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Secretary of State John Kerry in Egypt ahead of Morsi trial
On Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest-ranking Obama administration official to visit Egypt since the military toppled Mohammed Morsi in July. The visit, a day before Morsi's trial is set to begin, comes at a time when anti-American sentiment is high in Egypt.
Kerry, who was starting a 10-day trip to the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy pledged to ease tensions between Washington and Cairo. Snowden says his leaks are justified in new manifesto
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden said that the latest calls for reforms to the National Security Agency prove that his leaking of classified documents was justified. Snowden published "A Manifesto for Truth" in the German news magazine Der Spiegel on Sunday in which he says revelations from his leaks will help bring change to mass surveillance programs around the globe.
This manifesto comes on the heels of Snowden's release of documents that allege the NSA was scanning emails and tapping the phones of several world leaders — news that has angered many U.S. allies, including Germany. On Saturday, a senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party said that he supports the idea of questioning Snowden about the extent of U.S. surveillance in Germany. Snowden has been living in Moscow since August, when he received asylum from Russian President Vladimir Putin. German officials doubt they will be able to bring Snowden to Berlin, because he is facing American extradition on charges under the Espionage Act, and will likely have to go to Moscow if they hope to question Snowden personally.
A shortage of shrimp
August through October is typically prime season for wild-caught shrimp on the southern Atlantic coast, but hauls this year have been slim due to a shrimp-killing disease. Experts suspect a parasite that causes black gill disease is contributing to the die-off. The disease does not kill shrimp directly, but it depletes their endurance and makes them easy targets for predators.
Officials say the shrimp are still safe to eat, even with the disease because the gills come off when the head is removed for human consumption. Researchers believe that record rainfall in the area this year disrupted the balance of salt and fresh water in the creeks where shrimp grow and made the crustaceans more vulnerable to the parasite.


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Lithium Technology Supplies Li-Ion for Two Challenge X Vehicles, One a Plug-In Hybrid
12 December 2005
|Design of LTC lithium-ion polymer cell.
Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) announced that it will supply two of the vehicles in Challenge X —one of which is a plug-in hybrid—with its GAIA high-power lithium-ion polymer batteries.
Challenge X, sponsored by GM, is a three-year competition to re-engineer a GM Equinox crossover sport utility vehicle to minimize energy consumption, emissions, and greenhouse gases while maintaining or exceeding the vehicle's utility and performance. (Earlier post.)
Seventeen university teams are in the competition. Year 1, which ended in June 2005 (the years map to the academic year), focused on modeling, simulation, and testing of the vehicle powertrain and vehicle subsystems selected by each school.
A team from the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) beat the competition from 16 US universities to take top place for Year 1 with their fuel-cell-powered vehicle design.
Years 2 and 3 will require teams to develop and integrate their advanced powertrain and subsystems into a donated GM Equinox. At the conclusion of each of these competition years, teams will come together to undergo extensive judging and evaluation. Events will encompass energy use and emissions goals, vehicle utility and performance, engineering, and K-12 Education Outreach.
LTC is supplying batteries to Penn State University and has received an order from University of California–Davis. In 2004, LTC supplied Penn State a different lithium-ion battery for Ford's Future Truck competition in which Penn State finished second.
The UC Davis Team (Team Fate) is Dr. Andy Frank's vehicle design group, which he founded in 1965. Frank is widely credited as being the inventor (around 1990) of the modern plug-in hybrid.
Trinity, Team Fate's Challenge X vehicle is a plug-in hybrid that will include:
A UC Davis-modified Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
A turbo charger/generator to compress charge air for the engine and to use exhaust gases to recharge the battery pack
A 3kW hydrogen fuel cell for auxiliary systems such as power steering and air conditioning
Hydrogen injection into the combustion chamber to allow the engine to operate at higher temperatures and reduce NOx emissions.
The plug-in is designed to recharge overnight from a standard household socket, and will offer a 40 mile all-electric range.
LTC produces large-format lithium-ion polymer batteries under the GAIA brand name and trademark. The GAIA batteries offer an energy density of up to 140 Watt-hours per kilogram or 270 Watt-hours per liter, high current output, low weight and no memory effect.
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The "usual suspects" on evlist seem locked into either using direct drive or modified ICE transmissions for their electric conversions, although one member has mentioned using two separate electric motors and an electronic transmission.
I was hoping that there was a historian in the crowd. Among the manufacturers of electric vehicles from the 1890s to the 1930s, did anyone try to design a mechanical transmission expressly for an electric motor? Also, are there currently industrial applications for electric motors that also require transmissions?
An engine is essentially a constant torque device in the range it is usually used, whereas a motor is a constant torque device up to some speed (often called the 'base speed'), where it becomes a constant power device.
Transmissions can convert from one torque range to another, but cannot change the power (due to conservation of energy). This conversion is useful for an engine since it allows different torques to be used to meet a given power demand, but is less useful for a motor, which naturally follows the characteristic that the transmission gives to the engine. A transmission could be useful for increasing the starting torque of a motor, but it is unlikely that more that 2 gears would be useful.
Note that the Mitsubishi car is unlikely to have much acceleration at 100mph (if it is geared to go that high). Although the launch torque may spin the wheels (don't really know), once the base speed is reached the torque will decline with increased speed.
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Location Science
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Location Science by Gilbert Laporte and Stefan Nickel
English | 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319131109 | 650 pages | pdf | 13 mb
This comprehensive and clearly structured book presents essential information on modern . The book is divided into three parts: basic concepts, advanced concepts and applications. Written by the most respected specialists in the field and thoroughly reviewed by the editors, it first lays out the fundamental problems in and provides the reader with basic background information on location theory. Part II covers advanced models and concepts, broadening and expanding on the content presented in Part I. It provides the reader with important tools to help them understand and solve real-world location problems. Part III is dedicated to linking with other areas like GIS, telecommunications, healthcare, rapid transit networks, districting problems and disaster events, presenting a wide range of applications. This part enables the reader to understand the role of facility location in such areas, as well as to learn how to handle realistic location problems.
The book is intended for researchers working on theory and applications involving location problems and models. It is also suitable as a textbook for graduate courses on facility location.
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Soldier of fortune O'Hara falls into a conflict between warlords when General Yang and General Wu each attempt to purchase arms to control the Chinese provinces. Single-minded American Peter Perrie, desperate to get money to return home with his daughter Judy, intervenes, abducting O'Hara and stealing the gun money. The wrath of the warlords come down on all, and O'Hara finds his loyalties are sorely tested when he falls in love with Judy.


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King & Spalding advises Shuaa Saudi on realty fund
Riyadh, June 19, 2008
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, had advised Shuaa Capital Saudi Arabia (Shuaa Saudi) on the structure and formation of SR2 billion ($533 million) Shari'ah-compliant, closed-end fund under Shuaa Saudi real estate fund.
The Shuaa Hospitality Fund I (Shuaa Saudi Fund) is managed by Shuaa Saudi, a subsidiary of Shuaa Capital. The first closing of the Shuaa Saudi Fund is expected to occur this month.
The fund intends to acquire and develop seventeen hotels, serviced apartment buildings and resorts throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, eventually comprising a total of 5,000 rooms.
The proposed properties will be managed and operated by a subsidiary of Rotana Hotel Management Corporation (Rotana), a leading pan-Arab hotel management company.
The Shuaa Saudi Fund will own 20 per cent of the subsidiary. King & Spalding also advised on the various agreements between Rotana and Shuaa Saudi Fund.
The cross-office team of King & Spalding lawyers representing Shuaa Saudi on the formation and structuring of the fund was led by associate Nabil Issa of the firm's Dubai and Riyadh offices and Dubai-based corporate partner Benjamin Newland.
Dubai Islamic finance partner Jawad Ali played a significant role in the structuring of the fund and the development of Shari'ah-compliant structures that Shuaa Saudi Fund will utilise to finance the construction.
Scott Arnold, a New York-based partner and co-head of King & Spalding's real estate capital markets practice, advised on certain agreements with Rotana.
Dubai-based associates James Stull, Yasmine Kurukgy and Emily Leung, Riyadh-based counsel Mohammad Al-Ammar and New York-based associate Dave Powell assisted on the transaction.-TradeArabia News Service


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Tess Vigeland: Most college seniors have tossed their caps into the air or will within the next couple of weeks. After that, it's time to head into that 20-something space we just talked about. Get a job. It's also time to figure out insurance. Before graduation season, the White House sent letters to university presidents and student body leaders, reminding them that the health care reform law allows students to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26.
From the Marketplace health desk at WHYY, Gregory Warner has more.
Gregory Warner: Maybe they can slip it into the commencement address.
Student speaker at graduation: Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. Do not follow the well worn path in life. But do sign up for health insurance under your parents' plan.
Speaker: Thanks mom!
Before the health care reform law, people had to leave their parents' insurance after graduation.
Aaron Smith is founder of the advocacy group Young Invincibles. He created a "graduation toolkit" to help today's seniors navigate their new rights and its dull vocabulary.
Aaron Smith: Information like "what is a deductible?", "what are premiums?" is valuable information for young people to know about, because they've never bought insurance before.
Insurance analysts say the outreach is working. Lots of young adults are signing up on their parents' plans. Still, people in their 20s are almost twice as likely as older adults to be uninsured.
Martin Gaynor: I thought I was bullet-proof when I was 18 or 20.
Martin Gaynor is a professor of economics and health policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He says that the success of health care reform law depends in part on changing young people's attitude toward insurance. Because when today's graduates turn 26 and go off their parents' plans, they'll either have insurance through work or they'll be legally required to buy it for themselves.
Gaynor: It will either have to be that people just don't want to break the law, or that they're already accustomed to being part of health insurance and for any insurance to work, you have to have everybody in the pool.
The more young healthy people sign up, he says, the cheaper premiums will be, for everybody. In other words, graduates, you are the future -- of health care reform.
In Philadelphia, I'm Gregory Warner for Marketplace Money.


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Breeders who sign a contract to breed to freshman sire Ten Centuriesby March 1 will be eligible for a lottery in which one winner will receive essentially an all expense-paid trip to the 2007 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I). The package includes complimentary airfare to Dubai for two, accommodations at the Le Meridian Dubai Hotel, and two tickets to the Maktoum Terrace of Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
An unraced son of European champion Dubai Millennium out of the multiple graded stakes-producing Fit to Fight mare Fitnah, Ten Centuries is owned by Palides Investments N.V. and stands at Douglas Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky. His fee is $2,000.
"Given his unique bloodlines, we wanted to do something special for breeders who see the same potential in Ten Centuries that we do," Arnold said.
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Known for her singing talent and her short shorts, Mariah Carey was to make the first pitch at this baseball game in Japan.
She didn't disappoint in the short shorts department (which I think is way more tacky than glammy these days, sorry), but she certainly did disappoint in her ability to throw a small, white ball more than two feet in front of her.
If you were going to throw a baseball at a major league game on national TV, do you think you might throw a few practice swings here and there before the big day to get some sort of decent pitch in order?
I know I would. Oh well, good thing she did this or we wouldn't have this funny video to laugh at.
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I recently sat down with my girl Simply Bianca to chat about hair color and the good, bad and ugly about dying your hair! If you've followed me for awhile then you'll know that I have changed my look a lot, especially my hair color. I've done everything from blonde to red and all the in between colors and because of that my hair has seen a lot of damage and rebuilding to get it to the healthy state it is in now. When I sat down with Bianca the most important thing I wanted to ask her is what advice she would give to her younger self about hair dye from knowing what she knows? Both of us said that we would tell our younger selves that treatments were the key to maintaining any type of health and to stay away from the heat! If you're thinking about dying your hair or have been through a journey with it like us, check out our video below and join the discussion.


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The narrow, and very steep groove is sustained and powerful.
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pete, you can't just keep on voting for 8b and expect it to get upgraded!
Standard 8a+, a good route as a bench mark
A great intro to steady 8a climbing...
The game is up Dunning, you have made yourself a laughing stock I'll have to give your routes the same "soft" treatment. And recruiting Mr Le Sage was a low act.
Come on Pete,stop kidding yourself. Top end 7c+ i thought. You'll make it one day mate.
A smashing route but only a touch harder than subculture which is an easy 8a. Come on Pete get real...
One of the best 7c+/8a sport climbs in the area. Now with new Belay as Pete wore the last one out.
This is proper 7c+ if you are short.
You can't grade everything for the short, Ru.
I thought the route was 8b, and im strong.
Bit Modest their Stu Watson Like always, Obviously not as strong as you thought.
it was a joke?!? still 8b though.
Ok I admit it! I cant do any other 8b's so maybe it is only 8a+....
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8b if you are under 6ft (thats my excuse anyway)
stop yer moaning, hard 8a+ or easy 8b, what does it matter? if you've done it, you should be smiling anyway, and if you haven't, your opinion doesn't count. but give it 8a+, it's too good a route to be a 'soft touch'.
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association with colony collapse disorder
...viruses, including black queen cell virus and deformed wing virus. However, no pathogens have been found definitively to cause the disorder. Another parasite that may play a role in CCD is the phorid fly Apocephalus borealis. A known parasite of bumblebees, A. borealis has been identified as an emerging threat to honeybees. It was first reported to infect...


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Power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were snapped taking their children Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, and 3-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne to to see Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday (December 16).
Angelina held Zahara – who wore an adorable sea shell patterned dress under a tan trench coat – by the hand as they walked behind security through the Mandalay Bay Hotel after the performance. Brad – who turned 48 on Sunday – held sweet Shiloh's hand while big brother Pax trailed behind the famous group.
"They enjoyed the performance and stayed until the very end rather than sneaking out at the curtain close," an eyewitness reveals to the Las Vegas Sun's Robin Leach. "They joined the crowd during the final standing ovation. It didn't look as if the cast knew the Hollywood couple was there until they heard the buzz in the audience."
"It hadn't been announced to them beforehand, so they gave a little nod and a bow in their direction at the end," the source continues. "Brad and Angelina were applauding and smiling ear to ear with their children, who loved the show. Then they quietly left to walk back to the Four Seasons."
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Why We're So Angry, Part 2
One of the exciting things about coming to worship is not knowing exactly where God is going to lead us. We come ready to praise God through our music, to commune with God in prayer, to hear the word of God read and interpreted, as well as applied to our daily lives; and we come to continue the offering up of ourselves to the One who has created, redeemed, and sustains us. This morning is no exception. We invite you to take a moment or two to familiarize yourself with the flow of this mornings worship: mark the scriptures in your Bible; take note if there will be a time to share prayer concerns and/or write them down; or grab an envelope out of the black folder for your offering. Most importantly, take a moment to center yourself"as you tune your heart to the Spirit of Jesus Christ, and open your mind to the promises and expectations of God. (Permalink)
Speaker: Rev. Tim Burchill Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:6-21
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Synopsis:A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
Starry Eyes (2014) is an American horror movie that was better than I thought it would be. Directors and writers Kevin Kolsch (Absence (2009), Postcards from the Future: The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary (2003), Ext. Life (2010)) and Dennis Widmyer (Curtain (2011), Absence (2009), Throwaway (2008)) worked well together. Kevin and Dennis shine although they do not have much experience in the movie industry. Starry Eyes contains nudity, extreme violence, gore galore, drug use, bad language, twists, suspense, frightening scenes and fear of what will happen.
Starry Eyes is about fame and how certain people do whatever it takes to obtain that fame. Sarah (Alex Essoe - Free to Go (2008), Passion Play (2010), F*ckdrive (2008)) is an unemployed actor that shares an apartment with other unemployed actors. She works in a restaurant to pay her bills and does not fancy it much because she thinks it is beneath her. She looks down on Indie film offers. Upon looking for acting gigs, Sarah came across a role for a movie called The Silver Scream and went in for an audition. Sarah did not get the audition and was distraught in the lady's' room throwing a tantrum/fit. One of the audition people saw her in the lady's' room and asked her to audition again and perform her tantrum in the audition. She soon receives a call back and met the movie's producers who is filthy rich and wants something in return for Sarah to have a part. Sarah could achieve her dream of starring in a big movie, but she has to make a troubling decision of how far she will go and what she will do to obtain her movie role.
The movie makes me think what would a person do to be a star? What will a person do to make their dreams come true and be recognized? This movie will definitely be on the top horror movie list for 2014. One again I love the directing skills - it made me feel as though I was right there with Sarah and empathized with her. The sets were awesomely terrifying and marvelously done. This is a horror movie that you might want to have an empty stomach for because it is pretty grotesque. It made my stomach churn and winched.
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Preservation of historic landscapes requires an interdisciplinary approach. Understanding and preserving the variety of features found in historic landscapes may require the expertise of architects, archeologists, botanists, and other professionals, in addition to an historical landscape architect. At NCPTT, the Historic Landscapes program also benefits from an interdisciplinary approach.
Landscapes Training
In June, NCPTT hosted in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Brookline Division of Parks and Open Spaces a Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop at the Old Burying Ground in Brookline Mass. Twenty-nine participants, including municipal planners, public works foreman, cemetery commissioners, landscape architects, archeologists, and preservation consultants learned the basics of proper cemetery maintenance. The majority of the participants were municipal employees, either directly or indirectly involved in historic cemetery management. As a result of the workshop, these communities are in a better position to make informed planning and maintenance decisions for their cemeteries.
The Historic Landscapes program and the materials research program are partnering to livestream the lecture "Addressing Landscape Maintenance in Cemeteries" on April 8, 2010. The one-hour lecture provided an overview of landscape maintenance issues and their impact on cemetery historic resources. Topics included landscape documentation, replacing key features, removing invasive plants, mowing and trimming, tree care, and addressing conflicts between historic vegetation and built features. The livestream video will be reformatted for posting on the NCPTT website.
Field Research
The Historic Landscapes program and the Material Research program are also partnering to study the effects of herbicides on masonry. In progress are a preliminary literature review and the development of a survey directed to NPS historic site facility managers. Survey topics will include the types of herbicides used, herbicide application methods, other methods of vegetation removal, and identified masonry condition issues associated with herbicide use. This summer, Caitlin Oshida will join NCPTT as the graduate intern dedicated to the project. Oshida will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Historic Preservation and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from the University of Mary Washington in May 2010.
Historic Landscapes Mobile Documentation App
For several years, NCPTT has been working to develop an electronic field tool for inventorying and assessing the condition of historic landscape features. More recently, the program has worked in partnership with NCPTT's web developer to create an application for the iPhone and iPod touch – and to now include the recently released iPad. Ideally suited for historic sites that require cyclical monitoring of landscape features, it will also be an effective tool to efficiently assess historic conditions following a natural disaster. In April 2010, Debbie Smith will present the application as a work-in-progress at the annual conference of the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation.
Preservation Maintenance Curriculum
In 2009, the Historic Landscapes Program and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation partnered to host a roundtable to discuss creation of an historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum. Fifteen professionals from around the country representing both NPS and non-NPS historic sites met at the Hampton National Historic Site. Discussion among the participants resulted in the first steps towards understanding and identifying the unmet training needs of field staff responsible for the day-to-day preservation of historic landscapes. Of particular interest among participants was the need to convey to maintenance crews the difference between traditional landscape maintenance and maintenance of historic sites. The 'why we do things' differently approach.
In March, Debbie Smith introduced the landscape preservation maintenance curriculum project to an NPS service-wide meeting of cultural landscape professionals in Shepherdstown, W. Va. The group enthusiastically supported the project – recognizing the need for trained professionals in the field of landscape preservation maintenance. To advance the project, Stephanie Nelson will join NCPTT this summer as a six-month graduate intern. Stephanie brings an interdisciplinary background to the project. She has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and will receive her Master of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University in May 2010.


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With all those global displays of affection, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker aren't keeping things on the q.t. any longer.
"What's not to like?" the "Desperate Housewives" star tells People magazine, adding that the fact Parker plays for the world champion San Antonio Spurs, her home team, is a plus.


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A beautiful addition for your home is the realistic look of Oak Laminate Flooring. This sought after stunning visual offers clean subtle lines and tremendous durability. The variation of light and warm color tones will create an open and spacious effect in any room. The state of the art glueless locking system makes this an easy installation solution for all your do-it- yourself flooring needs. The no-mess installation method allows for you to install in a day and walk on it immediately. The ease of maintenance means you will spend more time enjoying your floor not cleaning it making this a smart flooring choice. A Mohawk Greenworks product that is CARB Phase 2 Compliant and NALFA Certified. Features ScratchGuard Advanced Finish Protection which is perfect for those high traffic areas in the home, and it especially helps prevent the dulling and tiny abrasions caused from everyday dust and dirt. ScratchGuard is built into the finish, keeping floors looking newer for longer. Made in the USA.
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how would i make it so that you can click and drag a child window or something with a bitmap on it to reposition it inside that window?
i am using "windows.h" api to do it.
would i create a static and put a bitmap on it or should i make it in wm_paint with a paintstruct?
or is there another way to do it. i am just needing to move it, i dont need to resize it or anything.
any help would be greatly appreciated.


text: Thousands of women are trafficked yearly in Cambodia and enslaved into brothels, forced to pay off "debts" accrued by either a family member or a previous owner. Life is extremely grim as these women are sometimes forced to serve 20 clients a day, earning $1-4/day. They are tortured, raped, beaten, malnourished, diseased, often impregnated and have no access to health care. Approximately one in ten sex slaves are children under the age of 16 and sometimes as young as five. A girl's virginity is a valuable commodity, culturally believed to cure AIDS when taken, and condoms are barely used. There is little hope for survival under a corrupt government, whose policemen are among the brothels' customers. Inside the dirty, dark corners of these dilapidated walls, freedom is a foreign word.


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I thought I should type up some of the notes I have taken on this matter, rather than keeping them on a rather scrappy piece of paper. This is simply a list of the spice blends from a number of medieval cookbooks, and will hopefully grow. The first one from Le Menagier is one of my favourites.
Le Menagier de Paris
14 oz cinnamon
1 oz ginger
1 oz grains of paradise
1/6 oz nutmeg
1/6 oz galingale
1 oz and 1 drachma (1/8th of an oz) white ginger
1/4 oz cinnamon
1/8 oz grains of paradise
1/8 oz cloves
1/4 oz sugar
Frati 15th century Italy
1/4 cloves
1 oz ginger
1 oz cinnamon
same quantity bay leaf
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Spices for common sauce
3 parts cinnamon
2 parts cloves
1 part ginnger
1 part sugar?? (I can't read my own notes there... must check)
and a little ground coriander and a little saffron
Spices for Clarea
3 parts cinnamon
2 parts cloves
1 part ginger
Dukes Powder
1/2 oz cinnamon
1/8 cloves
1 pound sugar
a little ginger
Powder Blanche (Haven of Health)
2 oz sugar
1/4 oz ginger
1/8 oz cinnamon
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Newcastle United 1 Real Sociedad 0
NEWCASTLE UNITED rounded off their preparations for the new season with a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad at a rain-soaked St James' Park yesterday.
Moussa Sissoko struck in the 88th minute to seal the win for the Magpies ahead of next Sunday's Premier League opener with Manchester City.
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It was Alan Pardew's first appearance in front of a home crowd since the final home game of last season - a 3-0 win over Cardiff City – which saw the Magpies boss confined to his dugout after he was booed by the crowd early on.
Pardew, who did not give any media interviews post-match, spent the majority of yesterday's game giving instructions from the touchline and it appears the club's summer spending has gone some way to appeasing the fans with neither a positive nor negative reception for the manager.
It has been an uncharacteristically busy summer at St James' Park with nine new arrivals in total and six of those were on show against Sociedad.
In his matchday programme column, captain Fabricio Coloccini revealed the new faces have given boosted the squad ahead of the new season.
"With seven new signings our squad has a very different look to it from the last time we played here, and that is a good thing.
"The new arrivals have given everyone a lift, they are good guys and most importantly they are good players who have added even more quality to the team."
Pardew handed home debuts to Daryl Janmaat, Jack Colback, Remy Cabella and Emmanuel Riviere with two other new signings – Facundo Ferreyra and Ayoze Perez – coming on from the bench.
The Magpies' most recent arrivals Jamaal Lascelles and Karl Darlow have headed straight back to former club Nottingham Forest on loan and the only new signing absent from the squad was Siem de Jong.
The Dutchman is struggling with a calf injury ahead of next weekend's season opener and it remains to be seen whether he will be fit to face Manchester City on Sunday.
Chieck Tiote is another concern with a hamstring injury and in the early stages of yesterday's game it looked as if Pardew had another problem when Yoan Gouffran went down with a knee injury.
The Frenchman looked in some discomfort as he limped off, but managed to continue until he was replaced by academy product Rolando Aarons at half time. It was a low key affair in front of 19,188 on Tyneside with little in the way of chances for either side.
Newcastle started playing their familiar 4-2-3-1 system with Gouffran, Sissoko and Cabella supporting Riviere, but midway through the first half the Magpies reverted to 4-4-1-1 with Cabella pushing forward to support the striker.
Cabella is Newcastle's most expensive purchase this summer at £12m and the attacking midfielder showed plenty of neat touches and fancy footwork that earned him a standing ovation when he was taken off in the second half.
Janmaat also caught the eye down the right and Newcastle's first sniff at goal came through the defender when his cross towards the near post was almost met by Riviere in the 26th minute.
The visitors responded two minutes later when Carlos Martinez sent Imanol Igirretxe through but Tim Krul comfortably collected the striker's shot.
After his cheeky chip against Hudderfield Town on Tuesday night, Cabella went close to scoring another following good work from Colback and Riviere, but Geronimo Rulli tipped over before the linesman flagged for offside.
Aarons continued his impressive pre-season as a second half substitute and has surely put himself in the frame to be involved next weekend, with his trickery and running giving Newcastle a fresh impetus after the break.
The Magpies looked more dangerous in the final third with Aarons and Cabella the stand out players on show.
Newcastle went close to taking a 60th minute lead when Colback found Mike Williamson from a corner, but his header was tipped over by Rulli.
Steven Taylor, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Mehdi Abeid, Facundo Ferreyra and Ajoze Perez were all introduced in the second half.
The latter made an instant impact when he combined with Cabella to create a chance, but Sociedad managed to clear before the Spaniard could connect with the ball.
The deadlock was broken with two minutes left on the clock after good work by Perez and Gabriel Obertan set up Sissoko to drill a low curling effort inside the far post.
It means Newcastle have lost only two of their warm-up games – against Oldham and Malaga – winning five and drawing once.
Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Krul; Janmaat (Amrstrong, 85), Coloccini (Yanga-Mbiwa, 67), Williamson (S Taylor, 67), Haidara (Dummett, 59); Colback (Obertan, 59), Anita (Abeid, 67); Sissoko, Cabella (Ferreyra, 74), Gouffran (Aarons, 46); Riviere (Perez, 67).
Subs (not used): Alnwick.
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Addressed to Knuckles's family and friends, the letter expressed the Obama's sympathies.
"Frankie's work helped open minds and bring people together, blending genres to capture our attention and ignite our imaginations," the letter said.
Knuckles, born Francis Nicholls, died March 31 at age 59 from complications with diabetes. He was largely credited as a pioneer of house music, especially in Chicago during the 1970s and 1980s. Upon his death, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn also expressed his condolences, calling the producer and Grammy Award-winning remixer "a true musical trailblazer."


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on 11/23/2016 10:37:00 PM
Age: 44-55
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Not crazy about this one - the pencil was just ordinary, and like other reviewers have noted, the cap came off easily ( and eventually was lost). I wasn't impressed at all with the gel, it just didn't seemto do much. I mostly used the pencil, and used the gel end maybe twice, giving up as it was ineffective.
on 9/22/2016 10:46:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is awful. The pencil doesn't work well to begin with, and it dulls and breaks so easily because the cap NEVER stays on, that before you know it, you're out of pencil. The gel isn't very even coating, and throughout the day, my brows got super flakey and gross! I could never recommend this product.
on 6/16/2016 7:57:00 PM
Age: 25-29
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Hair: Black, Other, Other
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Didn't like it at all. The gel only really helps if your brows are even, which mine aren't and the wand is to big to try to make them look even. The other issue is the pencil is very stiff and requires pushing down hard and doesn't glide on very smooth. It hard to get nice soft even lines. I know I keep saying even, but the reality is brows are about symmetry and getting them to look the same should pretty much be the goal of any brow product. Toss pile item.
on 10/21/2015 2:02:00 AM
Age: 44-55
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Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
EDIT: Removed 1 lippie. Dark brown gel is too light for my dark brown brown and it looks unnatural.
ORIGINAL: I feel so much more polished when I wear this! I can fill in and brush my brows up, and keep it all very natural looking. Dark brown pencil is perfect for my dark dark brows, but the gel is a bit light in color - it still works though, doesn't show up as lighter than my natural brows.
I tried Brunette - pencil was extremely red looking - scary!
Gel makes brows stay in place (they tend to go down at the outer corners) ALL day, and I feel much more polished when I use this.
I've always had very dark, thick, expressive brows and have never done anything to them besides tweezing and the occasional light touch with a pencil. All the brow hype these days had me feeling like my brows could use a little help with staying in place. I like a natural look - no painted on look for my brows. I tried Tarte Amazonian Clay Brow Mousse, love that Tarte is cruelty free, but the price is ridiculous. Revlon's is much less expensive. I don't like that they animal test, so I can't give it 5 lippies, otherwise I would!
on 8/23/2016 10:40:00 AM
Age: 30-35
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
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Having the Gel and Pencil together is extremely convenient.
I like the pencil portion, and i dont mind sharping it because it makes the tip sharp and precise. I find the pencil to be creamy and blends out nice with a spoolie.
But the gel. UGH what a let down. I just found it to be so goopy and thick.
I would not repurchase.
on 8/29/2015 2:53:00 AM
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I really liked the idea of a brow pencil and gel in one, and I'm usually pleased with the quality of Revlon products, so I scooped this baby up.
First off, the pencil frustrated me. It is way too thick, so it's impossible to get a natural looking brow. It's also very dry. I thought maybe I could sharpen it to a fine point to achieve a thinner line, but it just crumbles and breaks off. Also, the pencil is way too short and I used it up in a matter of a few weeks. The cap constantly comes off, so little bits of brow pencil would be all in my makeup bag. Pencil rating- negative 5!
The only thing that somewhat made this product worth keeping was the brow gel. It's not perfect, but it keeps my hairs in place all day long. Two coats will leave a dry and flaky residue, so use one coat only. I like the brush that comes with the gel. It coats all of my hairs evenly.
I used up the pencil long ago and still have a ton of gel left. Luckily the pencil sucked anyway, so it doesn't matter to me. But I am just surprised by the lack of balance in the two products...they're obviously meant to be used together, but one runs out way before the other. It doesn't seem very thought out.
I will continue to use the gel with my other brow pencil. But once it's used up, I will not be rebuying this product. It was much too expensive to warrant repurchasing just for the brow gel. I was very underwhelmed by the quality.
on 12/29/2014 12:23:00 AM
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Eyes: Brown
I thought this would make a good duo product but the gel is the only part I would repurchase. The pencil is quite short and its very dry. I felt like I was pulling out my brows when applying it. I need a product that's a bit softer.
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I love this product. I'm Asian with dark brown/black brows and I use the dark brown color in this pencil. It looks incredibly natural and does an equally good job of darkening brown hairs and sparse spots. Highly recommend! I prefer this to the Anastasia Dipbrow and the Maybelline Brow Gel.
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My go to brow pencil. The gel/wand is useless to me so I could do without that. Also I wish the color was a little lighter (for the dark blonde) but I haven't found anything better yet!
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This product works great. The packaging on the other hand is horrible. The cap on the pencil side never stays on, which makes it impossible to keep in a makeup bag due to the cap falling off and getting color all over. The brush part works great and gives me nice even color.
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Foo Fighters To Begin Work On New Album In 2012
Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters dominated 2011 with their massive album 'Wasting Light,' but that doesn't mean they're ready to pump the breaks. Dave Grohl announced in a recent blog post that the Foo are already looking to get back to the studio.
Grohl addressed the Foo fans this week on the band's official blog — thanking them for the success of their seventh studio album 'Wasting Light,' recent tour, and the 'Album of the Year' Grammy nod they received earlier this month. While saying that they had never "worked so hard at making an album," Dave ended his reflection of the year/thank you to the fans — which you can read in it's entirety here — by looking to the future:
"And to all of you…..we're not finished yet. There are still more shows to play, more songs to write, more albums to record, for years to come. I mean…..If you would have told me 17 years ago that in 2012 I would be writing songs for our 8th studio album….well….."
Foo Fighters just wrapped their brief tour of Australia with Tenacious D, and will reconvene for a handful of dates in Japan and Argentina this March. The band also announced that they will headline New Jersey's Bamboozle Fest along with Bon Jovi and Blink-182 May 18-20.


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What happens when you mix mobile, social and maps? You get Microsoft Research's new SLAM application, a cool new social networking application that let's you create and communicate with groups, even viewing the members' locations (with full privacy controls for individuals to expose their locations as they see fit) on a Virtual Earth map.
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A Twin Cities-area program that serves adults with disabilities and complex medical conditions has won a major innovation grant under the federal health care law.
Courage Center competed nationally to win nearly $1.8 million. The Golden Valley-based program is one of 26 groups nationwide to receive funding for projects aimed at better coordinating and improving patient care.
Through faster access to primary and specialty care, Courage Center patients were able to cut the time they spent in the hospital by 80 percent, which saved more than $3 million per year.
CEO Jan Malcolm said it's important that health reform not forget people with disabilities and chronic medical problems.
"We're really very excited by the opportunity to help document this as a model that we hope will inform the national dialogue about better care models for people with disabilities," Malcolm said.
Too often people with disabilities aren't front and center in discussions about reforming the health care system, Malcolm said.
"This is a really great opportunity to really underscore that it's important for health care reform to embrace and serve all populations in our state and in our country," Malcolm said.
The money will allow Courage Center to expand the project it began in 2009 from 200 to 300 adults.


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A car and carport caught fire Wednesday morning, displacing a family of six in City Heights, fire officials said.
The fire was reported about 10:45 a.m. on 46th Street near Thorn Street, said a San Diego Fire-Rescue dispatcher.
Flames did not spread to the attached home, said fire spokesman Maurice Luque.
Fire investigator Lawrence Gordon said the fire was accidental and caused $30,000 in damage. It left soot on one side of the residence and charred the vehicle and carport.
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Former San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman has been named interim chief of the troubled Orange County Fire Authority while it searches for a permanent leader.
Bowman, who resigned as San Diego's fire chief in 2006, said he expects to head the 1,100-firefighter agency until the end of the year and possibly longer — depending on how the search goes.
Since he left San Diego's fire department, Bowman, 62, has been running a small family vineyard in Escondido. In 2007, he served as interim fire chief in Oceanside for about a year until the city hired a new chief.
Bowman replaces retiring Chief Keith Richter, 55, who headed the Orange County Fire Authority since 2009. Richter faced mounting criticism after an audit found low morale and other problems. The Orange County Professional Firefighters Association also issued a "no confidence" vote against Richter.
Bowman said his top task is to improve morale among firefighters, which he expects to fix in 90 days. He has no plans to seek the position permanently. A firefighter for 37 years, Bowman was Anaheim's fire chief for 16 years before coming to San Diego.
Grape harvests at the vineyard are just wrapping up, said Bowman, so the vineyard will be entering a slow period while he's working in Orange County. He has a deal with an experienced vintner who produces wine with grapes from his vineyard under the name Screaming Chief, a tongue-in-cheek reference to a cult Napa Valley wine called Screaming Eagle and Bowman's years as a firefighter.


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Every year, most of us start Ramazan with lofty targets. Detoxification of the mind and body, spiritual cleansing of the soul, acquiring of admirable traits and most importantly shedding of those unwanted pounds are what we all desire from these 30 days.
Whereas the initial targets are quite personal (not that weight isn't), they remain just that, personal. Losing weight is another story altogether, which if managed along with nutritional considerations will go a long way in helping us remain healthy in the true sense of the word.
The weighing scale tells a sad story when most of us get on it at the end of the month, showing far more unwanted pounds than what we started off with. The reason being very simple: Gorging on all the wrong kinds of food!
Ramazan, being an ideal time to cleanse the body and soul, should be treated as a detoxification month that leaves us healthier both in terms of physical and mental health. Unfortunately, in reality it signals the start of gastronomic over-indulgence, sleep deprivation, chronic fatigue and indigestion. Not to mention the addition of all those pounds of unhealthy and unwanted flab.
Ideally, a detox regime should begin a week before Ramazan and should include cutting down the consumption of tea, coffee and cola drinks at a rate of a cup/glass a day, substituting with a glass of water.
The basic rule to follow as religiously as possible: Do not try to cram a 24-hour worth of food in a six to eight hour span as this overloads metabolism and hence digestion.
Sehri should be as simple as possible. Instead of fat enriched khajla, pheni and parathas opt for chapatis with a home cooked dish of choice. Include fruit and yoghurt alternatively. Several glasses of water should be taken in sips during this time as this allows assimilation of water into the body tissues rather than being flushed out from the kidneys. Avoid having more than a cup of tea, as tea is a diuretic and causes excessive loss of minerals and water from the body.
To maintain energy during the day, cover your head if you have to go out in the sun between 10am and 3pm. This will make you less likely to gorge at the end of the day.
Nutritionists recommend that the fast should be broken gradually as it gives your system a chance to readjust. Start with a couple of dates and a glass of water and wait for at least half an hour before a full meal.
The desired loss of weight can be easily accomplished if you forego iftar in favour of dinner. The tradition of eating deep fried, sugar-laden stuff at iftar and then following it up with a full dinner makes us gain a lot of weight.
Dates are excellent for breaking the fast. They are rich in monosaccharides (instant sugar), carbohydrates (the energy givers) along with a healthy amalgamation of vitamins B and D, calcium, phosphorus, iron and zinc (fight allergies) and reduce acidity and heartburn. These provide necessary fortification along with water or low-fat milk till the actual dinner, helping you forego the rich iftar.
Fizzy drinks need to be avoided at all costs. These in addition to being really high in unwanted calories, have a high salt content and increase thirst instead of quenching it. Yoghurt based drinks such as lassi (not the sweet variety) are excellent in both nutritive and cooling properties.
Consume slow-to-digest, fibre-rich foods such as whole wheat bread/chapatis, pasta, beans and lentils as these help maintain and even lose weight by keeping your satiety centres in the brain satisfied for longer periods of time.
Fresh fruit should be a must on the iftar menu, the way nature intended it to be eaten and not with added sugar as in fruit salad or spices in chaat.
The main meal should consist of protein (chicken, lentils) and carbohydrates (bread, chapati, rice) with a little fat. The festive nature of our iftars and the company of family and friends makes us quite prone to over-eating. The tip here would be to stop when you feel slightly less than full. Remember, there's always the next time!
Desserts are the worst enemies of weight loss. Being a major part of our iftar menu, these can test the patience of many. Eat but no more than a couple of spoons if you wish to lose weight, relishing the taste and making it last as long as possible so as to satisfy not your hunger but craving.
A comprehensive multi-vitamin intake is highly recommended as most of us are not disciplined enough to monitor our nutritional requirements. The best time to take the tablet would be two hours after iftar.
With the hectic schedule that Ramazan puts us through, it is quite difficult to work in an exercise regime. But even a 15-minute post-iftar walk can do wonders both physically and mentally.
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No niceness these days?
"A man who captured a short video of his eight-year-old neighbour tossing around swear words and posted it online says he never thought it would land him in handcuffs," Associated Press reports. "Josh Eastman said [last week]that he still was taken aback that the boy's family chose to call the police to get the clip removed from YouTube. He said he was shocked by his arrest. 'If they didn't like the video they could have just asked me nicely to take it off, and I would have taken it off,' Eastman said. 'They didn't have to go call the police and have me arrested for it.' " The 34-year-old Connecticut man was charged with impairing the morals of a child.
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According to a survey of Generation Y users of the dating website Candobetter.com:
- 64 per cent of women polled would release a sex tape if it would help advance their careers.
- 45 per cent of women polled would sleep with their professor to pass a college class.
- 36 per cent would blackmail a co-worker or a boss to get ahead.
"Here's where we have to be killjoys," the website Asylum.com says, "and remind you that even though those numbers are based on a large sample set of 2,800 people, we can only be sure they are representative of members of the dating site that conducted the survey."
Viva volunteering
"If you're getting up in years, and the basic activities of daily living have become something of a struggle, doing volunteer work is probably the last thing on your mind," Tom Jacobs writes for Miller-McCune magazine. "But new research suggests there's an excellent reason to make the effort. You may actually live longer. That's the conclusion of a study just published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, which examined death rates of a representative sample of American seniors. It found difficulties with basic daily activities, including those caused by decreased mobility or upper-arm strength, 'are associated with an increased risk of dying only among participants who almost never or never volunteered.' The study adds to the mounting evidence linking volunteering with health, well-being and longevity, and suggests this association may be particularly significant toward the end of life."
Hang on, my dress is ringing
"A little black dress that doubles up as a mobile phone is to be launched in Britain" next year, The Daily Telegraph reports. "The garment, branded the M-Dress, lets wearers make and receive calls by slipping their SIM card under the label, allowing them to keep their usual numbers. Gesture recognition software allows users to pick up a call by raising their hand to their ear, and end a conversation by letting it fall to their side."
Burning up the course
" 'Fire!' was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California," Associated Press reports. "The golfer at the Shady Canyon golf course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday. On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene. Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and over two dry, brushy hillsides."
Death and mushrooms
"A bountiful Italian mushroom season has turned deadly, claiming the lives of at least 18 people in recent weeks. According to Italy's La Repubblica newspaper, mushroom seekers have been so relentless in their pursuit of their favourite fungi, they have been abandoning safety procedures - donning camouflage and hunting in darkness in an effort to scout remote, highly coveted troves, Reuters reported. … Eighteen people have died in just a 10-day period. Many of them had forgone proper footwear, clothing and equipment and died after steep falls down Alpine slopes."
Source: Huffingtonpost.com
Armless men
- "A San Diego man born without arms is on a campaign to throw the first pitch of a game at every Major League Baseball stadium in the country," Fox5sandiego.com reports. "Tom Willis is well on the way to accomplishing his goal. Over the past couple of seasons, he has thrown from the pitcher's mound at multiple ballparks around the United States. … Developing the ability to pitch a baseball with his feet took lots of practice. When throwing in front of the thousands of baseball fans, he has to stay focused. 'I maintain eye contact with the catcher's mitt, reach back and explode,' Willis said."
- "A Chinese man who had both arms amputated after a childhood accident has become an expert pianist," Orange News U.K. reports. "Liu Wei, who removes one sock to play the piano with his toes, rocketed to stardom on China's Got Talent, reports Associated Press. … The 23-year-old was only 10 when he lost his arms after getting electrified playing hide-and-seek. Since then he's become adept at using his feet for all manner of tasks, including surfing the Web, eating, dressing and brushing his teeth."
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But with John McCain and Russ Feingold's soft-money ban finally seeing the light of full Senate debate next week, the rumblings of sudden discontent among the party formerly in McCain's corner is reaching a fever pitch.
Tuesday, it was centrist John Breaux, and he doesn't sound like he's alone. "If it was up for a vote in its current form, I would vote against it," he told reporters. "Many of us have concluded that it creates a very unlevel playing field between the two parties and I don't think that's what we should be for."
Then there's the Torricelli indicator. A prolific fundraiser and head of the Democrats' wildly successful 2000 Senate fund-raising operation, the New Jersey senator's flights from the prospect of success on this issue have become legendary after all, his first job was to vote the party's pocketbook. Now out of the post but eager to craft a more centrist image, he's having second thoughts all over again.
"Clearly this tests the limits of constitutionality under First Amendment laws," Torricelli said Tuesday. "I think it's very difficult to legally and constitutionally say to third-party groups that they can't spend their money the way they want to."
For years, McCain has been up against a 60-vote hurdle thanks to a promised filibuster from Mitch McConnell to get his legislation into floor debate, and for each tilt at the windmill McCain enjoyed unanimous Democratic support. This year, with the Senate at 50-50 and McCain still enjoying some political pop from his equally quixotic presidential run, McConnell and Trent Lott have had to cut a deal with Bush's No. 1 saddle burr and give McCain-Feingold its due chance at becoming law.
And now McConnell is having a good chuckle at the exodus across the aisle. "I think there are a whole lot of Democrats who never had any idea what was in this bill," he said Tuesday. "At least this year they are reading it."
And as McCain readily admits on his Sunday-show appearances these days, their concerns have some justification. The erosion of support among Democrats started in 1996, when Bill Clinton's money-drenched reelection campaign proved that Democrats could be fund-raise a king's ransom too. And what the McAuliffe crowd was particularly good at raising was soft money, which goes to the issue advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts that won Al Gore the popular vote and got the Senate to 50-50 in the first place. Soft money the Democrats may not be able to do without.
In the 2000 election, Democrats essentially broke even with Republicans in the soft-money chase, according to the FEC, raising $243 million to $244.4 million. And in congressional races, the Democrats' House and Senate campaign committees actually outraised the Republicans in soft money, $120 million to $94 million.
Stick to hard money, which parties raise from individual donations, and the Republicans are clear winners. In 2000, Republicans raised $447 million in hard money, thanks to a larger pool of small donors; the Democrats raised $270 million. And with a Bush in the White House, that discrepancy won't get any smaller in 2002.
McCain blithely maintains that he and Feingold "do not think this is a perfect bill," and that some vigorous debate and the right amendments can produce some form of reform that will win the necessary supporters from both sides of the aisle.
At the very least, campaign finance reform will find out next week who its real friends are even if it turns out there are a lot fewer than there used to be.
"A lot of people raised concerns," one Democratic senator told CNN of an intra-party discussion of the bill Tuesday. "The only one who spoke out in support of McCain-Feingold was Russ Feingold."


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Historic Consequences of the Tsarina's Manifesto
Obholz, Albert, Ph.D. "Historic Consequences of the Tsarina's Manifesto." Volk auf dem Weg, May 2013, 14.
Translation from the original German-language text to American English is provided by Alex Herzog, Boulder, CO.
Translator's Note: This article does not go along with the sometimes celebratory mood engendered by the 250th anniversary of Tsarina Catherine's manifesto(s) inviting German farmers to emigrate and cultivate the Volga region. In contrast, it emphasizes all the negative consequences experienced by ethnic German Russians within those 250 years and ends up considering the entire period a major mistake of our forefathers.
Most historians consider Tsarina Catherine II's measures regarding the immigration of German colonists to Russia as very positive. However, historic facts do not support that assessment. In my opinion, our ancestors lost more than they gained.
Despite promises, the Russian government had not prepared itself fully and sufficiently for receiving the colonists. For example, around 3,000 immigrants lost their lives merely on the way from St. Petersburg to Saratov.1
And after the immigrant colonists had reached their places of settlement, another 1,000 or more men, women and children were killed or taken into slavery by wild nomadic tribes. Especially heavy blows were inflicted on the colonists by Pugachev's bands. After the latter had been vanquished, the number of colonists in the Krasnoyarsk, Tarlyk and Tonkoshurovka districts had been reduced from 27,000 souls to 23,099.2 In those three districts alone, the roving bands had killed or driven from their settlements nearly 4,000 colonists.
Later, several cholera and other epidemics broke out and caused many colonists to die. For example, in 1870 some 2,029 cases of cholera were registered on the meadow side of the Volga. 472 (23.3 percent) of those infected died.3
We do not know exactly how many residents succumbed or disappeared while fleeing from the colonies. On the other hand, we do know that, for example, between 1871 and 1912, around 300,000 Germans emigrated from Russia to North and South America.4
Heavy losses were incurred by the colonists in the Russo-Japanese War and in World War I. Around 300,000 Germans served in the Tsarist Army during those two wars. To this day there is no official information as to how many German Russians died or had serious injuries.
There followed the horrific October Revolution and the subsequent civil wars. Thousands of German colonists were driven to death and poverty, hunger, and flight.
Conditions of the times between 1914 and 1926 caused the colonists to lose 382,500 people.5
During the collectivization period between 1928 and 1931 [sic], around 65,000 Germans were deported and banished to the far reaches of the Soviet union.6
After the onset of World War II, the colonists, simply because they were ethnic Germans, became special political victims of the Soviet regime. More than 800,000 Germans were deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan; men between ages 16 and 55, and women between ages 16 and 45, entered Stalinist forced-labor camps, where devastating conditions awaited them. Children three years and older were separated from their mothers and had to be left behind. Many of these children would grow up as orphans and in time forget their roots entirely.
More than 160,000 Germans died during those years in the so-called Trud-Army and in banishment.7
1941 brought about the end of the history of Germans in Russia or in the Soviet Union [at least in the Volga area – Tr.]. Everything our forefathers had built there and all the good they had been able to do -- the land they had farmed, their properties, their households, their goods -- was lost forever, and their churches, schools and cemeteries were all destroyed.
Now, after 250 years we find ourselves where our forefathers emigrated from, and we must pose this question: "Was it worth it all, the migration to Russia?" In my opinion it was the greatest mistake of our ancestors. One can always find what is best in one's own homeland. Historical experience tells us that anyone who goes east loses out in the end.
There should not be great jubilee celebrations on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the publication of the manifesto simply because we have survived a tragic history. Better to play a requiem dedicated to the millions of Germans interred in Russian soil.
What remains of the parish church of the colony of Mariental on the Volga, where school master Anton Schneider (1798 – 1867) taught for twenty-five years.
- "Deutsche aus Russland gestern und heute [Germans from Russia, Yesterday and Today]," Volk auf dem Weg. 2006, p. 4.
- G. J. Kolesnikov, Pamyatnaya knishka Smarskoiy Gubernii na 1910 god. Novousenskiy used., pp. 27-57.
- Alexander Spack's Internet Page "Die Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen [History of the Volga Germans]."
- "Deutsche in Russland und in der GUS 1861 – 1997 [Germans in Russia and in the CIS,
- – 1997]," Volk auf dem Weg, 1997, p. 12.
- Op. cit., p. 14.
- Cited from Eisfeld, Alfred. Dunkle Jahre. Zum Gedenken an die Opfer des "Groβen Terrors" und die Zwangsarbeitslager in der Sowietunion [Dark Times. In Memory of the Victims of the "Great Terror" and the Forced-Labor Camps in the Soviet Union]. Stuttgart 2012, p. 23.
- Op. cit. (Viktor Krieger). p. 68.
Our appreciation is extended to Alex Herzog for translation and to Dr. Nancy Herzog for editing this article.


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Allison Transmission Schedules Second Quarter 2013 Results Conference Call for July 29
Jul 22, 2013, 08:30 ET from Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN), the largest global provider of commercial duty fully-automatic transmissions and hybrid-propulsion systems, will hold its second quarter 2013 results conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 29. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence E. Dewey, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David S. Graziosi will review the company's financial performance for the period.
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The dial-in phone number for the conference call is 1-888-510-1765 and the international dial-in number is 1-719-325-2463. The passcode for the call is 5027232. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available online at http://ir.allisontransmission.com. Additionally, the second quarter results press release will be available on the 'News Releases' page of the website.
For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available from 7:30 p.m. EDT on July 29 until 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 5. The replay dial-in phone number is 877-870-5176 and the international replay dial-in number is 858-384-5517. The replay passcode is 5027232.
About Allison Transmission Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of fully-automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, medium- and heavy-tactical U.S. military vehicles and hybrid-propulsion systems for transit buses. Allison transmissions are used in a variety of applications including on-highway trucks (distribution, refuse, construction, fire and emergency), buses (primarily school and transit), motor homes, off-highway vehicles and equipment (primarily energy and mining) and military vehicles (wheeled and tracked). Founded in 1915, the Allison business is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., USA and employs approximately 2,800 people. Allison has manufacturing facilities and customization centers located in China, The Netherlands, Brazil, India and Hungary, with a global presence, serving customers in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and Africa. Allison also has approximately 1,400 independent distributor and dealer locations worldwide. More information about Allison is available at www.allisontransmission.com.
SOURCE Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.


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Shower - Poem by Amanda May Moore
Only across the hall
It isn't like I'll slip and fall
But it also is a walk
One in which most watch like a hawk
To make sure they can have a spot.
It doesn't take a lot
To lose one and say, 'oh... I forgot! '
'I need my shampoo! ! ! '
Going back you hear 'thank-you'
As someone else walk into
The bathroom.
So there you are to resume
Your place in line
If you haven't had your turn... you may after mine!
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On Wednesday the New Britain Common Council formally requested that Alderman Michael Trueworthy resign.
The move comes after his highly publicized drunken tirade in Mayor Erin Stewart's office on July 22nd. The same night, he was kicked out of a bar and allegedly screamed homophobic slurs.
Democrats and Republicans alike are requesting Trueworthy's resignation. If he doesn't resign, the council could vote him off the Board of Alderman.
"How do we explain to the public someone behaves like that and keeps his job?" asked Alderman Don Naples. " I present this statement now to give Alderman Trueworthy a chance to step down on his own." I believe this gives him the best chance of recovery and avoids a formal removal hearing which would expose him and the city to further embarrassment," he said.
Trueworthy did step down as council president after the incident, but stayed on the board, saying he can keep doing his job and serve the public. He has admitted he caused problems last month at City Hall that prompted a police response. He also admitted to calling Stewart vulgar names.
However, he still does not plan to resign.
"The legal process has to take its course," Trueworthy said.


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Two weeks passed and everything remained the same. Harry still awoke every night from seeing Hogsmeade again, and he was spending more and more time in the Room of Requirement, saying every time he went that he needed some time alone. They allowed him to go, but at ten every night Ginny would go and get him and bring him back to the Common Room.
The holidays had started and more students than usual were staying, because of the ball. Only the staff, the Order, the Marauders, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny knew of the Battle. Otherwise the rest of the school did not know about it.
Another week passed and it was December 23rd, the day before the Battle. The friends were in the Great Hall for a late breakfast. Harry hadn't touched his food, and the most he would do would be to poke it with is fork.
"Harry you need to eat something." Hermione said, a worried look on her face.
"Shes right, Harry." James said.
"Yes, and if you dont take a bite of your food I am going to pry your mouth open and stick a fork full in there for you." Ginny said, from next to him.
Ron giving up that Harry would eat said, "Good Lord." and picked up his fork full of eggs he was about to put in his mouth, plugged Harry's nose with two fingers and shoved the fork full into his mouth.
Harry coughed, but a moment later opened his mouth and gasped for air. "God! Mate, dont do that!"
"Hey! At least you got some food down." Ron said, refilling his fork with more eggs and putting it in his mouth.
"Yes. So start eating or he'll do it again." Ginny said.
After fifteen more minutes of eating breakfast, James said "Ok. So another day of the Holiday! What should we do today?"
"Snowball Fight!" Sirius screamed, throwing his hands up in the air like a little child.
"Yea." Ron agreed.
"It'll give us some time to get everything off our mind." Hermione said.
So they dropped their forks and loaded up with their scarves, gloves and cloaks and headed out onto the grounds and began their snowball fight. Marauders against the other Quartet.
It did get everything off of their minds. They would scream like little children, chase each other saying they were going to kill the other, and got face full of snow.
Later that evening, and after many hours of snowball fights they were all gathered around the fire in the Common Room. It was very quiet. The snowball fight had made them forget about everything, but soon the meaning of next day came back to them, and they were all as nervous and scared as ever.
"I...I'll be back later." Harry said, as he got up and made his way out of the Common Room and to the Room of Requirement once again.
Ginny looked up from the fire and smiled at Harry lightly before he left.
Harry opened the door to the Room of Requirement and stepped inside, and he paced the room he was so now used to. A battle was being fought inside his head. 'Should I or should I not!?!... Just Do it. So she knows how much you love her if you don't make it out alive...But what if something unplanned happens???...Just do it! All right! She will come here sooner of later.'
He threw himself on the couch and put his head in his hands, thinking, 'Only if she still wants to, I'll do it, I'll tell her.'
After almost an hour of thinking about his decision a soft knock came from the door, and Ginny came in. Harry jumped up from the couch and walked over to her.
Harry wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her head. He pulled away and kissed her, long and passionate. He pulled away, rested his head on her forehead and said, with his eyes closed "Gin, I want you to know how much I love you."
"Harry, I do too. But, didn't you say you wanted to wait...till after marriage?" Ginny said.
"Gin, Im just afraid that you won't know and that I won't be able to." Harry said.
"All right." Ginny said, kissing Harry.
The kiss was long and full of love. This kiss told Harry that she was ready and wanted to too. As he kissed her he slipped his hands under her shirt, tracing circles along her stomach and around her belly button. She giggled within the kiss in pleasure of his smooth circles.
Harry led her to the enormous bed and laid her down, as he climbed on top of her, not breaking the kiss once in the process. He slowly slipped her shirt above her head and cast it aside. Ginny responded by doing the same.
She ran her hands along his muscular back and stomach, tracing his six-pack.
Harry traced his fingers along Ginny's back, his hands stopping over her bra and unclasping it, tossing it aside with their shirts. As he felt Ginny's breast's relax under his chest he moved is hands back around and cupped them. His mouth slowly left her lips and went down a trail: her ears, her neck, her shoulder, and finally reaching her breasts.
As his mouth crushed over her right breast Ginny moaned his name in pleasure, as she dug her nails into his back.
Harry soon left her breast and his hands traced down her stomach and to her jeans. He unbuttoned them, and he felt Ginny's body rise under his to kick them off. Ginny did the same and the two were left in nothing but their boxers or knickers.
Harry's hand slipped down Ginny's left thigh and tickled it, he reached to begin to work her knickers down, and his mouth left Ginny's neck and they made eye contact.
Ginny had no sign of fear in her eyes. They were full of excitement and love, and she said, "Harry, I want you to."
Harry scooted up on top of Ginny higher and kissed her fully and pulled away. His hands began working her knickers down her legs and she kicked them aside. Ginny slid her hands around Harry's back and to his boxers. She pulled them off easily and Harry hovered above her.
"I love you, Gin." Harry said, kissing her.
As Harry pulled away Ginny responded, "I love you too, Harry."
With that said, he came down slowly and she felt a pain rush through her. She gasped, and Harry looked up, a look of concern in his eyes.
"Did I hurt you?" Harry said, worriedly.
"No, Harry."
And Harry kissed her, long. The pain she felt soon went away and was brought back by a wonderful feeling she had never thought possible or couldn't even explain.
Harry slowly began to move up and down and their breaths quickened.
They enjoyed the feeling of each other's bare bodies against each other and the wonderful feeling they were both sharing for many hours.
The next morning Harry awoke slowly. He lifted his head and looked at the sleeping red head in the nook of his body. Their bodies were clinging together with a thin layer of cold sweat. Harry nuzzled his head into her shoulder, but Ginny lifted her head.
She turned around, causing Harry to have to move onto his back, and move his leg that was wrapped around her body.
She kissed him for a long moment full of passion. She pulled away and said, "Good morning, love."
"Good morning, Gin." Harry said, as Ginny turned and propped the front part of her body on Harry's chest.
"Did you have your usual night mare last night?" Ginny said.
"Nope." Harry said, tucking a loose strand of hair behind Ginny's ear.
"That's good." she replied, kissing him again. "Oh God. Im going to have to get all of this sweat off of my body before we go back."
"Don't worry. There's a bath tub here." Harry said, indicating to the large white stone tub on the other side of the room, larger than the prefects one.
"Good." she said, slipping out from under the covers of the bed and making her way over there, not even bothering to cover up her bare body.
She turned on the many taps and once the tub was full, taking a short time considering its large size, slipped into it, and dunked her red head under the water.
Harry got out of the large bed and made his way over to the tub where Ginny was pointing for him to come in with her finger, a wicked smile across her face. Harry slipped in behind her and pulled her in his arms.
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Benefit for Nicole Logan on May 17
The community is invited to support and raise money for Nicole Logan at a benefit on Sat., May 17 at Old No. 1 Southside, in Morris. The benefit will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Pork sandwichs and salad will be served. A silent auction will be held with bids closing at 7 p.m.
In Nov. 2013, Nicole was diagnosed with stage 3A breast cancer. Her treatment plan includes chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, radiation and reconstructive surgery. Funds raised will help offset medical bills, travel expenses for treatments, and lost wages while unable to work.
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Police ID man accused of shooting at deputy constable
Updated 10:51 am, Monday, August 20, 2012
Police have identified a 20-year-old man who opened fire on a Harris County deputy constable during a traffic stop in northwest Houston Friday, officials said.
Reynaldo Jose Luna is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant in connection with the shooting that occurred at 4600 Laureldale at about 8:30 a.m., according to the Houston Police Department.
Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable C. Smith returned fire.
No one was injured in the shootout.
The shots were fired after Smith stopped a red Ford pick up driven by Luna for a traffic violation, said Jodi Silva, an HPD spokeswoman.
Silva said Luna got out of the pickup, walked back to the squad car and fired at Smith. Bullets hit the squad car. Fearing for his safety, Smith returned fire.
Luna got back into the truck and drove away after the shooting, Silva said. The deputy constable chased him. During the chase, police said Luna stuck his gun out of the truck's window and attempted to shoot at Smith again.
Luna abandoned the truck on Kempwood near Teague and ran away. He crossed a drainage ditch and ran to a nearby retirement facility, where he tried to hide in a cafeteria bathroom. He was taken into custody a short time later.
Police did not release information about why Luna opened fire at Smith. They did not release why Smith pulled over Luna.