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Kenya Finds Self-Therapy Through Music
When the neo-soul, smooth jazz vocalist KENYA was a kid, she took years of piano lessons and sang in community ensembles. However, after the Denver, CO native graduated from high school, she put music aside and mapped out a career as a physical therapist. "No one in my family considered music a viable option," she laughs. Fast-forward to 2008, Kenya was married with kids and had a successful physical therapy practice but something was missing and not knowing what it was threw her into a funk.
"Lots of stuff was happening," she confesses as she reflects on that period when her marriage was crumbling because of her depression. "I had some come to Jesus moments because I knew something was wrong." As a fluke, she took a music theory class at a community college to distract her from her issues and the joy of being involved with music again began to heal her. "I started meeting people and Chicago's a big music place so we have a lot of independent artists so I began to feel more at home there. My husband noticed the positive change in me and said, 'is this what was missing? Music?'"
When Johnson realized that music was bringing Kenya so much joy, he encouraged it and before long she was in the studio recording songs with the Grammy Award winning producer Maurice Joshua who has produced or remixed tracks by Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Rhianna. The resulting digital EP "Starting Over" ignited the buzz on Kenya's smooth style and led to her current album "Jazz Made Rhythm" that features her cozy rendition of Michael Jackson's 1979 evergreen "I Can't Help It." The clever Sugaboom remix of the song has been transformed into a music video featuring Malik Yoba and the tune has risen to the Top Ten on London's Starpoint Radio Soul chart.
Kenya has peace of mind now that she's reconnected with her musical roots and is having success. She's opened for Lalah Hathaway at Chicago's House of Blues, performed at Billie's Black in Harlem, The Biltmore in Los Angeles and Denver's Dazzle Jazz Club. Now that she's back with her first love, Kenya says, "Its hard to dream because there's so much happening that I never expected. New things keep getting revealed but I'm enjoying the revelations."


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Jurors include Douglas Coupland, Novelist, Visual Artist, Designer; Heather Reisman, CEO of Indigo Books + Music; Marcel Wanders, Marcel Wanders Studio NL; And many more of our country's leading voices in design.
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In 1996, Kathryn Lehman was a soon-to-be married lawyer working for Republicans in the House of Representatives. One of her major accomplishments: helping to write the law that bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Today, Lehman, 53, no longer has a husband, and is no longer straight. And she is a lobbyist for Freedom to Marry, which is devoted to overturning the very law she helped write, the Defense of Marriage Act.
But Lehman is still a fervent Republican.
"I'm trying to break the stereotype that all gays and lesbians, especially lesbians, are Democrats," she said.
Although the Republican Party has long drawn gay men who believe in the party's message of small government and a muscular military, Republican lesbians are a rare political breed.
"Oh, we're like unicorns," said Erin Simpson, 51, who cites "personal liberty" as a fundamental value and teaches firearms safety in Tucson, Ariz. Simpson, who came out in February, was "very disheartened" by Mitt Romney's loss — one fueled, in part, by overwhelming gay support for President Barack Obama.
There is no way to measure their true numbers, but gay activists say that in many cases, these "unicorns" were Republicans before they were gay — driven by conservative upbringings, economic issues and libertarian principles. They often did not acknowledge their sexual orientation, even to themselves, until middle age.
In interviews, these Republicans say they often feel like the odd women out, in their party and among other lesbians.
But they are beginning to make their presence known, said Casey Pick, a program director and first woman on the staff of the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay-rights group.
"There is a presence of mature, established Republican women who are being more vocal of late," Pick said.
These women fear that they are losing the younger generations, who are coming out earlier, and are even more likely to identify with the Democratic Party now that Obama has embraced gay marriage. The election results, including victories for same-sex marriage advocates on ballot measures in four states, offered ammunition for Lehman when she talks to Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Lehman said last week that some conservatives had already begun saying to her, "'You know, it's not really worth pursuing a federal marriage amendment; this really should be left to the states.'"
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The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University has announced that tickets are now available for a March 3, 2013 concert starring grammy-nominated singer songwriter of the chart topping Lullaby and Beautiful Wreck, Shawn Mullins with special guest Mindy Smith.
Taking place on the stage of the Pollak Theatre, the 7 p.m. event is a late addition to the current Performing Arts series on the West Long Branch campus - and a welcome addition to the schedule at what's become one of the region's top theater venues for intimate music events.
It's also a chance for the smoky-voiced Mullins to showcase the cool and knowing music he's been making since his single "Lullaby" and album Soul's Core took the world by storm (and by surprise) in 1998. The international chart-topper fused acoustic troubador storytelling with hip-hop and alt-rock flavors, propelling the hardworking Atlanta-based artist to TV appearances and touring spots with the hottest pop acts of the era.
As his intensely loyal fanbase could confirm, however, Shawn Mullins was just getting warmed up - and a refusal to be defined by one early "monster hit" has resulted in a multi-faceted body of recorded work that would be the envy of any festival's worth of talent. The versatile songwriter's willingness to push the outer limits of the "one man/ one guitar" template is on vivid display with Light You Up - the most recent Mullins release on the venerable Vanguard label, and a set that finds him prowling the battle-scarred backroads of "Catoosa County" to the dream boulevards of "Tinseltown," with stopovers at radio-ready country, moody bluegrass ballads, sparkling pop, and four-on-the-floor rock.
It goes without saying, then, that a live performance by Mullins is an experience that can find him quantum-leaping into characters from the forgotten shoulders of the interstates; showing off a vocal dexterity that can veer in an instant from a world-weary speaksing to a hook-friendly falsetto; even producing an ace-in-the-hole cover of the traditional "House of the Rising Sun."
For the Sunday concert at Monmouth, Mullins will be joined by another young veteran of the Vanguard label stable - Mindy Smith, the native New Yorker whose facility with folk-country, contemporary gospel (the hit "Come to Jesus") and Americana styles has allowed her to wrap her sweetly gorgeous voice around Dolly Parton's "Jolene," Fleetwood Mac's "Little Lies" and a catalog of originals that, as evidenced on her recent self-titled, self-released CD, shine with a sharpened sense of confidence. Taken together with the urban noirs and highway romances of Shawn Mullins, this is music that paints a portrait of America - an evening of story-song from two of its finest crafters.
The current Performing Arts series at Monmouth University continues into 2013 with concerts by Red Horse (March 23), John Hammond (April 5), Southside Johnny and the Poor Fools (April 13), and Roger McGuinn (April 19). For additional information on these and other events, or to purchase tickets, please contact the Monmouth University Performing Arts Box Office at 732-263-6889, or online at www.monmouth.edu/arts. To schedule an interview, please contact Eileen Chapman at 732-571-3512.
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Rafer Alston did not burn any bridges yesterday.
He torched them.
In his first visit to Toronto since being traded by the Raptors to the Houston Rockets on Oct.4 for Mike James, the volatile point guard stood by controversial comments he made about his former coach Sam Mitchell.
Alston dumped on Mitchell in an article in the Houston Chronicle this week, suggesting that the Raptors went into games blind and unprepared.
"We didn't know what the other team was doing. We didn't have a clue how we were going to defend (under Mitchell)," Alston said. "That frustrated me. We were going out there cold."
After arriving at the Air Canada Centre to face the Raptors last night, Alston continued to torch Mitchell.
"We just weren't prepared to go into the battle and I think that's one thing about, not just sports, but life," Alston said. "You have to prepare yourself and we just weren't prepared."
When asked for specifics on how Mitchell did not prepare his teams, whether it was a lack of game film, charts on the opposition, etc., Alston, who arrived at the ACC just over an hour before game time last night, well after his teammates, claimed that he didn't have any examples.
Alston, who missed 19 games this season because of a hairline fracture of the right fibula, did manage to get in one last shot at Mitchell, though, when asked to compare Toronto's coach to Jeff Van Gundy, his coach in Houston.
"There's no comparison," he said. "I can't compare it. I enjoy playing for Jeff. I love playing for him. I love playing for both the Van Gundys (Alston played for Stan Van Gundy in Miami during the 2003-04 season). They've been very helpful for my career. They made me more of an efficient and consistent basketball player."
For his part, Mitchell, who clearly had his problems with Alston last season, including the time the guard threatened to quit the team and the sport after a game in Boston, took the high road.
"I'm not going to dignify that," the coach said, when asked about Alston's comments. "Like I said before, we appreciate what Rafer did for us and he's moved on and we've moved on."
Van Gundy also refused to join the fray.
"If you're looking for me to make a pronouncement that Rafer is a really a good guy and it was Sam's screwup, or Rafer's (a bad apple) and Sam was right, then you're not getting it from me," Van Gundy said. "You guys can do all the other soap opera stuff, I'm worried about trying to win."
When pressed, Van Gundy went as far as to say that he has had "harder guys to coach."
"I'm not going to glorify (Alston) for playing 11 games with us and being normal," Van Gundy said.
Alston, who was averaging 9.2 points and 4.6 assists this season entering play last night, has played well since rejoining the Rockets this week, but he has been out-played by James, who was averaging 15.9 points and 4.6 assists.


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Gavin Banks received a cheque for $576 on Friday for electricity that the solar panels on the roof of his family home had supplied to the national grid. The next cheque could be almost $200 less.
The Banks family spent $12,500 having 16 solar panels installed on their home in Eleebana in Newcastle in mid-March, with the intention of helping the environment.
With five children – four of whom who are living at home – the family is energy conscious. They turn appliances off at the wall, switch off unused lights and for the past six years have been paying extra for green power through their electricity retailer. They also installed a solar hot water system.
"Hot water being one of the big consumers of electricity, it was a way of reducing our power bill and doing it in a greener way," Mr Banks says. "We were interested in doing something with power but generally that had been way too expensive. When we heard about the solar rebate scheme that changed."
The initial outlay for the system put the family under financial strain. Mr Banks maxed out a credit card for the deposit on the system, then sold a small parcel of shares and took out a line of credit to pay for the rest.
"We don't earn a lot, but we did the calculations and figured the system could pay for itself," he says.
Over a year the family had been expecting to get between $2500 and $3000 of income based on a tariff of 60¢ per kilowatt hour.
That would have allowed the system to pay for itself in just over four years. After that, the family would have used the extra income to offset its electricity bill.
Now that the NSW government plans to cut the amount it pays to consumers who have installed solar panels at home to 40¢ per kilowatt hour from July 1, Mr Banks says his family will suffer.
"The thing that's quite devastating to us is that if the proposed changes go through, the system will not pay for itself," he says. "We've been under pretty serious financial pressure because of that decision for about six or nine months."
About 120,000 households in NSW have installed solar panels to sell power back to the grid.
Retiree Robert Judson, who lives in Merrylands in Sydney's west, will also be affected. He spent $21,000 buying 24 solar panels to make his home self-sufficient. He estimates that the pay-back period for his system would have been about six years, but that will have blown out to 10 years before maintenance costs with the lower tariff.
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Research and Teaching Interests: The expression and function of acetylcholine receptors in the retina, retinal anatomy, retinal development, developmental neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience
Office Hours: By appointment
- BS, 1984, University of Miami, Art Education
- MA, 1987, Vermont College of Norwich University, Art Therapy
- PhD, 2004, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Behavioral Neuroscience
Christianne Strang is a board-certified art therapist with 25 years of clinical art therapy experience. She earned her MA in Art Therapy from Vermont College of Norwich University in 1987, and has served as treasurer for the American Art Therapy Association and for the Art Therapy Credentials Board. In July 2015 she will take office as the President-Elect of the American Art Therapy Association.
Dr. Strang received her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2004, followed by a position as a Research Associate in the lab of Dr. Kent Keyser. She joined the Faculty of the Department of Vision Sciences at UAB in May 2011. Dr. Strang's primary research focus is the study of the expression patterns and physiological roles of nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the retina. Her work uses RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and fluorescence microscopy to identify the complement of AChR mRNA transcripts and proteins in the mammalian retina, and patch clamp electrophysiology to characterize the effects of AChR activation on basic retinal processing.
Recently, Dr. Strang has begun extending her research towards increased clinical relevance using molecular, imaging, and electrophysiological techniques to characterize the pathophysiological changes in the retinas of transgenic mice that serve as a model for Alzheimer's disease. She is actively involved in the didactic and laboratory training of students in the Departments of Vision Sciences, Psychology, and Neurobiology, and received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in March of 2015. She is co-course director for the UAB introductory undergraduate and graduate introductory neurobiology courses held at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
Book chapters
- Keyser, K.T., & Strang, C.E. (2009). Optical Imaging of Cancer: Enhancing Detection and Resection. In Optical Imaging in Cancer, Rosenthal EN & Zinn, KR, Eds. New York, NY: Springer.
- Keyser, K.T., Wotring, V.E., & Strang, C.E. (2010) Nicotinic receptor expression in the retina. 204. In Encyclopedia of the Eye, Vol 4 (pp. 153). Besharse, J., Co- Editor, Dartt, D, Editor-in-Chief. Elsevier: Oxford, UK.
- Strang, C.E., Andison, M.E., Amthor, F.R., Keyser, K.T. (2005). Rabbit retinal ganglion cells express functional α7 nAChRs. AJP: Cell Physiology ,289, C644-C655.
- Dmitrieva, N., Strang, C.E., Keyser, K.T. (2007). Expression of alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by bipolar, amacrine and ganglion cells of the rabbit retina. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, 55(5), 461-76.
- Strang, C.E., Renna, J.M., Amthor, F.R., Keyser, K.T. (2007) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression by directionally selective ganglion cells. Visual Neuroscience, 24(4), 523-533.
- Lui, J., McGlinn, A., Fernandes, A., Milam, A.H., Strang, C.E., Andison, M.E., Lindstrom, J.M., Keyser, K.T., Stone, R.A. (2009) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits in Rhesus Monkey Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 50, 1408-1415.
- Strang, C.E., Renna, J.M., Amthor, F.R., Keyser, K.T. (2010) Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Localization and Modulation of Ganglion Cell Responses. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 51, 2778-2789.
- Hannibal, L., Kankipati, L., Strang, C.E., Peterson, B.B., Dacey, D., Gamlin, P.D. (2014). Central projections of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the macaque monkey. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 522(10), 2231-2248. doi: 10.1002/cne.23555. PMCID: PMC3996456.
- Smith, M.L., Oliveira Souza, F.G., Bruce, K.S., Strang, C.E., Morely, B.J., Keyser, K.T. (2014) Acetylcholine receptors in the retinas of the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mouse. Molecular Vision, 20, 1328-1356.
- Strang, C.E., Long, Y.,Gavrikov, K.E., Amthor, F.R., Keyser, K.T. (2015) Nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors shape ganglion cell response properties. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(1), 203-17. doi: 10.1152/jn.00405.2014. Epub 2014 Oct 8. PMCID: PMC4294565


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Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School Paperback
Edited by Bob Moon, Ann Shelton Mayes
Research and writing on secondary education is often a specialised treatment of isolated themes.
This reader draws together the most significant work of recent years across a whole range of themes to give students and new teachers an overview of some of the most important issues and challenges that faced secondary teachers in the 1990s.
It looks at the central players - the children and the teachers - at the classrooms in which they work together; at the curriculum, both implicit and overt; and at the wider community and political context of secondary education.
Divided into sections to allow easy access to material of interest, the book covers: * learners * teachers * classrooms * curriculum * schools.
Throughout, the reader addresses the crucial issues of effectiveness, quality and achievement and how these will influence the work of the secondary teacher in the coming years.
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- Phone: 201-923-6660
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- Category: Credit Card Processing Companies
USA Merchant Services AKA Millennium Merchant Services1st American LeasingJoseph Wilk scammed, unfulfilled promises, costly leases Internet
*General Comment: Scammed!
We were approached by Joseph Wilk from USA Merchant Services in June of 2011. He was a very good salesman with many good lines and an answer for everything. He sold us four leases for credit card processing machines and check readers. He advised us that the check reader would cut our time in half for banking. Once we were all signed up he came to teach us how to use the machine. He then told us we needed driver's license numbers for each check. I told him that we didn't want to do that, it was too much work. He said to make up the drivers license number. I told him I wasn't comfortable with that so we didn't want to use the equipment. He said to try it for a week and see what we thought. After a week he dropped off the face of the earth, or so I thought. After numerous call and emails we have been able to reach him for almost two years. We are paying thousands upon thousands of dollars for equipment that would have cost us $400 for each piece to purchase outright.
Joseph Wilk also promised $800-$1,000 per month savings on our processing fees. This never happened. When I questioned him about it he tried to explain it away and said he would look into it and make the adjustment.
The leasing company that Joseph Wilk connected us with is 1st American Leasing out of Grand Rapids. These two must be in this scam together because the wording in their letter to use holds harmless the vendor and removes all the rights of the customer. There is no way out of this lease without it affecting my personal credit.
We have recently learned that he is still in business under the name Millennium Merchant Services. There is no contact information available on the internet to get a hold of this scammer.
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I've also been scammed by Joseph Wilk, owner of mellinium merchant services! I was promised by Joseph that he would take care of cancellation fees to previous credit card process company, which never happened
he promised me lower rates but it seems I'm paying more than I was before!
joseph wilk also said the equipment lease would be incorporated into my monthly fees, and still would be a cheaper monthly charge but I'm paying a separate and higher rate than quoted.
I called him several times about this and the last conversation, he hung up on me and won't return my calls!
I am currently paying -2 processing companies AND a leasing company for equipment that I really didn't need! I had equipment, the same brand and he said it was not compatible to get the lower rates which i Have yet to see!
Do not trust a word from his mouth.....he is a liar!!
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Douglas Knox Armstrong
Friendship — Douglas Knox Armstrong, fondly known as Knox to friends and family, died on Feb. 18, 2013 peacefully after a short illness, at the age of 89, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J.
Born in Rockland, July 25, 1923, Knox grew up in Massachusetts and Maine. He was a graduate of Newton High School and Dartmouth College. During the Second World War Knox served in the Navy as a Lieutenant J.G. in the Pacific Theater. After the war he enjoyed a long career in the publishing field in New York City. He served as publisher for Chemical Week Magazine and Dunn's Review. During this time Knox and his wife resided and raised their children in Saddle River, N.J.
During his life Knox enjoyed many long hours of bridge with friends. He and his wife were both avid golfers and together played frequently in Rockland. Above all, Knox loved Friendship. His time spent on the water and on the islands of Muscongus Bay were very precious to him.
Knox is survived by his wife Marion of Mahwah, N.J.; daughter Allison of Biddeford; son Scott and his wife Dianne of Newtown, Conn.; three grandsons Christopher, Colin and Patrick, and sister Judith Lambert of Portland.
A celebration of life will be held this summer on a date yet to be determined. Those who wish to make a memorial contribution may do so to the Friendship Library, 3 Main St., Friendship, ME. 04547.


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When it comes to decorating your windows there are plenty of choices out there. Whether it?s a plush curtain or a practical Venetian, your window dressing is an integral part of your home. I m dying to replace my plastic venetian blinds with some more attractive curtains or Roman shades. However, I have been noticing that roller blinds have come a really long way. Here are a handful of cute one s I ve spotted.Smart and simple, they provide you with endless options when it comes to design and with practical properties such as waterproof veneers and blackout backings, they?re useful too. Whether you want to liven up a neutral scheme, create a striking centre piece or harmonize with an existing theme, roller blinds provide the ideal solution. If you want something a little more subdued but still need it to tie in with your design scheme, then you could try a border print. This Sajili blind (above) is plain white apart from the exotic elephant strip at the bottom but still connects with the room?s explorer theme beautifully.These roller blind designs from Tuiss illustrate the point perfectly. This sweet and charming Morning Chorus roller blind will undoubtedly get a lot of compliments, and the various colorways mean you ll be able to coordinate them with your current decor. Letting light softly filter through, you get light but also privacy.Alternatively, I really gravitate towards the floral patterns. Its intricate pattern creates a striking look that allows the blind to take centre stage.More and more I also try to go eco-friendly when I can, and these recycled blinds are a great way to do your part.And of course, what s more important than one s beauty sleep? Blackout blinds can be really important if you aren t comfortable sleeping with your head under the covers the way I am!this post is in partnership with tuiss


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I just posted my February 2007 – Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard over on CSOOnline, which includes charts comparing the vulnerabilities in Windows, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Novell, Sun, and Mac OS X, broken down by server and workstation.
I do include the first 3 months of Windows Vista as well, which had 1 fix in that time period. As a teaser, here is one of the 4 charts from the post:
I plan to update this monthly throughout the year, and will include newer products when they are released, such as RHEL5, starting next month.


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Out of the blue and into the past, Neil Young and his barn-rock Crazy Horse posse debuted the video for their new single this week. The song is Walk Like a Giant, an electric lament to a far-out social revolution that failed to stick. The recently reformed quartet does not appear in the video. Instead, a wild-haired atom-bomb builder (Albert Einstein) and a big-footed beast (Sasquatch) represent titans that were real and illusive, respectively.
"We could see it in the distance, getting closer every minute," sings Young, 66.
Having reunited one of his old bands and just this week releasing his memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, the singer-songwriter and hurricane-like guitarist is in recall mode. Perhaps he's thinking of Danny Whitten, the former Crazy Horse guitarist done in by the needle in 1972, which is around the same time the heady idealism of the 1960s crashed.
Then again, the slogan for the band's current North American tour (which includes Ontario dates in London, Windsor and Kingston next week) is "Equal parts past, present and future." Young is on the roam again, big as ever by the sounds of it.


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Campaign tries to explain Palin's Putin comment
Gov. Sarah Palin cites vigilance against Russian warplanes coming into U.S. airspace over Alaska as one of her foreign policy credentials. But the U.S. military command in charge says that hasn't happened in her 21 months in office.
"When you consider even national security issues with Russia, as (Prime Minister Vladimir) Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where - where do they go? It's Alaska," the Republican vice presidential nominee said in an interview last week with CBS News' Katie Couric.
The spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, Maria Comella, clarified in an e-mail to The Associated Press that when "Russian incursions near Alaskan airspace and inside the air defense identification zone have occurred ... U.S. Air Force fighters have been scrambled repeatedly."
The air defense identification zone, almost completely over water, extends 12-mile past the perimeter of the United States. Most nations have similar areas.
However, no Russian military planes have been flying even into that zone, said Maj. Allen Herritage, a spokesman for the Alaska region of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
"To be very clear, there has not been any incursion in U.S. airspace in recent years," Herritage said.


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I heard someone mentioning Enduro Bearings on here recently and decided to look them up. Apparently they are needle bearings that replace the DU bushings in the shock eyelets. Seems like everyone swears by them too.
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 MUMIA ABU-JAMAL is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms, which address prison life from a critical and spiritual perspective. In 1981 he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter). That same year he was arrested for allegedly killing a white police officer in Philadelphia. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982, in a process that has been described as an epic miscarriage of justice. In 2011, after spending more than 28 years on death row, his death sentence was vacated when the Supreme Court allowed to stand the decisions of four federal judges who had earlier declared his death sentence unconstitutional. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In spite of his three-decade-long imprisonment, most of which was spent in solitary confinement on Death Row, Abu-Jamal has relentlessly fought for his freedom and for his profession. From prison he has written seven books and thousands of radio commentaries. He holds a BA from Goddard College and an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies and have been translated into seven languages.
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 CORNEL WEST is a scholar, philosopher, author and activist who is dedicated to building on Martin Luther King's legacy "of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice." Dr. West is author of over a dozen books including his bestseller, Race Matters. He appears frequently in the media, and has appeared on the Bill Maher Show, Colbert Report, CNN and C-Span as well as on Tavis Smiley's PBS TV Show. A renowned Professor of African American Studies, Dr. West has taught at Harvard, Princeton and Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
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 JOHANNA FERNÁNDEZ is a former Fulbright Scholar to Jordan and Assistant Professor of History at Baruch College of the City University of New York where she teaches 20th Century US history and African American History. She is author of the forthcoming When the World Was Their Stage: A History of the Young Lords Party, 1968–1976 (Princeton University Press). Fernandez is the writer and producer of the film, Justice on Trial: the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and she is featured in the critically acclaimed documentary about Mumia Abu-Jamal, Long Distance Revolutionary. Her writings have been published internationally, from Al Jazeera to the Huffington Post. She gives interviews often and has appeared in a diverse range of print, radio, online and televised media including Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, the Fox News shows Hannity and Megyn Kelley, Al Jazeera and The New York Times. She is a coordinator of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society.

"Revolutionary love, revolutionary memory and revolutionary analysis are at work in every page written by Mumia Abu-Jamal … His writings are a wake-up call. He is a voice from our prophetic tradition, speaking to us here, now, lovingly, urgently. Black man, old-school jazz man, freedom fighter, revolutionary—his presence, his voice, his words are the writing on the wall."––Cornel West, from the foreword

"Greatness meets us in this book, and not just in Mumia's personal courage and character. It's in the writing. This is art with political power, challenging institutional injustice in the U.S. while catalyzing our understanding, memory and solidarities for liberation and love. Writing on the Wall can set the nation aflame—yes, for creating new possible worlds."—Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary

From the first slave writings to contemporary hip hop, the canon of African American literature offers a powerful counter-narrative to dominant notions of American culture, history and politics. Resonant with voices of prophecy and resistance, the African American literary tradition runs deep with emancipatory currents that have had an indelible impact on the United States and the world. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of our most important contributors to this canon for decades, writing from the confines of the U.S. prison system to give voice to those most silenced by chronic racism, impoverishment and injustice.

Writing on the Wall is a selection of more than 100 previously unpublished essays that deliver Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on community, politics, power, and the possibilities of social change in the United States. From Rosa Parks to Edward Snowden, from the Trail of Tears to Ferguson, Missouri, Abu-Jamal addresses a sweeping range of contemporary and historical issues. Written mostly during his years of solitary confinement on Death Row, these essays are a testament to Abu-Jamal's often prescient insight, and his revolutionary perspective brims with hope, encouragement and profound faith in the possibility of redemption.

"When you listen to Mumia Abu-Jamal you hear the echoes of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and the sisters and brothers who kept the faith with struggle, who kept the faith with resistance."––Manning Marable

"Mumia Abu-Jamal is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time … He offers us new ways of thinking about law, democracy and power. He allows us to reflect up on the fact that transformational possibilities often emerge where we least expect them."––Angela Y. Davis

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms.

Johanna Fernández is a Fulbright Scholar and Professor of History at Baruch College in New York City.

Cornel West is a scholar, philosopher, activist and author of over a dozen books including his bestseller, Race Matters. He appears frequently in the media, and has appeared on the Real Time with Bill Maher, The Colbert Report, CNN and C-Span as well as Tavis Smiley.
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"Mumia's commentary in Writing on the Wall reflects both the personal ideological journey of a political prisoner and the development of his revolutionary praxis behind prison walls. As editor, Johanna Fernandez represents the best of such revolutionary praxis from the outside. Her work to free Mumia and build a revolutionary movement in the US capable of bringing a transition of power from the oppressor to the oppressed should be emulated by all who see themselves as part of a radical movement. Purchase Writing on the Wall. Spread Mumia's revolutionary message far and wide as we work to free him and all political prisoners."––Danny Haiphong
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"Writing on the Wallwill further amplify this important voice for abolition to a new generation of activists … Despite being imprisoned for decades, Mumia's sensitivity to the struggles developing around him is a hallmark of his writings and a reminder that his voice is paramount in the movements beyond the walls. Mumia often ends his essays with a question––challenging the reader to go further in our various struggles for social justice. The essays inWriting on the Wallaren't simply analysis. They are alive––a powerful call to action to a reader to join the fight for a better world."––Lily Hughes
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"Mumia knows what is happening better from behind bars than do many on the outside, because he has access to books … Those of us outside of prison have access to books, too, although many seem to forget it. We could all be as well-informed as Mumia. We could all know what's coming next before it hits us in the face. A good place to start would be by reading the Writing on the Wall."––David Swanson
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"A comprehensive anthology of Mumia's short prison commentaries from 1982 to the present, which among other things tracks the ignominious history of police sponsored terror from Haitian immigrant Amadou Diallo (whose body NYPD riddled with of 40 bullets) to 92-year-old elderly Kathryn Johnston, shot to death in her Atlanta home by narcotics officers to 12-year-old Tammir Rice to Eric Garner to Freddie Gray and on and on …"––Robert Birnbaum
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"The publication of Writing on the Wall underscores the failure of the Fraternal Organization of Police and corrupt politicians to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal. In the face of attempts to execute him, smother his voice behind steel walls, slander him in the news media, intimidate supporters, pass laws to try to keep him from speaking out, and most recently, kill him through highly intentional 'medical neglect,' Mumia simply refuses to shut up. Like many other political prisoners slated to die in their dungeons, he has what his captors will never have: spiritual strength, dignity, integrity, love for the people, a commitment to revolution --and the ability to read the handwriting on the wall. His message carries the insights of his own generation of Black revolutionaries combined with truths born in struggles in many parts of the world. The time is right. As emerging movements gain strength, vision, and breadth, Mumia finds, in this book a new channel for sharing his ideas with people eager to bring down walls."––Carolina Saldaña
 San Francisco Bayview 07 01 http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-collection-of-prison-writings-by.html Down with Tyranny! 08
"It's not every prisoner, political or otherwise, who has the endurance and temerity, nor the call to testify like Abu-Jamal, from researching the miscarriage of justice in his own case to becoming a self-proclaimed jailhouse lawyer; few have streets in France named for them or public support from figures diverse as Cornel West, Amy Goodman, Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, and Eddie Vedder. It's safe to say, though consigned to prison for life, Abu-Jamal will not be forgotten now or any time soon: His collected prison writings will be appreciated by human rights activists for ages to come, but more importantly they are useful right now, for anyone seeking a light in the darkness of the American night."
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"Given the United States' present position at the epicenter of inhumanity, it's not surprising that Mumia's overarching focus would be the belly of the beast and its all-consuming system of racist capitalism. He's especially well-placed to comment on the prison industrial complex, having spent over 33 years in jail—most of that in solitary confinement on death row … In a 2006 commentary, Mumia poses the question: 'Is it mere coincidence that the most notorious guard at Abu Ghraib worked right here, in the United States; here, in Pennsylvania; here, in SCI-Greene prison, for over six years before exporting his brand of 'corrections' to the poor slobs who met him in Iraq?' The answer: no, because 'the roots of Guantánamo, of Abu Ghraib, of Bagram Air Force Base, of U.S. secret torture chambers operating all around the world, are deep in American life, in its long war against Black life and liberation.'"––Bélén Fernández
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 "Abu-Jamal's writing tends to be forceful, outraged, and humorous, but he also engages in the bombastic approaches of another era … [T]he author offers powerful columns on diverse subjects ranging from the plight of black farmers to the crushing of dissent after 9/11. Some remain all too relevant—e.g., those decrying systemic police brutality as seen in flashpoints from Rodney King to Ferguson or the rise of racial disparities in drug sentencing. Abu-Jamal meditates on central figures in the black political narrative, ranging from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Trayvon Martin ... As a collection that spans from 1982 to 2014, these topical essays testify to the effects of incarceration on mind and spirit. While his prose has sharpened over time, Abu-Jamal remains enraged and pessimistic about an America that, in his view, remains wholly corrupt: "[Blacks] know from bitter experience that while Americans may say one thing, they mean something quite different."
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"Abu-Jamal's commentaries, taken together, target the contradictions of the established order, pointing to its corrupt nature versus the natural power of people-fueled resistance … It remains to be seen in a 2015 world of social media if the masses of 'Black Lives Matter' tweeters will develop the skill, discipline and commitment of their now-elder statesman Abu-Jamal, who wrote in the margins of the society decades before it became cool."––Todd S. Burroughs
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 "Hope and the seeds of revolution can come from the depths of isolation. Writing from his cell on death row, where he was held in solitary confinement for nearly 30 years, Abu-Jamal has long been a loud and clear voice for all who suffer injustice, racism, and poverty. Edited by Fernandez, this selection of 100 previously unpublished essays includes a foreword by Cornel West."—Evan Karp, SF Weekly
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Inspired by the catalytic role pamphlet publishing has played throughout American history, Greg Ruggiero founded the Open Media Series in 1991 as an act of war protest, as well as an act of solidarity with social movements promoting greater freedom, justice, and democracy.

Over the years, Ruggiero has published some of the most outspoken scholars, social justice advocates, artists, and dissidents of our time, including Noam Chomsky, Angela Y. Davis, Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy, Ralph Nader, Alice Walker, Manning Marable, Tanya Reinhart, John Cage, Keith Haring, Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, Daniel Ellsberg, Michio Kaku, Helen Caldicott, Bill Ayers, Subcomandante Marcos, and the Dalai Lama.

In the spring of 2006, Ruggiero joined the ranks of the City Lights editorial team. The launch of the City Lights Open Media Series marked a new chapter in the publishing of intelligent, inspiring, and potentially radicalizing books. Among the recent and forthcoming titles in the series are A Power Governments Cannot Suppress by Howard Zinn; Spying on Democracy by Heidi Boghosian; A New Critical Edition of Frederick Douglass's Narrrative of a Slave by Angela Y. Davis; Dying to Live by Joseph Nevins; Mexico Unconquered by John Gibler; Mumia Abu-Jamal's Writing on the Wall, edited by Johanna Fernandez; Learning to Die in the Anthropocene by Roy Scranton; and Because We Say So by Noam Chomsky. "The heart of a functioning democracy is public engagement, communication, and intelligence," says Ruggiero. "The mission of the series is to increase all three."

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DAVID Cameron will deliver a 'Scotland we love you, stay with us' message on his next referendum campaign visit, insisting - in the face of growing momentum for the pro-independence camp - that the No campaign has been neither negative nor complacent.
Speaking from the Nato summit in Wales, the Prime Minister also insisted the Yes campaigners did not have a monopoly on patriotism and that people could be proud Scots but still believe fervently in staying within the family of the UK.
He stressed he would not resign as PM if defeated, stressing that this month's vote was "purely and simply" about Scotland's place within the UK and not about his future as the nation's leader.
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Mr Cameron, who has said he is a Unionist "head, heart and soul", strongly denied the Nationalists' repeated charge that the No campaign had been grindingly negative
"I don't think it's been negative or complacent," declared the PM. "The No campaign is working very hard to make an important set of arguments.
"Certainly, my role in the campaign has been to make a wholly positive case, very much saying to people in Scotland - look, it is your choice but be in doubt the rest of the UK - England, Wales and Northern Ireland - we want you to stay.
"My argument throughout, and a very large part of the No campaign's argument, is not saying - look, Scotland can't be independent; of course, it could be independent but we would all be better off by staying together."
Asked if he would put more heart into the campaign and would say 'Scotland we love you, stay with us', he replied: "I have absolutely said that in terms and will say so on my next campaign visit."
While the Conservative leader - regarded as "toxic" to the campaign by many in the No camp - is not coming to Scotland this week, he is expected to do so next week.
Mr Cameron argued being a proud Scot and a proud Brit were not mutually exclusive.
"In fact, I would argue you can be far prouder of your Scottishness, your Scottish identity, your belief in Scottish history and traditions and still believe you can succeed in the UK. It's not true that the only patriotic option is to vote Yes; you can be a proud patriotic Scot but believe in this family of nations we have in the United Kingdom."
Asked if he would resign if there were a Yes vote, showing he had failed to keep alive the 300-year-old Union, he replied: "It's very important to say No to that emphatically for this reason; what is at stake here is not this prime minister or that prime minister or this party leader or that party leader, what is at stake is the future of Scotland. It is for the Scottish people to decide - do you want to separate yourself from the UK or do you want to stay in the UK?"
When it was pointed out that the people of the rest of the UK might feel hard done by if he failed in his mission to keep the country together, he said: "It's very important for people in Scotland to realise the consequence of their vote is purely and simply about Scotland and its place in the UK. We shouldn't tie up into this vote the future of Alex Salmond, the future of me or anyone else."
He added: "In this case, this is about the future of Scotland. It's a desperately important question. I care passionately about it. It would break my heart if Scotland were to leave the UK but I absolutely believe it's right to give people in Scotland the choice...I dearly hope the Scottish people will vote to stay in our family of nations."


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TAMPA, Fla. - A University of South Florida football player was recovering at a hospital after falling 35 feet from a gondola ride while working at Busch Gardens in Tampa, team officials said.
Team officials identified the player as Maikon Bonani, 20, USF's starting kicker. The park did not immediately release the employee's name or the extent of his injuries, said spokeswoman Jill Revelle.
The employee was working Saturday at the Skyride attraction. After sending passengers on a gondola out of the station, the employee thought the door might be unlocked and held onto the door to check it while guests sat on the ride, according to a park statement. He held on as the gondola took off - then 35 feet above the ground - let go and dropped into a landscaped area, the statement added.
"He was trying to make sure they were safe," said Revelle of those on the ride. She added that no one else was injured.
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USF football coach Jim Leavitt told the St. Petersburg Times that he spoke to Bonani by phone and later visited him. Leavitt said Bonani may have injured his vertebra.
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Google has been working on building a high-speed Internet service in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., and it's looking like they might use those tubes to try an experiment with subscription-based TV. I suppose the move is inevitable, what with (insert Bill Cosby voice) the streaming who's-its and the YouTubes and the television Internets and the Jell-O Pudding Pops. Oh, and hello to my beautiful wife Camille.
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American benefactors have paid to restore a North Yorkshire church's 14th-century stained-glass window, the design of which is thought to have been the model for the Stars and Stripes.
The window at Selby Abbey was donated by the English ancestors of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
It shows the coat of arms of his forebears, the de Wessyngtons, which depicts three spiked spur wheels above two red bars across a white shield.
Washington is known to have used the heraldic device on two of his personal seals and a bookplate.
Officials at the abbey used the link with America to raise funds across the Atlantic as part of a long-running campaign to raise £6 million for restoration work.
Three donors, including a charitable trust and British American Tobacco, agreed to donate £100,000 for specialist cleaning and re-leading of the medieval glass.
Brig Jeremy Gaskell, the director of the appeal, said: "We are really pleased to have got the Washington Window project fully funded by American donors. Visitor numbers have doubled since we started the appeal almost six years ago."
Wessyngton, which had various spellings until it evolved into Washington, comes from the Anglo Saxon Hwaes, a Saxon chief's name, inga, meaning "family of", and tun, an estate.
Historians believe the coat of arms was probably included in the window to commemorate John Wessington, a medieval Prior of Durham.
He also decorated the battlements of the tower with a frieze of washing tubs or tuns, a rebus - or visual pun – on his name.
The Stars and Stripes, with 13 stars arranged in a circle and 13 red and white stripes representing the original 13 colonies, became the official flag of the United States on June 14, 1777.


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From: "Janet Crawford" <>
Subject: Re: [COTIPPERARY] Parish records Thurles/Upperchurch
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:45:01 +0100
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Lynne, If your family was in Upperchurch, their records would be
there. Earlier records were destroyed when the Four Courts in Dublin
was blown up and there are no other copies. They would not be in the
Thurles records. Ask TFHR for a single record search on the sister as
that is very inexpensive. Although they may have used the local
graveyard, they might be buried almost anywhere as people tended to
have a favorite family graveyard.
On 7/29/07, Lynne Kendall <> wrote:
> Dear List
> My ancestors the Burke/Bourke family lived at Seskin House Upperchurch.
> My Great Great Grandmother Mary Burke was born there on the 1 November 1826.
> Now my question. Does anyone know where I can access some Parish records for this area and time ? I have checked out the Tipperary Family History Research site but it appears the records for Upperchurch only start in 1829 which would be too late for the parents and possibly the siblings of Mary Burke. I know one of her sisters was born in 1832 but the dates available would make the search a bit hit and miss and the search fees are fairly steep. The Thurles records are earlier 1796-1900. Would the earlier records for people in the Upperchurch area ie before 1829 be in the Thurles records?
> Now another question - where would the members of the Burke family have been buried?
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> Lynne
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Eastman Technocrafts Ltd. has started it's journey in the year of 1996 with a view to provide a its complete solutions in the apparel manufacturing process. Mr. Manik Lal Chowdhury having wide range of experience with number of training in home and abroad about the latest high profile machinery of RMG sector. The world class branded manufacturers from Japan, U.S.A, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Germany and China have entrusted Eastman Technocrafts Ltd. for distributing the quality machines to the valued customers in Bangladesh. With a able direction of Mr. Manik from the inception of it's establishment Eastman Technocrafts Ltd. has been able to be unique and leading presence in RMG sector for providing dedicated, sincere and timely solutions for the valued customers.
The Eastman Technocrafts Ltd. is having total 88 employees and out of it there are 38 skilled, trained and experience engineers and technicians for which it stands as outstanding for its dedicated, timely and unmatchable after sales service support to the customers. A team of 27 experience marketing staffs are very much scrupulous and keen in understanding the needs and requirements of the customers and dedicated for selection and providing the best and cost effective machines for the customers. It serves one stop solutions in supplying a wide spectrum of machines for all level of RMG units.
Our Mission:
Be unique and the leader of total apparel solution through our sincere and dedicated effort. Our motto is identify the core need of our valued customers and be at their disposal all the time.
Our Vision
-To create a set of values by providing customers with machines at an affordable price beyond their expectations. - To offer cutting edge technology and services to a broad user base, helping them to maximize their productivity - Building on our foundation of delivering exceptional products, superior after-sales support, maximum value -Will strive to build our business relationships with customers by exhibiting, sincere service and support, value addition and close leadership with the customers
-Add value to our products and helping customers on emphasizing for higher productivity, low labor cost, high quality, and durability of machines.
- Honest suggestion for machine selection and flexible for satisfying consumer demand


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Molly McNett couples laugh-out-loud dialogue and wry observation reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor with disquieting strains of dashed hope, troubled sexuality, and disillusionment.
The adults in these stories can seem as hapless and helpless as the younger characters. Two neglected daughters use the language of clothes to cope with their parents' divorce and their father's mail-order bride. A young girl's bizarre sexual fantasies help her gain control over the chaos of her family life. A gang of teenagers accuse a farmer of bestiality. A divorced father tries to create a pony-filled world that might appeal to his daughters. In the title story, Mr. Bob, the minister's housesitter, loses a dog but finds someone to believe in. And in "Helping", the darkest story in this amazing collection, Ruthie's anger conquers her religious faith when she takes care of a severely disabled child.
We meet McNett's endearing, often foolish characters at a point when their minds are open to manipulation by the people and events around them, and the conclusions they draw are heartbreaking: I am not allowed weakness; life treats people unequally; perhaps there is no God. Yet throughout they find quiet moments of possibility, courage, and a return to faith and comfort.
The book is published by University of Iowa Press.
John Simmons Short Fiction Award
These are stories for people who love stories.
"One Dog Happy is charming and generous, smart and lovely, the gift of a subtle and compassionate writer to readers everywhere." (Charles D'Ambrosio, author, The Dead Fish Museum and Orphans)
"Molly McNett writes beautifully and movingly about characters at their most compromised. These clear-eyed and compassionate stories strike a wonderful balance between humor, insight, and toughness; each one is a surprise and a pleasure to read." (Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author, Madeleine Is Sleeping)
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For the small content box at the right of the screen for a Mini Content Area page type – I can't quite get the look I want using text, so I'd like to use in image there. The problem is that there is a large amount of padding / margin in that section.
Could you direct me to how I can modify these settings? It would be helpful even for the pages where I'm just using text.
add following code to css/custom.css and adjust the values to your needs:
.entry-mini {
width: 500px;
.entry-mini .box {
padding: 30px;
This might need a little more code, but I'm not sure. I do not find this reference in the CSS:
.entry-mini .box {
padding: 30px;
I found a .box. Changing the padding on that to 0 did get me part of the way there, but it:
+ Still left white space above, below, and to the right of the image
+ Also seemed to affect another element – the time/date box for the blog post was thrown off
Let me know. Thanks.
…and since you haven't answered yet I'll add one more request.
Could you let me know how to change the background color of the mini content area? Can't find that either.
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Mortgage prices are affected by a variety of factors, some of which potential borrowers understand a lot better than others. For example, most mortgage borrowers understand that the price of a mortgage is different for different mortgage types. On Sept. 10, for example, the best interest rate on mortgages with no fees was about:
—4.5 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate;
—3.75 percent for a 30-year adjustable rate with the rate fixed for 5 years;
—3.5 percent for a 15-year fixed-rate.
Most potential borrowers also understand that prices vary over time as economic conditions change. For example, the best rate on a no-fee 30-year fixed-rate was about:
—9.7 percent in September 1990;
—3.3 percent in December 2012;
—4.5 percent in September 2013.
Many potential borrowers do not, however, understand how the price of a specific type of mortgage at a specific point in time varies with the features of the transaction. There is always a "best price" for a transaction that is viewed as least risky to an investor, and then there is your price, which could be the best price but may well be higher.
A number of transaction features affect the price. The state in which the property is located affects the price because of differences in state laws relating to foreclosures and other factors that affect the cost of servicing a mortgage. These price differences are small, however.
The borrower's credit score has a major effect on price, as well as on the ability to qualify. This reflects the documented relationship between credit score and the probability of default.
Borrowers who refinance in order to take out cash also pay heavily for the privilege. The need to withdraw cash is viewed as an indicator of financial weakness, which increases the likelihood of default.
Loans secured by second homes are considered riskier than loans secured by a borrower's primary residence. The underlying presumption is that if the borrower's finances become strained, preserving the primary residence will have a higher priority. If the property is rented out, the price adjustment is even larger.
Loans secured by condominiums are considered riskier than loans secured by single-family loans. Condo owners bear additional risks associated with the financial status of the condominium project as a whole. Loans on 2- to 4-family homes are also priced higher because the additional units are rentals.
Borrowers shopping for a mortgage should compare the price of their loan with the best price, because there may be things they can do to reduce the price.
For example, a borrower with a credit score of 659 could reduce her mortgage price by raising her score by only 1 point, which might be possible merely by shifting some credit card balances from one card to another. Another borrower might find a less-costly way to raise cash once she realizes that the higher price of a cash-out refinance is paid on the entire new loan amount, not just on the loan increase required for the cash advance.
The price adjustment process also carries an important implication for borrowers who believe that they can shop for a mortgage by requesting loan officers or brokers to quote prices. Unless the request for a price quote is accompanied by a complete list of the relevant transaction features, the shopper will be quoted the unadjusted price. For many if not most borrowers, that is not helpful.1 comment on this story
So where can borrowers go to find out how the price of their transaction compares to the best available price? While the raw data are contained in the pricing systems of all lenders, distribution is limited to loan officers and mortgage brokers, who use it to price loans but (with some notable exceptions) not to educate borrowers. To fill this void, I recently added this facility to my website. To my knowledge, it is the only source of transaction-based price adjustments available on the Internet.
Jack Guttentag is professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Comments and questions can be left at http://www.mtgprofessor.com.
©2013 Jack Guttentag
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Hi out there,
just a quick question that I cannot find the answer for anywhere so maybe some of you can help me.
I have been teaching since 1998 and hold a CELTA and was awarded a VAE degree which the authorities in France do not recognise. Is it possible to correlate my experience into a Ba Ed or similar? My teaching time can be proven as well as published writing, course development et al...anyone know of anything? I am a UK citizen living in central Europe. Thanks.
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Historic no-hitter for Jimenez
He records first one for Colorado
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ATLANTA — Once Ubaldo Jimenez found the strike zone, the Atlanta Braves had no chance.
Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in the Rockies' 18-year history and the majors' first this season, getting help from a spectacular catch by Dexter Fowler in the seventh inning of a 4-0 win over the Braves last night.
"It is every pitcher's dream to be out there for nine innings and throw a no-hitter,'' Jimenez said.
Firing fastballs that reached at 98 miles per hour into the ninth, Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter since White Sox ace Mark Buehrle tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay July 23.
The Padres, Mets, and Rays are the remaining teams without a no-hitter.
After walking the leadoff batter in the fifth inning — his sixth walk — Jimenez began working exclusively out of the stretch.
"In the fifth inning, Bob Apodaca came to me and was like 'You've been throwing good from the stretch, why don't you just give it a try?' '' Jimenez said of his pitching coach's advice.
He retired the next 15 batters to end it, but the biggest assist he received was from Fowler, his center fielder.
With no outs in the seventh, Fowler made a diving catch in left-center on Troy Glaus's sinking line drive, the Braves best chance for a hit.
"The way he dove, I was like, 'Unbelievable,' '' Jimenez said.
Jimenez (3-0) gave Fowler, an Atlanta native, a big hug.
"I appreciated that,'' Fowler said.
Fowler said of the catch: "The ball hung up there long enough for me to go up there and get it. Usually if a ball goes up, I always think I had a chance to get it.''
There was no relief in the ninth, with the Braves' 2-3-4 hitters coming to the plate.
Martin Prado popped out to second baseman Clint Barmes, Chipper Jones hit a fly to left field, and Brian McCann grounded out to Barmes on Jimenez's majors-high 128th pitch.
Jimenez thrust his arms in the air and was swarmed by teammates as he celebrated history for himself and his franchise.
The 26-year-old righthander struck out seven and had an RBI single in the fourth inning.
Rockies manager Jim Tracy said he was worried as the walks piled up early in the game.
"Because it's only his third start of the season, I start looking at the [pitch count],'' Tracy said. "Is the pitch count intact enough to the point it doesn't become ridiculous and you run the risk of jeopardizing a young man's career?''
Jimenez began to establish himself as one of the majors' top young pitchers last year, when he went 15-12 with a 3.47 ERA and a team-best 218 innings to help the Rockies win the NL wild card. He has a 1.29 ERA in three starts this year.


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Last night, the organizers of Coachella took to Twitter to reveal its 2013 line-up.
The festival is staying with the format they debuted last year, which will again feature the many artists on the line-up holding down the polo fields for two weekends, April 12th to the 14th as well as the 19th and the 21st.
Some of the notable acts will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stone Roses, New Order, Modest Mouse, Tegan and Sara, Of Monsters and Men, and the Lumineers.
I thought I'd post a band from each day that I think you shouldn't miss.
First up on Friday, you shouldn't miss the Yeah Yeah Yeahs! They're are a great live act. When I saw them a couple years back at the Greek Theater, I was blown away. By far one of the best shows I've ever seen in Los Angeles.
I also have a love for Karen O, the frontwoman. She's got a great style on stage and is one of the best female performers there is today.
Also, one side note not to miss on Friday is a band from Vancouver called the Japandroids…they're a two piece that gives everything they have on stage.
On to Saturday, the Postal Service!
First of all I'm excited they're playing together again! I once had a chance to see them, but was trying to save a relationship so I decided to go to a NBA playoff game instead…much regret on that.
The Postal Service was formed by Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, who with producer Jimmy Tamborello, would send tracks back and forth in the mail, hence the name The Postal Service.
They also added a girl I very much love, Los Angeles' own, the very talented Jenny Lewis.
They released one album, "Give Up," which blew people's minds and then that was it, over and out. If you don't have that album, stop what you're doing and get it now!
To finish up on Sunday, you should check out The Gaslight Anthem.
They're a band from New Jersey who since being formed have put out nothing but great music.
Think Bruce Springsteen with a blend of punk rock mixed in, Bruce also happens to be a big fan of his home state musicians.
Passes to both weekends will go on sale starting January 29th at 10am.
Time to kick off the weekend with Surfer Stephen and his favorite viral videos! Check out some of his previous picks below:
- Cold Weather Everywhere Besides LA
- Coldplay 'Paradise' Live From Paris
- Jay-Z's Full Set At Barclays Center
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