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Mumtaz Qadri's death penalty judgment divided Pakistani society on Saturday. Liberal voices hailed the verdict as a bold decision which would discourage people from taking the law into their own hands. Certain religious groups, however, expressed disdain for the anti-terrorism court's (ATC) decision, declaring that Qadri had done no wrong.
Syed Iqbal Haider, former chief of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, welcomed the verdict. "I am happy that the ATC awarded the death sentence to him. I pray that the high court upholds it.'' Farzana Bari, a human rights activist, echoed this view. "Being a human rights activist, I have always criticised the death penalty, but at the same time nobody is allowed to take the law into his own hands," he said.
Former minister for information Sherry Rehman expressed her concern for the safety of the ATC judge. "It is the time for the state to show that its courts and judges are protected, and those who incite violence no longer have the cover of impunity,'' she said.
Tahira Abdullah, another human rights activist, expressed different concerns. "I cannot comment until I read the complete judgment. However I am very much concerned about the kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer who went missing and this decision should not have any impact on him," she said.
Shuja ur Rehman, one of Qadri's lawyers, described the decision as shameless and stated he would appeal. "I will go Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, against the decision within two days," he added.
Abdur Rahim, chairman of the Namoos-e-Risalat Lawyers Forum Pakistan, also condemned the decision and vowed to struggle against the decision. He said the judgment was reached without a proper hearing of the defence lawyer's position. "We will start protests from Monday and will move towards parliament against the decision," he said.
Sahibzada Haji Fazal Karim, chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council Pakistan also questioned the court's ruling. "I don't understand. If someone is guilty of blasphemy, he must be killed. It is clearly mentioned in Section 95(A) of Pakistan Penal Code. So why are some people politicizing this issue?" he said.
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In Lahore, hundreds of workers belonging to different religious parties rallied from Data Darbar to Faisal Chowk outside Assembly Hall after the verdict.
Demonstrators also held a sit-in for three hours outside Punjab Assembly and declared Qadri "a true hero of Muslims."
Leaders of Tahafz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz were prominent among the rally.
In Karachi, various Barelvi religious groups staged protests. The leaders condemned the death sentence also demanded that the government release Qadri in the same way they released American Raymond Davis. Religious organisations, including Sunni Tehreek and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, staged a sit-in protest in front of Karachi Press Club.
Legal community divided on death sentence
Talking to The Express Tribune, several legal experts said they hoped Qadri would not seek a pardon from President Asif Ali Zardari and instead accept the decision.
President Lahore High Court Bar Association Asghar Ali Gill said that Qadri should have gone to court instead of killing Taseer. "It is not the proper way to either get or provide justice," he said.
Advocate Rabia Bajwa told The Express Tribune that the blasphemy laws are in place and therefore Qadri should have fought Taseer in court. She added that Qadri deserved this verdict and he should be given death sentence.
Advocate Aftab Bajwa took a contrary view. He argued that criminals should not be awarded a death sentence in those cases in which an emotional element is involved. He said that the Supreme Court has made several decisions in the past in which the murderer was not given a death sentence. He said that in Qadri's case life imprisonment would be more appropriate.
(With additional reporting by Karamat Bhatty and Rana Yasif in Lahore and Faraz Khan in Karachi)
Published in The Express Tribune, October 2nd, 2011.


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Doug Gilmour's desire to re-invent himself as a coach could lead the Maple Leafs icon to another National Hockey League team.
While the Leafs are trying to accommodate their former captain and franchise playoff scoring leader, there might not be any immediate opportunities for him here. Gilmour, 44, declared his new ambition in the past few months before officially ending two years as player development adviser on Tuesday when Joe Nieuwendyk was hired as Cliff Fletcher's special assistant.
But Gilmour's lengthy meeting with new head coach Ron Wilson last month did not see him added to the staff with Rob Zettler and Tim Hunter (Wilson's San Jose assistants who are headed here), with Keith Acton surviving the Pat Quinn/Paul Maurice firings as the third man on the team.
Greg Gilbert, who took the AHL Marlies to the brink of the Calder Cup final, is entrenched at Ricoh Coliseum and could be a future Leafs head coach. The only possible opening could be as a Marlies assistant with Jim Hughes, who currently shares duties with Joe Paterson, being interviewed for an NHL position this summer.
"I'm starting at the back, like everyone else, taking baby steps," Gilmour said yesterday after returning from a cottage vacation. "I'm just looking at what might be possible."
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Gilmour played 1,474 games for seven NHL teams and collected 1,414 points before a knee injury forced his retirement just as he was traded back to the Leafs in 2003. Former GM John Ferguson gave him a chance in the front office in 2006 and Gilmour's duties took him from scouting missions in Russia to 9-to-5 office work. But he realized coaching was his passion.
"When I got back into hockey as assistant coach at the Spengler Cup (Canada won the four-team Christmas holiday tournament in Davos, Switzerland), I knew that was more up my alley," Gilmour said. "I enjoyed player development and the chance that John gave me. It will be a big help to me and I might go in that direction again some day.
"But I hope to have a good chat with Cliff again and see where I could go next."
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A century before Columbus landed in the New World, Scottish earl and explorer Henry Sinclair had, according to Sora, already visited what is now Rhode Island. In an unconvincing book that is part religious history, part reportage, part detective story—but factually questionable—Sora (The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar ) claims that Sinclair, who is said to have landed in present-day Nova Scotia, Montreal and Rhode Island, established a refuge for the Knights Templar (banned by the pope in Europe) in America and erected the Newport Tower (whose actual origins are shrouded in mystery), which resembles a Templars' baptistry, the centerpiece of their worship. Almost 200 years later, Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano set off for America—according to Sora, in search of the Templar community—and on a later voyage founded a utopian religious community, Arcadia, comprising mainly Huguenots and members of the Sulpician sect in an attempt to preserve the values of the Knights Templar. While fans of The Da Vinci Code may find Sora's book compelling because it provides some insights into these secret organizations, others will find it unpersuasive. Even Sora admits that the evidence he is presenting (such as the age of the map of the route to the New World purported to have belonged to Sinclair) continues to be disputed by historians. (Dec.)
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I was truly blessed when I was able to attend a caregiver retreat with the Hearts of Valor. But, at that time it was known as Wounded Warrior Wives.
After attending the first caregiver in retreat in El Paso, TX it improved my mental status. I wasn't in the dark well I had already been there, but was swimming my way out of the water I suppose. This caregiver retreat wasn't a go the to an amusement park, or a lodge, or getting a massage. It was much more than that. I was a knowledge base retreat, educational, and an eye opening experience.
I learned the difference between TBI and PTSD and the two specific signs to know the difference of the two. I only wished our VAs would listen to it. The re-enacting of roles that we face daily was a shocker, even for high ranking service members. The counselors that we available to us, were tremendous and knew exactly to say, when to say and how to say it.
I wish the sponsorship of Tri West had not ended to offer more support for others so they too will know they are not alone.
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Be available in areas that are not bases or hospitals so they could benefit from the pack back giveaways or the Christmas Holiday stuff they do. Not to reject applications that are for regular retired or served in Iraq 2005. Don't ya think they have PTSD or TBi too, but not found only later. Contact members yearly to see if they still need services from the organization if not remove them.
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There are several organizations that award homes to clients. But, none can compare to MWSF. Along, with our 100% mortgage free, we received a family mentor and/or financial mentor. With the use of their tools come a new benefit in our lives. A life changing event.
There are so many people out there that have no clue how to handle their finances, and are in debt up to their ears and live paycheck to paycheck. Then we have the veterans who have difficulty with money either via PTSD or TBI, by having a spending plan, and receiving the education from the financial mentor, having a family budget helps because it is something that become consistent, you can see where your money going and where to make changes to save more money. We also take financial courses via Wells Fargo.
We have been in the program now for a little over a year and half and we only owe for our new truck we recently purchased that we are able to pay off in under a year. Imagine a 20,000.00 vehicle and you can pay it off in a year? In previous years we were never able to do it that quick. We have numerous accounts, even one for house that gets paid every month, which will enable us to pay living bills, like gas, water, electric, cell phones, cable and internet, home owners and vehicle insurance once a year. Now, I ask you this question. Can you do it? If the answer is no, and you live paycheck to paycheck and tired of moving around or living with family. I encourage you to take the step in applying for home with this organization.
Its not just any ole house either. It is our home, a place to lie our heads, say our prayers and close our eyes to awake refreshed and a lot more less stress in our lives. It had changed our characters, our mindsets, and our dreams, by having purposeful goals written on a goal sheet, it is great to accomplish the feeling that you have you got to accomplish a dream or a goal. Its exhilarating. Not mention its worth value on the latest tax bill is 160,000.00
The other organizations, they don't have that. The mentoring program.
As for the family about the forms...I have never heard of the statements you were making. A dd214 will list your campaign awards, that sir will let you know that served in combat. I am a spouse and know that. There are two types of DD214 the short one or the long one, which short one is the edited form and long one is the unedited one, which has more information on the bottom of the form. The National Personnel Records Center are the ones who issues lost, destroyed or stolen DD214. They are mailed from Military personnel records center. Yes, a DD215 do exists, they are used to correct errors or for adding to the existing DD214. Its distributed in the same manner. My husband has a DD215 not a DD214 because their was addition to the medals he received once he retired in 2009. As for the other forms, we were never mentioned to them. We just sent our DD215, VA Award letters and signed forms they requested from us.
It was an easy thing to do and can be handled via email and sent back to them. It was the easiest transition for us than anything we ever done in the military, we lived both off and on bases, we even purchased a home, this was way easier than any of that.
So, I like to challenge others if they are seeking a life changing event in their lives, they will receive positive ones in this program. I can tell you now...there is nothing like sitting at home and everything you need, or wanted even, taking vacations you thought you never could, having money I mean money in your savings accounts and best of all, you can interact with other home recipients and gain insight into other things, gain a network of people all over our Nation. What more can you ask for. Take the step. Change your life. I dare you.
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For the families that are following the program and working diligently with their goals, savings, spending plans and budgets, showing they can pay their bills and having responsibility. I would suggest shortening their time in the program.
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One hundred years ago today, at 11pm precisely, Britain declared war on Germany.
There were few that day who could really anticipate the scale of the destruction that would follow (indeed, there was a widespread perception that the war would be quick and decisive) but the thoughts of Sir Edward Grey, the then Foreign Secretary, have become the most famous reflection of those who were there. "The lamps are going out all over Europe," he said. "We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
In the 100 years since that day, the accuracy of Sir Edward's remark has been proved beyond doubt. Not only did the consequences of the First World War continue to be felt long after Sir Edward's lifetime, they were still influencing events at the end of the 20th century and arguably still are.
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The rise of Nazism and the Second World War, for instance, happened largely because the Germans felt humiliated by the treaty they were forced to sign in 1918 and in many ways, the First and Second World War should be seen as one long conflict rather than separate wars. The shape of the modern world can also be explained by the Great War: the decline of the British Empire, the rise of the Soviet Union and the US, the redrawing of the map of eastern Europe, the creation of the EU; all of these are ripples from 1914-18.
The effects of the war were also felt in almost every home in Britain. In all, there were 1,676,037 casualties among the British armed forces, one in ten of whom were Scottish, and in the years that followed, thousands of communities erected memorials in the most extraordinary act of communal mourning the country has ever seen.
Today, the whole of the country will be remembering again in a series of events beginning with a service at Glasgow Cathedral and ending with the gradual extinguishing of lights after 10pm. There are some who feel uncomfortable with this and ask why we are commemorating the start of a horrific war, but it must be right that the country, soberly and sombrely, remembers not only the men who were killed, but also reflects on the reasons the war started 100 years ago.
Such a reflection is not easy. Unlike the Second World War, there is no simple explanation and even dismissing the war as senseless is problematic when so many of the men in the trenches did not see it that way.
Historians are also divided over who should bear responsibility for the deaths. The late Alan Clark accused the British command of incompetence; Sir Max Hastings on the other hand says Germany was largely to blame and that British neutrality was not an option; and Christopher Clark suggests the European powers entered the war as sleepwalkers, unaware of what they were starting.
Today is a chance to continue this conversation in the hope, perhaps, that there will be no more sleepwalking and similar conflict can be avoided in future (even as it rumbles dangerously on in Ukraine and elsewhere). Above all, though, the events across the country provide an opportunity for contemplation of the 10 million people who died. There is no celebration today, only remembrance and regret.


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Always focused and intense on screen, versatile actor Barry Pepper established himself as one of the more promising young actors to emerge in the late-1990s while working with filmmakers that included Steven Spielberg and Frank Darabont. After debuting in the firefighting thriller "Firestorm" (1998), the Canadian-born Pepper was thrust into the limelight as a member of an impressive ensemble cast in Spielberg's harrowing WWII drama "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). More major productions like "Enemy of the State" (1998) and "The Green Mile" (1999) followed in quick succession, placing Pepper at the top of the in-demand young stars. That is, until the epic box office failure of the reviled "Battlefield Earth" (2000) threatened to derail Pepper's nascent career. He recovered nicely, however, with well regarded turns in projects such as the baseball biopic "61*" (HBO, 2001), "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (2005), and "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006). By the end of the decade Pepper had regained his hard-earned status with prominent roles in two critically lauded efforts - "True Grit" (2010) and "The Kennedys" (Reelz Channel, 2011), again making him a go-to character actor who elevated all of his projects.


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Late last year FasterLouder reported that superstar drummer Josh Freese was offering fans some bespoke deals. For $7 you could pick up a signed copy of Freese's solo album Since 1972, while at the other end of the scale $75,000 would secure you the man's services as a sticksman or personal assistant.
A cool $20,000 buys a "signed drum-kit, miniature golf trip and drum lesson or back massage" – a bargain one young American fan couldn't pass up. Speaking to Music Radar last week, Freese revealed he was going beyond the call of duty to please his 19-year-old charge (who possibly "blew his inheritance or something").
"He was only supposed to get one day, but we're stretching it out into a couple of days," Freese enthused. "He's coming over my house in a little bit and I'll let him go through my closet. I'll give him this really great snare that I used on the last Nine Inch Nails tour.
"I took him to meet [Devo's] Mark Mothersbaugh, and earlier today, Maynard from Tool was nice enough to come and play miniature golf with us. I have to play on Slash's album later today...maybe I'll take him to that."
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Hooking up is only the beginning of the fun in this sexy and irresistible second installment of the thrilling New Adult series, Boomerang.
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Adam Blackwood has it all. At 22, he's fabulously wealthy, Ryan Gosling-hot and at the top of his game in the business world. His life is perfect, until a scandal from his past resurfaces and threatens to knock the tech wunderkind down and throw his company, Boomerang, a hook-up site for millennials, into chaos.
Alison Quick, the 21-year-old daughter of a business tycoon - and the very ex-girlfriend of Boomerang's former intern, Ethan -has a problem of her own. After nearly flunking out in her senior year of college, she has one chance to redeem herself to her father by proving that she deserves a place in his corporate empire. That means spearheading her father's plan to sink big money into Adam's company and launch it into the stratosphere - provided Adam has no skeletons in his closet.
When the two meet, their sizzling chemistry makes it tough to keep things strictly professional. But when Alison discovers Adam's secret, she knows she should bring it right to her father, who'll leverage it for his own gain and use it to ruin Adam. The only problem: she's falling for Adam - hard.
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"Intrigue -- The long way around"
This second novel in the series dives deep into Adam Backwood's past. August does an excellent job building suspense and anticipation to understand many secrets. Blackwood is trying to raise $20M for investment from the Quick Family. Allison, the Quick daughter, is sent in to do due diligence. The narration is ping, pong male female which works.
This novel is tightly focused on Adam and Allison, so you do not learn much about the other players. Although both Mia and Ethan do make an appearance (form book 1) in this book. I hope that August eventually develops a novel around Cookie, she is bit of an enigma. I recommend book two. Give it a read.
Even better than Boomerang which is saying a lot. Noelle August is a great storyteller and brought more complexity to this couple but let them grow and have fun. The new narrators portrayed this well. Hope there's another installment.
"Good read"
Good lighthearted read. Even better than the first book.
Narrators were perfect.
I highly recommend. If you like light well written romance, you will not be disappointed.
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GOOGLE Glass Ban List Grows: Banks, Concerts, Theaters, Hospitals… 'JewGlass' app offers religious experience
10. Banks/ATMs
In this crazy age of identity theft it's not exactly far-fetched for banks to be weary of Google Glass. It seems completely plausible for a wearer to sneak in behind a customer and snap a quick picture of their personal information, such as their ID or bank account info.
9. Sports Arenas/Concert Venues
If you frequent a sporting event or concert you're already aware that most of the time you'll get denied recording the event. Of course, this was easier before everyone had a smartphone, but security has adjusted and are quick to scold you if you're caught recording. Because these locations already ban cameras, it's not a stretch to believe that Google Glass is banned as well.
8. Locker Rooms/Dressing Rooms
It's one thing for someone to take a picture of us without knowing in a public location. It's a completely different beast if someone snapped a pic of you in your birthday suit. To help protect people at their most vulnerable, locations where people are naked definitely have to ban Google Glass for precautionary measures.
7. Movie Theaters
Film privacy is already a major concern for the film industry. Like concerts and sporting events, it was easier to spot pirates before smartphones, but theaters still crackdown on anyone caught recording a movie. Still, having a camera at eye-level is something completely different. Do you really think that a movie theater would allow a person wearing glasses equipped with a video recorder inside?
New app makes Google Glass a religious experience
When Rusty Brick CEO Barry Schwartz walked into his New York synagogue Tuesday morning, he didn't have to get out his siddur or even look up which prayers to say. A small screen hovering over the corner of his eye already knew what he needed, and handily displayed it for him.
Schwartz, among the few lucky people to test Google's wearable computer spectacles, called Google Glass, was getting all the information he needed from JewGlass, the first Glass application for religious Jews, which his company released on Monday.
"It's not a way of bringing people closer to Judaism, but a way to help people who are already observing do it more efficiently," says Schwartz, whose company has released over 30 applications for Jews.
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Crews still working to clear snow from area streets (WITH GALLERY)
Many school districts have delayed, cancelled classes
UPDATE: Snow continued to fall on Eastern Iowa Friday morning as crews worked to clear area roads.
As of 8 a.m., the Iowa State Patrol reported that most roads in Eastern Iowa are either mostly covered or completely covered by snow.
Iowa Department of Transportation snowplow drivers in Cedar Rapids received the order to start their engines as the flakes started falling, at around 6 p.m. Thursday. �We�ll get our sand loaded up, we�ll go out and everybody has their own routes to take care of,� said IDOT snowplow driver Greg Callanan.
Street crews with the City of Cedar Rapids have been working to keep roads clear throughout the night. They said they�d have dozens working during the early morning hours in hopes of preventing accidents during the morning drive.
According to the city, crews have cleared the main roads and are now working to clear side streets.
Many area school districts have either delayed or canceled classes Friday. Here's the latest list.
Get more on the winter storm at KCRG.com
The left behind varying amounts of snow and ice across the Midwest, but those areas affected were united by one thing Friday morning: difficult travel conditions.
Powerful wind gusts created large snow drifts on many roadways, making navigating the slick conditions a challenge. Accidents and slide-offs were reported from Kansas to Michigan as the storm pushed east Friday.
Strong gusts off Lake Michigan caused problems for commuters in eastern Wisconsin. Chicago's more than 280 snowplows salted and cleared the city's streets, while commuters slogged through slush to get to their offices.
But in some locations, the storm didn't live up to the hype. At the Pilot Flying J station near Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa, shift manager Kelly Malone said Friday his company had taken precautions by reserving seven rooms for employees at the nearby Super 8 Motel."We were prepared for the worst, but it didn't happen that bad. To me it was just an average storm, but I'm a person who drives through anything," he said. Iowa's snow totals topped out at 9.7 inches near Sioux City.
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Levayev's Namibia Concession Yields $3 Billion Diamond Find
Diamonds worth $3 billion were recently discovered in a part of a Namibian coast mining concession owned by businessman Lev Levayev. In an interview with Haaretz on Wednesday, Levayev said that in a 14,000 square-meter area where the Namibian government had granted him a mining license, 12 million carats in diamonds had been found so far.
"For you, diamonds are a black hole. They are something mysterious, more is hidden than is revealed. I have been a diamond producer from birth. I have been polishing diamonds since I was 16. Diamonds are one of the most complex businesses in the world," said Levayev.
He said a company he owns, Samicor, holds the second largest fleet of ships for underwater diamond mining in the world after the fleet owned by diamond giant De Beers. Levayev says his seven-story-high ships are equipped with robots weighing 60 tons that can reach the ocean bottom to mine diamonds.
On his relationship with De Beers, Levayev told Haaretz: "The De Beers monopoly told me in 1996 that it would stop working with me if I bought rough diamonds from Russia. They threatened to take away my right to buy diamonds from De Beers. Whoever doesn't buy from them can't make it and they thought they would close me down. I told myself I would not let anyone tell me how to run my business, I would not be dependent on a cartel. I gave up my right to buy from De Beers and I signed a contract with the Russians to supply me with raw materials. They believed in me, and the results can be seen today."
Levayev said he doesn't use his private plane to fly to New York. "I fly El Al to New York. An hour in my private plane costs $4,000 and the flight to New York costs $40,000 each way. Other Israeli business people, whose private planes belong to public companies, can afford that. I prefer to pay $5,000 for a first class ticket and not spend that money."
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By Helena MatheopoulosThames & Hudson; 192 pp. $60
In 1980, Karl Lagerfeld, a lifelong opera fan, designed the costumes for Luca Ronconi's production of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, which played at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He discovered that onstage, his magnificently detailed couture dresses looked "paltry and anaemic." What was required of costumes for the opera was "a broad-brush statement of the same concept … costumes that make a splash from afar."
It was a lesson that many other fashion designers have learned in the intervening years, as they were invited to participate in the splashiest of art forms. Helena Matheopoulos's Fashion Designers at the Opera is a celebration of this phenomenon, looking at the work of ten different designers for twenty-eight productions. In 2009 and 2010, Matheopoulos tells us, "Tom Ford, Christian Lacroix, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro and Viktor & Rolf made successful sorties as costumiers for high-profile operatic productions across the globe." Many of those projects are featured in the book, which is organized by designer. Ford is missing, but Ottavio & Tai Missoni, Marc Bohan, Zandra Rhodes and Gianni Versace are included. The format offers several pages of text for each designer, followed by reproductions of sketches and photographs of their work.
What makes Fashion Designers at the Opera particularly winning is the designers' unanimous enthusiasm. Emanuel Ungaro, for instance, recalls his work with director Ronconi on a new production of La Clemenza di Tito for Teatro San Carlo as "pure bliss." Many of these designers — notably Lagerfeld and Ungaro — were already keen and opinionated opera fans. Christian Lacroix learned to love opera in his teens: he has now designed costumes for more than fifteen operas, often in collaboration with Vincent Boussard. Even the designers who were new to opera, such as the Dutch pair Viktor and Rolf (who created rather abstract costumes for Robert Wilson's production of Der Freischütz at the Baden-Baden Festival) raved about working in the opera world. Like most of the designers featured, they relished the creative freedom afforded by the experience: "There is no need for the costumes to function in reality," Viktor and Rolf write.
Other common threads arise: surprisingly enough, many of the designers appreciated the opportunity to design for many different body shapes. Most of them grasped the importance of facilitating the intense physical effort of singing. And they loved the liberation from commercial concerns.
Sometimes couture collections are criticized as "too theatrical." Fashion Designers at the Opera gives us insight into a world in which that quality isn't a flaw but a decided strength. Fringed leather coats and animal prints from Prada were employed for Pierre Audi's production of Attila at theMetropolitan Opera; Zandra Rhodes provided pleated gold lamé and flesh-colored mesh for Aida (Houston Grand Opera, English National Opera and San Francisco Opera). The exception was Armani's work for Jonathan Miller's 1995 production of Così at Covent Garden. The costumes were garments from the Emporio Armani line, intentionally contemporary. The singers liked them so much that they asked — and were permitted — to keep them.
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Photographer's Note
As I walked back to the car, after a satisfying lunch at the Hacienda San Pedro Ochil, I spotted this piece of sculpture, a reproduction, displayed outside the artisanal workshop. This is one of the great classic works of Maya art, and the original is to be found in the British Museum, London. It records a private event - a bloodletting - that transpired October 26, 709 CE at Yaxchilan, during the reign of Itzamnay B'alaam II (Shield Jaguar). It is dark, and he is holding a flaming torch. His main wife, Lady Xok, pulls a thorn-studded rope through her tongue. A basket at her feet holds folded books.
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Newark, NJ - New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will not play in Saturday's preseason game against Pittsburgh after leaving Monday's contest against the Jets with a cut on his forehead that required 12 stitches to close.
The Newark Star-Ledger reported late Wednesday that Giants head coach Tom Coughlin ruled the starter out following practice because the stitches he received from a pair of blows on Monday night will impair his ability to wear his helmet.
Manning was at practice in Albany after undergoing tests Tuesday to determine the possibility of a concussion.
"I physically feel fine," Manning was quoted as saying on the Giants' website earlier in the day. "I threw some balls today, running around, I know what's going on and I'm all there so it's just a matter of getting the helmet on."
Manning was hurt in the second quarter of Monday's game when he collided with running back Brandon Jacobs and took a hard hit from Jets linebacker Calvin Pace. The hit from behind by Pace dislodged Manning's helmet and the quarterback's forehead hit the facemask of Jets safety Jim Leonhard, causing a three-inch gash.
In limited action on Monday, the seventh-year pro completed 4-of-8 passes for 77 yards in the 31-16 Giants victory.


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With great help from bassist Branko Teuwen and drummer Victor de Boo, he expresses a wide range of feelings using varied tempos and styles, sensitively rendered.
Having played together in Amsterdam for the past seven years, van der Luijt's trio seamlessly melds, bringing to mind the subtle cohesion of legendary Bill Evans with his trio of the late '50s, which included Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian drums. As well, it is apparent that van der Luijt has picked up touches of Evans' style, particularly in his fresh chord voicings and harmonic phrasing.
After the release of trio's first CD two years ago which consisted of its take on standard tunes, the group decided to use originals in this recording to best display its distinctive style. The 11 creative compositions by van der Luijt are a showcase of his talent for melody and show a classical influence, also true with Evans.
Some highlights on the disc: "Corleone" begins in baroque arpeggio fashion giving way to meditative passages accented by de Boo's tasteful drumming; "Keep on Walking" displays van der Luijt's lightly swinging touch against Teuwen's steady bass line; "Havana Blues" brings forth a soulful Afro-Cuban groove; "Me and My Guitar" impresses with van der Luijt's pulsating runs of cascading notes; "Mucho Mucho" features de Boo's up-tempo drumming; and "Ilse and Ellen" shows van der Luijt's skill with a ballad in this hauntingly beautiful tune.
The two standouts are "Minor Changes and "Land of the Triplets." In the first, which features bassist Teuwen, starts quietly and builds to a strong climax and then descends to quiet serenity. In the hard-driving "Triplets," the seamless interplay of the three makes the listener eagerly await the group's next output.


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I have put a shed load of weight this year for various reasons ranging from injury, depression and being lazy. 20kg to be exact! I have decided to attempt the Keto diet. Fridge and cupboards are now full of mackerel, beef, eggs,chicken, cheese, nuts and broccoli. I do struggle with carb cravings hence why I'm aiming to eat less than 50g a day.
Exercise wise I'm doing either spinning or a 10k treadmill run 4 mornings a week and high rep weights and getting out on my bike as much as I can. Fortunately my fitness is ok. I did a 10k jog this morning at 10k an hour pace on the treadmill.
Anyone have any good or bad results with this? How many calories were you consuming? Calories wise I'm aiming at 12x bmr.
I can't fit in my clothes and this weight gain is getting out of control.


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As the newly confirmed U.S. attorney for the Baton Rouge-based nine-parish Middle District of Louisiana, Walt Green's title may have changed but his priorities and resolve haven't.
Green, who had served since July as acting and then interim U.S. attorney until his U.S. Senate confirmation on Wednesday, is tasked with carrying out the U.S. Department of Justice mission to combat terrorism and threats to national security, violent crime and public corruption, and to protect the public from hate crimes, human trafficking and exploitation.
The 49-year-old Green, a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve who served two tours of duty in Iraq, is no stranger to carrying out missions for his country.
At his office Thursday at the Russell B. Long Federal Courthouse on Florida Street, Green said his focus remains terrorism, striving to reduce human trafficking, continuing to work closely with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on firearms, drugs and violent crimes, and prosecuting health care fraud.
"Terrorism is always going to be our priority," the Middle District's chief law enforcement official stressed.
"Baton Rouge has no current threats to people or property," he acknowledged.
Green, a native of Ferriday, said his predecessor, Don Cazayoux Jr., who left the U.S. Attorney's Office for a position with a private law firm, also "left this office in wonderful shape."
He credited Cazayoux with building a strong working relationship — one that Green said he maintains — between the U.S. Attorney's Office and the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's and Sheriff's offices and Baton Rouge Police Department.
"We (the various law enforcement agencies) talk on a weekly basis. There's a lot of mutual respect," noted Green, who has been with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baton Rouge since 2000. "Our relationship with the DA's Office has never been better."
Green's office is part of the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project, or BRAVE, which focuses crime-fighting efforts on notoriously violent areas in the Capital City. BRAVE receives federal funding.
Modeled after the nationally acclaimed Operation Ceasefire, BRAVE employs a scientific approach to tracking and preventing violent crime. Law enforcement, citizens and social service providers work together to identify gang members and offer them resources and alternatives to a life of crime
"We need to offer people more opportunities than they have so they don't feel trapped," Green said.
Louisiana State Police and federal law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration, also are involved in BRAVE, he said.
"The federal, state and locals are sharing more (information and resources) than ever before," Green said.
Green said prosecutors in East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III's office far outnumber the prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office, but Green said the money and other resources at the U.S. Attorney's Office's disposal uniquely positions his office.
"We can do longer-term investigations," he said.
When the U.S. Attorney's Office and a District Attorney's Office encounter a defendant with overlapping state and federal charges, Green said his office consults with the District Attorney's Office to determine which office can deliver "a bigger punch." Federal firearms charges, for example, often carry stiffer penalties than state gun charges.
Another area of criminal activity that has kept the U.S. Attorney's Office busy is health care fraud. Green said he has three prosecutors in his office assigned solely to handle such fraud.
"We have so many large Medicare and Medicaid fraud cases in our district," Green said, adding that the Middle District has had a "disparate" number of such cases.
"Nobody's able to say (why). For whatever reason, it is a robust industry in Baton Rouge," he said.
Human trafficking also is on the rise in the Baton Rouge area, but Green said his office is committed to rooting it out.
Earlier this year, Erick Jermaine Banks, 32, of Baton Rouge, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for selling a 15-year-old runaway into prostitution. Banks pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of conspiracy to traffic a child in the commercial sex trade.
"No one really wants to be a prostitute," Green said. "Prostitution is not a victimless crime."
Green delivered a firm message to human traffickers and would-be traffickers.
"If you're trafficking children, you're very likely going to be going to jail for a significant period of time," he said.
Violators of the public trust also can expect time behind bars, he warned.
"We think we're uniquely qualified to handle public corruption," he said of his office being based in the seat of state government.
Green pointed to recent convictions of several statewide officials, including Richard Chambers Sr., a deputy commissioner for the state Department of Insurance, and Gail Ray Dignam, who directed the federally funded Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence.
Chambers, of LaPlace, was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 30 months in prison in August. He was snared in an FBI sting known as Operation Blighted Officials. That sting also resulted in felony convictions for four area mayors, a police chief and a city councilman. Dignam, of Diamondhead, Mississippi, was found guilty of mail fraud for diverting public funds to bank accounts she controlled and was sentenced to 70 months in March 2012.
Green's office also is prosecuting Delrice Augustus, director of auditing and compliance for the state Department of Children and Family Services. He was charged last month with federal program fraud. Augustus, of Baton Rouge, is accused of using government money to buy a large number of items for himself, including games, iPad digital devices, Dyson vacuums, hotel rooms and fuel. He is on leave from his state job.
Green also serves as executive director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, which was previously known as the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Command Center in Baton Rouge. Green said the center sees all sorts of "blatant fraud" stemming from hurricanes, the BP oil spill and other disasters.
Green was thrust into the spotlight twice earlier this year, first when he stopped a burglar from breaking into a neighbor's home in March, and again when an attorney for a Mandeville businessman being prosecuted by Green's office for alleged wire fraud complained about Green's wife working for the federal judge presiding over the case.
U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, who employs Green's wife as her civil law clerk, refused last month to disqualify herself from the case of Raymond Reggie. Dick pointed out in her ruling that since Katherine Green's hiring in May, the clerk has been barred from working on any cases in which the United States is a party.
"It's not the judge or I that have any conflict," Walt Green said Thursday. "If a clerk has a conflict, it's his or hers."
"My wife and I do not discuss work at any time," he added.
As for wrestling the burglar in March, Green said, "Instincts just sort of took over."
The Middle District of Louisiana comprises Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes.
Green, a former first assistant U.S. attorney, said he has not yet named his first assistant. He has, however, appointed Corey Amundson and Catherine Maraist as chiefs of his criminal and civil divisions, respectively.


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FAIRVIEW PARK — It all came down to the final event — the 1,600-meter relay — Friday at the 34th annual Fairview Warrior Relays.
With Avon trailing North Ridgeville by four points in the boys meet, Rangers anchor leg Paul Sonego made up three spots to help the Rangers take second in the event behind Avon. It proved to be just enough as the Rangers held off the Eagles 96-94 for the team championship.
The girls meet was far less dramatic as Avon rolled up 122 points to win easily.
Avon's team of Brentton Wiley, Brandon Cannon, Paul Younger and John DeMarco won the 1,600 relay in 3:31.7, but Sonego's big anchor-leg dash helped the Rangers edge Fairview by just five-tenths of a second to claim the runner-up spot.
"This was really a tough event," North Ridgeville coach Lucky Varouh said. "We had a couple kids that were really stretched that did a really good job, and what I mean by that is that they were stretched across a lot of events that were relatively close together.
"Paul Sonego, Zack Bowden, Christian Watkins … those three were just really, really phenomenal. There were many others as well. And the under points we got — four points here, two points there, six points here — it all added up.
"That last race was just awesome. Paul got the baton and got the job done. It was just great. What an exciting way to win."
The 1,600 relay certainly helped the Rangers, but their victories in the 400 and 800 relays and their record-setting win in the sprint medleys really stood.
Watkins, David Bowden, Sonego and Zack Bowden won the medley in 1:35.9, breaking the meet record by 1.3 seconds. The 800 relay team of David Bowden, Alex Awad, Sonego and Zack Bowden won in 1:32.43, missing the meet record by just three one-hundredths of a second.
The 400 relay team of Watkins, Sonego, Zack and David Bowden won in 44.65 seconds, just missing the record of 44 seconds.
"I believe we did very well," Sonego said. "We practice our handoffs all the time, and those are our top priority. Everything was on our side, even when it got colder and windy, and our goals are to keep getting better and better and better."
Added Zack Bowden: "We were looking to break all the meet records. This was a team effort. We all gave it our all."
Watkins also led the Rangers' long jump relay win with a combined leap of 57 feet.
The Avon girls handled their business early on, jumping out to a large lead after four events and never being threatened.
The Eagles won the 800 and 3,200 relays and the distance medley, while also winning the discus and high jump relays as well.
"From top to bottom, from our young freshmen to our varsity seniors, they've all come out and really put on a nice performance," Avon girls coach Scott Ulery said. "They stepped up to the challenge. I challenged them yesterday in practice and I told them I thought this was a meet that we had a chance at winning.
"That's come to fruition tonight, so that's really exciting to see."
Ulery singled out freshmen Reagen Betts, Emily Joyce and Ali Clark, as well as seniors Natalie Wilden, Katelyn Foye, Alexandra Burks and Maddy Toth for their performances.
Betts ran the anchor leg of the 800 relay and the second leg of the 3,200 relay. Toth ran the third leg of the 3,200 relay and the opening leg of the distance medley. Clark, meanwhile, finished second in the only individual race — the 1,600 — and ran the anchor leg of the distance medley.
"We really had no idea how we were going to do today, to be honest," Toth said. "We had a feeling we were going to place well, but we weren't really sure. So we just went out there and just raced the hardest we could, not knowing what to expect. And it wound up working out in our favor.
"To win is one thing, but I don't think any of us expected to win the way that we did. This definitely gives us a confidence boost as we go forward through the season."
Discus throwers Maddy Michelich, Hannah Geiger and Paige Decker combined to throw 261-1½ to claim the title. Geiger's 89-foot toss was the longest.
Ridgeville's Kaitie Borges, Isabella Mercurio, Alyse Fuller and Morgan Dwulat won the 400 relay in 52.57 seconds, edging Avon.
Brookside's three shot putters, with a combined toss of 88-11.5, held off Firelands for its lone girls win. However, the Falcons, despite not winning any individual events, claimed the Division II team title with 60 points.
Austin Fasciana, who won the 1,600 run in 4:36 and ran the anchor leg of the winning distance medley team, led the Avon boys.
"I decided to take it harder in the open mile because the competition was a little bit steeper," Fasciana said. "There were a lot of runners running the mid 4:40s. But I treat it like any other race. I with the others good luck, and then I just run my race."
The Brookside boys made it a clean sweep in the shot put as Nathan Keith, Gio Taw and Josh Amburgey combined for a 125-0½.
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DIVISION I: 1. North Ridgeville 96, 2. Avon 94, 3. Midpark 72, 4. Olmsted Falls 41; DIVISION II: 1. Fairview 59, 2. Firelands 51, 3. Brookside 36, 4. Wellington 6.
Individual Results
DISCUS: *1. Midpark (Pruffitt, Murray, Pasela) 370-11, 2. Firelands 369-9, 3. Brookside 359-3, 4. North Ridgeville 322-4.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Fairview (Connor Bailey, Rorie Juhn, John Kabil) 17-1, 2. North Ridgeville 16-9, 3. Avon 16-9, 4. Brookside 16-3.
POLE VAULT: *1. Midpark (Bronson Repasy, Jerry Hopkins, Aaron Owens) 43-0, 2. Avon 32-0, 3. North Ridgeville 28-0, 4. Fairview 25.
SHOT PUT: 1. Brookside (Keith, Gio Taw, Josh Amburgey) 125-0.5, 2. Fairview 124-1, 3. Firelands 133-3.75, 4. North Ridgeville 121-5.
LONG JUMP: 1. North Ridgeville (Christian Watkins, Reed, Hudson) 57-0, 2. Brookside 54-0.5, 3. Firelands 53.9.75, 4. Midpark 53-6.
800 RELAY: 1. North Ridgeville (David Bowden, Alex Awad, Paul Sonego, Zack Bowden) 1:32.43, 2. Midpark 1:34.9, 3. Olmsted Falls 1:34.95 4. Firelands 1:39.12.
1,600 RUN: 1. Fasciana (Avon) 4:36, 2. Brady Jeffers (Firelands) 4:44.3, 3. Dowdell (Wellington) 4:47, 4. Kane (Avon) 4:47.
SPRINT MEDLEY: *1. North Ridgeville (Christian Watkins, David Bowden, Paul Sonego, Zack Bowden) 1:35.9, 2. Avon 1:37.38, 3. Midpark 1:40.56, 4. Brookside 1:41.27.
3,200 RELAY: 1. Midpark (Duncan, C. Ellis, Z. Myers, Styles) 8:27.5, 2. Fairview 8:31.2, 3. Avon 8:43.2, 4. Firelands 8:50.9.
SHUTTLE HURDLES: 1. Olmsted Falls (Chris Zriscek, David Flick, Chris Fox, Mike Gib) 1:02.94, 2. Avon 1:04.56, 3. North Ridgeville 1:05.62, 4. Firelands 1:07.18.
400 RELAY: 1. North Ridgeville (Christian Watkins, Paul Sonego, Zack Bowden, David Bowden) :44.65, 2. Olmsted Falls :46.15, 3. Midpark :46.31, 4. Avon :42.46.
DISTANCE MEDLEY: 1. Avon (Corey Herman, Tyler Linchak, Alex Shermak, Austin Fasciana) 11:33, 2. North Ridgeville 11:48, 3. Fairview 11:52, 4. Firelands 11:54.
1,600 RELAY: 1. Avon (Brentton Wiley, Brandon Cannon, Paul Younger, John DeMarco) 3:31.7, 2. North Ridgeville 3:35.1, 3. Fairview 3:35.6, 4. Midpark 3:36.4.
DIVISION I: 1. Avon 122, 2. Olmsted Falls 71, 3. Midpark 66, 4. North Ridgeville 60; DIVISION II: 1. Firelands 60, 2. Brookside 32, 3. Fairview 31, 4. Wellington 9.
Individual Results
DISCUS: 1. Avon (Michelich, Geiger, Decker) 261-1.5, 2. Brookside 255-11, 3. Firelands 234-10.5, 4. Olmsted Falls 226-0.5.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Avon (Madison Cooper, Jessica Yurkovich, Monica Bickley) 14-0, 2. Midpark 13-0, 3. Olmsted Falls 12-9, 4. Brookside 12-6.
POLE VAULT: 1. Midpark (Shelby Marken, Lucy Buckholz, Emilia Buckholz) 24-0, 2. North Ridgeville 19, 3. Firelands 14, 4. Avon 12.
SHOT PUT: 1. Brookside (Behrendt, Sarvas, Engle) 88-11.5, 2. Firelands 87-5.25, 3. Olmsted Falls 87-4.75, 4. Midpark 83-6.
LONG JUMP: 1. Midpark (Lagotte, Stepien, Buckholz) 42-4.5, 2. Avon 41-8, 3. Firelands 38-3.5, 4. Olmsted Falls 37-3.5.
800 RELAY: 1. Avon (Katelyn Foye, Emily Joyce, Lauren Kapalko, Reagen Betts) 1:50.6, 2. North Ridgeville 1:51.4, 3. Firelands 1:54.2, 4. Brookside 1:59.1.
1,600 RUN: *1. Shakita Kabicek (Midpark) 5:21, 2. Ali Park (Avon) 5:28, 3. Kate Ferster (Olmsted Falls) 5:31, 4. Linda Morales (Avon) 5:34.
SPRINT MEDLEY: 1. Olmsted Falls (Taylor Ledwell, Danielle Augustin, Alexis Meketa, Allison Duber) 1:55.15, 2. Avon 1:58.06, 3. North Ridgeville 1:58.5, 4. Firelands 2:01.21.
3,200 RELAY: 1. Avon (Monica Bickley, Reagen Betts, Maddy Toth, Halley Toth) 10:18, 2. Fairview 11:02, 3. North Ridgeville 11:03, 4. Firelands 11:46.
SHUTTLE HURDLES: 1. Olmsted Falls (Emma Whitney, Erin Hundley, Vicky Wilkins, Danielle Augustin) 1:13.3, 2. North Ridgeville 1:14.6, 3. Avon 1:15.94, 4. Fairview 1:16.2.
400 RELAY: 1. North Ridgeville (Kaitie Borges, Isabella Mercurio, Alyse Fuller, Morgan Dwulat) :52.57, 2. Avon :53.15, 3. Olmsted Falls :53.65, 4. Midpark :54.23.
DISTANCE MEDLEY: 1. Avon (Maddy Toth, Payton Mitchell, Linda Morales, Ali Clark) 13:48, 2. Midpark 14:54, 3. Fairview 15:16, 4. North Ridgeville 15:21.
1,600 RELAY: 1. Olmsted Falls (Kate Ferster, Erin Hodley, Alexis Meketa, Allison Duber) 4:11, 2. Avon 4:13, 3. Firelands 4:29, 4. North Ridgeville 4:32.
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Local politicos aim high at state office
After state Rep. Dave Winters (R-68) announced July 22 he'd seek the office of lieutenant governor in 2010, Republicans and Democrats alike have begun eyeing the Illinois House seat Winters has held for 15 years.
Winters, who said he's already introduced himself to Republican gubernatorial candidates, is stumping for political reform and economic development. Winters noted he's particularly interested in the programs the lieutenant governor oversees, including the Rural Development Council and Main Street program, both of which aim to lure investment to smaller communities. He'd also like to foster a more affable atmosphere for businesses in general.
"Illinois has not been a state very friendly to business, or friendly to families, because we've been driving jobs out of the state," Winters said. "The last 10 years, we've lost three-quarters of a million people."
Winters said the state simply doesn't cultivate enough jobs, and overtaxes and over-regulates companies.
Winters argued state legislators have resisted significant political reforms, and refuse to take ownership of the state's fiscal mess, but he'd like to change that.
By May, Winters hopes to gain at least 280,000 signatures to place a state constitutional amendment on the ballot. Among his proposed reforms are six-year term limits and a return to three-member House districts, which was abandoned in 1982. Winters also wants to look into gerrymandering to ensure the redistricting process is fair.
So far, other Republicans seeking the party's nomination for lieutenant governor are Hancock County Commissioner Randy White and Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole.
Democrats seeking the post include Chicago newcomer Scott Lee Cohen, Chicago Ald. Sandi Johnson (D-7), newcomer Thomas Castillo, of Northlake, Justin Oberman, son of a former Chicago alderman, as well as state Reps. Arthur Turner (D-9), Kevin Joyce (D-35) and Mike Boland (D-71).
Would-be successors emerge
Win or lose, Winters' House seat will be wide open, and candidates have begun throwing their hats in the ring.
Aug. 6, Republican John Cabello declared his candidacy for 68th District representative. Cabello, a detective for the Rockford Police Department, was elected as a Harlem Township trustee in April, but he said he's ready for state office.
"For my entire adult life, I have served the people in one capacity or another," Cabello asserted during his announcement. "I want to now take my record of public service to the next level, and serve you, the people of the 68th District of Illinois, as your representative."
In January, Cabello challenged the petitions of fellow Republican Joseph Terrell, who was running for Machesney Park village president. Cabello tried to knock Terrell off the primary ballot, arguing there were errors on his petitions. Election officials ruled Terrell would remain on the ballot, but he lost in the April general election to Democrat Tom Strickland.
While running for Harlem Township trustee, Cabello campaigned for transparency in township government, namely through implementation of a township Web site. He also pledged to fight for a lower property tax rate, and stated his first priority would be to push for an ordinance prohibiting friends and relatives of elected officials from being given township jobs.
Asked how his initiatives have been coming along since being elected in April, Cabello acknowledged there's still work to be done, but that he's keeping his chin up.
"I think that the budget can indeed be cut in Harlem Township through outsourcing in some instances, and outright cuts in other areas," Cabello explained, stressing his continued push to publish township business to the Web.
"I have secured volunteers who will put the site up and maintain it for free," he added. "Web sites and documents online is not a difficult process, and the engagement of citizens is critical to any budget process involving government."
Cabello also teaches traffic safety at Rock Valley College, and serves on the Machesney Park Administration and Finance Committee. He also served on the village's zoning board of appeals (ZBA) until resigning in March.
Cabello said he and two other ZBA members called it quits, in part, because many of the ZBA's determinations were being ignored by the Village Board.
Undeterred, Cabello is setting his sights higher.
"I want to go to Springfield and let them know what people in northern Illinois think of deficit spending and out-of-control budgets," he added. "As I look around the room, I don't see anyone here who wants to see their children and grandchildren straddled with debt, and face life in Illinois with limited opportunities. I believe that I have the temperament and knowledge that suits this district, and I have the values and background that make me uniquely qualified for the 68th District. I have no hidden agendas. I've never felt comfortable speaking anything but the truth, and you should expect nothing less than that."
Cabello argued he'll fight for smaller government, lower taxes and health care costs, more jobs and tort reform.
"More government is not the answer to our problems," he told fellow conservatives. "I will work for the common good. If a Democrat brings a bill that will help the Rock River Valley, I'll vote for it. If a Republican brings forth a bad bill, I will not vote for it."
Although promising bipartisan support of legislation that will benefit the district, Cabello pledged to oppose all tax hikes.
"Some lawmakers in Springfield are looking at a tax increase," Cabello noted. "I am not for any tax increases."
Although Cabello vowed to resist higher taxes, he touted his role as co-chairman of the successful Citizens for Roads referendum campaign last year, which led to the passage of a 1-percentage point sales tax increase for infrastructure improvements in Machesney Park.
"I supported the sales tax referendum in Machesney Park because we needed to fix the roads and infrastructure, but also to facilitate continued economic development," he explained. "The majority of the revenues brought in by the sales tax comes from people out of town making purchases in Machesney Park. There is no property tax for Machesney Park, and I wanted to help to keep it that way."
Cabello indicated he's more concerned about taxes on the state level, because he believes high taxes are to the detriment of economic development in Illinois.
"I believe that the state government needs to be looked at thoroughly to find cuts before we have to go to the people and ask for more money," he noted.
With the fiscal crisis reaching into every corner of the country, Cabello argued the state must learn to live within its means, and that cuts are inevitable.
"In this economic time, we must look at all aspects of the budget, taxes and spending," he said. "The state must learn to live within its means. We need to look at cuts in the budget that we can make. Some of these cuts will be difficult, but must be done. I will work hard to make sure your voices are heard in fiscal matters."
Based on his assertion, The Rock River Times asked Cabello whether his stance conflicts with his membership in Rockford's police union, which is fighting tooth-and-nail to resist cuts proposed by city administrators.
"The union has its position, and I agree with much of it, but I also disagree with other issues," was as much as Cabello would say, leaving the issue to collective bargaining. Cabello is in his 15th year with the Rockford Police Department, where he's been a detective since 2000.
Cabello turned his attention to the state's short-term solution to a long-term budget problem.
"The budget that was passed does not help anyone in this room," he told attendees. "The state is borrowing $6.7 billion—$3.5 billion by issuing bonds, and $3.2 billion by not paying its bills. The spending must stop."
Cabello's plan for job growth focuses on nurturing existing businesses.
"I will work closely with law enforcement officials, mayors, village presidents and small or large businesses to see where I can help," he said. "If I hear of a business that is closing, or wanting to relocate, I wanna be at their doorstep right away, asking how I can help keep them in our community."
Cabello asserted he supports passenger rail for the region, and he believes in the potential of the Chicago-Rockford International Airport.
"Why waste millions of dollars on a third Chicago airport when we have a first-class airport here?" Cabello wondered. "I will aggressively fight boondoggles like the Peotone airport."
With names like Winters, State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-34) and Winnebago County Republican Party Chairman Jan Klaas in attendance, Cabello appears to have notable support among his party. But that isn't stopping other GOP figures from considering a challenge to Cabello in the February primary.
Rockton Village President Dale Adams is reportedly weighing his options with regard to the Republican primary for state representative.
Democrat Clint Little, a Loves Park alderman, has already begun building a presence on the Web for a second 68th District run. Little fell short last year, finishing second in a three-way race with Winters and Green Party candidate Gerry Woods.
Others, including Rockford Ald. Carl Wasco (D-4) and Linda Vaughn, who served as Machesney Park village president for two terms, haven't ruled out the possibility of facing Little in a Democratic primary.
Democratic primary
likely in state Senate race
The race for the Illinois Senate's 34th District seat has also drawn Syverson-challengers for what will be a two-year term, because of redistricting as a result of the 2010 census.
In June, Dan Lewandowski, a local attorney and chairman of the Winnebago County Democrats, announced he's gearing up for a rematch with Syverson in the November 2010 election after having lost in 2006 by 11 percentage points. Syverson has held the seat since 1992, and Lewandowski was his first challenger in 13 years.
Although proud of the more than $10,000 in contributions he's obtained thus far, Lewandowski may have an expensive primary hurdle to jump. City Attorney Jennifer Cacciapaglia, known for her assertiveness in combating problem properties in Rockford, has also begun circulating petitions.
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Many opposition politicians routinely criticize government leaders, but are not sued because they have not uttered slanderous falsehoods. Contrary to your editorial, Singapore upholds free speech and the right to disagree, subject to the law.
Singapore's laws must be decided by Singaporeans, not by foreigners like Gopalan Nair, who is a U.S. citizen, or by the foreign media. Foreign media are entitled to report and comment on what is happening in Singapore, but they circulate here subject to Singapore law. They have no right to defame, to give a skewed account of court proceedings, or to engage in Singapore politics, for example, by campaigning for their version of Western style "democracy" for Singapore.
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Press Secretary to MM Lee responds to Wall Street Journal
Yeong Yoon Ying, the Press Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has written to the Wall Street Journal rebutting an editorial written last month about democracy, freedom of speech and law in Singapore. From WSJ:
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Fracastoro outlined his concept of epidemic diseases in De contagione et contagiosis morbis (1546; "On Contagion and Contagious Diseases"), stating that each is caused by a different type of rapidly multiplying minute body and that these bodies are transferred from the infector to the infected in three ways: by direct contact; by carriers such as soiled clothing and linen;...
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...Columbus. Its origin is still questioned, however. Fracastoro was interested in epidemic infection, and he offered the first scientific explanation of disease transmission. In his great work, De contagione et contagiosis morbis (1546), he theorized that the seeds of certain diseases are imperceptible particles transmitted by air or by contact.


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Police in Cologne, Germany, were overwhelmed by groups of men attacking women in the city center on New Year's Eve, according to a leaked report.
An unidentified senior official who wrote the report for Germany's national police described a "chaotic and shameful" evening in which a lack of officers at the scene meant those there "reached the limits of their abilities pretty quickly," according to Der Spiegel, which obtained a copy of the report.
"Women, accompanied or not, literally ran a 'gauntlet' through masses of heavily intoxicated men that words cannot describe," the official wrote.
The report contradicts the Cologne police department's initial depiction of the night as "relaxed," a description that has since been recanted. Authorities now say that more than 100 women have filed criminal complaints of sexual assault – including two reported rapes – or thefts during the festivities that evening, according to the Associated Press.
Roughly 1,000 men described by officials as being largely of "Arab or North African origin" had congregated in the square outside Cologne station that night, with groups reportedly breaking off to assault women. Victims described a sense of lawlessness that evening as criminals flouted the law even with police present.
"They grabbed our arms… pushed our clothes away, and tried to get between our legs or I don't know where," one victim told the BBC News.
Another said attackers put a firecracker in her hood as they stole her phone.
"I heard a sizzling sound in my hood and I somehow tried to get it out of the hood," she said. "Then it fell into my jacket and burned everything. The scars will stay. I was lucky that it didn't explode."
The report obtained by Der Spiegel seemed to corroborate the sense that the attackers, repeatedly described as groups of male migrants, felt that they had the run of areas in front of and inside the train station.
The report describes officers encountering crying, frightened pedestrians, many of them women and girls. Officers reported that their orders were ignored, that they were "bombarded with fireworks and pelted with glass bottles," and that witnesses were threatened when they named the perpetrators, according to Der Spiegel.
The author of the report noted a level of disrespect for police "like I have never experienced in my 29 years of public service."
Cologne was not the only European city to see trouble on New Year's Eve.
Police in Helsinki, Finland said that 15 Iraqi asylum seekers were taken into custody amid allegations of groping and harassing women near the city's central railway station on New Year's Eve. Ilkka Koskimäki, Deputy Police Chief of the Helsinki Police Department, said three women had filed complaints, alleging they had been kissed and touched against their will.
The situation, he said, might have been worse had police not received a tip that groups of Iraqi asylum seekers were planning disturbances that night, leading the Helsinki police to deploy far more officers than usual.
Attacks were reported elsewhere in Germany, too, including in Hamburg and Stuttgart, according to the BBC.
Cologne, however, saw the largest wave of assaults. Due to the overwhelming number of attacks, officials have few leads on the attackers, according to the report. "Security forces were unable to get all of the incidents, assaults, crimes, etc. under control. There were simply too many happening at the same time," its author writes.
Authorities have, however, described the men as being largely of "Arab or North African origin." According to the report, at least one officer quoted a man as saying: "I'm a Syrian! You have to treat me kindly! Mrs. Merkel invited me."
Germany took in a record 1.1 million asylum-seekers last year, driven largely by migrants from Syria. Officials have warned against blaming all refugees for the New Year's Eve incidents, but added that deportation is on the table for any asylum-seekers found to be involved.
"We must examine again and again whether we have already done what is necessary in terms of . . . deportations from Germany in order to send clear signals to those who are not prepared to abide by our legal order," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
She also described the assaults as "repugnant."
"The feeling women had in this case of being at people's mercy, without any protection, is intolerable for me personally as well," she said. "And so it is important for everything that happened there to be put on the table."


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Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Services for Cloud Computing
Commercial Services for provisioning software components and virtual infrastructure in the cloud are emerging; this creates a multitude of possibilities for outsourcing part of the Service to third parties in order to run their applications. These possibilities are associated with different running services so cloud customers have to determine the services. In this paper, the authors present to create new services. They assume that applications are described as templates, fixing the deployment service and hardware components. Different parts of the application may be outsourced to different providers and several levels of outsourcing can be considered. Their services are decomposes the application in order to discover all suitable Cloud services from a registry.


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Miami thai Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Miami thai restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Miami just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Miami, you've come to the right place.
Our Miami restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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2b Asian Bistro(01/30/2012)
"Es el mejor Asia restaurant .la comida es de calidad y la atencion es personalisada POR Sr Bond tristani te hace sentir en Casa Las mezclas de sabores. Son Unicas .El q lo prueba reipte. Q se mantengan y la limpieza es delicada e impeccable Solange Evers from key biscayne"
Bangkok City Thai & Seafood Restaurant(06/07/2011)
""if you want the best sushi, this is the place to go to. great service and very fast. the decor has got that simple nature feel,it's a little dim at dinner time which i love.i love everything about it. can't go wrong here..."
Siam Rice Thai and Sushi Restaurant(04/02/2009)
"never answer the phone- so frustrating!"
K Thai Chinese Rest(02/28/2009)
"Have this jewel in the neighborhood, recently discovered. Food is great, special fried rice like I've never tasted before. Recommend trying, you will come back; do not forget the spare ribs that are so tender and really delicious. Ernesto recommends this family oriented little restaurant."
Siam Gourmet Thai Restaurant(02/07/2009)
"I absolutely love this place, this is the most authentic and delicious thai food in miami... the wife cooks the food and the husband serves it, its adorable. extremely small and i have been coming for years, i get first class service my favorite table and the man is so sweet. pad-see eiw is the grea... "
K Thai Chinese Rest(10/25/2008)
"Great food! Love the curry and sushi rolls and the fried rice is to die for! I highly recommend this restaurant."
Siam Gourmet Thai Restaurant(09/16/2008)
"This is definitely a best kept secret. The pad thai is out of this world. The best thai tea ever! Eating here is like eating at the home of an authentic Thai family."
Siam Gourmet Thai Restaurant(08/29/2008)
"This is the BEST thai food in Miami! The food is homemade and authentic. I recommend this place to anyone that loves thai food!"
Patra Rama Thai Villa Grmt(02/14/2005)
"This place is by far one of the best sushi/thai restaurants I have been to. The food is always fresh and unlike most sushi places, the food is not overpriced. The employees are all very friendly."
Thai & Sushi Bistro(11/06/2004)
"Need better lighting but very clean and nicely decorated."
Siam Gourmet Thai Restaurant(03/14/2001)
"This is by far the best Thai in Miami - a mom and pop restaurant where they really care about the food."
Bangkok City Thai & Seafood Restaurant(07/12/2000)
"Don't let the roadside view fool you. This Thai restaurant is a gem! Once you get a taste of their mini spring roll or their Three Flavors Tofu you'll know why. Of course their Pad Thai is wonderful but there are so many more delicious choice so be adventurous. My husband and I have tried many d... "
Siam Gourmet Thai Restaurant(12/15/1999)
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During the years of World War II, it was European immigrants and descendants who took arms for the United States to defend the country that welcomed them with open arms.
Special Section: America Remembers
In the 2000s, as the war against terror rages on around the world, an overwhelming majority of enlistees are now Latinos, many of whom return from war with devastating wounds.
Corporal Wesley Leon Barrientos is one of those Latinos.
We first heard about Wesley from our friends in Kern County. Truth is, everyone there seems to know about Wesley. Unfortunately, it took risking his life to become a household name.
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This is the new love of my life. I went through two iced tea packs of it, and part of a tin already, only making single serve ones. I'm trying to be careful so I don't make myself super sick of it.. but its hard because its so freakin tasty! :) I really like the lightness of this.. it reminds me of pink flamingo but it doesn't have the tartness (which I think is partially because of the eucalyptus in that blend).. this one, the passionfruit is the main flavour…. which is nice because its not often that a passionfruit is dominant amongst several ingredients. I have only tried this one iced and cold steeped… good both ways :)
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Provost Inaugural Lecture - Maria Kovacs, PhD April 16, 2013, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Scaife Hall, Lecture Room 6
University Honors Maria Kovacs, PhD on April 16, 2013
Join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 from 4:00pm-5:00pm in Lecture Room 6 of Scaife Hall for a special lecture and reception celebrating the appointment of Maria Kovacs, PhD as a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.
This appointment is an important honor for Dr. Kovacs, and also for the Department of Psychiatry, as it recognizes her many outstanding accomplishments and her contributions to the field. Dr. Kovacs will deliver a Provost's Inaugural Lecture entitled "Three Decades of Programmatic Research on Juvenile-Onset Depressive Disorders: From Phenomenology to Mechanisms."
Come celebrate with us at this important event and learn more about Dr. Kovacs's career path and research. This is also an opportunity to personally congratulate Dr. Kovacs on her appointment and to reconnect with your colleagues.
Dr. Kovacs is an internationally recognized scientist and expert on child and adolescent depression. Her investigations have spanned ages ranging from late childhood to adulthood, and she has examined the presentation, outcome, and public health implications of early-onset affective mood disorders. More recently, Dr. Kovacs led a multidisciplinary international team of investigators in a project on risk factors for juvenile-onset depression that combined molecular, genetic, brain physiology, behavioral observation, and clinical perspectives. She currently has National Institute of Mental Health grant support to study biobehavioral inflexibility and related risk for juvenile depression, as well as psychiatric outcomes among children at risk for depression.