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The Washington Post has yet another article based on Edward Snowden's documents revealing yet greater expansion in the US and UK spying apparatus.
According to the documents, the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, are using the small tracking files or "cookies" that advertising networks place on computers to identify people browsing the Internet. The intelligence agencies have found particular use for a part of a Google-specific tracking mechanism known as the "PREF" cookie. These cookies typically don't contain personal information, such as someone's name or e-mail address, but they do contain numeric codes that enable Web sites to uniquely identify a person's browser.
In addition to tracking Web visits, this cookie allows NSA to single out an individual's communications among the sea of Internet data in order to send out software that can hack that person's computer. The slides say the cookies are used to "enable remote exploitation," although the specific attacks used by the NSA against targets are not addressed in these documents.
Separately, the NSA is also using commercially gathered information to help it locate mobile devices around the world, the documents show. Many smartphone apps running on iPhones and Android devices, and the Apple and Google operating systems themselves, track the location of each device, often without a clear warning to the phone's owner. This information is more specific than the broader location data the government is collecting from cellular phone networks, as reported by the Post last week.
"On a macro level, 'we need to track everyone everywhere for advertising' translates into 'the government being able to track everyone everywhere,'" says Chris Hoofnagle, a lecturer in residence at UC Berkeley Law. "It's hard to avoid."

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The word "inappropriate" includes suggestive communication, either in person, via email, texting or sexual relations between a teacher and a student.
Alabama has a 50,000 teachers, and while those who cross the line make up only a small percentage of the people dedicated to the calling of educating our children.
They do harm that can affect a young life for lifetime.
Mary G. Montgomery teacher Alicia Gray apologized for blurring the line with a 14-year-old student before going to jail.
Spain Park High School teacher Stephanie Millard went to jail as well after admitting to having sex with a student.
Both teachers were convicted under Alabama's Newton Act, which Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian says was long overdue.
"It started being reported quite often, which was a real red flag that there was a problem," Christian said. "Generally, a problem that doesn't have a specific law that pertains to it, our legislature will create one. That's what happened, I think. They were trying to deter that type of activity in the past. If they were 16, there wasn't really a law that addressed that."
The law went into effect in 2010.
According to a graph showing criminal cases since Newton's Act, 30 cases were reported before the law, 89 cases have been reported since it was enacted.
"We are getting better reporting as a result of this now being criminalize," Crowther said.
Attorneys Susan Tudor Crowther and James Ward III are associates in the Office of General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Education.
Crowther's article "Hot For Teacher: When good teachers go bad" in a school board trade publication talks about a case that happened in Alabama in 2011.
"There was a shoplifting that had occurred, and they confiscated the phone as part of the search," Crowther said. "In the course of looking for messages to see if it had to do with the shoplifting, there was messages back and forth between the teacher and the student that was suggesting that they get together for an inappropriate relationship."
Crowther says the student was shoplifting condoms, and the teacher had been selected as Teacher of the Year before text messages revealed their relationship.
The mother of M.G.M teacher Alicia Gray's victim says that's what happened with her son.
Right now, teacher-student texting policies are left up to individual school districts in Alabama.
UAB clinical psychologist Dr. Josh Klapow tells parents it's better to err on the side of safety than on the side of privacy.
"When it all boils down, it is your child. They are living in your home, under your roof. They do not know how to navigate the world as you do," Klapow said. "As uncomfortable as you may feel, you still need to be in charge of their connections."
Even when the lines of communication are with their teachers.
To read the articles written by Crowther, click here and here.
To read a copy the memos sent out each quarter by the State Superintendent, click here, here and here.
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Calling all NYC yogis!
Do not miss out on two incredible opportunities to improve your practice with Raghunath at the brand new Yoga Vida NYC! Details below from the studio website:
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Learn to fly in this two part inversions workshop with Raghunath Cappo. Join Raghunath as he teaches the art of perfecting arm balances. Asanas that once seemed so intimidating will be dissected and de-mystified no matter what level you're at. You'll walk out with tools to perfect your practice, while enhancing your strength and grace. Come to either day, or both days! Part I is not a pre-requisite to Part II.
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We just beamed a signal at space aliens. Was that a bad idea?
In a valley eight miles southeast of the Norwegian city of Tromsø, a radar antenna has just transmitted a short bit of radio programming to potential alien listeners: some specially composed electronic music and a tutorial about geometry and the use of binary numbers.Read More
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Humbert Humbert (James Mason), a divorced British professor of French literature, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters), his widowed and sexually famished landlady, whom he marries in order that he might pursue the woman's 14-year-old flirtatious daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon), with whom he has fallen hopelessly in love, but whose affections shall be thwarted by a devious trickster named Clare Quilty (Peter Sellers).
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Thom Shepherd Talks With Dave About Outlaws & Legends, His New Single + More in Exclusive Interview
Thom Shepherd is one of my favorite people, and I've made it pretty clear that's how I feel. He's a kind, upbeat, positive person who also happens to be a heck of a songwriter and singer. So, needless to say, when it was time to set up interviews to promote the 3rd annual Outlaws & Legends Music Fest, I jumped at the chance to line up an interview with Thom.
The first part of our conversation included Thom catching us up on what's been happening since the last time we talked, about 4 months ago. "Things have been going good, my new single 'Simplify' is still working its way up the charts. It's at #11 this week, and it's at #14 on the Texas Music Chart, so doing great. Heading toward the Top 10, and things are going good. Doing a lot of shows and doing a lot of traveling.". But it's not all about promoting his own music, Shepherd is still shopping his music around to other artists, as he tells us, "One of the songs that's on that CD actually written with Kyle Park, called 'The Night Is Young' and it was his first #1 here recently…Kyle's record just came out this week and I've got two songs on that.". He also mentioned that his songs will be featured on upcoming CD's by Charla Corn, The Rankin Twins and a duet by country legends Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan. Remember folks, it's not name-dropping when it's all true. Check out part 1 here:
Thom Shepherd Interview – Part 1
In the second half of my Thom Shepherd interview, he gave us specifics about what his role is in the Outlaws & Legends Music Fest, explaining that he will actually have three performances. "Well, they've got us playing three times on Saturday…I guess we're like the in-between entertainment as they're changing acts out. We play at 6:15, right before Mark Powell, Jamie Richards and Lee Roy Parnell take the stage, and then we're playing at 8:00 right before Randy Rogers goes on. And then we're playing at 9:30, right before Merle Haggard takes the stage. So, you could look at it one way, you could say Randy Rogers is opening for us on that slot [laughs]…but not really.". Take a listen:
Thom Shepherd Interview – Part 2
Even if you're not familiar with his name, you're probably familiar with some of Thom Shepherd's songwriting. His biggest hit, Craig Morgan's 'Redneck Yacht Club' reached #2 on the country music charts in 2005. But he's written tons of other great songs recorded by the likes of Montgomery Gentry, Kevin Fowler, George Jones and several more. Now that Shepherd has shifted his focus on recording and performing his own music, people are starting to realize what a well-rounded talent he is. And you won't find a nicer guy, either. All the best to Thom, and I hope I get the privilege of talking with him again down the road.


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by Charles Sizemore | July 27, 2012 5:45 am
With yields on bonds and CDs so low as to almost be insulting, investors are finding themselves searching for income in places they might have never thought to look.
I've written extensively about dividend paying stocks and about dividend-focused ETFs in particular. Today, I'm going to cover an asset class that has historically been the domain of pension and endowment funds: preferred stock.
If you're not entirely sure what preferred stock is, don't feel bad. Chances are good that your broker or financial advisor has never mentioned it to you, and you're not going to read about them in the financial pages or hear about them on CNBC.
Preferred stock is not "stock" at all, at least in the way you are accustomed to thinking about it. Preferreds are hybrid securities that behave more like bonds than common stocks. Though the features vary from issue to issue, most preferreds fit the following description:
When you research potential investments in preferred stock, you approach them differently than you would regular common stock. For example, if you bought preferred shares rather than the common shares of General Motors (NYSE:GM[1]), you wouldn't particularly care if the company beats or misses earnings next quarter. Your only real concern is that the company earns enough cash to cover its preferred dividend.
Interest rate risk is also a far greater concern. Remember, unless you buy at a deep discount to the call price (which is rare), the dividend is your only source of return. A long period of rising rates could leave you with capital losses that you might never recover.
And frustratingly, the flip side of this relationship isn't always true. Depending on the preferred issue, you don't necessarily get to benefit from prolonged falling rates. In the case of callable preferreds, the company has the right to buy the stock back at the call price. It hardly seems fair, but investors suffer the pain of rising rates without enjoying the benefits of falling rates.
And finally, you have to consider why a company would issue preferred stock at all. Preferred stock dividends are not "expenses" in an accounting sense. So why wouldn't a company just issue bonds and benefit from the tax write-off that comes with interest expense?
The uncomfortable answer is that they generally already have too much debt. This is particularly true of the financial sector, where banks use preferred stock as a way to appease regulators who require a certain percentage of "Tier 1" capital.
So, preferred stocks are not for everyone. They can even be a little tricky to buy for the uninitiated, as many do not have standard ticker symbols. You have to look them up by cusip number instead.
Even with all of these caveats, many investors are attracted to preferred shares for the high current income. And if you are going to buy preferreds, an ETF is not a bad way to do so. Through a preferreds ETF, you get instant diversification. The table below summarizes some of the popular ETF options:
|Exchange-Traded Fund
|iShares US Preferred Stock Index
|PowerShares Preferred Portfolio
|Market Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials
|Global X SuperIncome Preferred
Of the four securities listed, only the iShares US Preferred Stock ETF (NYSE:PFF[2]) and the PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (NYSE:PGX[3]) have much in the way of trading history. The MarketVectors Preferred Securities Ex-Financials (NYSE:PFXF[4]) and Global X SuperIncome Preferred (NYSE:SPFF[5]) both began trading only this month, showing how popular this sector has become of late.
With this exception of PFXF, all the other ETFs have a very high weighting in the financial sector. For better diversification, it might be advisable to purchase PFXF in addition to your choice of one of the remaining three. Though it yields slightly less than the others, my choice of the financial-heavy preferred ETFs would be PFF due to its greater liquidity and longer trading history.
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Hey Sassi why don't you call Dixie from VTG and ask her if you can still join VTG Hosted Singles eventhough you have already bought your ticket. Her mother recently died so she may let you join us by doing what is called a "Cross reference" from regular cruiser to Hosted Singles. I think you can only do that if you bought your cruise tickets from VTG. GIVE IT A TRY!!!
I am sure you and your mom will enjoy having dinner with us women and she can enjoy the company of the older gals like me. I usually hang out with the women as buddies. There are always singles who have recently lost a loved one. I know you and your mom are still mourning your loss. I am really sorry for your loss. I am sure your father wants you to go on with your life. Your mom will be crying on the ship because that is natural because she and you had a major loss. When my son died 9yrs ago I still moved on with my life. I have met several women on cruise ships who were invited to cruise when they lost their husbands. Eventhough they were enjoying the cruise they still cried for their loss. It is very normal to cry when you lose a loved one. I cried for my son everywhere I went but I still went on with my life.
Hosted Singles is about us singles just hanging out together. You and your mom can be part of the group by hanging out with us single women.
You don't need to talk with the men if you don't want to do that.
I am not looking for a man.... I am looking just to have fun with THE GROUP. It only takes one phone call to find out if you and your mom can join us. Please make that call. You and your mom can do your own thing most of the time but just have dinner with us Singles. Whatever you feel like doing will be okay. Send me a private message if you make the call to VTG. Angel Gal
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Knoblochs are good, but nothing i have seen beats Ez 100 By Bruce Rittel.
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The Mobile World Congress was solid this year with key initiatives that focused on driving service creation velocity for service providers. There was concentration this year on virtualization, automation, orchestration, centralized management (across network layers), cloud platforms, and the usual suspects of wireless access and new devices.
While we talk about these initiatives at MWC, we cannot avoid Cisco's (NASDAQ:CSCO) new open, extensible, and Elastic Evolved Services Platform (ESP), a virtualization and orchestration software platform.
The Move
Cisco is trying hard to address effective automation and self-provisioning solutions through its unified Evolved Service Platform (ESP). Therefore, it has launched new services on the ESP that includes a cloud-based DVR service for SP video and a virtualized version of the evolved packet core (EPC) for 4G networks, which undoubtedly remains a key barrier to SP innovation in the ongoing digital world.
Furthermore, UBS analyst Amitabh Passi recently said that Cisco's Evolved Service Platform (ESP), is a software platform that ties the underlying It infrastructure to applications in a highly automated behavior. The initial ecosystem partners for ESP are Broadsoft, Intel, Metaswitch, and Openwave. Now Cisco is with its key strategic investment is looking for to acquire some of these initial players that will certainly boost its revenue in the coming years.
However, Cisco does differentiate itself on ESP with different purchasing models that include virtualized functions, virtualized functions along with service orchestration, virtualized function plus orchestration.
With this functionality being virtualized on x86 compute platforms, Cisco certainly carries an edge over its peers and will benefit from increased UCS sales, as well as from its additional role in services.
However, with the world moving towards network function virtualization (NFV) Cisco has enough potential to open up the market for its virtualized services and to create a new market that will substantially provide enough market growth opportunity for the company and help in gaining additional market share.
Additionally, where most of the vendors announcing virtualized functions Cisco make difference with its virtual platforms comparable to the ESP which no one has announced except Cisco. And it has observed that though the initial use cases for virtualization varies some of its service chaining such as M2M, VoLTE, vEPC, and cloud DVR has picked up the momentum of late.
What it means
It represents a fundamental shift in the way service providers' networks will be built and can result in significant operational cost savings through advanced automation capabilities and new revenue-generating opportunities from being able to personalize services. Meanwhile, Cisco Quantum Virtualized Packet Core (Quantum vPC), a software solution of the new Cisco ESP that virtualizes key capabilities of the Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 5000 Series, has passed portability testing with Berlin-based European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC).
This functionality test emphasized that leading mobile Internet intelligence capabilities can be extended by service providers in their networks and allow them to offer a range of new services such as machine-to-machine (M2M) and sponsored data will definitely help Cisco gaining market share for the company.
Also, the EANTC tests confirmed that the virtualized and physical evolved packet core (EPC) solution that supports the same features and functions as the Cisco Quantum vPC is completely hypervisor and hardware independent.
The tests further confirmed that the Cisco Quantum vPC uses the same management software and interface that supports integrated services, such as network address translation, firewall and deep packet inspection.
However, the adoption of ESP as well as NFV may take time. For network functions virtualization (NFV), the simplistic notion of taking several network "functions" that reside on different hardware platforms and virtualizing them to create a more elastic infrastructure, thus suggesting it is still early days for adoption.
While larger operators like Telefonica and AT&T are starting to work with a host of vendors, firm decisions and deployments at scale are still further out as many issues around deployment, service, support, and organizational ownership still need to be resolved.


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PALMETTO, Fla. -- The Palmetto city commission is expected to continue discussions Monday on 2 proposed noise ordinances.
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The city began discussions concerning the ordinances out of fear some businesses are getting out of control with noise.


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The efficiency and effectiveness of social spending in the EU-27 and the OECD – a 2011 reanalysis
In this contribution, we look again at the trajectory and the efficiency of the 'European social model' (EMS). We re-apply an econometric methodology, which was already used in the study Herrmann, Heshmati et al., 2008, 2009. In that study, the authors said that apart from Finland and the Netherlands, some new EU-27 member countries, especially the Czech Republic and Slovenia, provided some answers to the question about the efficiency of state expenditures in reducing poverty rates, while countries like the Federal Republic of Germany achieved only a mediocre ranking. Considering the fact that social expenditures often amount to ¼ or even 1/3 of the GDP in advanced Western democracies, this question has acquired new and additional importance during the current international debt crisis, affecting several European countries such as Greece. Put in simple terms: aren't the Germans, French … also throwing a lot of money out of the window, while the world is now fixed on the Greeks? The most influential social science journal article on the subject, mentioning the ESM in the title, was written by Scharpf, 2002 and maintains that efforts to adopt European social policies are politically impeded by the diversity of national welfare states, differing not only in levels of economic development and hence in their ability to pay for social transfers and services but, even more significantly, in their normative aspirations and institutional structures. Hyman, 2005, even says that there is simply no agreement what 'social Europe' means in the first place, let alone how it should be defended against the challenges inherent in the neoliberal approach to economic integration. Jepsen and Pascual, 2005 were equally sceptical about the subject. They even maintain that the very use of the concept under scrutiny here – the EMS - in the academic and political debate is simply a rhetorical resource intended to legitimize the politically constructed and identity-building project of the EU institutions. In our re-analysis of the underlying issues, we first come to the conclusion that the USA not only had lower unemployment and higher economic growth rates than the EU-15. Globalization inflows were smaller than in the EU-15, and – most importantly – the tendency towards sectoral inequality as a proxy for overall inequality was less pronounced than in the EU-15. The average, unweighted performance of the other Western democracies rather resembles the European performance. So the dire fact number one, established in this essay, is that during globalization, the 'European social model' is not better avoiding the ills of inequality than the USA or other Western democracies. Following the methodology, developed in Herrmann et al., 2008, 2009, and based on the latest Eurostat data, we then come to the conclusion that currently European social policy only lifts 6.80% of the total European population, i.e. 29.44% of the poor population, out of poverty. A very huge amount of money is required for this. Social transfers amount to ¼ of the European GDP in 2006. To lift just 1% of the population out of poverty, a staggering 3.66% of the GDP is now needed on the level of the EU-27. We also show that Sweden, Luxembourg, Finland, Spain, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and France currently spend 5% or more of their GDP to lift just 1% of the population out of poverty. In most EU-27 member countries, only 1/3 or less of the poor population are lifted out of poverty by social transfers. I.e. 2/3 or more of the population are practically not reached by this gigantic machinery EMS, which consumes ¼ of European GDP. In accordance with Herrmann et al. 2008, 2009, we also analyze the OECD figures on how much it costs to lift 1% of the population out of poverty. Our analysis reveals that there are only many different single experiences and models of social policy, and these experiences do not confirm stereotypes, typologies or other generalized approaches. Our conclusions from the data for 2003 suggest that very efficient models, like the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, but also Luxembourg, Hungary and Poland, have to be contrasted by the laggards and high-cost models, like Spain and Mexico, but also Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand, and South Korea. The comparison of the aggregate efficiency parameters would even suggest that there was a convergence of efficiency trends from the mid-1980s onwards across the Atlantic. Again applying the politometric methods, developed in the study Hermann et. al. 2008, 2009, we document the fact that the PIIGS – i.e. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain, which currently are at the centre of the financial storm, affecting Europe (Baglioni and Cherubini, 2010; Andrade and Chhaochharia, 2010; and Zemanek, 2010), do not perform well on our refined social protection expenditure effectiveness indicator. The five leading countries according to our analysis with the latest Eurostat 2008 data are Hungary; Slovakia; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; and Poland, which are all new member states of the Union. The least efficient social sectors are to be found in Latvia, Estonia, the UK and Greece. We also present data from a re-analysis of the UNICEF report (2007) on child poverty in advanced countries. Based on a standard SPSS XVIII principal component analysis of the UNICEF variables, and weighting the five resulting factors according to their contribution in explaining the total variance of the model we arrive at the conclusion that there is no evidence which would suggest that there is a single European social model, to be distinguished from the rest of other Western countries. Not surprisingly, the Scandinavians and North-west Europeans lead the way: Finland; Sweden; Netherlands; Switzerland and Denmark. The most lamentable situation of young people was to be encountered in the Baltic Republics, the USA and Japan. Confronted with the dire fact that neither the European political class, nor the academic community have come up with convincing evidence on the European social model (EMS), we arrive at the final conclusion that the ESM hardly exists.
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Strange how ideas just seem to pop up right after a good nights sleep. It is almost as if the brain had been processing ideas and fragmented thoughts through the night while the body is asleep. This is a fin concept for the "Chinese Flying Fish Sculpture" that I am currently working on. I grabbed a pen and with the first cup of coffee and draw it out like it had been just sitting there just waiting for me to sketch it up.


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I always find humor in watching other peoples reactions to odd situations. I was on my way home from work the other day and stopped in at Rosaurs. I passed a slightly newer version of my car in the parking lot with a lil ol lady in the drivers seat. (I always get crap for driving a "granny car"). Both of our windows were rolled down as we passed each other so I said "Nice car!" She laughed and replied "Wanna race?" Trying to not be out badassed by a grandma I made what I call the "BMS Thad face" and turned up my radio… blasting Rage Against the Machine… she laughed.
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Hello all,
I'm new to Tom Bihn bags -- having only discovered them recently -- but am not new to the quest for a perfect system to carry around my laptop. My livelihood is computer programming, so the main requirement I have of any bag is that it transport my machine, anywhere I need to take it, in safety and security. I've learned the hard way that comfort and quality are nearly as important, which is what started me on this quest.
From that perspective, I'd like to review the Smart Alec. I purchased it with a Brain Cell, iPad Cache w/ rails, upper & lower modular pockets, and 3 small organizer pouches. It cost somewhere around $350 all told.
My first thoughts on opening the box were that this is certainly a well-made product. My second thought was that the back straps seemed a little skimpy compared to other bags I've used. However, usage, and education about seam-stitching and bar tacks, has completely reversed me on that second thought. Simply put, these are the best back straps I've encountered, and the most comfortable that I've used on any bag. In fact, they are not just comfortable: my back actually feels better with the pack on than off! I'm not sure how that works exactly, but I look forward to putting it on each day. It has come to be one of my favorite things about the bag, which I would not have expected from the beginning. To give you a point of reference, I'm 6'1" 190 lbs with fairly broad shoulders.
I also *love* the fact that I can reduce the amount of hardware on the bag. I'm so tired of bags that look like a "strap medusa", waiting to turn me into stone if I look too hard.
In terms of laptop safety and security, I give this bag top marks all around. It gets banged into doors, accidentally dropped, has stuff put on top of it, etc., and I have no worries. The only bag I've had with better security was a Zero Halliburton, but I gave up on it due to weight and shoulder discomfort. The iPad Cache on rails is also a very welcome addition. In the past I've kept the iPad in a dedicated padded pouch, but it would swim around in the bag and I always feared a scenario were lateral pressure would somehow crack the screen. The rails system in the Smart Alec keeps the iPad in the exact same position and orientation (mid bag, off the bottom), giving me as much safety and security for that piece of tech as I could hope for.
I also purchased the upper and lower modular pockets, in order to have extra storage options while traveling. At first I thought I'd keep them on the bag at all times, but I don't use them enough to justify the weight (together they add 3/4 lbs to the bag when empty). I prefer to keep only what is necessary in the bag, to maximize ease and comfort while toting it around.
The stitching and materials are a dream compared to other bags. I think 1050 ballistic nylon is now my favorite bag fabric. I ordered a Side Effect in 1050 as well (which I'm not reviewing here) and sometimes I like to just sit and touch it to feel the fabric under my skin. I just wish the SA had no Cordura on the outside -- which gets dirty far too quickly -- and instead had 1050 over the whole exterior. Oh, and the nylon/dyneema fabric chosen for the interior is simply amazing! I love the color (my bag is black/black/steel) and the feel against my fingers as I bring things in and out. Plus, the high strength of this fabric relieves any worries about damaging it as I shove stuff things in or pull them out.
As for as internal organization, I like that there are only two external pockets, and that one of them is a giant empty pocket for a water bottle (I more often have an AC charger in there than a water bottle). The only negative in this respect is the "kangaroo pocket" at the bottom of the main part of the bag. I don't use this for anything, and my fingers are constantly catching on it while grabbing for things at the bottom of the bag. I'm half-tempted to tape it closed so I won't be bothered by it anymore. Oh, and I love all the O-rings everywhere. Makes it easy to add pouches and other quick-to-get items inside the giant storage area.
Is it worth $350? Given the value of what it's protecting, how often I'll use it, and how long I expect to use it for, I would pay 3x that and consider it money well spent. I realize it may be a large figure compared to other bags, or to pay "sight unseen" since you're ordering it online; but after a few months of usage -- and compared to all the other expensive bags I've owned in my quest for something truly useful -- $350 is a bargain in my opinion. It's really only $30/month for the first year, or $3/month for the ten years in which I fully expect to enjoy this pack.
Tom, you've made something I can truly enjoy using for my money, and that is really the highest praise I can give for an item designed for its utility.


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Camp counselor Cherie Wallace and her hoard of campers knew something was wrong when they jogged by the soccer net at Osceola School on the first Monday of June.
At first, the children, all students in the Parks and Rec summer camp program, thought a dead hawk was entangled in the netting.
As they got closer, the children realized the bird was actually an owl, so still that they were sure he was dead.
The counselor called in Jose Caridge, the school's maintenance worker, to examine the bird. He, too, thought the bird was dead until he touched it and its brilliant yellow eyes opened.
That's when he called in help from H.A.W.K.E., the wildlife rescue center in Elkton. H.A.W.K.E. stands for Humane Association of Wildlife Care and Education.
Soon after, H.A.W.K.E. President Melanie Cain-Stage arrived and helped Caridge untangle the owl.
"He was not fun to catch," said Cain-Stage. "He is a teenage bird and was very feisty."
They don't know how long the young owl was trapped, since he was found on a Monday and could have possibly been there all weekend. They did know he was exhausted and hungry.
Cain-Stage transported the owl back to the rescue center, where she gave him the name Beckham in honor of David Beckham, the famous soccer player. After examining him, she found that he had parasites and a wound on his right wing. He also needed to be wormed and fed.
For the next three weeks, he recuperated and fattened up on a diet of 20 mice a day.
During his recuperation he moved from a small cage, where he could not stretch his wings, to an outside cage where he could get strong for his release, which happened Wednesday back at Osceola, where his saga began.
As Cain-Stage walked onto the playground Wednesday morning, she had the students form a half circle around her. Summer school students and summer campers, including those who discovered Beckham, gathered around, chatting excitedly.
Just before Cain-Stage released the owl, she counted down, 3, 2, 1, and then released Beckham, who fluttered above the crowd for a several seconds before taking off toward some trees, dipping slightly as he flew away to the backdrop of cheers and clapping from the children.
"I've seen a lot of owls before," said 9-year-old Matthew Hill. "But that was the most beautiful one I've ever seen."
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wikiHow to Make an Olive Oil and Salt Conditioning Treatment for Nails
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Nails can be conditioned and strengthened with olive oil and salt, along with a bit of a soak.[1] This olive oil and salt conditioning dip for your nails can be made up beforehand and used while watching a favorite show or listening to music as you relax.
- 1 to 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or vegetable oil)
Part 1
Making the Fingernail Conditioning Dip
1Place a round and deep bowl onto your work space. Check that you are able to dip your hands in the bowl, with ease.
2Add about 1 to 2 cups of water. The amount depends on how long your fingers are.
3Add 2 tablespoons of salt. You can add more than 2 tablespoons if needed.
4Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- If you don't have olive oil, then you can use vegetable oil in its place.
5Mix the ingredients together. Keep stirring until the salt is dissolved completely.
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Using the Fingernail Conditioning Dip
1Dip your hands in it for about 10 to 20 minutes. If you can soak for longer, that's even better.
2Wash your hands after soaking. Finish up by applying your favorite moisturizer.
3Repeat this method for a few days in a row or every few days over a few weeks. The need depends on your observed nail growth. It should help to condition and strengthen your nails as part of a healthy self-care regime of a nutritious diet, exercise and appropriate hygiene.
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Car crash fatalities around Wyoming are up by almost 20 this year. Sergeant John Townsend says while there is not necessarily one particular cause for these higher numbers:
He reminds drivers that this is an especially precarious time of year:
The most recent accident, which happened in Carbon County, resulted in the 147th car crash fatality for the year. Last year at this same time Wyoming's fatality count was at 128.


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If our boyfriends were secretly dating[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Robyn [/lastfm]and broke it up with us, we'd understand. The Swedish pop star's new video for "Call You Girlfriend" from Body Talk makes it kind of hard for us not to fall in immediate love with Robyn–if we hadn't already.
Also impossible: Not wanting to rent out a warehouse and dance maniacally in a fuzzy sweater.
Robyn, We see what you did there with the floor pump and the lyric "don't you tell her how I give you something that you never even knew you missed." This video is full of beautiful subtleties like that.
Like how she did it all in one cut. Girl is amazing.
Hands up if you are tempted to learn all the choreography!
Need more Robyn? She is putting out a new single with[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Rye Rye[/lastfm] on June 7th. Weeeeeeeee!


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Cloud Vitamin Cream's mission is as simple and pure as its ingredients - help people achieve happier and healthier lives by making them comfortable and safe in the beautiful skin they're in. Each of Cloud's unique vitamin skincare products offers unique replenishing and protective properties to treat and limit the effects of time and sun exposure.
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Now that American Idol has whittled itself down to just 20 contestants, the experts are finally voicing their opinions.
"The show sucks, the host sucks, the judges suck, the contestants suck," a music critic from Rolling Stone told reporters on Friday morning.
In a survey of 200 respected music critics around the country, 78% said that the contestants are the suckiest element of the show.
"This year sucks. And last year sucked. And next year will suck," another critic said.
In a candid interview, Paula Abdul told reporters, "Yes it sucks. But it has sucked for a few years now. We are just trying to milk it for all it's worth."
On last night's results show, an even suckier element was added: a new video featuring Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul performing a song that sucks.
Even Jackson agreed that the video and song sucked. "Dog, that shit sucked. It sucked ass. But it sucked so much ass that it was hot."
Simon Cowell told reporters that "the show has always sucked. In fact, American music sucks in general. I don't know why I do this crap. I will tell you that I don't drink Coke out of that cup during the show. That helps a lot."
The survey of music critics indicated that no matter which contestant wins, they have already given that contestant's new album a sucky review.
It seems that the only people who haven't realized the show sucks are the 24 million dumbasses that voted the other night. Them and Ryan Seacrest.


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Radha Regent, Chennai
The Lobby Cafe
This 24 hour restaurant evokes the opulence of gracious southern dining and takes you through an exhilarating gastronomic experience. The Cafe is famous for its exotic buffets and Sunday Brunch. The a la carte menu features pre-plated main courses with cuisine from most regions of the world. Serenading live music adds to the elegance.
The Oriental Blossom
The Oriental Blossom is undoubtedly one of Chennai's finest specialty Chinese restaurants. The focus is on flavour using original recipes of the two most prolific regions in China, namely Szechwan and Cantonese. The restaurant is popular for its Teppanyaki Grill where nine people can sit around and witness a jaw-dropping, artistic culinary performance at work. The sprawling interiors are chicly designed with grey-black floor tiles, bright red glass tiles surrounding the live Teppanyaki grill and gold fabric canopies. An abundance of natural light filtering through frosted glass and bamboo plants creates an atmosphere of elegance, making it a charming venue to also host business lunches or dinners.
Geoffrey's, The Pub
A metro centric pub chain which is a contemporary interpretation of a typical old world English Pub, Geoffrey's provides an authentic English dining experience with its wooden-panel floors, carpeting and soft, soothing music. The collection of spirits is enviable and the multi cuisine menu is and extremely satisfying.
Aura - The Lounge Bar
Aura conveys comfort and intimacy through beach wood furniture and panelling, art deco interiors, natural light and soothing lounge music. An amazing range of exotic cocktails, international wines, draught beer, mocktails and appetizers serve every mood.
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So, instead of just trying to shield your organization from outside intruders, you may want to focus security efforts equally (if not more) on stopping in-house thieves.
When it comes to preventing in-house fraud, knowledge is power. Here's a sketch of whom and what to watch out for:
Most common perpetrators
Position: Lower-level employees account for 68 percent of all workplace fraud, compared with managers (34 percent) and execs (12 percent).
Tenure: Employees with longer tenures tend to steal more. Two reasons: they've likely advanced to a higher position and have earned supervisors' trust. The more autonomy and authority an employee receives, the greater fraud risk.
Gender: Males commit only slightly more workplace fraud (53 percent) than females (47 percent). But men take nearly three times more than women when they steal.
Age: Nearly half of perpetrators of workplace fraud are over age 40. And older employees, typically because of their rank, collect more in their scams.
Background: Workplace scam artists typically don't have criminal backgrounds (83 percent have clean records), but they do feel underpaid and unhappy on the job. About one-third of all fraud is committed by a team of two or more employees.
Most common schemes
More than two-thirds of all occupational fraud involves some form of fraudulent disbursement of funds. Here are the top five categories to watch out for:
1. Billing schemes. Employee submits invoices for fake goods, inflates invoices or submits invoices for personal items.
2. Payroll schemes. Employee makes false claim for compensation.
3. Expense reimbursement schemes. Employee makes claim for fake or inflated business expenses.
4. Check tampering. Employee forges, alters or steals a company check.
5. Register schemes. Employee makes false entries on a cash register to conceal stealing cash.


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This page is not an inclusive list of program policies. Please visit the Policies page for this information.
What is Intramural Sports?
The Intramural Sports Program is a program offered by the Department of Recreation & Wellness and is directed by the Assistant Director for Intramural and Club Sports. We offer a variety of competitive and recreational activities for the campus population. Games are played against other UNC Greensboro students. Some activities include flag football, basketball, soccer and volleyball.
Who is eligible to play intramural sports?
Intramural Sports is offered to all currently enrolled fee-paying students free of charge and everyone is encouraged to participate. Each student must show a valid UNC Greensboro ID card in order to participate. Intramural Sports is also open to faculty and staff who are members of the Kaplan Center.
What leagues are offered?
Currently, the Intramural Sports Program offers Open, Men's, Women's and CoRec leagues. In an attempt to meet the competitive needs of our participants, both competitive and recreational divisions are offered. To see a list of what activities are available, please visit the Sign-Up Dates and Times page.
What is the difference between CoRec and Open leagues?
Both CoRec and Open leagues are comprised of both men and women playing together on the same team. Many sports offer CoRec divisions, including indoor volleyball, indoor soccer, outdoor soccer, and basketball. CoRec leagues have specific requirements regarding the number of men and women on a team. Open leagues do not have gender requirements for teams.
Please refer to the Rules page for sport specific questions regarding team rosters.
How do you sign up?
Both individuals and teams are welcome to sign up. Sign-up dates are listed in the Recreation & Wellness calendar or on the Intramural Sports Sign-Up Times page.
Registration Information
- Team's must complete the on-line registration form before registration closes for the sport.
- In order for a team to reserve a spot in the league, the team registration form must be completed in its entirety. For special events, an entry fee may be required. Registration for these events will not be considered complete if the entry fee has not been paid.
- Teams will sign up for their desired night of play when completing the on-line registration form. Nights of play will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. (Spots cannot be held for incomplete registration forms). You may view the Play Schedule online.
- One team representative must attend the mandatory captain's meeting for the desired sport. Failure to attend the meeting will result in a team becoming ineligible to participate in playoffs.
I want to sign-up, but I don't have a team.
If you are interested in playing in a sport, but do not have a team, you may register as a Free Agent. To register as a Free Agent, you will need to complete the on-line registration form. There is no fee to register as a Free Agent. Free Agents should attend the captain's meeting for the sport they are interested in playing so that teams still looking for players can find you. In the event that enough Free Agents register to form a Free Agents team, you will be contacted by a member of the Intramural Sports Staff.
Intramural Sports does not guarantee that you will be able to play if you sign up as a free agent. We will try our best to place you on a team.
When do games take place?
Games generally take place Sunday through Thursday from 4:00pm – 11:00pm. Teams may play once or twice a week.
Where do games take place?
Intramural Sports games take place at the Kaplan Center or on the Recreation Field. The Recreation Field is located on the south side of the baseball stadium. Sand Volleyball games are played at the Outdoor Courts located north of the Soccer Stadium along the Irwin Belk Recreation Track.
Is there an entry fee?
Most intramural leagues & events are free of charge to participate in. Some special events may require an entry fee. This information will be provided with the registration materials.
What does a forfeit mean and how can I avoid getting one?
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A book is a book is a book
When APEC, the economy or the holidays bring your life to a grinding halt, hey, be happy for the chance to curl up with a book, be it in digital or–brace yourselves–paper form. Even the big new bio of the late father of Apple has come out in print, leading Stephen Colbert to repeatedly swipe at the cover photo of Steve Jobs to no avail. And, A History of the World in 100 Objects, a new book from the British Museum, includes a Hawaiian feather helmet from the 18th century. In James Houston's A Queen's Voyage, reviewed in this issue, a deposed Queen Liliuokalani explains to a Boston reporter about her red-gold lei: "The feathers are only found in one place, under the wings of nectar-sucking forest birds…so they are rare and very precious." And so it is with the books we love.
Enter the world of a book, even if it's Hard Times, and escape, or gain perspective on, today's hard times: recession, joblessness, the death of publishing, the homeless and protesters swept out of sight. And, we've got authors to support. One of our local writers, Kiana Davenport, was featured recently by The New York Times when Penguin canceled the publication of her new novel and sought the return of the advance they'd paid her. Why? Earlier this autumn, Davenport self-published an e-book, Cannibal Nights, a collection of her short stories, and refused to withdraw it from publication at Penguin's demand. The result, not unfamiliar but no less distressing to writers and readers, is another voice suppressed, another form of free expression–so many writers' hopes have lately found a lifeline in the self-published e-book–chilled.
As chroniclers and critics of society, tellers of truth and unveilers of hidden pasts, writers are, to put it mildly, not always popular with the powerful. Instead, in addition to the support of the common reader, writers find sustenance from independent and community-minded booksellers and from one another, in venues such as Talk Story festivals, Aloha Shorts on HPR and other local literary events, and writers' workshops, all of which are featured in this issue. Workshops were invaluable to her own development as a writer, says Kaui Hart Hemmings, author, of course, of The Descendants, which has newly been reissued as a paperback in advance of the film's release later this month. When Hemmings' novel came out, she told The Weekly, local reaction was mixed. Some complained it was only about haoles (even though the fictional family has Hawaiian blood, and the novel doesn't otherwise mention characters' ethnicity). Others, scions of landed clans, complained the book was about them. It's a work of fiction, mind you, but when did that ever stop people taking offense?
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Henry C K Liu: The Race Toward Barbarism
Henry C K Liu is chairman of the New York-based Liu Investment Group. He writes on the Asia Times Online:
Actually, East Asian societies often exhibit behaviors and attitudes just the opposite of the supposed salient features of Confucian modernity indicate. Indeed, having been humiliated by imperialism and colonialism for decades, the rise of East Asia, on the surface at least, blatantly displays some of the most negative aspects of Western modernism with a vengeance: exploitation, mercantilism, consumerism, materialism, greed, egoism and brutal competitiveness.
Nevertheless, as the first non-Western region to become modernized, the cultural implications of the rise of "Confucian" East Asia are far-reaching. The modern West as informed by the Enlightenment mentality provided the initial impetus for worldwide social transformation. The historical reasons that prompted the modernizing process in Western Europe and North America are not necessarily structural components of modernity. Surely, Enlightenment values such as instrumental rationality, liberty, rights consciousness, due process of law, privacy and individualism are all universalizable modern values. However, as the Confucian example suggests, "Asian values" such as sympathy, distributive justice, duty-consciousness, ritual, public-spiritedness and group orientation are also universalizable modern values. Just as the former ought to be incorporated into East Asian modernity, the latter may turn out to be a critical and timely reference for the American way of life.


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Canadian Milos Raonic advanced to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open Friday in Indian Wells, Calif.
Raonic, ranked 37th in the world and a wild-card entry at the event, beat Marsel Ilhan of Turkey 6-2, 7-6 (4) for his first career win in the main draw of a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.
Despite finishing with a first-serve percentage below 50, Raonic was able to get past the 120th-ranked Turk for his 15th win of the season.
It was also the 15th time the 20-year-old has played a tiebreaker this year. He has a 12-3 record in tiebreaks, tops on the ATP Tour.
Raonic will face American Mardy Fish, the 13th seed, in the second round Sunday. Fish had a first-round bye.
It will be the second meeting between Raonic and Fish in less than a month. In February, Raonic beat Fish in the semifinals of a tournament in Memphis.
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal and second-seeded Roger Federer are also competing in the BNP Parabis Open.


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Ally McCoist delighted Jelavic bid was rejected by Rangers
Manager Ally McCoist has confirmed Rangers did receive an offer "in the region" of £9million for Nikica Jelavic on transfer deadline day.
The Croatian striker was the subject of interest from an unnamed club hours before the window shut after the Scottish champions had previously rejected a bid of £6.5million from Leicester.
McCoist has admitted relief at retaining the services of one of his key players, who he credits with having a major role in Rangers winning the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title last season.
Asked if Jelavic was the subject of a £9million bid, McCoist said: "There was certainly a bid that came in.
"I can't say the exact figure but it was certainly in that region. I don't know the exact figures to be honest, I was only interested in the fact that it was turned down.
"We are all delighted that Nikica hasn't left and I speak for the supporters, the players and the management staff.
"It would have been a massive blow for us to lose Nikica but thankfully we haven't."
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell appeared to mock the reported big-money interest in Jelavic the following day when he said: "Well, last night we got a £29million offer for (Gary) Hooper. From an unknown agent, from an unknown club, from another universe."
Responding to those comments, McCoist said: "I'm over it. Peter was, I think, having a laugh and a joke.
"Who am I to say nobody is allowed to have a laugh and a joke?
"It's absolutely fine. There are no problems at all with me with Peter's comments."
However, Rangers have been dealt a blow with the news that Jelavic is out of today's league game at Dundee United after returning from international duty with Croatia with a knee injury.
McCoist said: "He won't travel with us. He is just feeling the effects of the international break and he's not 100 per cent.
"We will give him another 48 hours and the doctor will have a look at him again on Sunday morning.
"We are hopeful it's just a little bit of a knock, which it looks like at this moment in time.
"There is a little bit of puffiness but nothing major so I would be hopeful he will be involved in next week's Old Firm game."
Meanwhile, John Fleck will remain at Rangers at least until January after a loan move to Sheffield United fell through.
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By Josh Bronson
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The Del Norte Warriors' wrestling team finished ninth overall at the 24th annual Battle of the Border wrestling tournament held at Del Norte High School on Saturday.
With the football team still playing deep into the season, the Warriors were missing some of their big guys on Saturday.
Although the Warriors were without most of their heavyweights, it was the smallest guy on the team that led the Warriors.
Andrew Walker, who was the number one seed at the 103-pound weight class, pinned all three of his oppenents on the day to take home the championship.
After a first round bye, Walker pinned Josh Storbeck of Marshfield in a lightening-quick 20 seconds - the second fastest pin on the day.
In the semifinals, Walker pinned Aaron Greed of Arcata in 2:39.
And in the championship match, Walker pinned Chris Culver of Illinois Valley in 1:06.
Walker qiuckly took down Culver with a fireman's carry and pinned him with a head-and-arm midway through the first period.
The other Warrior to make it to the championship match was Joe Kravitz at 145 pounds.
Kravitz faced top-seeded Jerrad Miller in the championship, but was unable to score a point in his 7-0 loss.
After a first round pin, Kravitz won two close decisions in the next two rounds.
In round two, he had a 4-2 victory over Joey Marroletti of North Medford and in the semifinals, he pulled out a 5-3 decision over Cody Miller of Brookings-Harbor.
Grant Ivison, at the 112-pound weight class, ended the day with a third place finish. In the third place match, Ivison defeated Shawn Barton of Grants Pass with a 14-6 majority decision. His only loss of the day was to second-seeded Dusty Culver of Illinois Valley in the semifinals.
Other Warriors who placed on the day were Josh Lacey, who finished tied for fifth in the 125-pound weight class, and Kai Lemrise, who took sixth at 160 pounds.


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Praise the Lord for Angels
Angels, or the word "angel," appear over 275 times in the Bible.
From the patriarchs to the apostles of Jesus until today the church has held firmly to their existence and has held highly the role angels play in our faith and life. As a matter of fact, the doctrine of the angels was so valued in the ancient Christian church that many congregations named themselves St. Michael's - referring to the archangel Michael revealed in Scripture as the prince and leader of the angels. And since the fifth century, when a prominent church building was dedicated with that name on September 29, the Christian church has set aside that date as "St. Michael and All Angels" day – not to worship angels or pray to them or praise them, but to praise the Lord for them.
"Let [the angels] praise the name of the Lord," Psalm 148 informs us, "for he commanded and they were created." The angels were part of God's one-time, six-day act of creating the universe and everything in it. But they were a different part of his creation than any other creature, because they had no physical form, no shape, and God didn't plan for them to inhabit this earth. Angels are supernatural spirits, invisible beings created by God and commissioned to live in the heavenly realms, far superior to even the most finely-tuned human beings or highly-sophisticated computers. We're reminded of that in the common Hebrew word for "angel" which means "one with authority, superior official."
Furthermore, angels are not only superior to mankind in position, but also in ability. Psalm 103:20 calls them "mighty ones." The frightening jaws of lions are mighty and strong, but they're no match for the powerful angels who protected Daniel from their hungry bites. Hurricanes and thunderstorms seem to wreak havoc wherever they wish, but not when they are bridled and bound by the powerful angels and commanded to obey like the fire from heaven that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah or the winds over the earth which will be "held back" by angels at the end of the world.
As awesome as the angels are, isn't God even more awesome because he has accomplished our salvation? Not only that, but he is our almighty, everlasting, and all-knowing God who created angels to serve us. Therefore, we will not worship or pray to angels; no, God alone deserves our worship and prayers. But we can praise the Lord for angels!
Praise the Lord that angels surround his throne in heaven and worship him without stopping. Praise the Lord that angels listen perfectly to God's commands and always obey when sent on mission to serve us. "Mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his Word," they are called in Psalm 103.
When God calls them to protect you, they will protect you; when God calls them to rescue you, they will rescue you; when God calls them to bring your soul to heaven, they will bring your soul to heaven. Nothing will hinder their interest or ability to do what God asks.
Angels give us comfort and reassurance in times of trouble. Angels give us a wonderful example of obedience that we can follow (so we pray to God, "your will be done on earth as in heaven"). They are our constant companions and heavenly helpers. And we don't need to wait until Christmas to appreciate them, to enjoy them and to praise the Lord for angels!
PRAYER: If angels worship you, O Lord God, then certainly should I. Your angels are stronger and wiser than anything or anyone on earth, yet you are stronger and wiser still. Thank you for employing such capable servants to watch over me. As I entrust my life and soul to them, I really entrust my life and soul to you, for you are the commander of all angel armies and Savior of my soul. Help me to remember that you stop at nothing to care for me, and to lead me safely through this world to everlasting life. Amen.


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I'm just so sorry. This has to hurt both as a mother and in a trigger kind of way.
I know the pain must be great for you.
I hope he can help her through this, and that she lets him.
They lasted another year, she and I talked many times. She knew that I meant it when I told her that I loved her, she knew that I disapproved of his choices and would in NO way condone what he had done.
Sadly, she wanted to move back home (New England) where she's from and he had just gotten hired as a public defender here in the South, where he's from. They had political divisions as well, and she didn't like his smoking. All in all, I guess it wasn't meant to be. But in no way would I have turned on that girl. She was crushed.
We stayed friends for about a year and then she deleted me. I wish her well and hope that some day we get back in touch. She's a sweet girl and didn't deserve what he did to her. He still regrets it but she has moved on.


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Your Favorite Yoga Pose Points to Your Personality
Even though you're not supposed to have favorites when it comes to Yoga poses (since all poses are seen as mentally and physically beneficial), I can't help but say a little internal "Yay!" when an instructor does Wheel pose in class. I assume you probably have a favorite pose too. Check out what it says about your personality, according to Gaiam Life.
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Honoring Bill Boutler of Webster
Senator Mike Nozzolio recently presented Bill Boulter of Webster with a special New York State Resolution, commemorating his diligent service to the Webster community. Bill is an accomplished businessman who has dedicated a tremendous amount of time to helping other businesses grow and thrive in the region as a member of the Webster Chamber of Commerce.
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PPR, 10 teams, drafting 10th
QB Kolb (rd. 7)
RB Charles (3)
RB Shady (4)
WR R.Moss (1)
WR Wayne (2)
WR Maclin (10)
R/W Moreno (5)
TE Finley (11)
D 49ers (14)
K Janikowski (15)
B Stewart (6)
B S.Moss (8)
B Slaton (9)
B Z.Miller (12)
B A.Smith (13)
3 issues.
1 - on the 11/12 turn I couldn't pass on Finley any longer. Noone had a backup QB yet, so figured Zach Miller offers the most upside and there were plenty of QB's left so I could wait. Never even bothered to check the bye weeks, so i got 2 TE's back to back with the same bye week that leads me to my next point....
2- backup QB. at 12.1, only 10 QB's were taken. I was looking at 7 different guys for my backup. Ryan, Palmer, Ben, Favre, Young, McNabb, Eli. Ryan was taken 12.8. Then 6/7 picks in the 13th round were QBs, leaving me only Eli. He has the same bye as Kolb, so I just went with Alex Smith.
3 - because i had Shady and Kolb, i passed on Maclin in the 8th and took S.Moss (who is lower on my cheat sheets). in the 10th round, I couldn't pass up Maclin's value as my 4th WR (actually my 3rd b/c i think he's better than Moss). got a lot riding on the Eagles this year...
Any other thoughts?
my first team...
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As the Eagles go, so your team goes! Finley could be the #1 TE in the league so you've got to feel good about that. You've got a boom or bust team, but I like it to boom. Just got to hope they all lay up to their potential.
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