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SACRAMENTO (KCBS) _ Legislation will be introduced in Sacramento Wednesday afternoon that would establish strict safety guidelines for raves and other large events on state-owned property. It comes in response to several deaths last year, including a few at the San Francisco Bay Area landmark, Cow Palace.
KCBS' Anna Duckworth Reports:
Each of the 37 fairgrounds that are publicly owned by the state, are run by their own governing board, which means that each has different rules for holding public events.
"Last year, for example, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, there was no age limit, which lead to the death of a 15-year-old, and many folks under 21 overdosing," said Assemblywoman Fiona Ma.
After the 15-year-old girl's death, and the deaths of two young men who went to raves at the Cow Palace, Ma began work to establish statewide standards. The standards would require each facility's board to ensure several criteria are met ahead of time.
"There are regulations on the ratio of police officers, how to control drug use, health and safety concerns such as the accessibility of free water, and of course whether it's an age-appropriate event," said Ma.
The standards would apply to events with 10,000 or more people.
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Under 18s in Portugal: Day three
It's a real privilege to be travelling with this team in Portugal for the pre-season training camp for many reasons but one of the most rewarding aspects is charting the development of players.
I was fortunate enough to travel with the u15s to Singapore for the Canon Lion City Cup last month and two members of that squad have travelled out with the u18s – namely striker Joe Nuttall and midfielder Tom Holland.
Seeing players step up to mix it with the older, more experienced heads is fascinating and, after seeing them impress in Southeast Asia, it's no surprise that Joe and Tom have adapted admirably to the physical challenges of playing with bigger players.
Joe was one of City's stars at that tournament, scoring three goals, including a well-taken brace against Singapore. He is a powerful centre-forward, with pace to burn and a sharp eye for goal.
Tom is a cultured central midfield player, capable of playing with both feet and it'll be interesting to see him take on the similarly technically proficient Portuguese players in the games against U.D Leira, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon that lie ahead.
Another enlightening aspect of the trip has been spending time with the staff that have accompanied the team on the trip. Without exception, they share a hard-working, committed ethos to the vision that Head of Academy Mark Allen has outlined in his development plan.
Skills coach Kristian Wilson epitomises this philosophy with the enthusiasm he displays at all times throughout the various training drills, a smile never far from his face and a nickname to dish out at every turn (though I'm not telling you mine).
Roy Tunks, the goalkeeping coach on the trip is another lively member of the team. Roy enjoyed an illustrious playing career, making more than 850 appearances for the likes of Rotherham United, Preston North End and Wigan Athletic in a career spanning 32 years.
He then went on to coach as part of Roy Hodgson's team at Blackburn, before moving on to Newcastle United and Tranmere Rovers. He joined City around 15 months ago and u18 keepers Angus Gunn, Billy O'Brien and Liam Sharpe will know that they are receiving the best possible advice, as well as no end of Roy's unique and acerbic wit.
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Our goal was to see as much as enjoyable of Australia specific attractions in 28 days without driving and while avoiding hot weather. We didn't want to sleep in a different bed every night and be on the road most of the time. Based on some interaction with a travel agent we decided on Sydney (7 days), Melbourne (6 days including a 1 day tour to the Great Ocean Rd.), Adelaide (4 days including a 2 day/1 night tour on Kangaroo Island) and Perth (8 days including a 5 day tour to the North of Perth).
The comments below represent our findings based on our expectations and taste (which might be different than yours). All experiences have been wonderful except the 5 day ATT Kings tour which was a major mistake.
What did we enjoy the most?
- Sydney as a city with very picturesque location, beautiful houses on the bays, very good, easy to figure out and very reasonably priced weekly public transportation. The Zoo, while quite expensive, was worth the money. If you are an international visitor, for $3 additional/person they offer a guide for 1 hour that shows/explains Australia specific animals. It was very useful. The Hay Market is a good place to buy inexpensive coasters with aboriginal design as easy to transport presents. Public transportation with a weekly pass is extremely reasonable.
- Melbourne for indoor and outdoor art and for the architecture of their buildings (new and old); very good market. The airport bus does the job although the staff was quite rude and careless.
- Adelaide for their incredible Central Market and best selection and pricing of aboriginal art. A taxi from the airport is less expensive, more comfortable and faster than the Skylink Airport Shuttle for a min of two people.
- Perth for Kings Park with its wild flowers, birds and views and Fremantle
The disappointing experience with the AAT Kings tour is described at: http://www.fodors.com/community/australia-the-pacific/aat-kings-5-day-monkey-mia-tour-from-perth-oct-2012.cfm
Obviously we spent time with many other attractions based on travel guides and recommendations from this forum.
We are usually looking for the equivalent of a US/3 AAA star QUIET, clean hotel/apartment with a comfortable bed and up-to-date bathroom. All places in Australia offer a small fridge, an electric hot water heater, instant coffee, tea, sugar and coffee mugs, spoons, etc. which is very helpful.
1. Sydney; studio in Kirribili. Found on Flipkey. Mark Kellsall, the agent for the studio was very helpful. The studio was very light and had a nice view encompassing the bay. Transportation was easy (10 minutes to ferry, 20 minutes to train). Two supermarkets are within 15-20 min walking distance. The laundry room can be easily accessed. The $5/day Internet access was not cheap or very fast but was still helpful for us. The studio is equipped with the standard basics and tourist info was in the apartment. A few things for improvement for the owner: the bathroom could use an upgrade; the shades should be easily accessible; AC is required for the summer (we didn't need it as it was cool and the fan did a good job); empty some additional shelves and maybe another closet. The cost was OK for the location but the $132 cleaning fee was excessive. Mark facilitated extended rental of the pocket Wi-Fi that allowed us to have for $5/day Internet access at most other accommodations where there was no (or very expensive) Internet access.
2. Melbourne: studio in St. Kilda through www.stkildastayz.com.au
. The 3 very hard working ladies that rent apartments in St. Kilda have been extremely flexible and went beyond and above the call of duty on quite a few occasions. It was a real pleasure to work with them. The location was good: near the beach, with 3 trams nearby (5-10 minutes away), although it took at least 20-30 minutes to get to many tourist attractions. The studio was quiet with a patio and was equipped with the standard basics. The AC worked well when needed. Access to the laundry room was helpful. While advertised, Internet was not available. The cost was OK for the location. In addition to the full payment (studio and cleaning) prior to arrival, a $500 security deposit is also expected 3 weeks prior to occupancy. Reliable transportation to the airport is very expensive. A few things for improvement for the owner: more towels, some minor fixes in the bathroom, hooks for the patio doors, some heating in the bathroom.
3. Adelaide: Adabco Hotel. Deserves 4 stars and it is an excellent find for the money. The $129/night included a great breakfast. Comfortable room, great AC (windows do not open); quiet room, clean up-to-date bathroom. Description on their site is accurate. Very friendly, helpful staff. The hotel was close to buses, some free. They saved our luggage while we were on a 2 day tour. Highly recommended.
4. Kangaroo Island- Wanderer's Rest B&B in American In (part of the two day tour deal). Best accommodation during our trip. Very friendly and accommodating owners. Excellent dinner and breakfast.
5. Perth: Comfort Hotel Perth City. While it offered the basics, I would only give it 2.5 stars. It could use an upgrade. They seem to run with only 1 person at the reception, some not very accessible or welcoming (they are working behind a window which is behind the reception desk). One exception was Kia who was very friendly and helpful. They require payment at check-in and a bond. They give you an old fashioned big key for the room with the room number and hotel name on it and tell you that there is a $200 charge for it if you lose it and recommend that you leave it with them. Getting to the laundry room is almost impossible (one person at a time with no sign-up or wait list option that requires that one spends the day in the hotel hoping to somehow "catch" the washing machine)… No free Internet terminal, very expensive WiFI. They however included a very good breakfast and saved our luggage while we were on a 5 day tour. The Red CAT bus is very close, which is very helpful (the hotel is about 20 minutes walking distance from the center/railroad station).
5. As part of the 4 night/5 day AAT Kings tour we stayed at the Kalbary Edge Resort in Kalbarri, 2 nights at the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, 1 night at the All Seasons Geraldton Motel. They were OK.
The tours:
- 1 day tour to the Great Ocean Road. Reserved through Viator, run by Go West Tours. Reasonably priced, good experience, good driver. Driver and guide is one and the same, should be quite taxing. Some very nice sites that reminded us of the California or Oregon coast, one great location for koalas and parrots. The seats in the van are different and not equally comfortable. It was helpful to have a pickup place at a close hotel in St. Kilda. Go West was very accommodating as I had to change the date for the tour twice. Recommended.
- 2 day tour on Kangaroo Island with Exceptional Kangaroo Island Tours. Very expensive (by our standards) but we got what we paid for except for missed comments on Day 1 (the microphone didn't work too well). Very well prepared, knowledgeable staff, small group, excellent air conditioning, great lunches, great places to stop. Suggestions for improvement: have one staff drive and the other do the animal spotting and talking; check microphones before the tour; provide a marked map and plan for the day. Highly recommended.
- 5 day tour w. ATT Kings. Not recommended. See http://www.fodors.com/community/australia-the-pacific/aat-kings-5-day-monkey-mia-tour-from-perth-oct-2012.cfm
A few general comments:
- Australia is very expensive for American tourists at this time and we found it hard to save money even when having breakfast in the room, buying food at supermarkets, taking sandwiches that we prepared for lunch, etc. The Australian dollar was very strong compared to the US $....
- Probably regardless when you go, if you want to see multiple places you will encounter different climates. Be prepared.
- Many places do not take credit cards under $15 and some charge extra for using a card.
- When taking out cash the fee at the ATM was consistent within a city but different from city to city, usually $2 to $4 per transaction (plan to minimize the number of transactions.)
- Do not plan to drive in large cities and ponder over driving in general (huge distances, driving on the left, passing auto trains, etc.).
- Make sure you carefully read and comply with all custom and airline regulation (luggage limitations). Jetstar validated that we are in full compliance.
- Jetstar is a lower cost airline and has extremely efficient staff but was late a few times. Luckily we didn't have any connections to make. They do not provide anything for free on the plane.
- If you take tours, investigate, ask questions, read reviews. None of them is cheap and they can be a potential painful waste of money and precious time.
- Assuming that my experience is representative and relevant, if you use a travel agent check if they work with wholesalers. If so, expect much higher prices (if you book though them) than you could find yourself, more limited and more expensive options for travel insurance, etc. In the past, working with a wholesaler saved money, which appears no longer to be the case in today's world. I used limited advice (for a fee) from a travel agent supposedly specialized in Australia. She was of some help (she recommended the AAT Kings tour which was a waste for us and the Exceptional Kangaroo tour, which she reserved and we enjoyed). However, she was also the person who recommended that very costly and very bad 5 day AAT Tour… For everything else I ended up making all my reservations. This saved almost $2,000.
- Tips are usually not expected. As a result, taxi drivers do not usually help with the luggage and in many places the service is not stellar...
- In parks you are invited to step on the grass
- In some places (e.g. exits from garages through sidewalks) there have signs stating that cars have priority over people on the sidewalk. Watch out.
- Perth is a city which is growing faster than its infrastructure can accommodate. As a result many people who move there cannot find proper accommodations and move into hotels for longer term stays (that's less expensive than renting). This explains why hotel prices are higher than equal quality accommodations in other parts of the country.
- If you buy smaller aboriginal paintings and can fit them in your luggage, have them stretched on a frame when/where you buy them. They know how to do this work much better and for less than in the Sates.
Overall we had a great trip and enjoyed everything other than the AAT tour to Monkey Mia. Thanks to everyone on this forum who helped with suggestions and advice as we were planning for this trip.
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Our goal was to see as much as enjoyable of Australia specific attractions in 28 days without driving and while avoiding hot weather. We didn't want to sleep in a different bed every night and be on the road most of the time. Based on some interaction with a travel agent we decided on Sydney (7 days), Melbourne (6 days including a 1 day tour to the Great Ocean Rd.), Adelaide (4 days including a 2 day/1 night tour on Kangaroo Island) and Perth (8 days including a 5 day tour to the North of Perth).
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Truer words have never been spoken. The rental market in Perth is downright awful(I just went through a very painful rental home search).
I enjoyed your report Suzanna, your tips will no doubt help future visitors.
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Thanks for the report!
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In this day and age, no need to use travel agents!
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Suzanna, I enjoyed browsing your trip report, even though it's a couple years old! We are in the planning stages of a spring trip to Australia.
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Whatever the cause, conflict happens so it is important to learn how to manage it constructively. Conflicts are often rooted in poor communication, so it is important to ask yourself if you have clearly communicated your expectation(s) in regards to a certain situation to your roommate. If the honest answer is "No," then this would be the first step in resolving the conflict. This is why discussing your expectations early on is so vital.
When a conflict does arise it is important to discuss the problem as soon as it occurs. It is much easier to manage conflicts before they escalate. A conflict is not a contest – there is no winner or no loser. The goal of managing a conflict should be to reach a compromise and create a solution in which both people's requests/needs are satisfied on some level.
Your RA is always available to help you navigate conflict with your roommate or suitemates, but it is important to take steps to address the situation individually. Your RA is there to serve as a resource for you in helping to resolve conflict, but they are not responsible for resolving conflict for you. It is the expectation that you will put in the necessary effort to resolve any conflict between you and your roommate or suitemates.
Conflict can make us feel uncomfortable and even angry. If you feel like your emotions may prevent you from addressing the situation in a calm and effective manner, then it would probably be best to take some time until you are feeling less emotionally charged. Sometimes it helps to take the night, other times you may want to take 24 hours, but don't take too long, because it is important to address conflict before it becomes any bigger. Here are some tips on managing and addressing conflict with your roommate/suitemates:
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said Friday it received reports of 5,674 cases of West Nile virus -- the highest number since 2003.
More than half of the West Nile neuroinvasive disease cases were reported from just four states: Texas, California, Illinois and Louisiana.
Of all West Nile virus cases, 51 percent were neuroinvasive cases -- capable of entering or infecting the central nervous system.
West Nile viruses cases peaked in late August, with 92 percent of cases having illness onset during July-September. The median age of the patients was age 56, 56 percent were male, 62 percent were hospitalized and 286 died. The median age of those who died was age 77.
Officials said West Nile may be the best known arboviruses, but viruses transmitted via mosquitoes and ticks also include meningitis and encephalitis.
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One of the mysteries of our day is why anyone would get worked up about Edward Snowden and the activities of the U.S. spy network he unveiled, while placidly handing Google a key to their lives and an invitation to rummage around freely inside it.
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For Google, it's not hard to see how Nest's products (a smoke alarm, Nest Protect, was also released last year) fit in with the Mountain View, Calif.-based technology giant's desire "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." After all, the Internet isn't the world; search queries and Gmail messages are just a reflection of the world, largely made up of information that we choose to put into it. So if you really want to learn about the world, you'll have to go to to the source.
These seemingly benign devices certainly work for us, but in the process of bettering our lives they also learn a lot about us. And for users, it is still unclear how much of that data is being collected, shared, used – and, quite possibly, abused.[/np_storybar]
On Friday President Barack Obama announced a plan to increase safeguards on the National Security Agency, driven by public disquiet over the activities Snowden revealed. The former operative, now on the lam from U.S. authorities, let slip that NSA spooks can hack into personal phone and computer devices on a vast scale, and scoop up vast quantities of Meta-data on who contacts who, and when.
They say they don't actually listen to the conversations or read the emails, but that's beside the point. Judging by the quality of the conversations we've all overheard from strangers yelling into their phones in grocery aisles and coffee lineups, few people have much to say worth snooping on anyway. (If Obama really wanted to punishment the NSA, he'd force them to actually listen to this stuff.)
It's the principle that counts, right? The government shouldn't be intruding on private affairs, or traipsing through the personal communications of its citizens. End of story.
Fine. But next to Google, Facebook, Amazon or Twitter, the NSA knows squat. Unless you've been surreptitiously calling safe houses in Yemen, what's to be dicovered from most telephone records? Google, on the other hand, knows — or has the ability to find out — when you're home, what you read, what you eat, where you like to go, how you dress, who you bank with, what your house looks like, whether you mow your grass, who your neighbours are, when your kids get home… and that's just the beginning.
An ad currently running on TV features a suburban Mom out on her rounds, when she gets an alert on her phone. Oh those crazy kids … someone left the garage door open. She pushes a button and down it goes. Hey, while she's at it, why not check the thermostat? Hmm, a bit cool, better push a button and turn it up a notch or two. Oh, the doorbell is ringing, better check who it is … oops, don't know that face, better record it just in case.
Not only are people OK with sharing this level of information, they're willing to pay for it. In fact, they'll pay extra for more intrusion. Every time a new app comes on the market allowing additional long-distance monitoring of individual lives (uh-oh, forgot to record the football game, better do it from the car), eager buyers fork over more money to allow yet another stranger to keep an eye on their lives.
As the Financial Post reported, Google is about to spend $3.2 billion to acquire Nest Labs, "one of the biggest names in the connected device market." Nest Labs is best known for its thermostat, "a sleek-looking, brushed-metal, Internet-connected environment control from ex-Apple device nuts that tracks and learns your living habits to save you money on energy use over time." This will further its aim "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." (My italics)
People who are appalled that Washington might uncover how often they phone Aunt Marge seem unperturbed by this. Companies like Google and Nest have privacy policies that restrict the use of the data they collect. Isn't that nice? Folks may get nervous that a national agency entrusted with tracking down terrorists might illicitly riffle through their phone records, but are entirely trusting that multi-billion-dollar corporations that are ever on the hunt for new revenue streams would never violate the sanctity of their personal data by straying past the boundaries of the barriers they set for themselves. "No Herb, it's a great idea, but we can't risk losing the trust of our customers just because it might kick the stock price into overdrive and make us both rich."
Anyone who believes corporate giants are too ethical to violate the public trust might want to hustle on down to their local Bear Stearns office and pick up some mortgage-backed securities
Anyone who believes corporate giants are too ethical to violate the public trust might want to hustle on down to their local Bear Stearns office and pick up some mortgage-backed securities or credit default swaps. Google's privacy policy is supposed to block advertisers from using private health data to flog their products, but last week the federal privacy commissioner in Ottawa supported the criticism of a Canadian man who complained he was bombarded with ads for sleep products after looking up "sleep apnea" on the Internet. Google says it will tighten the policy, but Canada leaves it up to tech companies to decide what personal data is "sensitive" and what isn't, so it's still up to Google to do the right thing, balancing its massive storehouse of lucrative personal data against its own reason for existing, which is to make money selling that data to advertisers.
You can't blame Google (or any other online data accumulator) for this. They don't steal the information, we give it to them. Free. Here, take it. We'll even pay you to collect it. Then we go home and fret that some ex-associate of Edward Snowden might somehow intercept our email to Aunt Marge inquiring as to the state of her corns. At least Aunt Marge knows we won't peddle the response to a corn-treatment company.
Personally, I don't worry a lot about the NSA. I figure they have enough to do keeping track of 315 million Americans without bothering with some guy in Canada. Google is everywhere, though, and anything it doesn't already know, Amazon or Facebook does. Amazon is getting into the drone business, for cripe sakes, because knowing everything about my spending patterns apparently isn't good enough unless they can peer in the window and actually see me doing it. In fact, if some misguided security agent somehow took an interest in my life, I'm confident Google would spot it, and start sending me ads for anti-NSA devices that I could operate from my phone.
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I am going out tonight after work to avoid being in the house. When I get back if she hasn't packed all her shit up I am starting to box shit up and leave it on the front lawn. Okay in the garage but still how hard is it to box your shit up and leave. This is what she wanted so get a move on. if it was me leaving my shit would have been packed in about 2 hours. She isn't packing up the entire house, all she is taking is her clothes, pictures, some of the kids things, and books. I could have boxed all her shit up in 2 hours. Yes it wouldn't have been neatly packed but it would have been packed up. She can tell I am pissed but I refuse to make a scene. She asked me what was wrong I just said nothing, 180 and NC still in effect.
I know this to will pass. The same thing happened leading up to going to the lawyer to file. I just want it over with. I am a big ball of nervous energy but now I am ready to move on with my life and she is holding me up.
I want my damn house back to do with as I please. Those shitty curtains get taking down. The crappy furniture she bought gets tossed. I can redo the flooring, paint the interior whatever color I want. I can finally buy a new TV because she won't be using it. Yes that one was petty on my part but why buy it and risk her taking it with her. (Sorry dog lovers) Goodbye to that little crappy dog that keep shitting all over my house because STBX was to damn lazy to train it. Baby gates eventually kept the poo to 1 room. Goodbye to passive aggressive bullshit. Goodbye to the TV being on at night because she can't sleep without the tv on. Yes I could hear it from the other room. Hello to not answering the phone when she calls. Hello to, "oh some shit happened and you thought you could call to ask for my help or opinion, F that do it your damn self." Hello to finally not having to walk around the house wondering why every fucking lamp is on in the house like the boogeyman is real. Hello to my kids having normal bed times when they are with me. Hello to heatlhy diet for my kids when they are with me. Goodbye to self sabotaging STBX and her woah is me attitude. Goodbye crazy train...this was not the hippest trip in town and Don Cornelius was not amused.
I am not crazy, I am not losing it. I just needed to vent or I was going to explode. I will keep repeating it's almost over, inhouse-S is almost over, it's almost over, just a few more hours!
Please rid the curtins. I hate curtins I love Roman blinds and toppers but not curtins. LOL.
Redo the house how you want it. Get rid of the triggers.
Will be thinking of you! Good Luck.
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is all you have left"
Hang in there!
He would not suck the joy of out this space - he would not breathe in the air nor would I smell the stench of his negativity, tension, stress, his anxiety.
I was reborn free that day and I wept like a baby. I think we both wondered if I could really do it. We both underestimated me. He is the only one underestimating me now.
Its almost over friend. Take deep breaths - this chapter is closed but these last few blank pages.
Soon she will be the ghost of fucktards past. A-freaking-men.
There really is nothing better than being free and at peace in your own space.
For me one of the best things has been that my dogs now sleep through the night as they are no longer being woken up by him sneaking out to call his current vjayjay.
"Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". Maya Angelou


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Vagabond (5848) 2007-09-14 8:56
Nice composition with a lot of fresh colours and high definition.
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Hi Takero,
Heaven on earth... curved shore-line, with trees aproaching the sea water's, great blue sea and 3 vulcanos on far.
Great place - great picture.
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Hi, Takero,
Well seen! I like this landscape! If you know, a travelling is my old hobby. But I have never been so far. I'd like to visit Indonesia sometime.
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MIAMI, Feb. 23 — As a competency hearing for Jose Padilla gets under way in federal court here, his co-defendants in a terrorism conspiracy case are seeking separate trials because of what they fear is the taint of his notoriety as the accused "dirty bomber."
Mr. Padilla, a Brooklyn-born American who was declared an enemy combatant by President Bush in 2002, was never charged with the plot to use a radiological dirty bomb that senior administration officials initially accused him of hatching.
But Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi, Mr. Padilla's co-defendants, say "spill-over prejudice" would be inevitable. They have filed separate motions to sever their cases from Mr. Padilla's, the latest in a series of challenges that are complicating the government's efforts to prosecute the case.
The government's years-long "campaign of public vilification" and its "branding of Padilla as a brazen terrorist" tied to Al Qaeda will make a fair trial impossible for his co-defendants, Jeanne Baker, one of Mr. Hassoun's lawyers, wrote in court papers filed earlier this week. The government has not responded.
Initial jury questionnaires, which were sent to about 3,000 potential jurors in South Florida, indicate Mr. Padilla is the only defendant whose name is familiar and "virtually all of those who are familiar with him have a negative prejudice against him," one of Dr. Jayyousi's lawyers, William W. Swor, wrote.Continue reading the main story
After being held without charges for three and a half years in a military brig in South Carolina, Mr. Padilla was indicted in late 2005, appended to a case involving Mr. Hassoun, a computer programmer, and Dr. Jayyousi, an engineer, and transferred to a civilian detention center in Miami.
The three men are accused of participating in a "North American support cell" that assisted "global jihad" from 1993 to 2000, sending money and goods to Muslim struggles overseas, particularly in Bosnia, Kosovo and Chechnya.
All three face possible life sentences and have pleaded not guilty. Their trial, which has been delayed twice, is set for April 16. But there is considerable pretrial litigation to be resolved, including the competency hearing for Mr. Padilla, which began Thursday and is set to resume Monday. The government is opposing efforts by Mr. Padilla's lawyers to have him declared unfit.
Dr. Jayyousi, a Jordanian-born American citizen who holds a doctorate in engineering, did not know Mr. Padilla until they met here in federal court, his lawyers say. They argue that Dr. Jayyousi, a former school system administrator in Detroit and Washington, should be tried separately not only from Mr. Padilla but also from Mr. Hassoun, partly because his supposed offenses predate theirs.
The only defendant free on bond, Dr. Jayyousi published a newsletter in the mid-1990s called The Islam Report. The indictment says the newsletter "promoted violent jihad as a religious obligation." Dr. Jayyousi's lawyer, Mr. Swor, said that the publication, which was based in California and distributed at mosques for about 16 months, issued "news about issues relating to Muslims all over the world" and often criticized the United States government.
Mr. Swor said Dr. Jayyousi, who also raised money to buy medicine and solicited contributions of clothing, boots and tents for Muslims in Chechnya, "grew disaffected with the violence in the Islamic world and movements," closed the newsletter in 1997, stopped fund-raising, moved to Detroit and concentrated on completing his engineering studies.
Mr. Hassoun, a Lebanese-born Palestinian who was living in South Florida, helped distribute Dr. Jayyousi's newsletter on the East Coast. The government began eavesdropping on their phone conversations in the early to mid-1990s. Prosecutors say that what they present as a charitable devotion to Muslim causes was really support for violent jihad, which both men deny.
It was Mr. Hassoun, prosecutors say, who lured Mr. Padilla, a member of his mosque in Fort Lauderdale, into the cell. Prosecutors say that Mr. Hassoun recruited Mr. Padilla, a former juvenile offender who had converted to Islam after a road-rage incident landed him in jail as a young adult, to go abroad in 1998 and wage violent jihad.
In asking for a separate trial, Mr. Hassoun's lawyers say that their defense of Mr. Hassoun could prove antagonistic to Mr. Padilla's interests.
Specifically, they want to introduce the evidence that it was a Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia, and not Mr. Hassoun, who recruited Mr. Padilla — a chain of events laid out publicly by a former deputy attorney general, James B. Comey, in 2004.
In order for a jury to believe Mr. Hassoun, "they must necessarily disbelieve Padilla's presumed defense that he was never recruited into Al Qaeda at all," Ms. Baker wrote to the court.Continue reading the main story


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With the oodles of money that "National Treasures 2: Book of Secrets" made at the box office, it's a fair bet that the studio is already eyeballing a third installment in the franchise. And even if they weren't, Nicolas Cage must be nagging them about doing another one, the "Treasures" film being his biggest cash cow to date and all. It's not easy for Cage to find a hit film — it seems that for every "Ghost Rider" he stumbles across, he has to put out 20 flops. So when they do decide to make a third one, where will Nic Cage go, and what will he be looking for? One rumor has Atlantis.
That's already been hinted at by Nic Cage, who several months ago said he wanted the next movie to be more international. Now the guys over at Jim Hill claim to have the scoop on what exactly Gates will be hunting next. Their guess? Atlantis.
They claim there's already a brief plot synopsis for the sequel floating around at Disney. In it the Gates family goes to Easter Island to hunt for Atlantis and the perfect, clean, power source which was supposed to have powered the legendary sunken city. Their goal is to use it to end global warming, which would mean Disney could preach to us about reducing our carbon emissions while at the same time throwing Nic Cage off a cliff.
I can see the title now: "National Treasure: In Search of Atlantis". Or if they really want to get creative: "National Treasure: Nic Cage is from Atlantis." I got 50-50 on the latter title.


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I live in a population of about 150,000 there is about 3 million about an hour north of here so up there I could see this maybe happening more, but.....
Cars in the wrong lane to turn or take an exit just stop, complete stop until someone lets them over where they want to go. I look at plates and they are all "local", perhaps from out of town, but definitely not out of state.
I get making a mistake, but around here you do not have to drive an hour out of your way if you miss your exit.
If I get in the wrong lane, I just keep on going and go around the block, or whatever until I can get where I wanted to be, I do not make all the other drivers wait for my mistake.
Seriously, the main reason I noticed all these was the traffic in the one lane was at a stand still and getting longer and longer, thought there might have been an accident due to the back up, get closer and see one car with no cars ahead of it for nearly a mile with their blinker on just waiting to go where they want while everyone else sat still behind them.
Is this the way to do it? Have I missed something? Do I live in too small a town so I am narrow minded in this? Am I wrong to think this is dangerous and selfish?
Unfortunately, I think it is just one symptom of a larger problem in our society these days. Most people out in public seem to do whatever it is they want, no matter whether or not they should, no matter if or how much it inconveniences or endangers others.
We have a "me first" society these days, and things like this are the result.


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LG Releasing Tablet, Says It'll Be "Better Than the iPad"
The iPad is definitely an overacheiver, but LG says that its upcoming tablet will be better than the market leader. During a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, LG's Marketing VP, Chang Ma, says that the forthcoming Android-run LG tablet will "be better than the iPad," mostly because it will be made with content production in mind, rather than entertainment. According to the article, the LG tablet, which will debut under LG's Optimus line, will "include content focused on creation such as writing documents, editing video and creating programs. It will also have 'high-end features and new benefits,' many of which will focus on productivity."
It's no secret that the iPad has some drawbacks, including the use of Flash, but will LG attract a new kind of tablet user — one who will ditch their lightest laptops in exchange for a travel-friendly working tablet?


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ARLINGTON, Texas, April 28 (UPI) -- Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run first inning Wednesday and Texas survived a shaky ninth to down the Chicago White Sox 6-5.
The Rangers defeated the White Sox for the second straight night, getting five shutout innings from Rich Harden (1-1) before he gave up a three-run homer to Carlos Quentin.
Joaquin Arias added a two-run single in the first inning and Julio Borbon had an RBI base hit. The game-winning run, however, was not scored until the seventh, when David Murphy doubled in Michael Young with two away.
That gave Texas a 6-3 cushion going into the ninth and the extra run was needed when closer Neftali Feliz made things interesting.
With two out and a runner on second, Feliz gave up a run-scoring double to A.J. Pierzynski, threw a wild pitch and surrendered an RBI single to Alexei Ramirez. Juan Pierre then grounded out to end the game, giving Feliz his third save.
Jake Peavy (0-2) took the loss, allowing six runs on six hits in 6 1/3. The White Sox have lost six straight on the road.


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The following post is by editor Kara Fleck.
It is time to downsize at our house, I can feel it. Our play areas are starting to feel a little chaotic and lately a few Spring-like sunny days revealed a layer of dust on some once beloved items. I know I need to reevaluate what we own and the kids and I need to make some decisions.
I try to follow the "one in, one out" rule, but that didn't happen during this most recent round of birthdays and holidays. We have accumulated too many things and it is affecting our living space and the quality of the children's play.
Are you also feeling overwhelmed by the books and toys your children have? Are they having a hard time keeping things picked up?
When this happens at my house, despite our toy and book rotating, I know that it might be time to downsize. Luckily, my friend Tsh of Simple Mom is coming to my rescue with her annual Project Simplify. My house, especially the children's spaces, can't wait to begin!
If you're a regular reader of Simple Kids or Rockin' Granola then you know that I readily confess that I don't "do it all." One of the things I'm able to coast a little bit on is the deep cleaning. I get by with basic every day chores that the kids and I do (toilets, beds, floors, and kitchen surface cleaning) and a twice a year intense deep attic to garage cleaning. Only last fall with a new baby, that autumn deep clean didn't happen.
We're overdue for some clutter control.
Perhaps some of you are finding yourself in the same situation?
Is it Time to Downsize?
First, ask yourself a few questions about the items:
- Are items currently being played with? Talk to your kids: are they playing with these toys? Do they still want them/love them? Have any books or toys been outgrown? Can things be passed down to the next child or donated? Are there broken or missing pieces that make them unusable? Things that need thrown away or repaired?
- Is the way these items are currently stored/displayed in our home visually appealing? Observe your child in these spaces, both during play and when it is time to pick up. Can the child put things away on their own? Is it easy to get things out to play with or read? Is this a peaceful space? Or is it a chaotic and cluttered space? This impacts a child's play environment.
- Would less be more? If so, downsize.
Do We Need to Reevaluate the Space?
There are some areas of our home, specifically the book and toy storage, where I think we need to take another look at the space. I'm not sure we're using our home and our storage in the most efficient or practical way. There are books overflowing their shelves and we have baskets and lids that won't shut on bins and toy boxes.
When it comes to the methods of storage and the space you have, ask yourself:
- Is there adequate storage space for the items? Do you need a larger bookshelf? Toy box?
- Is there a better way to store or display the toys, books, art supplies or collection? Are you making the best use of your space? Do your containers make sense for the objects they are holding?
- Do those items deserve the investment of time and space for bigger storage? Do they enrich your child's play and your family environment? Are they worth making room for?
If you come to the conclusion that your child is ready for a larger bookshelf or her collections needs a bigger storage space, and it is worth the investment of money and space to you, then you can make some adjustments with how you are using the space and bring in some other storage options.
However, if it isn't worth it to you to get a larger storage system, then perhaps it is time to downsize to a more manageable amount.
I think at our house we need to do a little of both.
If items are just gathering dust and taking up space, I know it is time to let them go to make room for the supplies we truly use and love.
Is it time to downsize the books and toys at your house? I'm going to roll up my sleeves and do some downsizing and deep cleaning in the kids' spaces. Yes, even with "before" and "after" photos. Will you be doing any Spring cleaning? Will you involve your kids?


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What do we really know about democracy?
Most of us do our best to stay informed about American politics, to read what we can in moments stolen from busy lives. We debate with friends and colleagues, we give money or volunteer, and at the end of it all, we vote. But for the most part, our political identities are formed on the fly: a slapdash of parental instruction (and rebellion), books that blew our young minds, life's hard experience, and the latest outrages from Washington.
In short, we do our best to be good citizens of our imperfect democracy. But what do we really know about it?
Behind the noise and trivia, above the message war, beyond the media banalities and two-party echo chamber, we feel -- or want to feel -- the presence of greater ideas. Freedom. Tolerance. Accountable government. Equal justice under law.
America was the first nation in history to be founded on ideas. As we prove every July with fanfare and fireworks, these ideas still have the power to excite us, to make us proud. But in the midst of busy lives, rarely do we give them our full attention.
It is in this spirit, and in tribute to these American ideas, that our "Citizen's Book Club" is begun.
The goal: present to you, between now and Election Day, single-sitting passages from the classic texts of American democracy. Substantial enough to spark ideas and prod debate; short enough to read on a coffee break.
Have you wondered why our Supreme Court treats corporations as people? What Adam Smith actually said about the free market's "invisible hand"? What John Adams and James Madison really had in mind when they framed our constitution? Why America is doomed only to have two parties?
In the coming weeks, with the help of history's great minds, we'll explore these questions and more together.
As a quick glance at cable news will remind us, strong opinions don't require a reading list. Democracy, however, does require the very best of its citizens, and if reconnecting with a classic text makes us just the least bit wiser, or fair-minded, or public-spirited, then it is our democracy that will reap the reward.
Read. Reflect. Give your two cents on why this text matters in 2012. Let's get to know our country a bit better, and make it a grand conversation.
We take as our jumping-off point the book many consider the greatest ever written about America. Surprisingly (for some), it was written by a foreigner. Even worse (for some), he was French.
For the young aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville, 1830s America offered a strange and wonderful glimpse into humanity's democratic future. Having arrived with the stated mission of studying our prison system, he ended up penning the definitive study of our freedom, or, to be more precise, how America's famous freedom and equality could be understood by getting to know Americans themselves.
For Tocqueville, the "mother science" of democratic citizenship was the art of association. Happily for his study, this art was the one in which 1830s Americans were almost hysterically prolific. "Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all minds," he wrote, "constantly unite together. Not only do they have commercial and industrial associations in which all take part, but they also have a thousand other types: religious, moral, solemn, frivolous, very general and very particular, immense and very small... Everywhere, where, at the head of a new enterprise, you see in France the government and in England some great lord, count on seeing in the United States an association." [Democracy in America, II, ii, 5]
Tocqueville noticed, however, that alongside this American talent for combination (complementing it? in conflict with it?) lay a tenacious individualism. The Americans he met wanted to get rich, they worked hard, and they played to win. How could a nation of citizens focused this intensely on their own material success ever prosper as a community? Enter one of Tocqueville's many golden insights, the notion of "interêt bien entendu." Americans, he wrote, don't pretend to love virtue for its beauty, but they embrace it for its usefulness. This "interest rightly understood," as it is generally translated, "does not produce great devotions, but every day suggests small sacrifices; by itself alone, it cannot make a man virtuous, but it forms a multitude of citizens who are orderly, sober, moderate, provident, and in control of themselves; and if it does not lead directly to virtue by means of the will, it approaches it imperceptibly by means of habits." [II, ii, 8]
Does this sound right to us? If so, where have our democratic habits led us in 2012? Would Tocqueville find in us a different America than the one he knew?
This is the question I leave to you. As you read a bit more of the work, though, you may be surprised at some of the "post-modern" American problems the 19th-century Frenchman already had pegged.
Our vague sense of national unease, despite being arguably the richest, longest-lived, and most comfortable we've ever been? See Tocqueville's chapter on "Why the Americans Prove to Be So Uneasy in the Midst of Their Well-Being" [II, ii, 13].
Our sense that America is a nation doomed to decline, a casualty of history's inevitable laws? Watch Tocqueville ribbing the scientific-minded social theorists of his day, for whom an individual "has no power, either over himself or over what is around him," and in whose writings "the author often appears great, but humanity is always small." [II, i, 20]
Democracy in America is a powerful, challenging, hilarious read, and a masterwork every American should have a look at. Here are a few more very short passages we find especially pertinent to 2012. Tell us if you agree:
On why ugly elections are good for democracies
On whether Americans can think for themselves
On why Americans don't read philosophy
On democracy's secret weapon
On America's wonderful, feverish agitation
Tocqueville was clearly enraptured by our country, and gave us the basic insight that, proud as we are of our laws and our constitution, America has always been better understood by looking at its people. Above all he thought that if the American experiment was to endure, its citizens needed continually to identify their self-interest with the interest of the whole community, to push beyond short-term majoritarian thinking and build what he called a "taste for the future." [II, ii, 18]
We have four storm-tossed political months ahead. Will America ignore Tocqueville's advice, or will we, just maybe, catch sight of a further horizon?


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AUSTRALIAN teen sensation Cody Simpson will enjoy a Justin Bieber-assist to his young career after signing with the man who discovered the Canadian pop phenomenon on YouTube.
Scooter Braun has signed 14-year-old Simpson to a worldwide management deal and will oversee his move on the world's charts along with Kody's parents Brad and Angie.
Team Simpson arrive in Australia tomorrow and are expecting the same teen and tween hysteria which has greeted Bieber on his visits here.
The Gold Coast teenager was discovered playing covers of Jason Mraz and Justin Timberlake on YouTube in 2009 and signed to American label Atlantic.
The family relocated to Los Angeles last year to work on his debut album. After releasing the debut single iYiYi featuring Flo Rida, Simpson immediately won the hearts of teen girls and now requires a battalion of security when making public appearances.
He shares another thing in common with Bieber - both have been egged during shows in Sydney.
Fans egg on Cody's Bieber mania
"I'm a big fan of Justin's. We support each other a lot. He was talking to me yesterday about the songs he liked off my EP," Simpson told MTV.
"People feel like it's competition, but it's really like friendly and family. It's definitely not something that should be seen as a rivalry."
He even hinted that he may collaborate with Bieber on a song next year.
Simpson will support the release of his own Coast To Coast EP - at No. 12 on the US charts - with a performance at Warringah Mall on Thursday and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards the following day.
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Welwyn protection resistors have a working voltage to 10 kV
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Bedlington, UK TT electronics Welwyn Components has developed a flameproof high value thick film resistor family with a high working voltage to 10 kV and a resistance value up to 1 GOhm. Designated the GC Series , this resistor family offers the provision of a high resistance bridge across an otherwise isolated barrier, typically to prevent build-up of excessive voltages. Typical applications that would require the barrier resistor performance of the GC Series include antenna-connected equipment such as TVs and set-top boxes and mains-connected capacitor bleed in PFC filters. The GC Series provides adequate terminal spacing to meet clearance and creepage requirements across a wide variety of applications. As a high stability thick film product, the resistor is stringently tested for reaction to severe climatic change and for vibration & bump performance. The GC series resistors are available in values from 47k up to 1G and with tolerances down to 1%. TCRs are available to 100ppm/°C with a power rating of 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 W at 70°C. LEV rates at 1700 V, 3500 V & 10 kV. Operating temperature range is –55 °C to +155 °C. TT electronics / Welwyn Components Ltd , Bedlington, UK. www.ttelectronics.com.


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Holly is a Yorkie-mix, in need of a forever home.
She's one and a half years old.
Holly was surrendered to the Fox Valley Humane Association.
She does well with kids and other pets, such as cats and dogs.
If you'd like to adopt Holly, contact the Fox Valley Humane Association at (920) 733-1717.


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2011 AEV Wrangler Hemi
Armageddon is just around the corner. Okay, maybe not. But just in case, there are some niche vehicles out there that are up to the task (you know, traversing washed out roads, bludgeoning snowbanks and mowing down zombies). American Expedition Vehicles knows. They just built one such vehicle by outfitting a standard Jeep Rubicon 4×4 with their options package and called it the AEV Wrangler Hemi, with a beastly 5.7 liter Hemi V8 shoehorned into the engine compartment, for your revving pleasure. Mated to a 5-speed automatic, the Hemi belches out 360 horsepower and 390 pound feet of torque, making it potent for on-road passing and cruising and Yak-like capable off-road. Apparently, AEV wants to up the ante even more by entertaining the notion of putting in a 6.4 liter powerhouse. Talk about a new way to pull out your loose teeth. Replete with beefed up suspension via custom shocks and springs, 35 inch BFGoodrich monster tires on 17-inch AEV wheels, and optional deep-water snorkels, bigger splash guards and the all-important winch, the AEV Wrangler Hemi has the ability to get you out of trouble effectively and with an appropriate does of manliness. Its enhanced on-road and off-road capability do more than enough justice to the Wrangler's already iconic status. So, it's still a good idea not to mess with mother nature, but if you have to, bring this along.
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Last week, the agency Human Resources and Development Canada released its report of the 1997 National Survey of 1995 Graduates to the public. The survey examines the transition students make when entering the workforce by interviewing postgrad students to determine trends in employment, salaries, and debt.
The study reported that employment levels and salaries for the majority of university graduates have remained fairly constant over the last 10 years, with a university graduate in mathematics and physical sciences receiving an average starting salary just under C$40,000.
Though some students may equate these findings with "stagnation," student leaders seem to be satisfied in light of a recent spate of public criticism on academic preparedness. "We're very happy to see the study because it eliminates the myth that university grads don't get jobs. In the media, we've seen recently that community college grads are the only ones that are employable," said Veronica Chau, vice president of education for the University of Waterloo Federation of Students. The study, she says, proves "this is simply not the case."
However, the study reveals more worrisome trends. Although graduates received equivalent starting salaries in 1995 and in 1985, the previous national survey shows they are leaving school with dramatically more debt. Average debt levels for a graduating student has risen from under C$7,500 to over C$12,000 in the last 10 years (in inflation-adjusted dollars). Two years after graduation, students still owe an average of 75% of that figure. In contrast, 10 years ago students had paid off half their loans at the same postgrad time point. Student activists who have lamented the rising level of student debt see this data as an objective measure of the problem's scope. "This study will definitely help us.... There are students graduating with C$25,000 worth of debt--that's the average for a university student--and it's a lot more serious than we've seen before," explained Chau. "It acts as a barrier to education."
The second trend will not come as a surprise for many Next Wave readers. Although employment levels have remained fairly constant for most university grads, unemployment rates for Ph.D.s 2 years after graduation are currently higher than measured in any previous survey. Overall, unemployment of Ph.D.s has increased from under 5% 10 years ago to nearly 8% today. The survey simultaneously indicated that unemployment levels of Master's level students are falling.
The full results of the survey can be found online.


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MONTREAT, N.C. --- George Beverly Shea is skipping from memory to memory of his globe-trotting career as evangelist Billy Graham's crusade crooner. When words can't explain, he bellows out a song.
"Oh, can it be, upon a tree, the Savior died for me?" he sings from a John Newton hymn, his raw and rumbling voice describing how music fits into ministry. "My soul is thrilled, my heart is filled, to think he died for me."
Mr. Shea celebrated his 100th birthday Feb. 1, and the songs that defined his career still burst out in a signature bass-baritone that can quiet a room in an instant.
He worked with Dr. Graham for more than half a century, making him one of the world's most recognized voices: He's sung live in front of an estimated 200 million people, and he's still making appearances without his longtime partner.
"When they ask me to sing these days, they're just being kind, you know?" Mr. Shea said.
His wife rejects that idea.
"When everybody else sings, it's a personality singing," Karlene Shea said. "When he sings, something else comes over you -- the words, the message and you forget he's standing there."
Though he's about a decade older than Dr. Graham, Mr. Shea is in far better health. Aside from a heart attack a few years ago, Mr. Shea's only ailment is a painful back. He walks -- mostly with the aid of a walker -- and still visits all the restaurants near his mountainside home.
While Mr. Shea hasn't driven a vehicle since he was 95, he noticed a year ago that his driver's license had expired. Wanting to keep an updated form of identification, he went down to the local office, passed the vision test and won a new license.
"I don't feel 100," he said in an interview at his home in Montreat, about 15 miles east of Asheville.
Mr. Shea's life is mostly quiet these days, spent in Montreat with his wife. He often watches reruns of Dr. Graham's sermons that he says still move him.
Though he lives just a mile away from his famous partner, he and Dr. Graham mostly speak by phone. Dr. Graham's health has been slipping for years and he has been hospitalized several times in recent years.
Though Mr. Shea's career is largely behind him -- his last major production was a country-and-western album in 1997 -- he still sings at senior celebrations and other events connected to Dr. Graham's ministry.
Born in Winchester, Ontario, he grew up singing in the choir of his father's Wesleyan church.
After moving to New York City, the budding virtuoso had several chances to perform on secular radio but shied away after auditioners wanted him to sing songs such as To Hell With Burgundy .
Mr. Shea left for Chicago and started work at Moody Bible Institute as a singer on gospel radio.
It was there that Dr. Graham, just 21 years old at the time, first met Mr. Shea after hearing his voice on the airwaves.
Four years later, in 1947, Mr. Shea joined Dr. Graham's young crusade team, singing at an event in Charlotte and beginning a decades-long ministry that would reach to every state and every corner of the earth -- from North Carolina to North Korea.
Writing The Wonder of It All and reviving songs such as How Great Thou Art , Mr. Shea was at times given the moniker of "America's beloved gospel singer," riffing off Dr. Graham's role as "America's pastor."
He recorded more than 70 albums of gospel music and won a Grammy (he has been nominated 10 times). With a personality that strays from humble to bashful, though, Mr. Shea deemed his role in the ministry as "very insignificant" -- especially compared with his contemporaries.
"What I do is old-fashioned," Mr. Shea said. "It's the guitar these days. When they sing at Mr. Graham's meetings, it's pretty exciting. People clap, you know? So they look for me to come up before the message and sort of quiet them down."


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11 Stanley Street Putney 2112 NSW
Exquisite Family Residence In Exclusive Waterside Location
With luxurious modern finishes, elegant design touches and a vast amount of sun-filled living space, 11 Stanley Street is one of Putneys premier family homes that is sure to exceed all your expectations. It cleverly maximizes the deep 827 sqm block by framing gorgeous garden outlooks within all of its large windows, making it feel completely private and wonderfully peaceful. An incredibly rare and superb feature of this home is the beautiful pool house located at the rear of the property, which acts as either a fabulous year-round entertainers haven or a lovely retreat for guests or extended family.
- Modern floorplan spread out across two generously proportioned levels
- Sunken formal lounge with Jetmaster gas fireplace flows to elegant dining room
- Timeless stone kitchen with Miele appliances, dual-drawer integrated dishwashers
- Casual living and dining opens to private sun-soaked terrace fringed by tall leafy hedging and fragrant trees
- Pool house with bedroom, bathroom, plus living, ideal teenage retreat/guest accommodation
- Fully tiled 10m solar heated swimming pool with automatic pressure cleaner
- Oversized master bedroom and parents retreat with ensuite including You & Me spa bath and spacious walk-in robe
- Sky-lit master bathroom with corner bathtub
- Blackbutt tongue and groove timber floors, vaulted ceilings, ample sky-lights
- Excellent storage, video intercom, zoned ducted a/c, H2 Enviro 3200L water tank
- Double auto garage with easy internal access, Bosch back to base alarm
Positioned in a small sought-after community just moments from the waters edge, this stunning home has the advantage of space, peace and privacy yet is still close to a myriad of lifestyle amenities. Bustling Putney village and school are a short walk away as are the playing fields and lovely water side parks. Top Ryde Shopping Centre is located nearby with Ryde Aquatic Centre plus City transport all at your fingertips.
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Get ready for the Triple X Games, a brand new game show hosted by the delicious Dan Broughton, which will follow six European porn newcomers, selected from a public casting call, as they compete in sexy challenges, both individually and in teams.
Former Mr Gay UK, Dan Broughton will present season 1 and each episode will feature a well-known international porn star guest – the likes of Jordan Fox, Luke Desmond, Kayden Gray and Allen King – who'll give saucy insights into their work and private life. In each episode the newcomers will compete in challenges, such as Blind Man's Buff, a cock-sucking contest.
Will the newcomer be able to identify a real porn star with just his mouth? The climax of each episode will be a full-length, hardcore sex scene between the porn star and the triumphant newcomer.
Will the new boy be able to hold his own against the hardened professional? A jury of stellar personalities from gay media, adult entertainment and the gay community will hold court, evaluating the sex scene and awarding points to the contestants and the winner of each season will win a cash prize of €1,000 EUR and have the opportunity to feature in porn productions in the UK, France and Germany!
28 year-old Londoner, Dan Broughton, an experienced adult performer and former Mr Gay UK will be the face of the Triple X Games Season 1. "When I heard about the Triple X idea, I knew immediately that audiences would love it. It'll feature some of the industry's finest professional porn stars, and lots of fresh porn newbies to tickle your fancy.
Throw in lots of sexual challenges, blood-pumping sex scenes, a fabulous hand-picked jury, and hosting the show, me! It'll be something that we're all going to want more and more of." Filming starts in late July in Germany, and Triple X Games Producer Falk Lux, who's also the man behind twink studio Spritzz, is currently awaiting casting applications from guys wanting to take on the challenge.
So, do you love sex? Are you self-confident, do you love your body and like showing it off? Would it turn you on to hang with the big boys of the porn industry? If you've answered yes to these questions then what are you waiting for? Go to www.triple-x-games.com for the latest news and to apply.


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Avnet launches Motor Control 101
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The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas (EMA) business region of Avnet, Inc. has released its latest technical series of multimedia instructional videos, Motor Control 101.
Design engineers will gain insight into motor control implementation techniques that will extend motor life and improve overall system performance. This training is available free of charge on the Avnet web site.
Narrated by Jim Carver, Avnet microcontroller technology specialist, each chapter in the Motor Control 101 series offers an in-depth look at motor control implementation featuring demonstrations using a Brushless DC (BLDC) motor control kit.
The demonstrations provide real-time solutions to design obstacles such as torque control to prevent damage and tips for restarting stopped motors.
The Technology Presentation series is part of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas' Centralized Technical Support portfolio, which includes online technical forums and Avnet OnDemand product videos led by technical support experts.
Avnet has a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and generates revenue of $16.23 billion.


text: Quick query... When you are processing film in absolute darkness (eg sheet film in trays), what is your preferred method/device for keeping track of the time? (I have recently been considering trying to get hold of a Gralab 300, but wonder if the luminous numbers are a bit bright for film processing.) Thanks for your thoughts Ian


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Interest on Debts when no judgment exists!
Section 808(1) prohibits debt collectors from collecting any amount unless the amount is expressly authorized by the agreement creating the debt or is permitted by law.
For purposes of this section, "amount" includes not only the debt, but also any incidental charges, such as collection [53 Fed. Reg. 50108] charges, interest, service charges, late fees, and bad check handling charges.
808(2) Legality of charges. A debt collector may attempt to collect a fee or charge in addition to the debt if either:
(a) the charge is expressly provided for in the contract creating the debt and the charge is not prohibited by state law, or
(b) the contract is silent but the charge is otherwise expressly permitted by state law.
Conversely, a debt collector may not collect an additional amount if either:
(a) state law expressly prohibits collection of the amount or
(b) the contract does not provide for collection of the amount and state law is silent.
808(3). If state law permits collection of reasonable fees, the reasonableness (and consequential legality) of these fees is determined by state law.
808(4). A debt collector may establish an "agreement" without a written contract. For example, he may collect a service charge on a dishonored check based on a posted sign on the merchant's premises allowing such a charge, if he can demonstrate that the consumer knew of the charge.


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Have you experienced orgasms when you are sleeping?
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So basically, lately i have been experiencing this. I cant fully recall the dreams but they are of sexual nature. The weird part is that I KNOW I'm dreaming, yet when the orgasm starts, I'm fully conscious, but as soon as is done Im fully asleep again. I do have sex quite often. So I'm curious of why they happen... And if others have had the same experience.
I should add that i don't take any kind of hormones yet, and there hasn't been any change of diet or nothing.
Just want to know if this is common?! Whats going on?
I should add that i don't take any kind of hormones yet, and there hasn't been any change of diet or nothing.
Just want to know if this is common?! Whats going on?
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by Wrapper on Jun. 6, 2014 at 4:44 AM
Yep. I've also been so ready a few times I have gone with clothes on and no physical contact. My body just does it. Not often but enough that I know I can more than a couple times.
by Gold Member on Jun. 6, 2014 at 4:49 AM
Dream sex is great lol. Problem with my dreams is that I have sex with the type of people I wouldn't touch in real life.
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by Ruby Member on Jun. 6, 2014 at 10:17 AM
It happens to me a lot when I'm pregnant.
by Anonymous 8 on Jun. 6, 2014 at 10:31 AM
By myself and on purpose. I was reading a book with a pretty nice scene in it. I kept the scene going for myself and clenched my muscles and such. I had been trying for some time to O without touch. The week before I went with only a little nipple stimulation. The first time I tried I didn't even come close. It took lots of practice ;)
Quoting flaquitabss: But by yourself?? Like, did you purposely tried to make it happen or half asleep?
Quoting Anonymous: I've had a few. All when pregnant. It was always quite surprising and nice! I wonder if I can have them when not pregnant...
The other day I had an orgasm without any physical touch. Mind only. It was a small one, but there.
by Kylie on Jun. 6, 2014 at 10:53 AM
happens sporadically but when it does it's SOOO nice! Completely normal. Not sure what brings it on or anything though. Probably just that subconscious of yours hard at work.
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Well it's that time of the year again, the 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue just hit shelves today! This year 'SI' decided upon the face of Hurley, Bar Refaeli, to become a member of the few scantly clad ladies to have graced the cover of a 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue. Check out the cover, story, and video below. If you ask us, it was a no-brainer choice.
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LOS ANGELES, February 10, 2009 – Hurley model Bar Refaeli will grace the cover of the highly anticipated 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as revealed on Monday night's "Late Night with David Letterman."
This is Refaeli's first Swimsuit Issue cover and her third consecutive appearance in the annual celebration of sun, sand and swimsuits.
"We are thrilled for Bar," said Hurley Vice President of Marketing Lyndsey Roach. "SI is celebrated for its exceptional sport and swimwear coverage, and Bar's inclusion in this iconic publication just underscores why she is such a great fit with Hurley."
Refaeli joined the Hurley family in July 2008 as a face, voice and spirit of the brand. In addition to appearing in national campaigns, she hosted the 2nd annual Hurley Art Chest fundraiser for Boarding for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles in October 2008, and will judge the upcoming Hurley Walk the Walk high school fashion competition in Orange County on February 24, 2009. A design collaboration is also in the works.
For more images and information about what Bar and Hurley are up to next, visit hurley.com. A preview of Refaeli at the SI shoot wearing Hurley swim styles Pembrooke and Washed Ashore can be found at sportsillustrated.com.


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New DNA tests: Hitler had Jewish and north African ancestors
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler possibly had Jewish as well as north African ancestors , new DNA tests have revealed. The Daily Express on Tuesday reported that samples taken from Hitler's relatives link him to both the Jewish community and people from North Africa.
Jean-Paul Mulders, a journalist, was able to investigate Hitler's DNA after he managed to lay his hands on a serviette dropped by the dictator's great-nephew Alexander Stuart-Houston who lives in New York. He got a second sample from an Austrian cousin of Hitler, a farmer known as Norbert H, the media report said.
The DNA tests revealed a form of the Y-chromosome that is rare in Germany and the rest of Western Europe, but common among Jewish and North African groups. Based on these results, experts now think that Hitler had migrant relatives who settled in his homeland.
Mulders said both the test samples had a form of genetic material known as Haplopgroup E1b1b, proving an "irrefutable link" to the Nazi leader. "It is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews. One can from this postulate that Hitler was related to people whom he despised," the Belgian journalist was quoted as saying.
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- Study Finds Genetic Links between Jews, Arabs
- Report: US Officials Believe USS Cole, Embassy Bombings Linked
- Israel Escalates Rhetoric Against Iran; Tehran Seeks Help from Washington to Arrest al Qaeda Fighters
- Reports: Farmers Slaughtered in Western Algeria


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WELSH Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales Central, Eluned Parrott AM, has called on Cadw, the Welsh Government's historic environment service, to do more to promote historic sites in the Vale of Glamorgan.
And in a question to the First Minister, Eluned asked why more of our historic sites weren't being promoted on Cadw's website and other promotional materials.
Eluned Parrott AM said: "Cadw has a responsibility not only to care for, but also to promote all of Wales's heritage. However, Cadw's website and other promotional materials cover only sites directly managed by Cadw itself. Given the importance of heritage to tourism in Wales, surely Cadw has a duty to promote all of Wales's heritage sites.
"Here in the Vale of Glamorgan we have a wealth of historic sites, such as the Church of St Illtud with its wonderfully restored Galilee Chapel and the Cosmeston Medieval Village, one our most popular tourist attractions, but these and others don't even feature on Cadw's website.
"The Vale of Glamorgan has one of the highest number of visitors in Wales with approximately 3.2 million visitors a year supporting around 3,000 local jobs. These visitors bring in vital funding for our local historic sites, many of which are privately owned with little public funding. The Welsh Government, through Cadw, could and should do a lot more to help in promoting these sites to ensure they continue to survive and are protected and maintained for many more generations to come."


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The Supreme Court of Canada has given the green light to political advertising on the sides of transit vehicles, in an important test of free expression.
In an 8-0 ruling this morning, the court said two B.C. mass transit agencies were wrong to refuse political ads the Canadian Federation of Students and a teachers union attempted to purchase in 2004.
The agencies - the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) and British Columbia Transit (BC Transit) - rejected the ads based on internal policies that focused on making riders feel comfortable with their surroundings.
The corporate policy permitted commercial advertising on the outside of transit vehicles, but banned political ads that were "likely to cause offence to any person or group of persons or create controversy."
"It is difficult to see how an advertisement on the side of a bus that constitutes political speech might create a safety risk or an unwelcoming environment for transit users," Madam Justice Marie Deschamps wrote today for the Court.
"The policies amount to a blanket exclusion of a highly valued form of expression in a public location that serves as an important place for public discourse," she said. "They therefore do not constitute a minimal impairment of freedom of expression. Advertising on buses has become a widespread and effective means for conveying messages to the general public."
In the summer and fall of 2004, CFS and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF), attempted to purchase advertising space on the sides of buses operated by the transit authorities.
The CFS wanted to encourage more young people to vote in a provincial election scheduled for May 17, 2005 by posting advertisements about the election. The first advertisement, which was to run the length of the bus, would have depicted a silhouette of a crowd at a concert, with the words: "Register now. Learn the issues. Vote May 17, 2005. ROCK THE VOTE BC.com."
The second advertisement would have run along the top of the bus, and read: "Tuition fees ROCK THE VOTE BC.com Minimum wage ROCK THE VOTE BC.com Environment ROCK THE VOTE BC.com."
The BCTF, the exclusive bargaining agent for more than 40,000 public school teachers in B.C., wanted to express its concern about changes in the public education system. Its ad was to have read: "2,500 fewer teachers, 114 schools closed. Your kids. Our students. Worth speaking out for."
In 2006, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that the refusal to carry political and controversial advertising violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The publicly owned transit companies argued that maintaining the ban was in the public interest by ensuring "a safe and welcoming environment" for riders and drivers and minimizing exposure to "potentially offensive messages."
The agencies argued their polities were created in order to prevent anyone from thinking the corporations endorsed political views that advertisers might seek to place on them. They said passengers have to approach, enter and ride on the vehicles, and thus are "captive" to the messages on the inside and outside of them.
An intervenor in the case - the B.C. Civil Liberties Association - argued that political advertising lies at the heart of the Charter section that protects freedom of expression.
"In a world where advertising is ubiquitous and appears in public spaces of every description ranging from billboards on private buildings to web pages of private search engines, every citizen has learned to distinguish between the message and the owner of the location where the message is delivered," the BCCLA argued.
"Many public mediums, including magazines and newspapers, routinely accept political and advocacy advertising, while maintaining editorial and content independence for the newspaper itself."
The BCCLA pointed out the same ads that were rejected were run in alternative media, "and met normal community standards of good taste and appropriateness for public display."Report Typo/Error