it, and what an anthropological viewpoint has to say about not just a small place in Cameroon, but the human condition. I have used this book in my undergraduate social science classes a number of times, and it has always worked well to get students dreaming about the possibilities of culture and travel—i.e. the things that I would expect a good Intro to Cultural Anthropology course to do.
Book review: Clara Han's Life in Debt, Larisa Jasarevic
Life in Debt: Times of Care and Violence in Neoliberal Chile offers a very fine, politically-minded account of indebted existence. Han's historically and biographically specific text raises stakes of the debate on moral economies of credit by offering intricate, memorable ethnographic detail about the embodied temporalities and relationalities of the under-employed, overworked urban population. This book has much to contribute to the global scholarship on debt, beyond the Chilean and Latin American context.
Anthropology Announcements, Calls for Papers
Towards a Four Fields Anthropology of Fetuses, Sallie Han
It is our hope to organize a panel of scholars from across the four fields to consider the possibilities of building publics within anthropology and furthering engagements around the concerns of reproduction. The focus of this panel will be on research in anthropology on fetuses and address the question: What is a fetus?
Proposed AAA Panel: Foodways in Discourse and Practice
This panel will seek to find theory and methods that prove useful in overcoming the impediments to matching quantitative dietary recall data with qualitative ethnographic participant observation of foodways in the field. We will seek to share theories and practices that help illuminate these difficult but interesting areas of disjuncture. Instead of presenting these incongruous results as failure in the field, I am seeking researchers who have dug deeper into these conflicts to find interesting ways to apply theory and further understanding of how humans use and interpret their foodways.
Seeing, Thinking, Doing: Visualisation as Archaeological Research, Call for Papers, TAG USA, Sara Perry
Research tends to begin with a series of observations on a site, object, monument or related space as it stands in the present, and leads to the construction of narratives which aim to craft a dialogue between that experience of the real today and the experience of the real in the recent and distant past. Visualisation is a critical methodology in such narrative creation–extending far beyond mere presentation of results into the actual constitution of data and the working and reworking of archaeological ideas. It is a key player, then, in the process of mediating the real. The visual tools we use (both new and old), their interactions with our ways of seeing, and the relationships between these interactions and our experiences on-the-ground–with collaborators, spaces, and other sensory engagements–affect how we do archaeology and conceive of the past. In other words, visual practices are intimately connected to different ways of thinking, and such connections can be (and have long been) exploited to productive effect.
Postdoc Opportunity in Health Disparities!, Julienne Rutherford
This post-doctoral program provides year-long support for training in interdisciplinary research that addresses disparities in health status and health outcomes among minority mothers, infants, children and their families.
Engaged anthropology with and for Latino immigrants
The University of South Florida News carried an article about ongoing research into the consequences of new Latino immigrants, African Americans and working class Whites coming face to face at work in the U.S. South and how to better bridge differences. The project is led by cultural anthropologist Angela Stuesse, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida.
Searching for a program? Looking for an expert?, American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association is delighted to announce its eAnthroGuide online, a directory of more than 800 academic departments; museums; government agencies; nonprofits, NGOs, and foundations; research and consulting firms. To promote study of the discipline, we offer a freely available program search in which students and faculty advisers may look up institutions by Country, State, degree offered, subdisciplinary specialization, internships, and more.
X RAM 2013: Reunión de Antropología del Mercosur
Call for Papers: The Anthropology of Sport in Latin America has gained importance in the last decade in events such as RAM, RBA and ANPOCS. Note that in this production, the increasing demand of modern sports in urban settings. Moreover, indigenous body building revealed in cosmological aspects and rituals in a rich production for decades. However, the contexts of games, traditional or modern, toys, games and specific bodily practices of indigenous peoples in Latin America has increased the interest of many researchers in recent years through various investigations within or outside the villages . Our working group aims to bring together current research and reports or statements of intercultural experiences within indigenous issues in Latin America. The initial expectation is to collect a minimum of 20 papers and 05 posters of anthropologists and other researchers with an affinity with the issues.
A Map of Gender Diverse Cultures
On nearly every continent, and for all of recorded history, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders. Terms such as transgender and gay are strictly new constructs that assume three things: that there are only two sexes (male/female), as many as two sexualities (gay/straight), and only two genders (man/woman). Yet hundreds of distinct societies around the globe have their own long-established traditions for third, fourth, fifth, or more genders. Fred Martinez, for example, was not a boy who wanted to be a girl, but both a boy and a girl — an identity his Navajo culture recognized and revered as nádleehí. Most Western societies have no direct correlation for this Native "two-spirit" tradition, nor for the many other communities without strict either/or conceptions of sex, sexuality, and gender. Worldwide, the sheer variety of gender expression is almost limitless.
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Joyce MCDOUGALL and her Brandon foursome etched their names into Manitoba's curling history books on Tuesday with a Canadian title.
The Brandon Curling Club team of skip McDougall, third Linda Van Daele, second Cheryl Orr and lead Karen Dunbar won the 2011 Canadian Masters Curling Championship at Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club with a 11-5 win over the Karin Host foursome from Richmond, B.C.
It was the first time a Manitoba women's team has won the national title in the masters (60-plus) category, which is in its 12th year as a national competition.
"I feel great, my team curled great," said a beaming McDougall, whose team scored three points in the sixth and seventh ends, after which the teams shook hands. "It is a good day!"
In the men's division, Manitoba's John Usackis and his Lac du Bonnet foursome were defeated 6-3 by the Garry Gelowitz team from Kelowna, B.C.
"What a great feeling!" said Gelowitz, whose team scored three points in the fourth end to lead 4-2. "That end just got in a situation where my rocks would curl and John's didn't and that was the determining factor."
Gelowitz and lead Dennis Case competed at the nationals last year but lost in the 3 vs. 4 playoff to Ontario. Third Rob Koffski and second Brad Cmolik joined them this season.
In the women's game, McDougall's team had jumped out to a 5-1 lead after four ends but drew gasps from the large group of spectators in the fifth when the B.C. squad tied the game at 5-5.
"It was kind of a fight, fight, fight when we gave up a four-ender (fifth end). We seemed to have to do that once during a game these days but we finally got back on track and it worked out," said McDougall, who is from Nesbitt. Van Daele is from Brandon, Orr is from Minnedosa and Dunbar is from Souris.
It was the first season for this foursome but McDougall and Van Daele curled on the same team at the 2001 Canadian senior women's championship in Calgary and lost in the final to Ontario's Anne Dunn.
In this event, McDougall's team won eight straight games to claim the first national championship for any of its members.
In men's action, Usackis and his team of third Dave Romano, second Lyle Dew and lead Gene Lazaruk led 2-1 after three ends before B.C. took control.
"The fourth end was the back-breaker, we gave them a three-ender. I was heavy on two draws and that was the turning point," said Usackis, whose team is together for its first season.
Usackis and Romano competed as teammates in the 1977 Brier. It was Dew's first year in the category as he just turned 60.
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Channel Nine's heavily promoted 60 Minutes interview with disgraced actor Matthew Newton did not deliver the ratings windfall the network may have hoped for, with just 1.21 million viewers tuning in. Overall, it was not a strong Sunday night for television - the No.1 show was Nine's news, with 1.23 million. A strong Sunday night would have the top-ranked programs commanding closer to 2 million viewers in the mainland capital cities. Newton failed to hold the nation's attention during the interview about his violent past. A program such as 60 Minutes would expect an audience above 1.5 million for a blue-chip interview, or an interview that had been promoted in the same manner as Newton's tell-all.
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San Sebastian Residencia Manuel Agud Querol
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Weekly room cleaning and change od towels and sheets. for stays over 7 nights.
Stays under 7 nights, no cleaning or change of towels and sheets.
Check-in: 15h
Check-out: 11h
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The Manuel Agud Querol Residence is situated in the Ibaeta Campus, a 20 minute walk from the famous La Concha beach.
The residence is mixed and has 426 places in single and double rooms, full individual bathroom, kitchen (except basic twin private ensuite rooms), heating, telephone, Internet connection and TV antenna. It also has specially designed rooms for disabled guests.
During the day, the tourist can enjoy the old town, which is the most popular area of San Sebastin and during the night, can enjoy of the port where are a lot of bars and nightlife. Other places for visiting are La Constitucion circus and Buen Pastor cathedral.
This residence is open to the university community all year round. If you are not a member of the Educational or University Community, a membership card by any Hostel Association in the IYHF must be presented.
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Good price for money, yet with a few buts: it was going back to university...
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We had been traveling for 2 weeks and realy wanted to be able to cook our own food so we booked this place because it offered a kitchen. When we arrived we were put in what can only discribed as a cell with 2 beds and no kitchen....the staff knew nothing of the booking and even though we could see that a kitchen was in the next room they would not allow us access to it. When we were checking out a couple were having the same problem at the desk....they had booked a kitchen but when they checked in were told that they didn´t...very annoying.
The room was tiny but it was clean and the area was quiet. It is located about 30 min walk from the city centre...it´s actually a lovely walk in and the buses are frequent but if I was going back I would stay the other end of the city. San Sebastian is a really really beautiful place and to stay in a sterile dorm kind of takes the sheen off a bit.
They do have free internet though...
We are sorry that you were disappointed with your time at Residencia Manuel Agud Querol. However, our records show that you had booked a 2 bed private room, with no mention of a kitchen. Having checked through the information the hostel has provided about its facilities, we do not see where they mention that a kitchen is provided. If you have any extra information regarding this, please do get in touch with us via our contact form, as we naturally expect properties to keep their information accurate.
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The rooms are small but very clean. I was surprised to find a mini fridge and a range top in my room. The place is quiet and comfortable. It is located about 1/4 mile to the bus routes that lead to Playa de la Concha so it is very convenient. Bus is only 1.50 Euros one way. The checkout time of 10 am is a little early by most standards but for the price its a great value, I would definitely recommend it and stay again.
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The place was a university domitory, so it was pretty sterile. Good thing about it was that it had a kitchen with good sized fridge so making your own meals works out cheap. There is a small convenient store close by but a short walk away there is a large supermarket with lots of variety. The good thing was there is a laundry with washing machines at a cheap rate. It is a little far from the old city, and a bit of a walk to the beach, but if you are after a cheap stay and you have plenty of time, then taking the walk is quite nice, thats what we did. There is parking if you have a car which is handy because street parking is all metered. They don't come and clean your room or make your beds. I found reception a little difficult to deal with, I wanted to print a document and she wouldn't let me use their printer, and sent me to the computer room. The printers there didn't work and she still wouldn't print it in her office and sent me around to a store to print. That store was closed!!!!! I wasted a glorious day trying to print a document because the receptionist was too selfish to print out a 1 page document even when I offered money!
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GOALKEEPER Elliot Parish is aiming to keep Newport County AFC in the League Two play-off hunt by racking up the clean sheets, starting at Hartlepool United today.
The 23-year-old signed for County on an emergency 28-loan from Bristol City on Monday to deputise for injured stoppers Lenny Pidgeley and Jamie Stephens.
The postponement of Tuesday's home clash with AFC Wimbledon meant Parish wasn't thrown straight into action and, having trained with his new teammates all week, he's ready to frustrate Hartlepool this afternoon.
"He's had a couple of extra days with the group now, which has obviously helped, and he's settled in very well," said Exiles boss Justin Edinburgh.
"He's a quality goalkeeper and we're delighted that Steve Cotterill was able to help us out and we've been able to get a very capable replacement for the two we've lost.
"Jamie Stephens has been very unlucky," he added. "I'm really disappointed for him and it's indicative of the way this season has gone in terms of bad luck but it gives Elliot an opportunity to play some games and we're delighted to have him on board."
Parish is looking forward to getting some action after falling out of favour with the Robins in League One.
"I jumped at the chance to get some games," he said.
"Of course my main club is Bristol City and I want to play for them but now I've got the opportunity to play here I want to do well and help us get back towards the play-offs.
"After the month is up we'll see what happens but I want to do as well as I can do.
"I've got to prove myself all over again and I'm looking forward to facing Hartlepool and coming up against an old friend from Bristol in Marlon Harewood."
The 34-year-old former West Ham and Aston Villa striker has yet to find the net for Pools since joining after his release by Bristol City midway through last month.
But manager Colin Cooper, who played with Harewood for Nottingham Forest in the late 1990s, is convinced the veteran will come good on and off the pitch.
"Marlon will add so much more than what he will give us on the pitch," said Cooper.
"While I still think he will give us an awful lot on the pitch, you can tell that he has not played football in a little while but we will work him."
County welcome back top scorer Chris Zebroski to the squad for today's match but Edinburgh will be without defender Ismail Yakubu as well as Pidgeley and Stephens.
Zebroski is unlikely to start at Victoria Park but his return from long-term injury, along with Byron Anthony and Max Porter, is a big boost to the Exiles' promotion push.


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Odds makers think that LeBron James may be staying put.
According to the website FiveThirtyEight, the most popular bet is on LeBron staying in Miami to play for the Heat.
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Ortho Evra Patch Lawsuit
The Ortho Evra transdermal birth control patch was first introduced in 2002 by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. as an alternative to the birth control pill. The patch, as it is now known, was purported to be as effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy as traditional oral contraceptives, but offered the added convenience of a once a week application rather than a daily pill.
However, on November 10, 2005, the FDA ordered Ortho McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, to issue a warning to the millions of women using Ortho Evra that the birth control patch exposed them to significantly higher doses of hormones (due to the elevated levels of estrogen produced) and may put them at greater risk for blood clots and other serious side effects. According to the warning, women using Ortho Evra are exposed to 60% more estrogen than those using typical birth control pills because hormones from patches released into the bloodstream are removed from the body differently than those from birth control pills. While enough of the hormone to prevent pregnancy is needed to make it into the bloodstream, too much of it can pose serious health risks. A 2004 study conducted by the FDA revealed that Ortho Evra caused a 300% increase of blood clot-related incidents - blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms which often prove fatal. If you or a loved one has suffered blood clots as a result of taking Ortho Evra, it is important to contact an experienced and dedicated Ortho Evra lawyer today to protect your legal rights and receive the financial compensation you deserve.
After the FDA warning was released in November 2005, Ortho McNeil was ordered to change the label on the package to reflect the potential danger, but for many women this warning came too late. Approximately 4 million women have used the Ortho Evra Patch since it went on sale in 2002 and since then there have been 23 deaths associated with Ortho Evra, of which 17 were directly related to blood clots. Earlier this year, the Associated Press reported that patch users die and suffer blood clots at a rate three times higher than women taking the pill. The FDA states that only 1% -10% of patch-related medical problems are actually reported so it is possible that these conditions are actually more prevalent than initially believed. Don't be a part of this low percentage. It is important to report any Ortho Evra medical problems to a doctor right away and consult with an experienced Ortho Evra lawyer for skilled legal counsel.
If you or a loved one has suffered from the negative side effects of Ortho Evra, you may be entitled to compensation for your physical and emotional injuries. It's important to take immediate action, as restrictive statutes of limitations can prevent you from collecting the compensation you are entitled. Successful defective drug litigation sends a clear message to the pharmaceutical industry about accountability and consumer safety. You are not alone in this fight. Contact an experienced and dedicated Ortho Evra lawyer today to discuss the litigation options that are available to you.
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Three reservists who wore their uniforms last Wednesday were Major Mike Dalzell, who is a scientist at Dstl, Porton Down, and Lance Corporal Matt Jarrett, who also works at Dstl, as a graduate technical consultant, both from 'A' Squadron Royal Yeomanry (Swindon).
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Teenage mothers, victims of sexual gender-based violence, return to school
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One of 29 adolescent mothers at the UNICEF-assisted Nyubahiriza Centre in Bujumbura, Burundi. The girls receive a basic education, learn trades and benefit from child care at the centre.
Seventeen-year-old Chantal smiles shyly, cuddling her daughter Espérance (not their real names) two and a half years old, and says, "I like it here, I am fed, I receive medical attention, I am learning a trade; best of all, I am back in secondary school." Two years earlier, she had been raped by a soldier, was pregnant, on the streets and contemplating suicide. Now she will graduate in two years' time and have a trade to support her growing child.
Chantal is one of 29 teenage mothers and 31 children being rehabilitated by UNICEF's partner Fondation Stamm, a national non-governmental organization founded by Madam Verena Ndorimana, née Stamm. It was established in August 1999 to provide humanitarian aid to war orphans, widows and street children. In 2005 the Foundation opened a centre in Bujumbura, aptly named in the national language Nyubahiriza (make me respected), to rehabilitate street girls, especially underage single mothers. The girls are given education, taught trades, with their children cared for and sent to nursery schools.
Those without primary education are taught to read and write and those who did not complete secondary school are returned to school after childbirth. All are taught sewing, embroidery, basket weaving and jewellery making. Between 2003 and 2007, UNICEF has supported the Foundation's activities with no less than US$ 105,000 in funds, in addition to providing insecticide-treated mosquito nets, sheeting, school kits and medical supplies.
Chantal and her colleagues are lucky, thousands of underage girls are still on the streets, getting pregnant through rape or prostitution and having babies without fathers, a legacy of the war years and cultural gender bias.
Burundi's years of sorrow: One by-product of Burundi's years of conflict and sorrow (1993-2005) is the high prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against young girls. They are the invisible victims of Burundi's 12-year-long conflict. While the world hears a lot about male child soldiers, not much is said of thousands of young girls abducted and raped by rebel groups, policemen and government soldiers.
Many children are also violated by family members, their teachers or neighbours. Only some 5 per cent of these cases are reported to law enforcement agencies and the few are treated with levity; the aggressors hardly ever get punished.
In remote communities, if the aggressor is a non-family member, community elders are likely to ask him to pay a small fine or marry the victim. Worse, due to stigmatization, victims rarely seek or get support for their physical and psychological traumas. Many girls get pregnant and are infected with sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.
In 2006, only 730 cases were reported in SGBV centres supported by UNICEF. Nearly half of these cases – 46.84 per cent – were girls under 18 years. And the figures are rising. Of the 397 cases notified to UNICEF between January and June 2007, 215 victims were children. The Seruka Centre in Bujumbura, run by Médecins Sans Frontières Belgique, reported an average of 120 rape incidents per month, two thirds of which involved children, 30 per cent below 12 years and 15 per cent below 5 years.
Support for the survivors: In the five high prevalent provinces – Muyinga, Ruyigi, Bujumbura Rural, Makamba and Cankuzo – UNICEF supports centres for SGBV case management and HIV prevention. There the survivors receive medical care, psychosocial counselling, legal support and rehabilitation in a safe and secure environment or, where possible, reintegration into their community.
Campaign to prevent gender-based violence: In the same provinces, UNICEF supports provincial committees set up to prevent SGBV by training more than 1,000 community mobilizers with the aim to bring about attitudinal and behavioural change at community level. The agency also helps train police and judicial officers to fight against the impunity offenders currently enjoy. An annual nationwide campaign to stop violence against women is jointly organized by Government, the United Nations and civil society. But more needs to be done.
As UNICEF Representative in Burundi, Bintou Keita, declared, "The country needs help to reform its judicial system and to stop the kind of impunity that is not really conducive to a good and protective environment for children."
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A Warminster teenager is suing her GP for damages of £200,000 after accusing him of failing to diagnose her condition soon enough.
Gaynor Salmons, 18, of Lane End, Corsley, said in a writ issued at London's High Court and just made publicly available, that her dream of becoming a paediatric nurse had been shattered as a result of her GP's actions.
She contracted mastoiditis, a rare bone disease causing extensive visual loss, hearing loss, and persistent headaches after he failed to diagnose and treat her ear infections, it is claimed.
Now Miss Salmons is seeking damages from Dr Kevin McBride, of The Avenue, Warminster.
Her solicitor, Philippa Luscombe, said: "We have issued proceedings, but we are still waiting for the defence to respond, which is unusual.
"We have to prove that they got this wrong and also that it has caused damage, so they may try to claim that although they made a mistake it wouldn't have made any difference. We have the support of expert evidence."
According to the writ Miss Salmons, who had a history of glue ear, visited Dr McBride in November 2004 with earache, and was told her ear drum had burst, but this was nature's way of healing.
She was taken home early from school the next month with a painful headache, swelling and dizziness.
It is claimed that Dr McBride said he was 90 per cent sure she had glandular fever but did not want her to go through a blood test and prescribed antibiotics.
Also, that he failed to suspect her middle ear infection had progressed to mastoiditis, and should have sent her to hospital for urgent investigation.
Two days later, she has having problems walking, and she was going cross eyed.
Her condition continued to deteriorate, and she was admitted to Frenchay Hospital for treatment.
Miss Salmons claims if she had been referred to hospital urgently in December 2004 she would have made a very good recovery.
A spokesperson for the Medical Protection Society, acting for Dr McBride, said: "As this is an ongoing matter it would be inappropriate for Dr McBride to comment at this time."


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• Michael John Petron, 26, Royalton; (offense: 9/23/12) DWI – operating a motor vehicle – alcohol concentration of 0.08 within two hours, fined $985, sentenced to 90 days in jail and supervised probation for six years. Dismissed against Petron was one gross misdemeanor count of DWI – operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
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Keeshond chart by Sandra Jäger
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It consists of two 14-stitches dog charts.
- a dog face chart with a paw and bone peerie
- a complete dog chart with a bone peerie
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Graffiti defaces property, costs time and money to correct and, if ignored, reduces property values significantly. The Ahwatukee Board of Management, or ABM, began a new proactive process in January that documents each occurrence of graffiti before repainting the damage. Each graffiti location is photographed and reported to the police. For the first three months of 2011, the ABM reported 19 occurrences, causing nearly $13,000 in damages.
One location in particular has been tagged four times in one month. It's been tagged and repainted three times, and was recently hit by graffiti again.
Much of the graffiti repeats certain phrases or initials, indicating a few individuals or groups of individuals are responsible for numerous tags, as if to 'show off their presence.' These persistent miscreants have tagged walls, utility boxes, a chain link fence and, most recently, the basketball courts.
Graffiti is criminal damage and anyone caught committing this crime can be charged with a felony. Last year a person was arrested in Phoenix and given six and a half years for multiple counts of criminal damage.
In some places, well-intentioned neighbors have taken it upon themselves to paint over graffiti rather than report it. However, by painting over it without reporting each incident, valuable evidence is covered up. In police work, if something isn't reported or written down, it's as if it didn't happen.
If someone finds graffiti painted on ABM property or common areas, it's important for residents to contact ABM immediately at (480) 893-3502. ABM staff will photograph and document each location and contact the Phoenix Police Department to initiate a police report. Then ABM maintenance staff will paint over the damage as quickly as possible.
Residents of other communities should also contact their HOAs or property management companies to see if they have specific strategies in place for handling graffiti.
Residents outside of ABM are urged to contact the Phoenix police non-emergency number, (602) 262-6151, to report any existing graffiti. After filing the police report, residents are encouraged to contact the Graffiti Busters hotline at (602) 495-7014. Volunteers will eventually be out to paint over the damage, but residents may have to wait one to two weeks before someone responds. Resources are limited.
Hopefully by taking a pro-active stance and partnering with the community, ABM members can help document more than one perpetrator toward a conviction, and also help reduce the problem posed to all of us by graffiti vandalism.
Katrina Shawver has lived in Ahwatukee Foothills for 25 years and now serves on the Ahwatukee Board of Management as communications chair. For more information on the ABM, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit ahwatukeehoa.com.


text: Pre-Medicine Admission to medical school is a highly selective process that you'll need to consider as soon as possible upon starting at Illinois College. Important factors for admission include high grade point average, above average MCAT scores, leadership, clinical experience, letters of recommendation, interviews and research. Students considering a career in either allopathic or osteopathic medicine are strongly encouraged to "shadow" a physician; this can be accomplished with a physician in the student's home town, or students may arrange to shadow a physician in the Jacksonville area. The application for admission to medical schools is submitted through the American Medical Application Service (AMCAS) or American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS). Preparing for Medical School at Illinois College As a student at Illinois College who is planning to enter medical school, you should: :: Select a challenging major in any field - it does not have to be in the sciences. Medical schools are interested in admitting students with broad diverse liberal arts backgrounds and life experiences. :: Consult with the health professions advisor to schedule courses and attend pre-medical admissions meetings as available :: Participate in student-faculty research and volunteer in medically-related clinical work :: Become involved in activities which develop and demonstrate your leadership abilities and interests in service :: Participate in volunteer or paid medically-related clinical or research work :: Maintain a solid GPA, preferably 3.5 or above :: Complete the prerequisite courses in a timely fashion. These include: :: One full year of General chemistry (Chemistry 111 & 211) :: One full year of Organic chemistry (Chemistry 203 & 204) :: One semester of biochemistry (Chemistry 309) (Chemistry 310 is highly recommended) :: One full year of Physics (Physics 181 & 182 or 201 & 202) :: Two semesters of English :: Two semesters of Psychology :: Two semesters of biology/zoology Other highly recommended courses include calculus, behavioral sciences, a second language, humanities, genetics, physiology, microbiology, and cell and molecular biology. In the past fifteen years, Illinois College students have been accepted at the following medical schools: :: University of Illinois College of Medicine (7) :: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (14) :: Rush Medical School (2) :: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (1) :: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine :: Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine (1) :: St. Louis University College of Medicine (1) :: New York Medical School :: University of Oklahoma (1) :: University of Vermont :: University of Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine (1) :: St. Georges University School of Medicine (1) :: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University :: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Pre-Medicine Advisors at Illinois College Elaine Chapman Hitchcock Professor of Biology B.A. Millikin University; Ph.D. University of Iowa Dr. Chapman's Website Zvi Pasman Associate Professor of Chemistry B.S., Ph.D. Duke University Dr. Pasman's Website Sample Pre-Medical Student Schedule with Science Major Sample Pre-Medical Student Schedule with Humanities Major


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Linear Programming by Solving Systems of Differential Equations Using Game Theory
In this paper we will solve some linear programming problems by solving systems of differential equations using game theory. The linear programming problem must be a classical constraints problem or a classical menu problem, i.e. a maximization/minimization problem in the canonical form with all the coefficients (from objective function, constraints matrix and right sides) positive. Firstly we will transform the linear programming problem such that the new problem and its dual have to be solved in order to find the Nash equilibrium of a matriceal game. Next we find the Nash equilibrium by solving a system of differential equations as we know from evolutionary game theory, and we express the solution of the obtained linear programming problem (by the above transformation of the initial problem) using the Nash equilibrium and the corresponding mixed optimal strategies. Finally, we transform the solution of the obtained problem to obtain the solution of the initial problem. We make also a program to implement the algorithm presented in the paper.
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What's Buzzworthy: Readers' Top Albums of 2006
After compiling my own list of the Top 20 Albums of 2006, I wanted to know what music you guys really loved in the past year. So I asked BuzzSugar readers to use our cool new Buzzworthy feature to bookmark your favorite albums of 2006.
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Regina Spektor, Begin to Hope. Bookmarked by Swwonder. "Hope for pop has arrived with Regina Spektor."
Sparklehorse, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain. Bookmarked by WhiplashGirlchild.
Ray LaMontagne, Till the Sun Turns Black. Bookmarked by Caramel Latte. "So moody and bluesy... it makes me want to cry or dance around, depending on the tune."
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Calexico, Garden Ruin. Bookmarked by Padraigin.
Beck, The Information. Bookmarked by Caramel Latte.
Tom Waits, Orphans. Bookmarked by WhiplashGirlchild.
Matisyahu, Youth. Bookmarked by Padraigin. "Hasidic Beatbox Reggae. Need I say more? Probably, right? If you like reggae, give it a listen. Matisyahu doesn't preach; he states his beliefs, and it's non-threatening and fun."
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The Bahamas to play in inaugural under-15 championships
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Published: Jun 15, 2013
The Bahamas is among 22 countries that will compete in the inaugural Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF) Under-15 Championships.
The tournament is designed to build and strengthen the sport at the youth level, creating more play for countries under the confederation's umbrella. The games will be played at three venues in the Cayman Islands, August 14-25. Participating countries includes Aruba, The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, Sint Maarten, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
An 18-member team will represent The Bahamas at the inaugural event. The official list of players on Team Bahamas will be released in the upcoming days. Right now, Coach Niko Mosko will continue to train the 22 members every Tuesday and Thursday until the team is named.
"The Centre of Excellence has ramped up its youth developmental program under the auspices of the Bahamas Football Association (BFA) with the sole intention of bringing the youth soccer to the next level," said Mosko. "The ramping up started approximately two years ago. At that time, the boys were between the ages of 12 and 13 years old. Between then and now, they have gained a considerable amount of technical education and a number of things along the way.
"It is the inaugural championships, but we are not too worried because our under-15 boys have been exposed to tournaments that have hosted very good teams before. We've played teams from out of the United States of America, and they have gained a whole lot of experience. The boys have been working very hard. They are very dedicated to the goal and that is to do well at the championships."
Mosko has only been with the Center of Excellence for the last two years, but has been coaching for more than 12 years in the league. He is also a coach at the Tambearly School.
During this time, Mosko said he has seen the players grow into mature athletes, who have grasped the fundamentals of the game. The success and drive that the players now have, according to Mosko comes from the hard work and training that the dedicated coaches put the players through each and every Saturday.
Mosko said: "Over the years, it has been experiential to say the least. It was kick and run when they were little; now they have progressed and moved through the ranks. The level of soccer has improved. In fact, it has improved in the country courtesy of the dedicated coaches who are out there every single weekend, rain or shine.
"Having not seen any of the teams, you can only go on reputations of the countries. Our young men are talented. There's a number of them who are very technically sound. There are a number of them who are very, very athletic and the rest who just have a fantastic understanding of the game itself, positioning and that sort of thing, which is a huge hurdle to overcome, especially at this age.
"I think we are going to do well. We are not going down there for a suntan or beach time; we are going to do a job. These young men are dedicated and are at practice every Tuesday and Thursday. They don't miss. Their parents are behind them so that is a huge thing."


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A 15-year-old girl from Guiseley is becoming a rising star in music and drama after being chosen for a lead role in a Gilbert and Sullivan Society production.
Ruby Hendry has joined Bingley Gilbert and Sullivan Society to play the part of Kate in a 2014 production of The Yeomen of The Guard.
Ruby has been involved in music and drama since she was three and her favourite roles to date include Annie (Annie), Ballet Girl (Billy Elliott) and Killer Queen (We Will Rock You).
As a Bradford Grammar School pupil, she has also played major roles in her school productions. Most recently she played Jenny in The Likes of Us and Madame Vulture in Johnson Over Jordan.
She has won a number of awards for her singing, including first prize at the Robertshaw Festival. She is currently working towards her ABRSM grade eight under the tutelage of the renowned tenor James Griffett and hopes to continue afterwards to complete a performance diploma. Her hopes for the future include the RCM Opera School. The Yeomen Of The Guard, runs until Saturday at Bingley Arts Centre. Ticket prices range from £8 to £14. Go to ticketsource.co.uk/bingley artscentre or call (01274) 567983 to book.
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Freddy Heflin always wanted to be a cop, but because he is partially deaf, can go no higher than being a local sheriff in a town where many cops live. Gradually, however, Freddy begins to realise that some of the cops he idolises are not as honest as he is.
Perhaps unfairly, Cop Land reaches Brit screens loaded with all the baggage of a long-touted movie. This is the film that represents the first demonstration of "real" acting from Sylvester Stallone after years of mumbling machismo and, of course, the film that enticed a troika of top thesping talents to take the minimum wage and a "supporting" role. The result is an honourable attempt to return the mainstream thriller to a more serious, intelligent vein, yet ultimately lacks the complexity of characterisation, dense subterfuge and overall feeling of weightiness that separates the great from the good.
The title refers to Garrison, New Jersey, a New York satellite town that is home to cops who service the Big Apple and is presided over by slow-witted, overweight, partially deaf Sheriff Freddy Heflin (Stallone). Heflin is an innocent officer totally unaware of the scandal that envelops the town - chiefly an inner circle of corrupt lawmen, lead by Ray Donlan (Keitel), who are using the town to hide Donlan's nephew and fellow cop Murray Babitch (Michael Rapaport), in the frame for killing two joyriders.
However, Heflin's senses begin to be shaken, firstly by Gary "Figs" Figgis (an excellent Liotta) an ex-member of Keitel's sanctum, then by the arrival of Internal Affairs agent Moe Tilden (De Niro) to investigate Babitch's disappearance. Soon the convoluted events spiral out of control - Figgis' house is burnt to the ground in an arson attack, Donlan attempts to bump off Babitch to cover his tracks - and Heflin is forced to choose between head in the sandom and taking a stand against those he has previously idolised.
It is not difficult to see why so many acting heavyweights took pay cuts to constitute the stellar cast: director James Mangold's screenplay has a stimulating set-up, characters that owe more than a nod to real people and is prepared with meaty, dramatic confrontations - an argument involving Liotta sticking a dart up his tormentors' nose is winceworthy in the extreme. Equally fascinating is the Smallsville milieu, the siege mentality of the cop ghetto being evoked with considerable realism.
Unsurprisingly, much of the pleasure is derived from the Clash Of The Acting Titans. Just watching these icons strutting their stuff in the same screen space - De Niro chewing scenery with a voracious appetite, Keitel's simmering intensity ready to blow at any moment - creates a filmic frisson par excellence. Appealingly placed between the two giants is Stallone's Heflin, his dumb lug demeanour providing an effective, sympathetic centre to the occasionally overwrought action. It is also incredibly enjoyable (and ironic) watching the wannabe serious thesp Stallone bowing and kow-towing to the method godheads of De Niro and Keitel.
Leaning heavily on the lone sheriff/dirty town motif and concluding with a pump-action bloodbath, Cop Land owes more to the simplicity of a Western than, say, Sidney Lumet's powerhouse police corruption dramas. There is just so much glossed-over backstory - Liotta's relationship with Keitel revolving around a murdered partner, Stallone's relationship with unattainable love Annabella Sciorra - that the broadstroke storytelling eventually becomes confusing and insubstantial. Which is a shame, as somewhere buried in Cop Land is a first rate policier.
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Gerry Connolly: Former Seminarian-Democrat Congressman-Anti-Catholic Bigot
Hattip to Chris Johnson at Midwest Conservative Journal. Johnson is a non-Catholic who has taken up the cudgels so frequently for the Church that I have named him Defender of the Faith.
Gerry Connolly, (D.VA.), graduated from Maryknoll Preparatory Seminary in Illinois in 1971. Rather than becoming a priest, he, fortunately for the Church, became involved in politics. In 2008 he was elected to the House. In 2010 he was re-elected by fewer than a thousand votes. (Better luck to the unfortunate constituents of Mr. Connolly this year.) Although he purportedly is a Catholic, he has routinely engaged in Catholic bashing as a political tool. In his race for the House in 2008 he played the anti-Catholic card against his Republican opponent:
House minority leader John Boehner is urging Democratic leaders to stop a vicious anti-Catholic smear campaign against Republican congressional candidate Keith Fimian, who is challenging Democrat Gerry Connolly for a rare open seat in Virginia's 11th District. All 157 Catholics currently serving in the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, should join their 25 Catholic colleagues in the Senate to denounce this vile attempt to denigrate their fitness for office.
Postcards mailed to voters on behalf of Connolly by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) portray the Fairfax County businessman as anti-women because he sits on the board of Legatus, a group of traditional Catholic CEOs founded by Domino's Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan and endorsed by the late Pope John Paul II. Catholic League president Bill Donohue condemned the scurrilous ads as blatant "Catholic bashing" and demanded that Connolly publicly denounce them. Instead, the Democrat repeated the smears on TV.
It goes without saying of course that the CINO (Catholic in Name Only) Connolly is a complete pro-abort and a big supporter of Planned Parenthood. Connolly can always be relied upon as a tame Catholic to defend the Obama administration from critics pointing out obvious anti-Catholic bias.
Thus it was no surprise that Connolly, at yesterday's hearing on the HHS Mandate, belittled the witnesses who appeared to protest the infringement of the Mandate on religious liberty:
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., told religious leaders testifying in Congress today that they were engaged in "shameful" acts of "political demagoguery" unworthy of their religious offices.
"I believe that today's hearing is a sham," Connolly told a panel of one priest, three pastors, and a Jewish rabbi during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing today. "Here you are being asked to testify about your rights being trampled on — an overstatement if there ever was one — while you're on a panel, and your participation on the panel makes you complicit in of course the trampling of freedom, because we were denied, on this side of the aisle, any witness who might have a differing point of view. And I think that's shameful."
Committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., noted at the beginning of the hearing that he had approved one of the two witnesses called by Democrats to testify. The Democrats, Issa explained, chose not to have that witness testify, asking instead that he allow a young woman who attends Georgetown University to testify about the importance of the contraception mandate to her health care.
Go here to read the rest. The worst anti-Catholic bigots tend to come from our Catholic ranks. Connolly is a perfect example of this sorry truth.
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I noticed quite a while ago that the most venomously hateful anti-Catholics are those raised Catholic. The Jews have the phenomenon of the "self-hating Jew" but I don't know that we can speak of "self-hating Catholics," since the Catholic anti-Catholics seem to have very high opinions of themselves. (Unlike us, they "see though" the Church.) Really, I've heard one-time Catholics go off on tirades that make Jack Chick sound like Little Mary Sunshine. Unfortunately, because the bigots were raised Catholic, outsiders can get the idea that they know what they are talking about.
Why are Obama and Connolly talking about contraception, ending the health care scourge that are children, "why I hate Catholics", etc.?
Because they don't want you to notice America is going bankrupt until there's nothing left for them to steal.
I know the following is Godwin's, but I can't resist:
"But he was a seminarian!"
"So was Stalin."
"…we were denied, on this side of the aisle, any witness who might have a differing point of view. And I think that's shameful."
Did he stomp his foot too? What a whiner.
If Obamacare could heal the sick and raise the dead, participation must still be freely chosen to acknowledge the free will of the individual person to say: "THANK YOU, NO" Persons whose free will is not acknowedged are enslaved. Slaves are not citizens and do not vote. Remember to vote against your slave master.
' to testify about your rights being trampled on — an overstatement if there ever was one — while you're on a panel, and your participation on the panel makes you complicit in of course the trampling of freedom, because we were denied, on this side of the aisle, any witness who might have a differing point of view. And I think that's shameful." '
Just like a trained attack dog. And they had to listen to what he thinks, not call him on what he's doing to bring them there. Bailouts were the first order of business back when, causing spin enough to get minds too dizzy to watch where the cash waves crashed. Now, passions for the 1st Amendment problem will leave little left for the rest of coming Constitutional and financial trouble. God help those who try to stem the tide by 'depriving' anyone. Exec Branch has cried foul over any opposition creating stalemates to build its reputation for getting things done. They call the legislative branch do nothings. Now they scorn Religion on the front burner, while doing what with mammon.
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Police in Chicago have been instructed to throw Chief Keef in jail for skipping his child support hearing last week.
The 17-year-old was ordered to appear in court on September 5 to explain why he hasn't paid the mother of his child over $20,000 in child support. When the young rapper, whose real name is Keith Cozart, failed to show up, the judge issued a warrant for his arrest. If he is found by police, they can take him straight to jail and hold him until he pays roughly 1/5 of the child support payment.
Chief Keef fathered the child when he was 15 and the mother was still in middle school. He was ordered to pay $2,600 a month in child support plus an additional $500 for daycare expenses. The mother recently filed documents saying that the Chicago rapper has failed to pay almost all of the child support ordered by the court. She said she has only received $1,900 since the child support order was issued.
Sadly, it's not that Chief Keef doesn't have the money to pay — he just doesn't want to. The rapper is known for carrying around large stacks of money. During a recent arrest, police found $8,000 in Chief Keef's pocket. And while traveling through LAX, Chief Keef was also found to be carrying thousands of dollars in cash. The young mother said she is unable to support herself and needs the money as soon as possible.
Last month, the Chicago rapper was ordered to pay $230,000 for failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by Team Major, a concert promotion company. Team Major filed the lawsuit in January after Chief Keef failed to show up for a concert in London last December. The Washington-based company claimed they lost out on $75,000 because of the no-show, including an advance they paid to Keef.
After four months with no response, a judge ruled in Team Major's favor and ordered Chief Keef to pay $230,019 for damages, loss of earnings, and reputational harm.


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The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, chaired by Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled "Building a Secure Community: How Can DHS Better Leverage State and Local Partnerships?" tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Room 311 Cannon House Office Building.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relies upon State, local and tribal entities as part of its layered approach to securing the border. Tomorrow's hearing will examine Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) cooperative agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies, such as the Secure Communities program, which cross-checks local law enforcement data with immigration data to determine a person's immigration status. At tomorrow's hearing, Members will have the opportunity to hear directly from ICE Director John Morton on the successes and challenges of Federal/local border security partnership programs.
Miller said: "For years, our border security has been based on a layered approach that began at the border. However, it is clear that the scale and scope of maintaining operational control of our border requires the Department of Homeland Security to leverage willing state and local partners. In many ways, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are the last line of defense in our layered approach to securing the border. They are responsible for enforcing our Nation's immigration and customs laws, including detaining and removing aliens who successfully cross the border illegally, or violate the terms of a visa.
"As a Nation, we must be fully committed to enforcing our Nation's immigration laws, as well as remove criminal aliens and those who pose a public safety threat. Secure Communities, the program where everyone who is fingerprinted has those prints cross-checked against our immigration databases to determine if they are in the country lawfully, has been a key to successfully deporting hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens. This program is on track to be fully implemented nationwide this fall. The purpose of my hearing will be to hear from ICE Director Morton on how ICE is cultivating and leveraging local law enforcement through programs, like Secure Communities, and other efforts they are conducting to curb illegal immigration and effectively securing our borders."
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