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Decision makers
- UNITE Group
- UNITE Group
Stop forcing students to move out of flats they have paid for.
Residents at Woodland Court UNITE student accommodation have been told to move from their rooms during summer despite holding a signed tenancy to live their till September.
One block of flats have been asked to leave the rooms by the 24th June whilst another block has been asked to leave by the 18th August.
UNITE say this happened as they have sold the flats to an International Language School and the University of Arts London.
Students were given only 5 days to respond to a letter stating if they wish to end their tenancy and be refunded the money paid till September or accept alternative accommodation (provided by UNITE).
The misdated letter containing spelling mistakes was placed under students doors at 2am Friday. No management were on site to deal with distressed students from 2pm Friday until Monday.
Students living in Woodland Court are from universities all across London including UCL, London Metropolitan, SOAS, City, Westminister, Birkbeck and more.
The news came as a shock to the students' many of whom are facing pressures already from examinations.
UNITE say legally they have the right to move students from their room for "better management."
When we signed we did not believe selling our rooms to other people, and moving us somewhere else is what UNITE meant by "better management."
Students feel UNITE have betrayed their trust and security as well compromised their welfare.
For some students living in Woodland Court, this is the second time they've been asked to move.
UNITE should respect the original tenancy agreement they held with students and have the decency to let students stay in their room without disruption - especially during examination period.
We are asking UNITE to reverse their decision and let students stay in the rooms they have paid for!
- UNITE Group
- UNITE Group
We find the way UNITE Group have dealt with this situation is unacceptable.
Please reverse you decision to move students from their rooms in Woodland Court.
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This deliciously decadent and simple to make and a great way to introduce little ones to parsnip and celeriac. It is also the perfect comfort food for chilly autumn nights.
600 grams parsnip, peeled and finely sliced (Potatoes & Things, Stalls 27-28, A Shed)
1kg celeriac, peeled and finely sliced (Potatoes & Things, Stalls 27-28, A Shed)
25 grams butter (Curds and Whey, Shop 12-13, Dairy Hall)
4 tbsp double cream (Curds and Whey, Shop 12-13, Dairy Hall)
freshly grated nutmeg (Nut Trek, Shop 55-56, Dairy Hall)
1-2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves (Green Leaf Produce, Stalls 39-42, H Shed)
⅓ cup freshly grated parmesan (The Epicurean, Shop 14-16, Dairy Hall)
50 grams fresh breadcrumbs (Market Organics, Stalls 45-55, I Shed)
1 tbsp olive oil (Diane's Delights, Shop 43-46, Dairy Hall)
Preheat oven to 200°C and grease a baking dish with butter.
Cook parsnips in a saucepan of boiling, salted water for 2 minutes or until tender. Add celeriac, then bring to the boil and cook for 8 minutes. Drain.
Mash with butter and cream. Season to taste, then add nutmeg and stir through thyme leaves. Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish.
In a separate bowl, combine parmesan, breadcrumbs and oil. Season. Scatter topping over mash.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until topping is crisp and golden-brown.

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Win a Mini thanks to Taylor Wimpey West Sussex
Taylor Wimpey is celebrating all things British this summer with a free prize draw – offering property-hunters seeking new homes in West Sussex the opportunity to win a limited edition Mini.
Patriotic pride is at a peak in 2012 thanks to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics, and the special edition Mini London up for grabs in the Taylor Wimpey competition is one of only 2,012 made to mark the occasion.
To be in with a chance of winning the Mini, which comes complete with stylish Union Jack detail and a London 2012 logo on the roof, all property-seekers have to do is visit a Taylor Wimpey development of new homes for sale in West Sussex before Friday 7th September and fill in a prize draw card. Alternatively, they can enter online by visiting the competition website at winamini2012.co.uk.
Sarah Pasco, Regional Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey, says: "Anyone looking for their ideal new home in West Sussex won't want to miss their chance to enter this incredible free prize draw.
"Just pop along to a participating Taylor Wimpey development of properties for sale in West Sussex, enter your details on the form and if your name is the first out of the hat, you'll be the proud owner of a brand new £20,000 Mini!
"While you're there, you'll be able to find out more about the fantastic range of homes and homebuyer incentives we have on offer to suit purchasers in all circumstances – so even if you don't win your dream car, we can certainly help you find your perfect property."
Taylor Wimpey's Win a Mini competition is being held at the following developments:
The Ridings, Pulborough
3 and 4 bedroom homes from £250,000
Alders Edge, Billinghurst
2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes from £185,000
The Farthings, Horsham
3 and 5 bedroom homes from £350,000
Sandrocks, Haywards Heath
4 and 5 bedroom new homes from £315,000
All entries must be received by 4pm on Friday 7th September and the draw will take place at midday on Saturday 8th September. The winner will be contacted directly by Taylor Wimpey.
Further information about Taylor Wimpey developments, visit taylorwimpey.co.uk.


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As you all know, I love shoes!! Yes, I LOVE shoes!! but I realize that I live in a very small house and the space I do have is precious to me. So I've cleaned out my closet and took about 50 pairs of shoes and am ready to rid myself of them!! Yes, I'm really getting rid of 50 pairs of shoes. That brings me to about 30 and I plan on weaning myself even more!
Also, are you paying too much for some utilities. I am. My cable / internet bill is high considering what I have. So I decided to call the company and ask for a reduced rate. Believe it or not, they accomodated me!! Dropped my bill 15.00 per month for a year. That's a savings of 180.00 per year! Wow!! I plan on trying to take more pictures. I think I hesitate to do that because not everything is perfect. But I'm going to try to let you know how we save and how I plan on reducing my bills, and increase our savings!!! Hope you like this new direction... I think I'll be a better blogger because of it!! Enjoy your weekend all!!


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As a new Ontario premier prepares to take office and a finance minister plans to leave his, a new report says the challenges presented by the province's swollen debt have not been sufficiently addressed — and compares the situation unfavourably to such economic basket-cases as California and Greece.
The 66-page paper from the Fraser Institute, a fiscally conservative think-tank, also argues that under "status quo" policies the province's debt as a share of its gross domestic product will almost double by the end of the decade. The authors of "The State of Ontario's Indebtedness: Warning Signs to Act" note that the Liberal government's own commission on public service reform, which produced the Drummond Report, "should have been a wake-up call … regarding the immediate need for reform of the province's spending."
Instead, they write in the report that will be released on Thursday, "the government has chosen to simply slow the rate of growth in spending over the next few years without any serious reform."
Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, who has said he will not seek re-election and is expected to resign his Windsor MPP seat sometime in the next few weeks, gave bookend speeches at the start and end of the Liberal leadership race won by Kathleen Wynne that warned the slate of candidates of the difficult economic picture facing the province. Even as he touted in a speech last week that Ontario's 2012-13 deficit is now forecasted to be $11.9-billion, about $3-billion lower than expected in last spring's budget, Mr. Duncan said Ontario will have to double its current rate of spending cuts if it is to curb the deficit by 2017-18.
But the Finance Minister also said the Liberals have avoided more drastic measures taken in states like Michigan and California, which have fired public-sector workers by the thousands while dealing with their own budget woes.
The Fraser Institute report, however, argues that from a debt perspective California is in much better shape than Ontario. It says the province "is in a worse position than California on every measure of indebtedness." Using 2010-11 figures for bonded debt, the report says Ontario had almost $240-billion compared with $144-billion for California, even though the latter has a much larger economy and population. Once the population is factored in, California's per capita bonded debt of $3,833 is about a fifth of Ontario's ($17,922).
"For those Ontarians who look at California in puzzlement over its inability to solve its deficit and debt challenges, [we] strongly encourage them to look inward at the severity of their own indebtedness," the authors note.
Officials in the provincial Finance Ministry, however, disputed the comparison.
"You can't compare Ontario to California," said Aly Vitunski, spokeswoman for the Finance Minister. "While they're facing mass layoffs, we're freezing wages so we can save Ontario jobs. We're also undertaking fundamental pension reform to ensure sustainable pensions for Ontarians, while California has been crippled under the weight of the cost of public-sector pensions."
California, like many U.S. states, also has a constitutional requirement that demands a balanced budget, so it is unable to accumulate debt in the manner that a Canadian province can.
For the comparison with Greece, the report says that country's net debt-to-GDP ratio was 37% in 1984, "exactly where Ontario's [ratio] stands today." Greece, one of the European countries most battered by the global recession, now has a debt-to-GDP ratio of a remarkable 163%. The report argues that if Ontario continues with policies that only serve to slow the rate of spending growth, "Greece offers a cautionary tale."
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Citizens Police Academy
The Mooresville Police Department's Citizens Police Academy is a ten-week program designed to provide participants an informative look at the operations of their local police department. Students will learn from police department personnel who are experts in the areas of Special Response Team, K-9, narcotics, investigations, patrol operations, traffic, and other related fields. Students are encouraged to ask questions and express their concerns about pertinent issues. It is not the mission of the Academy to train citizens to become police officers, but to help raise awareness, understanding, and trust within the community.
- 18 years of age
- No outstanding warrants and no pending criminal charges
- No prior felony convictions
Mooresville Police Department
Attention: Citizens Police Academy
750 W. Iredell Ave.
Mooresville, NC 28115
Explorer Post
The Police Explorer Program is an enjoyable way for students to learn about the field of law enforcement. Open to young men and women ages 14-21 years of age, the Post offers hands-on activities that promote positive growth and development in youth. Interested applicants must be of good character and maintain good grades in school. Explorers learn about criminal laws, court procedures, police patrol techniques, and organizational skills. They also participate in ride-along activities and other community events. Contact the Explorer Post by emailing or call 704-664-3311.
Police Explorers Program
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
The Mooresville Police Department offers RAD training for women in our community at no charge. RAD is a self-defense course designed to teach women basic defense options in the event of an attack. The program provides great information and an opportunity to practice basic skills in a controlled environment. The course accommodates women, 14 years of age or older, and is taught by certified instructors with various background and training specialties from the Mooresville Police Department.
RAD-Senior is Rape Aggression Defense training designed for men and women over the age of 65. Also offered at no charge, RAD-Senior focuses on crime reduction strategies seniors can use in their own home and community. RAD-Senior teaches participants physical defense strategies and techniques with some senior limitations in mind.
Upcoming RAD Dates
For more information on either of these classes, email firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com or call 704-664-3311.
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Crime Prevention
Crime Prevention activities such as Neighborhood Watch development, meetings, and seminars can be scheduled through the Mooresville Police Department's Crime Prevention Officer.
Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that enlists the active participation of the residents of Mooresville, in cooperation with the Mooresville Police Department. Its purpose is to teach the citizens of Mooresville simple crime prevention techniques and provide information concerning crime in their neighborhoods.
Schedule a Neighborhood Watch Meeting
If you would like to schedule a meeting in your neighborhood, email or call 704-664-3311.
To enhance your safety at home and work, the police department offers residential and business security assessments. These assessments are FREE and designed to offer tips on making your home or business a safer place. To schedule your FREE security assessment, please contact Dave Harding, Crime Prevention Officer, at 704-799-4187.


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Cabana Cotton PJ Set
She'll ditch the sweats for good when she sees this comfy pair of PJs. The v-neck top has a subtle lace trim and the pants boast an elastic drawstring waist; they're the perfect way to lounge and relax. Multiple colors.


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Recipe Source: Brennan, Georgeanne. Cooking from the Farmers' Market. Time Life Books, New York, 1999 p. 33.
I made this as a side dish for our Easter dinner. I'm not a huge fan of artichokes. They've always seemed like a lot of work for a very little payoff. This recipe, though, was different. There was no fussy pulling the leaves off and hoping that I could get something edible out of each one, the way my husband insists they're supposed to be eaten. No, this was pretty straightforward. And it tasted good, far better than I would have expected for what is, essentially, a thistle.
I did increase the garlic when I made this dish, because you just have to. That was really the only change I made, despite my usual proclivities. Try this sometime - it may look complicated here, but it's really easy and reasonably healthy to boot.
Sauteed Artichoke Hearts with Lemon (serves 8; approx. $1.13/serving)
2 lemons
6 artichokes
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- Large bowl
- Heavy-bottomed saucepan
- Slotted spoon
- Fill your large bowl about three quarters of the way with water. Cut one of the lemons in half and squeeze the juice into the water.
- Working with one artichoke at a time, cut the stem off the base of the artichoke.
- Peel back and snap off the first 1 or 2 layers of leaves.
- Cut off the top third of the artichoke.
- Starting at the base, peel back and snap off the tough outer leaves. You'll know you're done when you reach the pale green inner leaves.
- Cut off the uppermost part again, leaving about 1" leaves rising.
- Trim around the base to make a smooth surface. There is a lot of cutting in this recipe. Your compost pile will thank you.
- Cut the artichoke in half lengthwise. If the choke (pretty purple part) is only hairy, leave it where it is. If it has developed any spiky bits, you must scoop it out and discard it.
- Cut each half lengthwise into 4 pieces and put them into the lemon water.
- Repeat until you run out of artichokes.
- Drain and pat dry.
- In the saucepan over medium heat, warm the olive oil.
- Add the garlic and artichokes. Saute until the artichokes are lightly golden.
- Raise the heat to high. Add the lemon juice and deglaze the pan.
- Add the broth and salt. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 10 minutes. The bases of the artichokes should be tender when you pierce them with a fork.
- Stir in the parsley and remove from heat.
- Use the slotted spoon to transfer to the serving platter.
- Spoon the pan sauce over the top.
- Slice the remaining 1 1/2 lemon into thin slices and garnish.
- Serve hot or at room temperature.


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Border-Node Based Movement Aware Routing Protocol
In this paper, the authors exploit the position based routing for VANET. They take the benefit of BMFR protocol to reduce the number of hops. Further, they take advantage of AMAR for optimizing the path with the help of speed and direction in addition to position of neighbours. Finally, to resolve the conflict between two competitive nodes they use an attribute named probability to prevent the packet to be forwarded in wrong direction. Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs) belong to wireless communication networks. VANET is the emerging area of MANETs in which vehicles act as the mobile nodes within the network.
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Party Recap
For my daughter's 2nd birthday we decided on a Minnie Mouse themed party. We originally decided to have it at a Recreation Area, but on the day of her party halfway through decorating it started thunder storming & pouring down rain. So at the last minute we had it at our apartment complex clubhouse for the second time. I only had 1 1/2 hours to decorate & get everything ready as best as I could including my daughter. As it got closer to party time the sun decided to come out & the weather was perfect. But in the end it was a great birthday!
Party Highlights
What People Ate
We had another BBQ Lunch Birthday: pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, bratwurst, baked beans, pasta salad, potato salad, melon salad, & cole slaw.
Best Dressed
My daughter's birthday outfit was a Minnie Mouse pillow dress from Etsy.com
The cake was from a local bakery shop called, "The Cakery." The cake was a vanilla sheet cake with a cherry vanilla buttercream frosting.
Party Favors
For all the guests I had Minnie Mouse cookies made from Eileen's Colossal Cookies.


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Grab an Evenflo booster seat for half the price this week at Target. That high-backs are on sale for $25 (reg. $39.99).
There is a printable coupon available for $5 off making the final price just $20! The coupon can also be used on the no-back booster, making that seat $15.


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Comedy Central's Jon Stewart apparently sees a parallel between the political clout of Japan's defenders of animated child rape and the National Rifle Association. Stewart made the connection Thursday night following a segment on "The Daily Show" about the recent vote by Japan's upper house of parliament to finally ban the possession of child pornography.
As the segment noted, however, Japan's new law isn't absolute: graphic images depicted in anime, comic books and similar so-called artistic representations will still be legal to own, due to the powerful lobby behind the multibillion-dollar industry.
As Stewart wondered, "how can a lobby for a destructive industry take precedence over the protection of children?" the NRA's logo was projected behind him to audience cheers.
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The Rev. Don Bower is used to being around those of the female gender, so he doesn't expect any difficulties integrating himself into what was heretofore an all-woman civic club.
In December, Bower became the first male member of the Pilot Club of Oconee County.
"I live in a household where I'm the only male and that includes the cats," he said with a chuckle. Bower and his wife, Cheryl, have two grown daughters, one a school teacher and the other a scientist, and he now lives with three cats — all girls, of course.
The Pilot Clubs' local and national efforts at supporting people with brain disorders and the prevention of brain damage is a worthwhile project, Bower said.
"I'm surprised men haven't gotten involved in this earlier," he said.
Bower is a minister with the United Methodist Church and also serves as a circuit pastor in Oglethorpe County. But while working with the Bishop circuit in Oconee County, four of his members at Bishop UMC — Sandra Glass, Donna McPherson, June McKenzie and Diane Hardigree — were members of the Pilot Club.
Those women were one of the factors that Bower said he believes caught his interest about the club.
"I've know them for sometime and knew they were in the Pilot Club. I'm not sure of the thing that drove me to join, but I like being involved in community activities. I think part of it is the fellowship of being with good people," he said.
"June told me there was a Pilot Club in South Georgia with a man, so the precedent had already been set," said Bower, who along with Judy Murrow of Farmington were recently installed as the club's newest members.
As a young man, Bower attended Manatee Junior College in Bradenton, Fla., where he was among the first men to enter the college's nursing program. He later transferred to Ogelthorpe University in Atlanta to pursue medicine, but his goals changed and he ended up attending seminary to become a minister.
Bower's first job as a pastor was 1977 at New Hope UMC in Lawrenceville. He moved on to Griffin First Methodist and in 1982 he was placed by the church at Oconee Street UMC in Athens. He was in the Morgan County circuit followed the Bishop circuit before moving into his present job.
Bower, who lives in the Arnoldsville area, also volunteers his motivational services to the Cedar Shoals High football team and the Winder-Barrow High baseball team.


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Identity Theft
Personal information can be vulnerable to theft and misuse, with identity theft now one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States.
Identity thieves use a variety of methods to obtain and misuse your personal information, using information such as your birthdate and Social Security number to exploit your existing accounts or open new accounts in your name. Clearing your name of fraudulent charges can take both time and money. Being educated on ways to prevent and handle identity theft should it occur will help you avoid being a victim of this crime.
There are a number of steps you can take to help avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
- Examine your financial statements. Save check stubs, credit, debit and ATM receipts. Shred them when you no longer need them.
- Report discrepancies between your records and monthly statements to the appropriate company.
- Do not carry more credit cards than you will use, your Social Security card, or other nonessential information. Don't give out your Social Security number unless absolutely necessary and for a legitimate purpose.
- Destroy blank checks from closed accounts and expired credit cards.
- Guard your purse or wallet. Thieves often target unoccupied vehicles, unlocked office areas, and health club locker rooms.
- Shred or tear up preapproved credit card offers before you throw them away.
- Check your mail. If you haven't received any mail in several days, you may be the victim of mail diversion fraud.
- Order a copy of your credit report each year from one of the major credit bureaus. You may order a free credit report annually at www.annualcreditreport.com.
- Place passwords on credit card, bank, and phone accounts. Try to use different passwords for different accounts.
- Secure personal information at home.
- Ask about information security procedures in your workplace.
- Don't give out sensitive information on the phone, through mail, or online unless self-initiated. Before revealing personal information, ask why it is needed, how it will be used, and if it will be shared with others.
- Be wary of promotional scams.
- Don't keep your personal identification numbers (PINs) or access codes with your credit and debit cards.
- Take precautions to secure all personal information stored in your computer.


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The decision by Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV not to air footage filmed by a Toulouse gunman as he carried out attacks in southern France last week came on a day of personal pleas from the Jewish and Muslim families of the victims and by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
"I ask of those in charge of all the TV channels in possession of these images not to broadcast the images under any pretext out of respect for the victims and out of respect for the republic," said Mr. Sarkozy, who is in the middle of presidential campaign, on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera TV, which is backed by the wealthy ruling family of the Gulf state of Qatar, has been criticized for being a destination of choice for al-Qaeda videos and statements by terrorist leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. There is also a perception that the network airs gruesome videos such as the beheadings of western hostages during the height of the Iraq war.
The network has denied such allegations in the past, arguing that it does not broadcast footage of killings that have been posted on the Internet by militants, although it has aired videos showing western hostages pleading at gunpoint – something western news organization have also done.
Since January 2011, the network has been at the centre of the Arab spring uprisings, as Tunisian protesters filming a brutal police crackdown on peaceful protests sent their footage to Al Jazeera TV to publicize their cause.
On Tuesday, Al Jazeera TV faced a major test over how it would handle potentially explosive footage of a killing spree that has shocked France.
The network announced that its Paris bureau had received a video from an anonymous source and that it had immediately passed the video on to "French police as we were duty bound to do and they are conducting their investigation," according to a statement from the network.
"In accordance with Al Jazeera's code of ethics, given the video does not add any information that is not already in the public domain, its news channels will not be broadcasting any of its contents."
On hearing the news, President Sarkozy thanked Al Jazeera for its decision. France and Qatar enjoy strong relations, cemented by the military campaign in Libya, in which both countries took part. A decision to air the footage would have strained those relations.
Whether other copies of the video were mailed to news organizations remains unclear. However, Al Jazeera said Tuesday that it had declined requests from other news organizations for copies of the video.
The decision not to air the footage caps a dramatic day as details of the video were shared with French media. The Paris bureau of Al Jazeera TV said it had received a USB key with 25 minutes of footage that had been mixed with Koranic verses and religious songs.
"You can hear gunshots at the moment of the killings. You can hear the voice of this person who has committed these assassinations. You can hear also the cries of the victims, and the voices were distorted," said Al Jazeera Paris bureau chief Zied Tarrouche on Tuesday, while speaking to French TV station BFM.
At the time, Mr. Tarrouche said the decision over whether or not to air the video would be made by senior management at the network's Doha headquarters.
"We are not a sensational network, we do not want to distribute images without measuring the risks and the consequences," Mr. Tarrouche was quoted as saying.
The post stamp on the video indicates that it was mailed last Wednesday around the time of a 32 hour siege that ended with French forces raiding 23-year-old Mohammed Merah's apartment, as the gunman leapt from his apartment, still firing at French police. Mr. Merah was shot and killed by police.
According to AFP, French authorities now believe that Mr. Merah did not mail the video to Al Jazeera and that an accomplice was responsible.
Mr. Merah first targeted French paratroopers killing three soldiers in two separate shootings. Two of the paratroopers were Muslim. Last Monday, he attacked a Jewish school in Toulouse killing a teacher and three children, all under the age of ten.
The mother of Imed Ibn Ziaten, one of the paratroopers killed by Mr. Merah, pleaded with the Al Jazeera not to show the footage.
"I ask them not to show the footage. My son was killed, a 30-year-old child. And people want to show it as if it were a film. Please, I can't see that," she said, according to AFP.
"We were about to go to Imed's grave to mourn. I don't need this, they don't have the right to do that, you can't do that. We've suffered enough."
A lawyer representing the family of Jewish teacher Jonathan Sandler warned that the family would take legal action to stop any broadcast of the film footage. The lawyer asked that the media "respect their pain and their mourning."


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Highland Park police wrongfully shot and killed an unarmed man in June, the man's family said in a lawsuit that was moved Thursday to a federal court.
The lawsuit, originally filed in state district court last month, alleges that David Edwin Hartman, 32, had disarmed himself and "posed no risk" to the officers who fatally shot him June 4 on Mockingbird Lane just outside of Southern Methodist University.
Police had alleged Hartman pointed a gun at officers before they opened fire.
Officers found Hartman, who had a lengthy criminal history, stopped in a shopping complex after a woman told police that he was following her on a motorcycle. The bike had been reported stolen, authorities later said.
After a struggle, officers handcuffed Hartman and put him in the back of their squad SUV. Somehow, Hartman escaped the handcuffs and managed to fire a gun he had hidden on him. The shot busted open a window.
The lawsuit alleges Hartman tried to flee and was shot "twice in the back, and once in the leg." The officers then shot him again at least once while he was "face-down on the ground."
Town officials said in a letter to residents a few days after the shooting that there was "absolutely no doubt" that Hartman "was in our community to commit a violent crime, and that he would have done so had he not been apprehended."
Hartman's death marked the first fatal shooting in the 100-year history of the town's police force.


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The stimulus package could limit contracting flexibility
Buried deep within the $787 billion economic stimulus law is a small provision, barely noticeable on a quick skim, that could well change the federal government's procurement practices for years to come.
The provision is just 56 words long, and the core of it is only 17: "To the maximum extent possible, contracts funded under this act shall be awarded as fixed-price contracts."
Most agencies will receive a hefty sum of money from the $787 billion stimulus package, but they need to spend it fast. The law favors fixed-price contracts, but how can contracting officers award them in a short amount of time?Many experts advise breaking the contracts into smaller pieces.An agency can divide a large procurement into manageable chunks, said Elliott Branch, executive director of contracts at the Naval Sea Systems Command. But that means different contractors will likely handle different pieces of the contract, so officials need to consider how all the pieces will fit together.Michael Sullivan, director of acquisition and sourcing management at the Government Accountability Office, said agencies should tackle projects that are ready to go while planning for short increments in which to accomplish the pieces of a larger procurement.However, Charles Adolph, former director of test and evaluation in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, said fixed-price contracting doesn't work well for research and development projects, which have too many unknowns. And once a new technology is ready, the department must integrate it into the current system, which isn't a simple job.Beyond that, Adolph said, fixed-price contracting is a valuable option for many situations.— Matthew Weigelt
President Barack Obama frequently promises change, but the procurement approach of setting a price first and then proceeding with work is old school. Other approaches to federal contracts, such as cost-reimbursement and no-bid awards, have emerged in recent years to give procurement officials more flexibility while accepting more risk.
Obama's Office of Management and Budget now calls fixed-price contracts "safe investments" for the massive amounts of taxpayer funds going out the door in the stimulus package. Last year, Democratic lawmakers clamped down on cost-plus contracts in the fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law Oct. 14, 2008. And now, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Obama signed Feb. 17 includes the provision that limits contracts as much as possible to those with fixed prices.
However, many procurement experts are critical, worried that the administration is limiting the use of other contract approaches that have a legitimate place in a contracting officer's toolbox.
It's an old debate. While proponents say fixed-price contracts commit companies to performing work for a set amount and allow agencies to budget appropriately, some experts say other contract types offer a flexibility that is necessary in certain situations. And, they add, fixed-price contracts can eventually cost the government more because contractors are likely to base their bids on the upper end of their expected costs. Other contract types, such as cost-plus, allow agencies to pay less if the final cost to the contractor is closer to the lower end of the range.
Many see fixed-price contracts as "the panacea for waste, fraud and abuse," said Ellen Brown, former legislative director for the Republican staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. "Those of us who understand government procurement…know it's not true."
Avoid risk
In their fiscal 2010 budget proposal, titled "A New Era of Responsibility," Obama administration officials wrote that cost-type contracts -- any of several kinds that start with the actual cost as a base and adjust the final price to include such things as a profit margin or an incentive for superior work -- are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Such contracts offer no incentive for companies to control costs, they wrote, adding that those contracts increased 75 percent under President George W. Bush.
Furthermore, many lawmakers have said they believe contractors often take advantage of the government, especially when agencies enter into agreements in which prices aren't set from the beginning.
The Obama administration said the stimulus package seeks to halt such abuses. Office of Management and Budget officials said agencies should ensure reasonable contractor risk and economic performance when selecting the contract type for a project that will use stimulus money.
"Fixed-price contracts provide maximum incentive for the contractor to control costs and perform effectively and impose a minimum burden upon the contracting parties," OMB Director Peter Orszag wrote in a memo issued Feb. 18. "These contracts expose the government to the least risk."
When an agency proposes using a riskier type of contract, it must first make certain it has evaluated all alternatives, Orszag wrote. If the agency doesn't choose the fixed-price approach, officials must appoint an appropriate number of qualified acquisition employees to oversee the contract.
In his address to Congress Feb. 24, Obama said Cabinet secretaries — just like the mayors and governors who will receive stimulus money — are accountable to him and to the American people for the money they spend.
"Here in Washington, we've all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending," Obama said. The administration plans to track stimulus spending at a Web site called Recovery.gov.
Casting a dark shadow
Recovery.gov features another measure that more subtly nudges agencies to choose fixed-price contracts: Other kinds of contracts and sole-source awards must be posted in a special section of Recovery.gov.
"A summary of any contract awarded with such funds that is not fixed-price and not awarded using competitive procedures shall be posted in a special section of the Web site," the legislation states.
Stan Soloway, president and chief executive officer of the Professional Services Council, an industry trade group, said that approach puts contracting officers under pressure to keep their work out of the spotlight. Posting the information in a separate section could cast a dark shadow over the contract by implying there's something unsuitable about it, even when it might be the best kind of contract for that procurement, Soloway said.
Contracting officers prefer to do their work in quiet obscurity, but they can face significant repercussions for making bad acquisition choices. "They already feel like they're on the front lines," Soloway said.
One contracting officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss legislation, criticized the micromanaging nature of the provision. "When are they going to stop telling me how to do my job?" he asked.
The officer said he and his fellow professionals understand the procurement process better than members of Congress do. Although lawmakers act like they know the process as well as the people in the field do, he said, they fail to recognize that contracting officers need many options for finding the best fit for agencies seeking a contractor's services.
Learn from the past
In an era in which development proceeds rapidly in areas such as back-office information technology systems and military combat systems, contracting lessons from a decade ago can offer insight.
Computer software development expanded rapidly in the 1990s. However, it was still new, and agencies struggled to write clear definitions when buying new software that would work with old systems. At the time, the government used fixed-price contracts to buy software, Brown said. With the companies taking on the risk, the government paid a lot more for the software.
"Fixed-price contracts are completely appropriate when we know what we're going to buy," said Paul Kaminski, chairman of a National Research Council study on systems engineering for the Defense Department and undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology from 1994 to 1997. If there's uncertainty, "I think we end up on the wrong end of the bargain negotiating a fixed-price contract."
Experts agree that returning to the era of fixed-price contracts won't protect the government from ballooning costs and could even lead to overpriced contracts.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said fixed-price contracts aren't a simple solution to saving money, but they do work in certain circumstances.
"No acquisition of any kind, however diligent, can overcome a fatally flawed statement of work," said Elliott Branch, executive director of contracts at the Naval Sea Systems Command.
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How do these 17 words "change acquisition" at all? The FAR already contains limits against cost-reimbursement contracting. (See FAR 16.3) Furthermore, the preface "To the maximum extent possible" is entirely subjective. The phrase renders the rest of the rule meaningless.
It's hard to imagine the emergence of a widely accepted definition of a "risk threshold" that would guide the government to select a fixed-price vs. cost-reimbursable contracting method. The proc-noscenti would mull and debate this even more than "inherently governmental"--with, one fears, similar lack of an outcome. Government often has little appreciation of what appears risky to a contractor--and vice versa. Also, small businesses tend to shun fixed-price work, as their little enterprises can't absorb the financial shock of a failure. And this works against the worthy goal of more small-business participation.
It seems to me we had this debate and the fixed price fixes everything approach was tried extensively by Robert McNamara - it was called "Total Package Procurement". It was an absolute disaster with billions of dollars expended on procurements which were eventually abandoned. There is no substitute for a competent contracting officer and a competent government technical customer. If either is missing, the procurement will fail - regardless of contract form.
Huh? "Other approaches to federal contracts, such as cost-reimbursement and no-bid awards, have emerged in recent years to give procurement officials more flexibility while accepting more risk." First, CR contracts have been around for oh maybe a century, and non-competitive contracts have been around longer. Both have reasonable application in the world of gov contracting, particularly when involving things that are unique, groundbreaking tech, and things never been done before. Attempting to re-allocate financial risk to industry through forcing FFP contracts in inappropriate circumstances will yield higher costs as contractors base pricing on risk. Once we hear stories of contractors with 'excessive profits' because they guess right on a FFP development effort, and we'll hear barking for a return to CR pricing. And there's no evidence suggesting use of CR and non-competitive contracts has increased as a precentage of contract actions or dollars awarded - political commentary to the contrary is misleading as it cites doubling of the overall procurement budget, which means CR and NC awards increase, in whole dollar terms, as well. This is not a trending increase, it is consistency.
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In the days right after the devastating storm, RWJF made a $250,000 grant to the Red Cross of Central New Jersey to support the agency's emergency services. Additionally, a $250,000 grant was pledged to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to help replenish food banks, shelters, soup kitchens, and other agencies in the hardest hit areas of the state.
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Bob Paulinski, the former director of wine for Sam's Club, joined Winn-Dixie as Category Director for Wine/Spirits/Beer in September. His primary responsibility is to provide the strategic direction for the beverage alcohol business at Winn-Dixie. As part of this strategy, his is to position Winn-Dixie as a destination point for wines and spirits. Paulinksi says, "Our shoppers are looking to their neighborhood grocer for wine and other beverages more and more - enhancing our product offering is the right thing to do."
The Winn-Dixie territory covers five states: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Included are the 515 grocery stores and 76 separate spirit/wine/beer outlets that belong to Winn-Dixie.
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Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT)
This study has been completed.
John Wayne Cancer Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: January 12, 2006
Last Update Posted: September 2, 2015
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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John Wayne Cancer Institute
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Subjects must be diagnosed with melanoma. All subjects receive Wide Excision (WEX) of their melanoma. If the melanoma meets study requirements, the subject is randomized to receive either (1) no further surgical procedures as part of the study or (2) a Selective Lymphadenectomy with the possibility of a Complete Lymphadenectomy. Subjects are then followed for 10 years.
|Procedure: Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Procedure: Complete Lymph Node Dissection Procedure: Wide Excision
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Clinical Study of Wide Excision Alone Versus Wide Excision With Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Selective Lymph Node Dissection in the Treatment of Patients With Cutaneous Invasive Melanoma.
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MedlinePlus related topics: MelanomaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by John Wayne Cancer Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine whether wide excision of the primary with intraoperative lymphatic mapping (LM) followed by selective lymphadenectomy will effectively prolong overall survival compared to wide excision of the primary melanoma alone. [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Disease-free survival; Incidence, timing, and anatomic distribution of distant metastases; Morbidity of procedures; Significance of TA90 levels; Incidence of Sentinel Node Metastases (biopsy) vs clinical metastases (observation); Accuracy of LM [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 1993
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: WEX only
Procedure: Wide Excision
Subject has wide excision only for primary melanoma.
|Active Comparator: WEX + SLND
Procedure: Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection
Subject has wide excision and sentinel lymph node dissection for primary melanoma.
|Active Comparator: WEX+SLND+CLND
Procedure: Complete Lymph Node Dissection
Subject has wide excision, sentinel lymph node dissection, and complete lymph node dissection (if positive sentinel node found) for primary melanoma.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- The patient consents to be in the study.
- The patient must have invasive melanoma with: 1) Clark Level III and Breslow Thickness greater than or equal to 1.00 mm; or 2) Clark Level IV or V with any Breslow thickness. A confirmation of diagnosis and thickness must be made by the institutional pathologist.
- The primary cutaneous melanoma site must be on the head, neck, trunk, extremity, scalp, palm of the hand, sole of the foot, or subungual skin.
- The patient's biopsy must have been completed no more than 10 weeks before the initial visit to the clinic. (Surgery must be scheduled within three months of the biopsy.)
- The patient must be between 18 and 75 years old.
- The patient must have a life expectancy of at least 10 years from the time of diagnosis, excluding the diagnosis of melanoma.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The patient had a prior wide excision of the primary with a diameter of excision greater than or equal to 3.0 cm and the shortest margin from the tumor edge to the excision edge was measured by a pathologist to be greater than or equal to 1.5 cm; or the patient had an elliptical excision and a margin beyond the tumor edge was greater than or equal to 1.5 cm at the narrowest margin.
- The primary cutaneous melanoma involves the eye, ear, mucous membranes.
- The patient has clinical evidence of satellite lesions, in-transit, regional nodal or distant metastases.
- The patient has a second primary invasive melanoma.
- The patient has had any type of solid tumor or hematologic malignancy during the past 5 years. Exceptions are if the patient has been treated for T1 lesions (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, basal cell carcinoma or in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix) during the past 5 years, but has not received treatment within the last 6 months.
- The patient has had prior skin grafts, tissue transfers or flaps, or lymph node dissections that may alter the lymphatic drainage pattern from a primary cutaneous melanoma to the adjacent regional lymph node basins.
- The patient has had previous chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiation therapy.
- The patient has had an organ transplantation and is receiving immunosuppressive agents as a result of the transplantation.
- The patient has taken oral or parenteral steroids or immunosuppressive drugs within the last 6 months.
- The patient has any known primary or secondary immune deficiencies.
- The patient has another medical condition that will affect life expectancy.
- The patient is pregnant.
- Evidence that the patient cannot undergo selective lymph node dissection for any reason.
Contacts and Locations
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00275496
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00275496
Sponsors and Collaborators
John Wayne Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
|Study Chair:
|Donald L Morton, MD
|John Wayne Cancer Institute
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Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by John Wayne Cancer Institute:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Additional Information:
Morton DL, Thompson JF, Cochran AJ, Mozzillo N, Elashoff R, Essner R, Nieweg OE, Roses DF, Hoekstra HJ, Karakousis CP, Reintgen DS, Coventry BJ, Glass EC, Wang HJ; MSLT Group. Sentinel-node biopsy or nodal observation in melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2006 Sep 28;355(13):1307-17. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 2;355(18):1944.
Faries MB, Thompson JF, Cochran A, Elashoff R, Glass EC, Mozzillo N, Nieweg OE, Roses DF, Hoekstra HJ, Karakousis CP, Reintgen DS, Coventry BJ, Wang HJ, Morton DL; MSLT Cooperative Group. The impact on morbidity and length of stay of early versus delayed complete lymphadenectomy in melanoma: results of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (I). Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Dec;17(12):3324-9. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1203-0. Epub 2010 Jul 8.
Howard JH, Thompson JF, Mozzillo N, Nieweg OE, Hoekstra HJ, Roses DF, Sondak VK, Reintgen DS, Kashani-Sabet M, Karakousis CP, Coventry BJ, Kraybill WG, Smithers BM, Elashoff R, Stern SL, Cochran AJ, Faries MB, Morton DL. Metastasectomy for distant metastatic melanoma: analysis of data from the first Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-I). Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Aug;19(8):2547-55. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2398-z. Epub 2012 May 31.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Morton DL, Thompson JF, Cochran AJ, Mozzillo N, Nieweg OE, Roses DF, Hoekstra HJ, Karakousis CP, Puleo CA, Coventry BJ, Kashani-Sabet M, Smithers BM, Paul E, Kraybill WG, McKinnon JG, Wang HJ, Elashoff R, Faries MB; MSLT Group. Final trial report of sentinel-node biopsy versus nodal observation in melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 13;370(7):599-609. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310460.
|Responsible Party:
|John Wayne Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00275496 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|January 10, 2006
|First Posted:
|January 12, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|September 2, 2015
|Last Verified:
|May 2014
Keywords provided by John Wayne Cancer Institute:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas


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Nu Skin Obtains FDA Clearance of Facial Spa Device
Sep 26, 2013, 07:30 ET from Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced that it has received FDA clearance to market a facial spa device for over-the-counter cosmetic use. The company's 510(k) application was filed approximately one year ago. The company estimates that the facial spa will become available for sale some time during the first half of 2014.
"We have seen great demand for our innovative spa products throughout the world which has helped us to become a global leader in the home-use skin care device market," said Joseph Chang, Ph.D., chief scientific officer. "We are pleased that our U.S. sales leaders and consumers will be able to enjoy the benefits of this skin care device."
According to a 2012 Kline & Company report, the market for at-home skin care devices has enjoyed double-digit growth globally, with Nu Skin devices leading the way in Asia. The report points to even greater opportunities for growth in the at-home skin care device market in the future.
About Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. demonstrates its tradition of innovation through its comprehensive anti-aging product portfolio, independent business opportunity and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The company's scientific leadership in both skin care and nutrition has established Nu Skin as a premier anti-aging company. The company's anti-aging products feature the new ageLOC® suite of products including the ageLOC® R2 nutritional supplement, and ageLOC® Galvanic Body Spa™, as well as the ageLOC® Transformation daily skin care system. A global direct selling company, Nu Skin operates in 53 markets worldwide and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'NUS'. More information is available at http://www.nuskin.com.
Please Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that represent the company's current expectations and beliefs. All statements other than statements of historical fact are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of federal and state securities laws and include, but are not limited to, statements of management's expectations and beliefs regarding the availability for sale of the facial spa in the United States. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," "may," "might," the negative of these words and other similar words. The forward-looking statements and related assumptions involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) any manufacturing issues that delay the availability of the facial spa for marketing and sale in the United States, and (b) any regulatory or other issues that impact the availability and marketing of the facial spa. The forward-looking statements contained herein are further qualified by a detailed discussion of associated risks set forth in the documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements set forth the company's beliefs as of the date that such information was first provided and the company assumes no duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect any change except as required by law.
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The Birth of Jesus, Part VIII. The Fourth Woman in Matthew's genealogy: The Wife of Uriah
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The fourth and final woman included in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus with which he opens his gospel and simultaneously introduces into the Christian tradition the story of the virgin birth, is the best known of them all. Matthew in this genealogy, however, does not ever call her by her name. He refers to her rather …
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I am a retired United Methodist minister of the Central Texas Conference of the UMC and am most interested in your writings. I have not only read, but have copied your articles and used them as a teaching guide for persons I know are interested in a more authentic understanding of Holy Scripture. A question rose in my mind as to the worship practices of the Followers of the Way whom you state remained in those early years (some eighty) as part of synagogue worship. I am aware that Paul had a meeting of the minds, so to speak, with Peter concerning the practice of circumcision of those Gentiles who wished to be part of this new movement. If so, were the Gentile members of the "Way" welcomed into the synagogue to worship (without being circumcised)? You may have already made a comment about this, but I must not have incorporated it into my thinking. Being in my 82nd year, I am not as alert as I was in my seminary days…Lo!! With appreciation for your ministry, I am a joyous follower of your philosophy.
Dear John,
Thank you for your questions and for your years of service in the Methodist ministry.
The issue about the early Church is complex and I have probably had to make it seem simpler than it really was. There were a variety of Christian groups in the early years of the Christian Church. Almost all of them were first associated with and shaped by the synagogue. As the movement began to grow beyond the boundaries of Judaism in the 6th decade, they began to attract Gentile attention. Paul was a key figure in this. Some of the more orthodox Jews led by James, the Lord's brother, and by Peter, at least at the beginning, were insistent that the only way into Christianity was through Judaism and that meant circumcision, kosher laws and Sabbath Day observances. Paul was the champion of those Gentiles who were drawn to theology and liturgy, but not cultic practices. In the early years, there were people who agreed to the orthodox requirements and people who did not. This tension divided the early church rather fiercely. Much of this conflict is reflected in Paul's letter to the Galatians, written in the early 50's. I have just finished reading a book by Dr. James D., Tabor, who is chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who offers a fresh, provocative and insightful perspective on the early years of the Christian movement. His book is entitled Paul and Jesus. I commend that book to you and to all my readers.
The meeting of minds with Peter, to which you refer in your letter, was described in the book of Acts (chapter 15), but be warned that Acts is probably a 10th decade piece of work at the earliest, and it specifically champions Paul's perspective. Furthermore, by the time the book of Acts was written, the battle was over and Christianity was well on its way to becoming a Gentile movement.
My emphasis in the article to which you are referring is that long before the church and the synagogue split, which historians choose 88 CE as the most likely year, the Christian faith had become so deeply shaped by synagogue worship and synagogue liturgy, to say nothing of having wrapped Jesus so tightly in both the Jewish Scriptures and Jewish messianic expectation, that the only way we can discover the original meaning of the Jesus story is by recovering that Jewish background and reading the gospels with well-informed Jewish eyes.
That is what I sought to do when I wrote what is still my favorite book, Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes, where this material is spelled out more fully than I can do in a question and answer format.
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We are throwing a retirement party for my mother and are looking for a bar or restaurant with a private room. We would prefer a restaurant, but are open to a bar and bringing our own food in. There will be quite a few kids, so we definitely want a private space so they can roam around.
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Several area fire departments responded to the scene of a trailer fire on Riverdale Road in West Milford.
Harrison County 911 said the fire started just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to West Milford Chief John Elko, a man was using his stove to cook food. Grease caught on fire and the man was unable to contain it. The man, who suffers from cerebral palsy, inhaled some smoke and was taken to the United Hospital Center by the Harrison County Emergency Squad.
The trailer was declared a total loss.
Fire departments from West Milford, Lost Creek, Mount Clare, and Lumberport are at the scene. Harrison County EMS also responded.
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- Acoustic differences between german and dutch labiodentals (2005)
- The present article is a follow-up study of the investigation of labiodentals in German and Dutch by Hamann & Sennema (2005), where we looked at the perception of the Dutch labiodental three-way contrast by German listeners without any knowledge of Dutch and German learners of Dutch. The results of this previous study suggested that the German voiced labiodental fricative /v/ is perceptually closer to the Dutch approximant /ʋ/ than to the corresponding Dutch voiced labiodental fricative /v/. These perceptual indications are attested by the acoustic findings in the present study. German /v/ has a similar harmonicity median and a similar centre of gravity to Dutch /ʋ/, but differs from Dutch /v/ in these parameters. With respect to the acoustic parameter of duration, German /v/ lies closer to the Dutch /v/ than to the Dutch /ʋ/.
- Airflow in stop-vowel sequences of german (2005)
- This study reports on the results of an airflow experiment that measured the duration of airflow and the amount of air from release of a stop to the beginning of a following vowel in stop vowel-sequences of German. The sequences involved coronal, labial and velar voiced and voiceless stops followed by the vocoids /j, i:, ı, ɛ, ʊ, a/. The experiment tested the influence of the three factors voicing of stop, place of stop articulation, and the following vocoid context on the duration and amount of air as possible explanation for assibilation processes. The results show that the voiceless stops are related to a longer duration and more air in the release phase than voiced ones. For the influence of the vocoids, a significant difference could be established between /j/ and all other vocoids for the duration of the release phase. This difference could not be found for the amount of air over this duration. The place of articulation had only restricted influence. Velars resulted in significantly longer duration of the release phase compared to non-velars. A significant difference in amount of air between the places of articulation could not be found.
- On answering accusations in controversies (2005)
- Accusations are a very frequent type of speech act both in everyday life and in formal controversies, and answering accusations is a sophisticated type of linguistic practice well worth analysing from a pragmatic point of view. In my paper I shall first describe some basic properties of accusations and characteristic types of reactions to accusations, i. e. denying the alleged fact, making excuses, and giving justifications. I then go on to describe some fundamental functions of accusations in controversies. Using the basic patterns of accusations and reactions to accusations as an object of comparison, I then analyse some relevant exchanges from historical controversies (l6th to 18th century), among them famous polemical interactions like the Hobbes-Bramhall controversy, but also less well-known debates from the fields of medicine and theology. The present paper is both a contribution to the theory of controversy and to the pragmatic history of controversies. Keywords: historical pragmatics, theory of controversy, ad hominem moves, dynamics of controversy
- Syllable cut and energy contour in vowels : a comparative study on german and hungarian (2005)
- Syllable cut is said to be a phonologically distinctive feature in some languages where the difference in vowel quantity is accompanied by a difference in vowel quality like in German. There have been several attempts to find the corresponding phonetic correlates for syllable cut, from which the energy measurements of vowels by Spiekermann (2000) proved appropriate for explaining the difference between long, i.e. smoothly, and short, i.e. abruptly cut, vowels: in smoothly cut vowels, a larger number of peaks was counted in the energy contour which were located further back than in abruptly cut segments, and the overall energy was more constant throughout the entire nucleus. On this basis, we intended to compare German as a syllable cut language and Hungarian where the feature was not expected to be relevant. However, the phonetic correlates of syllable cut found in this study do not entirely confirm Spiekermann's results. It seems that the energy features of vowels are more strongly connected to their duration than to their quality.
- Beers, kaffi, and Schnaps : different grammatical options for 'restaurant talk' coercions in three Germanic languages (2005)
- This paper discusses constructions like "We'll have two beers and a coffee." that are typically used for beverage orders in restaurant contexts. We compare the behaviour of nouns in these constructions in three Germanic languages, English, Icelandic, and German, and take a closer look at the correlation of the morpho-syntactic and semantic-conceptual changes involved here. We show that even within such a closely related linguistic sample, one finds three different grammatical options for the expression of the same conceptual transition. Our findings suggest an analysis of coercion as a genuinely semantic phenomenon, a phenomenon that is located on a level of semantic representations that serves as an interface between the conceptual and the grammatical system and takes into account inter- and intralinguistic variations.


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Dome high tech city moves to Deptford as Eden eyes Greenwich
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The abandoned hi-tech business park scheme that was once scheduled to take over the controversial Millennium Dome has been resurrected.
Legacy, the consortium that unsuccessfully bid £125m to buy the Dome on London's Greenwich Peninsula, now wants to build its "Knowledge City" on a nearby site on the south bank of the Thames, at Deptford's Convoy's Wharf.
The run-down 40-hectare site is currently owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International group, which formerly used it for its printing supply depot. The media group now wants to develop the land.
If Knowledge City gets the go-ahead, the much-vaunted scheme is likely to bring 14,000 jobs to one of the capital's most run-down areas. At the time of the original bid, Lord Falconer said the Legacy plans offered "a high-quality, hi-tech and exciting future for the Dome and for Londoners".
Now, despite the severe downturn being felt by the electronics industry, Bourne, 50, is intent on revitalising his hi-tech plan. He said Knowledge City would aim to become one of the world's leading centres of innovation and excellence in the fields of high technologies, e-commerce and bio-science."
Like the Dome, the Deptford site, whose development value is believed to be in the region of £100m, sits at the centre of a telecoms network, which would give tenants easy access to broadband internet and data services.
Legacy is understood to have held talks with News International about buying part of the Convoy's Wharf site, which also has strong historical associations. It is believed to be the dock for the "Golden Hind", the 16th century ship in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world, as well as being the site of Henry VIII's shipyard.
Meanwhile, the Eden Project, the hi-tech environmental park in St Austell, Cornwall, is now making overtures to take over the Millennium Dome. Tim Smit, chief executive of Eden, has teamed up with David Marks, the creator of the London Eye, to build another Eden in the Dome.
The new scheme would involve transforming the Dome into a leisure and tourism attraction based on a garden theme. The project, like the original Eden, would call on the latest hi-tech features to simulate the climatic conditions of other parts of the world. Temperature and humidity would be controlled by a series of sensors linked to a computer system.
It is understood that a number of gardens would be created, each representing different gardening designs around Britain. The indoor micro-climate would make it an all-year-round attraction.
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LOS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) -- Usher's "OMG" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart this week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 is Katy Perry's "California Gurls" featuring Snoop Dogg, followed by B.o.B's "Airplanes" featuring Hayley Williams at No. 3, B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" featuring Bruno Mars at No. 4 and Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" featuring Ludacris at No. 5.
Rounding out the top tier are Eminem's "Not Afraid" at No. 6, Ke$ha's "Your Love is My Drug" at No. 7, Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" at No. 8, Rihanna's "Rude Boy" at No. 9 and Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" at No. 10.


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DES MOINES — Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar on Thursday expressed what is apparent to all who follow Republican presidential politics. The modern campaign, he said, has made "a demolition derby" of the once-genteel Iowa caucuses.
"Republicans are poisoning the well of American politics," Lugar said of his fellow candidates and the millions of dollars spent on the negative advertising leading up to Monday's caucuses.