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2017 – Prophet/Angel Gabriel
Prophet Gabriel aka Angel Gabriel
If you're interested in doomsday scenarios, you've probably stumbled across references to a prediction that the Prophet Gabriel aka Angel Gabriel purportedly made to the members of a group called the Sword of God Brotherhood. According to this prediction, the world will perish during the year 2017, and only members of the brotherhood will survive.
The Mysterious Sword of God Brotherhood
What is the Sword of God Brotherhood, and how did they come to be the recipients of this prophesy and divine destiny? The more you look, the murkier things look. This prediction is widely repeated on internet sites, especially those that chronicle past doomsday prophesies that have not come to pass, along with lists of future events that are already being anticipated.
The vast majority of these sites use exactly the same language, suggesting that they all come from a common source, and the authors haven't even bothered to spin the content. On one doomsday chat, a participant asked if anyone knew how he could join the Brotherhood. Apparently he was hoping to be among the chosen survivors. Most of his associates dismissed the prophesy as bunk.
A participant in one discussion mentions that the Sword of God Brotherhood appears to be an offshoot of the group, The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord, an Aryan organization founded in 1971 that was based in Elijah, Michigan. Its members believed that the end of the world was imminent, and holed up in their compound preparing for the catastrophic event. They stockpiled weapons and practiced paramilitary operations, believing that the United States government was deeply corrupt and would ultimately implode, even without their help.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms laid siege to the compound in 1985, and ultimately raided it on April 19 of that year. Unlike many similar raids, this one ended peacefully as a result of successful negotiations. However, both the fatal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas eight years later, and the Oklahoma City bombing ten years later occurred on anniversaries of the Michigan raid.
Because of the importance of doomsday lore in the orientation and actions of the CSA group, it seems plausible that the Sword of God Brotherhood may have been somehow affiliated with them. If this is the case, then it makes sense that a religious group already expecting the end of the world would receive a prophesy that contained additional specifics.
The lack of accessible information suggests that either the Sword of God Brotherhood never had more than a handful of members in the first place, or that they do have more of a following, but they are not only extremely secretive, but also quite good at hiding information about their whereabouts and their lore. The former seems to be the more likely scenario, in light of the fact that there are so many references to the group, but so little information. If they were, in fact, a thriving, tightly run organization preparing for the end of the world, then it is likely that the rumors would have a bit more substance. Groups like the Mormons are secretive as well, but we still have hard evidence verifying their existence.
If a group known as the Sword of God Brotherhood did actually exist, and if one of its members or its leader did actually receive a prophesy, the Prophet Gabriel would have been an ideal messenger. He is recognized as a prophet by the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and he appears in the Book of Daniel, helping Daniel to interpret his visions, which include apocalyptic scenarios.
According to the Book of Luke, Angel Gabriel prophesied the birth of John the Baptist, as well as the arrival of the baby Jesus. He was the messenger who brought the words of the Qur'an to the prophet Muhammad, and a number of apocalyptic biblical texts cast Angel Gabriel as the angel charged with leading the righteous into heaven.
Other 2017 Doomsday References
Despite the lack of evidence about this particular group, the prophesy about the world ending in 2017 corresponds to a number of other predictions that refer to the same year. A group called "Daniel's Timeline," which defines itself as following the true word of God apart from its expression in any particular religious canon, predicts that the world will end during a Jubilee year, as prophesied in the biblical Book of Daniel.
According to Old Testament law, Jubilee years occur every fiftieth year, and they are times when all debts are discharged and all property is returned to its rightful owner. Jubilee years are supposed to be times of celebration, but they can also be times of momentous change. In addition, biblical prophesies indicate that the 120th Jubilee year in particular, which will fall in 2017, will bring about cataclysmic change.
The most recent Jubilee year was 1967, the year of the Six Day War, when Israel reclaimed the site of the ancient temple. The previous occurrence was 1917, the year of the Balfour Declaration, which set the stage for the eventual creation of the state of Israel. Because a return to the holy land is such a vital part of Old and New Testament messianic predictions, it is reasonable to link these dates with end times prophesies. However, other important events, such as the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, did not occur during Jubilee years.
One Christian site notes that the twelfth century Irish bishop Saint Malachy prophesied that there would be 112 popes before Armageddon, and the current pope is the 112th. The author interprets this as evidence that the end of the world is near, and could likely occur during the year 2017. But experts question the authenticity of these prophesies attributed to Saint Malachy, which were actually never mentioned until several centuries after his death. In addition, we have no way of knowing whether the current pope will even be alive in 2017, or whether he will have already been succeeded by the 113th pope.
There are, in fact, several prophesies that predict doomsday events in 2017, although there is considerably less information about these predictions than about speculations regarding other dates, such as 2012. To some extent, the 2017 predictions simply seem like additional tidbits that chroniclers of apocalyptic scenarios add to their lists. However, to folks who follow teachings and lore that point to cataclysmic events occurring in 2017, these forecasts are deathly serious, and cause for both practical and spiritual preparation.
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KORARO, Ethiopia
For seventh graders here, class is held under the shade of a ficus tree because there are only six rooms in the village school. On a recent day, students sat and listened as a visitor from Addis Ababa, hundreds of miles away, asked which of them expected to go on to the eighth grade.
Twenty-nine hands went up – the entire class. Their Addis Ababa visitor, Hailay Teklehaimanot, looked at them with frustration. "How will you get there?" he asked gently.
Seventh grade is the highest class offered at the Koraro Primary School, and the nearest eighth grade is nearly 20 miles away. That's a good six-hour walk because the village has no car.
For a while, no one answered, and most students looked down at the dirt. Then Kahsay Gebneslasie, 14, spoke up. "We heard maybe they might open an eighth grade here," he said. The school's principal, Gidey Haileslassie, was standing nearby and gave a barely perceptible shake of his head.
A year ago, Koraro villagers scraped together the money to pay for a seventh-grade teacher, then put the class under the tree since there was no room in the school. Paying for an eighth grade is beyond the village's means at this point.
If the rich world is actually going to deliver on its promise to halve global poverty by 2015, then it has to start somewhere. It may as well be here in this village, deep in Ethiopia's northern Tigray Province, where food is scarce and water even scarcer, but 14-year-olds still cling to the hope that they will be able to go to eighth grade.
Koraro, which was recently chosen to be a United Nations test case in the fight against poverty, is where the rubber meets the road. It is one of the poorest and most isolated villages in the poorest and most isolated province of one of the world's poorest and most isolated countries.
If poverty can be whipped here in Koraro, it can be whipped anywhere.
The place has nothing. Some 5,000 villagers live their short lives – life expectancy here is about 40 years – out here in the red dust and rocks, eking out a subsistence living. There is no topsoil and the land is eroded, so farming is an uphill battle.
Half of Koraro's children – and there are some 1,500 of them – are underweight and malnourished. Only 34 families out of 1,500 have access to clean drinking water. The rest walk four miles round-trip to haul buckets of dirty water, and the water-borne illnesses they carry, into their homes for drinking, cooking and washing up. There's no electricity, no doctor, no industry, no market, nothing.
But Koraro is drop-dead beautiful, with jagged red cliffs that look like skyscrapers towering over wide expanses of drylands. The centuries-old churches, most carved deep into the cliffs, testify to how long villagers have been here, in one of the world's oldest cultures. Indeed, while it would appear easy for Koraro residents to decamp to a more hospitable site closer to the regional capital, Mekele, most of the villagers refuse to leave.
Zafu Tsegabu, who is 18, watched with her 2-month-old daughter as her husband moved to a bigger town about 25 miles away, and refused to join him. "This is my home here," she said simply.
As soon as the people here were told that they had been singled out to be one of the United Nations' test villages on poverty reduction, they organized themselves into committees to figure out how to get the job done. There's a water committee and a school committee, an energy committee and a health committee. The United Nations plan, spearheaded by the economist Jeffrey Sachs, calls for the participation of foreign donors, the Ethiopian government and the village of Koraro.
Since Koraro has no money to offer, the villagers are supplying the labor and local materials. On a recent day, some 1,500 villagers – just about every able-bodied man, woman and teenager, were hacking rocks out of the earth and moving them into piles. The rocks will eventually be transferred to the site where they hope to build a village clinic.
Mr. Sachs's proposal allots Koraro $250,000 a year for the next five years to turn itself around. The government of Ethiopia will kick in technical expertise, including help to build a proper road to link Koraro with the rest of the world.
The list of what the money will buy is as basic as it comes: five metal doors for the clinic, one diesel generator to provide occasional electricity to the village, three windows for the school, one grinding mill so villagers can turn their cereal crops into food, and a village truck that could serve a variety of needs.
But there is no eighth grade on the list. There are too many other basic necessities that have to come first.
Still, Koraro, if it works, can become a model for scaling up this type of development for villagers all over Africa – provided the rich world makes good on its promise to donate 0.7 percent of G.D.P. to foreign aid. The Group of 7 summit meeting in July, when leaders of rich countries will get together in Scotland, will probably provide critical answers to that question.
Britain, Germany and France have all provided timetables to ramp up their aid money to 0.7 percent by 2015. But the United States has yet to do the same.
In the meantime, the people in Koraro continue to hope and make plans. In the twilight of her life at age 30, Kidan Hagos, a mother of seven, leaned against a shady tree as she took a break from hacking rocks for the new clinic. Her youngest child, Haregeweini, 9 months old, was propped against her, nursing. Mrs. Hagos, for her part, took a moment to dream big.
Asked what she would ask for if she could have anything in the world, she spent a good three minutes carefully considering her answer.
"A food market close by," she said, "and a well with good water."


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FINRA's proposed 25% increase in the fees that it collects from financial service firms may become a reality within the next few months.
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Lucky week 13! I am looking back on this week with one main perspective: optimism for my future. Primarily meaning, it can only go up from here.
This week started out with gusto. My knee felt great and I was getting the itch to run. My daughters (3 and 5 years old) were begging to go run with me, which made me feel extremely happy. They were so cute getting ready in their "exercising clothes" and strutting around the house as if expert marathoners. They each ran an entire lap nonstop(!), then sat on the sidelines cheering Mommy on. Soon after our run though, that nagging feeling in my knee returned.
I returned to the gym the next day and spent my cardio time on the recumbent bike, as it is much less painful on my knee. The issue is not so much the pain, which is tolerable; it is the fear that I will do something to really mess it up. After talking with Steve and Mike, I've decided to go ahead and get the much-dreaded MRI, if nothing else than to ease my mind that it is tendonitis or something relatively benign that, with rest, will soon heal on its own and leave me alone!
The week came to a glaring pinnacle on Tuesday, after my workout with Steve. I decided a new pair of workout pants were in order and, as I was checking out, the cashier asked, "When are you due? Is it another girl?" Shocked, I simply replied, "No," to which she countered, "Oh great! A boy!" If there was ever a greater motivator to get over this knee thing and kick things up, I don't know what it is!
Things I learned this week: 1) Sometimes you have to give in. Maybe it's a mental thing you need to get over, or maybe it truly is physical, but you owe it to yourself to find the root problem. 2) Use bad experiences as motivational opportunities…never again will that happen!


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The Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed) will stop exports by the middle of 2004 in an attempt to focus on domestic demand and prevent the emergence of a black market there.
Ibrahim Al-Rashid, director general for commercial affairs, said the company would not sign any new export deals. "Hadeed's prices are still lower compared to world prices," the Arabic daily Al-Hayat quoted him as saying.
Hadeed's goal is to maintain the current iron prices, which have reached SR2,000 per ton, the paper added. Al-Rashid said his company hiked prices as a result of a rise in prices of raw materials.
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Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
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If you have calcium oxalate stones, your doctor will do a metabolic evaluation. Blood tests and urine tests will be done. The doctor will use these results to determine:
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Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa
This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comparatively with non-SSA, based on a global sample of 1977?2004 unbalanced panel data. For both regions and all three measures of poverty?headcount, gap, and squared gap?the paper finds the impact of GDP growth on poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non-SSA, so that within both regions there are considerable disparities in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth, depending on inequality. Nevertheless, the income?growth elasticity is substantially less for SSA, implying relatively small poverty-reduction sensitiveness to growth compared with the rest of the developing world. Furthermore, the paper finds a considerable variation in the predicted values of the income?growth elasticity across a large number of SSA countries, implying the need for understanding country-specific inequality attributes for effective poverty-reduction strategies.
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PROVO — For BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall, it seems like ancient history.
But it was just one year ago that the Cougars fell at Utah State, 31-16, in Logan. It was a crushing blow for BYU, marking the Aggies' first victory in the series since 1993. It gave the Cougars their first four-game losing streak since 1993, and their first 1-4 start since 1973.
It was the program's nadir under Mendenhall. And it was also a catalyst for major changes. The day after the game, Mendenhall fired defensive coordinator Jaime Hill and took over the defense himself.
BYU went on to win six of its final eight games, and then, during the offseason, Mendenhall revamped the offensive coaching staff.
That's why losing to the Aggies is a distant memory for Mendenhall.
"So many changes and (the loss to USU) was a pivotal point in the program for some of the changes I did make," he said Monday. "But it almost seems like five years ago, rather than one year ago. … That seems like a long, long time ago, and not as relevant."
BYU and USU meet again Friday (6 p.m., MT, ESPN). This time, the game will be played in Provo, where the Aggies haven't won since 1978.
Cougar linebacker Jameson Frazier didn't play last year in Logan due to a thumb injury, but he acknowledged that it was a stinging defeat.
"I had never been part of a team that had strung together so many losses, and then lose to Utah State," Frazier said. "It was really the low point of last year. … I think after that game, it was really rock-bottom."
In that humiliating setback, quarterback Jake Heaps, as a true freshman, made his second career start. He completed 27-of-55 passes for 270 yards and threw two interceptions, while BYU receivers dropped numerous passes. The Aggies dominated from start to finish, building a 31-3 lead late in the third quarter.
"It was tough, especially since I couldn't participate in it," Frazier said. "It was tough to see my guys battle through it knowing I couldn't do anything about it."
After the game, USU coach Gary Andersen called it "a tremendous victory for us. It was something we have been looking for, obviously, for a long time. Against a quality team, in a packed house, on ESPN, I guess we can call it a rivalry now, huh? We finally got a victory."
Indeed, USU's win a year ago has rekindled the rivalry, which has been lopsided in favor of BYU. Prior to last season, the Cougars had won 10 consecutive games in the series. And before losing in Logan, 58-56, in 1993, BYU had won 10 in a row from 1983-1992.
Asked if he considers Utah State a rival, Frazier replied, "Definitely. It's an in-state rivalry. We like to play Utah State every year. I know, growing up in Utah, it's a big deal."
Mendenhall said Friday's showdown is "another difficult contest," adding that he likes playing the Aggies on a regular basis.
"I'm for the in-state trio of BYU, Utah and Utah State playing each other every year," he said. "The idea historically of the Beehive Boot and that having something of meaning and value is something that I would like to promote."
Mendenhall had high praise for Andersen, who is in his third season at the helm. The Aggies (1-2) nearly upset defending national champion Auburn in the season opener, then dropped a heartbreaker in double overtime last week in Logan, 35-34, against Colorado State.
"I have a lot of respect for coach Andersen," Mendenhall said. "I love the way he's coaching his team. I think they're making progress."
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"Probably just mindset. He's an energetic coach with a lot of good football knowledge, a past history of success," Mendenhall said. "I think the players would like him and he has a good relationship with them. Then he's brought in good coaches around him to help him. … While the program, at this point, hasn't shown enough wins to say they've turned the corner, when you watch them play you can clearly see they're getting close."
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High School Students Will Have to Pass Science Exams
The Education Ministry has decided to make sciences a compulsory subject for matriculation, thus raising the number of exams required from seven to eight. The change will come into effect in three or four years.
"We cannot accept a situation in which a pupil who finishes high school is not familiar with basic scientific terms," a senior source at the Education Ministry said. The science exam is intended to increase science studies in senior high school, the source said.
Despite the ministry's long-standing instructions to teach sciences in senior high school, many schools don't. Only some 25 percent of the 60,000 or so 12th grade pupils in academic high schools study a science subject - physics, biology or chemistry - and pass matriculation exams in them. Most of the others hardly study sciences at all.
21st century necessity
"Knowledge of science and technology is part of the general education everyone needs today," the Education Ministry's director general wrote in a memo at the beginning of the month. "To function adequately in the 21st century world, a person needs a basic literacy that now includes familiarity with scientific and technical language, its terms and mode of thought," he wrote.
Until now pupils have been required to take seven matriculation exams: Bible, Hebrew expression, mathematics, English, literature, history and civic studies. They also have had to take a more extensive exam in one of the compulsory subjects, or in a subject of choice, which could include one of the science subjects or another such as geography or sociology.
"There is no difference in the overall number of study units required for matriculation," an Education Ministry official said. "But a new emphasis will be placed on sciences."
Professor Bat-Sheva Eylon of the Weizmann Institute, who is a member of the Science and Technology for All (Mutav) project, said "science and technology were part of general education and there is no other way to advance the subject except anchoring it in matricultion exams."
The science study program will be largely based on the Mutav project, which consists of developing interdisciplinary learning modules intended for non-science oriented students (who opted not to specialize in the disciplinary sciences).
To date the following modules were developed: "Energy and the Human Being", "Science as an ever Developing Entity", "From the Dinosaurs to Darwin", "Brain, Medicine & Drugs", and "The Black Gold". More recently the group started developing a module dealing with forensic science.
Pupils who opt for one of the science subjects will be tested on a subject combining physics, chemistry and biology. "Even a pupil who studies physics at a high level needs a wide basis of knowledge and not make do with a specific formula," Eylon said.
The Mutav program is studied today in around 100 senior high schools and the Education Ministry intends to expand it gradually to some 500 schools.
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In which I explain how Abrahamic religious tradition, ingrained in Western society since before its very history began, explains some of the special ways in which we can be so dumb.
Leviticus, the ancient Biblical law, does not give us a lot of room for negotiation, and I think this may help explain the illogical way in which most Westerners approach the realities of society and culture. Leviticus asserts that human behavior intersects with the law of god in a black and white fashion. We tend to see our fellow human beings as wonderful or terrible.
A recent news story serves as an example:
"If he's a terrorist, he's the nicest terrorist I ever met in my life. I don't think he is," said Charles Casale, 46…
Casale was speaking of suspected North Carolina terrorist Daniel Boyd just indited for secretly buying guns, and organizing a terrorist cell to kidnap and kill people. (source)
In Leviticus, there are pretty much two outcomes to a violation of law. The less severe is to bring a steer to the temple and slaughter it for the priests. The more severe outcome is to be killed. The only real variation in the law is how you get killed. So, if a menstruating woman touches a cooking pot, or a person who is not menstruating touches a cooking pot previously touched by a menstruating woman, or that sort of thing, you have to go get the steer and bring it to the temple. But if two men kiss each other or a woman accidentally throws the dishwater on the garden (thus watering said garden, which is technically 'work') or you murder ten people, then someone must die.
I oversimplify slightly but not much. My point is easily understood: A very wide range of variations from the normative, expected behavior gets you very little variation in outcome.
Everything bad is an abomination.
I'm going to use the word kosher here in a mostly vernacular sense. I could easily use the term halal. What I mean by kosher is accepted, acceptable, proper, OK, not bad, not banned, and so on. Non-normative behavior (or non-normative attributes of a thing) make that behavior or thing an abomination. Since being an abomination is so bad … it can get you killed or lose you a cow … it is worthwhile to have a designation, or guideline, of acceptability. This is kosher. If you keep kosher, as it were, you will avoid abomination.
In the Abrahamic tradition, which underlies Western civilization to no small degree, something is either OK or it is something to die for, and I do not mean "to die for" as in a great pair of shoes. There is great variation in human behavior, in human reactions, in the real appropriateness or lack thereof of what we do; There are mitigating circumstances; There is context for all crimes and all good deeds; There is subtlety and variation. But in the Abrahamic interpretation, there is a line. Everything on one side of the line is kosher. Everything on the other side of the line is death (to the actor or to the actor's cow).
I encountered the kosher concept in an interesting form the other day when I met a family of people in which no one would eat any land animal but beef, pork chicken, or turkey. One person said "Bison? No way! I had moose once, it was awful. Bison sucks!" Another person said "Goose? You can't eat geese. They are inedible!" Another person said "Alligator? No way, that would be terrible to eat!" And so on. There was absolutely no room for consideration that of the zillions of species out there, a) something other than beef, chicken, pork, or turkey was edible or b) that among the many different things that people do eat, even if only occasionally, that there would be a pattern of how they tasted other than kosher = tastes good vs. not kosher = icky, tastes like moose. There was a clear kosher/non kosher boundary and the distinction explains how someone could 'know' that bison would taste bad because moose tastes bad, even though bison is very closely related to and has the same diet as cattle and moose is distantly related and eats an utterly different range of foods.
We see this kosher/non kosher distinction quite frequently when people speak of crime and 'criminals.' As a society, we seem eager to label individuals as, really, lower forms of life (or at least lower forms of humanity) when we link a person to an act (a felony, for example) and we seem very surprised (as in the example cited above) when the person is actually a descent human being. We don't admit the possibility that the main difference between a criminal and a non criminal is not what they did but what you as an observer, friend, relative, cop, employer, or whatever happen to know about the person. News reporters never, ever fail to include the footage of the representative townsperson exhibiting shock that their perfectly normal mild mannered neighbor could "do such a thing" (where the "thing" is some news-worthy felonious act) not because that is ever really news (because it happens all the time) but because it is a a reificaiton, a benchmarking, of the a very fundamental feature of our Abrahamic society: Everything that is not good is an abomination, including our neighbor.
This kosher-non kosher way of looking at the world also facilitates our well known classicism and racism. Not everyone in the world is as classist and racist as we are. Many thoughtful Westerners who encounter the scholarship of race and racism pass through a developmental phase in their thinking in which they consider racism as adaptive, as a fundamental human trait that has some explanation. This makes me laugh, because it assumes that all humans are assholes. No. Mainly, Americans and Northern/Western Europeans are assholes. And a few other cultures here and there around the world. Most of the rest of the world, they are not assholes. They are quite capable of recognizing variation without attaching that variation to a binary good vs. bad (or even a sliding scale of good/bad). That does not mean that most people in the world lack hate or do not have some other group that they distrust or disdain for some reason. However, most of that distrust and disdain is historically contextualized and can be explained, or it is simply not taken that seriously. Most of the individuals practicing this disdain will readily put it aside. I know many Africans who are married to people who are of the group that their group disdains. The disdain is a fixture, not a fundamental, of life, and is often temporary and may not even be taken seriously. It is not like Western racism, which is pervasive, persistent, intractable, unchangeable, violent and destructive. The former is human nature. The latter requires serious cultural (and religious) indoctrination.
When an American travels to Europe, she may feel stared at, viewed askance, even judged. It is very common for travelers to feel that if they do things wrong they will stand out and be seen as somehow lesser. This is not a bogus feeling, because if you talk to Europeans about Americans (or other Europeans) you will often find commentary that backs it up.
This could be because Americans stand out and make fools of themselves. I have no doubt that this is true. But it is also true that Europeans traveling in America are also singled out, observed askance, judged, by Americans. In other words, while we are busy (as we often are) making subtle distinctions among Australians vs. Canadians vs. Americans vs. French vs. Whatever in how we treat each other interculturally in the context of travel or tourism or some other international venue, the truth is that we Westerns are a bunch of judgmental gits and no one is immune to our snarky comments, eye-rolls, and WTF stares.
But this is not true everywhere else. Most of my international living and travel experience is in several African countries, mainly in Central and southern Africa. In these regions, people are less often judged. Yes, outsiders stand out, and yes, outsiders do funny or dumb things, and yes, the Africans talk about the travelers and the tourists. But you don't hear people judging like we do here. Walking around not knowing the local language in the US will get you stared at, will get people mad at you ("why can't these people just learn English!!!") but in Africa, it will get the attention of people who will want to help you out. Getting a custom wrong in the U.S. may result in people thinking you are a bad person, or a stupid person, or an untrustworthy person. Getting some custom wrong in Africa may get a laugh, but it will never get you disdain. Usually, people will just write it off because they've seen it before, they get that people don't learn traditions and customs by osmosis when they cross geographical and cultural boundaries, and they would prefer to get to know you than to get to hate you if they are spending the time interacting with you.
I have sat through the process of negotiations when people in Southern or Central Africa were in disagreement. I've sat through a trial regarding a murder, investigations of other criminal acts, negotiations between a chief and an accused rebel, negotiations over the granting of permission for research by outside agencies, and all sorts of other intragroup and intergroup discussions. I have the strong sense that the process, while variable across settings on that large continent with great cultural variation, is generally different from the Western style of discussion and negotiation. For example, the outcome that is desired by all parties is almost always a positive one. It is not just innocent until proven guilty. Rather, it is more like innocent and let's try really hard to keep it that way. The presumption of goodness of intention is a fundamental, not a fixture, of the process. Although this may vary a great deal, the viewpoint of a broader range of stakeholders seems to be considered; The principle of standing and who gets to speak who's voice matters, is more egalitarian in the African context than in the Western context.
But most importantly, shades of gray are understood to be the norm rather than the exception. That someone may be a pillar of society and guilty of some crime is entertained as a possibility. The presumption of human fallibility is included in the decision making process. When Jesus lectured the Pharisees about casting stones, to the extent that Jesus may or may not have existed, he was being very African. In fact, a lot of the Jesus vs. the Old Testament differences seem to me to be African vs. Abrahamic differences. The argument has been made that Jesus was an African. This, and all similar "African Revisionist" arguments tend to infuriate (not just annoy, bother, or upset, but infuriate) White Westerners. In thinking about the Western vs. the African way of blame and judgment, and of the Abrahamic concept of Abomination, I wonder if this touchiness about the blackness of the Messiah is really just a race thing, or something more historically ingrained. I wonder if the hateful bible and the vengeful god is an abhorrent thought process that happens to appeal to the modern Western mind, in contrast to egalitarian, peaceful, culturally sensitive and accepting ways of thinking. The latter pop up now and then within the Abrahamic tradition, only to be beaten down like the moles in a game of whack-a-mole, but persist in the broader African, Native American, Australian, Central Asian … in other words, generally human … ways of thinking.
After all, the concept of nuance in guilt or subtlety in culpability… That would be an abomination.


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You could be the juiciest, most ripe peach, but there is still going to be someone who doesn't like peaches.
So happy Colton's gone, he and Alicia and classic bullies
"Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole" Roger Caras
Okay, last night did anyone else think about the comment that Colton made to Leif a while back, the one with Colton saying that Leif could just go back to Oz where he belonged? Well, I did. It was like watching Dorothy's house fall on the wicked witch last night...so appropriate. Colton could be the poster child for bullying. I did not see any redeeming qualities in Colton at all, and his above tweet did not show any remorse whatsoever....just more bravado, like the only reason he lost the million dollars is because he had to leave the show due to medical reasons.
While I am happy he off my screen, I would have really enjoyed him being in the final three and then when the votes were counted he got none. The look of amazement that I'm sure would have come would have been priceless.
You could be the juiciest, most ripe peach, but there is still going to be someone who doesn't like peaches.
Each evening, I think, "Boy, things can't get any dumber." The next morning I wake up and think, "Things were so much smarter last night." - Ben Shapiro
Unfortunately, they do laproscopic surgery for appendectomies these days. I think he, at least deserves the old fashioned surgery.
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
Speaking of Alicia, isn't she the one in the pre-season previews that says something like "if one of the guys likes me, I'll certainly use that to my advantage"? Did she really think any guy would like her? As in be attracted to her? Yuk.
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To the northwest of Baron is the town of Toroia, where Kain told you the Earth Crystal is located. There is a small piece of land to the right of the castle and above the town where you can land the airship. Land there, and enter the castle.
Speak to Edward[edit]
Go straight ahead, until you reach a room with the 8 women. Speak to them and they will tell you that the Dark Elf stole their crystal. Now leave that room, and go through the door on the left side of the next room. Eventually you will find Edward lying in bed. Speak with him and he will give you the TwinHarp, an item you will need in the Dark Elf's cave.
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Magnes Cave[edit]
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Lower Cave[edit]
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Dark Elf[edit]
When you attack the Dark Elf again, he will not be able to do as much damage as before Edward aided you. Attack it for a little while and it will turn into a dragon. This fight is very simple due to the effectiveness of the spell Weak. Have Tellah cast this spell, and the dragon will be down to only a few HP. One more attack and it will be dead. Now take the Crystal and leave the cave. Get in the Chocobo and it will take you back to the Chocobo forest. Walk back to Toroia Castle.
Kain Takes the Crystal[edit]
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Written on: 18/09/2010
Abysmal. Do not buy the Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B. It is marketed as "easy to use" but it is not. Even looking on line for troubleshooting for threading the thing, I could not manage to get the bottom bobbin to properly pick up. My wife managed to straighten it out for me after three hours of poking around.
I cannot use it by myself. It is too complicated to thread. I enjoy sewing by hand and had hoped that it would expiate the process. It just made me yell and curse a lot. The… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/11/2012
hahahaha I find this funny, sorry you sound just like my husband right now, he got this thing in a garage sale! I have learned lots of new french swear words I have never heard before! Plus now he has a toolbar that he cannot remove on his computer! WOW! What a piece o junk!
Written on: 23/08/2013
hello, i wouldnt agree more. the Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B Sewing Center is difficult to use and i, as well, am struggling with the same obstacle as you had before. i am currently having trouble with the lower bobbin and i have no clue how to use the sewing machine.
Written on: 17/08/2010
I was having the same problem and here is what I found on the internet on 50Plus Discussion Forums Dressmaker II- Sewing machine regarding the bobbin, from a man called Campy. I have to say that I played and followed what he said and it did work, I will still try to do it over and over. I hope this will help you;
I had the same problem at first.
Here is how you do it.
You cross over the thread coming from the bobbin underneath to the thread coming from the needle.
The thread into the… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/11/2012
Thats great, but the thread gets stuck and there is noway of fixing that! It continues to gather around the bobbin under the cover! Whew its a headache!
Written on: 11/08/2010
wow this bobbin problem was making me go crazy until i read all the reviews. if anyone knows how to thread the bobbin please let me know so i can stop wasting my time.
i thought this was an awesome sewing maching until i wanted to change the thread color. do NOT buy this product!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/07/2009
I received this Euro-Pro Dressmaker sewing machine 4 years ago. It works well. I have made fabulous craft products with it. However, the threading is very complicated. Although it runs well I am very, very pleased to say that I will be getting a new sewing machine very soon… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/07/2008
I've had a Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B Sewing Center. Basically there is just nothing really to say in its favour. Seriously, I advise you don't buy it if you care about your money… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/04/2008
I LOVE this little sewing machine by Euro-Pro. I have fixed every piece of clothing that needed mending and am now making my own simple garments. I completely think every family should own one… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/12/2007
It came with thread and bobbin loaded and worked well until the bobbin had to be changed… Read Full Review
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I felt like a loser trying to figure out how to use the Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B Sewing machine! I am very old, and I do not have a life, so I wanted something to fill it.
It took me away from more important things, like looking for a date on the internet. I am available and have this stupid sewing machine to prove it… Read Full Review
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I hope many people read this before buying this product and waisting there money and alot of there time trying to use this so called" sewing machine!!"… Read Full Review
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This Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B Sewing Center doesn't thread well in fact I wish I would have never purchased it. They need to figure out a way to allow you to thread the bottom bobbin I have tons of sewing to do and I can't do it because of this stupid machine!… Read Full Review
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Euro-Pro Dressmaker 998B Sewing Center - The bobbin doesn't thread easily.
The tension is too tight and thread always breaks.
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Written on: 07/07/2005
My daughter recently puchased this machine at a yard sale. It was never used by the original owner because she could not figure it out. Unfortunately for us we do not have a user's manual. I have been sewing for over 20 years and I couldn't figure out how to use the bobbin. After reading the reviews I do not want to have to order and pay for one. If anyone has the instructions and could email me, I would really appreciate it. My daughter desperately wants to learn how to sew on her own machine.
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Maine Yankee reactor pit construction, Wiscasset, 1968
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Construction on Maine Yankee atomic power plant began in the spring of 1968. At the time, it was the single largest industrial project ever undertaken in Maine.
The reactor went online in December 1972.
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- Creation Date: 1968
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NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would not yet rule on whether Citigroup Inc can process interest payments by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following the country's 2002 default.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa told the lawyers for Citigroup and holdout investors in a hearing in New York that he would not issue a decision on Tuesday afternoon.
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ToeJam & Earl in Panic on FunkotronWii
During ToeJam and Earl's trip back home, a number of Earthlings hitchhiked on their spaceship and are now infesting planet Funkotron. ToeJam and Earl must track down the Earthlings in order to capture them in large jars and ship them back to Earth in spaceships. It is also their funky mission to find 10 beloved objects belonging to Lamont the "Funkapotamus," the source of all funk in the universe, so they can persuade him to return to his favorite funk-filled planet. ToeJam and Earl must use their "funk powers," such as Funk Move and Funk Scan, to assist in evading and capturing the Earthlings.
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Cosplayer Louixa > Costume of Yin (Darker than BLACK)
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- Darker than BLACK
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- Yin
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- 2012
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- New York Comic Con 2012
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Outer jacket was made out cotton while the dress was made out of a cotton sateen that wasn't overly shiny.
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- Yin is one of my favorite female characters of all time so I had to cosplay her no matter what! The dress seemed like an easy task at first but many complications occurred in the making of it. There was a point I almost gave up, but pushed on.
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Sapphire Energy, Backed by Bill Gates, Tries to Tone Down the Hype as it Makes Gasoline From Algae
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a handful of venture capital leaders began looking for the right technology. Typically, the innovator who develops a new technology looks for the right venture capital firms to provide funding for the idea.
Pyle says his discussions began with Kristina Burow, a chemist-turned-partner at Arch Venture Partners, biotech CEO Nathaniel David and scientist Mike Mendez. "We started analyzing different kinds of biofuel deals and technologies and asking ourselves what's great about this and what's not," Pyle said.
After determining that their best prospect was to become a producer of gasoline and diesel fuels, Pyle says they set out to identify the best green technologies for making it. They found what they were looking for in the research of Stephen Mayfield, an algae biologist at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, and Steven Briggs, a professor of cell and developmental biology at UC San Diego.
The founders and their scientific collaborators officially launched Sapphire in May 2007, and moved the headquarters from San Francisco to San Diego earlier this year.
In September, Sapphire generated a lot of buzz when it announced it raised $100 million in a second round of venture funding from ARCH Venture Partners, Venrock, the Wellcome Trust and Cascade Investment, a venture firm owned by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Pyle declined to say how much Sapphire has raised altogether.
With so much recent attention, it was perhaps inevitable that Pyle and other Sapphire leaders would step forward to publicly discuss their startup for the first time to the San Diego community.
The SDBN networking event drew scores of biotech workers Tuesday night, even though Pyle made no presentation. Hundreds of others attended presentations by two Sapphire scientists at a breakfast meeting hosted early Wednesday by Biocom, the San Diego industry group.
"Technologically speaking, we think of this as an immense challenge on the order of the Apollo (space) program or the Manhattan project," Alex Aravanis, Sapphire's senior director of BioEngineering told the Biocom audience.
Using genetic engineering and other techniques, Aravanis said a massively industrialized approach would be needed to grow algae in sufficient quantities to produce enough green crude to accommodate the 20 million barrels of crude oil consumed by the United States every day. Sapphire's concept calls for creating enormous algae "farms" throughout the desert lands of the southwestern United States.
"This particular technology could be deployed at a very large scale, a scale that could make the U.S not only energy independent—but a net exporter of fuels," Aravanis said.
He added that the algae developed by Sapphire can thrive in brackish saltwater, making it possible, perhaps, to tap sources of otherwise unusable water—such as the Salton Sea—to support such algae fields in the deserts east of San Diego.
It could take years to develop the necessary industrial processes, but Pyle says he's excited and encouraged by everything that has happened and the interest generated so far.
"We've had conversations with all six of the largest oil companies in the world" he says.
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A stunning first novel that is an evocative reimagining of a World War II civilian disaster. Jessica Francis Kane paints a vivid portrait of London at war.
On a March night in 1943, on the steps of a London Tube station, 173 people die in a crowd seeking shelter from what seemed to be another air raid. When the devastated neighborhood demands an inquiry, the job falls to magistrate Laurence Dunne. As Dunne investigates, he finds the truth to be precarious, even damaging. When he is forced to reflect on his report several decades later, he must consider whether the course he chose was the right one.
The Report is a provocative, beautifully crafted novel and a commentary on the way all tragedies are remembered and endured.
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"[Kane] moves deftly among perspectives on the [Bethnal Green] catastrophe: We eavesdrop on war-battered townsfolk, the tardy policeman, the overburdened priest, the devastated shelter-chief who feels responsible. Kane's command of period detail is marvelous.... A deft, vivid first novel." (Kirkus Reviews)
"One of the best narrators I've found."
Fantastic narrator, very strong acting skills but very subtle, trusts the listener to understand literature without overdramatizing it. Highly recommend
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Industry Welcomes Treasury Initiative to Streamline BSA; CUNA Creates Task Force
WASHINGTON -- Credit union representatives and their regulator applauded a recent Treasury and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announcement that it would be seeking ways to streamline Bank Secrecy Act compliance.
Representatives from the credit union community and others subject to BSA were invited to a meeting prior to the release of the announcement. At the meeting, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and FinCEN Director Jim Freis outlined a plan to try to ease financial institutions' BSA compliance burden, which surveys have shown is the most onerous for credit unions. The plan would:
-make compliance more risk-based;
-address many money service business-related issues, including narrowing the definition of a money services business;
-put all BSA regulation in one general area of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
-provide more feedback on how the information filed by those under BSA is used.
NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker attended the meeting. He emphasized that credit unions "want to be a partner in the system", but for smaller credit unions that are not computerized, even a basic current transaction report filing is a challenge because the information is not automatically aggregated.
He added that BSA compliance also needs to be viewed in the broader perspective of all the regulations credit unions are subject to.
NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson, who was also at the meeting, praised Treasury's announcement. "NCUA looks forward to working with Secretary Paulson on BSA compliance and commends him on his efforts to find a sensible and achievable balance between the important goal of protecting Americans from terrorism and other crimes conducted through the mechanisms of our financial industry, and ensuring that the burdens of compliance are not excessive or unreasonable for credit unions," Johnson said at the Supervisory Committee & Internal Audit Conference hosted by CUNA and several state leagues. "Last week, in advance of Secretary Paulson's speech regarding BSA, I met with James H. Freis Jr., director of FinCen, to discuss ways credit unions can improve compliance in order to accomplish our mission without imposing unnecessary regulatory burdens." She also noted that NCUA is an active participant in FinCen's BSA Advisory Group.
As for NCUA's own examination process, Johnson stated, "NCUA is striving to match risk-based examinations to risk-based obligations. The Agency recognizes that all credit unions do not engage in the same types of transactions, and that should factor into the examination process. Open communication between your credit union and NCUA is essential in order to meet the challenges and opportunities associated with BSA compliance. Please do not hesitate to share your thoughts openly with your examiners, as improvement of the process is a goal we all share."
Centralize Complaints for Solutions
CUNA representatives also participated in the Treasury announcement. The credit union trade group has recently established a Bank Secrecy Act Task Force to create a central location for submitting and analyzing BSA compliance and cost concerns and work toward solutions.
Harvard University Employees Credit Union President/CEO Eugene Foley is chairing the task force, which plans to hold its inaugural meeting shortly. "Compliance has been a competitive disadvantage, especially for smaller credit unions because the cost is just driving credit unions out of business," he explained.
"Our first move," Foley said, "is rather than CUNA staff hearing random complaints...we tried to channel those into one particular area." That way CUNA staff can review and prioritize the most onerous. The task force's Web site is at http://www.cuna.org/initiatives/bsa/index.html. Comments and questions can be submitted there or at email@example.com. Staff will respond to the question within 24 hours and then it will be shared with the task force.
Foley said he liked the idea of the risk-oriented focus as suggested recently by Treasury, but the devil will be in the details. "We're going to be taking a look at that. That might help us as long as it takes into account the risk assessment that the credit union has," he said.
For example, a tightly knit church based credit union currently has the same BSA requirements as the largest banks. "Those credit unions in particular don't need to do background checks on their members," Foley asserted.
Foley's own $200 million Harvard University Employees Federal Credit Union is "running up a pretty good price tag" on BSA compliance with program updating, a new system purchase, third party auditing and other related costs. He did not have the exact figure.
Additionally, Treasury's recommendation to consolidate the BSA regulations "sounds like a minor thing but it's really important," CUNA Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Advocacy Mary Dunn added, "because you have to look all over for the requirements and it's easy to miss something if they're not all together."
At the FinCEN's announcement event, the task force was invited to schedule a meeting this quarter with Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and would like to include Treasury and the FBI as well. CUNA's task force plans on sharing its findings with other regulators and Congress as well.
Other members of the task force include Goldenwest Federal Credit Union President/CEO Shelley Clarke, San Antonio Telephone Federal Credit Union President/CEO Watt Prichard, Mutual Savings Credit Union President/CEO Dale Dalbey, and E Federal Credit Union President/CEO Ed Collins.
Dunn noted that CUNA periodically performs a survey of NCUA examinations and one is due. She said the trade plans to look more specifically at BSA issues with the next one.


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I am a board member for the Boys & Girls Cllub of Marion County and have been since the conception of the club. The hard work and dedication of many people have make the club a success. The children and young people of Marion have reaped the rewards of having purpose and will strive to be successful in many areas. It brings a smile to your face when you walk into the club and see the joy and excitement of the children. Thanks to the staff for bringing this club the benefits they truly deserve. Hopefully we can expand and see the future look brighter for more Marion County youth.
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Finalizing your back-to-school shopping list? If you have yet to pick up a Bluetooth speaker for the new school year, the Bluetune-Solo might be just what you're looking for. As corny as it sounds, there's something welcoming about the Divoom Bluetune-Solo speaker. With so many Bluetooth speakers out there, it's nice to see that Divoom has taken some liberties with the shape of the Bluetune-Solo speaker. It literally looks like a can of coke but what the Bluetune-Solo contains is far more exciting.
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Voila! The Bluetune-Solo wins! Anyways, as I've already stated, I really like the Bluetune-Solo visual that's happening here. It can literally fit in my purse and I can't help but say it's cute! The design is really sleek and the color options give users some variety when choosing which one is right for them. But if you're indecisive like me, just buy them all and daisy chain them together. The Bluetune-Solo is smaller than a soda can making it a super portable Bluetooth speaker ready for anything.
The Bluetune-Solo utilizes Bluetooth connectivity to sync in a snap. Bluetooth pairing was so easy I didn't even consult the directions. Just call me a rebel without a cause. The speaker will connect from up to 10 meters away. So if you're at the beach and you would rather keep your smartphone safe from the sand and other elements, just put it away and let the Bluetune-Solo handle the responsibility. The Bluetune-Solo also offers audio out so you can wirelessly control your entertainment center, tv, etc.
Plus, with eight hours of battery life you can keep the party going, or you can have a super long conference call thanks to the built-in microphone. Personally, I would advocate for the party.
The Bluetune-Solo's X-Bass sound system features patented PO-Bass technology to provide extra bass. The audio was pretty good, though the bass gets a little muddled when the volume is at its highest. In terms of specifications, the Bluetune-Solo is powered by 4 watts and is comprised of a 50 mm micro speaker. The frequency response is 60 Hz-20 kHz.
The only real issue with the Bluetune-Solo is that there are no volume controls on the speaker itself; You can only control the volume with your Bluetooth device. However, if your little cousin Benji likes to constantly mess with buttons, this might be a good thing.
The Bluetune-Solo is a really great deal in my opinion. Priced at $49.99, the Bluetune-Solo has a better quality and look than most portable Bluetooth speakers in the same price range. Plus, it's something different. And it is actually portable unlike some of the other "portable" Bluetooth speakers I've seen.
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Thanks Michelle - much appreciated.
Pretty one, Lesley. Blue, green and all in between are some of my favs. Here's something a little different for you: http://www.jigidi.com/created.php?id=FSB4YD0R
Thanks for stopping by Francine and Barb.
My favourite colours, Lesley! Thanks so much for a lovely puzzle. :-)
Thanks Lesley. Enjoyed the pleasing colours and design, along with the inner frame. (6:48)


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Despite his resistance, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will be deposed under oath in the wrongful termination case of a former city employee.
Superior Court Judge John Meyer made the decision Friday and rejected a request by the City Attorney's Office to limit what questions Sanders might be asked.
After the hearing, Sanders' spokeswoman Rachel Laing said: "The mayor will comply with the judge's ruling, of course."
Scott Kessler claims he was fired from his job as deputy director of the economic development division in late 2008 for talking to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the San Diego Police Department in a conflict-of-interest probe of the Midway area parking and business improvement district.
Kessler alleges in his lawsuit that Sanders and his staff retaliated against him for talking to the FBI and the police, distributing the related police report to the city Ethics Commission and for cooperating with U.S. government officials on an unrelated probe into San Diego's spending of federal housing aid.
In his lawsuit, Kessler says Sanders staffer Beth Murray told him that as a result of his cooperation with authorities, "All hell had broken loose in the Mayor's Office, and that people were upset with (Kessler), including the mayor himself."
Despite a recommendation from the lead investigators to pursue charges in the conflict-of-interest probe, none were filed after Kessler testified before a grand jury in January 2008.
The case involved alleged schemes to steer tens of thousands of dollars toward the North Bay Association of San Diego, a nonprofit organization that managed the Midway business improvement district, and people connected to it using bribery, fraud and conspiracy, according to the police report.
Kessler's attorney, Joshua Gruenberg, declined to comment on what the impact of Sanders' testimony might be.
"I don't want to speculate until I take his deposition," he said. "The truth is I don't know what he's going to say. We've heard conflicting reports of the mayor's view toward Scott Kessler's involvement. What I believe we can prove is that there were people in the Mayor's Office who were really upset at Scott for cooperating with the FBI and the police because it could put the Mayor's Office in a poor light.
"... And we just want to hear what the mayor had to say about what he knew and how he felt," he said.
In seeking to keep Sanders from being deposed, Deputy City Attorney Travis Phelps said the decision to fire Kessler did not involve Sanders and came properly from the city's chief operating officer, Jay Goldstone.
Phelps added Friday that he feared Sanders might be asked in his deposition whether he sought to quash the prosecution in the case.
"There's been lots of unsupported theories that the mayor, for example, supposedly contacted the D.A. to shut down prosecution," Phelps said. "There's no evidence whatsoever to support those sort of theories. ... It seems like it could be just harassment on a public official."
Meyer said he thought about limiting Gruenberg's inquiry during Sanders' deposition, but decided against it.
"I don't want to make limitations in a vacuum," he said. "This is a whistle-blower case and I think the inquiry is going to be what, if any, involvement the mayor had in decisions affecting the plaintiff."
To Phelps, he added: "If he (Gruenberg) starts asking the mayor questions about the new Chargers stadium or who know what else might be interesting, I assume that there's going to be a proper objection."
During the hearing, Gruenberg discussed broadly the probable parameters of his deposition of the mayor.
"I plan to ask the mayor what he knew of Mr. Kessler's contacts withe the FBI and the police. I want to know if anyone spoke to him about that, whether he had any feelings about it. I'm going to ask him what his feelings were with regard to Scott's situation, whether he spoke with Beth Murray about it. I don't think it will be a terribly long deposition and I have no plans to harass the mayor."
"That's the court's assumption," Meyer said.
Turning to Phelps, he added, "If you perceive there is a problem, I assume you'll be back."


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Rajesh H. Bahekar
Rajesh H. Bahekar is working as a General Manager at the New Drug Discovery Division of Zydus Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India, in medicinal chemistry. He received his B. pharm. and M. pharm degrees in medicinal chemistry from Nagpur University, Nagpur, India (1990–1996) and Ph.D. degree in heterocyclic chemistry from Kakatiya University, Warangal, India (1996–1999). Dr. Bahekar was a Postdoctoral Fellow (peptide synthesis group) at King's College London, London, UK in 1999–2003. His areas of interest are the study of new therapeutic agents and drug targets, assessment of mechanism of action, target validation, proof of concept (POC), and design and synthesis of new therapeutic agents. At Zydus Research Centre, Dr. Bahekar is actively working on development of orally bioavailable peptidomimetics as new therapeutic agents. Key feature of his current research includes synthesis of suitable unnatural amino acids and thereby development of metabolically stable short-chain peptides. His research features assessment of interaction of endogenous peptides with its receptors, especially GPCRs, target validation, design and synthesis of NCEs, structure activity relationship (SAR) studies, lead identification, lead optimization, candidate profiling, and conducting IND enabling studies. Dr. Bahekar successfully filed several INDs in the field of metabolic disorders, and some of his IND candidates are in various stages of clinical developments (Phase-I/II). He participated in several national and international scientific meetings and his research work outlined above is documented in various scientific journals and patents.
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2012 Montafon Banked Slalom presented by Deeluxe
After last year's successful debut, the Second Annual Montafon Banked Slalom returns to Gargellen. Presented by Deeluxe, the event will be held on March 31st, 2012. The Montafon Banked Slalom promises to be filled with good vibes, spring smiles, and an insane course.
Registration is limited to 80 riders and begins online on March 17th on a first come first serve basis. For more information, drop into www.montafonbanked.com.
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- Agriculture Food and Fisheries in BC Map / Poster
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Lawyers representing Alex Rodriguez in the appeal of his 211-game suspension were prohibited from disclosing information from what they termed a "whistle-blower" within Major League Baseball, they said Monday night in Manhattan.
Lead attorney Joe Tacopina informed a waiting media that an order prohibiting any discussion of the hearing had arrived shortly before the scheduled 5 p.m. news conference. Tacopina said the order required the signature of two of the three members of the panel: chief arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, MLB COO Rob Manfred and Players Association general counsel Dave Prouty. MLB said Horowitz issued the order.
"We think the arbitrator issued an appropriate ruling consistent with the confidentiality provisions of the Basic Agreement," MLB said in a statement. "The fact that they canceled the briefing shows that we were right in asking that they stop publicly commenting about this matter while we are in the midst of an arbitration hearing."
Tacopina said the whistle-blower, who was not going to appear before the media, was not going to divulge anything about the confidential hearing. A source later said the individual had information related to the investigation conducted by MLB in the Biogenesis probe, which linked Rodriguez to performance enhancing drugs from a now-shuttered anti-aging clinic in Miami founded by Anthony Bosch. Tacopina said the order prohibited him from disclosing if the so-called whistle-blower would testify at Rodriguez's appeal.
Tacopina said it remains the desire of Rodriguez's legal team to have transcripts of the hearing made public. A source said that would have to be negotiated by both sides as part of a change in the collective bargaining agreement.
The hearing resumes Nov. 18, when Tacopina will begin the presentation of Rodriguez's case to have his suspension overturned. A source said Rodriguez's legal team will be prepared to prove Bosch received a large sum of money -- the amount was listed as $5 million in court papers filed by Rodriguez in a separate suit against Major League Baseball -- to testify for MLB.