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Causes: Economic Development, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, International, International Development, Literacy, Microfinance, Rural Economic Development
Mission: Project Education Sudan (PES) is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and a registered NGO with the Government of Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission. PES was created as a partnership of Sudanese and Americans in response to the destruction that resulted from the twenty-year civil war between northern and southern Sudan. Our mission is to fund and assist indigenous Sudanese organizations and communities that create educational infrastructure in rural southern Sudan. We support building of primary and secondary schools, as well as adult education and teacher training. We believe that sustained prosperity and self-sufficiency in southern Sudan is dependent on the education of children and adults. We emphasize the inclusion of girls and women in the education opportunities we promote.
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This happened in a middle school in New Haven, CT. Now, I went to college in New Haven; it is a poor community that has major problems with drugs and gangs. So, I am all for a teacher trying to give kids a sense of themselves and to teach them that they can grow beyond their environment and achieve success and change the circumstances of the life they were born into. This goes waaaaaaaaaaaay beyond that, and it is not acceptable.
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Catherine had
already buried two sisters because of AIDS when she was
diagnosed with the dreaded disease. After doctors broke the
news, she stopped eating. "I thought that was the end
of my life," she said.
Three years
later, the bubbly young woman in a floppy sun hat is sharing
her marriage plans with fellow patients as they wait for
medicines that are bringing new life to one of the
countries worst-hit by HIV. In 2002, Botswana became
the first African country to offer free treatment to all
who needed it. With more than one third of adults infected,
many doubted it could fulfill the promise.
But the largely
desert nation now has half the estimated 110,000 people
in immediate need on life-prolonging antiretroviral
medicines, showing that treatment is possible on the
world's poorest continent.
"If HIV was left
to take its course, this country would be literally
destroyed both economically and socially," said Segolame
Ramotlhwa, operations manager for the national
treatment program dubbed Masa, or New Dawn. "Not
treating is not an option."
AIDS has ripped
through sub-Saharan Africa, killing 2.4 million people
this year alone, according to United Nations figures. In
Botswana, life expectancy has plunged to 39 years,
AIDS patients overwhelm hospital wards, and funeral
homes offer 24-hour service.
Medicines that
have turned the disease into a manageable chronic
condition in wealthier nations remain out of reach for most
in Africa, home to more than 60%of the estimated 40
million people globally infected with HIV. The cost is
prohibitive, and few countries have the infrastructure
to dispense them on a large scale.
Botswana, which
is slightly smaller than Texas, has the advantage of a
small population of 1.7 million. Diamonds have made the
country comparatively wealthy, and most people live
within five miles of a clinic.
But health
minister Sheila Tlou says the most important difference is
Botswana's commitment to fight the pandemic. Its pledge to
provide treatment drew critical support from donors
such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and
major pharmaceutical companies, but the government is
paying more than 90% of the cost itself.
countries say they have no money, but if a war is brewing,
in the blink of an eye, that money would be there," Tlou
said. "So you need that commitment. Instead of
spending money on Cadillacs, put money where the
people are."
The massive
treatment effort is straining limited resources, though.
Development funds have been diverted to health, which
accounts for one quarter of the national budget. Some
52,000 patients are being treated free at 32 sites
nationwide, while 7,300 others obtain their medicines
The results are
visible. Patients who once arrived in wheelchairs and on
stretchers now walk to clinics. Others believed to be on
their deathbeds are back at work.
The treatment is
complicated, and missed doses can cause resistance to
build. But churches and other groups help ensure patients
have a "buddy" to support them, and doctors say the
rate of adherence tops 85%.
The availability
of treatment also is encouraging more people to get
tested on a continent where stigma remains high.
Catherine was
rail-thin and covered in sores, but she waited two years to
find out if she had the virus that killed her siblings.
"That time, there was no treatment, so I didn't want
to check," said the mother of two, still too ashamed
to give her last name. "There were many funerals
because of this disease."
estimate that up to 35% of those infected here now know
their status, far higher than in other countries.
Understanding of
the disease also is spreading. Patients once locked in
silence now chat openly with each other in waiting rooms,
swapping details of their CD4-cell counts and viral
But fear,
ignorance, and denial still keep many away until it is too
late. Catherine's fiance reminds her to take her pills but
refuses to be tested himself.
When Cynthia
Leshoma was first given antiretrovirals, she was so
depressed that she swallowed all the medicine at once and
washed it down with cleaning fluid.
When she emerged
from a coma three days later, she decided to turn her
life around. She quit drinking, joined a support group, and
learned to take her medicine. Earlier this year she
was crowned Miss HIV Stigma Free in a beauty pageant
that aims to change attitudes about the disease.
"In Botswana, we
are lucky because the government is offering us
medicine," said Leshoma, counting out pills on a restaurant
table after her cell phone tells her it is time.
"People die because of stigma, not because of AIDS."
Hoping to get
more people on treatment, Botswana started routinely
offering HIV antibody tests throughout the health system in
2003. Now so many patients agree to get tested that
doctors worry whether they will be able to keep up
with demand.
More than 12,500
people are being treated at Princess Marina Hospital in
the capital, Gaborone, a dry, flat city full of strip malls.
Patients line up before dawn for the daylong wait to
collect monthly supplies of medicine.
"If everybody who
needs treatment suddenly turned up, then we wouldn't
cope," said Howard Moffat, the medical superintendent.
He also said
success has some downsides. Patients may not adhere to
treatment plans once they start feeling better, and the
infection rate could climb even higher because
treatment will reduce fear of the disease.
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Just had this very sad news in from Demelda, those who have followed this story from the start will be devastated to hear this news:
As some of you will know we at Home-A-Dog have been fighting the planning department at Snowdonia National Park since we arrived in April this year to take over from Anne. This was a long standing issue that we were unaware of at the time but already having made the decision to move and to some degree having burnt our bridges in Cornwall we decided to accept the challenge and fight to keep Home-A-Dog.
To our great disappointment and sadness Snowdonia National Park refused the planning applications made in retrospect for the caravan and existing stray dog kennelling facility at Home-A-Dog, Llanbedr, Gwynedd.
We will of course fight this decision, however, the chances of altering this refusal are slim if not impossible.
This ultimately means that Home-A-Dog WILL CLOSE, leaving one less sanctuary for the stray and unwanted dogs of Gwynedd. To the best of my knowledge leaving only one such facility in operation - PAWS. With the best will in the world one rescue organisation alone will not be able to cope with the volume of stray and unwanted dogs in this area.
This means DOGS WILL DIE!
If you can help in any way -
Property or land that we could move our facility to.
Financial assistance to enable a move to take place.
The knowledge and time to source possible avenues of funding.
Or even just provide moral support. We are open to all suggestions.
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Demelda and Colin were real troopers stepping up to the challenge and risking everything to help Anne in her moment of need. We all need to get behind them and do our best to help the stray dogs that could be saved in this area of Wales judged too beautiful to house a small and incredibly efficient rescue organisation. Just kind words of support may help them keep their chins up a this very difficult time - but obviously anyone who can give practical or fund-raising support would be very warmly welcomed.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Home-A-Dog to Close
2 comments:
- Chapstaff said...
Oh no! How could a dog rescue place with no neighbour problems be considered unsuitable in a "place of such beauty"
Maybe they'll put a factory unit or a block of flats in its place. Grrr!
I signed the petition, but I can't offer any help unfortunately Demelda & Colin. You uprooted & put you hearts & souls into Home A Dog. :o(
I'm soo sorry
- 16 November 2008 at 18:30
- Chapstaff said...
Sadly I've received a letter from the council saying planning permission has been refused.
- 30 November 2008 at 00:47
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This blog curates the voices of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association. Barbara L. Blum (email@example.com), PhD, submits this post:
The communication between psychologists and patients has been impacted by the revolution in communication that has occurred due to cyber technology and global communications networks. When, where, and how therapists and clients "talk" is not what it was when I started practicing psychotherapy in 1973! It is the responsibility of psychotherapists to examine how they use technology and new methods of communication in their work, and to question the impact on the psyches of both the therapist and the client.
There are many areas of cyber technology and communication methods that I can address, including emails, cell phone calls and texts between sessions, but for the purpose of this blog lets look just what has happened to the distinction between public and private time and space for therapists and clients because of the increased use of smart phones.
Because definitions of time and space have changed (just look at quantum physics) in our techno connected world it is increasingly difficult to understand and maintain a boundary between personal and public space, time and identity.
Last year, while on vacation in Bhutan, I received a cell call from a patient (at 4 AM Bhutan time) asking if I could talk sometime today, as she was depressed. My office phone clearly stated that I was away from the office, and gave names of covering professionals. My cell was on for emergencies with family or friends. The patient believed, nevertheless, if I can find you I can talk to you, and that her need to be calmed trumped my need for personal reparative time. More recently, while on a yoga retreat, I received disturbing middle of the night texts from a patient in marital distress. Neither my email "away message", my office phone "away" message, nor having my cell phone on vibrate, guaranteed me personal "off work" psychological space.
Knowing from experience, that I can be reached anytime anywhere has made me much more cautious about what I tell patients about using my cell number to contact me. (I questioned whether or not to have two cell phones numbers, one for work and one for family and friends and decided that it was too cumbersome). Although I continue to leave my cell phone number on my land line phone, I clearly state boundaries for how I use my smart phone professionally. I state and demonstrate that I do not answer phones, cell or land, when in session with patients because it is an intrusion to their space and distracts from intense psychological work. I open inquiry with them about how they feel about turning their cell phone off (or on vibrate) while their own psychotherapy session. This inquiry is often grist for the mill as many patients are not used to having time off from the external world. Furthermore, I state that just as I respect their time and space as closed to the outside world when I am dedicated to exploring their psyche with them, I trust that they will respect my personal space and that cell calls are for emergency in off business hours only. Most of the time this sequence of explain and demonstrate, explore, then request is honored.
Expectations of what should be private and what should be public identity are not what they used to be since "googling" has become common parlance and practice. The difficulty in carving out a private life poses a particular challenge to psychotherapists, for whom a basic working principle was that the therapist should be a tabla rasa, a blank slate onto whom the patient projects her fantasies. Patients have googled me before and during therapy. I have been told where I live, my marital status, age about a zine my daughter published! Perhaps we need Hippa regulations for providers?
Incorporating new methods of communication without compromising the privileged and intimate nature of the communications shared in the psychotherapy relationship, is our challenge.
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Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider The Porsche Panamera is one of the most polarizing cars on the road today.
While many people don't like the sedan's fastback rear end, others swear by the car's prowess on the road.
When the Panamera entered production in 2009, it became the first sedan in Porsche's illustrious history to reach showrooms.
In June, Porsche unveiled the second generation Panamera in Berlin to universal acclaim.
The automotive world immediately became enthralled by the car. Mostly because Porsche had fixed the only thing that kept people from falling in love with the first generation Panamera — the tail.
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I have often wondered why Dr. Anderson left after only 3 years as President. The faculty's childish attitude toward her makes perfect sense. Thanks for the insight Bertram.
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Let's see. Rep. Johnson is getting blamed for the Senate's intransigence.
Senator Reid has been sitting on bills sent over from the house for years. Remember it takes two to tango.
By the way little timmie ryan hasn't done anything significant during his tenure.
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WOW. 150 jobs right here in downtown Youngstown. Plus more warehouse jobs that will be low paying, now that's exciting.
VM Star and the Marcellus Shale are the real success stories.
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I have no major problem with on line registration as long as there are adequate safeguards in place.
However, a photo ID must be mandatory at the time of voting.
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It wasn't until Congressman Bill Johnson got involved that action was take, I hope the Vindy's omission to mention him is not intentional.
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What safeguards are in place to guarantee that the Arlington project doesn't end up like the drug- and rat-infested hell-hole known as Westlake Terrace?
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Isn't it ironic that now Gee will be a law professor at Ohio State and will teach the next generation of lawyers how to use logic and the English language to represent their clients.
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Ed is like Ted. No way does he get my vote.
Gerald Fitzedward needs to stay in Cuyahoga County
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NEWSFLASH: Obama calls out Republicans.
It's so god to see our President begin to change his position. his ratings are dropping with 41% approving. h
He is as transformational as George Bush.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The Chief Evangelist... Right here in Downtown Tehran
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Lakers players and coach Phil Jaskson came to the defense of Pau Gasol after Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire became the second player on an opposing team recently to label the Spanish big man "soft."
Speaking at an appearance at a Foot Locker in New York, Stoudemire was asked about Gasol's reputation of being "soft."
"He's still soft," Stoudemire responded, per ESPN.com. "But, he's a good player, you know what I mean? But he also has help down there. He has help down there in Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum, those 7-footers down there. So he's got some supporting cast."
That follows Thunder center Kendrick Perkins telling ESPN the Magazine, "I don't like Pau Gasol or Phil Jackson. Phil is arrogant. Pau is soft. Kobe tries to bring out his toughness, but he's still soft."
"The perception of this tall, lanky guy and how he plays the game may appear that way," Jackson responded, "but he somehow has a knack of getting those 20 points and 10 rebounds, night in and night out. He's a pretty amazing athlete and the tenacity is there. He's a tenacious guy. He wants to win and it's evident the way we've played since he came on this team."
"Win another championship," Jackson added. "Just go out and do it again. That keeps people quiet really quick."
"How are you soft and average 10 rebounds?" Odom asked rhetorically.
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New happenings at The Saguaro Hotel
The folks at The Saguaro Hotel down haven't slowed down since the Grand Opening and start of its two resident restaurants, Old Town Whiskey and Distrito. With new happenings plotted for the coming months, they've proved that the new hotspot hasn't shown us all we have to look forward to yet.
Check out what the cool kids at The Saguaro Hotel have penciled in
- Speakeasy Sundays – Swanky! Check their Facebook page on Sundays for the night's password for discounted drinks from their prohibition cocktail list.
- Classic Album Thursdays – Head in to Old Town Whiskey on Thursdays beginning at 8pm for their new shindig, Classic Album Thursdays. Each week, they'll pick a year and play the classic album from said year in its entirety, throwing a few other memorable songs into the mix and offering a themed cocktail.
- Cooking Class Series – The series just kicked off on January 29 with a pickling theme. Looks like the next class is scheduled for March 25 where you'll learn how to make tamales, tacos, huaraches and quesadillas. Tickets are expected to sell quickly and there are only 20 spots available, so keep an eye out on their Facebook page when sales begin! Cost is only $30 and will include a cocktail or beer, as well as all your ingredients and tools needed for the instruction.
- Happy Hour – Happy Hours are now in effect at both restaurants. Visit Old Town Whiskey every day from 4pm-7pm for HH specials, and Distrito from 5pm-7pm.
Have you been to Distrito for dinner yet? We had the opportunity to check it out a few weeks ago. Some highlights of our meal included the starters and ceviche: The Distrito Guacamole with Cotija cheese and crab ($15), Salsa Mexicana ($7), Atun Ceviche (yellowfin tuna, Serrano-coconut sauce, lime sorbet, tomatillo, tostadita | $13), and the Pulpo Ceviche (octopus, lime, Serrano chile, micro cilantro | $12).
Taryn enjoyed a few of their meat-free dishes including Distrito's take on flatbreads, the Huarache de Hongos (forest mushrooms, huitlacoche sauce, queso mixto, black truffle, corn shoot | $12), and Angelica's Fresa Salad (Strawberries, spinach, melon, cabrales, Serrano-balsamic vinaigrette, poppy seeds | $10).
Other favorites included the winning taco from the Arizona Taco Festival, Tacos de Hamachi (Chipotle Remoulade, Avocado, Red Cabbage, Lime | $16), the restaurant's house made Chorizo Rojo ($16), the Carne en Adobo (Black Angus Beef Brisket with Wet Adobo Rub | $18).
But, my personal favorite of the evening? Their Tacos de Lengua made with veal tongue, cebolla criolla, and salsa verde. Yum.
If you are a sangria drinker, you just got lucky. Distrito's sangria easily wins my vote for best in the Valley. Red or white, they're both delightful.
Learn more about Distrito and Chef Garces at jdvhotels.com.
Keep up with The Saguaro on Facebook for event announcements and specials here.
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Just trying to put some perspective on the original post: In GTA-SA, occasionally a pair of pedestrians would be holding hands while walking down the sidewalk. If you bumped into them, they would separate. But the simple appearance of holding hands was just a pedestrian animation, not a portent of some essential aspect of the game.
Plus, think about the mountain hiker scene - which I am sure that people wrote plenty about early in the trailer analysis - how does that scene fit into the gameplay? It looked more like a cutscene, and (given that cutscenes often have a lot of complex bechavior that has nothing to do with gameplay capabilities) the question is, does that trailer scene mean anything at all, other than showing the mountains and some more NPC behavior? It is a long stretch to try to extrapolate the nature of GTA V boy-girl relationships from that one scene.
But having said all that, I think some very good points have been made in this thread.
Holiding hands= Big focus on love/relationship?
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 05:13 PM
I do like these features in IV, however I'd like it more if you didn't have the constant nagging to take them out, and the only way you can end up breaking up is by killing or repeatedly injuring them, or having multiple terrible dates. Drink driving in a limo with Roman is a fun past-time though.
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A Tour of American Popular Song
Baritone Thomas Hampson tells Scott Simon about the Library of Congress "Song of America" tour. With stops in 12 cities, it features music manuscripts by Aaron Copland and Steven Foster, among others, and concerts by Hampson.
SCOTT SIMON, host:
Thomas Hampson is in the middle of his Songs of America tour. It's a traveling exhibition from the Library of Congress that will stop in 12 cities and offer master classes and displays of historical musical manuscripts by the likes of George Gershwin, Steven Foster and Aaron Copeland, and a series of concerts by Mr. Hampson, the renowned baritone.
We sat down with Mr. Hampson recently at the Library of Congress, in front of a low table that held some remarkable old music scores, yellowed and weathered with age. As an opera singer, Mr. Hampson performs in Italian, German and French, as well as English, but he is a passionate advocate of American music. In some ways his current tour began in 1983 when he happened upon a music store in Albuquerque, New Mexico that had a going out of business sale. He saw three filing cabinets there filled with sheet music, most of it American songs that hadn't been heard for years.
Mr. THOMAS HAMPSON (Baritone): There were first editions of this, and there were things that I had never seen of that. And so I'm pawing through here, it was sort of a dollar for this and 50 cents for that. And finally I said, Well, you know, how about I just take the whole lot? Would you be happy with a hundred dollars? So fortunately I had enough room in my car to get it all the way back to Santa Fe and then pay the shipping freight. I mean, it was crazy.
SIMON: And is there a thrill in, in a sense, the hunt, the discovery of a song you hadn't heard of before?
Mr. HAMPSON: Well, absolutely. I mean finding music that's referred to, and if you read compendiums or encyclopedias or you start just brainstorming about poets, you know, that, I don't know who, you know, Langston Hughes has been set to music. Well, how often has he been set to music? And so poets and composers have been saying so much about what it is to be in America, regardless of where you came from, or be born in America, or be an artist in America. You don't have much writing from Schubert about being Viennese.
SIMON: What are some of the music that we have in here?
Mr. HAMPSON: Here's a first edition, it looks like, of Henry Burleigh, who was a wonderful baritone, a wonderful composer and arranger as well, and a student slash friend of Dvorzhak. Mostly Burleigh is known for his arrangements of spirituals, but he wrote some really fantastic and beautiful songs. He actually wrote, this on Walt Whitman's text, which is a particularly poignant and wonderful song, Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, about a slave saluting, literally saluting the Army as it's marching on the way under dotty Sherman, is the quote from Whitman, you know, down that fateful march.
(Soundbite of Ethiopia Saluting the Colors)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) Who are you, dusky woman? So ancient, hardly human, with your wooly, white, and turban'd head, and bare bony feet?
SIMON: Ethiopia was a, in those days it was a kind of code word for African- American.
Mr. HAMPSON: Without question. Probably not lost in this fact, I get a little, I get a little careful about, you know, autobiographical reasons why things get created. But in fact Burleigh's grandmother was a slave. And I can imagine that this poem just rang an amazingly strong echo of his family, of his roots, of his own freedom, of his own recognition of a new life in this country.
(Soundbite of Ethiopia Saluting the Colors)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) Then hither, cross the sea, a crual slaver brought me. Me, a little child, the cruel slaver brought.
Mr. HAMPSON: Music is a language in and of itself. Inevitably, in a song, you're creating really a new art form, because it's the musical language and it's the poetic language. And when you marry the two, it is no longer the poem, nor is it an isolated musical event. It becomes events in and of itself. That's why, I mean the question is it more important, the words and the music? The only answer is yes.
SIMON: Let me ask you about this piece of music in front of us.
Mr. HAMPSON: I don't know what it is.
SIMON: Oh. This is Manuscript Music Book Number 8, Songs and...
Mr. HAMPSON: Is this Eleanor's? Oh, this is Eleanor Remick Warren, one of the most perfect examples of democratic creativity, chapters of American creativity in this country, a beautiful woman in every way, very gifted, and a wonderful pianist. This is a workbook.
SIMON: Oh my word. And you see her notations in pencil?
Mr. HAMPSON: Oh, absolutely. Let me see if I can see. Do You Fear the Wind. I have seen this in the Hamlin Garland. She was, it was interesting, her choice of texts were very much about the psychology or the emotion that she wanted to articulate, more than being preoccupied with great poets. And very often you have to go back to sort of the Who's Who of who you never knew.
SIMON: Yeah.
Mr. HAMPSON: To find out who that was.
SIMON: Can you read any of this?
Mr. HAMPSON: Oh sure.
SIMON: And note the tune?
Mr. HAMPSON: Do you fear the force, the face of the wind, the slash of the rain? Ya da da di da da. Oh, this is a chorus piece. Look at that. Tenor 1, Tenor 2, B-1, B-1-2. It's a four-four rhythm but it's got a driving triplets. See? Ya da da da ta, ya ta la da, ya ta la ta. Somewhat dissonant, not terribly. The fear, the force, the force of the wind, the slash of the rain? The slash of the rain? Da da da ta, Ya ta la da. The slash of the rain? Ya da da da ta ba ba. Yeah, this would be quite fun to listen to.
SIMON: Now, (unintelligible) I wanted to ask you about. Danny Deever.
Mr. HAMPSON: Yeah.
SIMON: I hear tell that this was President Theodore Roosevelt's favorite song.
Mr. HAMPSON: David Bispham was really the father of contemporary recital. And he was extremely famous and was loved for his singing songs. And Theodore Roosevelt befriended him and liked him very much. And reportedly every time Bispham was at the White House, Oh, sing me that Danny Deever thing.
(Soundbite of Danny Deever)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) They are hanging Danny Deever, they are marching of him around. They have 'alted Danny Deever by his coffin on the ground; and he'll swing in 'arf a minute for a sneaking shooting hound--O they're hangin' Danny Deever in the morning!
SIMON: A Kipling poem, right?
Mr. HAMPSON: It's a Kipling poem. It's the story of a deserter.
SIMON: Yeah.
Mr. HAMPSON: Well, actually it's not really a deserter. It's a sort of ambiguous statement about, He shot a comrade sleeping. You must look him in the face. I mean, the fact that, I guess the grievous crime was the shooting in the back.
SIMON: Uh-huh.
Mr. HAMPSON: More than the actual death.
SIMON: What do you try and do in these performances?
Mr. HAMPSON: Sing.
SIMON: I was hoping you'd...
Mr. HAMPSON: In tune. And correctly. As often as possible.
SIMON: Oh.
Mr. HAMPSON: Look, I sing recitals. I'm a professional singer and I sing a lot of recitals. I'm known as a recitalist. I sing on the opera stage and so forth. So in some ways, it's just a further extension. What is this tour about? What is my passion for American music and American songs? I think there's a very important story here about us and storytelling about ourselves. People need to know their poems. They need to know who Edgar Alington Robinson was, you know? Just like we need to know who Norman Rockwell was, you know, or Thomas Eaton, or whoever.
We need to know our own history. We need to know where we come from so that we can enjoy what it is that we have and we can be ready for something we don't have any clue about in the future. It's just, it's not a criticism I offer here. It's simply an observation. It's very easy in this fast world that we live in, in this information society, to become complacent to our culture.
SIMON: We're looking at a copy of the sheet music of Beautiful Dreamer.
Mr. HAMPSON: Right.
SIMON: Da da da da da.
Mr. HAMPSON: Well done. That's it. Steven Foster wrote a lot of wonderful songs. And he kind of became, by default, the trunk of a very large tree that has become American music, and the idea of American music and even American song. Beautiful Dreamer was one of the last songs he wrote, one of the most beautiful, and one of the most iconic of all of his repertoire. He had a very sad life, and he died a very depressed man. And he sold a great deal of his library, at some point later in his life, all of the copyright, for about $250.
(Soundbite of Beautiful Dreamer)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart. E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea. Then will the clouds of sorrow depart. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me.
SIMON: Is it hard to, not hard, but is it a challenge to do a recital that does right by scholarship, and does right by music?
Mr. HAMPSON: No. To do what I'm doing in concert song, I cannot do it without proper research, and without proper musicology. Where I perhaps separate from the musicologist is when sometimes there becomes layering of interpretation of why this or that was made, or how it was made or what the symbols or of what composer is after, the keys and so forth.
I guess I'm a little bit more interested in the prima facie impetus of the song or the particular moment. You know, that the words used are the metaphors of an imagination. The setting of it, tonally, is an expanded awareness to a psychology that becomes part and parcel of the musical language, in its rhythms and harmonies, its melody, counterpoint, whatever that might be to enter into the dialogue with the metaphor, which is the word.
But it's all about human spirit. It's all about our souls. Music requires mind and heart. And song, you know, is I think probably the most intimate of that.
SIMON: Thank you, Mr. Hampson.
Mr. HAMPSON: Thank you very much.
(Soundbite of Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) Ah, may the red rose live always, to smile upon earth and sky. Why...
SIMON: Thomas Hampson, next month Library of Congress's Songs of America Tour stops in Detroit, West Palm Beach, and Oxford, Mississippi.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
(Soundbite of Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always)
Mr. HAMPSON: (Singing) Lending a cahrm to every ray that falls on her cheeks of light. Giving the zephyr kiss for kiss, and nursing...
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Future looks bright for those "Good Without God."
According to the American Religious Identification Survey, the percentage of Americans affiliating with no religion has climbed from 8% in 1990, to 15% to 2008. In part, this growth is no doubt due to increased organizational efforts among the religiously unaffiliated. Although factions like atheists, agnostics, and secularists can sometimes differ in their emphases, they have adopted similar strategies in harnessing the media and introducing their aims to the public. Still, nonbelievers face a major challenge: they are one of the most widely distrusted and politically powerless groups in American society. American nonbelievers have made significant strides over the past decade, but their political coming-of-age still lies in the future.
Religious skepticism has always been relatively prominent in America, according to Harvard Divinity School professor Diane Moore, because of our constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and religion. Moore explained that in democracies, citizens "have the right to believe what they will, to bring those beliefs into the public sphere." New platforms of communication have built upon this permissive constitutional culture. Daniel Dennett, a Tufts philosophy professor and a leading so-called "New Atheist," told the HPR, "It's no coincidence that this [period of growth for nonbelievers] is also the time period that we have the rise of the Internet and the opening-up of information avenues, this democratization of information." As Dennett explained, religion has a strong communal component, and nonbelievers, often too scattered to create their own physical community, have used the Internet to build a virtual one.
More recently, a series of accessible, aggressive books denouncing religion as a "delusion" that "poisons everything" has propelled non-belief into the public consciousness like never before. The books of the "New Atheists"—Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Dennett—became international bestsellers and prompted a lot of heated rhetoric and a slew of rebuttals from religious apologists.
According to Dennett, the most important effect of this media firestorm is that it "helped to open up the discussion" on the validity of religious belief and its effect on society. Despite criticism of the often-strident rhetoric of these writers, media coverage has probably aided their cause. "It has both created new believers and also encouraged many people who were silent," Dennett explained. "It has become … common to just candidly say, 'No, I'm not a believer at all.'" The hope of many nonbelievers is that greater openness and communication will accelerate the growth of the last two decades. "You just can't isolate [people's] informational intake anymore," Dennett said.
In God We Trusted?
Non-belief's recent growth is all the more remarkable considering the persisting stigmatization of atheism in American society. A 2006 University of Minnesota poll revealed that atheists are the most distrusted minority in the country. About 40 percent of respondents said that atheists "do not agree at all with my vision of American society," and nearly half would disapprove of their child marrying an atheist. Much of this stigma is left over from the Cold War. Susan Jacoby, in her 2004 best-seller Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, documented the Cold War-era association of atheism with Communism. American society long defined itself in opposition to the atheistic, church-closing Soviet Union.
Anti-Communist religious fervor led to the insertion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, and made "in God We Trust" the national motto in 1956. Despite the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of nonbelievers, inchoate prejudice against atheists remains widespread. Dennett explained, "There's still … large pockets of the nation where if you say [you're an atheist] you're basically saying you're an evil and criminal sort of person." However, he continued optimistically, "that's changing, and that's changing rapidly." Still, the prejudice remains so deep-rooted in American society that a 2007 Gallup poll showed that 53% of Americans would not vote for an atheist for president, more than said the same about any other minority group.
Strategies for a New Era?
To combat stereotypes that portray them as immoral and hedonistic, and to uphold the separation of church and state, non-believing groups have banded together to try to strengthen their collective political voice. The Secular Coalition for America, founded in 2002 as an umbrella group uniting several smaller organizations, seeks to be the nonbeliever's voice in Washington. "Essentially, the plan really seeks to bring secular Americans to their proper place in American life," Sean Faircloth, the SCA's executive director, told the HPR. Faircloth said that the SCA is not single-mindedly anti-religious. "We want to have a whole Chinese menu of issues … so that people can come to us and say 'this is the issue that makes me feel impassioned.' But if that doesn't work, here's nine more."
Despite the existence of many other organizations that claim to speak for a broad coalition of nonbelievers, Faircloth insisted that "what is really exciting about Secular Coalition for America is that for the first time … these groups have coalesced in a way that unites them. And the way is public policy." To that end, the SCA tries to get its membership motivated about concrete issues, not abstract debates. "When it comes down to the issues, like should a [sick] child … die because of the religious view of their parents, immediately everybody unites," Faircloth said.
On a more localized level, another umbrella group, the United Coalition of Reason, has attempted to unify the non-believing communities of many cities, encouraging cooperation and coordination between existing organizations. Harvard Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein, a board member of the United Coalition of Reason, explained, "After we set up BostonCoR, we realized there was a Humanist event going on here nearly every day." UnitedCoR buys these pre-existing groups ad space, like the "Good without God" billboards. By increasing their visibility, United CoR hopes to accomplish the same goal as the SCA: to leverage the growth of nonbelievers into increased tolerance and acceptance in the public arena.
The Future of Good Without God
Nonbelievers have always been controversial in the United States, and though their numbers are growing, the stigma against them has proven resilient. Yet nonbelievers may also hold some cards in their favor. According to the Pew Forum, 25 percent of 18-to-29 year-olds are nonreligious, and as that cohort becomes more civically active, it could contribute to a stronger secular political movement. Indeed, this younger generation will come into maturity as the Cold War-inspired generation begins to decline. Thus non-belief seems to hold an important demographic advantage. Whether or not the growing unity of non-believing Americans will hold in the years to come remains uncertain, but it is unquestionable that more Americans than ever are making it clear that they can be good without God.
Jimmy Bohnslav '13 and Georgia Stasinopoulos '13 are Contributing Writers.


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DALLAS (AP) Steve Francis hit a long jumper to break a tie with 1:35 left in overtime, then set up a 3-pointer by Eddie Griffin as the Houston Rockets overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Dallas Mavericks 98-95 Wednesday night.
Nick Van Exel got Dallas back within three with a layup, but Dallas missed two chances to tie it in the closing seconds, including a good look by Michael Finley just before the buzzer.
The Mavericks' collapse, the sixth-worst in franchise history, came after they seemed headed toward their record-tying 55th victory. Instead, Dallas fell into a tie with San Antonio for the lead in the Midwest Division.
Francis had 14 of his 20 points after the third quarter as Houston, coming off a 120-117 double-overtime loss to Miami on Tuesday night, ended a four-game losing streak and won for only the third time in 14 games.
The Rockets made only three of their first 16 shots and were lucky to be down only 10 after one quarter. They trailed 47-27 late in the second period, but came out strong in the second half, mostly by taking the ball to the rim.
A 12-4 run early in the third was followed by four straight thunderous dunks to get Houston within three. Then a 10-0 run to start the fourth gave Houston a six-point lead.
The Mavericks came back with help from the officials, who called three offensive fouls against Houston, the third prompting Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich to lose his cool and draw a technical. He had to be restrained by three assistants.
Dallas tied the game on that free throw and later went ahead following a flagrant foul on Francis. Another foul on Francis left Tomjanovich screaming, "We're going to protest!"
The Mavs, who had won five of their last six games, led by three in the final minute. But a three-point play by Francis tied it with 51 seconds left and neither team scored again. Cuttino Mobley, who scored 29 points, tried forcing up a shot at the buzzer, but it was blocked by Greg Buckner.
Francis opened overtime with a three-point play and Houston would go up by four, but a 3-pointer by Finley tied the game at 93 with 2:23 left.
Then Francis hit the jumper that put the Rockets up for good and later drove around Finley and kicked the ball out to Griffin, who was wide open at the top of the key. Half the Houston reserves put their arms up to signal the ball was in practically the second it left his hands and it was.
Griffin, who had nine points and 10 rebounds, ran up the court smiling and Moochie Norris jumped into his arms as Dallas called a timeout. But the Mavericks, playing their second straight game without leading scorer and rebounder Dirk Nowitzki, couldn't come up with any more answers.
Finley had 25 points and seven rebounds, and Eduardo Najera, who started in Nowitzki's place, came within a basket of his career high in points with 17. He matched his career high in rebounds with 15. Steve Nash scored 16 and Van Exel had 10.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 21-year-old woman accused of stealing from multiple vehicles on Jacksonville's Westside.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office began investigating the Nov. 9 burglary of an automobile at a private home on Sage Drive.
Detectives said Bresha Kiara Harris has been involved in numerous burglaries to automobiles on the Westside.
Harris has pawned or attempted to sell numerous items stolen from vehicles, including electronics and firearms, according to police.
JSO described Harris as a 21-year-old black woman who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.
Anyone who has information about the identity or whereabouts of Harris is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 904-630-0500 or email here. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward up to $3,000, police said to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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Performance Analysis of Networks Using RED for Congestion Control
Congestion avoidance techniques monitor network traffic load in an effort to anticipate and avoid congestion at common network bottlenecks. Congestion avoidance is achieved through packet dropping. Among the more commonly used congestion avoidance mechanisms is Random Early Detection (RED), which is optimum for high-speed transit networks. Random Early Detection (RED) is an active queue management algorithm. It not only detects but also avoids congestion by randomly dropping packets to notify congestion. This paper is to comprehend the working of RED algorithm and to learn the effects of variation of RED parameters.
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I just finished reading the book, "I'll be watching you" by M. William Phelps. The book is about convicted serial killer Ned Snelgrove. Ned was a intellect with a degree from Rutgers but as is the case with so many intellects, the obvious escapes him. Ned idolized Ted Bundy and studied his cases in an effort to improve upon and outdo Bundy. This case is interesting because it virtually slipped under the media radar (there isn't even a Wiki page on this guy). This guy killed his college girlfriend years after they broke up and attempted to kill another woman shortly therafter. He was caught when his second victim survived and he subsequently admitted to the murder of the first victim. He was sentenced to 20 years in NJ (shaking my head as I write that). Because of the laws in NJ, he only served 11 years and was released (no parole) despite having composed an 11 page letter to the judge outlining (in great detail) his crimes and the satisfaction he derived from them; stating that he "cannot control his urges" and would only be safe as long as he was locked up. Ned reasoned that if he admitted to everything and showed remorse, if he showed that he really wanted to get help; the judge would go easy on him (it worked in the first case but the letter came back to bite him in the second). He corresponded with an old friend while in prison in NJ and stated that when he was released he would "pick up where he left off". Ned wanted the friend to write a book (his story). As far as I can tell, the friend didn't turn the letters over to law enforcement until they learned of their existence and went to get them. When he handed them over he said, I want them back. (nice guy).
After his release, Ned went back to his native Connecticut and got a job as a frozen foods salesman. The company he worked for knew about his prior conviction but still hired him (they wanted to give him another chance at a normal life). This guy did his presentations in homes! The police believe he had a dead woman in his trunk during one presentation. Imagine: the guy standing in your living room selling you steaks has uncontrollable sexual impulses, a profound hatred of women and has been covicted of murder? After a couple of unsuccessful attempts at kidnapping and rape, he killed another woman. Throughout his trial, he never proclaimed his innocence but instead said "they didn't have enough evidence to prove I killed her". There are several open homicides that law enforcement believe Ned is responsible for. After reading the book, I can only say "Wow".
This guy should NEVER have been released from NJ and as a result of his release and his friends failure to alert someone of his future plans, this other woman lost her life. Here are some links that I found:


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Plans for the future involve the Zune ecosystem coming to the Xbox 360 for purchasing movies and television shows, as well as Zune showing up on other devices. Microsoft specifically declined to go into the gaming capabilities of the Zune HD, since E3 is happening next week. We should expect to hear about any portable Zune gaming news at their Xbox Media Briefing. Expect the Zune HD to replace the current line of flash Zunes, while the hard drive-based Zune players will remain. "This device is created to go head to head with the iPod Touch," Chris Stephenson, general manager of global marketing for Microsoft Zune, said in a telephone interview.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Christian Watford scored 25 points, and Verdell Jones broke a late tie with four consecutive points to help lead No. 12 Indiana to beat No. 16 Michigan 73-71 on Thursday night.
Indiana (14-1 2-1 Big Ten) stayed perfect at Assembly Hall and beat a third ranked team this season – its most in one season since 2005-06.
Tim Hardaway Jr. had 19 points for Michigan (12-3, 2-1) while Jordan Morgan added 12.
The Wolverines dropped to 1-2 against ranked teams this season and have lost 14 of their past 15 at Indiana since 1996.
On Thursday, the Wolverines never even led.
But after Hardaway converted a turnover into a dunk to tie the score at 68 with 3:07 to go, Jones broke the tie with four consecutive points. Watford then made 1 of 2 free throws and Zack Novak's long heave was off the mark.
In Spokane, Wash., freshman Gary Bell Jr. scored 15 points and Gonzaga beat cold-shooting Pepperdine for its 21st consecutive victory over the Waves.
Robert Sacre and Kevin Pangos each scored 11 points for Gonzaga (12-2, 2-0 West Coast Conference), which has won seven consecutive games since consecutive losses to Illinois and Michigan State.
Jordan Baker scored 10 points to lead Pepperdine (7-7, 1-2).
In Elon, N.C., Eric Ferguson scored 21 points and grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds to help rally Georgia Southern to a Southern Conference victory.
The Eagles (5-8, 3-0), who had lost their past 26 road games, trailed 41-27 with 16:07 remaining.
Led by Ben Drayton and Ferguson, Georgia Southern outscored the Phoenix (7-6, 2-1) 29-14 over the next 11:35.
Drayton, who scored 11 of his 17 points during the run, cut Elon's lead to 55-54 with consecutive baskets. Ferguson's jumper gave Georgia Southern a 56-55 lead with 4:32 remaining.


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Well this seems like a no-brainer. Even if the upcoming "Fast & Furious" (aka "Fast and Furious 4") doesn't do major bank (which seems highly unlikely), a fifth "Fast and Furious" movie should probably be vrooming its way into theaters in a few short years. While doing press junket for the movie, stars Paul Walker and Vin Diesel said as much.
Via Collider.com, Walker had this to say when asked about a possible fifth movie in the franchise:
"I've heard it in the rumor mill. I've spoken with executives at Universal at this point and they're pretty serious about it. They're developing it. They know where they want it to take place. They want to do it in Europe."
Diesel pretty much says the same thing.
Anyways, it looks likely that "Fast & Furious" should open big. After all, even the third one, minus the original stars, did major business, so there's absolutely no reason why the fourth one shouldn't do even better.
Get ready for "Fast and Furious 5", guys. I just hope they don't go out of their way to give it a silly name like, oh I don't know, "Fast & Furious" or some such. What's so wrong about "Fast and Furious 5: Cause you Wanted More, so Here's More"?
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Red grapes could be consumed as a small round fruit from the vine, as wine, juice or even spread on bread. The amount of flavonoids determines the richness in the red or purple pores and skin in the grape. Flavonoids are plant-based antioxidants that happen to be frequently found in the type of a flavonoid, beta-flavonoid or flavonol. Generic Viagra Flavonoids are polyphenol antioxidants naturally found in plants, are also called secondary metabolites. Research has demonstrated that flavonoids offers nutritional benefit by triggering enzymes that slow up the risk of some kinds of cancers, heart problems, and age-related degenerative diseases.


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So it wasn't but a week and a half ago that headlines were plagued with "Taylor And Selena No More" and "Selena Ditches Taylor For Justin," but that couldn't be more wrong.
In a new video interview with E! News, Taylor Swift gushed about her friendship with Selena Gomez stating that the reason she's so special is because she's the longest friendship she's ever had.
"It's been the longest one either of us have ever had," Taylor said. "When your life changes and you become thrust into this really strange whirlwind where your life is different from what other people think your life is and your life is commented on and written about and fictionalized both of us have stuck it out and hung in there through all the different changes we've gone through and i think longevity is very precious and rare in friendships."
So, we love the fact that they're finally talking about that ridiculous rumor of them not being friends because they are our generations Selma and Louise!
So, people are saying that Katy Perry is pulling a Lady Gaga and throwing up paint in a video that plays during her Prismatic World Tour and I'm sorry, but she's not really throwing it up. It looks like drool.
If you remember, Lady Gaga was thrown up on during a performance and it was totes gagtacular…aka disfreakinggusting.
Just watch the video of Katy's "vomit" and let me know if you think I'm cray. But I don't think I am.
In case you have no idea what "Once Upon A Time" is, it's a show on ABC about Disney fairy tale characters that come to life in the town of Storybrook, Maine.
If you're a super freak fan like me and you've been following the story of Storybrook, then you probably geek out like I do anytime a new Disney character is added to the show.
Last night, freaking Elsa made an appearance! Now, it was only shown from the back, but her long side braid and blue dress are recognizable to anyone who has internet.
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Retrieving a video
A relationship was ended and a person is trying to get the other one involved to erase a tape due to the content that is on it. If that person refuses, is there a legal way of getting the tape and erasing it because the person feels the content could be detrimental to the person's character?
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Practically no, but you can try to get an injunction against publication. It's not easy to get, and you can't completely protect against copies even if you got the original. Consult a local attorney,--or try to mediate the ase and come to an agreement about what will or won't happen with the tape. Clearly, there's an underlying issue here.
Answered on 5/01/07, 8:38 pm
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JOE G. CASTANEDA,47, Lubbock,died Friday. Mass 11 a.m., White Memorial Chapel.
JUAN B. ESCOBAR,82,Sundown,Services 2 p.m., Primera Iglesia Bautista in Levelland, Head Family Funeral Home.
DAVID RAYMOND FRATICELLI SR., 35,died Saturday. Services 10 a.m., Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel in Vernon.
BOBBY J. GILLEY, 31, Benbrook, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m., Laurel Land Memorial Chapel.
KAREN DAVENE TILSON HAYDON 56, Plainview, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church in Plainview, Lemons Funeral Home.
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ISIDRO HERNANDEZ, 75, Big Spring, died Saturday. Mass 11 a.m., Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
REGINA HERNANDEZ VEGA HOOVAN, 20, Lovington, N.M., died Sunday. Rosary 7 p.m., Smith-Rogers Chapel.
SHIRLEY ANN HUFFAKER, 65, Odessa, died Friday. Services 2 p.m., Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa.
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THELMA L. "JAC" LONG, 86, Jayton, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m., Jayton Church of Christ, Campbell Funeral Home.
MILDRED E. MITTAN, 85, Lubbock, died Friday. Services 2 p.m., Sanders Memorial Chapel.
MARIA ANTONIA TOVAR de NAVARRATE, 85, Hobbs, N.M., died Sunday. Rosary 7 p.m., Bethany Funeral Home.
BOB NUNNALLY, 72, Causey, N.M., died Friday. Services 10 a.m., Wheeler Mortuary Chapel in Portales, N.M.
FERNANDO PAREDEZ, 36, Lubbock, died Thursday. Prayer services 7 p.m., Sanctuary of Praise Church.
FOYE "SONNY" ROGERS, 76, Lubbock, died Sunday. Services 3 p.m., Resthaven Memorial Park.
L.H. SIMS, 77, Andrews, died Friday. Services 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church in Seminole, Boyer Funeral Home.
HOWARD SPENCE, 82, Levelland, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m., City of Levelland Cemetery, Geo. C. Price Funeral Directors.
JUANITA A. STEPHENS, 74, Lubbock, died Sunday. Services 4 p.m., Melonie Park Church, Sanders Funeral Home.
LEONARD H. STEWART SR., 98, Whiteface, died Friday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Whiteface Cemetery, Head Family Funeral Home.
NANCY E. SULLIVAN, 63, Lovington, N.M., died Friday. Services 10 a.m., First Baptist Church, Smith-Rogers Funeral Home of Lovington.
ALLIE MAE TAYLOR, 89, Amherst, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church in Amherst, Hammons Funeral Home of Littlefield.
JIM BOB VAUGHN, 45, Lubbock, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m., Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home Chapel in Snyder.
OPHA M. WALLACE, 79, Lubbock, died Friday. Services 10 a.m., W. W. Rix Chapel.
WILLIAM P. WARD III, 62, Grapevine, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m., Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery, J. E. Foust Funeral Home.
FRANCES "JERRY" WHEATLEY, 67, Village of Buffalo Springs , died Saturday. Services 2 p.m., First Baptist Church in Earth, Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home of Earth.
LOIS L. WHEELER, 92, Lubbock, died Friday. Services 2 p.m., W.W. Rix Chapel, Rix Funeral Directors of Lubbock.
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The deadline is nearing for the annual American History Essay Contest sponsored by the De Anza Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The competition is open to area students in fifth through eighth-grade.
This year's topic is "The Lives of Children During the American Revolution.
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HOOVER, Ala. — Fresh off its first appearance in the Southeastern Conference championship game since 2005, there should be plenty for the Georgia football team to be excited about heading into a new season.
An expected top-10 preseason ranking.
A head coach with a contract extended through 2016.
A defense with the potential to be one of the best in the nation.
All of which has been pushed to the background in recent weeks after the dismissal of star tailback Isaiah Crowell, which followed a spring that was dominated by reports of player suspensions.
"When people get in trouble, trouble travels fast, especially with technology," defensive end Abry Jones said.
Negative headlines can create perception – true or not – that Georgia is recruiting kids that turn out to be trouble.
"We're not recruiting bad kids," coach Mark Richt said Thursday at the start of his 12th appearance at Southeastern Conference media days. "We're recruiting a lot of great kids. We're competing on the same guys with just about everybody else in the conference. …We certainly are going to have an expectation on how we want our guys to behave. If they don't behave, we're going to discipline them."
Outside linebacker Jarvis Jones doesn't think the trickle of off-field incidents should reflect poorly on the program.
"I don't think so," he said. "I mean, it's the individual that makes the mistakes, not the University of Georgia. So I mean, you've got to look at it like that. It's not the University of Georgia. Coach Richt ain't in trouble. That's what you've got to look at."
Crowell was booted from the team on June 29, the same day he was arrested on felony weapons charges. He was suspended for one game and part of another last season.
Despite the distractions, Jarvis Jones is upbeat as ever about what he's seen in summer workouts.
"It's been an unbelievable summer for us," he said. "We've still got a goal in mind and we've got to stay focused on what we have."
Georgia begins preseason practices in less than two weeks on Aug 2.
When the season starts on Sept. 1 against Buffalo, Georgia will be without suspended cornerback Sanders Comings, who was arrested on a domestic violence charge this winter.
He'll also miss the Missouri game the next week, but Georgia hasn't revealed which other players may be suspended.
Cornerback Branden Smith is expected to miss at least one game after a possession of marijuana charge, and safety Bacarri Rambo was appealing a four-game suspension for his second violation of Georgia's drug testing policy. Inside linebacker Alec Ogletree reportedly also is facing a suspension.
Georgia has a more stringent penalty structure for drug-testing violations than other schools, but Richt said he hasn't lobbied for a uniform league policy and reiterated that "I do think we're doing the right thing for Georgia."
Richt was asked specifically about Rambo and Ogletree by a reporter who wondered "why this continues to happen in your program."
"Some people have policies," Richt said, "that bring certain things to light and some people don't."
Richt said that he knows Georgia's suspension scorecard heading into the season, but isn't telling yet.
"Do I know?" Richt said. "I do know. Yeah. We'll share it some time but not today."


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A Batavia man has been charged with D.W.I and speeding. 29-year-old Casey Sisson was driving west bound on Main Street in Batavia and was allegedly caught driving over the speed limit while drunk.When asked by police Sisson refused to take a sobriety test.
Another Batavia Man has been charged with D.W.I with a blood alcohol content above .08.23-year-old William Bell was stopped in Alexander after allegedly operating a vehicle without tail lights. Police said after additional examination it revealed that Bell was driving drunk.


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Yeah, it's basically another teaser trailer for an upcoming teaser trailer. (Wrap your minds around that, kids: a teaser trailer for the teaser trailer. Not even the full trailer, mind you, just a teaser trailer. Mind blown yet?) But hey, at least this teaser trailer for the teaser trailer features the writer/director and the star of the movie sitting around introducing snippets from the upcoming teaser trailer. If nothing else, that's, you know, a novel twist on a crappy idea. Anyways, the full teaser trailer won't arrive until 3 days from now. Until then, here's some "Looper" footage for ya.
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels.
Looping it good September 28, 2012.
Get more images and videos in our "Looper" preview page.
Via : Apple


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Image courtesy of Martha Stewart.
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I'm back...well kind of.....I hope you enjoyed a wonderful time with your family and friends during the festive season. I have been enjoying the school holidays with my three Musketeers and have taken a well deserved break. With only 1 and half weeks left of the holidays, upon my return I will be working on new products, website and more party inspiration to share with you. Happy 2010!
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